Growing in Christ by Acknowledging His Headship and by Allowing Him to Increase in us

In order for God to head up all things in Christ at the fullness of the times (Eph. 1:10) we today as the church need to hold to Christ as the Head and grow up into Him in all things (Eph. 4:15). We need to allow the Lord to grow in us … [Continue reading]

Growing in Life by Holding to Truth in Love for the Building up of the Body of Christ

God's highest and deepest purpose for the church is to head up all things in Christ through the church. As part of the church, how can we cooperate with the Lord for the heading up of all things in Christ? It is not by our outward doing or "ruling … [Continue reading]

Being Willing to be Headed up in Christ by Growing in Life and Living in the Light

God has chosen us, predestinated us, redeemed us, forgiven us, and graced us in Christ for the purpose of heading up all things in Christ (see Eph. 1:3-10). God's purpose in blessing us with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus in the heavenlies … [Continue reading]

Seeing and Enjoying God’s Dispensing through the Ages until the Fullness of the Times

In the church life today we enjoy a miniature of the consummate dispensation in the New Jerusalem; as we enjoy the Spirit as the living water and eat Christ as the tree of life in the church life, we are awaiting the consummate dispensation, in which we shall be fully saturated with the Triune God.

At the fullness of the times, all things will be headed up in Christ; today we are in the process of being headed up in Christ so that through the church God would head up all things in Christ. According to the Bible in God's eyes there are four … [Continue reading]

Enjoying the Dispensing of God’s Abundant Life Supply to be Headed up in Christ

The highest purpose of God for the church is that all things would be headed up in Christ through the church (Eph. 1:10). God's purpose for the church is threefold: to have the divine sonship for God's corporate expression, to subdue God's enemy by … [Continue reading]

Through the Church God’s Multifarious Wisdom is made Known and the Enemy is Subdued!

There is no need for us to be sorrowful; we should always be happy and praising the Lord because even a defeat is a preparation for a further victory; ultimately, the Bible, especially the book of Revelation, is a book of victory, not a book of defeat (5:1-14; 11:15; 12:10-11; 14:8; 19:1-7; 20:10, 14; 21:2, 6; 22:20). (Quote from, Witness Lee)

God's purpose in creating man in His image and according to His likeness is that man would express Him with His image and represent Him with His dominion. Adam, the first man, failed to express and represent God, and because of Adam's sin and … [Continue reading]

Christ Died for the Church to Sanctify her and Present her to Himself Glorious

That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish. Eph. 5:27

In order for the church to display the multifarious wisdom of God to the enemy and to the whole universe, Christ Himself became wisdom from God to us as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. We were sinners, lost and even dead in sin, but … [Continue reading]