Life on the Highest Plane

by Ruth Paxson

In Three Volumes

Volume 1: The Person and Work of Christ

Volume 2: The Relation between Christ and the Christian

Volume 3: The Believer's Response to the Holy Spirit's Inworking

Table of Contents

Vol. I: The Person and Work of Christ

Introduction

Chapter One: Human Life on Three Planes

1. The Natural Man

The Attitude of the Natural Man to God

The Relationship of the Natural Man to God

The Condition of the Natural Man

2. The Spiritual Man

The Relationship of the Spiritual Man to God

The Condition of the Spiritual Man

3. The Carnal Man

The Relationship of the Carnal Man to God

The Condition of the Carnal Man

Chapter Two: God's First Man — The First Adam

1. GOD CREATED MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE

The Formation of the Human Body

The Emanation of the Human Spirit

The Creation of the Human Soul

Chapter Three: Life on the Lowest Plane — The Entrance of Sin Into Man

1. The Condition of the Natural Man

2. Adam, the Channel of Sin's Entrance into the Human Race

3. Satan, the Originator of Sin in God's Universe

4. Satan, the Deceiver and the Tempter, in Eden

5. The Sin of Adam and Eve and its Effect upon Themselves

6. The Effect of Adam's Sin upon the Human Race

7. The Effect of Adam's Sin upon the Social Order

8. The Effect of Adam's Sin upon the Material Universe

9. The Effect of Adam's Sin upon God

10. The Prophecy of a Conflict and the Pronouncement of a Doom

Chapter Four: Life on the Lowest Plane — the Rule of Sin Over Man

1. The Ruin Wrought by Sin in the Human Personality

Sin Made the Human Spirit a Death Chamber

Sin Made the Human Soul a Ruin

Sin Made the Human Body a Battlefield

2. The Manifestation of Sin in the Natural Man

3. The Destiny of the Natural Man

Chapter Five: Satan and God in Conflict

1. The Commencement of the Conflict

2. The Consequences of the Conflict

Two Sovereigns

Two Spheres

Two Seeds
Subjects in the Two Kingdoms

Two Systems

3. The Consummation of the Conflict

Chapter Six: False and Futile Attempts for Salvation

1. The Nature of Salvation

2. Man's False and Futile Attempts for Salvation

Salvation through Character

Salvation through Education

Salvation through Works

Salvation through Religion

Chapter Seven: The Chasm Bridged

1. The Chasm Bridged

2. The Cross in God's Eternal Purpose

3. Revelation of Redemption

Chapter Eight: God's Second Man — The Last Adam

1. The Necessity of a Mediator

2. How the Eternal Son Became the Incarnate Son

Chapter Nine: Four Spans in the Bridge of Salvation — Incarnation

1. Revelation — The Preliminary Purpose in Incarnation

2. Redemption — The Primary Purpose in Incarnation

3. Reconciliation — The Plenary Purpose in the Incarnation

Chapter Ten: Four Spans in the Bridge of Salvation — Crucifixion

1. Death, the Goal of Incarnation

2. The Cross of Christ - The Great Divide

3. The Cross of Christ - A Double Exposure

4. The Cross of Christ - The Place of Victory

5. The Cross of Christ - A Divinely Provided Meeting Place

6. The Cross of Christ - A Divinely Prepared Turning Point

7. The Cross of Christ - The End of the Old Creation and the Beginning of the New

8. The Cross of Christ - The Place of Decision that Determines Destiny

Chapter Eleven: Four Spans in the Bridge of Salvation — Resurrection

1. The Resurrection — An Essential Vindication

2. The Resurrection — A Consummated Victory

3. The Resurrection — The Divine Seal

4. The Resurrection — A Sure Pledge

5. The Resurrection — A New Beginning

Chapter Twelve: Four Spans in the Bridge of Salvation — Ascension and Exaltation

1. The Homecoming of the Son

2. The Exaltation of the Son

3. The Present Work of the Living Christ

The Divine-Human Mediator

The Great High Priest

The Sympathetic Advocate

The Faithful Intercessor

Chapter Thirteen: The Crowning Work of Jesus Christ in Salvation

1. Two Wondrous Gifts

2. God's Crowning Work

3. The Promise Of Christ Fulfilled

4. The Twofold Aspect of the Holy Spirit's Baptism

5. The Result of the Holy Spirit's Baptism

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Vol. II: The Relation between Christ and the Christian

Chapter Fourteen:

Grace Triumphant over Sin

The Challenge of Grace — In Adam or In Christ

Chapter Fifteen:

Christ Our Saviour — the Bridge Crossed

1. The Inevitable Choice — Your Sin or God's Son

2. The Gracious Invitation

3. The Response of Faith — The Bridge Crossed

4. The Firstfruits of Faith

5. The Great Refusal

Chapter Sixteen:

Christ Our Head — A New Creation Formed

1. The Risen Christ — Head of a New Order

2. The Implantation of a New Life

3. The Impartation of a New Nature

4. The Holy Spirit — The Author of the New Life

5. The Cross — The Place of Spiritual Birth

6. A New Creation Formed

Chapter Seventeen:

Christ Our Lord — A New Sovereign in a New Sphere

1. The Characteristic Mark of Each Sphere

2. The Reign of the Old Man

3. The Dethronement of the Old Man — Co-Crucifixion with Christ

4. The Creation of the New Man. Co-resurrection with Christ

5. The New Sphere — The Believer In Christ

6. The New Sovereign—Christ IN the Believer

Chapter Eighteen:

Christ Our Life — A Perfect Oneness Effected

A Perfect Oneness Effected

Chapter Nineteen:

Christ Our Sanctification - A People for His Possession and Use

1. The Believer: A Saint by Calling

2. The Believer: A Saint by Position

3. The Believer: A Saint by Condition

4. Sanctification is a Radical Reversal in Relationships

6. The Believer becomes Dead to the Law

7. The Believer Becomes Dead to Self

8. The Believer Becomes Dead to the World

9. The Believer Becomes "Alive Unto God"

Chapter Twenty:

Christ Our Captain and Conqueror — Conflict and Conquest

1. The Conflict in the Heavenlies

2. The Captain of the Host

3. The Conquest of the Enemy

Chapter Twenty-One:

Life on the Highest Plane

1. It is a Life Saved through God's Gracious Provision

2. It is a Life Conformed to God's Perfect Pattern

3. It is a Life Perfected by God's Holy Presence

4. It is a Life Energized by God's Mighty Power

5. It is a Life Fulfilling God's Eternal Purpose

6. It is a Life Fashioned on God's Original Plan

7. It is a Life Lived on God's Appointed Plane

Chapter Twenty-Two:

Carnal or Spiritual

1. The Marks of the Carnal Christian

It is a Life of Unceasing Conflict

It is a Life of Repeated Defeat

It is a Life of Protracted Infancy

It is a Life of Barren Fruitlessness

It is a Life of Adulterous Infidelity

It is a Life of Dishonoring Hypocrisy

2. The Marks of a Spiritual Christian

It is a Life of Abiding Peace

It is Life of Habitual Victory

It is a Life of Constant Growth into Christ-likeness

It is a Life of Supernatural Power

It is a Life of Devoted Separateness

It is a Life of Winsome Holiness

Chapter Twenty-Three:

The Christian's Choice — Self or Christ?

1. The Coexistence of Two Natures in Every Believer

2. The Conflict of these Two Natures in Every Believer

3. The Conquest of the Old Nature

We Must Condemn the Flesh

We Must Consent to the Crucifixion of the Old Man

We Must Cooperate With the Holy Spirit in Keeping the Old Man Crucified

We Must Cast Off the Old Man

THE LORD JESUS IN CONTROL

We Must Crown Jesus Christ as Lord

We Must Covet the Things of Christ

We Must Cooperate With the Holy Spirit in Keeping Christ Enthroned

We Must Clothe Ourselves with Christ

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Vol. III: The Believer's Response to the Holy Spirit's Inworking

Chapter Twenty-Four:

The Spirit-filled Life

1. The Holy Spirit — Christ's Gift to the Believer

2. The Spirit-Filled Life

The Realization of Christ's Abiding Presence

The Reproduction of Christ's Holy Life

The Reenactment of Christ's Supernatural Power Through Us

Chapter Twenty-Five: The Prerequisite to Fullness — Cleansing

The Means of Cleansing

The Method of Cleansing

The Measure of Cleansing

Chapter Twenty-Six: The Believer's Part in Becoming Spirit-Filled — Yielding

Yielding — the Believer's Part in becoming Spirit-Filled

1. The Life Yielded — Why?

2. The Life Yielded — What?

3. The Life Yielded — How?

Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Believer's Part in Becoming Spirit-filled- — Faith

1. Faith is the Complement of Grace

2. Faith Rests on God's Foundation

3. Faith is Rooted in God's great Facts

4. Faith Reckons on God's Faithfulness

5. Faith Receives God's Fullness

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Believer's Part in Remaining Spirit-filled — Obedience

A Step Lengthens into a Walk

1. A Walk in Obedience to God's Will

2. A Walk in Conformity to God's Ways

3. A Walk in Obedience to the Word of God

4. A Walk in the Spirit

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Believer's Part in Remaining Spirit-filled — Bible Study

An Abiding and an Abounding Life

1. The Word of God is the Medium in Regeneration

2. The Word of God is the Medium in Revelation

3. The Word of God is the Medium Of Renewal

4. The Word of God is a Mirror to Reveal

5. The Word is Water to Cleanse and Refresh

6. The Word of God is Food to Nourish and Delight

7. The Word of God is a Lamp to Guide

8. The Word of God is Wealth to Enrich

9. The Word of God is a Critic to Judge

10. The Word of God is a Manual of Holy Living

11. The Word of God is a Weapon

12. The Word of God is a Fire That Both Burns and Warms

13. The Word of God is a Hammer to Break

14. The Word of God is a Seed That Matures and Multiplies

15. Bible Study for Personal Spiritual Growth

16. The Holy Spirit — the Divine Teacher, Guide and Revealer

Chapter Thirty: The Believer's Part in Remaining Spirit-filled — Prayer

1. An Inner Room — Reciprocal Communion

2. An Upper Room — Responsive Cooperation

3. The Prerequisites for Prevailing Prayer

Chapter Thirty-One: The Works of the Spiritual Man

1. God's Work in this Age is Executed through a Divine-Human Partnership

2. God's Work in this Age is accomplished through Supernatural Power

Chapter Thirty-Two: The Relationships of the Spiritual Man

1. The Spiritual Man's Relationship to God

2. The Spiritual Man's Relationship to Fellow Christians

3. The Spiritual Man's Relationship to the World

4. The Holy Spirit — the Divine Agent in this Threefold Adjustment

Chapter Thirty-Three: The Hope of the Spiritual Man

1. Our Lord's Return — Announced

2. Our Lord's Return — Anticipated

3. Our Lord's Return — Actualized

4. Our Lord's Return — Attitude

5. Our Lord's Return — Approach

6. Our Lord's Return — Appeal

Chapter Thirty-Four: The Story of Salvation Told in Five Chapters

Chapter 1 - The Sinner in Adam — Without Christ

Chapter 2 - The Sinner at the Cross — With Christ

Chapter 3 - The Believer in the Heavenlies — In Christ

Chapter 4 - The Believer on the Earth — Through Christ

Chapter 5 - The Believer in the Air — Like Christ

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