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Receiving the Supply of the Spirit by Being in the Body in Fellowship with the Saints

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Paul lived in the Body. Although he was a wonderful apostle, he still needed the prayers and petitions of the saints. This is a clear indication that Paul had a right relationship with the Body. Furthermore, Paul also shared in the priesthood. Because he was in the Body, the tabernacle, and because he was part of the priesthood, God’s service, he was in a proper position to receive the flow of the ointment which is upon the Body....If we are one with the church and stay in the priestly service, we enjoy the rich anointing of the all-inclusive Spirit. Even a little praying or calling on the name of the Lord, perhaps simply saying Amen, causes us to enjoy this anointing. Life-study of Philippians, pp. 291-292, by Witness Lee

The element of our oneness in the church life is the anointing of the compound, all-inclusive, life-giving Spirit, and this Spirit is for the Body; for us to receive the supply of the Spirit, we need to be in the Body. In Exo. 30:23-25 we see that … [Continue reading]

Our Oneness is the Anointing of the Spirit which Mingles us with the Triune God

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In Ephesians 4:4-6 Paul lists seven aspects of oneness: one Body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father. These verses also show the mysterious mingling of the Triune God with the Body of Christ. This mingling is the oneness of the believers. The Spirit in verse 4 is no doubt the compound, all-inclusive Spirit who is within the Body and gives life to the Body. Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1979, vol. 2, The Genuine Ground of Oneness, p. 301

It is interesting to realise that Psalm 133 is equivalent to Ephesians 4, and that when we are in the Body and are diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit, we have the anointing of the Spirit (vv. 3-6); the anointing oil as the compound ointment … [Continue reading]

Saints’ Dwelling in Oneness is like Inestimable Goodness and Incalculable Pleasantness

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Psa. 132:13-16 For Jehovah has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. This is My resting place forever; here will I dwell....I will abundantly bless its provision....Its priests I will clothe with salvation, and its faithful ones will shout with a ringing shout.

In Psalm 133 we see the praise of a saint in his going up to Zion concerning Jehovah's commanded blessing of life on brothers who dwell together in oneness; this dwelling in oneness is like the inestimable goodness and the incalculable … [Continue reading]

Standing on the Unique Ground of God’s Choice to be the Testimony of God in Oneness

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Deut. 12:5 But to the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to put His name, to His habitation, shall you seek, and there shall you go.

This week we want to enjoy a sweet, soothing, flavorful, and aromatic word in God's word on Jehovah's commanded blessing of life on brothers who dwell together in oneness, and today in particular we want to see the unique ground of God's choice - the … [Continue reading]

Living the Church Life by the spirit of the mind to be the Corporate Expression of Christ

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John 15:8 In this is My Father glorified, that you bear much fruit and so you will become My disciples.

Before the Lord Jesus comes back, He will fully recover the proper church life, for the church life is what fulfills His heart's desire; the church life is the corporate expression of Christ, and this is what the Lord is after today. This week we … [Continue reading]

The Church Life is Fellowship, and it is the Continuation of the Divine Glorification

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Eph. 3:21 To Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus unto all the generations forever and ever. Amen.

The church life as seen in God's word is so wonderful, and in a practical way, the church life is fellowship - it is the mutual flowing of the divine life in the Body of Christ. The reality of the church life is fellowship; if we want to see … [Continue reading]

The Church Life is a life of being Headed up in Christ, the Unique Head of the Body

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The church life is a life of being headed up. If we truly want to have a glorious church, we must be willing to be headed up. All around us, at school, at work, and in the government, we see nothing but a state of collapse; nothing is headed up. But in the proper church life we are being headed up. This heading up in the church life is the beginning of God’s heading up of all things. Under Christ and through the church, God will head up all things in the universe. This is the mystery of God’s will. Ultimately, the mystery of God’s will in the universe is to head up all things in Christ. Witness Lee, Life-study of Ephesians, p. 70

Due to the rebellion of Satan and of man, the whole universe is in a heap of collapse and in rebellion against God, but in the church life we are being headed up in Christ so that, through the church, God would have a way to head up all things in the … [Continue reading]