![The third step of God’s procedure in fulfilling His purpose was to work Himself into man to make man His complement. Adam here [in Genesis 2:18] typifies God in Christ as the real, universal Husband, who is seeking a wife for Himself (Rom. 5:14; cf. Isa. 54:5; John 3:29; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:31-32; Rev. 19:7; 21:9). Adam’s need for a wife typifies and portrays God’s need, in His economy, to have a wife as His complement. Gen. 2:18, footnote 1, RcV Bible](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/The-third-step-of-God%E2%80%99s-procedure-in-fulfilling-His-purpose-was-to-work-Himself-into-man2.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1)
In Genesis 2 we see a picture of Christ and the church in the types of Adam and Eve; God wants not only Christ (as typified by Adam) but also the church – God wants Christ and the church. Christ is the mystery of God, He is the explanation and expression of God, and He […]
Loving the Lord and being Washed by His Living Word to be the Counterpart of Christ
January 8, 2018 by 8 Comments
This week we are enjoying one of the most wonderful statuses of the church – the church as the counterpart of Christ, the bride of Christ; the work in the Lord’s recovery is His genuine work to prepare His bride. A counterpart is one that closely resembles another; it is one that has the same […]
The Goal of the Lord’s Recovery is to Bring Forth the One New Man to End this Age
January 6, 2018 by 1 Comment
God desires to gain the church as the Body of Christ to be the one new man, and the goal of the Lord’s recovery is to bring forth the one new man. But if we look at ourselves, at the local church where we meet, and at the country we are in, can we say […]
Today is the day to have a New Man Constituted of All the Local Churches on earth
January 5, 2018 by 9 Comments
The application of the new man spoken of in Eph. 2:15 and Col. 3:10-11 is that all the local churches in the different countries are one new man. So our practice of the church life should be with the Body of Christ and the new man as the goal in view. The constitution of the […]
The One New Man was Created in Christ to Bear His Image, and the New Man is Christ!
January 2, 2018 by 10 Comments
The new man was created in Christ on the cross; Christ is the element of the new man, Christ is all and in all in the new man, and the new man is Christ. The first main aspect or status of the church is that it is the Body of Christ, and the second one […]
The Lord Desires to Recover the Organic Building up of the Body of Christ
December 30, 2017 by 2 Comments
May the Lord recovery us back to practicing the scriptural way to meet and serve, which is able to develop the organic ability and function of the members of Christ for the organic building up of the Body of Christ. The church is the Body of Christ; the Body of Christ is not merely an […]
Practicing the Scriptural Way to Meet and Serve to Build up the Church Practically
December 28, 2017 by 4 Comments
Without practicing the Scriptural way to meet and serve – the way that is shown in the New Testament – the Lord’s words concerning the building up of the church cannot be fulfilled. For the building up of the Body of Christ, we believers in Christ all need to practice the Scriptural way to meet […]
