In Exodus 15 we see the song of praise the children of Israel sang after Pharaoh and his armies were swallowed by the Red Sea; in Exodus 17 we see a picture showing the continual war with Amalek. Exodus 17 is after Exodus 15, and the war in Exodus 17 is after the victory in […]
The Experience of the Cross Tests us, Exposes us, and Allows God to Heal our Being
After healing the bitter waters at Marah by showing Moses a tree which he cast into the waters, the Lord made a statute for the people of Israel and He revealed that He is their Healer. The people of Israel didn’t just encounter bitter waters but they were bitter in their being, and God was […]
Casting the Resurrected Christ in our Bitter Situations makes the Bitter Waters Sweet
After crossing the Red Sea, the children of Israel traveled for three days through the wilderness and found no water; then, they got to Marah, but the waters there were bitter, and they murmured against Moses, and Moses cried out to God. God showed Moses a tree, which he cast into the waters and they became […]
Keeping the Feast of the Unleavened Bread by Eating Christ as the Sinless Life
The feast of the Passover was to be a memorial to the children of Israel to remind them of how God rescued them from the judgement falling on those living in Egypt, and how God provided the passover lamb to be their supply for them to get out of Egypt and serve God in the […]
Bearing one Another in Love and Keeping the Oneness in the Uniting Bond of Peace
Keeping the oneness of the Spirit (Eph. 4:3) is not something “too spiritual” for us to understand or practice; rather, we can keep the oneness of the Spirit in a very practical way with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing one another in love, and in the uniting bond of peace. In the church […]
Being Long-Suffering in the Church Life Especially in Relation to our Speaking
Paul, the prisoner in the Lord, beseeches us to walk worthily of the calling with which we were called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, bearing one another in love, being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace (see Eph. 4:1-3). In the church, under the abundant […]
Sacrificing Ourselves to be Meek in our Attitude to Keep the Oneness of the Spirit
As those saved by the Lord and brought by Him into the proper church life, we need to have a walk that is worthy of His calling. For this, we firstly need to be diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit (Eph. 4:3). We already have the oneness – we have received the oneness […]