The divine, dispositional sanctification is carried out by Christ as the life-giving Spirit, who is the sanctifying and speaking Spirit; we are washed by the water in the Word to be sanctified in our disposition and be made holy, even as God is holy. Amen! In Eph. 5:26-27 we are told that Christ sanctifies […]
Christ as the Speaking Spirit Sanctifies us by His Living Word to make us His Bride
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 […]
Our Living God Imparts and Infuses Himself as Light and Life into us by His Speaking
Our God is a speaking God, and by His speaking, God is brought into man and man is brought into God; our life hinges totally upon God’s speaking, for the living God imparts and infuses Himself into us by His speaking, which brings in light and life. Amen! This week in our morning revival […]
We Reject any Oldness and Staleness and Keep ourselves Open and Fresh with the Lord
As believers in Christ, we need to reject anything of oldness and keep ourselves empty, open, and new and living with the Lord; we need to be intimate with God, have His present speaking, and treasure and have a high regard for what God speaks to us and is giving to us. This week […]
God Desires that All His People would be Prophets, God’s Spokesmen who Speak for God
God’s desire in both the Old and the New Testament was that His people would speak for Him; Moses expressed God’s desire when he said, Oh that all of God’s people would be prophets (Num. 11:29). However, when we speak of the matter of being a prophet, many today think that to prophesy is to […]
Having a Straight Coordination under a Clear Sky, being Hidden under the Lord’s Grace
The four living creatures in Ezekiel 1 are under a clear sky, and they stretch out two of their wings straight to be joined together; as believers in Christ, we need to be in a straight coordination under an open, stable, and expanding sky, and our testimony should be coming from this coordination. It is […]
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 […]