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Maturity is Being Enlarged in our Capacity by the Discipline of the Holy Spirit

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Whom we announce, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that we may present every man full-grown in Christ. Col. 1:28

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2KKXfOxKZXd5Vbajqkcz9o?si=575b0cf15ca248f1 The goal of Paul's ministry was to present every man mature, full-grown in Christ for the one new man; we are in the process of being matured to arrive at maturity, the … [Continue reading]

Maturity in Life is Having Christ Fully Formed in us and Being Subdued in our Will

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If we pray, “Lord, come back quickly,” the Lord may say, “While you are awaiting My coming back, I am awaiting your maturity; only your maturity can hasten My coming back.” Witness Lee, Life-study of James, p. 92

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HJQGMgAiM6Pdz6Af7AKKx?si=5dbaf41f8baf4f73 While we're awaiting with long-suffering the Lord's coming, He, as the real Farmer, is awaiting with patience our maturity in life; to be mature is to have Christ fully … [Continue reading]

We urgently need to Grow and Mature in the Divine Life for the Maturity of the Bride

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...Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal for the prize... Phil. 3:13-14

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Gta1lZqN1LAKS9vq5C9wi?si=rnw2POYzQlujVYui7AiCOA As believers in Christ, we urgently need to grow and mature in the divine life for the maturity of the bride of Christ to bring Him back. The Lord Jesus will marry a … [Continue reading]

Being Metabolically Changed by and Being Filled with the Divine Life that Changes us

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Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity... Heb. 6:1

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2PpduLIzZtwmNFLO8XJrQM?si=93e4318a840e48e5 To be transformed is to be metabolically changed in our natural life by and with the divine life, and to be matured is to be filled with the divine life that changes us; we … [Continue reading]

The Church is Produced and Built by Christ’s Blood and His Unbreakable Eternal Life

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And Jehovah God built the rib, which He had taken from the man, into a woman and brought her to the man. Gen. 2:22

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4aybZDq0Qv2oUxhwdjKhua?si=686f450742ce4c04 The church is produced and built up by the Lord's shed blood and His unbreakable and indestructible eternal life, which flowed out of Him when He was on the cross, for only … [Continue reading]

Christ Died on the Cross to Produce the Church through Redemption and Life-imparting

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And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh in its place. Gen. 2:21

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3B00ZiW4dXPrOZ0YKlOWxU?si=5c78023715574048 Through Christ's death on the cross, the divine life within Him was released, and through His resurrection, His released divine life was imparted into us to produce the … [Continue reading]

It’s Not Good for God to be Alone: Victorious Christ is Matched by Victorious Church

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For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. 2 Cor. 11:2

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4T75jjPLDQvHMqjciYOhxv?si=951351d1de9742c3 God has a heart's desire to obtain both Christ and the church, the reality of Adam and Eve; it is not good for God to be alone - He needs a counterpart, the church, for He … [Continue reading]