“God’s purpose is to mingle Himself with us so that He becomes our life, our nature, and our content, and so that we become His corporate expression.” – this is quite a statement. God’s heart desire is to obtain the church as the Body of Christ; He desires to gain a group of people who […]
The Building up of the Church as the Body of Christ is by the Mingling of God and Man
The growth of the Body of Christ depends on the growth of God in all the members of the Body; the Body grows with the growth of God. All the Body causes the growth of the Body by the joints of rich supply and the operation in the measure of each one part (Eph. 4:16). […]
The Growth of the Body Depends on the Growth of God within us as Members of the Body
The Body of Christ is a living organism composed of the Triune God and His believers, and as such an organic entity the Body is built up by the growth in life of all the members of the Body. The church of God as the Body of Christ is NOT an organization of human beings […]
The Building up of the Body of Christ is the Growth in Life of All the Believers
We need to give the Lord the freedom and the permission to touch us, enlighten us, and speak a direct word to us concerning the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. We may have seen a vision of God’s building and we may have realized that the building is the highest […]
Praying to Experience the Indwelling Christ for the Building up of the Church
Paul’s prayer in Eph. 3:16-21 is concerning the believers’ inner experience of the indwelling Christ for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ. How can the believers build up the church? It is by experiencing the indwelling Christ making His home day by day into their heart as they are being […]
Allowing Christ to Make His Home in our Heart for the Building up of the Church
The church as the Body of Christ is the building of God, the only thing He is after today. The church is the mingling of God and man and the building of God into man and of man into God for man and God to be one to the uttermost so that God is expressed […]
God’s Economy and Goal are to Work Himself into Man and Build Man into Himself
In order for us to cooperate with the Lord for the building up of the church, the Body of Christ, we need to know the economy of God and allow God in Christ to build Himself into us. First of all, the church is the Body of Christ, the fullness of the One who fills […]