In order to manifest His authority in the church, God as appointed elders and apostles; in the church, God’s authority is expressed and represented by the apostles and elders. On one hand, God is the unique authority and Christ has been made Lord of all, even Head over all things to the church; on the […]
The Order of the Church comes out of Submitting to the Unique Headship of Christ
The order of the church comes out not of an organization but the authority of the church, which is the honouring of the unique headship of Christ; when we honor the headship of Christ, there is the authority of the church, and there is order in the church. All authority comes from God; no one […]
Christ is the unique Head of the Body: we submit to Him and to His Deputy Authority
According to the divine revelation in the New Testament, Christ is both the Head of the Body corporately (the church), and individually the Head of all the believers; He is the Head directly of every one of us, and we all are under His unique authority. This is something that we all need to realize […]
God is the Supreme Authority and Christ as a Man was made the Head and Lord of All
God is the supreme authority, and He has all authority; Christ as the Son of Man was given all authority in heaven and on earth after His resurrection and ascension, and now a Man is the Ruler over all things in the universe and the Lord of all. Hallelujah! This week in our morning revival […]
Let us pray for the saints to rise up to sow the seed of Christ into people regularly according to a schedule
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would rise up to sow the seed of Christ into people, not just occasionally but regularly according to a schedule, giving the Lord at least three hours each week for contacting people and distributing gospel tracts to sow the seed of the gospel (Eccl. 11:6; 1 Cor. […]
Among the Churches we have the Fellowship of the Body of Christ, not Organization
The church is the Body of Christ, and among all the churches that compose the one universal Body of Christ, there’s no organisation but there is the fellowship of the Body of Christ, which is universal and not merely local. The administration of the church may be local, but the fellowship is universal. Amen! In […]
Let us pray for the saints to sow the gospel seed by proclaiming the word in season and out of season
Dear saints, let us pray that the saints would be urgent to sow the gospel seed, being ready to proclaim the word in season and out of season (2 Tim. 4:2a; Eccl. 11:1-6; Isa. 55:10-11). Paul told Timothy, “Proclaim the word; be ready in season and out of season; convict, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering […]