In order for the one new man to become perfect functionally, we all need to experience Christ so that He may be wrought into us to be our everything; as Christ saturates us, we as His members are joined and knit together, and we function in our measure for the building up of the Body. […]
The New Man needs to be Perfected through Cherishing and Nourishing for Growth in Life
The one new man created by Christ on the cross is complete organically, but this new man needs to be perfected through the growth in life so that it may become a full-grown man expressing God. Our growth in the divine life is for the perfecting of the one new man. We need to grow […]
We need to Grow Up into the Head, Christ, in All Things until We are All One in Him
As members of the Body of Christ, we need to hold Christ as the head, and we need to grow up into the Head, Christ, in all things; in all the things of our daily living and human existence, we need to grow up into Christ, the Head (Eph. 4:15). In thing after thing, matter […]
The Work of the Church today is to bring in the Kingdom of God on the Earth
The gospel of the kingdom is to bring in the kingdom of God, which issues in the church, and the work of the church is to bring in the kingdom of God. The Lord Jesus came not merely to express God and save us from our sins; He came to bring in the kingdom of […]
Keeping the Oneness of the Spirit and Arriving at the Oneness of the Faith
The church life is Christ being experienced by and expressed through the many believers in Christ who daily enjoy Him and experience Him. For the church life as a living in the Body of Christ, the one new man, we need to arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of […]
Growing in Life by Holding to Truth in Love for the Building up of the Body of Christ
God’s highest and deepest purpose for the church is to head up all things in Christ through the church. As part of the church, how can we cooperate with the Lord for the heading up of all things in Christ? It is not by our outward doing or “ruling over others” that we bring all […]
The Divine Sonship is Accomplished by our being Mingled with God unto Sanctification
In eternity past God the Father chose us in Christ to be holy unto sonship (see Eph. 1:4-5). All of God’s people have been chosen by God to be holy for the purpose of being made sons of God and participate in the divine sonship. Throughout history until today this word “holy” has been misused and […]