In order for us believers in Christ to be constituted as ministers of the new covenant for the building up of the Body of Christ, we need to experience all the wonderful aspects of Christ as the all-inclusive Spirit in 2 Corinthians; in particular, we need to experience the anointing Spirit, the sealing Spirit, and […]
Sealed by the Spirit, having Christ as our Righteousness, and being Submissive to God
As believers in Christ, we are sealed by the Spirit, we have Christ as our righteousness, and we’re being made submissive to God so that He can make us part of His increase in humanity. Joseph is a type of Christ; as a fruitful bow, Joseph typifies Christ as the branch for the branching out […]
God is our Inheritance, we are His Inheritance, and we Know God by the Sense of Life
According to the new covenant, God is our God and we are His people (He is our inheritance and we are His inheritance), and we can know God subjectively (by living according to the sense of life in our spirit). How wonderful and rich is the new covenant! May we know the bequests of the […]
Seeing the Church as the Mystery of Christ in Paul’s Completing Ministry
In the Old Testament most of what God did in relation to His people was outwardly and even supernaturally, and the people of Israel knew they had God’s presence with them as He was protecting them, guiding them, speaking to them, and doing all kinds of things for them. But today in the New Testament […]