Shepherding the Saints according to God by Following the Pattern of the Apostle Paul

2 Cor. 3:2-3 You are our letter, inscribed in our hearts, known and read by all men, since you are being manifested that you are a letter of Christ ministered by us, inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God...

The Lord Jesus as the great, chief and Good Shepherd is now the pneumatic Shepherd in our spirit as the life-giving Spirit, and He is both shepherding us and shepherding others through us. When we read the Gospels we see how the Lord was with those … [Continue reading]

Loving the Lord and Being One with Him to Shepherd His Sheep for the Church, His Body

Christ takes care of the churches as the lampstands in His humanity as “the Son of Man” to cherish them (Rev. 1:13a). Christ as our High Priest takes care of the churches He has established first in His humanity to cherish the churches, to make the churches happy, pleasant, and comfortable. Witness Lee

The Lord Jesus is the good Shepherd, and we all are His sheep; He takes good care of us both inwardly and outwardly, both spiritually and psychologically and physically. How we love our good Shepherd, and how we enjoy His tender all-inclusive care! … [Continue reading]

Christ came not to Judge Sinners but to Save them and Shepherd them for His Body

Luke 19:9-10 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which is lost.

How we love our dear Lord Jesus, the good Shepherd who came not to judge or condemn sinners but to heal them, recover them, enliven them, and save them so that they would be His new and heavenly citizens for the kingdom of God! The Lord Jesus as the … [Continue reading]

Following the Steps of the Triune God in Seeking, Gaining, and Shepherding People

We need to cherish people (to make them happy and to make them feel pleasant and comfortable) in the humanity of Jesus (Matt. 9:10; Luke 7:34). We need to nourish people (to feed them with the all-inclusive Christ in His ministry of three stages) in the divinity of Christ (Matt. 24:45-47). The Need for a New Revival, outline 5

As those who believe into Christ and received Him as our life, we are God-men, and our living is no longer a living in the flesh or in the natural man but in the spirit so that Christ would live in us and be magnified in us. Seeing the vision of … [Continue reading]

Christ as the Son of Man is Cherishing us and as the Son of God He’s Nourishing us

Now all the tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to Him to hear Him. And both the Pharisees and the scribes murmured among themselves, saying, This man welcomes sinners and eats with them. Luke 15:1-2

The Lord needs to have a new revival, the ultimate revival, which is not just a "flash in the pan" or some excitement that lasts for a little and fades out, but something solid and lasting, something that will close this age and bring the Lord back. … [Continue reading]

Rejecting Self-Cultivation and Allowing Christ to Fill us and Live a God-man Life in us

For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be put to shame, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. Phil. 1:19-21

As believers in Christ, the goal of our Christian practice and of our Christian living is to live the life of a God-man, the same kind of life that the Lord Jesus lived when He was on earth. Our practice shouldn't be just something according to the … [Continue reading]

Christ as the First God-man is being Reproduced in us as the many God-men in Christ

Christ is the model God-man, the prototype for the producing of many God-men (Rom. 1:3-4; 8:29), including all the dear saints throughout the world. Regardless of our nationality, and regardless of whether we are male or female, young or old, we all must believe that we are God-men. We are all God-men, and each one of us is a God-man. Witness Lee, The God-men, p. 10

God's intention and purpose concerning man is not what we think it is but what the Bible tells us; the entire Bible clearly tells us that God wants to be mingled with man and fill man with Himself until man becomes His expression. This is God's … [Continue reading]