At the end of his life, when he was 130 years old, Jacob went to Egypt together with all his family to be with Joseph; by this time he was a mature person, and he simply blessed everyone. The strongest sign of Jacob’s maturity in life was his blessing of others. When he met Pharaoh […]
Presenting Every Man Mature in Christ by Ministering Christ to them for the New Man
We need to grow unto maturity to become a part of the corporate full-grown man that fulfills God’s eternal purpose (Gen. 1:26). The goal of Paul’s ministry was to present every man full-grown in Christ for the one new man (see Col. 1:28-29). For this, he struggled, strived, and even travailed so that Christ would […]
Struggling to Minister Christ to Others to Present them Full-Grown in Christ
The Apostle Paul was a very good pattern of laboring and struggling to present every man full-grown in Christ (Col. 1:28-29). He didn’t just preach the gospel in a city and “moved on to another city”; rather, he agonized, struggled, and labored to present every man full-grown in Christ. Our service in the church is, […]
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 Intrinsic Element of Our Work is to Minister God Into Others for the Body
We have seen that there’s a governing vision of the Bible, which is that God desires to work Himself into His chosen people to make them His corporate expression. Today we are on the matter of our work for God, our Christian work. What is the intrinsic element of our Christian work? Is it just to do […]
our ability to prophesy is produced through the daily enjoyment of Christ
The greatest of all gifts and the most excelling gift for the building up of the church is prophesying (see 1 Cor. 1:2, 9, 24, 30; 5:7-8; 10:3-4; 15:45). All the believers have this gift, and this excelling gift of prophesying is produced in the growth in life through the enjoyment of Christ (see 1 […]
being channels of life with a surplus of life to minister life to others
All the members of the Body of Christ are ministers of life, imparting life to the ones around them for the growth and the building up of the Body. In the church life, we all are learning to minister life – this is our only need. We don’t need more teachings, doctrines, do’s and dont’s; […]