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
April 14, 2025 by 12 Comments
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 […]
Allow the Crucified and Resurrected Christ as the Spirit to Build Himself into us for the Church
November 14, 2022 by 9 Comments
In order for us to become suitable materials for God’s building, we need to experience Christ in His death (signified by cypress), Christ in His resurrection (signified by cedar), and Christ as the Spirit (signified by olive wood), being filled with the Holy Spirit and being in spirit for God’s building. Amen! This week […]
The Crucified Christ is God’s Power, and God’s way to Solve Problems is the Cross
October 3, 2017 by 6 Comments
The unique subject, center, content, and substance of the apostle’s ministry is the crucified Christ, and God’s way to deal with every problem in the universe is to terminate everyone and everything through the cross. As we are prayerfully considering the crystals in the book of Ezekiel, the matter of the cross is quite critical […]
Experiencing Christ at the Two Altars to be Incorporated into God as seen in Psa. 84
September 15, 2016 by 8 Comments
Psalm 84 is a wonderful and mysterious psalm speaking of the psalmist’s appreciation and longing for the house of God; the two altars are mentioned in particular, as they refer to the leading consummations of the work of the incarnated Triune God for us to be incorporated into God. The psalmist loves the lovely tabernacles […]
Taking Refuge at the Altar of Burnt Offering and Finding Home at the Incense Altar
September 14, 2016 by 4 Comments
In looking at the matter of the three aspects of the tabernacle in the Scriptures we cannot overlook Psa. 84, where we see the psalmist’s desire and love for the tabernacles of God; he even likens himself as a sparrow and a swallow finding refuge and making their nest at the two altars – the […]
The Covenant God made with Abraham to Ensure he Believes God’s Promise of the Land
March 28, 2014 by 3 Comments
God promised Abraham that He will give him a seed, even though both Abraham and Sarah were in their old age; Abraham believed God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness. However, when God promised Abraham the good land, that all the land he sees in Canaan will be his, Abraham found it hard […]
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