After the resurrected Christ is offered to God for His satisfaction, He is to be eaten and enjoyed by us, His people; Christ is to be dispensed into us with all the riches of His resurrection for our enjoyment. This is what the type of the Feast of Firstfruits shows us. First, it is the […]
Not Living in the Vanity of our Mind but Learning Christ as the Reality is in Jesus
May 26, 2018 by 1 Comment
Before we were saved we lived in the vanity of our mind, but through faith in Christ and baptism in Him we have learned Christ even as the reality is in Jesus, and now we put on the new man with the new living, the church life. By faith in Christ we have received Him […]
Our Being Renewed in the Spirit of our Mind is the Key to Putting on the New Man
May 17, 2018 by 7 Comments
The key to putting off the old man (Eph. 4:22) and putting on the new man (v. 24) is being renewed in the spirit of our mind (v. 23). First, we need to see the vision of the one new man and realize that this is the unique thing that God is after today; then, […]
We were Reconciled in one Body to God through the Cross and have been Brought Near
April 25, 2018 by 9 Comments
On the cross in one Body both the Jews and the Gentiles were reconciled to God; we were reconciled in one Body to God, and now we are one with the Lord to preach the gospel of peace. Christ Himself is the peace offering for the Body of Christ as revealed in Ephesians 2:14. He […]
Fellowship is the Circulation of the Divine Life in the Body of Christ
January 29, 2018 by 8 Comments
What a wonderful thing to realize that fellowship is the reality of the church life, for fellowship is the circulation of the divine life in the Body of Christ, just as there’s a circulation in our human body! This word, fellowship, has been taken for granted by most of us, for both in the world […]
Life Meets the Need of Every Man’s Case to Build the House of God (Gospel of John)
January 22, 2018 by 7 Comments
The gospel of John is a book on life and building; God comes to is in Christ to be our life, and this life is for God’s building – for Christ as life meets the need of every man’s case to build up the house of God. This week in our deeper study of what […]
The Reality of the Body of Christ is the Spirit of the Reality of the Triune God
December 26, 2017 by 3 Comments
What is the reality of the Body of Christ? How can we know the reality of the Body? Is the Body of Christ merely something spiritual and intangible, or can we know the Body in reality? The reality of the Body of Christ is the Spirit of the reality of the Triune God. The reality […]
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