I’m still considering the picture in the garden of Eden, which is actually what is going on within us today: we are being put in front of the two trees daily – the tree of the knowledge of GOOD and evil, and the tree of life. The simple fact that God cares so much about […]
we depend on what we eat and we become what we eat: let’s eat Christ!
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we were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ
1 Cor. 1:9 says God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Our God is a faithful God – He called us into the fellowship of His Son – He called us and placed us in the vine, Christ as the embodiment of God! Here […]
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Eating, drinking, and breathing Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ
Our Christian life, just like our physical life, is being maintained / sustained by our continual supply – we need to daily eat, drink, and breathe in Christ. Christ is our real food, Christ is our real drink (John 6:55; John 6:30-35); He is the manna, He as the Spirit is the living water (John […]
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not imitating Christ but living Christ
Many people say “I can’t become a Christian because I can’t do all that the Bible says”, and “the Lord Jesus is a good model, but I can’t live the way He did”. Also, many believers try to imitate Christ, striving to obey what the Bible says, and struggling to be good people/Christians. Some even […]
the meaning of our Christian life
God’s intention with man is seen in a consistent way from Genesis to Revelation. In the book of Genesis, after creating man, He didn’t give him a list of to do/not to do things – God placed man in front of the tree of life (indicating that God wants to be man’s life – He’s […]
