23/06/2025
Beyond the Veil: Living the Fourth Dimensional Christian Life
"The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life." John 6:63
The modern church is full of talk about miracles, but sparse in manifestation of God's power. There is a great disconnect between our profession of faith and our demonstration of faith. We preach the power of God but often live defeated, anxious lives devoid of His signs and wonders. We are the generation of Christians who sing of heaven, but live trapped in mudslides of earthbound logic. There is a gulf between what Jesus did and what we do - and at the heart of that gulf lies a gap of spiritual dimensions.
In no epoch of church history is the chasm between Earthly- and Kingdom-living which Jesus talked about wider:
"And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us." Luke 16:26
If we must live the Christian life that Jesus modeled - the life of dominion over nature, time, sickness, demons and death - we must pass through the veil of the flesh into a higher realm of consciousness and communion. This is not mysticism. This is the Fourth Dimensional Life - the realm of the Spirit, from which Jesus operated, and from which the early church turned the world upside down.
A.W. Tozer called it “the interior world of the Spirit.” R.T. Kendall would warn that without the Holy Spirit’s enabling, even the most orthodox theology is a hollow shell. Together, they point us toward the essence of spiritual vitality - a life that transcends logic and yet fulfills it.
What is the Fourth Dimension?
Dr. David (Paul) Yonggi Cho taught that the Fourth Dimensional Christian life is the realm where believers transcend the visible, three-dimensional world and begin to create and shape reality through the power of the Holy Spirit-inspired imagination, faith-filled speaking, focused thinking, and confident believing. He emphasized that just as God created the universe by speaking forth unseen realities, so also Christians - by living in the fourth dimension - can transform their lives and circumstances by aligning their inner visions and words with God’s promises. For Cho, this dimension was not mystical but a practical, Spirit-empowered way of life that releases the supernatural and brings heaven’s realities into earthly existence. No wonder God honoured him as the founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church, which for a long time was known as the world's largest Protestant church.
The Fourth Dimension is not a scientific theory here, but a spiritual truth. In Christian terms, it is the realm of spiritual reality - invisible to the natural eye but more real than what we see. The first three dimensions govern the physical - length, breadth and depth. The fourth is the realm of Spirit - where thought becomes reality, where eternity touches time and where faith gives substance to things not yet seen (Hebrews 11:1). To live in the fourth dimension is to operate not from the outside-in, but from the inside-out. It is to be governed by revelation, not reaction - by spiritual intuition, not mere sensory data.
Jesus and the Fourth Dimensional Model
Jesus Christ was fully man, yet fully God. His miracles were not magic tricks performed by deity. They were signs of what a man could do who walks in perfect communion with God. When He turned water into wine, He did so because He perceived a need and by divine instruction activated divine supply. When He walked on water, He transcended natural law - not by ignoring it, but by invoking a higher law. When He healed the sick or cast out demons, He did not strive. He did not panic. His Spirit carried authority that reality could not resist. He lived from the upper room of consciousness, always in tune with the Father. “The Son can do nothing of Himself but what He sees the Father doing” (John 5:19). In other words, Jesus’ miracles were not imposed on reality - they were reflections of heaven’s movement through Him.
Fourth Dimensional Living for Today's Christians
Let us now delve into the characteristics of a life lived in the fourth dimension. It is not spectacular. It is sacredly ordinary - yet produces extraordinary results by tapping into the God-reality by means of several Christian disciplines.
1. A Sanctified Imagination
Tozer once said, 'What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.'
The fourth dimension begins in the mind - but not the carnal mind. It begins in the imagination that has been sanctified by the Spirit. It is the spiritual faculty that sees what God sees. "But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil." Hebrews 5:14. Faith is not blind optimism. It is prophetic sight. Abraham 'saw' a city whose builder was God. Jesus saw the dead girl alive. Paul saw the man in Macedonia before he set sail.
2. Speech as Creation
God created the world by speaking. Jesus said, “Whosoever shall say to this mountain...”
Words, in the fourth dimension, are not descriptions - they are constructions. The carnal Christian talks about what is. The spiritual Christian declares what must be. Demons obeyed Jesus’ voice because it carried the resonance of heaven. If we are to exist in the fourth dimension we must align our words with God’s reality.
3. The Supremacy of the Spirit
R.T. Kendall has often emphasized the distinction between having the Word and having the Word with the Spirit. In the Fourth Dimensional life, the Holy Spirit is not an accessory. He is the Operating System. You don’t just read Scripture - you read it until it reads you. You don’t just pray - you are drawn into divine dialogue. You don’t just obey - you move by unction. This is the secret - the Spirit leads and you yield until your natural becomes supernatural.
There are two primary reasons why most Christians don’t walk in this realm:
1. Our Flesh is Too Noisy
Tozer would say we are 'victims of a divided heart.' We desire God, but not enough to silence the appetites of the soul - comfort, control, pride and performance. The Fourth Dimensional life demands death to self, an obliteration of the ego. You cannot walk on water while arguing with the Spirit that you prefer your boat.
2. We Fear the Supernatural
We have become afraid of what we cannot systematise.
Modernity has taught us that if we cannot measure it, it isn’t real. Empiricism has convinced us that it is the only reality. Meanwhile the Kingdom of God insists on its way which is not in talk, but in power. This is why R.T. Kendall urges us not to despise the Spirit. We must reverence His ways even when they defy our mind.
Accessing the Fourth Dimension
You cannot climb into the fourth dimension by ambition. It is entered through surrender.
1. Consecration - The altar must be restored. A life laid down becomes a life taken up by God.
2. Meditation - Stillness before God clears the static of the soul. There, your spirit begins to hear.
3. Prophetic Obedience - When God speaks, you obey - without delay, and without needing full details. Obedience is how you surf the invisible wave of God’s will.
4. Tongues & Intercession - The more you pray in the Spirit, the more your spirit becomes engorged with the essence of the Spirit. Your spiritual muscles stretch and your mind is renewed.
We must now return to the apostolic normal. The miraculous life is not for a few elite saints. It is the normal Christian life, buried beneath years of unbelief, religious professionalism and doctrinal reductions. The world is not waiting for better sermons. It is waiting for men and women who live from a realm above - who heal the sick, raise the dead, see visions, hear clearly and walk in divine authority.
Jesus walked this way. The early church followed. The Spirit still invites to the same path. Tozer would ask, 'Why do we not walk in the fullness of what Christ purchased?' Kendall would answer, 'Because we have the Word, but not the Wind.' Let us return. Let us yield. Let us rise.
“Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.” Colossians 3:2
“Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.” Galatians 5:16
“They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles…” Isaiah 40:31
