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practical points concerning blending – are we in the reality of the Body of Christ?

December 21, 2010 by aGodMan Leave a Comment

This thought of blending is very strong in the Bible, both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. In the Old Testament we see that the meal offering had to be of fine flour mingled with oil (Lev. 2:4) – the flour had to be thoroughly blended with oil, mingled with oil – the […]

in all the things we do for the Lord in the church, we need to stop first and have fellowship!

December 20, 2010 by aGodMan 1 Comment

This morning I was impressed with these simple principles of the Body of Christ as unveiled in 1 Cor. 12:24, But our comely members have no need. But God has blended the body together, giving more abundant honor to the member that lacked. What does it mean that God has blended the Body together? It […]

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the experience of the cross deepens both our horizontal and our vertical fellowship in the divine life

December 16, 2010 by aGodMan 12 Comments

These days we are enjoying many portions in the Bible regarding the fellowship of the divine life, which is the fellowship of the Spirit, the fellowship of the apostles, and the fellowship in spirit. This fellowship has two aspects: the horizontal aspect (between us and the other believers) and the vertical aspect (between us and the Triune […]

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enjoyment from the conference – Lord, grant me a Fresh, Renewed Vision of Your Recovery!

December 14, 2010 by aGodMan 21 Comments

The subject for the graduation meeting of the FTTA spring class of 2005 was: “The All-Inheriting Vision of the Age and It’s Glorious Inheritors.” After being under the day to day and moment by moment dispensing of the Triune God in every aspect of our lives, there was the beginning of a little something that […]

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God called us into the fellowship of His son – the enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ!

December 13, 2010 by aGodMan Leave a Comment

This morning I thoroughly enjoyed this wonderful verse that describes what God’s intention towards us is – 1 Cor. 1:9, God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. God called us into the fellowship of His Son – He called us to enjoy and partake […]

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the function of the fellowship of life and four simple ways to cooperate with this fellowship

December 9, 2010 by aGodMan 1 Comment

What is the function of the fellowship of life? We have seen that the fellowship of life is based on the divine life and it is simply the Triune God flowing in us and among us. As the divine life flows in us, it is not meaningless – it has a function! The function of […]

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the fellowship of life is the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, and we enjoy it by being in our spirit!

December 8, 2010 by aGodMan Leave a Comment

These days we’re enjoying more and more fellowship of life – the fellowship with the Father and the Son, and the fellowship with all the believers! Today I enjoyed specifically that this fellowship is in spirit – in our mingled spirit! It is not simply the believers getting together, but the believers that enjoy the […]