Just as we saw yesterday, God wants only Christ – He wants Him to be reproduced and lived out in many believers as His corporate expression! Another aspect of Christ being everything to God in His economy and to us in a practical way is Christ being the Head over all things and Christ being […]
our Lord Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and it is He who builds up His church!
It is so easy to take for granted what the Bible says, especially the paragraphs / sections that we know and read often. But we daily need to exercise ourselves to empty ourselves from anything old, even any old knowledge, so that we may receive a fresh revelation concerning the wonderful Person of Christ – […]
to the only wise God through Jesus Christ – to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen!
The book of Romans ends in a glorious way – with the verse in Rom. 16:27, which says, To the only wise God through Jesus Christ, to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. Wow, what a conclusion! Though the book of Romans gives a general discussion on the Christian life, the conclusion of […]
The fellowship and prayer with the other members in the Body is our salvation!
If you really ponder on this verse and think about it, it is a little shocking what brother Paul says in Phil. 1:19, For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Isn’t our salvation from the Lord? Isn’t […]
practical points concerning blending – are we in the reality of the Body of Christ?
This thought of blending is very strong in the Bible, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. In the Old Testament we see that the meal offering had to be of fine flour mingled with oil (Lev. 2:4) – the flour had to be thoroughly blended with oil, mingled with oil – the […]
in all the things we do for the Lord in the church, we need to stop first and have fellowship!
This morning I was impressed with these simple principles of the Body of Christ as unveiled in 1 Cor. 12:24, But our comely members have no need. But God has blended the body together, giving more abundant honor to the member that lacked. What does it mean that God has blended the Body together? It […]
the experience of the cross deepens both our horizontal and our vertical fellowship in the divine life
These days we are enjoying many portions in the Bible regarding the fellowship of the divine life, which is the fellowship of the Spirit, the fellowship of the apostles, and the fellowship in spirit. This fellowship has two aspects: the horizontal aspect (between us and the other believers) and the vertical aspect (between us and the Triune […]