The Universal Body of Christ is the Fullness of the Universal, All-inclusive Christ

Eph. 4:10 He who descended, He is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens that He might fill all things.

This week our focus has been the first item of the direction of the Lord's move today, which is the intrinsic building up of the organic Body of Christ; today need to be governed by a vision of the universal Body of Christ as the goal of God's … [Continue reading]

The Lord’s Recovery is for the Building up of the Universal Organic Body of Christ

All the local churches are the unique Body of Christ in the universe (Eph. 4:4). Every local church is part of the unique, universal Body of Christ, a local expression of the Body (1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27). 2016 Thanksgiving Conference, outline 1

This morning I was encouraged to realize that the Lord's recovery is based upon the truth that Christ has only one Body, and the Lord's recovery is for the building up of the Body of Christ and not for any particular local church or … [Continue reading]

The Body of Christ is the Governing Law of Life and Work of the Children of God

Eph. 1:22-23 And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.

According to the divine revelation in the New Testament, the Body of Christ is the governing law of life and work of the children of God; our work and our living should be governed, measured, and constrained by the vision of the Body of Christ. At … [Continue reading]

Knowing and Caring for the Body of Christ, the Intrinsic Significance of the Church

All the problems in the church today are due to ignorance concerning the Body; the biggest problem, the unique problem, is not knowing the Body, not caring for the Body, and not honoring the Body. Witness Lee

The direction of the Lord's move today is the building up of the Body of Christ; God's economy is to produce a Body for His Son, for the Body of Christ fulfills God's desire to have an expression and this Body destroys Satan. The Body of Christ is … [Continue reading]

The Direction of the Lord’s Move today is Building up the Body for His Expression

The direction of the Lord’s move today is to build up the organic Body of Christ as the organism of the processed and dispensing God in His Divine Trinity for His full expression (Eph. 4:12, 16). Witness Lee

Today we start a new topic in our holy word for morning revival, which is, The Direction of the Lord's move today, and in particular this week we focus on, The Intrinsic Building Up of the Organic Body of Christ (1) - Governed by a Vision of the … [Continue reading]

Christ as the Sevenfold Intensified Spirit Produces the Overcomers to Build the Church

Because of the degradation of the church, Christ as the life-giving Spirit has been intensified sevenfold to become the seven Spirits — the sevenfold intensified life-giving Spirit — to produce the overcomers. Witness Lee

After reading the Lord's epistles to the seven churches in Rev. 2-3 we need to realize that today, in His ministry in the stage of intensification, Christ as the sevenfold intensified Spirit produces the overcomers, those who return to the orthodoxy … [Continue reading]

New Jerusalem is the Universal Golden Lampstand, the Ultimate Consummation of the Lampstands

The New Jerusalem, the aggregate of all the lampstands, the totality of today’s lampstands, is a consummate, universal golden lampstand to shine forth God’s glory in the new heaven and new earth for eternity (Rev. 21:24). Witness Lee

The New Jerusalem, the holy city, is the universal golden lampstand, the ultimate consummation of the lampstands in the Scriptures. The entire city is like a mountain of gold, and on top of it there's the throne of God and the Lamb, where God shines … [Continue reading]