Christ gave gifts to the Body, and the gifted persons perfect the saints, nourishing them according to the tree of life and perfecting them in their function, so that the perfected saints may do the work of the ministry unto the building up of the Body of Christ. It is amazing to realize that […]
Allow Christ to Defeat us as He Descends and Ascends Within us to make us Gifts to the Body
We need to allow Christ to defeat, subdue, conquer, and vanquish us as He descends and ascends within us so that He may fill us and constitute us into gifts for His Body. Through His descending and ascending, Christ defeated Satan and death, He took us as His captives, and made us gifts to […]
By His Universal Travelling, Christ led us Captive and Gave us as Gifts to the Body!
It is amazing to realize that, through His universal travelling in His ascension, Christ let as captives those who had been taken captive by Satan and made them gifts to His Body; He descended from heaven, descended to Hades, was raised to the earth, and ascended to the third heavens, and by His universal […]
Loving the Lord by Doing the Work of the Ministry to Build up the Body of Christ
We need to love the Lord in incorruptibility by doing the work of the ministry for the building up of the Body of Christ; the work of the building up of the Body of Christ, as seen in Eph. 4, is eternal and glorious. Amen! Paul’s epistle to the Ephesians unveils the highest revelation […]
Loving the Lord under the Genuine Ministry to Enjoy Him as Grace and be His Testimony
May we be those who are loving the Lord under the genuine ministry that betroths us to Christ so that we may enjoy Him as grace and become His testimony on earth! Paul’s blessing at the end of his epistle to the Ephesians foreshadows a problem that would arise later in Ephesus: the love […]
Love the Lord in Incorruptibility by Loving Him in the New Creation, in the Spirit
For the proper church life we need to love the Lord in incorruptibility, that is, we need to love Him in the new creation (not in the old creation), in our regenerated and renewed spirit indwelt by the Holy Spirit, and according to all the incorruptible things related to Christ and the church. Eph. […]
Bear one another in Love, Hold to Truth in Love, and Walk in Love – God as our Love
Ephesians 4 reveals that we need to bear one another in love, hold to truth in love, and walk in love; this is to love the Lord in incorruptibility. The love with which we love the Lord and we love one another is not our natural love, our human love, but it is God […]