In order for us believers in Christ to possess and walk in the all-inclusive Christ as the reality of the good land, we need to see that the presence of the Lord means everything to us both in our life in the Lord and in our work in the Lord; we want to have not […]
The Presence of the Lord Means Everything to us: His Word and His Spirit Lead us
The Lord’s Present and Instant Speaking Washes and Reconstitutes us with God’s Element
The Lord’s present and instant speaking washes us, cleanses us, and reconstitutes us with God’s element to make us the holy city, New Jerusalem. We need to have the Lord’s speaking, which is His presence; when He speaks to us, His word washes us, for it is the instant, living word that both cleanses us […]
Wash others’ Feet: We Humble ourselves and Minister the Spirit, the Word, and Life to them
As believers in Christ, we need to experience the Lord’s washing by spending time with Him and with the saints who are full of the Spirit, the word, and the divine life; we also need to cooperate with the Lord to wash others’ feet by humbling ourselves and ministering life to them. May the […]
Delivered from Introspection & the Self through Oneness with the Cross in Resurrection
Overcaring for our spiritual condition before God will cause us to fall into introspection; as lovers of Christ, we are called to be delivered from introspection and the self through our oneness with the cross of Christ. Amen! The best book in the Bible where we see a loving relationship between God and man, […]
Church Life is a Life of Feasting: we Serve the Lord and Testify of Resurrection Life
Outwardly the church may seem poor and afflicted, but inwardly the church life is a life of feasting in and with the presence of the Lord, full of saints who serve the Lord, testify of His resurrection life, and love Him. The story in John 12 is a type of the church life, for the […]
Learning to Cherish the Believers as a Nursing Mother and Not Assuming any Authority
In looking at the pattern of the apostle Paul as one who was one with the Lord in His heavenly ministry to shepherd the saints, we need to learn to cherish the believers and even yearn over them as a nursing mother would cherish and yearn over her own children. On the one hand, the […]
When God moves Freely among us we look like the Sanctifying God and we Have Impact
The four living creatures in Ezek. 1 are in a wonderful coordination and one accord, and there’s fire moving among them; they have the appearance of the sanctifying God, and they manifest a glorious and majestic condition. Each of the four living creatures had four wings: with two they covered themselves, and two were joined […]