As those who are learning to cooperate with the Lord for His spreading on earth, we need to experience the Spirit of Jesus, the Spirit of the incarnated Savior who passed through human living and suffering of death. Such a Spirit both supplied and led the apostles in their cooperation with the Lord for His […]
Today We may Experience and Enjoy Christ as the Spirit of Jesus, the Holy Spirit
December 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment
In and for the Lord’s spreading on earth we may experience and enjoy the resurrected and ascended Christ as the Spirit of Jesus, the Holy Spirit. We need to be clear that the propagation of the resurrected, ascended, and all-inclusive Christ as the development of the kingdom of God is NOT any movement of man, […]
Taking the Word of the Spirit through the Body and doing the one Work of Building
December 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Rejecting any Mixture of the Law and Old Testament Practices with God’s New Testament Economy
December 21, 2018 by Leave a Comment
We must receive the Lord’s mercy to learn the lessons in the book of Acts in the spreading of the church, and in particular we need to practice the Body life and take the word of the Spirit through the members of the Body, and reject any mixture of the old testament practices with God’s […]
Being Saved from Satan’s Schemes to Frustrate the Spreading and Building of the Church
December 20, 2018 by Leave a Comment
We need to receive the Lord’s mercy to be saved from Satan’s schemes to frustrate the spreading of the church and the building up of the church, and we need to learn the lessons in the book of Acts to cooperate with the Lord for His spreading on earth. On one hand when we read […]
The Lord’s Way and Means of Spreading the Church Shatters our Natural Concepts
December 19, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The book of Acts shows us the spreading of the church for the enlargement of Christ on earth, and at the same time it shatters our natural concepts, it shows God’s sovereignty, and the blending of all races and kinds of people in the church, the Lord’s testimony. The basic principle of the church is […]
The Church is Spreading on earth by the Growth and Flowing out of the Lord’s Life
December 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
