Our experience of Christ is our fellowship unto the furtherance of the gospel until the Lord comes back (Phil. 1:3-6); the more we have fellowship unto the gospel, the more we experience Christ. We have seen that our experience of Christ is something very mysterious yet very necessary, for the church life is the sum […]
Exercise the Key of Denying the Self, for Satan Manipulates the Self to Damage the Church
The building up of the church depends on the shutting up of the gates of Hades through the exercise of the keys of the kingdom; for us to build up the church, we need to exercise the key of denying the self (Matt. 16:24). Christ, the Son of the living God, builds the church on […]
Exercising the Keys of the Kingdom to Lock the Gates of Hades and Build up the Church
We need to see from Matt. 16 the way to build up the church and the enemy of the building; we need to cooperate with the Lord to lock the gates of Hades for the church to be built up. This week we come to a new topic in the series, The Development of the […]
Treasuring the other Members of the Body and Denying the Self to be Built up Together
Individualism is hateful in the sight of God, for the self is the enemy of the Body, and when we live in the self, we declare independence from God and from the Body of Christ. When we believed into the Lord Jesus, we were regenerated with the divine life, and we became organic members of […]
There cannot be Independence or Individualism among the Members in the Body of Christ
In the Body of Christ there can be no independence or individualism, for we are members of the Body, and members can’t live in detachment from the Body; every member is indispensable, and every members is precious in God’s sight. We may know the term, The Body of Christ, but we may not be in […]
We need to Accept the Dealing of the Cross in the Realm of the Body of Christ
The cross of Christ brings us to the Body, the cross operates in the realm of the Body, and if we want to be members of the Body, we cannot go on with out the cross – we need its organic function, and we need to accept the dealing of the cross. God gives us […]
Exercising our Spirit and being Conformed to the Death of Christ through the Cross
For us to live in the reality of the Body of Christ, we need to be conformed to the death of Christ through the cross, for only when we deny the self and live by the divine life can we live out the reality of the Body. We enter into the reality of the Body […]