Showing posts with label the Lord's recovery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Lord's recovery. Show all posts

6/06/2012

Finally moved our Links collection and started sharing our enjoyment on the new platform!

Dear brothers and friends.

Good News!

We have finally completed our content's export to

MY DAILY ENJOYMENT,

our brand new blog, previously announced.
There we have been sharing our enjoyment of the Lord in His Word, for a couple of weeks now, via the living blogging of many saints who serve the Lord this way.
You can find information about them HERE.

Our always recommended LINKS COLLECTION is already on its new platform,
letting you (directly from there) access to much of the riches of the Lord available online today
for a really profitable reading, praying and consideration about many subjects like

all-inclusive Christ,
His incarnation,
His resurrection,
the economy of God,
information about spiritual leaders who were gifts given by God to His chosen people in this age,
the spread of the healthy teaching as actual nourishment online,
the free deliverance of high quality Christian literature,
precious Scriptural outlines, full of life and light,
and many other things.

So we invite you to take a look at the List, which is also on the right-side bar, just next to this post.

One more thing,
we will not flee from Blogspot definitely. No way!

We'll still be around for a while, sharing (at least by now) only in Spanish on
Apuntes de un cristiano,
in the way the Lord has guided us.
We always pray that he Lord would increase our capacity to properly function and share what we have been given by God in His grace and mercy.
Amen!

5/22/2012

2/20/2012

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....
Read more HERE
Source: A normal believer in Christ




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!...
Read more HERE
Source: A normal believer in 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,
Read more HERE 
Source: A normal believer in Christ

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


2/15/2012

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!...
Read more HERE
Source: A normal believer in Christ



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

2/12/2012

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…
Read more HERE
Source: A normal believer in Christ


2/10/2012

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!...
Read more HERE
Source: A normal believer in Christ


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)...
Read more HERE
Source: A normal believer in Christ


Next portion: The believers are living letters of Christ for others to read and know Christ in them
Former portion:  Will it work this year?

2/09/2012

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 4:12-13Galatians 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)...
Read more HERE
Source: Truth Questions.

Next portion: Being the captives of Christ in His triumphal procession scattering His fragrance
Former portion: When is the Real Royal Wedding?

2/08/2012

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....
Read more HERE

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....
Read more HERE
Source: A normal believer in Christ.
Next portion: When is the Real Royal Wedding?
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. 4:233035). 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!...
Read More HERE
Source: A normal believer in Christ
Next Portion: Being a laboring farmer and an unashamed workman cutting straight the word of truth
Former portion: Being an inoculator by teaching and ministering the riches of God’s economy

2/06/2012

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...
Read more HERE
Source: A Normal Believer in Christ

Next portion: Being a good soldier of Christ Jesus and an athlete contending in the games
Former portion: The secret of the Christian life and the church life is living in the mingled spirit

2/04/2012

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!
Read more HERE
Source: A normal believer in Christ

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!

6/11/2011

Christ opened a new and living way into God and He is the Author & Perfecter of our faith!

The Epistle to the Hebrews is so rich – there are so many aspects of the all-inclusive Christ revealed in this book! He is the One sent by God coming to “do God’s will”(Heb. 10:9) – He came to put away the animal sacrifices of the old covenant and to establish Himself, in His Body, as the unique sacrifice for sin! He terminated God’s Old Testament economy and initiated God’s New Testament economy in which Christ replaces with Himself all the offerings, matters, things, and persons! In God’s New Testament economy Christ is the centrality and universality for producing and building up of the church as the Body of Christ – consummating in the New Jerusalem! This is why Christ came and died on the cross – to replace all the Old Testament sacrifices with Himself as the unique sacrifice for sin and to regenerate, transform, and glorify the believers that they may be members of the Body for the consummation of the New Jerusalem!...
Read More on "A Normal Believer in Christ"
Next portion: The secret of the Christian life and the church life is living in the mingled spirit
Former Portion: Christ is the Author of our salvation and the Merciful and Faithful High Priest! (Christ in Hebrews)

6/04/2011

even as He is, we will be – His reproduction, His duplication!

Christ came as a seed full of life, yet contained/restricted in a human shell. Satan though that Christ would be finished if He is crucified – so Satan instigated the Roman politicians, the Jewish leaders and the religious leaders to put Him to death. Little did Satan know that His death was actually a release: His death opened the “shell of His humanity”, and the Spirit of holiness had the opportunity to operate for the germination of the new creation! His death actually released the divine life within Him!...
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Next Portion: About Watchman Nee
Former Portion: The All-Inclusive Christ

The All-inclusive Christ

In God’s eternal plan, Christ is the “unifying theme”; He is... 
-everything to God and to us,
-the embodiment of God (Col. 2:9), 
-the perfect Man (1 Pet. 2:22),
-the reality, the true substance, of all the positive things in the universe,
-the delight of God the Father (Matt. 3:17),
-the desire of all the nations (Hag. 2:7).
Christ is the unique, all-inclusive One, possessing all the rich attributes of God and expressing all the virtues of man. Although this divine-human Christ is all-inclusive, we must ask what He is to us? How can we know Him as He is revealed in the Bible? Further, how can we experience Him as everything to us in our daily lives?....
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Next Portion: even as He is, we will be – His reproduction, His duplication!
Former Portion: The Will of God

6/02/2011

Building up the Body of Christ by the Function of Every Member

The New Testament reveals that Christ is building the church not by Himself directly, but rather in and through all the members of His Body....
Source: The Practical Building Up of the Local Churches

Eating is a basic and underlying concept in the Bible

Eating is a basic and underlying concept in the Bible. After God created man He did not tell him to do anything; He simply spoke about man’s eating (Genesis 1:29). God set man in a garden with the tree of life at its centre as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Man’s destiny depended upon how he would deal with those two trees....
Source: Truth Questions (full article)