It is amazing to realize that the organic building up of the Body of Christ is through the process of spiritual metabolism. In His economy, God works Himself into us so that we may experience a metabolic process of spiritual digestion and assimilation that produces transformation as a gradual and intrinsic metabolic change in […]
Christ needs the Human Nutrients in our spirit and Proper Soil in our Heart to Grow in us
The Bible shows us that the Triune God is coming into us to do a building work in us with Himself as the element together with the human nutrients in our spirit and the human heart as the soil; as He grows in us, we are built up to be the church as the […]
We need God to Build Christ into our Intrinsic Constitution for the Building up of the Church
As believers in Christ, we need God to build Christ into our intrinsic constitution so that our entire being will be reconstituted with Christ; only in this way can we build up the church and can we be built up as the church. This week in our morning revival on the crystallization study of […]
Being in a Proper Relationship with Christ and Not Criticizing but Blessing others
David’s life is both an encouraging and a warning to us so that we may be right with God in our relationship with Christ and not suffer the loss of Christ as our enjoyment or the governmental chastisement of God due to our treating others severely or criticizing them. Oh, Lord Jesus! The first […]
Our Indulgence in the Lusts of the Flesh brings in God’s Chastisement and Sows Corruption
On one hand, the story of David is so encouraging and with so many spiritual lessons; on the other hand, the account of God’s punishing judgement on David is written as a warning to us today so that we do not indulge in the lusts of the flesh in times of peace. David had two […]
Care for God’s Habitation not by Initiating but by Cooperating with God in His Work
As those who love God, fear God and want to cooperate with God to care for God’s habitation, we need to realize that it is good to desire to do something for God, but we should not initiate anything; God doesn’t need our initiation – He needs our cooperation. We see this in the […]
Seeing a Prefigure of the Church History in the History of the Ark and the Tabernacle
The history of the Ark and the tabernacle in 1 and 2 Samuel is a prefigure of the church history, giving us a full portrait of the course and situation of the church from the very beginning to the present time; today the Lord is enlarging the church life and making it more solid. […]