As believers in Christ, we may become a reproduction of Christ as our model; He is our model, the underwriting, which we can trace and copy in our daily living not by outwardly imitating Him but by inwardly enjoying Him, partaking of His riches, and letting Him be revealed in us, make His home in […]
Beholding and Reflecting the Glory of the Lord to be Transformed into His Image
We all as believers in Christ, having an unveiled face, need to behold and reflect like a mirror the glory of the Lord to be transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit; when we’re beholding and reflecting the Lord, we are conformed to His image to shine […]
Turn our Heart to the Lord to Behold Him with Unveiled Face and be Transformed in His image
When we turn our heart to the Lord and behold Him with an unveiled face, we see God and are transformed by God into the same image as Christ from glory to glory for the purpose of God. Our heart is the key: we need to turn our heart to the Lord and deal with […]
Stronger Light (Sun, Moon, and Stars) is Needed for a Further Growth in Life
On the fourth day of God’s process of creation the light-bearers appeared – the sun, the moon, and the stars – for the producing of the higher forms of life (Gen. 1:14-19). For the generating of life and for the initial forms of life (the plant life) the light of the first day was OK, […]
we are earthen vessels containing a priceless treasure, the Christ of glory!
When God shines on us through the speaking of His Word, the glory of God in the face of Christ is being infused into us to become the indwelling treasure in our spirit (see 2 Cor. 4:6-7; 1 Pet. 3:4). This is so wonderful! We are earthen vessels – worthless, fragile, temporal, ephemeral, and passing away – but we contain a priceless treasure – the face of Christ, the person of Christ, the image of God Himself – in our spirit (2 Cor. 2:10)! There is nothing more precious and valuable in the whole universe than beholding the face of Jesus [read more online]
a lifelong enjoyment of the divine goodness and lovingkindness in the house of Jehovah(Psalm 23)
Psalm 23 is a psalm on God’s economy, and God’s economy has as its goal the church, the house of God! The last verse in Psalm 23 therefore says, Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of […]
The Lord Jesus restores my soul; He guides me on the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake
It is so wonderful to see the Lord’s organic shepherding in His ascension as the pneumatic Christ in Psalm 23! Yesterday we saw that Christ is our good Shepherd and we lack nothing; He leads us to waters of rest and to green pastures to lie down and enjoy Him… Today we are enjoying His […]