The organic building up of the church as the Body of Christ is by the growth of life, the increase of the Triune God within all the members, who grow up into the Head, Christ, in everything: The Body of Christ, as the church of God, is an organism, not an organization of human beings: […]
[태그:] International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones
Ephesians 1:10 reveals that in the economy of the fullness of the times, God will head up all things in Christ through the church; this aspect of God’s purpose for the church involves building: The building is in the divine life and under the headship of Christ to bring us all into proper order; in […]
The building up of the church is the aim of God’s eternal purpose and plan; it is the central point, the ultimate aim, of God’s purpose according to all the visions and revelations in the Scriptures: Visions in the Scriptures are related to God’s building. There is a principle of first mention in the Bible; […]
The first item of a walk that is worthy of God’s calling is that we must be diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit; this oneness is already within us, so there is no need to attain, gain, or receive it; what we need today is to keep, preserve, and maintain what we have […]
If we would practice the church life as a living in the Body of Christ, the one new man, we need to experience the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity: The divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity is the base for our daily living as believers and members of the Body of Christ and parts […]
The church life is Christ realized, experienced, and expressed by all the saints in a corporate way: God planned the church for the purpose of expressing Christ; thus, the church is the expression of Christ. The church life is nothing other than the all-inclusive Christ with His unsearchable riches experienced and enjoyed by us and […]
“Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him” (Eph. 1:10): The economy, or dispensation, that God, according to His desire, planned and purposed in Himself is to head up all things in Christ at […]
We have been saved by grace through faith to be God’s masterpiece, through which God’s multifarious wisdom is made known to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenlies: The Greek word for masterpiece is poiema, which means “something that has been made,” “a handiwork,” or “something that has been written or composed as a […]
There are three main items of God’s purpose for the church: The church must have the full sonship. Through the church God’s multifarious wisdom is made known to the enemy; the church thus becomes God’s poem, His wise exhibition of all that Christ is. God’s purpose is to head up all things in Christ through […]
Having the Glory of God
“And he … showed me the holy city, Jerusalem … having the glory of God” (Rev. 21:10-11): Glory is the expression of God, God expressed in splendor. An outstanding feature of the New Jerusalem is that it has the glory of God, His expression : The entire city of New Jerusalem will bear the glory […]