We must receive the Lord’s mercy to learn the lessons in the book of Acts in the spreading of the church, and in particular we need to practice the Body life and take the word of the Spirit through the members of the Body, and reject any mixture of the old testament practices with God’s […]
Speaking and Teaching the Economy of God Preserves us in the Oneness and One Accord
The only way we can practice the one accord and thus keep the oneness of the Spirit in the practical church life is to emphasize and speak only one thing: God’s economy, the eternal economy of God. All other things can bring in divisions, even good teachings. But when we have the apostles’ teaching, the […]
In His Ascension Christ was Enthroned to Execute God’s Administration and Carry out His Economy
What Christ has accomplished and attained to in His ascension is colossal and monumental, and as believers in Christ we do well to dive deeper into the truth in the word of God concerning this matter. We need to see the heavenly scene and the heavenly Christ. After the Lord Jesus died and resurrected, He […]
God’s Economy and Goal are to Work Himself into Man and Build Man into Himself
In order for us to cooperate with the Lord for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ, we need to know the economy of God and allow God in Christ to build Himself into us. First of all, the church is the Body of Christ, the fullness of the One who fills […]
Holding Christ as the Head and Teaching the Unique Ministry of God’s Economy
If we put together Ephesians 2:15 (Christ creating the one new man in His body on the cross), Romans 15:6 (with one accord with one mouth glorify God), and 1 Cor. 1:10 (speak the same thing, be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion), what we get is that in the one […]
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 […]
The Need to be Constituted with God to Have the Ministry of Life for the Body
This week in our study we come to the topic, Ministry of Life. In Christianity today there are many “ministries”, and as soon as someone feels he has a ministry from the Lord, he goes ahead and does his best to carry it out, many times resulting in creating yet another division in the Body […]