We need to cooperate with God to have not only the first garment – Christ as our objective righteousness, but also the second garment, Christ as our subjective righteousnesses, so that we may be qualified to enter the wedding feast of the Lamb when the Lord Jesus returns. The two aspects of righteousness – the […]
Cooperate with God to have the Second Garment, Christ as our Subjective Righteousnesses
The Ministry of the Spirit and of Righteousness makes us Living Letters of Christ to Express Him
For us to live out and work out the New Jerusalem is for us to live out and work out God’s complete salvation according to the unique New Testament ministry, the ministry of the age; this ministry is the ministry of the Spirit – the ministry of the new covenant – to deify us by […]
Christ Lived out of us as our Subjective Righteousnesses becomes our Wedding Garment
One of the most important things related to a bride is the wedding dress; our wedding garment as the bride of Christ is of fine linen, bright and clean, for it is the righteousnesses of the saints. As believers in Christ, our aspiration and inner yearning is not only to enjoy and experience Christ in […]
Being Found in Christ, having Christ as our Subjective Righteousness Lived out in us
As those who have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, we desire to be found in Christ, not having our own righteousness but the righteousness of God, taking Christ as our subjective righteousness. Our pattern in the Lord is the apostle Paul; he used to be for the law and in the law, but […]
The Church as the Bride is a Corporate Army Fighting for God’s Interest on Earth
The church as the bride of Christ must also be a warrior to defeat God’s enemy, and Christ will return for his prepared bride and defeat God’s enemy. The church is composed of a group of people who are regenerated with the divine life, and they are built up on God’s life to be the […]
Christ came as the Bridegroom to Court us and Marry the Church as His Bride, His Wife
When the Lord Jesus came, He came as the Bridegroom for the bride; now we as believers in Christ are produced to be the bride of Christ, and at the end of this age there will be a wedding feast culminating in our eternal married life with the Lord. The entire Bible, from Genesis to […]
Hearing the Lord’s Speaking and having the Embroidered Garment for our Wedding Day
After praising Christ the King in His fairness, victory, kingdom, and virtues, the psalmist praises Christ the King in praising the queen, who is a type of the church, the wife of Christ, as revealed in the Epistles (see Psa. 45:9-15). This psalm – Psa. 45 – is the highest and greatest of all the psalms; it […]