We Exercise our Spirit to live out Godliness for God’s Manifestation in the Flesh

This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church. Eph. 5:32

Today God is manifested in the church, for the manifestation of God is the proper living of the church; when we exercise our spirit, we are one spirit with the Lord, and godliness is our living, for God is expressed in us and through us. The Lord … [Continue reading]

God as Life Lived out in the Church for His Expression is the Mystery of Godliness

In order for the church to be the manifestation of God in the flesh, we must live not by our self but by God. If we live by God and take God as our living and our person, then when we come together, it will be the manifestation of God in the flesh. The church is a group of people who have been redeemed and regenerated and who live by God. God is their life, their nature, their person, and their living; when they come together, all the angels will say, “Confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was manifested in the flesh.” This is the church. Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1977, vol. 3, “The Subjective Truths in the Holy Scriptures,” pp. 180-181

The great mystery of godliness Paul spoke of in 1 Tim. 3:15-16 is Christ lived out of the church as the manifestation of God in the flesh, which is the church as the house of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth. Amen! God's desire is … [Continue reading]

The Corporate Manifestation of God in the Flesh is Christ and the Church, the Body

So then we, from now on, know no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him so no longer. 2 Cor. 5:16

1 Tim. 3:15-16 indicates that not only Christ Himself as the Head of the Body is the manifestation of God in the flesh but also the church as the Body of Christ, the house of the living God, is the corporate manifestation of God in the flesh, the … [Continue reading]

Through Incarnation, the Word became Flesh for God to be Manifested in the Flesh

For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Col. 2:9

The Word, who is God, became flesh, and in Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; in Christ, God was manifested in the flesh, that is, God was living a human life, and in us today He can manifest Himself if we live in resurrection … [Continue reading]

God was Incarnated in Christ to be the Individual Manifestation of God in the Flesh

And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was manifested in the flesh... 1 Tim. 3:16

God's manifestation in the flesh was first in Christ as an individual expression of God in the flesh; the entire God was incarnated in Christ to be the individual manifestation of God in the flesh, and we can follow the incarnated Christ by living … [Continue reading]

We need to Bear the Truth by Learning and Practicing it in our Daily Church Life

Who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth. 1 Tim. 2:4

As believers in Christ, we need to bear the truth by learning and practicing it in our daily church life. When every brother and sister in the church life is full of life and truth, the church will be strong as the house of the living God and the … [Continue reading]

The Church is the Pillar and Base of the Truth concerning Christ and the Church

...the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth. 1 Tim. 3:15

Praise the Lord, the church is the pillar and base of the truth concerning Christ and the church, the eternal economy of God! The church is the supporting pillar and the holding base of the truth, holding forth and testifying to the truth that … [Continue reading]