In our Christian life, there are at least three stages of eating, corresponding to the picture seek with the people of Israel’s eating: eating Christ as our Passover, eating Christ as our heavenly food to be reconstituted with Him, and eating Him as the rich produce of the good land to become His overcomers. These […]
As we Labor on Christ and Eat Him, we’re Constituted with Him and become God’s Inheritance
As believers in Christ, we are constituted with what we eat; Christ is our heavenly food for our enjoyment, and as we labor on Christ as our good land, we gain Him as our enjoyment, we are constituted with Him, and we are transformed to become Christ’s treasure, His possession. Amen! This week we come […]
Being Ruled by the Firsthand Presence of the Lord to Enjoy the All-inclusive Christ
In our Christian life and church life, the presence of the Lord, His smile, is the governing principle; we need to learn to be kept, ruled, governed and guided not by His secondhand presence but by the direct presence of God, the firsthand presence of the Lord, which is our power and strength to enter […]
Our Dying is our Working, for when Death operates in Us, Life is Ministered to others
Just as the priests stepped first in the Jordan River and remained there until the people of Israel crossed, the Lord needs us to die so that life may work in others; our dying is our working, and when we die, we minister life to others. What an amazing principle and what a secret to […]
Experience the Death of Jesus for His Life to be Manifested and the Body to be Supplied
We minister life by dying, for when death operates in us, life operates in others (2 Cor. 4:12); our need is to stay in the death of Jesus so that His life may be manifested in us and the Body of Christ would be supplied with life. This is something very wonderful that takes place […]
We Bear God’s Testimony as we Stand in the Place of Death for others to Receive Life
The Lord is seeking a group of people who, like the priests in Joshua 3 and 4, are willing to step into the water of Jordan, that is, walk into death first, being willing to be dealt with by the cross first, standing in the place of death so that the church will find the […]
Our Old Man is Buried with Christ and our Resurrected New Man is Living one with God
Praise the Lord, our old man is buried with Christ and our resurrected new man is living and working one with the Triune God! Our baptism into the death of Christ leads us into the resurrection of Christ to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive good land, walk in Him, and be built up in Him; […]