The Bible clearly says that Christ died for us and bore God’s judgement for us, and by believing into Him we are saved, having the eternal redemption applied to us to be brought back to God and receive His divine life. However, as believers in Christ we need to realize that in our flesh we […]
Judging Ourselves as Nothing: we are what we are by the Grace of God for God’s Building
April 7, 2016 by 1 Comment
In our review and enjoyment of the intrinsic significance of the materials of the temple, we have seen that both in the tabernacle and in the temple gold overlays wood, that is, God is mingled with man. The building of God, God’s temple, is a matter of God being mingled with man; God’s building is […]
The Judging and Renewing Spirit Washes away all Negative things for God’s Building
April 6, 2016 by 2 Comments
In working to build up the church we need to take heed what materials we use; if we use wood, grass, stubble (works coming out of our natural man, our flesh, or our self) we will mar the temple of God and not build it, and this is not pleasing to God (we may even […]
Being Mingled with God and Sinking Deeply into God to Build up the Church in Oneness
April 5, 2016 by 5 Comments
It is so enlightening to see the intrinsic significance of the materials of the temple and to realize that God desires a building – the church as the temple of God, and for this we need to have certain experiences of Christ in the Body and for the Body, so that God would gain what […]
In the Church All the Gifts, Functions, and Experiences of Christ must be Balanced
April 4, 2016 by 5 Comments
The goal of God’s eternal economy is the church as the temple of God. We need to be refreshed concerning the greatest truth in the Bible, God’s eternal economy. The entire Bible is concerning God’s economy – God has a plan, a heart’s desires, a way, and a goal. God’s plan is simply to fill […]
How the History of the Ark and the Tabernacle Prefigures the History of the Church
April 2, 2016 by 1 Comment
What God desires to obtain today is not only the local churches but the reality of the Body of Christ being lived out and expressed in the local churches all over the earth. What God desires is not merely the “tabernacle church life”, that is, the many local churches with many saints who enjoy the […]
The Pattern of Samuel, a Man according to God’s Heart caring for God and His Interest
April 1, 2016 by 1 Comment
Our work, our behaviour, and our person as God’s people must match the church as the house of God, according to His design and pattern (see Ezek. 43:10-12). God is measuring us not merely by our works or words but according to His house, according to the pattern that He presented in the Bible of […]
