There will be a new announcement before the end of May 2008 which will change the following (January 2006) note

Please Note!   As from January 2006, I will not be accepting any further enrolments in the Fullness of Life in Christ course as it is presently structured.  Existing students may complete the current course.  I am considering the possibility of re-writing a course to replace the existing one.  This consideration will take some time.  In the meantime, all the my writings and links to others are available on this site and also from the new doorway to my site at http://www.goodnews.org.au/fullness/index.html

Ken Walker

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 These studies have been designed primarily to introduce Christians into the Biblical way of obtaining fullness of life in Christ in our earthly lives.  I consider it is better that  the study of such a course is better than simply directing people to web pages on the subject, because the course is themed and sequenced to provide optimum learning of the intellectual biblical components and resource materials used.  

These studies are available free of charge to any who see the need to do such a course on how to obtain the fullness of life in Christ that the Bible teaches. The course is available by email request only.  The nature of these studies are that they teach the Biblical concepts of Christ in You, Christ in us, or Christ Who is our life and true faith, as the fullness of these are not too often taught in full in churches. All I am doing in writing the studies is providing the resources you need. Although I may help your understanding with help and guidance by email, the Holy Spirit Himself is your teacher.

These studies grew out of the following four factors.

•           Many years of private study with help from others who were more enlightened than I was on these things.   My own experience of being in several churches over 20 years had not provided this knowledge and wisdom.

•           The great need in the (otherwise believing) church to know and live out these truths that are not normally known or taught in full.

•           The expression of a need for some help from one family in USA who had wandered down many an endless path in search of God=s ways, and in particular, true faith.

•           At that time, the Lord then required me to put my response to this need into a properly constructed Distance Education Study Course. Being a professional teacher in classroom, seminar and in distance education, that was not too difficult.

Since beginning the writing in September of 2002, it has been a delightful experience to sit and construct the course according to the guidance of the Lord.  The course writing was completed in June 2003, just ten months after its surprise beginning.   Whilst the written Word of God has been my constant reference point, the revelation of His Spirit in guidance and personal maturity has been central, both to my life and the writing of the course.   Pastor Dan Stone from Kentucky USA, who wrote one of the main two books used in the course, has read and approved of all my writings used in the course.

Time needed to attempt these studies

Apart from the daily study of a devotional you will receive online, (about 10 minutes to read and reflect) the course is designed to take 1.5 to 2 hours  twice a week. There will be enough study in each unit to provide a month=s work B i.e 12-16 hours of study. There will be a very short written summary at the end of each unit to check to see if you have understood the fundamentals provided. This will need to be returned to me by email. It should be emphasized that the time needed is flexible. Some will do it at a slower pace and some faster.  Any speed is OK with me.  Also, bear in mind that you can choose to do any number of units you like.  You don’t have to do the whole course. Try it out and aim to do at least three.  Then if you want to take on more, say 5-10, then choose to go that way.  Then review how you are going and what you want to do next.  Whatever number of units you do, will help you immensely in your life. 

Books required

There is only one book to purchase. ($12‑95 U.S. plus postage) The Rest of the Gospel by Dan Stone and Greg Smith. Available from Texas, USA. Available        for Australians at a special import price (at cost – currently about $16 AU) through Good News Australia. Details are available in first two units.

Other books are available online. All written by Norman Grubb.  The Key to Everything written in 1960 and his last book written in 1984 - Yes I Am

All other written material used in this course is available online, including those written by myself as I came to grips with these issues, all of this being listed at Fullness of Life in Christ at http://www.goodnews.org.au/fullness/index.html    Hyperlinks are provided to link to each writing.

 

Structure of Course

Unit	Topic Area	Aims of each Unit
1	Testimonies & Gospel Introduction both Aspects of the Cross of Jesus Christ.	•    To understand the nature of the whole course (fullness of life in Christ through Christ in you).  •    To indicate how both blood and body of the Cross contribute to our full salvation, via Dan Stone’s article Double Cross. •    To consider the testimony of Linda Bunting that speaks of the application of these things to her own life.  •    To understand something of the author’s own early learning about these things.
2	The Nature of Man & the Blood Aspect of the Cross.	•   To understand that man has never had a nature of his own, but only the nature of either Satan or God.  •   To know that man is primarily a receiver of one nature or the other.    •   To confirm the generally held view that the blood of Christ provides forgiveness for sins and eternal life.

17	Ministry and Intercession	•    To bring some understanding of true intercession and how our lives may be used to bring life to others.  •    To understand what God hopes and expects He will be able to do through us. •    To realize that it is God who chooses His intercessors.
18	Interaction in the Human Realm	•   To understand how we might improve our horizontal relationships with those around us.  •   To learn something of how to facilitate the needs of others through Christ.  •  To extend the teaching on intercession for others as we use the life of Christ within us to further our relationships harmoniously, as we learn that God uses these relationships with others to deepen our union with Him.
19	History and Truth	•  To understand the historical and truth background to life on earth and the implications for mankind in knowing or not knowing these things. •   To understand how true believers can play their part in the redemption of further sons and daughters, who would otherwise perhaps never know the Lord.
20	Witnesses Who Say  Yes I Am	•   To learn from the testimonies of others to affirm the life of Christ within, as believers and intercessors seeking life for those  around us, according to how God organizes those things to happen and the grand plan of redemption mastered before the     beginning of all human activity.

 

Why do such a course?

If you are anything like the writer, who has struggled to find the truth of the gospels beyond how it is presented in many churches then this may be what you are looking for. Here is an extract from one of the article written to introduce these truths.

AI am going to contend that the blood aspect of the cross (dealing with sins), which is generally taught well in evangelical churches, is incomplete when the body aspect of the cross (dealing with sin) is not also known, taught and lived by believers. In fact, I would contend that it is not possible to live the Christian life in its fullness from the blood aspect alone, because it only addresses the issue of sins and their forgiveness and does not fully recognize the sin / body aspect in the living of the present life. This leads to all sorts of difficulties such as powerless living, self‑effort and the difficulties in having and applying true biblical faith.

I want to also say at the beginning that I did not work all this out myself.  Yes, I have searched for a long time, and been down many an endless path.  But the Lord, after initially enlightening me Himself, has now graced my life with several others who have guided me through the scriptural principles involved. Also the Holy Spirit has now graciously revealed His truth to my heart B and is still so doing.    Fortunately, one of my endless paths had not been so far away from the real and full truth.”

Another way to look at it is this.  Have you been striving to be a good Christian?  And found out that it is harder than you thought?  Have you realized that the salvation that fits you for eternity and life in heaven, somehow does not seem to work in normal earthly life?   Many do!  That was my dilemma for many years.   Is that like your struggle with the Christian life?

If so, then you might like to know that the same Bible that majors on Christ dying for our sins, also tells us how the actual life of Christ living in us ensures fullness of life on earth, without all the striving!  This is something for every ordinary Christian and it is not so hard to understand, once you get the basic scriptural truths presented to you.

Norman Grubb in Chapter 10 of his book, The Law of Faith, says that, “What the Bible does do is to make plain that there are two aspects of salvation though Christ: there is that which centres in Christ dying for us, and that which emphasizes Christ living in us.”  We have all heard the first one haven’t we – and this study course fully explains and teaches the second – the Life of Christ living within us, empowered by the Spirit of God and lived out through faith.

I believe that if you begin and persist with these studies and follow hard after the Lord, it will go on changing your life dramatically. Although I am speaking here primarily to believers in Jesus Christ, those who are born again, who have already had a dramatic change of repenting and believing, others can benefit too (after the study of some prerequisites). These studies will provide a much deeper and fuller understanding of the Christian life and how it can be lived B for both Christians and anyone else who is interested.

You can read something of my testimony over recent years, at Linda Buntings Web Site Christ As Us.

http://www.christasus.com/Testimony/TestimonyKenWalker.htm