After revealing that He will build His church in Matt. 16, the Lord Jesus continued by exposing the gates of Hades and by giving us the keys to lock these gates: to deny the self, to take up and bear the cross, and to lose the soul life (Matt. 16:24). In digging deeper into God’s word and […]
Being Willing to Take up and Bear the Cross, Realizing that it is the Will of God
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God ordained the plurality in eldership – not a single person leading and doing everything but plurality and leadership
This morning I was so much enlightened again regarding God’s ordination of the members in the Body. As believers in Christ, we are all simply “members of the Body” and that’s it – none of us is higher or lower, but rather we are on the same level. Just like in a family though, some […]
Filed Under: Christ lives in me, Enjoying Christ, experiencing Christ, expounding the truth, God's economy, His heart's desire, the Body of Christ, the Christian Life, the church life, the Lord's recovery Tagged With: all the elders have the same status, bearing the cross, brothers and sisters, coordinate with one another, coordinated together, coordination, go to the Lord directly, God's sovereignty, honor others, in the unique divine fellowship, keep the oneness, members of the Body, no intermediary person, not one man speaking, not one pastor, plurality in eldership, plurality of leading ones, saved from making divisions, the absolute headship of Christ, the Body of Christ, the normal Christian church life, the unique headship of Christ, under Christ's headship, Watchman Nee, we deny our selves
