The Gospel of John is a book on life and building. It tackles nine cases of man and how Christ as life meets every man’s need. In this Gospel we see that nothing in this world can satisfy us. We were made as a vessel to contain God. We have to see our true condition […]
Christ as life meets every man’s need (sharing from the college age conference)
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Christ is the sure mercies shown to David and also the covenant; He is the covenanted mercies!
In His economy, God desires to be the fountain of living waters for His people to drink and be filled with! He is the source, the fountain, of the water of life – and He calls us all to come and drink! So wonderful! As the living waters, Christ is also the sure mercies shown to […]
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we need to enjoy our God as living water, even as the waters – come to Him to drink and flow!
God’s desire is this – that we may come to Him and drink of Him as the fountain of living waters! Even at the end of a long feast, when supposedly the people who were feasting would be full and satisfied, Christ stood out and cried in John 7:37-38, Now on the last day, the […]
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Whoever is thirsty, let him come and drink the water of life! Are you thirsty? Come to Christ and drink!
This morning I was impressed with the fact that the Triune God went through the process of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, to become the living water for us to drink! Now He has become our practical salvation to be drunk and enjoyed by us! What shall I give unto the Lord for […]
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God’s pleasure is to be the fountain of living waters to dispense Himself into us and make us His increase
This is what God desires – this is His good pleasure, the desire of His heart – to be the fountain of living waters that man may drink Him, enjoy Him, be filled with Him, and become His enlargement, His increase, His expression. In His economy, God intends to be the fountain, the source, of […]
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Come to Me, all you who toil and are heavy burdened, and I will give you rest! Take My yoke upon you!
The Lord Jesus sounds out the call to all those who toil and are heavy burdened – Come To Me (Matt. 11:28)! Have you ever felt like you’re toiling and you are burdened? We need to personally come to Him every day – and He will give us rest! He even encourages us, Take My […]
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God desires to change our constitution by changing our diet – He wants us to eat Christ only!
God does not want us to “Improve” or “change our behavior”, to be “better people” – even though this will eventually be the result of us eating Him… God wants man to eat Him, enjoy Him, breathe Him in, and be constituted with Him! This is why we see that He brought the people of […]
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