The believers in Christ have God’s life in them, and this life wants to spread and increase; however, there are many obstacles to God’s life, such as our human concepts, hypocrisy, rebellion, and our natural capability. Almost everything inside us and outside us can be a problem to the divine life, hindering the flow, growth, […]
Dealing with our Rebellion and Natural Capability through the Cross by the Spirit
July 27, 2017 by 11 Comments
Being Willing to Take up and Bear the Cross, Realizing that it is the Will of God
February 10, 2017 by 6 Comments
After revealing that He will build His church in Matt. 16, the Lord Jesus continued by exposing the gates of Hades and by giving us the keys to lock these gates: to deny the self, to take up and bear the cross, and to lose the soul life (Matt. 16:24). In digging deeper into God’s word and […]
Being Produced as Pearls and Precious Stones by the Triune God for the New Jerusalem
July 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
The New Jerusalem is constituted and built up with gold (the base and the street), pearls (the gates) and all kinds of precious stones (the wall, the foundations, etc). All throughout the Bible we see that the Triune God is likened to this three kinds of precious materials: the Father in His divine nature is […]
Experiencing Christ’s Death and Resurrection by the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit
June 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The process of becoming a pearl as a gate into the New Jerusalem is very subjective and experiential: as a grain of sand, we wound Christ and are imprisoned in His wound, and He secretes His resurrection life around us and in us to transform us from a grain of sand into a precious pearl. […]
the direction of the Lord’s move today is to build up the organic Body of Christ
August 13, 2012 by 6 Comments
What is the direction of the Lord’s move today? In every age God is moving, and there’s a direction to His move. In our age, the direction of the Lord’s move is firstly to build up the Body of Christ for God to have a complete corporate expression in the universe! For this, we as […]
today the church is the depository and the storehouse of the power of resurrection
March 26, 2012 by 3 Comments
Ephesians 1:22-23 says, “And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.” It is so easy to take these verses for granted, but if we are enlightened by the Lord […]
