The goal of our enjoyment of Christ, our experience of Christ, our going through the cross, and of everything in our Christian life is the growth of the Body, the building up of the Body. If the Body of Christ doesn’t grow unto maturity, the bride of Christ is not prepared, and Christ as the […]
Living a Life of Sacrifice by Experiencing Christ as the Wine-Producing Vine
After seeing our need to know life, grow in life, experience life, and minister life, the conclusion is: we need to live a sacrificing life in the Body of Christ, and we need to minister life to the Body for the growth of the Body. The goal of God’s plan and economy is the building […]
A Built-Up Church has the Mingling of God and Man and the Divine Nature (nothing natural)
The more you read the Bible from the beginning to the end, having God’s economy glasses on and being open to the Lord to unveil you and speak to you concerning His purpose, the more you realize: wow, the whole Bible speaks of only one thing! God desires to get a building, a mingling with […]
A Built-Up Church has God’s Rule, the Flow and Supply of Life, and God’s Light
The church today is a miniature of the New Jerusalem, and the main characteristics of the New Jerusalem should be seen today in a built-up church. First of all, the New Jerusalem has the presence of God – God is with man, dwells with man, and is one with man. In the church today the […]
A Built-up Church Has the Presence of God – God’s Presence is Everything to us
After seeing that God’s desire and His focus today is to build up the church for the preparation and bringing in of the New Jerusalem, we need to continue to see the conditions of a built-up church today as depicted by the conditions of the New Jerusalem. The church is the miniature of the New […]
The Desperate Need to Grow in Life Unto Maturity for the Building up of the Body
This week in our enjoyment with the Lord in the morning we come to, Growing unto Maturity to Become the New Jerusalem as the Ultimate Consummation of the Church. We have to see that our desperate need today is to grow in life unto maturity for the Body of Christ to be built up. The […]
Giving Life to the Sinning Brother by Asking the Lord in the Fellowship of Life
The divine life we have received through regeneration is very real and practical. In the first Epistle of John we see that life was manifested and we have seen and testify and report concerning it (1 John 1:1-3). And this life is a fellowship, a flow, something moving and growing and expanding. If we sin, […]