Christ’s goings forth are from eternity (Micah 2:5) and onto the bridge of time (John 1:1, 14), and eventually He will go forth with all His believers into eternity forever (John 1:51). If you look at the history of man, you will see how Christ came out of eternity into time through incarnation, how He […]
are you living in the divine history or merely in the human history?
September 22, 2012 by 6 Comments
As believers in Christ and disciples of Jesus, we have been born in the human history through our parents but we have been reborn in the divine history through our regeneration! When we believed into the Lord Jesus, we were re-born, born again, regenerated, into a new creation – we were born into the divine […]
cords of a man: seeing Christ in His incarnation, human living, and death
September 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
God drew us with cords of a man and with bands of love by firstly becoming a man in His incarnation, by living a perfect human on earth, by dying an all-inclusive all-terminating death on the cross, by entering into a life-imparting resurrection, and by being in an all-transcending ascension. Through all these segments of […]
we need to be deeply rooted in Christ to bear fruit and bear His fragrance
August 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
In Hosea 14:5-7 we see that the cedars of Lebanon are associated with three things: the lily, the olive tree, and the vine. The cedars of Lebanon are very tall and the roots are very deep, and they signify the Christians who strike their roots deep into God. For us to have a pure and […]
enjoying the dew and the manna from the Lord to be revived every morning
August 27, 2012 by 4 Comments
The Lord promises in Hosea 14:5, “I will be like the dew to Israel“. If you read the context of this chapter in Hosea you will see that the people of Israel have left God, going after idols, and they committed adultery. Yet God will still be to them like the dew, refreshing in the […]
we are being made one in the reality of the Father’s sanctifying word
July 13, 2012 by 2 Comments
In the Lord’s prayer in John 17 we see that there are three levels of oneness, or three increasingly important ways for us as believers in Christ to be one. Firstly, we are one in the Father’s name and by the Father’s divine life (John 17:6-13). Secondly, we are one in the reality of the […]
Jesus was glorified in His resurrection for the glorification of the Father
July 9, 2012 by 1 Comment
John 17 is the Lord’s prayer as the conclusion of His speaking in chapters 14 through 16. The basic concept, the central point, and the subject of the Lord’s prayer in John 17 is glorification – the Father would glorify the Son so that the Son would glorify the Father, and the believers would be […]
