As believers in Christ, our faith doesn’t originate from ourselves but it is our appreciation of Christ as a reaction to His attraction; our faith as believers is Christ entering into us to be our faith as we are looking away unto Jesus! This is a revolutionizing concept, since many believers may pray like Peter, […]
Put away any Encumbrance to Run the race with Endurance by Looking away unto Jesus
We need to put away any encumbrance and the entangling sin, and run the race with endurance, looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith, the One who attracts us like an immense magnet. Our Christian life is a race, and every saved Christian must run the race to win the prize; […]
Having a Cloud of Witnesses Surrounding us, let us Run the Race to Win the Prize!
As believers in Christ, we are on the way – which is Christ, and we are running the race with endurance, being surrounded by a cloud of witnesses who encourage us in our Christian life. Hallelujah! Therefore we should put away every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and run with endurance […]
Go Outside the Camp to Christ and Offer God a Sacrifice of Praise through Christ
In Hebrews 13:1-19 we see many virtues and experiences which we need not only for our personal Christian life but for the practice of the church life; such experiences include brotherly love, practicing hospitality, holding on to Christ, following Jesus outside the camp, and offering a sacrifice of praise to God through Christ. After unveiling […]
The Church is the present Sabbath Rest and the Unshakable Kingdom of God today
The church is the enlargement of Christ, and, as revealed in Hebrews, the church is the real Sabbath rest and the church is the unshakable kingdom of God; coming to the church is coming to the new covenant and to the heavenly New Jerusalem. There are many wonderful and glorious aspects of the church revealed […]
Christ is God’s Appointed Heir, and we are His Joint-Heirs, Christ’s Partners
In this universe God has a great divine operation, which is to accomplish a glorious expression of Himself; the church is a corporate partnership with Christ, and we are Christ’s partners and His joint heirs in God’s corporation. Wow! All this can be seen in Heb. 3:14, 1:9, and in other portions such as Rom. […]
Living by the Divine Life, with an Uplifted Humanity, by the Cross in the Church life
It is so amazing to realize that the church is not only the gathering of God’s called out ones but also an organism with two lives and two natures – the human nature and the divine nature, and therefore we should be those living by the divine life in the church life today. The epistle […]