Life is mysterious because life is God Himself. Our human life is mysterious and we are not able to fully understand it. How much more the life of God? If we can barely grasp what our human life is about, what about the eternal life? Throughout the Bible we see many people who have experienced […]
Enjoying and Experiencing God as the Eternal One by Calling on the Name of the Lord
Our God is one, yet He is the Triune God. He is one, yet He has many names depending on our experience and enjoyment of Him. He is called Jehovah in His relationship with man, in coming to be with man and caring for man, especially in the Old Testament. He is the Most High […]
What Well do you Drink From? Drink from the Well of Redeemed and Covenanted Water!
It is very important to see that there are only two wells – only two sources of living, the well for Isaac and the well for Ishmael. If we drink of the well for Isaac, the processed and consummated Triune God as the life-giving Spirit, we will live a life for God’s purpose and will […]
There are Two Sources issuing in Two Kinds of Living in our Christian Life
In Genesis 21 we see two wells: the well of Abraham and the well of Ishmael. A well is the source of man’s living, supplying man with water for his daily life. The two wells in Genesis 21 signify two sources of living. The first well, Abraham’s well (which later became the well of Isaac […]
Having the Proper Standing when Enjoying the Grace of God for the Kingdom of God
Isaac was a pattern of one who enjoyed God’s grace again and again. His father Abraham gave him all that he had, and God blessed Isaac abundantly. Wherever he went, Isaac prospered and increased. All he did was just to enjoy grace, and God blessed him. However, we see something very interesting about him: even […]
Enjoying Grace to Grow in Grace through the Blood, the Word, the Spirit, and the Church
As believers in Christ, we were born again by the grace of God, and now we need to grow in grace by enjoying all that Christ is to us as our spiritual food and living water. We are like Isaac: he was born through grace and he was also grown up in grace (Gen. 21:8). […]
The All-Inclusive Christ is our Allotted Portion of the Good Land: Walk in Him!
The good land promised to Abraham is very important in the fulfillment of God’s purpose. It is in the good land that the people of God live, walk, and do everything; it is here that they labor on the ground to bring forth some rich produce for their supply and for God’s satisfaction. It is […]