What Well do you Drink From? Drink from the Well of Redeemed and Covenanted Water!

Today we can drink from the well of redeemed and covenanted water!

It is very important to see that there are only two wells - only two sources of living, the well for Isaac and the well for Ishmael. If we drink of the well for Isaac, the processed and consummated Triune God as the life-giving Spirit, we will live … [Continue reading]

There are Two Sources issuing in Two Kinds of Living in our Christian Life

Today there are two kinds of Christians: One kind is like Ishmael, living for themselves in the wilderness of their soul and being joined to the world. The other kind is like Isaac, living for God in their spirit and in the church life and being brought to Zion. Even we, real Christians, may be like Ishmael, living in and for ourselves and being joined to the world, unless, as typified by Isaac, we live in our spirit and in the church life so that we might reach God’s goal (1 John 2:15-17; Romans 8:4; 12:4-5; 16:1; Revelation 14:1. 21:2; 22:16a). W. Lee, Life-study of Genesis

In Genesis 21 we see two wells: the well of Abraham and the well of Ishmael. A well is the source of man's living, supplying man with water for his daily life. The two wells in Genesis 21 signify two sources of living. The first well, Abraham's well … [Continue reading]

Having the Proper Standing when Enjoying the Grace of God for the Kingdom of God

And Jehovah appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you, and I will bless you and multiply your seed for My servant Abraham's sake. And he built an altar there and called upon the name of Jehovah and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well. Gen. 26:24-25

Isaac was a pattern of one who enjoyed God's grace again and again. His father Abraham gave him all that he had, and God blessed Isaac abundantly. Wherever he went, Isaac prospered and increased. All he did was just to enjoy grace, and God blessed … [Continue reading]

Being Heirs of Grace, Obeying God in Grace, and Enjoying Grace to be Rich Toward God

As believers in Christ, we are heirs of God's grace, we obey God in grace, and we enjoy grace upon grace to be rich toward God

Isaac was born through grace, grew up in grace, became the heir of grace, obeyed in grace, and had grace multiplied to him. As believers in Christ, we were born through grace (not by works), we need to grow in grace, we are heirs of grace, we obey in … [Continue reading]

Receiving and Enjoying Grace by Exercising our Spirit and Enthroning the Lord

Heb. 4:16 Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help.

In our daily Christian life we need to know a practical and simple way to receive and enjoy grace. When we are at work, at home, on the bus, driving the car, or doing this and that, what is the practical way to daily receive and enjoy grace? The … [Continue reading]

Enjoying Grace to Grow in Grace through the Blood, the Word, the Spirit, and the Church

We need to Receive and Enjoy Grace Daily through the Blood of Christ, the Word of Grace, the Spirit of Grace, and the Church so that we may Grow in Grace

As believers in Christ, we were born again by the grace of God, and now we need to grow in grace by enjoying all that Christ is to us as our spiritual food and living water. We are like Isaac: he was born through grace and he was also grown up in … [Continue reading]

Living by Grace by Having our Natural Strength Dealt with by God through the Cross

2 Cor. 12:9 And He has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ might tabernacle over me.

In seeing how Isaac experienced God and how his experience applies to us we need to realize that Isaac was born of Sarah through grace and not through the efforts of the flesh. After Abraham's natural strength has been dealt with by God and His … [Continue reading]