In His human living, the Lord Jesus expressed the Father, declared the Father, and lived the Father. God the Father sent Christ the Son, and the Son lived because of the Father (John 6:57). This is very mysterious and yet very wonderful – Christ as the first God-man lived a life not in or by […]
Christ Constantly Denied Himself: He Lived the Father and Worked with the Father
In His Earthly Ministry the Lord Jesus Did the Work the Father Gave Him to Do
As those who aspire to work for God and with God in His economy for the building up of His Body, we need to consider the pattern of the Lord Jesus as He was working for God when He was on the earth. Even though we don’t see much in the Bible concerning His life […]
In His Human Living Christ Did the Work of Declaring God and Expressing Him
When He was on the earth, the Lord Jesus declared God in His human living. His work was to declare God, express God, and explain God to man. No one has ever seen God except the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father – and He has declared the Father to […]
With the Lord Jesus His Work was His Living: no Difference Between Life and Work
The living and the work that the Lord Jesus had on the earth is a pattern for all those who aspire to work for God and participate in the unique work in the Lord’s recovery. Many people have wondered, What did the Lord Jesus do for 30 years? He seemingly worked only for 3.5 years, […]
The Unique Work in the Lord’s Recovery is the Ministry of the Spirit
Our one God has only one work, and His work is to dispense Himself into man, to work Himself into man, so that man may become His collective expression, His corporate testimony. We see this everywhere in the Bible when we read the Scriptures with God’s economy glasses on. But what is the work in […]
The Intrinsic Element of Our Work is to Minister God Into Others for the Body
We have seen that there’s a governing vision of the Bible, which is that God desires to work Himself into His chosen people to make them His corporate expression. Today we are on the matter of our work for God, our Christian work. What is the intrinsic element of our Christian work? Is it just to do […]
The Governing Vision of the Bible and the Kernel of the Divine Revelation
Many Christians read the Bible and they find a lot of things in the Bible. But have you ever wondered or have you ever asked the Lord in your time with Him in the Word, Lord, what is the governing vision in the Bible? Lord, what is the kernel of the divine revelation in the word […]