The holy service portrayed in Numbers was for a God who is very active and moving; our priesthood and service is not for Christ who is inactive but for a Christ who is very active, and we must match God in His move. On one hand as believers in Christ we are a holy and […]
As Levites we Handle Christ and as Priests we Minister Him with His Riches to Others
As believers in Christ we are priests to God and our full-time job is to handle Christ (as the priests handled the items of the tabernacle) and the church, and to minister Christ in all His rich aspects to people. The book of Numbers is a book of service, and this service is a holy […]
Our Holy Service in the Church is Based on Life under the Divine Administration
This week in our deeper study of the book of Numbers we come to the matter of the Service of the Priests and the Levites for God’s move, a crystal in this book which is mainly based on Numbers 3; in the church life today we have a holy service. There are three main sections […]
Fighting as a Corporate Warrior for God’s People to enjoy the All-inclusive Christ
The church is a corporate warrior fighting for all of God’s people to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive good land. The good land of Canaan has two aspects: on one hand it is a type of the all-inclusive Christ with His unsearchable riches for us to enjoy, and on the other, it signifies the aerial […]
Bringing the Saints into the Fellowship and Blending Life of the Entire Body of Christ
We need to follow in the apostle Paul’s footsteps to bring all the saints into the blending life of the entire Body of Christ. On the one hand, we ourselves need to enter into the fellowship and blending life of the Body, and on the other, we need to cooperate with the Lord to bring […]
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, […]
Serving the Lord as a Slave and Shepherding the Saints by Visiting them in their Homes
The apostle Paul was a pattern to the elders in Ephesus – a pattern of what the elders should be to the church to shepherd them, serving the Lord as a slave. When we hear or read about the need to shepherd others according to God, we may think that this is something so high […]