In order to fulfil His purpose, God created man as a vessel to contain Him as life; God chose us that we may be vessels of honour filled with the Triune God, He makes known His glory upon us that we may be vessels of glory, and by His mercy, we’re vessels of mercy. […]
Hold to Truth to Grow into Christ, the Head, and Function out of the Head for the Body
The intrinsic building up of the organic Body of Christ is by the direct building by all the members – into the Head and out of the Head; we need to hold to truth in love and grow up into Him, and out of the Head we will be richly supplied to function in […]
Labor on Christ by Consecrating ourselves to Enjoy Him and Maintaining our Fellowship with Him
In order for us to have a surplus of Christ to bring to the meetings of the church for the building up of the church, we need to labor on Christ and gain a harvest of Christ, a rich produce of Christ, by consecrating ourselves to enjoy the Lord and maintaining our fellowship with Him […]
Allowing the Word of Christ to Dwell in us and Mingling it with Prayer to Live Christ
We need to allow the word of Christ to dwell in us and mingle this word with our prayer so that we may live Christ. For us to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly means that we need to give the Word the first place in our being, allowing the Lord as […]
We need to Experience the Breaking of the Outer Man for the Release of God’s Life
Every believer in Christ needs to experience the breaking of the outer man for the release of the life of God in his spirit (Heb. 4:12). When we received the Lord Jesus into us, He as the Spirit came into our human spirit and now dwells in us; the Lord is with our spirit (2 […]
We Need to Become Persons with a Vision. How do we Receive a Vision from God?
The Apostle Paul had a vision and lived his life under the heavenly vision. We need to also become persons with a vision, those who see God’s economy concerning Christ and the church, and do everything being governed by this vision. As believers in Christ we are children of God, citizens of the kingdom of […]
Enjoying and Experiencing Christ as the Lamb-Stone-Savior with Seven Eyes
![Zech. 3:9 For here is the stone that I have set before Joshua—upon one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave its engraving, declares Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. [NASB version in the picture]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/NASB_Zechariah_3-9-christ-is-the-engraved-stone-with-the-seven-eyes.jpg?fit=300%2C231&ssl=1)
In Zech. 3:9 we see that Christ is the stone with seven eyes, engraved by God, for God’s building (the temple of God). The stone which was set before Joshua is not merely a type of Zerubabel (the leader of the Jews then) but a type of Christ, the stone for God’s building. In the […]