The church is something in which Christ is
The church is something in which Christ is continually increasing and the leadership de creasing.
The church is the Body of Christ. We know that the ointment of the high priest was poured upon his body and flowed down to his skirt (Psa. 133:2), indicating that the rich, living Spirit is not a matter of gift or miracles, but a matter of the anointing in life (Psa. 133:3). In the church, Christ, as the all-inclusive Head, gives the Spirit of life without measure. I like to hear the saints praying freely. But what would happen if the Head withheld the anointing and we still tried to pray? If He recalled the anointing, although we might try our best to pray, we would be unable to pray in a living way. This anointing comes from the all-inclusive Head. As long as we have the anointing, we are the Body. The ointment was poured out upon Aaron's garments, mean ing that it was poured upon the Body of Christ. If we have to arrange ahead of time for people to pray in a certain meeting, that is an organi zation, not the Body. An organization does not need the anointing, the immeasurable Spirit. A meeting which is filled with prayer from be ginning to end is a proof of the presence of the Head, proving that the whole Body is under