For us to be in the reality of the Body of Christ we need to be the overcomers in the churches – the Lord urgently needs the overcomers who live in the reality of the Body of Christ. What the Lord wants to gain today is the reality of the Body of Christ, for this […]
The Lord urgently needs the Overcomers who Live in the Reality of the Body of Christ
The Body of Christ is the Intrinsic Significance and Organic Factor of the Church
The highest peak in God’s economy is the reality of the Body of Christ; the Body is the significance and the organic factor of the church, for without the Body the church is meaningless. This week we come to the matter of, Blending for the Reality of the Body of Christ, and today in particular […]
Taking the Word of the Spirit through the Body and doing the one Work of Building
From the book of Acts we see our need to take the word of the Spirit through the members of the Body, and to do the one work of building up the church as the Body of Christ. We need to learn the lessons in the book of Acts, receiving the Lord’s mercy to be […]
Rejecting any Mixture of the Law and Old Testament Practices with God’s New Testament Economy
We must receive the Lord’s mercy to learn the lessons in the book of Acts in the spreading of the church, and in particular we need to practice the Body life and take the word of the Spirit through the members of the Body, and reject any mixture of the old testament practices with God’s […]
Being Saved from Satan’s Schemes to Frustrate the Spreading and Building of the Church
We need to receive the Lord’s mercy to be saved from Satan’s schemes to frustrate the spreading of the church and the building up of the church, and we need to learn the lessons in the book of Acts to cooperate with the Lord for His spreading on earth. On one hand when we read […]
The Lord’s Way and Means of Spreading the Church Shatters our Natural Concepts
The book of Acts shows us the spreading of the church for the enlargement of Christ on earth, and at the same time it shatters our natural concepts, it shows God’s sovereignty, and the blending of all races and kinds of people in the church, the Lord’s testimony. The basic principle of the church is […]
The Church is Spreading on earth by the Growth and Flowing out of the Lord’s Life
The basic principle of the church is that the church is universal and eternal, so the church must spread constantly on earth; the book of Acts in particular speaks of the spreading of the church. When we speak of the spreading of the church we need to realise that this is not something of organisation […]