When God moves Freely among us we look like the Sanctifying God and we Have Impact

Ordinarily, the church should be full of God’s enlightening with its brightness. However, at special times — in an emergency or in a crisis — there may be the flashing of lightning. This means that at special times there may be a special light that flashes suddenly and causes others to be astonished. W. Lee, Life-study of Ezekiel, msg. 7

The four living creatures in Ezek. 1 are in a wonderful coordination and one accord, and there's fire moving among them; they have the appearance of the sanctifying God, and they manifest a glorious and majestic condition. Each of the four living … [Continue reading]

The Result of Coordination is that we’re Burned, Burning, Shining, and Enlightened

The result of the coordination and move of the living creatures in Ezek. 1 is that they become burning coals and burning torches, and they move like lightning; the result of coordination is that we burn one another, we become burning, and we are … [Continue reading]

Learn to Fellowship and Coordinate, and Follow the Spirit and the Saints in the Body

If you are the one who is walking straight forward, you must be very careful to walk according to the leading of the Spirit. Ezekiel 1:12 says, “Wherever the Spirit was to go, they went.” To follow the Spirit is the responsibility of the one walking straight forward; it is not the responsibility of those walking backward or sideways. If the one who is walking straight forward is not careful to follow the leading of the Spirit, the coordination will be damaged. Witness Lee, Life-Study of Ezekiel

Ezekiel 1 presents a wonderful picture of the coordination we should have in the church life; as the living creatures, we need to follow the Spirit and fellowship and coordinate with the saints in the church service. The church is the Body of … [Continue reading]

Functioning in Coordination and doing Everything through the Cross and by the Spirit

When one member functions, he moves “straight forward” to fulfill his function, and the other members accommodate him by moving in the same direction, some moving “backward” and others moving “sideways,” doing everything through the cross and by the Spirit to dispense Christ into others for the sake of His Body (Ezek. 1:9, 11b-12; 1 Cor. 12:14-30). Crystallization-Study of Ezekiel, outline 4

In his epistles Paul speaks of the different functions that the members of the Body of Christ have, and in Ezekiel 1:9-12 we see a beautiful picture of the functioning in coordination which we need in the church life. A picture is truly worth a … [Continue reading]

Our Coordination as Living Creatures is not in Ourselves but in God and by His Grace

The coordination among us Christians is not something of ourselves. What we have in ourselves does not coordinate—it divides. Whatever we are in ourselves, whatever we have in ourselves, and whatever we do in ourselves result not in coordination but in division and separation. However, we have the eagle’s wings, and with the eagle’s wings we can be one and we can be coordinated. Witness Lee, Life-study of Ezekiel, msg. 8

Last week we have seen who the four living creatures are and how this applies to our Christian experience; this week we want to see the coordination of the four living creatures, which is the key to understanding the vision in Ezekiel 1. Chapter … [Continue reading]

God’s Life in us Causes us to be Transcendent so that we may Express God Corporately

Rom. 8:37 But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.

The four living creatures in Ezekiel 1 are a corporate expression of Christ, the One on the throne, living out the life of Christ in a corporate way; they express Christ in His ruling and reigning (the face of a lion), in His serving and sacrificing … [Continue reading]

Being Bold and Victorious like Lions toward sin, and Willing to Serve man like an Ox

Rom. 12:1 I exhort you therefore, brothers, through the compassions of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.

The four living creatures in Ezekiel 1 are the unique and complete expression of Christ; they have the face of a man (a genuine and proper man), of a lion (boldness, vigor, strength, victory, and reigning), of an ox (willing to labor, bear the … [Continue reading]