In order for us to have the outflow of life we need to be one with Christ in His life-releasing death, that is, we need to be identified with the smitten Christ typified by the smitten rock. The Lord Jesus as life is in our spirit, even within the deepest part of our being. […]
The Divine History with Christ’s Death and Resurrection, the Church, and the New Jerusalem
February 11, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The history of God in man began with the Lord’s incarnation and continued with His human living, His all-inclusive death, His life-imparting resurrection, His all-transcending ascension, His producing the church, the church as the one new man, the millennial kingdom, and consummates in the New Jerusalem. It is quite amazing to see and realize that […]
The Church is a Corporate One New Man, a Corporate God-man Fulfilling God’s Purpose
May 9, 2018 by 11 Comments
The church is a corporate one new man, a corporate God-man, a universal man who fulfills God’s purpose of expressing God and representing Him. On the one hand, the church is the Body of Christ, and we need to take Christ as our life and everything for the Body, realising that we are members of […]
Christ’s Death and Resurrection Produced and Built up the Church as His Counterpart
January 11, 2018 by 3 Comments
Through Christ’s death and resurrection, God produced and built the church as the counterpart of Christ. Adam and Eve are a picture, a type, of Christ and the church; when Adam was created, he was a type of Christ, and his need for a wife shows the need Christ has for the church. In God’s […]
Seeing the Effect of Christ’s Crucifixion and Experiencing its Life-Releasing Aspect
October 5, 2017 by 8 Comments
The crucifixion of Christ is an amazing event and reality; the effect of Christ’s crucifixion is excellent, and the life-releasing aspect of His crucifixion is truly amazing. Human death is sad, sorrowful, terrible, dreaded, and even horrible, but the Bible speaks of the death of Christ and we emphasize His death as being something wonderful. […]
Having the Outflow of Life by being One with Christ in His Life-Releasing Death
July 22, 2016 by 1 Comment
As believers in Christ, we must always remember that our service to Him should be God’s flowing out to supply others with the divine life (see John 7:37-39); for this, we need to be one with Christ in His life-releasing death so that His life would flow through us. Serving God is not something we […]
The Church as Christ’s Counterpart Was Produced Through Christ’s Death and Resurrection
October 17, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It is a great thing to see that God desires to gain a wife, a counterpart and that the entire Bible tells us what God has done, is doing, and will do to obtain her. Genesis 2 especially tells us the story of Adam and Eve as a type of Christ and the church. The […]
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