Have you ever wondered why did God account Abraham’s believing as righteousness (Gen. 15:6)? What does it mean to be “accounted to him as righteousness”? What is righteousness? First of all, what is most interesting about this verse is that Abraham didn’t believe God “in a general way”, that God would protect him and be […]
The Mending Ministry is of Life: Christ is our Life Personally and Intimately!
John the Apostle had a mending ministry of life – the way he mended the church and the situation among the believers was by presenting Christ as life to them. What we need in order to be mended by the Lord for His building is not outward correction or self-improvement but life, the divine life. […]
As Frail and Mortal Men We can Call on the Name of the Lord to Enjoy His Riches
Many times when we read the Bible we take things for granted and so we miss a lot of important things that God wants to speak to us. In Gen. 4:26 for instance we see an important landmark in human history – at the time of Enosh, mankind started to call on the name of Jehovah. […]
Seeing how Religion was Invented, What Religion Does, and the Result of Religion
I have always been puzzled by the record in Genesis 4 concerning Cain and Abel bringing an offering to God – how come Cain took the lead to do it, he worked really hard to present something to God, and he was all-in-all “a good person”, but God rejected his offering? On the other hand, […]
Abel Believed the Gospel and Offered a Sacrifice to God for His Satisfaction
Abel, Enosh, and Enoch show us a practical way for us as believers to experience and enjoy Christ as our life and live an overcoming life. Specifically in Abel we see how he enjoyed Christ as his offerings for him to have a solid foundation to his living – today we need to wash our […]
God Created Man in His Image and According to His Likeness for Man to Express God!
On the sixth day of God’s creation and process of restoration He created man in His own image and according to His likeness (see Gen. 1:26). God’s creation of man was more particular than His creation of any other thing: there was a council held in the Three of the Godhead, and the result was […]
Death (the Sea) is Defeated and Life (the Plant Life) is Generated by Christ (the Good Land)
Genesis 1 is not recorded in the Bible as “a history of the creation” but rather it is showing us how we can experience Christ as life. We start as “dead in sins and offenses” (Rom. 5:12) – corresponding to “the earth became waste and void” – and at one point, the Spirit of God […]