Allow the Crucified and Resurrected Christ as the Spirit to Build Himself into us for the Church

For I did not determine to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and this One crucified. 1 Cor. 2:2

In order for us to become suitable materials for God's building, we need to experience Christ in His death (signified by cypress), Christ in His resurrection (signified by cedar), and Christ as the Spirit (signified by olive wood), being filled … [Continue reading]

Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ in the Church and Dwelling in the House of God

And He said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. Exo. 33:14

God's thoughts and ways to build up the church as the temple of the living God are higher than ours; we need to forsake our ways and thoughts and return to Jehovah our God to take the way of enjoying Christ in the church and for the church. … [Continue reading]

Build the Church in Peace in the Mingled Spirit with no Noise except Singing and Praising

For thus says the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, / In returning and rest you will be saved; / In quietness and in trust will be your strength; / But you were not willing. Isa. 30:15

We can build the church in peace in the mingled spirit with no noise of criticism or judgment but with much singing and praising the Lord! The church is built in peace in the mingled spirit, without any noise of criticism or quarrel but with lots … [Continue reading]

We need to Live in the Spirit of Resurrection in our Spirit to Build up the Church

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

David received the blueprint of the temple and prepared the materials and ground for the building, while Solomon built the temple, we need to not only know the blueprint of God's house but also experience the Spirit of resurrection (signified by … [Continue reading]

Build up the Church as the Temple of the Living God through our Experience of Christ

Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up...But He spoke of the temple of His body. John 2:19, 21

The Gospel of John is the gospel of Christ as life for the building up of the church as the temple of the living God; this building work is carried out through our experience and enjoyment of the crucified and resurrected Christ as the tree of … [Continue reading]

The Local Church must be a Testimony of the Reality of the Body of Christ in Oneness

...the church, Which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all. Eph. 1:22-23

The tabernacle typifies God's church on earth, the church of God in the localities, whereas the temple signifies the church as the reality of the Body of Christ; we love the local churches as the precious procedure for us to be brought into the … [Continue reading]

Going on with God to have a Renewed and Enlarged Experience of Christ and the Church

Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity... Heb. 6:1

The Lord within us is aspiring that we would go on from the tabernacle church life in the wilderness of our soul to the temple church life with Christ as the reality of the good land in our spirit; our experience of Christ and our church life … [Continue reading]