We Bear God’s Testimony as we Stand in the Place of Death for others to Receive Life

And the priests who carried the Ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that Jehovah had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed over. Josh. 4:10

The Lord is seeking a group of people who, like the priests in Joshua 3 and 4, are willing to step into the water of Jordan, that is, walk into death first, being willing to be dealt with by the cross first, standing in the place of death so that the … [Continue reading]

Our Old Man is Buried with Christ and our Resurrected New Man is Living one with God

Buried together with Him in baptism, in which also you were raised together with Him through the faith of the operation of God, who raised Him from the dead. Col. 2:12

Praise the Lord, our old man is buried with Christ and our resurrected new man is living and working one with the Triune God! Our baptism into the death of Christ leads us into the resurrection of Christ to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive good … [Continue reading]

Experience Christ in His Death and Resurrection to be a new man Fighting the Battle for the Good Land

Then Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and cross over before the people. And they took up the Ark of the Covenant and went before the people. Josh. 3:6

As believers in Christ, we are called by God to take the good land, the all-inclusive Christ; for this, we need to realize that our old man is not qualified - we need to be buried in the death of Christ and be resurrected with Christ to become a new … [Continue reading]

We Exalt Christ and Praise the Lord, for Spiritual Victory Depends on our Praising!

Or how can anyone enter into the house of the strong man and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will thoroughly plunder his house. Matt. 12:29

Praise the Lord, we are learning to exalt Christ, give Him the preeminence, and praise the Lord, for our realization is that spiritual victory depends not on warfare but on our praises! We need to know the vital factors that enabled the people of … [Continue reading]

We follow Christ as the Captain of Jehovah’s army to Fight the Battle and Take the Land

Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Eph. 6:13

In order for us to engage in spiritual warfare, we first need to see the vision that unveils Christ as the Captain of Jehovah's army, even as Joshua did in Josh. 5:13-14. If we mean business with the Lord and He is merciful to us to show us His … [Continue reading]

The need to Engage in Spiritual Warfare to Defeat the Satanic Forces and Gain Christ

Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil. Eph. 6:10-11

Christ is our good land, and God wants that we would gain Christ, but there's a layer of devilish, demonic forces between us and the good land; therefore, there's an exceedingly real spiritual warfare in which we must engage - we must fight the … [Continue reading]

In the Church we should Enjoy the Riches of Christ and Engage in Spiritual Warfare

For our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [forces] of evil in the heavenlies. Eph. 6:12

In the church, we should enjoy the riches of Christ and engage in spiritual warfare. On the positive side, the good land signifies the all-inclusive Christ with His unsearchable riches for our enjoyment; on the negative side, it signifies the aerial … [Continue reading]