In the church life, in the practical Body life, there are all ages for the Lord’s testimony – young ones, children, young adults, middle-aged saints, and older saints. Especially in the world and mainly related to position and ambition, there is much friction between the different generations – but to have dissensions between the younger […]
God’s eternal purpose as revealed in the seven figures in Genesis 2
While reading and enjoying Genesis chapter 2, with the help of the Life-Study and the footnotes in the Recovery Version, I was impressed with the seven figures presented in Genesis 2. Actually, this picture has been drawn by God Himself in His Word and reveals to us what is in His mind and what He […]
our ultimate responsibility as Christians is to live Christ for the Body
As Christians, what is our responsibility? Our ultimate responsibility as Christians is not just to preach the gospel, but to live Christ and to meet together in our locality in such a way that we may be the Body of Christ, the new man, the lampstand, and the bride. Our meeting should be in oneness. […]
What is the Lord’s recovery? It’s the recovery of the enjoyment of Christ and the practice of the church life
The primary and crucial aspect of the Lord’s recovery is to recover the dispensing of the Triune God as life (“Zoe” – the divine, eternal, incorruptible, indestructible, uncreated life of God) into His redeemed people in order that He may be fully expressed on the earth. In order to recover this God must have a […]
Seeing Ourselves as Members of the Body
Paul says in Romans 12:5 that we are “members one of another” in the Body. We are certainly familiar with this phrase, and with the principle that Paul sets also forth in his letter of love to the church in Corinth. However the situation was in Corinth, with many distractions, difficulties and even damaging aspects […]
the key is reigning in life by being under the ruling of the divine life within
Many times we read portions of the New / Old Testament and we say, just like most of the rest of the people, I can never do this – it is impossible! Or even if we don’t say it, we at least think this – and we know that, at least for a long term […]
All that Christ has attained and obtained is to the church!
When we were regenerated, we became members of the Body of Christ – where Christ is the Head and we, the believers in Christ, are the many members of the Body. Just like in a human body, whatever the head does/has/attains unto, it is the same for the body (of the head). If the head […]