As believers in Christ who are learning to receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness so that we may reign in life, we need to imitate the apostle Paul to bring the local churches into the fellowship of the Body of Christ. We may not be the apostle Paul in […]
Reigning in Life Issues in the Real and Practical Body Life with the Highest Virtues
December 1, 2023 by 4 Comments
![I exhort you therefore, brothers, through the compassions of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, [which is] your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/I-exhort-you-therefore-brothers-through-the-compassions-of-God-to-present-your-bodies-a-living-sacrifice-holy-well-pleasing-to-God-jpg.webp?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
The issue of our reigning in life by living under the ruling of the divine life, is the real and practical Body life expressed in the church life; for the Body life, we need to live a life of the highest virtues by reigning in life. Amen! The Lord Jesus was One who reigned […]
Building up, Conformed to Christ’s Image, and Glorified in God’s Complete Salvation
November 29, 2023 by 3 Comments
As believers in Christ, we experience building up as the joining and knitting together in the divine life in the Body, we are conformed to the image of Christ in the maturity of the divine life, and we will be glorified to enter into the full manifestation of God’s complete salvation. Hallelujah! The organic […]
God’s Complete Salvation is His Judicial Redemption plus His Organic Salvation
November 27, 2023 by 17 Comments
God’s complete salvation is of two aspects – the judicial aspect and the organic aspect; there is the judicial redemption and the organic salvation, and we as believers in Christ partake of such a wonderful, all-inclusive, complete salvation. Hallelujah! This week in our morning revival we come to a new topic, The Two Aspects […]
The Shepherding that Builds up the Body of Christ is Mutual Shepherding in Love
November 25, 2023 by 10 Comments
![Then when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of John, do you love Me more than these? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My lambs. John 21:15](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Then-when-they-had-eaten-breakfast-Jesus-said-to-Simon-Peter-Simon-son-of-John-do-you-love-Me-more-than-these-jpg.webp?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
The shepherding that builds up the Body of Christ is mutual shepherding; we need to shepherd one another in mutuality, relying on those whom we shepherd and receiving their portion, both shepherding others and being shepherded by them so that through this mutual shepherding the church as the Body will build itself up in […]
Being Constituted with Christ to Live a Shepherding Life with an Enlarged Heart
November 24, 2023 by 12 Comments
In order for us to shepherd according to God, we need to live a shepherding life, being constituted with Christ so that our heart may be enlarged, we would live an all-fitting life, and we would cherish and nourish the flock of God with the Father’s love and the Son’s seeking spirit. The Lord […]
We need to Live God, Become God, and be One with God to Shepherd according to God
November 23, 2023 by 16 Comments
Those who shepherd the flock of God should shepherd according to God; to shepherd according to God is to become the same as God, to be one with God, and do all things in God and according to God. On one hand, we need to enjoy the Lord’s shepherding ourselves, personally, for He is […]
