Enjoying Christ in the Church Life Garden and being Increased with Men like a Flock

Ezek. 36:37-38 Thus says the Lord Jehovah, Moreover for this I will be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock....So will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they will know that I am Jehovah.

As we see in Ezekiel, the Lord is recovering His people inwardly by life, and the result is that any desolate places will become like the garden of Eden, and the Lord increases His people with men like a flock. However, there are two aspects to … [Continue reading]

Our Spirit is a Mingled Spirit, and we need to Walk According to the Spirit daily

Rom. 8:4 That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit.

For the inward recovery of His people, God gives us a new heart and a new spirit, and He also puts His Spirit within us; now our spirit is a mingled spirit, and we can and should daily walk according to the spirit. First, in order for Him to come … [Continue reading]

We have a New Spirit, and we need to Constantly Exercise our Spirit to Contact God

2 Tim. 1:6-7 For which cause I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God....For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness.

How we thank and praise the Lord for giving us a new heart to love Him and a new spirit to receive Him, so that we may be inwardly recovered by Him! Now we can exercise our heart to love the Lord and enjoy Him, and we can exercise our spirit to … [Continue reading]

The Lord Gives us a New Heart to Love Him, a Soft and Pure Heart that Loves Him

Lord Jesus, we love You! Nothing else and no one else deserves our heart. We love You with no reservation. We abandon ourselves wholly to You, and we love You absolutely! If ever we loved You, Lord, it is now!

According to Ezek. 36:26, for the inward recovery of His people God gives them a new heart and a new spirit; in His organic salvation God revives us, renews our heart, and gives us a heart to love Him, and He gives us a new spirit to receive and … [Continue reading]

God is Inwardly Recovering us on Behalf of His Name by Cleansing us with His Blood

1 Pet. 1:18-19 Knowing that it was not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, that you were redeemed from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a Lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ.

The Lord is inwardly recovering us, His people (see Ezek. 35-36), and for this inward recovery, He acts on behalf of His holy name, and He applies His judicial redemption to them for their being cleansed with the precious blood of Christ. Before … [Continue reading]

In order to Recover us and Make us the New Man, God must Judge our Old Man Daily

In order to recover us and make us the new man, God must judge our old man, our old creation.

This week concludes our first part of the crystallization-study of Ezekiel (1), and the main topic is, The Inward Recovery by Life for the Carrying out of God's Economy; today in particular we want to see that in order for God to recover us and make … [Continue reading]

Shepherding others According to God – According to His Nature, Desire, Way, and Glory

Rev. 7:16-17 They will not hunger anymore, neither will they thirst anymore, neither will the sun beat upon them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and guide them to springs of waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

As believers in Christ, we are under His tender care and shepherding, and we are commissioned by Him to shepherd His sheep and feed His lambs (see John 21); therefore, in order for us to shepherd according to God, we need to learn how to shepherd by … [Continue reading]