On the one hand, Christ is our life, and on the other hand, Christ is the Head of the Body, the church. When we were regenerated, we were born of God and Christ became our life – our inward, spiritual, hidden life. Christ is our source – Christ is the source of our life; we […]
we are being prepared to be on the throne by daily moving out of ourselves and into the Triune God!
We are destined to glory, and we will rule and reign with Christ as kings! We see in Genesis 1:26 that we were created in the image and likeness of God to contain God and express God, and we also see in Heb. 2:9-10 that Jesus took the lead to be the Pioneer, the Forerunner, […]
today in the church life we’re taking the lead to be headed up in Christ in all things by growing in the divine life
This morning I was encouraged by this verse in Eph. 1:10 which says, Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him. God’s desire is to head up all things in Christ. The whole universe, […]
The self opposes the Body – we need to deny the self and apply the death of Christ by the Spirit to our self!
We have previously seen that the oneness of the Body of Christ is Christ Himself as the Spirit. We need to allow the Lord Jesus to mingle Himself with us – in order that we may be lowly and meek… only the lowly and meek can keep the oneness. Actually, only “the failures” among us […]
The Lord’s Recovery is the Recovery of the Unique Oneness of the Body of Christ
The nature of God is oneness, and everything He does / everything that has its source in God bears the mark of oneness. God does everything according to His nature of oneness – He created one corporate man (Adam), He called one person (Abraham), and in the New Testament He has only one Body of […]
as the constituents of the Vital Groups, we are members of Christ, brothers of Christ, and prophets of God!
On the one hand, the first three items of the constituents of the vital groups are the believers in Christ, the disciples of Christ, and the witnesses of Christ. Furthermore, the next 3 items which are that constituents of vital groups are the members of Christ, the brothers of Christ, and the prophets of God. […]
we need to take Christ as our Head in order for the church as the house of God to be the kingdom of God
This morning I realized that there is so much more to Christ than we ever imagined! Our Christ is so much! He came so that we may have life, and may have it abundantly (John 10:10) – so now Christ is our life (Col. 3:4). When we enjoy Christ as our life, we as the […]