Eating Christ as our Unique Food Displaces the Flesh and Reconstitutes us with Christ

By giving His people only manna to eat in the wilderness, God dealt with their flesh and at the same time reconstituted them with the heavenly food; by eating Christ as the unique heavenly food, our flesh is dealt with and displaced, and we are reconstituted with Christ to become the dwelling place of God. […]

We need to have a Change of Diet to Eat Christ and be Reconstituted with Christ

God wants to change our diet to a diet of Christ as the real manna so that we may be reconstituted with Christ and live because of Christ to become God’s dwelling place. God’s goal is to have a dwelling place on earth; this dwelling place is not built with stone or wood but with […]

We Eat the Lord Jesus by Eating His Words of Spirit and Life to Live Because of Him

Christ is the reality of the heavenly manna sent by God to be the daily life supply of His chosen people, and we can eat the Lord Jesus and live because of Him by eating His words and digesting Him into our inner being. This week in our deeper study of the book of Numbers […]

We Sing-Read the Word to let it Dwell in us Richly and Live Christ to Magnify Him

Praise the Lord for His divine and rich provision for our constant salvation! As we pray-read the Word, sing-read the Word, and even psalm-read the Word, the Word of Christ dwells in us richly, and we spontaneously hold forth the word of life – this is to live Christ that He may be magnified in […]

We Live Christ by being Saturated with the Word of Life through Pray-reading the Word

Philippians 2:12-16 is a definition of living Christ in Phil. 1:19-21, for the God who operates in us (2:13) is the supplying Spirit (1:19), for us to shine as luminaries (2:15) is to magnify Christ (1:20), and to hold forth the word of life (2:16) is to live Christ (1:21). Paul had a burden in […]

Use the Lord’s Gift to Build up the Church by Giving others Food at the Proper Time

As the Lord’s faithful and prudent slaves today, we need to use the Lord’s gift to build up the church by giving others food at the proper time. This means we need to be those serving others with Christ and ministering Christ as grace to them out of love for the Lord and in oneness […]

We Lose our Soul-life for the Lord’s Sake in this Age to Save our Soul in the Next age

We need to be those who lose our soul-life in this age, not allowing the soul to have its enjoyment in this age so that we may gain the full enjoyment in the next age. The church life today is the place where we can live the reality of the kingdom of God, for the […]