We need to learn to exercise the key of losing the soul-life to lock this gate of Hades for the building up of the church; if we are willing to lose our present soulish enjoyment for the sake of the Lord’s sake and for the church, others will be nourished by us, we will enjoy […]
Experience Transfiguration in the Church Life by Losing our Soul-Life for the Lord
We can experience transfiguration in the church life today by losing our soul-life for the Lord’s sake and for the sake of the church. The church as the kingdom of God cannot exist in the natural life but only in the realm of transfiguration; if we today are willing to lose our soul-life for the […]
We Lose our Soul-life for the Lord’s Sake in this Age to Save our Soul in the Next age
We need to be those who lose our soul-life in this age, not allowing the soul to have its enjoyment in this age so that we may gain the full enjoyment in the next age. The church life today is the place where we can live the reality of the kingdom of God, for the […]
being willing to lose our soulish enjoyment for the building up of the church
Just as the disciples had a foretaste of the Lord’s resurrection by seeing His transfiguration on the mountain (see Matt. 16:28 and Matt. 17), so today the Lord comes to us when we lose our soul life to give us the real enjoyment! If we lose our soul life for the Lord’s sake in this age, we will receive the reward of the real enjoyment of the Lord in our soul when He comes to us again and again! If we don’t lose our soul life in this age but seek to have it, we are double losers – the enjoyment we have in this age in our soul is NOT REAL, and at the Lord’s return we will really lose our soul life. But if we lose our soul life in this age, we are double winners – we have the REAL enjoyment of Christ in our soul in this age and when He returns, we will gain our soul! [continue reading online]