Living in the Church Life as the Kingdom of the Son of the Father’s Love today

The Father has delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love (Col. 1:12-13).

Praise the Lord, the Father has delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of God's love, and now we live the church life as the kingdom of the Son of the Father's love! The genuine church is the … [Continue reading]

We Live the Kingdom Life in the Church Life by Living and Walking in the Spirit

For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Rom. 14:17

The genuine church is the kingdom of God in this age; we as believers need to live the kingdom life in the church life by living and walking according to the mingled spirit. The church comes into being when the authority of the kingdom is exercised … [Continue reading]

We Live the Kingdom Life in the Church Life under the Authority of the Kingdom

The church is brought into being through the authority of the kingdom. When the kingdom of the heavens is able to assert its authority over a company of believers, those believers can be built up into the church.

The kingdom is the reality of the church, and for us to be built into the church we need to come under the authority of the kingdom, exercise the keys of the kingdom, and live the kingdom life in the church life. The Lord Jesus came proclaiming the … [Continue reading]

The Kingdom brings forth the Church and the Kingdom is the Reality of the Church

Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it. Matt. 7:14

The Bible first presents the kingdom of God and then the church; the presence of the kingdom produces the church, and the gospel of the kingdom brings forth the church as the issue of the divine life. This week in our deeper study of the Development … [Continue reading]

Deep Calls unto Deep: Sending Roots into Christ and having Deep Experiences of Him

Deep calls unto deep... Psa. 42:7

The kingdom life - the life and living of the kingdom of God - is a life that can take root downward and bear fruit upward; deep calls unto deep, so Christ needs to take root down in our heart, and we need to take root deep in Christ as the … [Continue reading]

God Works in the Secret of our being: we say Amen to His Gentle, Quiet Voice within

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Col. 3:3

If we study the Scriptures carefully we will realise that God has the kind of temperament that dislikes ostentation; He likes to work secretly rather than openly, and He is in us as a gentle, quiet voice to which we must say Amen. Our God is a God … [Continue reading]

Our God is a God who Hides Himself; He does many Things, but He Conceals Himself

Surely You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. Isa. 45:15

Our God is a God who hides Himself; His disposition is a hidden one, and He doesn't like outward manifestation but loves to work in secret and do things hiddenly, not openly. This is why we as kingdom people need to spend time in secret with our … [Continue reading]