When we see the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, we drop all other things for Him; we gain Christ by suffering the loss of all things that were once a gain for us and by counting them as refuse. If we were to get into the depths of Paul’s thought in Phil. 3:7-8, where […]
Use the Lord’s Gift to Build up the Church by Giving others Food at the Proper Time
As the Lord’s faithful and prudent slaves today, we need to use the Lord’s gift to build up the church by giving others food at the proper time. This means we need to be those serving others with Christ and ministering Christ as grace to them out of love for the Lord and in oneness […]
Do not Grieve or Quench the Spirit but Pray Unceasingly to Live and Walk in the Spirit
As prudent virgins who are being prepared for the Lord’s return, we need to pay the price to buy the oil, the Spirit, in our vessel; we should not grieve the Holy Spirit but speak words of grace, we should not quench the Spirit but always rejoicing, by living and doing everything in spirit, and […]
Paying the Price to Buy the Spirit as the Oil in our Vessel by the Word and Prayer
Every day we need to be watchful by paying the price to buy the Spirit as the golden oil so that we may supply the churches with the Spirit for the testimony of Jesus and be rewarded by the Lord to participate in the marriage dinner of the Lamb. Our urgent need today is to […]
We Lose our Soul-life for the Lord’s Sake in this Age to Save our Soul in the Next age
We need to be those who lose our soul-life in this age, not allowing the soul to have its enjoyment in this age so that we may gain the full enjoyment in the next age. The church life today is the place where we can live the reality of the kingdom of God, for the […]
Eternal Forgiveness, Instrumental Forgiveness, and Restorative Forgiveness
We must see and realize that in the kingdom of God and in the Bible there are more than one kind of forgiveness – there are at least five, the first three being eternal forgiveness, instrumental forgiveness, and restorative forgiveness. In the Bible the word forgiveness is mentioned many times, but it doesn’t refer to […]
We Ask, Seek, and Knock in Prayer to Receive God’s Riches and Feed Others also
As we are contacting people and in dealing with them, we must ask, seek, and knock in prayer for the proper way to contact them; we must receive the divine supply and minister this supply to others. In Matt. 7 we see the way for us as kingdom people – as citizens of the kingdom […]