Our being saved by grace, being raised up together with Christ and seated together with Him in the heavenlies and having access to the Father are for the building up of the church, His Body, through growing into a holy temple in the Lord. Amen! This week we come to the third week in […]
Living Stones are Worked on Outwardly and Living Inwardly to be Suitable for God’s Building
The stones of the temple signify Christ’s humanity in transformation, the transformed Christ – He’s the One suitable for God’s building! He as the living stone is making us living stones through the inward work of regeneration and outward work of cutting and dealing, just as the stones were cut and dealt with before […]
Live by Faith Trusting in God and be Constantly under God’s Judgment to be Pillars
The pillars of the temple were built of bronze, signifying God’s judgment; for us to be useful to God, we need to be constantly under God’s judgment living a life of trusting in God with no confidence in the flesh, even in the midst of complicated and intermixed situations. Amen! The materials for the […]
Abide in the Lord and produce Soothing Oil and Invigorating Wine to Comfort and Cheer
As believers in Christ, we have been grafted into Him; we simply need to abide in the Lord and produce soothing oil and invigorating wine to comfort and cheer God and man. In order for us to partake of Christ with His riches, we need to be cut off from our old background, history, […]
Exercise our spirit to Absorb the Riches of Christ into whom we’re Grafted Contrary to Nature
As believers in Christ, we are branches of Christ, those grafted into Him as the cultivated olive tree to enjoy Him as the life-giving Spirit by denying the self to absorb the riches of Christ. Hallelujah! The types and figures in the Old Testament show us a picture of what we the New Testament […]
Having the Glory of Christ Carved into our Being and Sending our Roots into Christ
We need to have the glory of Christ carved into our being through sufferings, and we need to send our roots deep into Christ to absorb Him and grow with Him, even to manifest His resurrection life. As believers in Christ, we are in the process of being made materials for God’s building; the […]
Allow the Crucified and Resurrected Christ as the Spirit to Build Himself into us for the Church
In order for us to become suitable materials for God’s building, we need to experience Christ in His death (signified by cypress), Christ in His resurrection (signified by cedar), and Christ as the Spirit (signified by olive wood), being filled with the Holy Spirit and being in spirit for God’s building. Amen! This week […]