In Deut. 10:12-22 we see how, as part of the renewed training God gave His people through Moses, there were nine matters that they had to take care of; these nine matters apply to us in our Christian life today. We as believers in Christ want to inherit the all-inclusive Christ as the good […]
Being the Bride of Christ as a Warrior and having the Lord’s Joy as our Strength
March 30, 2024 by 12 Comments
On one hand, the church as the bride of Christ is beautiful, holy, and glorious for God’s satisfaction; on the other hand, the church as the bride must be a warrior to defeat God’s enemy, and for this, we need to pray-read the Word of God to be equipped with the sword of the […]
Becoming the Lord’s Beautiful Bride by the Washing in the Word to Express Christ
March 29, 2024 by 16 Comments
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The Lord Jesus as our dear Bridegroom is the joy set before us; for us to meet Him as His beautiful bride, there is the need for the beauty of the bride – we need to have Christ wrought into us to be expressed through us, for our beauty is the shining out of […]
The Righteousness of the Bride: Christ as our Subjective Righteousness Lived out of us
March 28, 2024 by 13 Comments
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For the joy set before us, which is the Lord Jesus as our dear Bridegroom coming for His bride, we are today preparing to be the bride of Christ; there is the need for the righteousness of the bride, that is, the wedding garment that the bride wears for the wedding feast, which is […]
Sealed by the Spirit, having Christ as our Righteousness, and being Submissive to God
March 21, 2024 by 13 Comments
As believers in Christ, we are sealed by the Spirit, we have Christ as our righteousness, and we’re being made submissive to God so that He can make us part of His increase in humanity. Joseph is a type of Christ; as a fruitful bow, Joseph typifies Christ as the branch for the branching out […]
Seeing a Complete Picture of the Proper Experience of Christ as seen in Colossians
March 14, 2024 by 5 Comments
In the book of Colossians, there are a number of important phrases that point to our experience of Christ; as we read and pray over this book, we will have a complete picture of the proper experience of Christ. In this book we see that Christ is in us, we are full-grown in Christ, […]
See and Deal with the Subjective Obstacles encountered by God’s Life in our Heart
March 13, 2024 by 6 Comments
We need to see the subjective obstacles encountered by God’s life in our heart – the subjective obstacles in our mind, emotion, and will – and cooperate with God’s central work in this age for His life to grow in us unto maturity so that we may work out of this life, one with […]
