What is the present truth (2 Pet. 1:12)? What is the present revelation of God to us in this age? Each age has a particular “present truth”, and if we would have lived in the time of Martin Luther, we should have joined him and enjoy the blessings of being recovered back to justification by […]
Our Aspiration to be Revived is fulfilled only by Christ as the Life-Giving Spirit
For the next few weeks we will be getting into the matter of the need for a new revival. We need to be poor in spirit before the Lord, pure in heart toward Him, and have a turned heart to the Lord so that we may see the vision of the new revival, have the […]
The Need for a Thorough Recovery of the Priesthood for God’s Building through us
As believers in Christ we are members of the Body of Christ, and we have the privilege and responsibility to be one with Christ, the Head of the Body to build up the church as the Body of Christ. The Lord today is building up His church by building Himself into us, His believers, through […]
Our Work must be to Minister God into others for Him to Build Himself into them
The Lord Jesus said, I will build My church (Matt. 16:18). How does the Lord build His church? First of all, the church is not that physical tall building with a cross on top of it; the church is the Body of Christ composed of all the believers in Christ, those redeemed by Christ, regenerated […]
The Meaning of, You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect
One of the hardest verses for a young believer to understand is in Matt. 5:48, You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. Immediately most believers take this as a matter of “trying to be a better person”, attempting to remove old sinful habits that don’t match their new calling to be sanctified […]
God’s Intention is to Build Himself into our Being and to Build us into His Being
What does the Body of Christ need today? Have you ever wondered, what is the greatest need in the Body of Christ? Some may say that the Body needs more gifted members while others may emphasize more social work, practical help, or preaching the gospel. But what the Body of Christ mainly needs today is […]
The Coordinated Body of Priests, the Priesthood, is God’s Built-up Spiritual House
God’s heart’s desire to have a corporate expression in this universe is fulfilled by the priesthood; what the Lord is doing today is to recover the priesthood, and we as believers in Christ need to cooperate with Him to be those who are brought into His presence and even into the Lord Himself until we […]