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Living a Simple Life of Faith in God – Not I but Christ – for God’s Building in Life

April 8, 2016 by aGodMan 5 Comments

When we love the Lord and experience Him as the man of bronze (Ezek. 40:3), He will become our extraordinary love, boundless forbearance, unparalleled faithfulness, absolute humility, utmost purity, supreme holiness and righteousness, and our brightness and uprightness (Phil. 4:5-8). 2015 Thanksgiving Conference, msg. 3

The Bible clearly says that Christ died for us and bore God's judgement for us, and by believing into Him we are saved, having the eternal redemption applied to us to be brought back to God and receive His divine life. However, as believers in … [Continue reading]

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Judging Ourselves as Nothing: we are what we are by the Grace of God for God’s Building

April 7, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

Phil. 4:5-8 Let your forbearance be known to all men. The Lord is near. In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; And the peace of God, which surpasses every man's understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, what things are true, what things are dignified, what things are righteous, what things are pure, what things are lovely, what things are well spoken of, if there is any virtue and if any praise, take account of these things.

In our review and enjoyment of the intrinsic significance of the materials of the temple, we have seen that both in the tabernacle and in the temple gold overlays wood, that is, God is mingled with man. The building of God, God's temple, is a matter … [Continue reading]

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The Judging and Renewing Spirit Washes away all Negative things for God’s Building

April 6, 2016 by aGodMan 2 Comments

Exo. 27:1-2 And you shall make the altar of acacia wood,...and you shall overlay it with bronze. 1 Kings 7:23 And he made the molten sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, fully round; and it was five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits encompassed it. v. 38 And he made ten bronze lavers; each laver held forty baths; each laver was four cubits across; there was one laver upon every one of the ten bases.

In working to build up the church we need to take heed what materials we use; if we use wood, grass, stubble (works coming out of our natural man, our flesh, or our self) we will mar the temple of God and not build it, and this is not pleasing to God … [Continue reading]

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Being Mingled with God and Sinking Deeply into God to Build up the Church in Oneness

April 5, 2016 by aGodMan 5 Comments

We need to take heed that we build the church as the temple of God with the proper materials; at the judgment seat of Christ, each one’s work will be proved according to “what sort it is”; we will be judged at the judgment seat of Christ not according to the quantity but according to the quality of our work (1 Cor. 3:12-17). Witness Lee

It is so enlightening to see the intrinsic significance of the materials of the temple and to realize that God desires a building - the church as the temple of God, and for this we need to have certain experiences of Christ in the Body and for the … [Continue reading]

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In the Church All the Gifts, Functions, and Experiences of Christ must be Balanced

April 4, 2016 by aGodMan 5 Comments

The needs of the church are multifaceted, and the Body of Christ has many members with many functions to meet those many needs; every vessel, great or small, has an indispensable function (Eph. 4:16; 1 Cor. 12:14-31; 2 Cor. 10:13). Witness Lee

The goal of God's eternal economy is the church as the temple of God. We need to be refreshed concerning the greatest truth in the Bible, God's eternal economy. The entire Bible is concerning God's economy - God has a plan, a heart's desires, a … [Continue reading]

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How the History of the Ark and the Tabernacle Prefigures the History of the Church

April 2, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

1 Kings 8:10-11 ...The cloud filled the house of Jehovah; and the priests were not able to stand and minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah.

What God desires to obtain today is not only the local churches but the reality of the Body of Christ being lived out and expressed in the local churches all over the earth. What God desires is not merely the "tabernacle church life", that is, the … [Continue reading]

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The Pattern of Samuel, a Man according to God’s Heart caring for God and His Interest

April 1, 2016 by aGodMan 1 Comment

Our work, our behaviour, and our person as God's people must match the church as the house of God, according to His design and pattern (see Ezek. 43:10-12). God is measuring us not merely by our works or words but according to His house, according to … [Continue reading]

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