If we read John 1:42 and Matt. 16:18 we will realise that both Christ and the believers are living stones for God’s building, and that God’s goal is to have a spiritual house built up with living stones. Yes, Christ is the living stone, and we are born as men of clay, but through regeneration, […]
The Resurrected Christ is the Propagating Stone and the Building Stone to the Believers
December 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Christ as the Stone-Savior is producing many living stones for God’s building, God’s spiritual house, and for us as believers the resurrected Christ is the propagating stone and the building stone. We may have never thought of Christ being the Stone-Savior, but this is what Peter is speaking of in his second gospel message in […]
Praising Christ as the Cornerstone – He’s our Savior and the Builder of God’s House
December 11, 2018 by Leave a Comment
As the all-inclusive stone, Christ is the centrality of God’s move for the building up of His eternal habitation; Christ as the cornerstone is both our Savior and the Builder of God’s house. When the Lord Jesus was speaking concerning Himself and His authority, He said that He is the stone which the builders rejected […]
Christ was Rejected by Man but was made by God to be Cornerstone for God’s building
December 10, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This week we are enjoying and prayerfully considering the matter of, Christ as the Stone-Savior Producing Living Stones for God’s Building; Christ is the cornerstone for God’s building. When Peter spoke in Acts 4 his second gospel message, he said that the man they just healed was healed by Jesus Christ, who is the stone […]
Being a Pattern of Living Christ, Magnifying Christ, and Living the Body Life
December 8, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The apostle Paul was a pattern of living Christ, magnifying Christ, doing all things in Christ, and pursuing Christ to be found in Christ; he lived such a life when he was on his ministry journey and also in his imprisonment journey. Whether in good situation or in persecution, whether in outward success or imprisonment, […]
Serving the Lord as a Slave and Shepherding the Saints by Visiting them in their Homes
December 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The apostle Paul was a pattern to the elders in Ephesus – a pattern of what the elders should be to the church to shepherd them, serving the Lord as a slave. When we hear or read about the need to shepherd others according to God, we may think that this is something so high […]
Being Patterns by Living in Spirit, being Filled in Spirit, and Speaking God’s Economy
December 6, 2018 by Leave a Comment
It is so encouraging to see the pattern of the apostle Paul in shepherding the saints, in particular to see that he was living in spirit and by the Spirit, he was filled with the Spirit and clothed with the Spirit, he exercised to have a good conscience, he rejoiced in the Lord and he […]
