In the New Testament we see the incorporation of the apostolic ministry with Christ’s heavenly ministry to take care of God’s flock for the purpose of building up the Body of Christ; we need to shepherd the believers for their growth in life, taking the shepherding way to preach the gospel and revive the church. […]
Christ is the Seven Spirits of God and the Lamb-Stone for the Building of God’s House
In the book of Zechariah, we see that the seven lamps of the lampstand are the seven Spirits of God, the sevenfold intensified Spirit, as the seven eyes of Jehovah, the seven eyes of the redeeming Lamb, and the seven eyes of the building stone for the full expression of the Triune God and […]
The Organic Building up of the Church is through the Process of Spiritual Metabolism
It is amazing to realize that the organic building up of the Body of Christ is through the process of spiritual metabolism. In His economy, God works Himself into us so that we may experience a metabolic process of spiritual digestion and assimilation that produces transformation as a gradual and intrinsic metabolic change in […]
Being Truly Delivered from Money to Serve God for the Building up of the Church
As believers in Christ who want to follow Him and serve Him, we need to be delivered from money so that, though we may gain spoils from the world, these would be used for the building up of the church and not for our worship of idols. Oh, Lord! The Gospels clearly show us how […]
The Mothers in the Lord care for the Saints in Love for the Building of the Church
If we look at the cross, experience being transferred in life, and take some young ones or new ones under our care, we can be real mothers to them by caring for them in love in the Lord to bring them all the way to the New Jerusalem. The Gospel of John is a gospel […]
May the Lord Recover the Church Meetings in Mutuality with All the Saints Functioning!
The Lord today desires to recover the church meetings in mutuality with all the members functioning for the building up of the Body of Christ. It is not only some particular members who are more gifted or trained that should function; rather, all the members of the Body of Christ should function in their measure, […]
Taking the Word of the Spirit through the Body and doing the one Work of Building
From the book of Acts we see our need to take the word of the Spirit through the members of the Body, and to do the one work of building up the church as the Body of Christ. We need to learn the lessons in the book of Acts, receiving the Lord’s mercy to be […]