![The New Jerusalem is the Consummation of the Building up of the Body in the Local Churches [in the picture, The sun rises over Nilgiri Range, Himalayas, Nepal]](https://i0.wp.com/www.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-sun-rises-over-Nilgiri-Range-Himalayas-Nepal.jpg?fit=199%2C300&ssl=1)
The New Jerusalem as the consummation of all that God is doing is rich in meaning and profound in all its aspects. One aspect of the New Jerusalem is that it is the consummation of the organic building up of the Body of Christ in all the local churches. Today the Lord has put us […]
Being Renewed in the Spirit of Our Mind and Living a Forgiving Life for the Body
How can we live a life for the building up of the Body of Christ? In Ephesians 4:17-32 we have many hints, some more outward and practical while others intrinsic and enjoyable, on how we can practically live a life for the carrying out of the work of the ministry, which is the building up […]
Arriving at the Oneness in Practicality by Growing in Life Unto Maturity
How can all the Christians on the earth be one? They should be one since they all believe into the same Lord Jesus, but somehow they “hold to different views”, treasuring specific doctrines, and they are all divided. But the Lord desires to recover the oneness of the Body of Christ in practicality by our […]
Arriving at the Oneness of the Faith and of the Full Knowledge of the Son of God
![Arriving at the Oneness of the Faith and of the Full Knowledge of the Son of God [Picture: Above clouds]](https://i0.wp.com/www.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/above-clouds-oneness-of-faith-full-knowledge-of-god.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1)
In Eph. 4:13 we read, “Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” This implies that today in the church life we are on a journey – we […]
Being Perfected to Grow in Life and to Function for the Building up of the Body
Many Christians say, It is the Apostles, the Prophets, the Evangelists, the Shepherds, and the Teachers spoken of in Eph. 4:11 that build up the Body of Christ. I am not qualified, and I don’t know how to do it – that’s why they are special gifts, and they build up the Body, and we […]
Bearing a Sign that We Are God’s People by Daily and Regularly Enjoying God
As believers in Christ and as those who are burdened for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ, we need to be those who bear a sign that we are God’s people. What is the distinctive sign that we are the people of God? There must be something like a ring, a […]
Doing God’s Work by His Power (not our power) and For His Glory (not our glory)
![Doing God's Work by His Power (not our power) and For His Glory (not our glory) [picture: Mt. Whitney, in Montana, USA]](https://i0.wp.com/www.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Mt-Whitney-working-for-god-for-his-glory.jpg?fit=300%2C237&ssl=1)
In working for God and in doing anything for God’s interest on earth we need to allow God to be the initiator, we need to work by His power, and all the glory needs to be His. Even when God initiates something and we join in to work together with Him, our work and the […]