What we see in the book of Acts is not only a record of what the apostles and disciples did after the Lord left but the continuation of Christ, Jesus living again in the many members of His Body for His corporate expression. Today we are in “Acts chapter 29”, in one of the many […]
Being Laboring Priests of the Gospel Offering Saved Sinners to God for His Delight
As believers in Christ we are laboring priests of the gospel of God by serving God in our mingled spirit in the gospel of His Son (Rom. 15:16). We are laboring priests of the good news, the glad tidings, by serving God unceasingly in our spirit and worshiping, enjoying, and being mingled with God in […]
In our Daily Living We Need to Consider the One New Man – All the Local Churches!
There is only one Body of Christ in this universe, and all the local churches are the local representations of the Body of Christ, as the Lord has ordained. In the same way, there is only one new man on the earth, and all the churches are part of the one new man. Christ created […]
Learning from Paul to Live the Church Life with the Consciousness of the One New Man
As we practice the church life daily by eating, drinking, and breathing in Jesus with all the saints, we need to do so with a consciousness of the one new man. With the Apostle Paul there was such a consciousness – in his writings and in his living we could see that this faithful steward […]
Carrying Out the Stewardship of God by Preaching the Gospel and Dispensing Christ
All believers in Christ have been entrusted by God with a stewardship, which is to minister the riches of Christ into others for the building up of the Body of Christ. When we preach the gospel, we carry out the stewardship of God by contacting sinners where they are and ministering God into them (see […]