Lighting the Lamps in the Sanctuary signifies the Proper Way to Meet as Christians

The priests in the Old Testament did three main things: they offered the sacrifices (in the outer court), they light the lamps (in the Holy Place), and they burn the incense (in the Holy of Holies). Offering the sacrifices in the outer court was on the altar on behalf of the people; the people of […]

The Triune God is the Enjoyment of the New Jerusalem: God the Father is the Light

The New Jerusalem as the consummation of God’s work throughout the ages and the accomplishing of God’s purpose is a living composition of God and man: God has been fully processed and consummated, being wrought into man to be united, mingled, and incorporated with man for God’s corporate expression. There are many details concerning the […]

The Divine Fellowship of the Divine Life: the Basic Element of John’s Mending Ministry

Only life can mend. And though we may know this, we don’t really know how it happens. All we know is that we need to be open to the divine fellowship of the divine life so that life would flow into us and mend us. The ministry of the Apostle John is a mending ministry […]

the reasons, the symptoms, and the cure for obsession and self-deceit

As you read the first two chapters of Malachi you will see that God wants to draw His people back to Himself and He kind of “contends with them”, exposing them of their self-deceit and their obsession. We need to see that even we as Christians may be obsessed in a way or another, and […]

The results of the fellowship of life: we enjoy God, we walk in the light, and we bear much fruit for God!

The fellowship of life is something so precious and so vital – it is the flow of the divine life in us and among us. When we have the fellowship of life, we are enlightened by the Lord’s light to see our sins and then we confess them to God – and His blood cleanses […]

the function of the fellowship of life and four simple ways to cooperate with this fellowship

What is the function of the fellowship of life? We have seen that the fellowship of life is based on the divine life and it is simply the Triune God flowing in us and among us. As the divine life flows in us, it is not meaningless – it has a function! The function of […]