As believers in Christ we are living creatures with the face of a man (we are proper human beings in likeness like a man), the wings of an eagle (we live by the grace of God and are empowered by Him), the hands of a man (we work and do things with a proper humanity, […]
The Beauty of the Bride is the Shining out of the Christ wrought into us Daily
What the Lord is after today is obtaining a beautiful bride, without spots or wrinkles or any such thing, which can be presented to Himself as the Bridegroom; the beauty of the bride is the expression of Christ in us, the shining our of Christ from within us. Our natural man and living in the natural […]
Having an Opened Door and Keeping the Lord’s Word with the Little Power we Have
The church in Philadelphia is not made up of super-spiritual Christians who do great works for God, but rather, in the Lord’s eyes they are those who have a little power and have kept His word and have not denied His name, therefore the Lord has put before them an opened door which no one […]
Eating Christ as the Hidden Manna Transforms us into a White Stone bearing a New Name
It is so encouraging to see the Lord’s promise to the overcomers in the church in Pergamos, who are enjoying Christ as the hidden manna to be transformed into a white stone, approved by God, suitable for God’s building, having a name written on it that only the overcomer and the Lord knows. May we […]
Overcoming to eat Christ as the Hidden Manna to be Incorporated into New Jerusalem
To each of the seven churches He writes to in Rev. 2-3 the Lord promises a particular kind of reward for the overcomers; to those in Pergamos, who overcome the degradation in the worldly church holding the teaching of Balaam and of the Nicolaitans, the Lord promises to give them of the hidden manna and […]
Enjoying Christ as our Love, Life, and Light to keep the Testimony of Jesus
In the Lord’s epistle to the church in Ephesus there are four main points – love (loving the Lord with the first love), life (enjoying Christ as the tree of life), light (shining as the Lord’s testimony), and the lampstand (bearing the Lord’s testimony); love, life, light, and the lampstand are four crucial words in […]
We need to Maintain the eating of Christ as the Tree of Life in the Church Life
At the end of the Lord’s epistle to the church in Ephesus He calls for the overcomers, promising them to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God (Rev. 2:7); today we as believers in Christ need to maintain the eating of Christ as the tree of life in the […]