Taking the Word of the Spirit through the Body and doing the one Work of Building

From the book of Acts we see our need to take the word of the Spirit through the members of the Body, and to do the one work of building up the church as the Body of Christ. We need to learn the lessons in the book of Acts, receiving the Lord’s mercy to be […]

The Church is Spreading on earth by the Growth and Flowing out of the Lord’s Life

The basic principle of the church is that the church is universal and eternal, so the church must spread constantly on earth; the book of Acts in particular speaks of the spreading of the church. When we speak of the spreading of the church we need to realise that this is not something of organisation […]

Keeping Ourselves in the one Divine Stream by Loving the Lord with the First Love

In propagating Christ as the development of the kingdom of God on earth, we need to be those keeping ourselves in the one flow of the Lord’s work for the spreading of the church, and receiving the Lord’s mercy to be saved from Satan’s schemes. The Lord is spreading on earth today, both in number […]

We are Being Transformed and Built up as Living Stones in God’s Spiritual House

As believers in Christ, we are becoming living stones for the building up of the church, God’s spiritual house on earth today. Christ as the stone-Savior produces living stones for God’s building. We are men of clay; we are born of our parents in the flesh, and we are of dust, men of clay. How […]

Preaching the Gospel of Christ as the Stone-Savior for the Church as God’s Building

In Acts 4:10-12 Peter proclaimed Christ as the Stone-Savior; we need to preach the gospel of Christ as the Stone-Savior for God’s building. Our commission is not just to preach the gospel of grace for people to be saved and go to heaven…. Rather, as we see Peter doing, we need to know, enjoy, and […]

Praising Christ as the Cornerstone – He’s our Savior and the Builder of God’s House

As the all-inclusive stone, Christ is the centrality of God’s move for the building up of His eternal habitation; Christ as the cornerstone is both our Savior and the Builder of God’s house. When the Lord Jesus was speaking concerning Himself and His authority, He said that He is the stone which the builders rejected […]

Being a Pattern of Living Christ, Magnifying Christ, and Living the Body Life

The apostle Paul was a pattern of living Christ, magnifying Christ, doing all things in Christ, and pursuing Christ to be found in Christ; he lived such a life when he was on his ministry journey and also in his imprisonment journey. Whether in good situation or in persecution, whether in outward success or imprisonment, […]