May we be those who do not dwell on our past but seek to gain Christ today, even in our sufferings! There’s a great contrast between the way Job and Paul reacted to suffering; Job was perplexed and disturbed, even cursing the day of his birth, while Paul never complained but rather took the death […]
The Origin of Satan and being Saved from Rebelling against God by Humbling Ourselves
The Bible, the word of God, speaks about God, man, and Satan; it is a record of the history of God with and in man, and it is also a record of Satan with his rebelling against God and his being judged and dealt with. This week in our crystallization-study of the books of Job, […]
In God’s Economy with His Dispensing we’re being Emptied to Receive only God as our Gain
The Bible speaks of only one thing: God’s eternal economy for the divine dispensing; yes, the Bible speaks about Christ and is focused on Christ, but in particular, the Bible speaks of Christ in God’s economy. When we come to the book of Job it is quite easy to focus on the sufferings he went […]
Learn from the Lord Jesus to Deny the Self and Not seek our Glory in Serving God
As we follow the pattern of the Lord Jesus, our self has to be denied, our purpose has to be rejected, and our ambition must be given up for the sake of the one new man so that we can be useful to the Lord in His recovery. We need to learn from the Lord […]
Human Culture is a Frustration to Experiencing Christ and it Opposes God’s Kingdom
We need to realize that the whole of the human culture opposes God, and culture is a frustration to God’s purpose concerning Christ and the church, for culture frustrates us from experiencing Christ, growing in life, and arriving at a full-grown man. From its very beginning to its development until today throughout the ages, culture […]
Overcome by the Blood of the Lamb, the Word of our Testimony, and Not Loving our Soul-life
Hallelujah, we can overcome by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of our testimony, and by not loving our soul-life even unto death! The man-child consists of the overcomers who stand on behalf of the church, taking the position that the whole church should take, and do the work of the church; the […]
Let us Run the Race with Endurance and Seek out the Journey the Lord Ordained for us
A proper Christian life involves our running the race set before us, running the course, for the carrying out of God’s economy; we all need to seek out the journey that the Lord has ordained for us and faithfully run the race with endurance to receive the reward at the Lord’s return. In 2 Tim. […]