Becoming the reproduction of Christ as the meal offering church life today

In Leviticus 2:1-13 we see the meal offering, which was ordained by God for the people of Israel – for God’s satisfaction. The meal offering was composed of fine flour mingled with oil, and frankincense on top of it. Also, salt needs to be added – salt shouldn’t be missing from the offering. This type was fulfilled in the person of the Lord Jesus, who had the highest humanity (the fine flour) mingled with divinity (the oil, the Spirit of God), living by the resurrection life and manifesting the aroma of resurrection (frankincense), and always living under the cross (the salt). Today we want to see MORE about each of these elements and how we can experience them, enjoy them, and become the reproduction of Christ as the meal offering church life....
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A genuine church is a meal offering church life with the fine humanity of Christ

A genuine church is a meal offering church life with the fine humanity of Christ

I have to admit, if it were not for the ministry of the age, I would have never even thought of associating the church life (fully in the New Testament) with the meal offering (from the Old Testament, Lev. 2:1-16). But – praise the Lord! – now we can see that the meal offering in Leviticus (fine flour mingled with oil, with frankincense and salt added to it, with no leaven or honey) is a type of the pure, satisfying, edible, fine, church life in the focus of the Lord’s recovery! I don’t fully see it, but I am praying that we all would be more mingled with the Holy Spirit, with the cross, and be  in resurrection, to be satisfying to God and to man!...
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Becoming the reproduction of Christ as the meal offering church life today

A genuine church is enriched in Christ, awaits the Lord’s unveiling, and enjoys Christ

A genuine church is enriched in Christ, awaits the Lord’s unveiling, and enjoys Christ

In the first chapter of 1 Corinthians we see a portrait of a genuine church in the focus of the Lord’s recovery, and yesterday we were enjoying the first 4 verses – this church enjoys God as grace and is called out by God to be the church of God. This morning we were enjoying verses 5-9 from this same chapter, where Paul shows us that a genuine church is enriched in Christ, does not lack any gift, has the sign of eagerly awaiting the Lord’s coming, and is in the sweet fellowship and participation of Jesus Christ! How sweet and how wonderful! Here is 1 Cor. 1:5-9,

That in everything you were enriched in Him, in all utterance and all knowledge, Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, So that you do not lack in any gift, eagerly awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who will also confirm you until the end unreprovable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord....

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A genuine church is a meal offering church life with the fine humanity of Christ

Qualifications of a genuine church: the church of God enjoying grace upon grace!

Qualifications of a genuine church: the church of God enjoying grace upon grace!

It is so encouraging to read the first few verses in 1 Corinthians chapter 1 – right at the beginning of his epistle, Paul paints a wonderful picture of a genuine church in the focus of God’s economy, in the focus of the Lord’s recovery. The church is composed of the called saints (1 Cor. 1:2) – there is no other name or denomination, but the ones called out of the satanic world, the ones who are being continually sanctified! Hallelujah, we are the saints – we do not belong to the world but to the church, and we are being sanctified in the person of the Lord Jesus Christ!...
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Qualifications of a genuine church: the church of God enjoying grace upon grace!

Seeing what it means to be a genuine church in the focus of the Lord’s recovery

Seeing what it means to be a genuine church in the focus of the Lord’s recovery

This week is the last of the 6 in a series on, The Focus of the Lord’s Recovery. What is the focus of the Lord’s recovery? Also, what is the difference between being a Christian in the Lord’s recovery and being a Christian in general somewhere else under any other name / denominational umbrella? What is the Lord’s recovery? Is the Lord’s recovery a movement, a sect, a denomination, the name of the move started by Watchman Nee and Witness Lee? Oh, Lord Jesus… we need to see something much higher than the outward matters – we need to see the focus of the Lord’s recovery and be a genuine church in the focus of the Lord’s recovery!...
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We are earthen vessels containing a priceless treasure, the Christ of glory!

We are earthen vessels containing a priceless treasure, the Christ of glory!

I love the verse in 2 Cor. 3:16 which says, But whenever their heart is turned to the Lord, the veil is taken away. We want to have a heart turned to the Lord with an unveiled face so that we may behold and reflect just like a mirror the glory of the Lord and be transformed from glory to glory – even as from the Lord Spirit (see 2 Cor. 3:18). Our turned away heart is a veil, hindering us from seeing the Lord in all that He is (2 Cor. 3:15). But whenever our heart turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away! As we behold the Lord with an unveiled face, we see the glorious face of Christ – and this is the treasure infused and deposited into us as the priceless treasure in our worthless earthen vessels…
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Former portion: The believers are living letters of Christ for others to read and know Christ in them

The believers are living letters of Christ for others to read and know Christ in them

This morning we were enjoying a very precious portion in the book of 2 Corinthians concerning being letters of Christ inscribed not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God (2 Cor. 3:1-3). The believers in Corinth were the fruit of the apostles’ labor, the apostles’ living letters of commendation – they were written by the apostles with the indwelling Christ as the content in every part of their inner being. On the one hand, the believers were the apostle’s letters, and on the other, the believers were written into the apostles’ hearts – two original copies of the same letter, expressing Christ!...
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Next portion:  We are earthen vessels containing a priceless treasure, the Christ of glory!
Former portion: Being the captives of Christ in His triumphal procession scattering His fragrance

Being the captives of Christ in His triumphal procession scattering His fragrance

In 1 Corinthians we see that Paul writes to the Corinthian believers who were fleshly and even fleshy that they would aspire to grow in life and be governed, dominated, led, moved, controlled, and guided by their mingled spirit. In 2 Corinthians we see the apostle’s speaking concerning their ministry and he used five metaphors to describe and illustrate what they were, how they were constituted, and how they were behaving as ministers as the new covenant. These five metaphors are: captives of Christ (2 Cor. 2:14), incense bearers (2:14-16), letters of Christ (3:1-3), mirrors beholding and reflecting (3:18), and earthen vessels with a priceless treasure (4:7)...
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Former portion:  Will it work this year?

Will it work this year?

At the start of each new year, many people resolve to drop bad habits and pick up good habits. But did it work last year? Will it work this year? How many times have we made resolutions: to not get angry, to not eat that last piece of chocolate, to be more assertive, to be a better husband, wife, parent, or child? We try our best and may succeed for a while, but eventually something causes us to fail. Then we comfort ourselves by saying, “There is always next year.” Making and breaking resolutions year after year, have you ever considered that what we need is more than a new year’s resolution? (...) Fortunately, that is not the end of the story. Paul discovered the secret that would set him free from this frustrating struggle (Philippians 4:12-13; Galatians 2:20). He realised that no amount of resolving would cause him to succeed and that what he needed was a new life. This life is Christ (Colossians 3:4)...
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Former portion: When is the Real Royal Wedding?

When is the Real Royal Wedding?

When Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement, everyone was asking the question, “When is the royal wedding?” But have you heard that there is another royal wedding soon to take place? This is the divine romance between God and man, and with the wedding day soon approaching, it would be a good idea to find out what it is all about. What is this wonderful story? When is the real royal wedding?

The story begins with God. John 3:16 reveals that God fell in love with the world; this means He fell in love not only with good people, but with all mankind....

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Former portion: Being a laboring farmer and an unashamed workman cutting straight the word of truth

Being a laboring farmer and an unashamed workman cutting straight the word of truth

In 2 Timothy 2 Paul describes what an inoculator is – he is a teacher, a soldier, a contender / an athlete, a farmer / husbandman, and a workman cutting straight the word of truth. A teacher entrusts the healthy teaching to faithful men by cherishing them in the humanity of Jesus and nourishing them with the divine life. A soldier fights the good fight as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. An athlete runs with endurance according to the rules to obtain the crown! Today we enjoyed the last two qualifications – the inoculator is a farmer and a workman....
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Former portion: Being a good soldier of Christ Jesus and an athlete contending in the games

Being a good soldier of Christ Jesus and an athlete contending in the games

In 2 Tim. 2 we see that Paul was not only a teacher entrusting the riches of God’s grace in His Word to faithful men but also a soldier of Christ Jesus. In the Old Testament the priestly servie was considered a military service, a warfare (see Num. 4:23, 30, 35). Whenever we minister Christ to others, we find ourselves in a battle! The enemy wants to distract us from getting into the Word of God, from speaking the Word, and from ministering Christ – therefore, we need to fight the battle by exercising our spirit!...
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Former portion: Being an inoculator by teaching and ministering the riches of God’s economy

Being an inoculator by teaching and ministering the riches of God’s economy

This week in the morning revival we come to two practical ways for us to live in the focus of the Lord’s recovery – being the inoculatorsand the ministers of the new covenant. On the one hand we are “the inoculators” – inoculating the saints against the decline of the church – and on the other hand we are “ministers of the new covenant” – ministers not of the letter but of the Spirit, who gives life. The focus of the Lord’s recovery is the corporate expression of the Triune God, the testimony of Jesus. For us to live in this focus, we need to be inoculators and ministers of the new covenant...
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Former portion: The secret of the Christian life and the church life is living in the mingled spirit

The secret of the Christian life and the church life is living in the mingled spirit

What is the secret of the Christian life? Many unbelievers and believers alike may think that to be a Christian one must obey what the Word of God says practically and do your best to fulfill the Bible. But actually the secret of the Christian life, the power and supply for the Christian life, is not our doing and our striving but is living in the spirit. To live in the spirit does not mean that we engage in religious worship, in religious service, or in religious work. To live in the spirit means that we turn to our mingled spirit and allow the Lord to saturate us and pearmeate us to the point that He lives in us!
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Next portion: Being an inoculator by teaching and ministering the riches of God’s economy
Former portion:  Christ opened a new and living way into God and He is the Author & Perfecter of our faith!