Building involves fighting: we build up the church as the city of God by fighting the spiritual warfare in the Body one with Christ as the Head. Building up the church as the city of God is not an easy task, for the building can be carried out only by fighting, and if we […]
Pray to Stand against the Frustration of the Enemy regarding the Building of the Church
We need to pray to stand against the frustration of the enemy regarding the building up of the church as the kingdom of God, the city of God. As the Jews were rebuilding the wall of the city in the time of Nehemiah, there was great opposition and frustration; on the one hand, they […]
Resist Satan’s Attack of Death and Build the Church in Christ’s Resurrection Life
After the wall has been built in the church, we will be able to resist Satan’s attack of death upon the church and build up the church in the resurrection life of Christ. Amen! As believers in Christ who meet in the church life and enjoy the teaching of the apostles, meeting on the […]
Beware the Destroyers of God’s Building and Build the Wall to Protect the Church
If the wall is built up in the church, we will be protected from those who are used by the enemy to destroy God’s building work; there are the destroyers of the divine building, and the wall needs to be built up to protect the church against such ones. We should not think that […]
We need to Avoid Differing Teachings and Focus on God’s Economy to Protect the Church
For us to build the wall, we need to avoid differing teachings and focus on the healthy teaching of God’s economy. We need to build the wall to protect the church from differing teachings, which are contrary to the teaching of the apostles; we need to hold to and uphold only the healthy teaching […]
Taking Christ as our Head and being Transformed for the Church as the Kingdom of God
We need to be those taking Christ as our Head and being transformed into precious stones to be built up in the great and high wall for the church as the kingdom of God today. For us to build a great and high wall around the church for the safeguarding and protection of God’s […]
Each one must build the Wall by being under the Headship of Christ in the Church life
We need to intrinsically follow Nehemiah’s pattern to build the wall by being under the headship of Christ in the church life, having the divine order manifested among us, and having a strong and definite protection and safeguard around God’s house and His interest on earth. Nehemiah lived in the Old Testament but he […]