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Living the Church Life on the Local Ground of the Church for the Reality of the Body

June 24, 2021 by aGodMan Leave a Comment

Seeing that there is one church in the universe and there are many local churches expressing this one church in the many localities, we need to realize that the local ground of the church is the unique oneness of the Body of Christ practiced in the local churches. Our God is very wise in the […]

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Gathered into the Lord’s Name, in our Spirit, and with the Cross – the Ground of Oneness

April 21, 2020 by aGodMan Leave a Comment

Wherever we may be, when we meet with the saints, we should be gathered into the Lord’s name, in our spirit, and with the cross; this is the ground of oneness, and this keeps us one in the Body of Christ. In Deut. 12 we see a very important principle and ordination from God for […]

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knowing the Body in practice: the universal church and the local churches

June 20, 2012 by aGodMan 6 Comments

On the one hand, we need to know the Body of Christ in life – Christ is the life of the Body of Christ, and the Body is a mingling of divinity with humanity. When we see that the Christ we have received through regeneration is the life of the Body of Christ, we will […]

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the local churches as the golden lampstands bear the testimony of Jesus on the earth

January 12, 2012 by aGodMan 18 Comments

If we do not see what the Lord’s recovery is intrinsically, we may be in the Lord’s recovery outwardly and in the local church meetings weekly, but we may have an empty church life. Unless we see the intrinsic significance of the Lord’s recovery we have a vain life, at best a Brethren-type of meeting… The focus of the Lord’s Recovery is the corporate expression of the Triune God – in the church life, Christ is shining and God is fully expressed through all the saints! O, Lord, show us intrinsically what the focus of the Lord’s recovery is! [continue reading this portion inspired from the Morning Revival on the Focus of the Lord’s Recovery, week 1 day 4]

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