With Noah and his family after their coming out of the ark we see both a seed of the church life and a shadow of the kingdom. Before Genesis 9, man was under God’s direct rule and under the rule of his conscience. But starting from the time after Noah and his family got out […]
A Picture of the Wonderful Church Life of the Saints, the Covenanted People of God
The church life as a mysterious God-man living of the resurrected people is seen in a seed form in Genesis 8 after Noah and his family got out of the ark, and is also seen in picture in the gospel of John. In chapters 2 and 12 we see that in the church life Christ […]
As Resurrected People, We Now Live the Church Life Through Death and Resurrection
The living of Noah and his family after they came out of the ark was a seed of the church life. The first thing that Noah did was to set up an altar and to offer sacrifices to God (see Gen. 8:20). The first thing we do when we come into the church life is […]
In Our Organic Union with Him, Christ’s Experience is Our Experience for the Church
All the genuine believers in Christ are organically joined to the Triune God in their spirit. Through believing into Christ we have been joined to Him in spirit, and now we are one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17). Through baptism we have been cut off from the world, the past, and anything of […]
We are In Christ: His Death and Resurrection are Our Experience for the Church Life
After Noah built the ark according to God’s divine revelation and instructions, he and his whole family entered into it – together with the animals – and God shut the door behind them. As we build up Christ in our experience day by day, working out our own salvation by enjoying Christ, loving Him, talking […]
Doing a Work that Can Change the Age by Building Up the Church as Today’s Ark
Noah’s life and work changed the age – his living and his work afforded God the cooperation He needs to change the age by bringing in the flood and judging that crooked and perverted generation. Noah lived by faith and built up his own salvation by believing God’s word and obeying God. Noah’s work, a […]
Working Out Our Own Salvation by Building Up Christ in Our Experience Day by Day
Before Noah started to build the ark, he was already walking with God – this means he was already righteous. Why did he need to still build the ark if he was already walking with God? This question also applies to all the genuine believers in Christ: since we are saved, why do we still […]