There is a very precious portion of a verse 4 in Hosea 11 which says, “I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love”. Even though we are evil, unchaste, unfaithful, and in apostasy, God drew us with cords of man and with bands of love. He loves us with His divine […]
seeing Christ as the Only Begotten Son becoming the Firstborn Son of God!
“Hallelujah, we are happy Christians because in the Lord’s recovery we are being brought again and again to Christ!” (brother Dick Taylor). This week we come to Hosea 11:1 and 4 – two verses for a whole week, speaking of, Three Implications concerning Christ. The first implication is in verse 1, When Israel was a […]
we have an organic union with our evergreen, fresh, and forever new God!
The genuine believers in Christ do not live for themselves, trying their best to better themselves to become good people to be appreciated by others. Rather, the genuine believers produce satisfying fruit and cheering drink for others to be happy and to enjoy the Lord. There’s an overflow of the divine life which they daily […]
Christ needs to become the centrality and universality of our life and work
Christ is the centrality (the center) and the universality (the circumference) in God’s economy. We may understand this, like this, and even say this, but has this become a vision to us that affects our being to the extent that to us, in our experience, Christ is our center and our everything? We need to […]
seeing the centrality and universality of Christ in the Minor Prophets
We are now in the Crystallization Study of the Minor Prophets, and this morning I was impressed with the fact that Christ is the centrality and universality in God’s economy and in His move to accomplish His economy. If you read the Minor Prophets (from Hosea to Malachi) you may be impressed with a lot […]
the fulfillment of the Lord’s prayer concerning glorification in John 17
The Lord’s prayer in John 17 is the highest and the deepest prayer in the Bible, and it is also very mysterious. He prayed for the Father to glorify Him that He may glorify the Father, and then later He prayed a lot about oneness – the oneness of the Triune God to be enlarged […]
Crystallization-Study of the Minor Prophets – banners, messages, and songs
The 2012 Summer Training messages were on, Crystallization-Study of the Minor Prophets. What a rich time, and what a high speaking from the Lord concerning His move, His economy, and His purpose! Below are the banners for this time, the titles of the messages, and a short video of the singing of the banners of […]