The divine life we have received through regeneration is very real and practical. In the first Epistle of John we see that life was manifested and we have seen and testify and report concerning it (1 John 1:1-3). And this life is a fellowship, a flow, something moving and growing and expanding. If we sin, […]
Experiencing the God of Resurrection and Having the Mending Ministry of Life
What God needs today in the church life is more ministers of life, persons who know Him as the God of resurrection and minister Him as the God of resurrection into others. We need to see the difference between merely having a “gift” and having the ministry of life. What is needed for the building […]
The Need to be Constituted with God to Have the Ministry of Life for the Body
This week in our study we come to the topic, Ministry of Life. In Christianity today there are many “ministries”, and as soon as someone feels he has a ministry from the Lord, he goes ahead and does his best to carry it out, many times resulting in creating yet another division in the Body […]
Knowing the Purpose of our Calling and Dealing with Satan, the Flesh, and the World
God’s calling of Moses is a pattern to us, and in order for us to be qualified to serve God we need to see certain things and deal with certain things. First of all, we need to see the vision of the burning thornbush – God is the fire burning in the church as the […]
The God who Called us is the God of Resurrection, the Resurrecting Triune God
When God comes to call us, first we see who we are (thornbush, men of flesh under God’s curse – yet with the divine fire burning in us and not consuming us) and then we see who God is. The God who calls us is the great I am, the ever-existing and self-existing God, the […]
Seeing the Church as a Corporate Thornbush Burning with the God of Resurrection
The vision of the burning thornbush impressed Moses and stayed with him throughout his life, so that at the end of his life as he was speaking his departing words and he was blessing the children of Israel he said, ….With the choicest things of the earth, and the fullness thereof, and the favor of […]
The Vision of the Burning Thornbush: the Excluding Flame Became the Indwelling Fire
Our enjoyment of Christ, our experience of life, and our growth in life is for the ministry of life. We need to experience Christ, enjoy Him, and grow in life, so that we may be qualified to minister life to others. God’s economy is that we enjoy God as life, grow in life, experience Christ […]