Having a Daily Life of Eating and Drinking Christ as a Memorial in the New Jerusalem

Those who are sanctified by taking Christ as their Substitute (Exo. 13:2), who have a new beginning of life (v. 4), and who eliminate all exposed sin (vv. 6-7) will have a daily living that is worthy of being a memorial, an eternal remembrance (v. 9).

It is so encouraging to know that we are becoming the NEW Jerusalem! Today we are in the process of being renewed day by day by having God's element being wrought into us, and we will be so new that we will be called New Jerusalem (Rev. 22:1-2). In … [Continue reading]

Only God is NEW; God Wrought into us Makes us NEW until We’re Becoming NEW Jerusalem

Revelation 21:2 And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. [Recovery Version]

Why is the holy city in Rev. 22:1 called, the New Jerusalem? Why is it not called "the eternal Jerusalem" or "the Jerusalem of God"? There is an intrinsic significance to the name of "new Jerusalem" and we need to see it and enter into its reality … [Continue reading]

The Fellowship Among the Local Churches is the Fellowship of the Body of Christ

1 Cor. 10:16-17 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the fellowship of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the fellowship of the body of Christ? Seeing that there is one bread, we who are many are one Body; for we all partake of the one bread.

There is One Lord, One God, one faith, one baptism, one Spirit, and one fellowship in the Body of Christ. The fellowship each individual believer in Christ has with Christ is the one unique fellowship in the Body of Christ, and the fellowship the … [Continue reading]

Having an Interwoven Fellowship with God Vertically and with the Saints Horizontally

That which we have seen and heard we report also to you that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:3, Recovery Version)

The fellowship of life has two aspects: the vertical aspect (our fellowship with God as the Spirit) and the horizontal aspect (our fellowship with the fellow brothers and sisters in spirit). The same unique divine fellowship is both vertical and … [Continue reading]

The Fellowship of Life is the Reality of the Church Life, Bringing in Oneness

1 Cor. 1:9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The circulation in the Body of Christ is the fellowship of the divine life, and this circulation is vital for all the believers in Christ. Just as we have a circulation of blood in our human body - without which we would be dead - so in the organic … [Continue reading]

The Fellowship of Life is Everything to us; it Tempers us and Blends us for the Body

But God has blended the body together... (1 Cor. 12:24)

The fellowship of life is not merely one of the many lessons we learn in our Christian life; the divine fellowship is everything in the Christian life. If we don't have a proper vertical fellowship with the Lord and a solid horizontal fellowship of … [Continue reading]

Being Preserved in the Fellowship of Life by the Sense of Life in our Mingled Spirit

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. Rom. 8:6

It is so wonderful that we can experience a foretaste of the New Jerusalem today in our Christian life and church life! We can enjoy and experience the daily practical living in oneness with the Lord according to the sense of life so that we may be … [Continue reading]