As believers in Christ, it is our priestly duty to burn the incense and light the lamps, that is, pray and read the word of God, so that the churches may be shining and the lampstand would be bright. The light of the lampstand depends on the strength of our priestly service; if we exercise […]
We Partake of the Divine Nature by Exercising our Spirit in Fellowship with the Lord
February 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
For us to live out and work out the New Jerusalem to build up Zion as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must partake of God the Father in His divine nature, as typified by the gold as the base of the holy city (2 Pet. 1:4; Rev. 21:21b). Whatever is ascribed to […]
Exercising our Spirit and being Conformed to the Death of Christ through the Cross
January 30, 2019 by 1 Comment
For us to live in the reality of the Body of Christ, we need to be conformed to the death of Christ through the cross, for only when we deny the self and live by the divine life can we live out the reality of the Body. We enter into the reality of the Body […]
Living in Spirit to touch the Spirit of Reality as the Reality of the Body of Christ
January 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The reality of the Body of Christ is the Spirit of reality who is mingled with our spirit, and whenever we turn to our spirit and live in spirit, we live out the Body life in reality. Everything related to God, Christ, and the spiritual and divine things are in the Spirit, for the Spirit […]
We live in the Divine History as we Live by the Divine Life for the Body of Christ
November 23, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The book of Acts reveals a group of people who live in the divine history within human history by living, moving, and acting as one Body, the Body of Christ, and by rejecting themselves to live by another life, the divine life. Outwardly, what we see in Acts is the life and work of the […]
Exercising our Spirit to Switch on the Law of Life and Enjoy Christ as the Jubilee
November 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
When we were born again, the Spirit came into our spirit, and the law of the Spirit of life started to operate in us; we can cooperate with the inner law of the Spirit of life by exercising our spirit to switch on this law so that we can enjoy Christ as the freedom and […]
Living in the Jubilee by Continually Enjoying God as our Possession and Portion
October 31, 2018 by Leave a Comment
We as believers in Christ are not God’s hired servants but His enjoying sons, and we can continually enjoy God as our possession until eternity. We were once prodigal sons, but we have returned to the Father, who is waiting for us eagerly. The proclamation of the jubilee in Luke 4 governs the central thought […]
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