In His sovereignty, God uses persons, things, and events to empty us of everything that has filled us so that we may have an increased capacity to be filled with God, thus being brought to maturity; our life is under God’s sovereignty for our transformation and maturity so that we may have the overflow of […]
The Spreading of the Church by the Growth of Christ’s Life deals with Any Problems
The basic principle of the church is that the church is universal and eternal, so the church must spread constantly on the earth; the spreading of the church is brought about by the growth in the Lord’s life and His flowing, and when the church spreads, any erroneous concepts are shattered and any close-mindedness is […]
Everything in the Church Life must be in the Nature of Life for the Imparting of Life
The church as the increase of Christ is a matter of life, and everything in the church must be in the nature of life, with the content of life, and in the imparting of life. The church is not a building; the church is the increase of Christ, the multiplication and reproduction of Christ in […]
To Minister Life is to have the Outflow of Life through the Exercise of our Spirit
As those who serve the Lord in spirit and in the church, we need to be deeply impressed with the necessity of being able to minister life (see 1 John 5:11-16), that is, to have an outflow of life. What we need in the church life is not more great gifts, talented people, or greater […]
Experience the Resurrected Christ and Speak Beautiful Words until We Possess the Earth
I never thought that this one chapter in the Bible – Genesis 49 – is full of such a rich blessing and is so meaningful to our Christian life and church life, when viewed from the perspective of God’s eternal economy. In this chapter we see Jacob who, at the end of his life, prophesies […]
We are Channels of Life and Priests to God to Overflow God to Others as Blessing
The principle of blessing is that the greater blesses the lesser; the meaning of blessing is that blessing is the overflow of God through someone’s maturity in life. When God obtains a person who is mature in life, a person who is not only transformed but also mature, He has a way to flow through […]
The Strongest Sign of Maturity in Life is Blessing Others with the Christ We Enjoyed
At the end of his life, when he was 130 years old, Jacob went to Egypt together with all his family to be with Joseph; by this time he was a mature person, and he simply blessed everyone. The strongest sign of Jacob’s maturity in life was his blessing of others. When he met Pharaoh […]