Regarding the matter of glory and glorification, the Lord Jesus prayed that the Father would glorify Him, and He also prayed that we would enter into the highest stage of oneness – the oneness in the divine glory for the corporate expression of the Triune God by the self-being denied for Christ to be expressed […]
Deny the Self and Live by the Divine Life of Glory to be One in the Divine Glory
The Father gave the Son the divine glory, and the Son gave us this glory; genuine oneness is in the divine glory, for only when we deny ourselves and live by the divine life to express God are we one in the divine glory. Hallelujah! In John 17 we see the Lord uttering an […]
Sanctification through the Word of the Truth brings us into the Oneness of the Triune God
The more we are sanctified in the truth, the more we are one; sanctification through the word of the truth results in oneness by dealing with all the factors of division. This is seen in the Lord’s prayer in John 17, where He prayed that His disciples and all those who believe into Him would […]
the believers are being made one in the divine glory for God’s expression
The third level of oneness in John 17 is the believers’ oneness in the divine glory for the corporate expression of the Triune God. The glory which the Father gave to the Son, this glory the Son gave to the believers that they may be one even as the Triune God is one. This is […]
the four characteristics of our meeting on the genuine ground of oneness
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In the Old Testament God has specifically chosen a place where His people would worship Him, and He designed a specific way for the people of Israel to come to Him. He even interdicted them to worship Him with His offerings wherever they wanted – in Deut. 12:5 we see that God chose a place […]
The Bible is about Life and Building; God is seeking a building, and we are saved for God’s building!
In the entire Bible we see that God is seeking a building. The very first vision in the Bible, which sets the principle for all the following visions in the Bible, is Jacob’s dream in Gen. 28 – a vision of Bethel, God’s dwelling place. All the spiritual visions in the Scriptures are with God’s […]
being perfected into oneness by moving into the Triune God and letting Christ live in us
On the one hand, we have the oneness of the Spirit in our spirit, and we need to be diligent to keep it(Eph. 4:1-4); on the other hand, we need to be perfected into one! This morning I enjoyed the portion in John 17:22-23, where the Lord says, And the glory which You have given […]