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We are In Christ: His Death and Resurrection are Our Experience for the Church Life

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We are In Christ: His Death and Resurrection are Our Experience for the Church Life. 1 Pet. 3:20-21 Who had formerly disobeyed when the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared; entering into which, a few, that is, eight souls, were brought safely through by water. Which water, as the antitype, also now saves you, that is, baptism, not a putting away of the filth of the flesh but the appeal of a good conscience unto God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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 … [Continue reading]

Entering Into the Highest Intimacy with God to Be In the Light and See His Mysteries

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Entering Into the Highest Intimacy with God to Be In the Light and See His Mysteries. Gen. 6:16 You shall make an opening for light for the ark, and you shall finish it up to a cubit from the top; and you shall put the entrance of the ark in its side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third stories.

Noah found grace in the sight of Jehovah, and he was entrusted by Him to build an ark for his salvation and the salvation of his family. Everything about the ark is very significant: the dimensions, the number of stories it had, the window, the door, … [Continue reading]

Doing a Work that Can Change the Age by Building Up the Church as Today’s Ark

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Heb. 11:7 By faith Noah, having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen and being moved by pious fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

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 … [Continue reading]

Working Out Our Own Salvation by Building Up Christ in Our Experience Day by Day

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Working Out Our Own Salvation by Building Up Christ in Our Experience Day by Day. So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12).

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: … [Continue reading]

Walking with God by Faith and Working Together with God to Build Up the Ark Today

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Walking with God by Faith and Working Together with God to Build Up the Ark Today. Heb. 11:7 By faith Noah, having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen and being moved by pious fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Noah was a pattern to us, walking and living by faith in God and working together with God to build the ark as his salvation from the crooked and perverted generation he lived in. As we all know it, faith does not originate from us - it is … [Continue reading]

Seeing the True Situation of the Age We Live in and Finding Grace in the Eyes of God

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Seeing the True Situation of the Age We Live in and Finding Grace in the Eyes of God - But Noah Found Grace in the Eyes of Jehovah!

Even though the Lord gained Abel to worship Him in His way, Enosh to call on the name of the Lord, and Enoch to walk with God, mankind continued to fall and be corrupted until in Gen. 6:7 we see that God decided to blot out the man whom He has … [Continue reading]

As God’s Seekers, We Believe God’s Word and We Walk with God to be Rewarded by Him

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As God's Seekers, we Believe God's Word and we Walk with God to be Rewarded by Him! Heb. 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For before his translation he obtained the testimony that he had been well pleasing to God.

I love how the Recovery Version says concerning Enoch in Heb. 11:5, "By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death". Most versions say, "By faith Enoch was taken up" - but, if you think about it, to be translated means that you were … [Continue reading]