The four living creatures in Ezek. 1 are in a wonderful coordination and one accord, and there’s fire moving among them; they have the appearance of the sanctifying God, and they manifest a glorious and majestic condition. Each of the four living creatures had four wings: with two they covered themselves, and two were joined […]
The Result of Coordination is that we’re Burned, Burning, Shining, and Enlightened
The result of the coordination and move of the living creatures in Ezek. 1 is that they become burning coals and burning torches, and they move like lightning; the result of coordination is that we burn one another, we become burning, and we are enlightened and sanctified by the divine light. The first chapter of […]
Learn to Fellowship and Coordinate, and Follow the Spirit and the Saints in the Body
Ezekiel 1 presents a wonderful picture of the coordination we should have in the church life; as the living creatures, we need to follow the Spirit and fellowship and coordinate with the saints in the church service. The church is the Body of Christ and the kingdom of God; as believers in Christ and members […]
Functioning in Coordination and doing Everything through the Cross and by the Spirit
In his epistles Paul speaks of the different functions that the members of the Body of Christ have, and in Ezekiel 1:9-12 we see a beautiful picture of the functioning in coordination which we need in the church life. A picture is truly worth a thousand words, and when it comes to the matter of […]
Seeing the Expressions of the Self to Deny the Self for the Building of the Church
The Lord Jesus said that, if we want to follow Him, we should deny the self; today we want to see what are some expressions of the self and how we can exercise the key of denying the self to lock up the self in every situation. What is the self, and why do we […]
Laying down our Life for the Brothers and Enjoying the One who has the Key of David
The church in Philadelphia is the church of brotherly love; in this church we love the brothers to the extent that we are laying down our life for them, even as the Lord laid down His life on our behalf (1 John 3:16). The Lord’s supreme and unique commandment was that we love one another even as […]
Church in Philadelphia depicts the Proper Church Life, the Church of Brotherly Love
This week we come to the Lord’s epistle to the church in Philadelphia, the church of brotherly love, the church in recovery – the recovered church. Just as the church in Sardis was the Lord’s reaction to the terrible situation in the church in Thyatira, so the church in Philadelphia was the Lord’s reaction to […]