Children of God Born of the Spirit of Life
When we are born again by believing into Christ, we are born of the Spirit in our human spirit (John 3:3-6, 8). Just as our body as flesh is born of the flesh of our parents, our human spirit is reborn of the divine Spirit. Of our three God-created parts—body, soul, and spirit—it is our […]
Christ Growing in Our Heart (2): Growth in Life in Genesis 1
The entire Bible is a book of life, and Genesis, in which all the seeds of the divine truth are sown, is focused on life. Many things mentioned in Genesis chapter 1 reveal Christ as life. God’s restoration and further creation, starting from the second part of verse 2, is a matter of the generating […]
Man – A Vessel to Contain God
Because the God who said, Out of darkness light shall shine, is the One who shined in our hearts to illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out […]
A Brief Overview of the Economy of God (Part II)—Major Steps of Christ in God’s Economy
In a previous post we saw that God has a divine arrangement, an economy, to dispense Christ with His unsearchable riches into His believers (Eph. 3:8-9). God took several deliberate steps in Christ in order to work out His dispensing in His economy. In this post, we will briefly review the major steps of Christ […]
God’s Faithfulness and Our Perseverance in Prayer
God is faithful (1 Cor. 1:9; 10:13; 2 Cor.1:18). This fact can be observed in His promise concerning the seed of the woman (Gen. 3:15), His word that He would never again destroy the earth with a flood (9:15), and His limiting the time of captivity of the children of Israel in Babylon to seventy […]
Seeking the Full Knowledge of Christ (1): Knowing Christ by Revelation
For centuries people have asked the question, “Who is Jesus Christ?” From the time Jesus was conceived until His death on the cross, He was a mystery (Col. 2:2; Rom. 16:25). When He walked the earth, even His closest followers obtained only a partial understanding of who He was (John 16:12, 14). Nevertheless, if we […]
The Church – A Pearl of Great Value
In Matthew 13:45-46 the Lord Jesus said, “The kingdom of the heavens is like a merchant seeking fine pearls; and finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it.” The kingdom of heavens, is used here to refer to the genuine church as the reality of the […]
A Brief Overview of the Economy of God (Part I)
First Timothy 1:3-4 says, “I exhorted you…to remain in Ephesus in order that you might charge certain ones not to teach different things…which produce questionings rather than God’s economy, which is in faith.” The word economy here occupies an important place in the New Testament, and its use in this verse indicates that any teaching […]
Resting with God and Working with Him according to the Principle of the Sabbath
Exodus 31:12–17 says: Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Speak also to the children of Israel, saying, You shall surely keep My Sabbaths; for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Jehovah who sanctifies you. Therefore you shall keep the Sabbath, for it is holy […]