We need to see a vision of Christ as the Sower sowing Himself as the seed of life into our heart to grow in us, mingle Himself with us, and build Himself into us for God’s building. Christ is the Sower who came to sow Himself as the seed of life into our heart so […]
The Living Water we Drink becomes in us a Fountain Springing and Flowing into the New Jerusalem
The Bible clearly shows us that the Triune God has been processed to become the life-giving Spirit for us to drink of Him and enjoy Him; when we drink this living water, it springs up into eternal life and it flows us into and to become the New Jerusalem. Hallelujah! As believers in Christ, […]
Christ became the first God-man to Express the Divine Attributes in His Human Virtues
The incarnation of Christ and His God-man living fulfilled God’s intention in His creation of man; He came as God mingled with man, a God-man, to live a God-man life by expressing the divine attributes in His human virtues. And today this One lives in us to be reproduced in His Body; we as believers […]
Having the One Accord among God’s People Formed as an Army by Living in the Spirit
In Numbers 31 we see a beautiful picture of the one accord among God’s people who had been formed into an army ready for battle; it is a picture of the one accord we should practice in the church life today. In the church life we experience something very similar to what the children of […]
Reality of the Body is the Corporate Living of the Perfected God-men by the Divine Life
What is the reality of the Body of Christ? It is the corporate living of the perfected God-men who are united, joined, and constituted together with God by the mingling of humanity with divinity, and who live not by their life but by the divine life. We believers in Christ are very special persons; we […]
Israel’s Encamping and the New Jerusalem: God’s Purpose is to be Mingled with man!
If we look at the picture in Numbers 2 with the glasses of God’s economy on, we will realise that the children of Israel encamping in array typifies God’s redeemed people being consummated as the New Jerusalem. The more we consider this picture the more we adore God for His plan, for His sovereignty, and […]
We need to Live out and Work out the New Jerusalem in the Mingling of God and Man
What the Lord desires to gain is the New Jerusalem as the consummation of the Body of Christ, and for us to live out the New Jerusalem is to grow up into the Head by the mingling of God with man. Furthermore, to work out the New Jerusalem is to function out from the Head […]