#2018 fall ITERO

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Paying the Price to have the Upper-Room Consecration to follow the Heavenly Vision

Paying the Price to have the Upper-Room Consecration to follow the Heavenly Vision

For us to be in the continuation of the book of Acts, we need to continue to live in the divine history by having an upper-room consecration, being willing to pay the price and be “married” to the heavenly vision of Christ and the church.

If we read the book of Acts we will realise that there’s a turning point, which is the one hundred twenty who were in the upper room and prayed in one accord…

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Receive Forgiveness of Sins and Enjoy the All-inclusive Christ in the Church Life

Receive Forgiveness of Sins and Enjoy the All-inclusive Christ in the Church Life

We need to fulfill our divine commission to help others receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in the Lord (Acts 26:18).

Before we can help anyone else to be saved, repent, have forgiveness of sins, and enjoy Christ as their God-allotted portion, we ourselves need to go through this experience.

Even we ourselves as believers need to pray over this verse…

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Having a Clear Sky with the Throne Above it to bring Others under God's Authority

Having a Clear Sky with the Throne Above it to bring Others under God’s Authority

Part of our divine commission is for us to turn others from the authority of Satan to God (Acts 26:18); for this, we need first to have a clear sky with the throne of God above it.

We need to read and pray, pray and read much over this verse in the Bible, for in it we see the all-inclusive contents of our divine commission.

On one hand we need to cooperate with the Lord and preach the gospel for…

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Our Divine Commission is to Open their Eyes and Turn them From Darkness to Light

Our Divine Commission is to Open their Eyes and Turn them From Darkness to Light

In Acts 26:18 we see the work that we must do today for the increase and building up of the Body of Christ, and in this verse we see the all-inclusive contents of our divine commission.

In particular, today we want to see that we need to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light; we need to pray over this portion so that we may have our eyes opened and we may be turned from darkness…

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Seeing the Heavenly Vision and being Energised and Burdened to Carry out God's Plan

Seeing the Heavenly Vision and being Energised and Burdened to Carry out God’s Plan

We need to see the heavenly vision, be converted from everything else to Christ, be filled with Christ and be energised and burdened by the vision to carry out God’s plan, serving the Lord with a vision.

In the book of Acts we see how the Lord appeared to Paul to bring him into the stream of the Lord’s work, so that Paul might be a minister and a witness both of the things in which he has seen…

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We need to Keep Ourselves in the unique Flow of God, the Stream of the Lord's Work

We need to Keep Ourselves in the unique Flow of God, the Stream of the Lord’s Work

In the Scriptures the concept of the divine stream, the unique flow, is crucial, for the unique stream of the Lord’s work from the throne of God flows throughout the ages unhindered.

This week, our concluding week on the matter of the propagating of the resurrected, ascended, and all-inclusive Christ as the development of the kingdom of God, we want to see more about this stream.

In particular,…

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Realising that through many Tribulations we must Enter into the Kingdom of God

Realising that through many Tribulations we must Enter into the Kingdom of God

We need to realize that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God, because the whole world opposes our entering in; therefore, today we need to cooperate with the Lord for the development of the kingdom of God.

The whole world opposes God, and when the gospel of the kingdom is being preached, the enemy will bring up many things to distract us and hinder us from believing…

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We in the Churches are the Expansion of Christ and we're Enlarging the Kingdom of God

We in the Churches are the Expansion of Christ and we’re Enlarging the Kingdom of God

The churches and the kingdom of God go together, for we today in the churches are the propagation and expansion of Christ, and we are enlarging the kingdom of God.

We have entered the kingdom of God through repentance for forgiveness of sins and through being regenerated with the life of God, and now we are in another realm, the realm of the divine life, the realm of God’s ruling.

The kingdom of…

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How to Enter into the Kingdom of God, Share it, Enjoy it, and Have it as a Reward

How to Enter into the Kingdom of God, Share it, Enjoy it, and Have it as a Reward

The kingdom of God is the spreading of Christ as life into His believers to form a realm in which God ruled in His life; we enter into this kingdom by repentance, we share in this kingdom in the church life, we aspire to have the reward of the kingdom in the coming age, and the eternal kingdom will be ours to inherit and enjoy.

Many times when people think of the kingdom of God they think it is…

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Having a Proper Realisation of the Kingdom of God as the Propagation of Christ as Life

Having a Proper Realisation of the Kingdom of God as the Propagation of Christ as Life

In His resurrection and before His ascension, the Lord Jesus as the resurrected One must have helped the disciples to have a proper realisation concerning the kingdom of God.

In the Gospels the Lord Jesus Himself has announced the gospel of the kingdom, and now in His resurrection He must have expounded more on the matter of the kingdom of God for His disciples to be clear and realise they are…

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Seeing the Kingdom of God with its Entrance, Development and Reality in the Church

Seeing the Kingdom of God with its Entrance, Development and Reality in the Church

The kingdom of God in the aspect of life is Christ as the seed of life sown into us, His believers, and developing into a realm over which God can rule as His kingdom in His divine life.

In the Gospels the Lord Jesus Himself had announced the gospel of the kingdom, and in the book of Acts the kingdom of God is the main subject of the apostles’ preaching.

The resurrected Christ, before His…

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In Acts the Disciples are Spreading Christ as the Development of the Kingdom of God

In Acts the Disciples are Spreading Christ as the Development of the Kingdom of God

As believers in Christ we are the increase of Christ and we cooperate with Him to propagate the resurrected, ascended, and all-inclusive Christ as the development of the kingdom of God on earth.

This week we focus on the matter of the development of the kingdom of God.

In Matt. 5 the Lord Jesus began to teach concerning the constitution of the kingdom of the heavens, which is a particular…

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Having Fellowship unto the Gospel with one Soul without Strife by the Spirit of Jesus

Having Fellowship unto the Gospel with one Soul without Strife by the Spirit of Jesus

The Spirit of Jesus is clearly portrayed in the first two chapters of Philippians; here we see that for us to preach the gospel, have fellowship unto the gospel, and take Christ as our pattern, we need to experience the Spirit of Jesus.

We may have never considered the matter of the Spirit of Jesus as being something crucial for our Christian life and work, but in Acts 16:6-7 and in Paul’s…

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Drinking the Humanity of Jesus and being Constituted with the Spirit of Jesus

Drinking the Humanity of Jesus and being Constituted with the Spirit of Jesus

We need to be those drinking the humanity of Jesus and being constituted with the Spirit of Jesus.

As believers in Christ we need to experience and enjoy the Spirit of the humanity of Jesus for our gospel preaching, for the church service, for our daily walk, and for the Lord’s recovery.

Many gospel preachers and evangelists have preached the gospel of the power of God, and many people believed…

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Drinking the Spirit of the Glorified Jesus and Flowing Him out as Rivers of Blessing

Drinking the Spirit of the Glorified Jesus and Flowing Him out as Rivers of Blessing

The Spirit of Jesus is the Spirit with the humanity of Jesus; today the Spirit is constituted with the glorified humanity of Jesus; we can drink the Spirit of the glorified Jesus and flow Him out as rivers of blessing!

The Spirit of Jesus is a unique expression used in Acts 16, and it refers to a particular aspect of Christ as the Spirit; this expression involves more than the Holy Spirit does.

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The Spirit of Jesus is the Totality and Full Realization of the All-inclusive Jesus

The Spirit of Jesus is the Totality and Full Realization of the All-inclusive Jesus

The Spirit of Jesus, whom Paul experienced in Acts 16:7, implies the Lord’s humanity, human living, death, resurrection, and ascension; the Spirit of Jesus is the totality and the full realization of the all-inclusive Jesus.

In Acts 16:7 Luke turns from the Holy Spirit (whom the apostles experienced in His forbidding them to go somewhere in the previous verse) to the Spirit of Jesus.

The Bible…