Because the Body of Christ is one and all the local churches are the local expression of the one Body of Christ, there cannot be “autonomous local churches”; rather, the local churches are for the expression of the Body, and the Body is first while the local churches are second in our consideration. When we […]
Let us Pray for the Saints to Grasp Every Opportunity to Speak the Word
June 5, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Amen, saints, let us pray for the saints to grasp every opportunity to speak the Word! Pray that the saints would grasp every opportunity to speak the Word in their daily life to all kinds of people and also in the meetings (Mark 16:15; Acts 8:4; 1 Cor. 14:31; Col. 3:16; 2 Tim. 4:2). In […]
Let us Pray for the Saints to See that the Word Grows and Multiplies, so we Go Forth to Preach the Word
June 5, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Amen, let us pray that the saints would see from Acts that it is the word that grows and the word that multiplies and would go forth to preach the word as the high gospel to people (Acts 6:7 and note 71; 12:24; 19:20; 8:4; cf. Mark 4:14). We pray for this in one accord […]
Discerning the Different Teachings and Continuing Steadfastly in the Apostles’ Teaching
June 4, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Besides the unique teaching of God’s New Testament economy, which is the teaching of the apostles, there are “different teachings”, teachings that are different, and there are winds of teaching which are used by Satan to distract us from the enjoyment of Christ and frustrate the building up of the Body of Christ. Paul wrote […]
Living in the Local Churches and being Blended together for the Reality of the Body
May 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment
As believers in Christ and members of the Body of Christ, we need to bring all the local churches into the fellowship of the Body of Christ and bring all the saints into the blending life of the entire Body of Christ. For this, we need to enter into the blending life of the Body […]
As we are Blended and Restricted in the Divine Fellowship, the Body is kept in Oneness
May 28, 2021 by Leave a Comment
The divine fellowship is the reality of living in the Body of Christ in the oneness of the Spirit; the divine fellowship blends us and restricts us, keeping us in the oneness of the Body of Christ. We need to realize that we all are members of the Body of Christ, and even as local […]
Practice the Organic Relationship of the Churches in the Fellowship of the Divine Life
May 27, 2021 by Leave a Comment
We need to see and enter into the fellowship of the churches for their organic relationship; in particular, we need to see and enter into the organic relationship of the churches, which is based on the organic fellowship of the divine life, for all the churches are the one Body of Christ. As believers in […]
