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We need to Maintain the eating of Christ as the Tree of Life in the Church Life

November 18, 2016 by aGodMan 6 Comments

If we give the Lord the preeminence in everything and enjoy Him as the tree of life throughout the day, right away the church, regardless of its condition, becomes paradise to us. This is why the Lord says that we have to eat the tree of life in the Paradise of God. Witness Lee

At the end of the Lord's epistle to the church in Ephesus He calls for the overcomers, promising them to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God (Rev. 2:7); today we as believers in Christ need to maintain the eating of Christ as the … [Continue reading]

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Loving the Lord with the First Love, Being His Testimony, and Functioning as Priests

November 17, 2016 by aGodMan 13 Comments

Rev. 2:6 But this you have, that you hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

May we be those who are loving the Lord with the first and best love, those who are His testimony on earth today, and who function as priests in the church life! In His epistle to the first church, the church in Ephesus, in Rev. 2, the Lord … [Continue reading]

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Repenting and Doing the First Works – the Works Motivated by our Love for the Lord

November 16, 2016 by aGodMan 11 Comments

When we stand before the judgment seat of Christ (2 Cor. 5:10), we will surely not be praised for the greatness or volume of our work; what the Lord will investigate is how much of what we do is out of our love to Him. Watchman Nee

The Lord's word to the church in Ephesus in Rev. 2:1-7 is a warning to us all; after He acknowledged the many works, labor, endurance, and suffering that the church in Ephesus had, the Lord said He has one thing against her, that she has lost her … [Continue reading]

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Never Leaving our First Love for the Lord but Giving Him the First Place in all Things

November 15, 2016 by aGodMan 15 Comments

2 Cor. 5:14-15 For the love of Christ constrains us because we have judged this, that One died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all that those who live may no longer live to themselves but to Him who died for them and has been raised.

The first epistle the Lord sent to the seven churches in Rev. 2-3 was to Ephesus, and He had only one thing against them, that they left their first love; therefore, they had to repent and do the first works - if not, He would come to them and remove … [Continue reading]

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Returning to the Orthodoxy of the Church to be the Overcomers, the Normal Believers

November 14, 2016 by aGodMan 10 Comments

Lord, make me an overcomer! In the midst of the abnormal situation in the world and in the church, grace me to be a normal believer in Christ according to Your standard!

In our morning revival time with the Lord we are now enjoying the topic of, Returning to the Orthodoxy of the Church, based on the 2016 fall International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones given recently in Australia. This topic is based on … [Continue reading]

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The Goal of God’s Eternal Purpose is to have a Corporate People as His Dwelling Place

November 12, 2016 by aGodMan 7 Comments

In Old Testament times, the house of God was the house of Israel, represented by the tabernacle and later by the temple (Lev. 22:18; Num. 12:7; Exo. 25:8; Ezek. 37:26-27). The children of Israel, as the people of God, are a type of the New Testament believers (1 Cor. 9:24—10:11). Their entire history is a prefigure of the church. Today the house of God is actually the church (Heb. 3:6; 1 Tim. 3:15; 1 Pet. 4:17). #ExoCS4, outline 12

It is quite amazing to be enlightened by the Lord and realize that the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation (including the book of Exodus, which we are studying now) speaks concerning God's eternal purpose, and that the goal of God's eternal … [Continue reading]

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Enjoying the Triune God in the Divine Dispensing for the Building up of the Church

November 11, 2016 by aGodMan 4 Comments

We need a vision of the central matter in the Bible — the divine intention, the divine economy, and the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity into the believers in Christ for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ, which will consummate in the New Jerusalem as the eternal corporate expression of the Triune God. #ExoCS4, outline 11

The desire of God's heart is to have a built-up church as His house, His dwelling place with and among men, and the way He gains it in His economy is by His divine dispensing - the dispensing of the Divine Trinity into man for the producing and … [Continue reading]

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