As believers in Christ we are both the materials for God’s building and those who cooperate with the Lord to be co-builders with Him doing the noble work of building up the church with God Himself as our wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill. We see this in picture in Exodus, where God gave Moses the […]
Taking Christ as Life and Everything for us to be Transformed and Built up Together
September 24, 2016 by 5 Comments
I have never before considered the tabernacle and the priesthood together, but this week I have seen something further concerning this: the Lord’s heart’s desire is the building, the main emphasis of the Bible is life and building, and the tabernacle (the building of God) is actually the same as the priesthood (the built up […]
Christian Life is a life of Changing Death into Life for the Building up of the Body
August 27, 2016 by 7 Comments
God desires to gain a building, a habitation, a mutual dwelling place of God and man; Christ came to be the mingling of God with man, and in His resurrection He enlarged God’s building to include all those who believe into Him; He’s changing death into life in our being for the building up of […]
The Practical Life and Building up of the Body come from the Enjoyment of Christ
May 13, 2016 by 2 Comments
As believers in Christ we received the gospel of grace and believed in Jesus Christ, and we daily under a marvelous divine transmission of grace: God is supplying the Spirit of grace bountifully, and we should be receiving and dispensing the Spirit of grace continually. We need to daily come to the throne of grace […]
Letting Christ Build Himself into us and Build us into God by Abiding in the Lord
April 19, 2016 by Leave a Comment
The Lord Jesus is the first One who mentioned the word “church” and He said, I will build My church (Matt. 16:18). The question is, how does Jesus build His church? Since He was the son of a carpenter, does this mean that He right now uses a hammer with nails and all kinds of […]
The Church is Built with the Christ Experienced, Gained, and Enjoyed by God’s People
November 20, 2015 by 2 Comments
I am looking forward to the next Crystallization-Study of Exodus when we will dive deeper into the divine revelation concerning the tabernacle, the dwelling place of God among men, but in this morning revival we are only touching the surface and having a foretaste of this matter. What is in God’s heart, the reason for […]
Our Work must be to Minister God into others for Him to Build Himself into them
July 24, 2015 by 2 Comments
The Lord Jesus said, I will build My church (Matt. 16:18). How does the Lord build His church? First of all, the church is not that physical tall building with a cross on top of it; the church is the Body of Christ composed of all the believers in Christ, those redeemed by Christ, regenerated […]
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