As believers in Christ, we need to know, enjoy, experience, and apply the crucified Christ as God’s power and God’s wisdom to our daily life, even to the experiences that we have in our daily living. Paul preached a crucified Christ, who to the Jews is a stumbling block and to the Greeks is foolishness. […]
The Crucified Christ is the Power of God and the Wisdom of God to Us who Believe
In 1 Cor. 1:23-24, Paul says that the crucified Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God; this One is to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, but to us who believe, the power of God and the wisdom of God. Wow! This week we come to the topic, God’s […]
We should Commit our Souls to the Faithful Creator and Live to Righteousness Today
As those under the mighty hand of God for His discipline, suffering in our soul, we should commit our souls to the faithful Creator who loves us and cares for us, realizing that we have died to sins in the death of Christ so that in His resurrection we might live to righteousness under God’s […]
Being Willing to be Humbled under God’s Mighty Hand to Enjoy the All Grace of God
We believers in Christ need to be willing to be humbled under the mighty hand of God, which carries out the government of God, for God gives grace to the humble but resists the proud; if we are humbled under God’s mighty hand, we can enjoy the Triune God as all grace in our daily […]
We Commit All Things to God who Judges Righteously and are Holy in our Manner of Life
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When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He lived a human life that was absolutely under the government of God, and He committed everything related to Him to God’s government. He now lives in us, and we today should live a Christian life under the government of God, passing our days in fear and living […]
God uses Fiery Ordeals to Purify us: live the Christian Life under God’s Government
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As believers in Christ, we need to realize that God uses fiery ordeals to deal with us in the judgment of His governmental administration, which begins from His house, so we need to live the Christian life under the government of God, allowing the Lord to purify us and remove any dross from our being. […]
We Believers are under God’s Disciplinary Judgment Daily to Partake of His Holiness
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Our God and Father is holy, He has regenerated us to produce a holy family, and we as His holy children should walk in a holy manner of life; therefore, we are under God’s disciplinary judgment daily so that all our holiness may be removed. Amen! God created the universe in a perfect way, and […]