Christians who meet as the church in Montreal
Meetings primarily focused on prophesying, that is, speaking “building up and encouragement and consolation to men” (1Co 14:3)
Scripture Reading: John 1:1, 14, 29; 7:37-39; 14:7-20; 20:22; I. The Gospel of John reveals the Triune God—the Father as the source, the Son as the expression, and the Spirit as the realization—14:7-20: II. The Gospel of John reveals… Read moreThe Revelation of the Triune God and of the Consummated Spirit
Scripture Reading: Matt. 4:21; John 21:11; 12:24; 1 John 1:1-2; 5:11-13, 16 I. The ministry of the apostle John was a mending ministry, a ministry of mending, or restoring, what had been damaged after the time of Paul’s completing ministry; John… Read moreThe Mending Ministry of Life
Scripture Reading: Col. 1:24-29; 3:10-11; 4:7-17 I. In order to arrive at a full-grown man for the fulfillment of God’s purpose, we need to carry out the stewardship of God to present every man full-grown in Christ (Col…. Read moreArriving at a Full-grown Man (3) Carrying Out the Stewardship of God to Present Every Man Full-grown in Christ and Practicing the Church Life in the Consciousness of the One New Man
Scripture Reading: Eph. 4:13-16, 20-24 I. In order to arrive at a full-grown man for the fulfillment of God’s purpose, we need to grow up into Christ in all things (Gal. 2:20; Eph. 3:17a); II. In… Read moreArriving at a Full-grown Man (2) Growing Up into Christ in All Things, Learning Christ as the Reality Is in Jesus, and Being Renewed in the Spirit of the Mind
Scripture Reading: Gal. 2:20; Eph. 2:15; 4:24; 3:17a; Col. 3:10-11; Phil. 1:21a I. In order to arrive at a full-grown man for the fulfillment of God’s purpose, we need to take Christ as our person (Gal. 2:20; Eph…. Read moreArriving at a Full-grown Man (1) Taking Christ as Our Person and Living the Life of a God-man
Scripture Reading: Heb. 6:1; Eph. 4:13, 16; Col. 2:7; S.S. 4:8; 6:13; 7:8 I. When we speak about being full of the stature of Christ, we mean that our life in Christ has attained to the realm of… Read moreThe Fourth Stage of the Experience of Life (5) Full of the Stature of Christ
Scripture Reading: Eph. 6:10-20 I. If we would know how the church can be God’s warrior to engage in spiritual warfare, we must know that in the universe there are three wills—the divine will, the satanic will, and the… Read moreThe Fourth Stage of the Experience of Life (4) Spiritual Warfare
Scripture Reading: Rom. 5:10, 17, 21; 16:20 I. In the creation of man, God has a twofold intent and desire: on the one hand, God wants man to possess His image so that man may express God Himself; on the… Read moreThe Fourth Stage of the Experience of Life (3) Reigning in Life
Scripture Reading: Acts 2:36; Heb. 2:9; 4:14-15; 7:26; 12:2; Eph. 1:19-23 I. The Man-Savior’s ascension is His inauguration into His heavenly office through the process of creation, incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection as God and man, as the… Read moreThe Fourth Stage of the Experience of Life (2) Knowing the Ascension
Scripture Reading: Rom. 12:5; 1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:16; 4:4, 12, 16; 5:30; Col. 1:18, 24; 2:19 I. In order to know the Body, we have to deal with and renounce the self, which is the enemy of… Read moreThe Fourth Stage of the Experience of Life (1) Knowing the Body
