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In creation two persons were created: one was Adam and the other was Eve. Both were created human beings, but each typify something different. First Corinthians 15 says that Adam was a type of the Lord Jesus,

The church in Antioch is the model church shown us in God’s Word, because it was the first to come into being after the founding of the churches connected with the Jews and the Gentiles. In Acts 2 we see the church in connection with the Jews

If I delay, I write that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth. And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness:

The Lord’s words in Matthew 16 seem to be very simple, yet several things are very important. The most important is the Lord’s mention of the church. In speaking of the church, the Lord also brought up the building of the church.

We have seen the original condition of the church and how the church became degraded. Now we need to see the recovery of the church. We must realize that the original condition of the church on earth did not last long.

Saul of Tarsus was a young man in God’s plan. He was a young man called by the Lord according to the Lord’s plan and for the Lord’s purpose. Acts 7:58 tells us that “the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul.” Then in Galatians 1:14 Paul tells us that he advanced in Judaism beyond many contemporaries in his race. Contemporaries refers to those of Saul’s own age.

In this book we shall see a number of crucial matters related to the young people in the Lord’s recovery. In this chapter we shall see their need to flee youthful lusts and pursue Christ together. In the next chapter we shall consider the vision of the Lord’s recovery. Finally, in the last chapter we shall fellowship concerning four strategic points: the life experiences,

Prayer: Lord Jesus, we love You, and we treasure Your word. Lead us into Your word. Let us meet, touch, enjoy, and gain You in it. Be with us again this morning in this meeting. We pray that You will open Yourself to us so that every day we can pick up what You want us to learn here. We want to be like Paul who said that he had learned the secret.

“God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth. And God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.