The apostle Peter was so impressed with the Lord’s commission that he would shepherd His sheep that he told us we have returned to the Shepherd of our souls, and he charged the elders to shepherd the flock of God among them according to God. In John 21, which is seemingly an appendix to the […]
Christ Commissioned us to Shepherd His Sheep in Cooperation with His Heavenly Ministry
This week in our morning revival we come to the matter of The Apostolic Ministry in Cooperation with Christ’s Heavenly Ministry, and today in particular we want to see how the Lord commissioned Peter to shepherd His sheep. The Lord is speaking to us today, and His speaking is His shepherding; on the one hand […]
Seeking the Things which are Above to be Joined to Christ in His Heavenly Ministry
As believers in Christ who have Christ as their life and living, we need to be those seeking the things which are above and set our mind on them by joining ourselves to the Lord in His heavenly ministry, His divine enterprise, and live Christ by having a living that is one with Christ’s living […]
Go Outside the Camp to Christ and Offer God a Sacrifice of Praise through Christ
In Hebrews 13:1-19 we see many virtues and experiences which we need not only for our personal Christian life but for the practice of the church life; such experiences include brotherly love, practicing hospitality, holding on to Christ, following Jesus outside the camp, and offering a sacrifice of praise to God through Christ. After unveiling […]
The Church is the present Sabbath Rest and the Unshakable Kingdom of God today
The church is the enlargement of Christ, and, as revealed in Hebrews, the church is the real Sabbath rest and the church is the unshakable kingdom of God; coming to the church is coming to the new covenant and to the heavenly New Jerusalem. There are many wonderful and glorious aspects of the church revealed […]
Christ is God’s Appointed Heir, and we are His Joint-Heirs, Christ’s Partners
In this universe God has a great divine operation, which is to accomplish a glorious expression of Himself; the church is a corporate partnership with Christ, and we are Christ’s partners and His joint heirs in God’s corporation. Wow! All this can be seen in Heb. 3:14, 1:9, and in other portions such as Rom. […]
Living by the Divine Life, with an Uplifted Humanity, by the Cross in the Church life
It is so amazing to realize that the church is not only the gathering of God’s called out ones but also an organism with two lives and two natures – the human nature and the divine nature, and therefore we should be those living by the divine life in the church life today. The epistle […]