Our God hates division and apostasy (heresy); in the church life we must elevate Christ and Christ alone, and we must be exercised to separate ourselves from any heresy (apostasy) and heretics (apostates). What God wants is that His people would be one (and not divided) and that they would stand in the truth and […]
Christ has the Preeminence in our Human Living when we are One with Him to Express Him
Christ should have the preeminence in our human living – we need to express Christ in our human living by living in the organic union with Him. The all-inclusive, extensive Christ is preeminent in the Triune Godhead, in the economy of God, in God’s administration, and in the old and new creation; this Christ needs […]
Christ should have Preeminence in our Tripartite Being and in our Spiritual Experiences
Christ should have preeminence in our tripartite being and in our spiritual experiences; He as the all-inclusive, extensive One needs to have preeminence in our being in all things. He came into us to be our life, and He is infusing Himself into us to be the very loving essence with which we love Him. […]
Giving Christ the Preeminence in our Love by Maintaining our First Love for the Lord
For Christ to be have preeminence in us and for Him to have the first place in our personal universe, Christ should have the preeminence in our love (Rev. 2:4). Actually, whenever we do not have a fervent, burning love for the Lord, we enter into degradation and desolation, but whenever we exercise our heart […]
Christ should have the Preeminence in our Personal Universe: give Him the First Place!
According to God, Christ occupies the first place in both the old creation and the new creation; Christ should have the preeminence in our personal universe, and we should give Him the first place in all things. What a wonderful, all-inclusive, extensive Christ we have! He is preeminent in everything; even in the Godhead, the […]
God’s Intention in His Administration is to Give Christ the Preeminence in All Things
God’s intention in His administration is to give Christ the preeminence in all things, that is, to cause Christ to have the first place in everything (see Col. 1:15, 18). In Colossians Paul writes concerning this principle of Christ being preeminent; he says that Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of […]
Four Principles to Live out and Work out the New Jerusalem as the Reality of the Body
In order for us to live out and work out the New Jerusalem to build up Zion as the reality of the Body of Christ, we need to keep certain principles and have particular experiences as seen and typified in the New Jerusalem. Whatever is ascribed to the New Jerusalem should be both our personal […]