In the kingdom of the Son of God’s love, Christ has the first place, the preeminence, in all things; in this kingdom we experience and enjoy Christ as the preeminent One and as the all-inclusive One, for He is the reality of all the positive things for our enjoyment today. Amen! This week we have […]
Christ is the Head of the Body, having the First Place, and He’s our Hope of Glory!
March 14, 2024 by 13 Comments
It is a blessing that we believers in Christ can know and experience the all-inclusive Christ as revealed in Colossians, in particular, that Christ is the Head of the Body, the church, that He might have the first place in all things, and that the all-inclusive Christ is in us to be the hope of […]
To Preserve the Oneness, we must Destroy the High Places, Anything Exalted above Christ
December 14, 2022 by 8 Comments
In order for us to recover and preserve the genuine, all-inclusive oneness, we must destroy the high places, anything that is of division and that rises up to replace Christ in our personal life or in the church life. This phrase, the high places, is mentioned again and again in 1 and 2 Kings; […]
Overcome the Loss of the First Love for the Lord by Giving Him the First Place in All Things
September 21, 2022 by 11 Comments
As believers in Christ, we need to love the Lord Jesus with the first love, the best love; we need to overcome the loss of the first love and simply give the Lord Jesus the preeminence in all things, giving Him the first place in both big and small things. Amen! When we love […]
See the Ministry of the Age and Enter into the Lord’s ministry to Build up the Body
June 8, 2022 by Leave a Comment
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We need to learn from the life of Jonathan, Saul’s son, to follow Christ absolutely and give Him the preeminence, not allowing our personal affections to get in the way of following the Lord, and be one with the minister of the age and enter into the ministry of the age. In this last […]
Loving the Lord to Experience and Live out the Triune God and Minister Him for His Expression
December 3, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Through faith we receive Christ, and through love we enjoy Him; love is for experiencing, enjoying, and living out the immeasurably rich Triune God, for love issues out of faith and enables us to live out all the riches of the Triune God with the believers in Christ to be His corporate expression. Hallelujah! In […]
We Exalt Christ and Praise the Lord, for Spiritual Victory Depends on our Praising!
September 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Praise the Lord, we are learning to exalt Christ, give Him the preeminence, and praise the Lord, for our realization is that spiritual victory depends not on warfare but on our praises! We need to know the vital factors that enabled the people of Israel to be victorious in their first warfare, realizing that they […]
