Although many verses in the New Testament show that the ministry in the New Testament is corporate, other verses indicate that the ministry is also personal; we need to fully accomplish our personal ministry by ministering the Christ constituted into our being into others for the building up of the church as the Body of […]
Our Personal Ministry is Part of the Unique Corporate Ministry of the New Testament
As believers in Christ enjoying the Lord on the genuine ground of oneness in the proper church life, we have this ministry, and our personal ministry is for the unique corporate ministry of the New Testament; we are ministers having our own portion of the ministry, and the ministry is uniquely one. Amen! May the […]
The Growth of the Body of Christ is the Building up of the Body of Christ in Love
The growth of the Body of Christ depends on the growth of God, the addition of God, the increase of God within us as the many members of the Body of Christ; the growth of the Body is the building up of the Body of Christ. Amen, how much we need the growth of […]
Hold the Head and Grow by having Christ Added to us for the Building up of the Body
As believers in Christ, we need to hold the Head, Christ, out of whom all the Body is richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, growing with the growth of God; we’re rooted in Christ to absorb His riches and grow in life, and our growth is the building […]
Building up, Conformed to Christ’s Image, and Glorified in God’s Complete Salvation
As believers in Christ, we experience building up as the joining and knitting together in the divine life in the Body, we are conformed to the image of Christ in the maturity of the divine life, and we will be glorified to enter into the full manifestation of God’s complete salvation. Hallelujah! The organic […]
The Shepherding that Builds up the Body of Christ is Mutual Shepherding in Love
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The shepherding that builds up the Body of Christ is mutual shepherding; we need to shepherd one another in mutuality, relying on those whom we shepherd and receiving their portion, both shepherding others and being shepherded by them so that through this mutual shepherding the church as the Body will build itself up in […]
Shepherd the Believers for their Growth in Life unto the Building up of the Body
The Lord Jesus is our Good Shepherd, and He is the Chief Shepherd; He shepherded us when He was on earth, He is shepherding us in His heavenly ministry, and today we can cooperate with Him to shepherd the believers for them to grow in life unto maturity for the building up of the […]