After revealing that He will build His church in Matt. 16, the Lord Jesus continued by exposing the gates of Hades and by giving us the keys to lock these gates: to deny the self, to take up and bear the cross, and to lose the soul life (Matt. 16:24). In digging deeper into God’s word and […]
Seeing the Expressions of the Self to Deny the Self for the Building of the Church
The Lord Jesus said that, if we want to follow Him, we should deny the self; today we want to see what are some expressions of the self and how we can exercise the key of denying the self to lock up the self in every situation. What is the self, and why do we […]
Denying the Self by being Dependent on God and on the Body of Christ in Experience
Because the self is the soul declaring independence from God, the self is the greatest problem and frustration to the building up of the Body; we need to be those are dependent on God and on the Body, rejecting ourselves and denying the self for the building up of the church. The origin of the self […]
Learning to Exercise the Key of Denying the Self, who is the Embodiment of Satan
The building up of the church depends on the shutting of the gates of Hades through the exercise of the three keys, the first of which is denying the self; the self is nothing else but the embodiment of Satan – the self is one with Satan and is expressed through our opinionated mind. Matthew […]
The Kingdom is the Reality of the Church; the Kingdom Life issues in the Church life
The reality of the church today is the kingdom of God, and apart from the kingdom life, we cannot live the church life. We were once alienated from the life of God – we were alienated from God and His life, being outside of the kingdom of God. When we heard the gospel and believed […]
Having a Pure Life Trusting in God with an Affectionate Love for the Lord Jesus
Psalm 45 is the highest and greatest of all the psalms, and it is a song of love according to the melody of “lilies” praising Christ as the King in Himself, in the church as His queen, and in the overcomers as His princes. It was written by the sons of Korah; Korah himself was […]
The Direction of the Lord’s Move is to Prepare the Bride for Christ, the Bridegroom
The direction of the Lord’s move today is to build up the Body of Christ, to prepare the bride as the counterpart for Christ the bridegroom, and to bring in the kingdom of God. This week we are starting a two-week deeper study on the matter of the preparation of the bride as the counterpart […]