The apostles were witnesses of the resurrected Christ – they witnessed not only in word but also by their life and action, especially bearing witness of His resurrection; we as witnesses of Christ need to testify of His resurrection in our speaking and our life and action. Many believers think that the way the kingdom […]
Christ has a Body of His Witnesses who Bear His Living Testimony for His Propagation
In the book of Acts we see Christ, the resurrected and ascended Head of the Body, propagating Himself in His heavenly ministry not through a group of “trained preachers” or “highly qualified teachers of the Bible” but through a body of His witnesses who bear a living testimony of the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended […]
Acting and Working in the Body and for the Body in the One Divine Stream of God
In the book of Acts we see a group of people who live by Christ as their life, who act by Christ as their power and authority, and who realize that they are the Body and thus are working in the Body and for the Body in the one divine stream. First of all, the […]
Being willing to be Spent on behalf of the Saints and Exhort them to Walk Worthily of God
The apostles didn’t impart only the gospel of God to the Thessalonians – they also imparted their own souls; they were not just like a cherishing and nourishing mother but also like an exhorting father for the, so that they would walk worthily of God and be able to enter into the kingdom of God. […]
Learning to Cherish the Believers as a Nursing Mother and Not Assuming any Authority
In looking at the pattern of the apostle Paul as one who was one with the Lord in His heavenly ministry to shepherd the saints, we need to learn to cherish the believers and even yearn over them as a nursing mother would cherish and yearn over her own children. On the one hand, the […]
How our Manner of Life plays a Great Role in Shepherding Others According to God
In learning to cooperate with Christ in His heavenly ministry of shepherding others, we need to realize that our entrance toward the believers, our manner of life, and our being plays a great role in infusing the gospel into others and caring for them. The best way to cherish and nourish others according to God […]
The Best way to Shepherd People is to give them a Proper Pattern of Living Christ
The best way to shepherd people – as see in the New Testament – is to give them a proper pattern of living Christ and magnifying Him; Paul fed his spiritual children not only with the word of God but with his own living of Christ (see 1 Thes 2, 2 Cor. 1-2). Nowadays many […]