In His wisdom, God has chosen a particular place for His people to meet – in the Old Testament this was Jerusalem, and in the New Testament is the genuine ground of oneness, the ground of the church. According to the Biblical principle, in God’s eyes there’s only one church in one city. There is […]
The Unique Ground of the Church – one Church in one City – in the Genuine Oneness
August 14, 2017 by 11 Comments
When speaking of the church, we first need to see its nature, and then we need to see the unique ground of the church, which is the genuine ground of oneness; in practicality, as the New Testament reveals, there is only one church in one city. This week in our morning revival we come to […]
Taking the Lead to Stand on the Unique Ground of the Church, the Ground of Oneness
January 9, 2016 by 1 Comment
Ever since the Lord Jesus was raised from the dead and became a life-giving Spirit which was both breathed into His disciples for their living and poured out upon them as power for their work, there is such a thing in this universe called, the church. God has on earth not only a group of […]
Life is the Essence of Oneness: we Keep the Oneness by Life, in Life, and with Life
January 8, 2016 by 2 Comments
The ground of the church, the genuine ground of oneness, is not merely something outward, that is, the ground of locality in which we live and meet; we need to see that the ground of the church is intrinsically related to life. The Lord doesn’t want us to keep certain forms or outward practices; everything […]
The Local Ground of the Church is the Oneness of the Body Practiced in the Local Churches
January 5, 2016 by 1 Comment
This week we are enjoying the spiritual significance and application of the local ground of the church. In the church life in the Lord’s recovery, we have been brought back to God’s original intention, which is to have the Body of Christ as His expression, and the universal Body of Christ is expressed in each […]
the four characteristics of our meeting on the genuine ground of oneness
June 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
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In the Old Testament God has specifically chosen a place where His people would worship Him, and He designed a specific way for the people of Israel to come to Him. He even interdicted them to worship Him with His offerings wherever they wanted – in Deut. 12:5 we see that God chose a place […]
standing on the unique ground of the church for the Lord to gain His overcomers
June 25, 2012 by 10 Comments
In the Bible there is a very simple and at the same time very powerful principle related to the church: one city, one church – within one city there is only one local church. In the early days, the believers practiced it all the time – the practice of the church life after the Pentecost […]
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