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 […]
Set our Hope on the Grace being Brought at the Lord’s Coming and Enjoy Grace today
As believers in Christ, we need to set our hope perfectly on the grace being brought to us at the revelation of Jesus Christ, the salvation of our soul; today we enjoy the Lord as a foretaste, but one day we will receive the full taste when the Lord will be revealed – the salvation […]
Set our Hope Perfectly on the Grace brought to us at the Revelation of Jesus Christ
We need to set our hope perfectly on the grace being brought to us at the revelation of Jesus Christ; this grace refers to the salvation of the soul as the consummation of God’s full salvation. It is amazing to see, explore, and realize the grace of God in the economy of God. Grace […]
Having a Foretaste of the City with Twelve Gates – New Jerusalem – in the Church Life
Both Ezekiel and Revelation end with a city with twelve gates, which is Jerusalem (in Ezekiel) and the New Jerusalem (in Revelation). The result and consummation of what God has been doing with and in His people is a city with twelve gates – the city of Jerusalem, a type of the kingdom of God. […]
Living and Walking in the Light Today – a Foretaste of the Light in New Jerusalem
God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all, and in the New Jerusalem God Himself in Christ as the Lamb is the light of the holy city, illumining everyone in the city. Such a great city in a cubic form, greater than any other metropolis in the world, needs a great […]
Christ as the Stone-Savior is also the cornerstone to join us and build us up together in God’s building
The stone that the builders rejected – Christ – has become the head of the corner (Psa. 118:22): Christ as the stone rejected and despised by the Jewish builders/people has become the cornerstone to join together the Jews and the Gentiles into one Body, the Body of Christ! Actually, the “head of the corner” can […]
we pursue towards the goal in order to receive the reward, and we run the Christian race for the prize!
In our Christian life we are those who love the Lord and enjoy Him, focusing on the wonderful divine life in us. This is what we desire – to grow in life and mature in life. On the other hand though, as we see it in the Bible, we also want to gain the reward […]