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God Desires to have Christ and the Church for His Expression and Dominion on Earth

January 9, 2018 by aGodMan 13 Comments

The third step of God’s procedure in fulfilling His purpose was to work Himself into man to make man His complement. Adam here [in Genesis 2:18] typifies God in Christ as the real, universal Husband, who is seeking a wife for Himself (Rom. 5:14; cf. Isa. 54:5; John 3:29; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:31-32; Rev. 19:7; 21:9). Adam’s need for a wife typifies and portrays God’s need, in His economy, to have a wife as His complement. Gen. 2:18, footnote 1, RcV Bible

In Genesis 2 we see a picture of Christ and the church in the types of Adam and Eve; God wants not only Christ (as typified by Adam) but also the church - God wants Christ and the church. Christ is the mystery of God, He is the explanation and … [Continue reading]

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Loving the Lord and being Washed by His Living Word to be the Counterpart of Christ

January 8, 2018 by aGodMan 8 Comments

Eph. 5:25-27 v. 25 Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her v. 26 That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word, v. 27 That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish.

This week we are enjoying one of the most wonderful statuses of the church - the church as the counterpart of Christ, the bride of Christ; the work in the Lord's recovery is His genuine work to prepare His bride. A counterpart is one that closely … [Continue reading]

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The Goal of the Lord’s Recovery is to Bring Forth the One New Man to End this Age

January 6, 2018 by aGodMan 1 Comment

What is here in the Lord’s recovery is nothing but Christ, and this Christ is all and in all. You cannot be an individual believer, and you cannot keep your local church separate from all the others. Today is the day to have a new man constituted with all the local churches, including all the saints as one in Christ, who is all and in all. This vision will rescue us from all things other than Christ. Witness Lee, The One New Man, ch. 6

God desires to gain the church as the Body of Christ to be the one new man, and the goal of the Lord's recovery is to bring forth the one new man. But if we look at ourselves, at the local church where we meet, and at the country we are in, can we … [Continue reading]

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Today is the day to have a New Man Constituted of All the Local Churches on earth

January 5, 2018 by aGodMan 9 Comments

Col. 4:15-16 Greet the brothers in Laodicea, as well as Nymphas and the church, which is in his house. And when this letter is read among you, cause that it be read in the church of the Laodiceans also, and that you also read the one from Laodicea.

The application of the new man spoken of in Eph. 2:15 and Col. 3:10-11 is that all the local churches in the different countries are one new man. So our practice of the church life should be with the Body of Christ and the new man as the goal in … [Continue reading]

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Taking Christ as our Life and Person so that Christ is All and in All in the New Man

January 4, 2018 by aGodMan 10 Comments

Col. 3:10-11 And have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all and in all.

In the new man Christ is all and in all. What does it mean in reality and in our experience for Christ to be all in all in the church as the one new man? We need to ask the Lord to make this real to us, and even to make this our reality in the church … [Continue reading]

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God’s Economy is to Work Christ into us; the New Man is Christ Spreading and being Enlarged

January 3, 2018 by aGodMan 6 Comments

God’s economy is to work a wonderful person into our being. This person is the all-inclusive Christ, the One who is the reality of every positive thing in the universe. Christ is the Firstborn of all creation. He is both God and man, for the One who was the eternal God became incarnated at a point in time. Hence, Christ is the real God and the real man. He possesses all the divine attributes and human virtues. He is the reality of love, life, light, grace, humility, patience, power, mercy, wisdom, righteousness, and holiness. Life-study of Colossians, p. 313, by Witness Lee

Hallelujah, the new man is Christ spreading in us and being enlarged in us! It is amazing to realize that Christ is all and in all in the new man, and that God's intention is to make Christ the center of His economy and make Him everything to the … [Continue reading]

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The One New Man was Created in Christ to Bear His Image, and the New Man is Christ!

January 2, 2018 by aGodMan 10 Comments

Matt. 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found My delight. Hear Him!

The new man was created in Christ on the cross; Christ is the element of the new man, Christ is all and in all in the new man, and the new man is Christ. The first main aspect or status of the church is that it is the Body of Christ, and the … [Continue reading]

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