Only life can mend. Only the mending ministry of life in love can mend us for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. If we look around us we will see that both us and others have many problems, holes, lacks, and issues, and there are many broken hearts and broken […]
The Mending Ministry is of Life: Christ is our Life Personally and Intimately!
January 22, 2014 by 2 Comments
John the Apostle had a mending ministry of life – the way he mended the church and the situation among the believers was by presenting Christ as life to them. What we need in order to be mended by the Lord for His building is not outward correction or self-improvement but life, the divine life. […]
John’s Ministry was a Mending Ministry (from a Son of Thunder to a Person of Life)
January 20, 2014 by 4 Comments
In a real and practical sense, the New Testament ministry is the completing ministry of Paul and the mending ministry of John. Peter, Jude, Luke, James, Mark, and others had also their portion, but the main ones are Paul with his completing ministry and John with his mending ministry. Paul unveiled to us the great […]
In our Daily Living We Need to Consider the One New Man – All the Local Churches!
January 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
There is only one Body of Christ in this universe, and all the local churches are the local representations of the Body of Christ, as the Lord has ordained. In the same way, there is only one new man on the earth, and all the churches are part of the one new man. Christ created […]
Learning from Paul to Live the Church Life with the Consciousness of the One New Man
January 17, 2014 by Leave a Comment
As we practice the church life daily by eating, drinking, and breathing in Jesus with all the saints, we need to do so with a consciousness of the one new man. With the Apostle Paul there was such a consciousness – in his writings and in his living we could see that this faithful steward […]
We Need to Practice the Church Life by Being Church-Conscious and Body-Conscious
January 16, 2014 by 1 Comment
All believers in Christ need to grow in life, be transformed, be matured, and arrive at a full-grown man for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. One of the most practical ways for our daily life to arrive at a full-grown man is to practice the church life in the consciousness of the one new man […]
Struggling to Minister Christ to Others to Present them Full-Grown in Christ
January 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The Apostle Paul was a very good pattern of laboring and struggling to present every man full-grown in Christ (Col. 1:28-29). He didn’t just preach the gospel in a city and “moved on to another city”; rather, he agonized, struggled, and labored to present every man full-grown in Christ. Our service in the church is, […]
