What is the Sabbath and what is the real significance, the intrinsic meaning, of the Sabbath? In the Old Testament, God commanded His people to “take one day off”, the Sabbath day, when they would just worship God and spend time with God to “do His business”. But what about us, in the New Testament? […]
the experience of the cross deepens both our horizontal and our vertical fellowship in the divine life
These days we are enjoying many portions in the Bible regarding the fellowship of the divine life, which is the fellowship of the Spirit, the fellowship of the apostles, and the fellowship in spirit. This fellowship has two aspects: the horizontal aspect (between us and the other believers) and the vertical aspect (between us and the Triune […]
we were buried with Christ in baptism and now we live a new life with Him in resurrection
This morning I enjoyed this particular aspect of the importance of the baptism and the meaning of baptism. When we were baptized, besides putting everything old behind, dying to the world / flesh / sin / the self / Satan / everything in the past, we also died to the law and now we are […]
learning to live a life together with the Lord, contacting Him moment by moment
Recently, I was enjoying these verses in 1 Thes. 5:9-10 with the Lord, concerning contacting Him: For God did not appoint us to wrath but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us in order that whether we watch or sleep, we may live together with Him. We human […]