The Church is the House of God and the Household of God – the Church is of God!

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints... 1 Cor. 1:2

The church is the house of God, even the household of God, the house of the living God, an organic entity that grows and expands to express the Triune God on earth. Hallelujah for the church! This week in our morning revival we come to the topic, … [Continue reading]

Impart our own Souls to the New Believers and Exhort them to Walk Worthily of God

Yearning in this way over you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own souls, because you became beloved to us. 1 Thes. 2:8

Like Paul, we impart our own souls to the new believers in Christ, and we exhort them to walk in a worthy way of the Lord for them to enter into the kingdom of God. As we care for the saints in the Lord, we impart not only the gospel to them but … [Continue reading]

Do not Seek Glory from Men when Serving the Lord but Cherish and Nourish the Saints

For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake. 2 Cor. 4:5

As believers in Christ who serve God in our spirit, we need to not seek glory from man, not assume any authority in the church or in the Lord's work, and be like a nursing mother toward others, cherishing them and nourishing them. This is how the … [Continue reading]

Tested and Approved by God to be Entrusted with the Gospel, we Speak to Please God

But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak... 1 Thes. 2:4

As those who love God and want to serve Him, we need to be first tested and approved by God and then entrusted by Him with the gospel; then, we should not please men but God, not having flattering speech or a pretext for covetousness but speaking … [Continue reading]

Shepherd others by Giving them a Proper Pattern: Feed them with our Living of Christ

For you yourselves know, brothers, our entrance toward you, that it has not been in vain. 1 Thes. 2:1

The best way for us to shepherd people, to cherish and nourish them, is to give them a proper pattern or to point them to a proper pattern in the Bible; we need to feed the ones we are caring for with our own living of Christ, setting a pattern … [Continue reading]

An Ambassador of Christ is Constrained by the Love of Christ and Serves God in Spirit

On behalf of Christ then we are ambassadors... 2 Cor. 5:20

An ambassador of Christ is constrained by the love of Christ and has the sole ambition of being pleasing to God, serving God in spirit and in the Body of Christ. As believers in Christ, we are ambassadors of Christ, those who are determined to be … [Continue reading]

Have God’s Appearing to be a Minister and a Witness of Christ to Magnify Christ

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Phil. 1:21

The apostle Paul was a pattern to the believers of living Christ, magnifying Christ, and ministering Christ as the Spirit in his spirit for the building up of the Body of Christ; we need to follow his pattern to be a minister and a witness of … [Continue reading]