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Christ is the real Slave of God; we are slaves of God because we love Him

June 21, 2010 by aGodMan Leave a Comment

Today I enjoyed very much message 68 from the Exodus-Life Study. I would like to share few things that touched me. The first ordinance given by God was concerning slavery. A slave is a person who has no rights and has no self interest but knows only to sacrifice. Jesus is our pattern of being […]

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What is the Lord’s recovery? We are being recovered to God’s original intention

June 1, 2010 by aGodMan 2 Comments

Imagine that you received a letter from your father, detailing what he had envisioned for you in particular detail – everything he planned and arranged for you. Yet, this letter remained sealed, unopened, and the details remained unknown to you. In the absence of the knowledge of its contents, you may live your life outside […]

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maintaining a pleasant spirit and a sweet oneness in the church life through prayer and fellowship

May 27, 2010 by aGodMan 11 Comments

In the church life, in the practical Body life, there are all ages for the Lord’s testimony – young ones, children, young adults, middle-aged saints, and older saints. Especially in the world and mainly related to position and ambition, there is much friction between the different generations – but to have dissensions between the younger […]

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God’s eternal purpose as revealed in the seven figures in Genesis 2

May 21, 2010 by aGodMan 8 Comments

While reading and enjoying Genesis chapter 2, with the help of the Life-Study and the footnotes in the Recovery Version, I was impressed with the seven figures presented in Genesis 2. Actually, this picture has been drawn by God Himself in His Word and reveals to us what is in His mind and what He […]

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our ultimate responsibility as Christians is to live Christ for the Body

May 20, 2010 by aGodMan 5 Comments

As Christians, what is our responsibility? Our ultimate responsibility as Christians is not just to preach the gospel, but to live Christ and to meet together in our locality in such a way that we may be the Body of Christ, the new man, the lampstand, and the bride. Our meeting should be in oneness. […]

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What is the Lord’s recovery? It’s the recovery of the enjoyment of Christ and the practice of the church life

May 13, 2010 by aGodMan 3 Comments

The primary and crucial aspect of the Lord’s recovery is to recover the dispensing of the Triune God as life (“Zoe” – the divine, eternal, incorruptible, indestructible, uncreated life of God) into His redeemed people in order that He may be fully expressed on the earth. In order to recover this God must have a […]

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Seeing Ourselves as Members of the Body

April 24, 2010 by aGodMan 3 Comments

Paul says in Romans 12:5 that we are “members one of another” in the Body. We are certainly familiar with this phrase, and with the principle that Paul sets also forth in his letter of love to the church in Corinth. However the situation was in Corinth, with many distractions, difficulties and even damaging aspects […]