We believers in Christ need to develop the spiritual virtues in the divine life and thus to advance in the growth of the divine life so that we make God’s calling and selection of us firm and so that we may have a rich entrance into the eternal kingdom. Amen! This week we have been […]
The Development of the Divine Life and Nature: Faith, Virtue, Knowledge, Self-control, Endurance, Godliness
As believers in Christ, we need to experience the development of the divine life and the divine nature contained in the divine seed that was sown into us so that we may have a rich entrance into the eternal kingdom; we need to cooperate by adding all diligence to supply bountifully in our faith virtue, […]
We are Becoming Partakers of the Divine Nature by Enjoying and Participating in it
We believers in Christ have received equally precious faith, and we should be partakers of the divine nature, enjoying and participating in the divine nature, and going along with the inclinations of the divine nature in our spirit. Amen! This week we come to the topic of, Partakers of the Divine Nature and the Development […]
The Prophets in the Old Testament Prophesied concerning the Grace that was to Come to us
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The prophets in the Old Testament prophesied concerning the grace that was to come to us, the grace that is for the salvation of our soul; the Spirit of Christ applies God’s full salvation as grace to us by the prophesying of the Old Testament saints and the preaching of the New Testament apostles. Amen! […]
Seeing how Both Peter and Paul Participated in the Ministry of the New Testament
In 1 Peter we see the operation of the Triune God to carry out His threefold salvation; Peter spoke of the same things as Peter, for both were ministers in the same ministry, the ministry of the New Testament, dispensing the things of God’s economy into people. Amen! If we come to the Lord’s word […]
The Triune God is our Full Enjoyment to Carry out the Economy of God for His Building
Although the subject of 1 and 2 Peter is God’s government, this is not the central focus and basic structure of these Epistles, which is the Triune God as our full enjoyment to carry out the economy of God. Amen! Everything concerning God’s government should bring us back to the central focus and basic structure […]
We Follow the Pattern of the Divine Trinity to do all things in, by and for the Body
As believers in Christ, we need to follow the pattern of the Divine Trinity to do all things not in, by, or for ourselves but in, by, and for the Body, one with the Lord, for His kingdom to come in. In His kingly ministry for the establishing of His heavenly kingdom in the stage […]