The God of Abraham is our God, and Abraham’s experience of God needs to become our experience of God in our Christian life today. According to Rom. 4:17, Abraham had a twofold knowledge of God: first, he knew God as the One who calls things not being as being, and then he experienced God as […]
Enjoying and Experiencing God as the Eternal One by Calling on the Name of the Lord
May 9, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Our God is one, yet He is the Triune God. He is one, yet He has many names depending on our experience and enjoyment of Him. He is called Jehovah in His relationship with man, in coming to be with man and caring for man, especially in the Old Testament. He is the Most High […]
Eat the Tree of Life and Drink the Water of Life to be a Tamarisk Tree in the Church Life
May 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
The Bible doesn’t record insignificant matters and stories; rather, everything that the Bible says is true, significant, full of meaning, and has a place in God’s economy. In Gen. 21 we see that Abraham fought for the well he dug and was taken by force, and he obtained it back by redeeming it and making […]
God’s Main Concern is with our Eating and not with our Working, Doing, or Behavior
October 2, 2013 by 1 Comment
After God created man and planted the garden of Eden where He put man, the only thing Genesis tells us concerning God’s intention for man was that man would take care of his eating (see Gen. 2:17). God did not tell man to behave this way or that way, neither did He give commandments to […]
Seeing What the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is and Choosing the Tree of Life!
October 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
In Gen. 2:9 we see that besides the tree of life in the middle of the garden of Eden there’s another tree, the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The tree of life is simple – it gives you life, the divine life, so that you may fulfill God’s purpose. However, the other tree […]
The Tree of Life Signifies Christ as Life to Man – He’s So Available and Satisfying!
September 30, 2013 by 1 Comment
In Genesis 1 we see God’s intention and His purpose, and in Genesis 2 we see the way God accomplishes His intention. The way God obtains a man in His image to express Him and represent Him is by man taking in God as the tree of life to be filled with Him and live […]
The Bible is a Building Manual, and We Can Cooperate with God for His Building
August 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Bible is a book of God’s building, with the first two chapters in Genesis giving us a blueprint of God’s building and the last two chapters presenting a picture of the finished building, while the rest of the book presents the process of the building. The first two chapters and the last two chapters […]
