The Lord told the church in Smyrna not to fear the things which she was about to suffer (prison, persecution, tribulation, and even death), because He knows their tribulation and poverty, and to those who are faithful, He will give the crown of life (see Rev. 2:8-11). The church in Smyrna was a suffering church; […]
Enjoying Christ as our Love, Life, and Light to keep the Testimony of Jesus
November 19, 2016 by 6 Comments
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
November 18, 2016 by 6 Comments
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 […]
Repenting and Doing the First Works – the Works Motivated by our Love for the Lord
November 16, 2016 by 11 Comments
The Lord’s word to the church in Ephesus in Rev. 2:1-7 is a warning to us all; after He acknowledged the many works, labor, endurance, and suffering that the church in Ephesus had, the Lord said He has one thing against her, that she has lost her first love, and therefore she had to repent, […]
Never Leaving our First Love for the Lord but Giving Him the First Place in all Things
November 15, 2016 by 15 Comments
The first epistle the Lord sent to the seven churches in Rev. 2-3 was to Ephesus, and He had only one thing against them, that they left their first love; therefore, they had to repent and do the first works – if not, He would come to them and remove their lampstand out of its […]
Returning to the Orthodoxy of the Church to be the Overcomers, the Normal Believers
November 14, 2016 by 10 Comments
In our morning revival time with the Lord we are now enjoying the topic of, Returning to the Orthodoxy of the Church, based on the 2016 fall International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones given recently in Australia. This topic is based on the seven epistles the Lord wrote to the seven churches in Asia, […]
The Goal of God’s Eternal Purpose is to have a Corporate People as His Dwelling Place
November 12, 2016 by 7 Comments
It is quite amazing to be enlightened by the Lord and realize that the entire Bible, from Genesis to Revelation (including the book of Exodus, which we are studying now) speaks concerning God’s eternal purpose, and that the goal of God’s eternal purpose is to have a corporate people to be His dwelling place for […]
