For us to arrive at a full-grown man for the fulfillment of God’s purpose, we need to be those growing up into Christ in all things (Eph. 4:15-16, 24). This expression “grow up into Christ in all things” is a particular expression used by the apostle Paul. As believers who are seeking the Lord, we […]
We need to Live out and Work out the New Jerusalem in the Mingling of God and Man
February 12, 2019 by Leave a Comment
What the Lord desires to gain is the New Jerusalem as the consummation of the Body of Christ, and for us to live out the New Jerusalem is to grow up into the Head by the mingling of God with man. Furthermore, to work out the New Jerusalem is to function out from the Head […]
We need to Grow up into Christ in All Things and our Growth has to be in the Body
May 22, 2018 by 8 Comments
For God to gain the corporate living of the one new man on earth, we need to grow up into Christ in all things, and our growth has to be in the Body of Christ. As we focus on the topic of the one new man (which is the goal of the Lord’s recovery), this […]
The Growth in Life is Christ Wrought into us and Formed in us by Saturating Us
August 18, 2016 by 7 Comments
The growth in life is Christ wrought into us and formed in us until Christ is fully grown into us; He does this by making His home in our heart and by saturating every part of our heart with Himself until He takes full possession. Christ is all-inclusive, vast, immense, and He fills all in […]
Being willing to Drive out our Natural Life Little by Little by Growing in Christ
November 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
God has a purpose, and for the accomplishment of His purpose He made an economy; in His economy God desires to obtain a group of people who are filled and saturated with God to become His expression and representation on earth. In order for God to accomplish His economy, He Himself came and did many […]
Christ Needs to Increase in Us to Fill All in All Until He Fills the Whole Earth
March 15, 2013 by 3 Comments
God’s desire is to bring in His kingdom on the earth, but the earth is under Satan’s usurpation and what we see today is “a great human image”, the human government (which rebels against God, exalts man, and worships idols). But Christ as a stone cut without hands will return together with His overcomers and […]
building up the church by growing in life and letting Christ make His home in us
October 24, 2012 by 3 Comments
The Father’s house, the house of Jehovah, is an entity in the divine life – there’s nothing of organization or human activity here, but there’s the flow and the growth in the divine life. For us to build up the church as the Father’s house we need to daily grow in life. Since it is […]
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