We Live Christ for the Body when we Walk according to the Spirit and Pray Unceasingly

Unceasingly pray. 1 Thes. 5:17

The law of the Spirit of life has been installed in us; now we need to cooperate with this law to "switch on" the spontaneous and automatic power of the installed and automatic God when we walk according to the spirit and we pray unceasingly. This … [Continue reading]

Pray to Live Christ for the Body by Activating the Law of the Spirit of Life in us

For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death. Rom. 8:2

Since the Body of Christ is the issue of our experience of Christ, we need to pray desperately that we would live Christ for the Body of Christ to be a reality; the way we live Christ is by the operation of the inner law of the Spirit of life. When … [Continue reading]

Being Imprisoned in Christ to Live Christ for the Reality of the Body of Christ

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you, the Gentiles. Eph. 3:1

For us to live Christ for the reality of the Body of Christ for us to be imprisoned in Christ as a prisoner of Christ Jesus, a prisoner in the Lord, an ambassador in chain, a captive of Christ scattering His fragrance. This is what Paul was, and … [Continue reading]

The Church is a Pure Product out of Christ: Nothing Natural can be Added to it!

For even as the body is one and has many members, yet all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ. 1 Cor. 12:12

The church as the Body of Christ is a pure product out of Christ, and only what comes out of Christ with His resurrection life can be His complement and counterpart, the Body of Christ. This week we come to the last part of our deeper study of the … [Continue reading]

Allowing ourselves to be Limited by the other Members, not Going beyond our Measure

For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function. Rom. 12:4

As members of the Body of Christ, we must allow ourselves to be limited by the other members, and we should not go beyond our measure, which measure God has allotted to us in the Body. This week we have seen three main principles of the Body of … [Continue reading]

Treasuring the other Members of the Body and Denying the Self to be Built up Together

If we truly see our position in the Body, it will be as though we were saved a second time. Watchman Nee, The Mystery of Christ, p. 16

Individualism is hateful in the sight of God, for the self is the enemy of the Body, and when we live in the self, we declare independence from God and from the Body of Christ. When we believed into the Lord Jesus, we were regenerated with the … [Continue reading]

There cannot be Independence or Individualism among the Members in the Body of Christ

For even as the body is one and has many members, yet all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ. 1 Cor. 12:12

In the Body of Christ there can be no independence or individualism, for we are members of the Body, and members can't live in detachment from the Body; every member is indispensable, and every members is precious in God's sight. We may know the … [Continue reading]