As believers in Christ, the goal of our Christian practice and of our Christian living is to live the life of a God-man, the same kind of life that the Lord Jesus lived when He was on earth. Our practice shouldn’t be just something according to the Bible but the God-man living. Being a Christian […]
Our Life should be a Reproduction of the Model of the Life of Christ, the First God-Man
August 11, 2015 by 1 Comment
All the believers in Christ are disciples of Christ who have been called by Him out of wherever they are and whatever they are doing to follow Him, learn from Him, be discipled by Him, and live like Him. The Lord today is discipling us by guiding us as the Spirit of reality into all […]
Learning Christ and being Kind and Tenderhearted to One Another for the Church Life
December 27, 2014 by 1 Comment
In the church life as a living in the Body of Christ we need to experience the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity and we need to arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God by growing in life unto maturity. Furthermore, we need to beware […]
Seeing the Pattern of the Lord Jesus as a Man of Prayer in the Gospels
January 21, 2013 by 11 Comments
![Seeing the Pattern of the Lord Jesus as a Man of Prayer in the Gospels [in the picture: Matt. 6:46-47, Christ was a Man of Prayer]](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/matt6-46-47-christ-was-a-man-of-prayer.jpg?fit=300%2C284&ssl=1)
For God to accomplish His will, He needs a people on the earth that would pray His will for Him to do it. God doesn’t need only “prayers once in a while, when we remember or when we are reminded by others” – God needs men of prayer. With Daniel as a man of prayer […]
In His Earthly Ministry the Lord Jesus Did the Work the Father Gave Him to Do
November 21, 2012 by 1 Comment
As those who aspire to work for God and with God in His economy for the building up of His Body, we need to consider the pattern of the Lord Jesus as He was working for God when He was on the earth. Even though we don’t see much in the Bible concerning His life […]
With the Lord Jesus His Work was His Living: no Difference Between Life and Work
November 19, 2012 by 6 Comments
The living and the work that the Lord Jesus had on the earth is a pattern for all those who aspire to work for God and participate in the unique work in the Lord’s recovery. Many people have wondered, What did the Lord Jesus do for 30 years? He seemingly worked only for 3.5 years, […]
imitating Christ and following the pattern of those who live Christ to magnify Him
May 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The matter of imitating Christ or imitating those who follow Christ has been much spoiled throughout history, so much that many people don’t even recommend that anyone imitates a man – just follow Christ! But Paul gave himself as a pattern to the believers – he was a pattern of living Christ for His magnification […]
![In My Father's house are many abodes; if [it were] not [so,] I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. John 14:2](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/In-My-Fathers-house-are-many-abodes-if-it-were-not-so-I-would-have-told-you.jpg?fit=178%2C100&ssl=1)
