As members of the Body of Christ, we need to have the consciousness of the Body and a feeling for the Body, that is, we need to exercise and cultivate the sense of Christ’s life within us until it becomes the universal sense of the Body of Christ. In our physical body there is a […]
Taking Christ’s Feeling as our Feeling and having the Consciousness of the Body
As believers in Christ and members of the Body of Christ, we need to live in the reality of the Body of Christ by taking Christ’s feeling for the Body as our own feeling for the Body, having the consciousness of the Body and a strong feeling for the Body. We need to learn from […]
Abiding in, Experiencing, and Living in the Inward Parts of Christ for the Body
The apostle Paul was a pattern of one who lived Christ in His inward parts, remaining in the inward parts of Christ and allowing Christ to remodel, reconstitute, and remake his inner being with Himself. Initially Paul was one who persecuted the church of God, the members of the Body of Christ, and the Bible […]
Opening to the Lord to Search our Heart and make His Home in our Heart for the Body
If we would have the reality of the Body of Christ, we must allow Christ to make His home in our hearts, for only by the inner experience of Christ as life can we have this reality of the Body. Today the universal Body of Christ is expressed on earth as the local churches, and […]
The Reality of the Body is the Corporate and Mingling Living in Oneness with God
The reality of the Body of Christ is the corporate living by the perfected God-men who live by the divine life in resurrection, and this reality is the mingling living of the believers in union with the Triune God. Wow! The reality of the Body of Christ has nothing to do with our old creation, […]
Exercising our Spirit and being Conformed to the Death of Christ through the Cross
For us to live in the reality of the Body of Christ, we need to be conformed to the death of Christ through the cross, for only when we deny the self and live by the divine life can we live out the reality of the Body. We enter into the reality of the Body […]
Remaining in the Organic Union with the Lord to be in the Actuality of the Body
The Body of Christ is an organic matter, and for us to be organic in the Body is to be organically united with Christ, and the actuality of the Body is the remaining in this organic union we have with Christ. Our relationship with Christ is not only of dependence on Him, love toward Him, […]