This week we come to a wonderful yet sobering conclusion of the crucial points of the major items of the Lord’s recovery. We enjoyed many crucial matters related to the economy of God, the Triune God, the all-inclusive Christ, the consummated Spirit, the eternal life, the recovery of the church, the oneness of the Body […]
Discerning the Intrinsic Factor and Purpose of the Winds of Teaching in the Church
Praise the Lord for the church life as the corporate expression and manifestation of the Christ we enjoy, experience, and realize! For us to practice the church life as a living in the Body of Christ, the one new man, we need to experience the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity and remain under the […]
What does the Bible Really Say about the Father’s House and the Many Abodes in John 14?
The Lord Jesus is the good Shepherd, and He takes all-inclusive tender care of all His sheep (John 10) for the Father’s house (John 14). Through His shepherding, all the believers are being redeemed, regenerated, and transformed to be united, mingled, and incorporated with the Triune God in the Father’s house, the church, the Body […]
Struggling to Minister Christ to Others to Present them Full-Grown in Christ
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 present every man full-grown in Christ. Our service in the church is, […]
The Church as Christ’s Counterpart Was Produced Through Christ’s Death and Resurrection
It is a great thing to see that God desires to gain a wife, a counterpart and that the entire Bible tells us what God has done, is doing, and will do to obtain her. Genesis 2 especially tells us the story of Adam and Eve as a type of Christ and the church. The […]
Adam and Eve are a Type of Christ and the Church: “It is Not Good for God to Be Alone”
Adam and Eve in Genesis 2 are a type of Christ and the church (see Eph. 5:23-26). The real “man” in the universe is not Adam but Christ – Christ is the real universal Husband who is seeking a wife for Himself. Throughout the Bible we can see how God in Christ is courting man […]
God is Working Himself into Man to Obtain His Counterpart, the New Jerusalem
The final organic aspect and the consummation of God’s work in and with man is the wife, the counterpart. The final step of God’s procedure to obtain His goal is to work Himself into man to make man His counterpart and complement. God desires to have a wife, a counterpart, to match Him in every […]