As believers in Christ we need to enjoy and experience Christ in many aspects and in many ways for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. The tabernacle in Exodus with all its furnishings is a type of our experience of Christ in a specific and detailed way for the building […]
Growing in Life for our Transformation in Life to be Designated the Sons of God
The desire of God’s heart is to have many sons who are conformed to the image of Christ, His Firstborn Son. From eternity past, Christ as the second of the Godhead was the only begotten Son of God, possessing only divinity; through incarnation, Christ put on humanity, and in His resurrection He brought His humanity […]
Growing in Life by Having our Soul Subdued and Saturated with Christ as the Spirit
The church life is Christ Himself enjoyed by us, experienced by us, realized by us, and expressed through us corporately. For us to have the proper church life to express Christ according to God’s eternal purpose, however, our soul must be subdued and saturated with Christ as the Spirit. Most of the time we live […]
Growing in Christ by Acknowledging His Headship and by Allowing Him to Increase in us
In order for God to head up all things in Christ at the fullness of the times (Eph. 1:10) we today as the church need to hold to Christ as the Head and grow up into Him in all things (Eph. 4:15). We need to allow the Lord to grow in us by cooperating with Him […]
Growing in Life by Holding to Truth in Love for the Building up of the Body of Christ
God’s highest and deepest purpose for the church is to head up all things in Christ through the church. As part of the church, how can we cooperate with the Lord for the heading up of all things in Christ? It is not by our outward doing or “ruling over others” that we bring all […]
Being Willing to be Headed up in Christ by Growing in Life and Living in the Light
God has chosen us, predestinated us, redeemed us, forgiven us, and graced us in Christ for the purpose of heading up all things in Christ (see Eph. 1:3-10). God’s purpose in blessing us with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus in the heavenlies and for giving Himself to us as our enjoyment is so that […]
Being Headed up in Christ by Life and Light in the Church for the New Jerusalem
The New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new heart is the consummation of God heading up all things in Christ, the complete fulfillment of Eph. 1:10. Throughout the ages God has been doing the work of recovery by heading up all things in Christ – first in the church and then, through the church, […]