What God needs today in the church life is more ministers of life, persons who know Him as the God of resurrection and minister Him as the God of resurrection into others. We need to see the difference between merely having a “gift” and having the ministry of life. What is needed for the building […]
The Need to be Constituted with God to Have the Ministry of Life for the Body
This week in our study we come to the topic, Ministry of Life. In Christianity today there are many “ministries”, and as soon as someone feels he has a ministry from the Lord, he goes ahead and does his best to carry it out, many times resulting in creating yet another division in the Body […]
The God who Called us is the Great I AM and He is the God of our Fathers!
The first aspect of God’s calling is that we need to see the vision of the burning thornbush, and the second aspect is seeing who God is and what God is. The God who calls us is the great I AM – He was, He is, and He will be. God is ever-existing, self-existing, and […]
The Vision of the Burning Thornbush: the Excluding Flame Became the Indwelling Fire
Our enjoyment of Christ, our experience of life, and our growth in life is for the ministry of life. We need to experience Christ, enjoy Him, and grow in life, so that we may be qualified to minister life to others. God’s economy is that we enjoy God as life, grow in life, experience Christ […]
Being Poor in Spirit and Pure in Heart to be Useful in Building up the Body
In order for us as Christians to be useful to the Lord for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ, we need to have a proper spirit. This means that our spirit needs to be right and proper; not only the things we do and the way we do things must be […]
We Grow in Life by Dealing with Our Heart so that Christ may Spread in Us
When we hear God’s word and our heart is turned to Him, something is implanted into us – Christ as life comes into us, and we exercise our spirit to receive Him. We receive Christ in our spirit, since our spirit is the organ created by God for us to contact Him and receive Him […]
Seeing the Great Importance of Life and the Desperate Need to Grow in Life
We need to see the importance of life and of the growth in life in our Christian life and church life. We may know the truth, we may love the Lord and read His word, and we may love the church and serve the saints in the Lord, but how much did we gain the […]