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 […]
See the Ministry of the Age and Enter into the Lord’s ministry to Build up the Body
Being True Spiritual Men doing All things in the Body for the Recovery of the Body Testimony
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The Lord today is recovering the most difficult thing, which is the fulfillment of Eph. 4:11-14; God’s ultimate work is the recovery of the Body testimony – not merely the pursuit of spirituality individualistically but the corporate testimony of Jesus. We all as believers in Christ are members of the organic Body of Christ, and […]
The Lord’s Recovery of the Church has been Gradual and Progressive throughout History
![In the nineteenth century the Lord raised up a group of brothers in England, who went further in the recovery of the church life (Rev. 3:7-13). In the hands of the Brethren, the Bible was truly an opened book, a shining book, for they absolutely obeyed the Lord’s word; many important truths were released through them (1 Tim. 2:4). They absolutely eliminated hierarchy and were brothers together and members one of another with an emphasis on mutual love and fellowship. They eliminated sectarianism and maintained the testimony of oneness. However, in certain aspects they were a failure, and because of this the Lord could not go on at that time anywhere in the Western world. The Recovery of the Church (2017 fall ITERO), outline 2](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/In-the-nineteenth-century-the-Lord-raised-up-a-group-of-brothers-in-England2.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1)
If we look at church history we will realise that, even though the church became degraded, the Lord’s recovery of the church has been gradual and progressive, starting from the first century and until today. We have seen that God desires to gain the church, for He created everything and everyone for the church, his […]
Knowing the Present Truth and not being Castaways of the Present Truth in this Age
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Since our God is moving, we as His people need to cooperate with Him to carry out His move in His economy first by knowing this age and then by knowing the present truth so that we may know where we are, what age we live in, what is the up-to-date present truth, and how […]
Being Living and Active in Christ, not “Living in Name” but Dead in God’s Eyes
![We surely do not want to be in the condition of the church in Sardis; we want to be living and active in gospel preaching, in nourishing the new ones, in perfecting the saints, and in prophesying to build up the Body of Christ (John 15:16; Matt. 24:45; Eph. 4:12; 1 Cor. 14:1, 3-5, 12). 2016 fall ITERO, outline 6](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/We-surely-do-not-want-to-be-in-the-condition-of-the-church-in-Sardis1.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1)
This week in our morning watch and time with the Lord we come to the Lord’s epistle to the church in Sardis in Rev. 3:1-6 (the church living in name but dead before God); this church prefigures the Protestant church from the time of the Reformation to the second coming of Christ. The situation in […]
What is the Lord’s recovery? We are being recovered to God’s original intention
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Imagine that you received a letter from your father, detailing what he had envisioned for you in particular detail – everything he planned and arranged for you. Yet, this letter remained sealed, unopened, and the details remained unknown to you. In the absence of the knowledge of its contents, you may live your life outside […]