Learning from Paul to Live the Church Life with the Consciousness of the One New Man

Learning from Paul to Live the Church Life with the Consciousness of the One New Man. Col. 4:16 and when this letter is read among you, cause it be read in the church of the Laodiceans also...

As we practice the church life daily by eating, drinking, and breathing in Jesus with all the saints, we need to do so with a consciousness of the one new man. With the Apostle Paul there was such a consciousness - in his writings and in his living … [Continue reading]

We Need to Practice the Church Life by Being Church-Conscious and Body-Conscious

We Need to Be Conscious of the Body - we need to be Body-Conscious in One Accord. Rom. 15:6, That with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ

All believers in Christ need to grow in life, be transformed, be matured, and arrive at a full-grown man for the fulfillment of God's purpose. One of the most practical ways for our daily life to arrive at a full-grown man is to practice the church … [Continue reading]

Struggling to Minister Christ to Others to Present them Full-Grown in Christ

Struggling to Minister Christ to Others to Present them Full-Grown in Christ (see Col. 1:27-29)

The Apostle Paul was a very good pattern of laboring and struggling to present every man full-grown in Christ (Col. 1:28-29). He didn't just preach the gospel in a city and "moved on to another city"; rather, he agonized, struggled, and labored to … [Continue reading]

Carrying Out the Stewardship of God by Preaching the Gospel and Dispensing Christ

Carrying Out the Stewardship of God by Preaching the Gospel and Dispensing Christ (see 1 Cor. 9:16-17)

All believers in Christ have been entrusted by God with a stewardship, which is to minister the riches of Christ into others for the building up of the Body of Christ. When we preach the gospel, we carry out the stewardship of God by contacting … [Continue reading]

God’s Economy has Become the Stewardship of God Given to All the Believers in Christ

God's Economy has Become the Stewardship of God Given to All the Believers in Christ. Col. 1:25 of which I became a minister according to the stewardship of God

There are many aspects to arriving at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. One of these aspects is that we need to carry out the stewardship of God to present every man full-grown in Christ (see Col. … [Continue reading]

The Greatest Hindrance to the One New Man and How can We be Renewed in Our Mind

The Greatest Hindrance to the One New Man and How can We be Renewed in Our Mind. Rom. 12:2 And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.

The greatest hindrance to the one new man which God desires to obtain on the earth is the unrenewed mind. Actually, the greatest hindrance to the practical existence of the new man is my mind - when it is unrenewed, not saturated with the element of … [Continue reading]

We Need to be Renewed in the Spirit of Our Mind for the Body and the One New Man

We Need to be Renewed in the Spirit of Our Mind for the Body and the One New Man. Rom. 12:2 And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.

God's desire and intention in creating man is to have a full-grown corporate man who is filled with His life and accomplishes His purpose to express Him with His image and represent Him with His dominion (see Gen. 1:26). The first man Adam fell, but … [Continue reading]