Having a Prevailing Move in Life that Corresponds to Christ’s Heavenly Ministry

Acts 5:42 And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and announcing the gospel of Jesus as the Christ.

Both the preaching of the gospel and the building up of the church in the church life today need to be as a prevailing move in life and of life, corresponding to Christ's heavenly ministry under His headship. In the book of Acts we see how the … [Continue reading]

We are Witnesses of the Resurrected Christ in our Word, our Life, and our Action

Acts 3:15 And the Author of life you killed, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

The apostles were witnesses of the resurrected Christ - they witnessed not only in word but also by their life and action, especially bearing witness of His resurrection; we as witnesses of Christ need to testify of His resurrection in our speaking … [Continue reading]

Christ has a Body of His Witnesses who Bear His Living Testimony for His Propagation

Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

In the book of Acts we see Christ, the resurrected and ascended Head of the Body, propagating Himself in His heavenly ministry not through a group of "trained preachers" or "highly qualified teachers of the Bible" but through a body of His witnesses … [Continue reading]

Acting and Working in the Body and for the Body in the One Divine Stream of God

Acts 4:33 And with great power the apostles gave testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

In the book of Acts we see a group of people who live by Christ as their life, who act by Christ as their power and authority, and who realize that they are the Body and thus are working in the Body and for the Body in the one divine stream. First … [Continue reading]

We’re Resurrected and Ascended with Christ, having Him as Life within and Power without

Acts 5:31 This One God has exalted to His right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

After spending 33.5 years in His earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus today is the God-man on the throne in the heavens in His heavenly ministry, having many statuses and doing many things; we as His people are resurrected and ascended with Christ, … [Continue reading]

God Exalted Christ in His Ascension and made Him Lord of All, the Christ, and the Leader

The Lord’s ascension was His initiation into His living and ministry in the heavens (Acts 5:31). This initiation brought Him into a new realm, that is, into the heavens where He now has His living and His ministry. The book of Acts reveals that the resurrected and ascended Christ is now living in the heavens and ministering there. 2017 spring ITERO, outline 4

In the book of Acts we see a resurrected and ascended Christ who is in the heavens, who is now being propagated by the disciples to produce the church as the kingdom of God; in His ascension Christ was exalted by God and made Lord of all, the Christ, … [Continue reading]

Being willing to be Spent on behalf of the Saints and Exhort them to Walk Worthily of God

1 Thes. 2:9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail: While working night and day so as not to be burdensome to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

The apostles didn't impart only the gospel of God to the Thessalonians - they also imparted their own souls; they were not just like a cherishing and nourishing mother but also like an exhorting father for the, so that they would walk worthily of God … [Continue reading]