When the church goes the way of the world and accepts worldly things, practices, and situations as normal, we need to be like Antipas, the faithful witnesses for the Lord with the spirit of a martyr, standing against anything the world has to offer and bring into the church, so that we may keep the Lord’s […]
Dwelling in our Spirit and in Christ, and being a Chaste Bride for the Lord Today
![In the Lord Jesus, Satan as the ruler of the world had no ground, no chance, no hope, no possibility in anything....Here is a man of prayer who said that Satan, the ruler of the world, had nothing in Him [John 14:30]....Christ was a man of prayer, a man who is one with God, lives in the presence of God continuously, trusts in God in His suffering and persecution, and in whom Satan has nothing. W. Lee, The God-man Living, p. 90](https://i0.wp.com/www.agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/In-the-Lord-Jesus-Satan-as-the-ruler-of-the-world-had-no-ground-no-chance-no-hope-no-possibility-in-anything.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1)
Because the church in Pergamos entered into a union with the world, she dwelled where the throne of Satan is; we should not be in the place where Satan is and reigns but be those dwelling in our spirit and in Christ, the One in whom Satan has nothing! The Lord’s speaking to the church […]
The Lord Knows our Tribulation, and He Knows Religion Opposes Christ and the Church
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; […]
Entering the Fellowship of the Lord’s Sufferings for the Church to be His Testimony
This week in our deeper study and prayerful consideration of the seven epistles to the seven churches in Rev. 2 we come to the Lord’s speaking to Smyrna, the suffering church. In Matt. 16:18 the Lord uttered the greatest prophecy in the Bible, On this rock I will build My church, and the gates of […]
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 […]
Loving the Lord with the First Love, Being His Testimony, and Functioning as Priests
May we be those who are loving the Lord with the first and best love, those who are His testimony on earth today, and who function as priests in the church life! In His epistle to the first church, the church in Ephesus, in Rev. 2, the Lord appreciates some of the things she has, […]
Repenting and Doing the First Works – the Works Motivated by our Love for the Lord
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, […]