If the Lord’s second coming is precious to us, we will love the Lord and also love the Lord’s appearing; we will not love the present evil age but rather, we will live in the light of His return, taking the Lord’s coming as an incentive and a warning, for He comes with either a […]
Let us Run the Race with Endurance and Seek out the Journey the Lord Ordained for us
A proper Christian life involves our running the race set before us, running the course, for the carrying out of God’s economy; we all need to seek out the journey that the Lord has ordained for us and faithfully run the race with endurance to receive the reward at the Lord’s return. In 2 Tim. […]
We War the Good Warfare by Speaking God’s Economy, being Infused with God through His Word
A proper Christian life and service involve fighting the good fight against Satan and his kingdom of darkness and for the interests of God’s kingdom; we need to war the good warfare by teaching and preaching God’s economy concerning the church, and we also need to minister Christ to others by first taking Him in […]
Fight the Good Fight of the Faith for God’s Economy by Laying Hold on the Eternal Life
In 2 Tim. 4:7 Paul testified that he fought the good fight of the faith; we need to fight the good fight of the faith, fight for the faith, realizing that our service to God is a warfare, not being entangled with the things of this life, and lay hold of the eternal life. This […]
We’re Blended Together for the Reality of the Body of Christ through Much Fellowship
For the reality of the Body of Christ, God has blended the Body together; He is adjusting, harmonizing, tempering, and mingling the members of the Body so that any distinctions would be lost, and all the believers would be ushered into the reality of the Body of Christ. On our side, however, we need to […]
Recognize our Measure in the Body and Know our Need for the Function of other Members
We need to have a sense, a consciousness, of the Body of Christ as the one new man, and we need to recognize our measure, not go beyond it, be blended with others, not consider ourselves more highly than others, but have a Body-consciousness and allow the Body to rule out any individualistic thought and […]
Living in the Reality of the Body by having the Consciousness of the Body of Christ
In order for us to live in the reality of the Body of Christ together with the other members of the Body, we all need to have the consciousness of the Body of Christ; in the Body, there can be no independence or individualism but rather, we treasure the Body, we are members, and we […]