The word economy used in the title of this book may sound somewhat strange to the reader. “God’s economy” is a quotation from 1 Timothy 1:4. Economy is the anglicized form of the Greek word oikonomia, which denotes primarily a household management, a household administration, arrangement, distributi…
The mark is this: the entire Triune God has come into our spirit to be our life and everything—2 Tim 4:22. We need the daily and hourly experiences of Christ; He will become the material for the building up the church.
Based on Paul's word in 1 Timothy 3:15-16, this chapter presents a vision of the church as the house of God, the pillar and base of the truth, and the manifestation of God in the flesh; it concludes by showing us such a church is built.
In the church, only Christ must be uplifted; only Christ must be exalted; only Christ must be expressed
We need to be built into the house of God by the infusion of the divine nature (gold) and being joined to other "boards" in the building.
Our need is to give our entire being to the church: present our bodies to the church, set our minds on the spirit, and to have a burning spirit.
We must press on to enter the spirit in order to touch Christ Himself and experience the deeper Christ as the hidden manna, the inner law, and the secret budding rod
We need to come forward from our regeneration into living a life in our spirit, in Christ as our land and source of supply.