A picture is worth a thousand words, and when we see the clear picture of the world in the ten plagues God sent upon Egypt in Gen. 7-12, we will hate the world and desire to be rescued from it to be part of God’s people building up His dwelling place. In this portion of […]
Being Rescued from the Usurpation in the World by Seeing what Life in the World Is
In the New Testament we are clearly told that the whole world lies in the evil one (1 John 5:19), and that we should not love the world or the things in the world (1 John 2:15-17). But the clear picture of what the world is can be seen in Exodus 5-7, where God sent […]
Seeing the Vision of the World, the Evil System Arranged by Satan to Usurp God’s People
We need to see the vision of the world as the system arranged systematically by Satan to usurp God’s people from God and His purpose. We may see the vision of Christ and the church, but if we don’t see the vision of the world, if we are not aware of what the world really […]
Deny the Self, Take up Your Cross, and Follow the Lord by Exercising Your Spirit
When the Lord shows us what is the greatest hindrance to the building up of His Body, we will truly see what the self is and how much it frustrates the Lord in building up His church. Under the divine light, as the Lord exposes our self in all its activities, manifestations, and utterances, we […]
The Self is the Enemy of the Body and the Greatest Hindrance to Building up the Body
We need the Lord’s mercy in order to see the vision of the self so that we may deny it, abhor it, and repudiate it, identifying ourselves with Christ and with the Body of Christ and rejecting our self. Toward God, the self is independent. Toward ourselves, the self is our soul life being expressed, […]
The Self is the Soul Declaring its Independence from God and from the Body of Christ
By the Lord’s mercy we need to have the vision of the self, the greatest hindrance to seeing and entering into the reality of the heavenly vision. In relation to ourselves, the self is the soul life expressing its thoughts and opinions. In relation to Satan, the self is the embodiment of Satan, the thought […]
The Self is the Embodiment of Satan in our Soul, being Expressed through Opinions
God wants us to see the heavenly vision and be governed by it, and as believers in Christ we are meant to see the heavenly vision and be heavenly people living a heavenly life on earth. However, there are many hindrances to seeing this vision and entering into it, the first of which is the […]