What was the reason for which God came in a human form to visit Abraham, his friend? Was it merely to assure him that him and Sarah will have a son a year from then, at the time of life? After Abraham and his guests had something to eat and drink, he accompanied them on […]
In our Fellowship with God we See that Christ will be Brought forth and Sin is Judged
In Genesis 18 we see that God came in the form of a man to visit Abraham His friend, and they had a good time together. Abraham fed his guests, brought them into the tent in the shade, and took care of them. In their conversation we cannot see any trace of Abraham fearing God […]
Living in Intimate Fellowship with God Today to be the Friend of God as Abraham was
After passing through a long process, Abraham was prepared and qualified to be the friend of God, one who lives in intimate fellowship with God and one to whom God opens what is on His heart for him to intercede (see Gen. 18). God has something in heart to do and He needs a friend […]
The New Jerusalem, the New Covenant of Grace, is the Mother of the Believers
With the help of Paul’s writing in his epistles to the Galatians and to the Hebrews we see that Sarah and Hagar both signify two covenants: Sarah signifies the covenant of grace and Hagar signifies the covenant of law. Each of them produces sons: Sarah produces sons unto freedom and inheritance of grace, and Hagar […]
Being under God’s Covenant of Grace, we should Enjoy God by Exercising our Spirit
The experience of our father Abraham is very much related to our experience, and the things he learned in his experience with God are the things we should learn as well. In the book of Galatians we see how the Galatian believers received the gospel through the apostle Paul and his co-workers, believed into Christ, […]
Seeing what the Flesh is and Living a Crucified Life by Calling on the Lord’s Name
In Genesis 15 God made a covenant with Abraham; on His side, God was faithful to the covenant, but on Abraham’s side, he was not because he used his natural strength to produce Ishmael. Therefore, God came in in Genesis 17, thirteen years after He appeared last to Abraham, and He confirmed the covenant with […]
We need to STOP and Let God Work Himself into us to Fulfill His Purpose Through us
God’s intention is to gain man for His purpose so that He may work Himself into man and be lived out and expressed through man in a corporate way for His glory. We can see God’s intention from the beginning of the Bible (when God put man in front of Himself as life, the tree […]