Before He ascended, the Lord commissioned Peter to shepherd and feed His sheep and lambs; He wanted to incorporate the apostolic ministry with His heavenly ministry of shepherding to take care of God’s flock, the church, in love. We need to be perfected in our love for the Lord and in our love for […]
Love must Prevail in the Church Life, not Ambition, Pride, or Reviling Words
Love must prevail in the church life; we need to keep ourselves in the love of God and be constrained by the love of Christ to lay down our lives on behalf of the brothers, and we must beware of ambition and pride. Among the co-workers, the elders, the responsible ones, and everyone in […]
We need to Learn to Discern the Spirit from the Soul and have a Keen Sense of Life
If we would live according to the principle of life, we need to discern the spirit from the soul and know the spirit; the key to having a keen sense of life is to love the Lord and drop our opinions. Amen! We believers in Christ have another life in our spirit – we […]
We abide in the Father who Cares for us, and we Abide in God by having Faith and Love
The New Testament tells us to abide in Christ, in the Lord, in the Son of God, in the Father, and in God; to abide in the Father is to abide in the One who cares for us in every way, and to abide in God is to have the faith of the Son […]
Beware of Indulging in the Lust of the Flesh and Coveting Wealth, and Taking God as our Husband
Gideon was one who joined himself to God and gained the victory for God, but later he indulged in the lust of the flesh, was not kind, and desired wealth, all of which led to worshipping idols and him being one with Satan, thus having a terrible ending. Oh, Lord! On one hand, Gideon was […]
Interwoven Fellowship with God and the Saints in the Spirit to be Mingled with God
The one divine fellowship is an interwoven fellowship – the horizontal fellowship with the saints is interwoven with the vertical fellowship with God; this fellowship is everything in our Christian life. In the one Body of Christ, there is only one fellowship, one circulation of blood, which is the fellowship of the divine life, the […]
Nothing can Separate us from the Love of God in Christ: His Love Draws us and Keeps us
How we thank and praise the Lord for the love of God in Christ reaching us and joining us to God, even making us the same as Christ in life and nature to become God’s corporate expression! Amen! When we see the love of God which is in Christ, we realize that nothing can separate […]