In order for us to build up the church as the Body of Christ, we need to practice prophesying, the excelling gift for the building up of the church; this is to practice the scriptural way to meet and to serve (1 Cor. 14:1, 4, 24-25, 31). The will of God is that His Christ […]
We must Desire to Prophesy, to Speak for God, so that God may Speak through us
God wants us – the saved and regenerated ones – to prophesy as prophets; God wants us to be so one with Him that He speaks within us and through us according to the principle of incarnation, and we should also desire to prophesy. In Num. 11:29 we see Moses’ desire that not just him […]
God Desires that All His People would be Prophets, God’s Spokesmen who Speak for God
God’s desire in both the Old and the New Testament was that His people would speak for Him; Moses expressed God’s desire when he said, Oh that all of God’s people would be prophets (Num. 11:29). However, when we speak of the matter of being a prophet, many today think that to prophesy is to […]
Developing our Organic Function as Members and Prophesying to Build up the Church
As we are being perfected in the group meetings we should all pursue and desire prophesying, speaking and listening in mutuality, for the stirring up of the spiritual organic function of the members of the Body for the building up of the Body. The church is an organism, the mingling of God and man, produced […]
we all have the capacity to prophesy as we eat, drink, and enjoy the Lord
1 Cor. 14:31 says, For you can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged. This shows us that we as believers in the Lord have a capacity that enables us to speak for the Lord and speak Christ to others. We need to see that the divine life […]
taking the way of each one prophesying for the building up of the church
The way for us to build up the church as the organic Body of Christ is through prophesying. God desires to have a built-up church, and Christ promised, “I will build My church” (Matt. 16:18). How does Christ build up His church? In Ephesians 4:15-16 we see that the whole Body grows by holding the […]