The New Jerusalem as the consummation of God’s work throughout the ages can be our enjoyment and experience today in our Christian life. Today we can enthrone the Lord in the center of our being and thus experience the throne of God and of the Lamb in the center of New Jerusalem. When the Lord […]
Walking in the Lord’s Presence, Having His Smile, and Having God with us (Emmanuel)
May 20, 2014 by 4 Comments
Abraham was a person living in the presence of God, walking before the Lord; he didn’t need to “fast and pray” to seek the will of God concerning his son’s marriage but simply sent his oldest servant to find a wife for Isaac, being assured that God is with him and He will provide (see […]
Eternal Life is the Triune God Dispensed into us to be our Life and to Live in us
May 10, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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 […]
Eat the Tree of Life and Drink the Water of Life to be a Tamarisk Tree in the Church Life
May 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
The Bible doesn’t record insignificant matters and stories; rather, everything that the Bible says is true, significant, full of meaning, and has a place in God’s economy. In Gen. 21 we see that Abraham fought for the well he dug and was taken by force, and he obtained it back by redeeming it and making […]
Being Heirs of Grace, Obeying God in Grace, and Enjoying Grace to be Rich Toward God
May 2, 2014 by 1 Comment
Isaac was born through grace, grew up in grace, became the heir of grace, obeyed in grace, and had grace multiplied to him. As believers in Christ, we were born through grace (not by works), we need to grow in grace, we are heirs of grace, we obey in grace, and we have grace multiplied […]
Enjoying Grace to Grow in Grace through the Blood, the Word, the Spirit, and the Church
April 30, 2014 by Leave a Comment
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 God of Abraham is the God of Changelessness and the Triune God of Provision
April 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Who God is to us depends on how much of Him we experience in our daily living. If God is only the God of glory appearing to us, we will be attracted by Him to come out of anything of the old man to Himself in the new creation. If God is the One who […]
