Our one God has only one work, and His work is to dispense Himself into man, to work Himself into man, so that man may become His collective expression, His corporate testimony. We see this everywhere in the Bible when we read the Scriptures with God’s economy glasses on. But what is the work in […]
The Governing Vision of the Bible and the Kernel of the Divine Revelation
November 14, 2012 by 3 Comments
Many Christians read the Bible and they find a lot of things in the Bible. But have you ever wondered or have you ever asked the Lord in your time with Him in the Word, Lord, what is the governing vision in the Bible? Lord, what is the kernel of the divine revelation in the word […]
Let Us Return to the Lord: He will Enliven us, Bind us up, and Restore us!
November 6, 2012 by 5 Comments
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The aspiration for revival and restoration can be seen everywhere in the Bible, and especially in the Minor Prophets. On the one hand, Habakkuk prayed for revival (Hab. 3:2); on the other hand, Hosea speaks of, Let us return to Jehovah… on the third day He will raise us up and we will live in […]
Six Simple Ways to Cooperate with Christ’s Goings Forth in Our Being
October 21, 2012 by 2 Comments
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 2 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 […]
