Truth and Life: the Church needs to Know the Lord as the Truth and Enjoy Him as Life

Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. John 17:17

The Lord wants His church to know Him as the truth and to receive and enjoy Him as life; both truth and life are Christ Himself, and the content of the church should be the growth of Christ in us as truth and life. Amen! On the one hand, the … [Continue reading]

We Exercise our Spirit to be Built up in the Church as the Dwelling Place of God

In whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit. Eph. 2:22

The church is the house of God and the household of God - the church is the dwelling place of God, the place where He finds rest, puts His trust, and expresses Himself; we need to exercise our spirit to eat the Lord in His word to grow in life for … [Continue reading]

Church is the House of the Living God; the Living God and the Living Church are One!

...the house of God, which is the church of the living God... 1 Tim. 3:15

When Paul spoke of the church as the house of God, he said that God is the living God, and the church is the house of the living God; the living God lives in the church and is subjective to the church, and a living God and a living church live and … [Continue reading]

The Church is the House of God and the Household of God – the Church is of God!

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints... 1 Cor. 1:2

The church is the house of God, even the household of God, the house of the living God, an organic entity that grows and expands to express the Triune God on earth. Hallelujah for the church! This week in our morning revival we come to the topic, … [Continue reading]

Impart our own Souls to the New Believers and Exhort them to Walk Worthily of God

Yearning in this way over you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you became beloved to us. 1 Thes. 2:8

Like Paul, we impart our own souls to the new believers in Christ, and we exhort them to walk in a worthy way of the Lord for them to enter into the kingdom of God. As we care for the saints in the Lord, we impart not only the gospel to them but … [Continue reading]

Do not Seek Glory from Men when Serving the Lord but Cherish and Nourish the Saints

For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake. 2 Cor. 4:5

As believers in Christ who serve God in our spirit, we need to not seek glory from man, not assume any authority in the church or in the Lord's work, and be like a nursing mother toward others, cherishing them and nourishing them. This is how the … [Continue reading]

Tested and Approved by God to be Entrusted with the Gospel, we Speak to Please God

But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak... 1 Thes. 2:4

As those who love God and want to serve Him, we need to be first tested and approved by God and then entrusted by Him with the gospel; then, we should not please men but God, not having flattering speech or a pretext for covetousness but speaking … [Continue reading]