The need for Spiritual Foot-Washing in the Church Life to Maintain the Fellowship

Without the spiritual foot-washing, the church life cannot be realized, and the reality of the church life would be gone. Witness Lee

The Lord Jesus loved us to the uttermost, so He washed our feet; foot-washing in John 13 shouldn't be taken merely in a physical sense, but even more, in a spiritual sense, for we need the Lord's spiritual foot-washing day by day as we live in … [Continue reading]

The Body Builds itself up in Love as the Joints are Supplying and Each Part is Functioning

...the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. Rom. 5:5

The Body builds itself up in love as the joints are supplying and each part is functioning in their measure. The joints supplying and the parts functioning in their measure cause the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love; when … [Continue reading]

Hold to Truth to Grow into Christ, the Head, and Function out of the Head for the Body

Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him. Eph. 1:10

The intrinsic building up of the organic Body of Christ is by the direct building by all the members - into the Head and out of the Head; we need to hold to truth in love and grow up into Him, and out of the Head we will be richly supplied to … [Continue reading]

As Building Members, we need Shepherding and Teaching to be Perfected in our Function

Shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not under compulsion but willingly, according to God... 1 Pet. 5:2

Thank the Lord for His giving of some gifts for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry for the building up of the Body of Christ by means of shepherding and teaching so that all saints may be perfected! How much we appreciate … [Continue reading]

Gifted Persons Perfect the Saints to Function for the Building up of the Body of Christ

And He Himself gave some as apostles and some as prophets and some as evangelists and some as shepherds and teachers. Eph. 4:11

Christ gave gifts to the Body, and the gifted persons perfect the saints, nourishing them according to the tree of life and perfecting them in their function, so that the perfected saints may do the work of the ministry unto the building up of the … [Continue reading]

Allow Christ to Defeat us as He Descends and Ascends Within us to make us Gifts to the Body

Therefore the Scripture says, "Having ascended to the height, He led captive those taken captive and gave gifts to men." Eph. 4:8

We need to allow Christ to defeat, subdue, conquer, and vanquish us as He descends and ascends within us so that He may fill us and constitute us into gifts for His Body. Through His descending and ascending, Christ defeated Satan and death, He … [Continue reading]

By His Universal Travelling, Christ led us Captive and Gave us as Gifts to the Body!

And when the Ark set out, Moses said, Rise up, O Jehovah, and let Your enemies be scattered; / And let those who hate You flee before You. Num. 10:35

It is amazing to realize that, through His universal travelling in His ascension, Christ let as captives those who had been taken captive by Satan and made them gifts to His Body; He descended from heaven, descended to Hades, was raised to the … [Continue reading]