Life-Study of Genesis: Messages 99-101
This week we come to messages 99, 100, and 101 in the Life-study of Genesis. Message 99 finishes the series on Being Matured, covering Israel’s blessing concerning Judah, Zebulun and Issachar. Then messages 100 and 101 go into further details concerning the spiritual significance of the blessing prophesied concerning Judah, Zebulun and Issachar and how […]
Knowing God’s Will
What is the will of God? This is a common question asked by believers. Many of us seek to know the will of God. Specifically, we seek to know the will of God for our lives. What is the will of God for our education, our marriage, and our occupation? However, we must realize that […]
Life-Study of Genesis: Messages 96-98
This week covers messages 96, 97, and 98. While we continue our look at the manifestations of maturity, this week’s series actually begins with a parenthetical message brother Witness Lee gives on the shiftings of the birthright. Message 96: The Shiftings of the Birthright in the Scripture I. From Esau to Jacob […]
The Sweetness of Taking Christ as our Person for the One New Man
In Ephesians 2:15 Paul speaks of the one new man: “Abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordinances, that He might create the two in Himself into one new man, so making peace.” According to this verse, Christ abolished all the ordinances that separated men for the purpose of creating one new […]
Ask, Seek, Knock
In the Gospels the Lord Jesus exemplifies a man of prayer. The way that He prayed and the way He taught His disciples to pray far exceed most believers’ concepts concerning prayer. Much prayer is common, asking God to take care of basic, human needs, but the Father knows our needs even before we ask […]
Experiencing Christ as the Burnt Offering (Part 1)
Leviticus 1-5 reveals five basic offerings—the burnt offering, the meal offering, the peace offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering—that the Israelites were required to provide in order to worship God and maintain their relationship with Him. The book of Hebrews reveals that Christ has come as the reality of all the Old Testament […]
Life-study of Genesis: Messages 78-80
In this series of messages we begin to cover the topic of Jacob’s being transformed: Message 78: e. Being Transformed 1) God’s Reminding—Back to Bethel 2) Jacob’s Response a) Making a Thorough Clearance (1) Putting Away Their Foreign Gods—Idols (2) Purifying Themselves (3) Changing Their Garments (4) Burying Their Earrings (5) Terrifying the Enemies b) […]
Life-study of Genesis: Messages 75-77
In message 75 of the Life-study of Genesis, we come to a precious section concerning Jacob’s experience of being broken (Gen. 32:22-32). In considering this section of the Word and applying it to our own experience, Witness Lee poses 4 questions: Why did God come to wrestle with Jacob as a man? Why was God […]
Life-study of Genesis: Messages 72-74
In this series of messages we continue the topic of Jacob’s being dealt with: Message 72: 11) The Stone with Oil Poured Upon it and the House of God a) A Homeless, restless situation b) The Stone c) The Oil Poured Upon the Stone d) The House of God Message 73: 12) The Change of […]