The basis of our service to God should be the resurrection life, and we need to realise our own inability and serve God in the principle of resurrection today. The resurrected Christ should be our life, our living, and the resurrection life within us; and this life should bud, blossom, and bear fruit to maturity. […]
The Church is Built with Resurrection Life and Washed by the Word to be the Bride
January 12, 2018 by 3 Comments
As seen in the type of Adam and Eve in Genesis 2 and shown throughout the New Testament, the church comes out of Christ, is built in His resurrection life, and is composed of all the believers in Christ who are being transformed to be the counterpart of Christ, the reproduction of Christ. We may […]
Reigning in Life by Receiving the Abundance of Grace to Receive the Crown of Life
November 26, 2016 by 9 Comments
The Lord’s promise to the overcomers in the suffering church in Smyrna is that He would give them the crown of life (Rev. 2:10). In the Lord’s speaking to the church in Smyrna, a church under persecution, in suffering, and facing death, we can see the glorious victory of the crucified and resurrected Christ over […]
The Lord Knows our Tribulation, and He Knows Religion Opposes Christ and the Church
November 22, 2016 by 8 Comments
The Lord told the church in Smyrna not to fear the things which she was about to suffer (prison, persecution, tribulation, and even death), because He knows their tribulation and poverty, and to those who are faithful, He will give the crown of life (see Rev. 2:8-11). The church in Smyrna was a suffering church; […]
Our Work for the Lord in the Gospel is by the Lord’s Resurrection Life and Power
June 18, 2016 by 1 Comment
What does it mean to serve God in our spirit in the gospel of His Son (Rom. 1:9)? Much of the service rendered to God today by His people is outwardly good, great, and even wonderful, but do the Lord’s believers serve Him in their spirit in the gospel of His Son? First of all, […]
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 […]
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