The entire Bible is a book of life, and the gospel of John in particular is a book focusing on God as life for God’s building. What is life? Life is the Triune God Himself. The Lord Jesus came that we may have life and may have it abundantly (John 10:10). He came that we […]
A High View of the Church as the Father’s House, the Divine-Human Incorporation
The church is the house of God, the household of God, and as such the church is the Father’s house. The Lord Jesus was zealous for the Father’s house (see John 2:16-21) and He spoke at length in John 14 concerning the many abodes in the Father’s house. Contrary to the traditional and religious understanding […]
enjoying God’s visitation and practicing the scriptural way to meet and serve
Isn’t it so wonderful to be in the Father’s house, in the house of God, in the church? Here we see the continuation and the propagation of the life of God in so many human beings, our brothers and sisters. Here we learn to build up the church as the Father’s house, the house of […]
building up the church by growing in life and letting Christ make His home in us
The Father’s house, the house of Jehovah, is an entity in the divine life – there’s nothing of organization or human activity here, but there’s the flow and the growth in the divine life. For us to build up the church as the Father’s house we need to daily grow in life. Since it is […]
seeing the significance of the Father’s house and being mingled more with God
The Father’s house is what is on God’s heart – He wants to obtain a house, a dwelling place, where He can express Himself in and through His people. When God gets a built up church as His house, He will be fully expressed and His glory will shine. To Christ, this is the Body […]
seeing a vision of God’s building and caring FIRST for the Father’s House
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This week we are focusing on, the Building of the House of Jehovah, which is the Father’s house. Especially in the book of Haggai, we see that after a while the people of Israel stopped building the house of God but did their best to build up their own house. If we read Haggai we […]