When we live and walk according to the Spirit and in the mingled spirit, we are anointed with the compound Spirit for God’s building. The holy anointing oil in Exo. 30 was used to anoint the tabernacle with everything and everyone related to its service; the compound Spirit is for the anointing of the saints […]
Being Perfected to do the Work of the Ministry unto the Building up of the Body of Christ
The Lord has given some gifts to the Body for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ; we need to grow in life unto maturity and be perfected in our function so that we may accomplish our ministry, doing the work of […]
Hold the Head and Grow by having Christ Added to us for the Building up of the Body
As believers in Christ, we need to hold the Head, Christ, out of whom all the Body is richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, growing with the growth of God; we’re rooted in Christ to absorb His riches and grow in life, and our growth is the building […]
The Church is the Pillar and Base of the Truth concerning Christ and the Church
Praise the Lord, the church is the pillar and base of the truth concerning Christ and the church, the eternal economy of God! The church is the supporting pillar and the holding base of the truth, holding forth and testifying to the truth that only Christ is reality in the universe and the church […]
Five Aspects of Gaining Christ that He might Gain us in our Experience of Christ
We want to be those who are gaining Christ that He may gain us in our experience of Christ. As believers in Christ, we gain Christ that He might gain us (Phil. 3:12) in many different aspects; we need to experience Christ day by day so that we may gain Christ and He may […]
When Christ makes His Home in our Heart, we take Him as our Person in an Adequate Way
We first take Christ as our person and then take Him as our life; when we received the Lord, He as a person came into us, and Christ desires to make His home in our hearts so that His person would become our person for the church as the one new man. To take […]
As Building Members, we need Shepherding and Teaching to be Perfected in our Function
Thank the Lord for His giving of some gifts for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry for the building up of the Body of Christ by means of shepherding and teaching so that all saints may be perfected! How much we appreciate Him, our dear Head and Lord, who […]