The book of Acts shows us the spreading of the church for the enlargement of Christ on earth, and at the same time it shatters our natural concepts, it shows God’s sovereignty, and the blending of all races and kinds of people in the church, the Lord’s testimony. The basic principle of the church is […]
The Church is Spreading on earth by the Growth and Flowing out of the Lord’s Life
The basic principle of the church is that the church is universal and eternal, so the church must spread constantly on earth; the book of Acts in particular speaks of the spreading of the church. When we speak of the spreading of the church we need to realise that this is not something of organisation […]
Keeping Ourselves in the one Divine Stream by Loving the Lord with the First Love
In propagating Christ as the development of the kingdom of God on earth, we need to be those keeping ourselves in the one flow of the Lord’s work for the spreading of the church, and receiving the Lord’s mercy to be saved from Satan’s schemes. The Lord is spreading on earth today, both in number […]
We are Being Transformed and Built up as Living Stones in God’s Spiritual House
As believers in Christ, we are becoming living stones for the building up of the church, God’s spiritual house on earth today. Christ as the stone-Savior produces living stones for God’s building. We are men of clay; we are born of our parents in the flesh, and we are of dust, men of clay. How […]
Drink the Word to Grow and be Transformed to be Living Stones for God’s Building
If we read John 1:42 and Matt. 16:18 we will realise that both Christ and the believers are living stones for God’s building, and that God’s goal is to have a spiritual house built up with living stones. Yes, Christ is the living stone, and we are born as men of clay, but through regeneration, […]
The Resurrected Christ is the Propagating Stone and the Building Stone to the Believers
Christ as the Stone-Savior is producing many living stones for God’s building, God’s spiritual house, and for us as believers the resurrected Christ is the propagating stone and the building stone. We may have never thought of Christ being the Stone-Savior, but this is what Peter is speaking of in his second gospel message in […]
Preaching the Gospel of Christ as the Stone-Savior for the Church as God’s Building
In Acts 4:10-12 Peter proclaimed Christ as the Stone-Savior; we need to preach the gospel of Christ as the Stone-Savior for God’s building. Our commission is not just to preach the gospel of grace for people to be saved and go to heaven…. Rather, as we see Peter doing, we need to know, enjoy, and […]