Praying to Experience the Indwelling Christ for the Building up of the Church

Paul's prayer in Eph. 3:16-21 is concerning the believers' inner experience of the indwelling Christ for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. How can the believers build up the church? It is by experiencing the indwelling Christ … [Continue reading]

Allowing Christ to Make His Home in our Heart for the Building up of the Church

The church as the Body of Christ is the building of God, the only thing He is after today. The church is the mingling of God and man and the building of God into man and of man into God for man and God to be one to the uttermost so that God is … [Continue reading]

Building up the Church through the Inner Experience of the Indwelling Christ

Eph. 3:16 That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man.

How can we build up the church? As believers in Christ and members of the Body of Christ, it is our deepest yearning to contribute to building up the church as the Body of Christ so that our Lord Jesus would return soon for His Bride. But how do we … [Continue reading]

God’s Economy and Goal are to Work Himself into Man and Build Man into Himself

God’s eternal purpose is to work Himself into us as our life and our everything so that we may take Him as our person, live Him, and express Him; this is the desire of God’s heart and the focal point of the Bible. (Witness Lee)

In order for us to cooperate with the Lord for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ, we need to know the economy of God and allow God in Christ to build Himself into us. First of all, the church is the Body of Christ, the fullness of … [Continue reading]

The Heading up of All Things in Christ Involves the Building up of the Church

All the genuine believers in Christ love the Lord, seek to know Him and be found in Him, and they yearn to see the church built up. However, the matter of the building up of the church has been very much missed throughout history, and the Lord was … [Continue reading]

Being Measured, Checked, and Fashioned According to the Church, the House of God

Our living, conduct, and service should be examined not merely according to moral regulations and spiritual principles but also according to the house of God, the church as the Body of Christ (1 Tim. 3:15-16).

The Lord's greatest promise and prophecy is, I will build My church (Matt. 16:18); the church as God's building is the center of God's heart's desire and the focus of His purpose. Today we are in the age of the church, and God cares only for the … [Continue reading]

God’s Building is the Test of our Spirituality; Real Spirituality is for the Body

The building up of the church is the aim of God's eternal purpose and plan; today God is doing only one thing: He is working to get a building, the church, as the mingling of God with man and the building up of the regenerated and transformed … [Continue reading]