When we have a revelation of the Body of Christ and realize we are members of the Body, we will be Body-conscious; any individualistic thought and action will be ruled out, and we will depend on the Body in everything. Our human life is an individualistic life, and as we grow up in today’s society, […]
Being Body-Conscious by Caring for the Body and having Christ’s Feeling for the Body
August 18, 2017 by 7 Comments
The church is the Body of Christ, and we all are members of the Body; for the Lord’s move in His recovery both locally and universally, we all must be Body-conscious in one accord, always caring for the Body and doing what’s best for the Body. When we see the Lord Jesus for the first […]
Taking Care of the Rest in our Spirit to be under God’s Limitation in our Function
August 17, 2017 by 11 Comments
Our God is a God of measure, and when it comes to the work for the spreading and building up of the church, we should move and act according to how much God has measured to us, staying within the limits of God’s ruling, God’s limitation and measure. A basic requirement for the Body of […]
God placed all the Members of the Body as He Willed, each to Function in their Measure
August 16, 2017 by 10 Comments
As members of the Body of Christ standing on the genuine ground of oneness, we must be limited by the other members, not going beyond our measure, for God has placed all the members of the Body even as He willed, and we each have our own function and measure. On the one hand, we […]
Meeting in Oneness, in the name of Jesus, in the Mingled Spirit, and with the Cross
August 15, 2017 by 5 Comments
In His wisdom, God has chosen a particular place for His people to meet – in the Old Testament this was Jerusalem, and in the New Testament is the genuine ground of oneness, the ground of the church. According to the Biblical principle, in God’s eyes there’s only one church in one city. There is […]
Seeing a Vision of the Mingled Spirit, the Focus of God’s Economy, for the Church Life
August 12, 2017 by 12 Comments
If we see that the church is the mingling of God and man, we will also realize that the mingled spirit is the focus of God’s economy, for it is when we live in the mingled spirit and walk in the spirit that we fulfil His purpose. In order for us to live the church […]
The Church is the Mingling of God and Man, the Enlargement of Christ as the God-man
August 11, 2017 by 11 Comments
The church is the mingling of God and man; the church is nothing else but God mingled with man, and the nature of the church is the mingling of God with man. According to our natural and fallen concept, when we think of the church we merely consider that we are sinners saved by God, […]
