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Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would see the need for both the fishing ministry and the mending ministry—first the fishing ministry to bring people in, and then the mending ministry to keep them from falling out (Matt. 4:18-22; 16:19a; Rev. 21:2). Then after Peter brings people in, John follows with the mending […]
We Lose our Soul-life for the Lord’s Sake in this Age to Save our Soul in the Next age
July 7, 2019 by 1 Comment
We need to be those who lose our soul-life in this age, not allowing the soul to have its enjoyment in this age so that we may gain the full enjoyment in the next age. The church life today is the place where we can live the reality of the kingdom of God, for the […]
Being Willing to Take up our Cross and Bear it for the Building up of the Church
July 6, 2019 by 1 Comment
As believers in Christ, we need to learn to exercise the keys of the kingdom to lock up the gates of Hades and release the building up of the church; we need to learn to deny the self, take up our cross, and lose our soul life. If we do not exercise daily to deny […]
Exercising the Keys of the Kingdom to Lock the Gates of Hades and Build up the Church
July 4, 2019 by Leave a Comment
We need to see from Matt. 16 the way to build up the church and the enemy of the building; we need to cooperate with the Lord to lock the gates of Hades for the church to be built up. This week we come to a new topic in the series, The Development of the […]
We Live the Kingdom Life in the Church Life under the Authority of the Kingdom
June 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
The kingdom is the reality of the church, and for us to be built into the church we need to come under the authority of the kingdom, exercise the keys of the kingdom, and live the kingdom life in the church life. The Lord Jesus came proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom; He didn’t proclaim […]
The Lord’s Way and Means of Spreading the Church Shatters our Natural Concepts
December 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
What are the Gates of Hades and how can we use the Keys of the Kingdom to Close them
February 6, 2017 by 7 Comments
Matthew 16 is a very enlightening chapter in the Bible in our seeing how the direction of the Lord’s move today is to bring in the kingdom of God; in this chapter we have the way to build up the church and the enemy of the building of God. The matter of the direction of […]
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