Ministers of Life are Begetters, Feeders, and Builders for the Building of the Church

If we truly and genuinely drink the flow of living water and are in the flow of the river of water of life, we are ministers of life as sowers, planters, waterers, begetters, feeders, and builders with the ministry of life for God’s building. Our enjoyment of Christ as the flow of life is for […]

The Basis of Genuine Service is Knowing the Cross to Allow the Divine Fire to Burn in us

So many people today “serve God” but without the divine fire and without knowing the cross; some serve God as a proffession, others serve Him from time to time, while even others serve Him as a duty, outwardly. But the service that God desires to receive from us is simply our placing ourselves on the […]

Growing in Life and Being Transformed to Become Precious Materials for God’s Building

God’s purpose to have man as His expression and representation on earth is fulfilled in the way of life. Firstly, God in Christ is the tree of life for man to take in, enjoy, and partake of so that man may have God’s life and may grow in life. Secondly, God in Christ as the […]

The Unique Work in the Lord’s Recovery is the Ministry of the Spirit

Our one God has only one work, and His work is to dispense Himself into man, to work Himself into man, so that man may become His collective expression, His corporate testimony. We see this everywhere in the Bible when we read the Scriptures with God’s economy glasses on. But what is the work in […]

The Flow of Life with the Ministry of Life out of and for the Magnificent House of God (2)

The ministry of life involves feeding, which is a supply for living. Paul told the Corinthians “I gave you milk to drink” (v. 3:2). Had they been mature enough to receive it, he would have given them solid food. This ministry is nourishment, not knowledge. We are ministers “not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Cor. 3:6). The Spirit nourishes. This nourishment comes from healthy words (1 Tim. 6:3) which are according to godliness, a life lived one with Christ to express God (1 Tim. 3:16). [continue reading online, a review of message 5 in the recent ITERO]