Enjoying the All-inclusive Christ as the Good Land flowing with Milk and Honey

Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you for a share of the allotted portion of the saints in the light. Col. 1:12

Our Christ - the preeminent and all-inclusive One - is our allotted portion, and the purpose of God's calling is to bring us into the enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ, typified by the good land flowing with milk and honey. Hallelujah for our … [Continue reading]

God is Faithful and Loving: He’s Faithful in His Word and He Loves and Disciplines us

…Jehovah has set His affection on you and has chosen you… Deut. 7:7

Our God - the God manifested in the Bible and especially in Deuteronomy - is a righteous, holy, faithful, loving, and gracious God, and He is also very fine, tender, considerate, and sympathetic; what a God we have! If we read this wonderful book, … [Continue reading]

Our Holy God Sanctifies us Wholly for us to Partake of His Holiness and Match Him

And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it. 1 Thes. 5:23-24

Our God is holy - holiness is one of the main attributes of God, and we partake of His holiness and we are sanctified by Him in our whole being - spirit, soul, and body. In the book of Deuteronomy we see the government of God, which is the … [Continue reading]

Our God is Righteous, and we Died to Sins so that we might Live to Righteousness

Who Himself bore up our sins in His body on the tree, in order that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose bruise you were healed. 1 Pet. 2:24

The government of God is the governmental administration of the righteous, holy, faithful, and loving God; God is righteous, His government is established upon righteousness, and we died to sin so that we may live to righteousness. Our wise God is a … [Continue reading]

God’s Dealing with His People is an Exercise of His Governmental Administration

Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time. 1 Pet. 5:6

God disciplines those whom He loves, and we should humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God; He does not deal with us vindictively but governmentally, disciplining us for the purpose of perfecting us. Thank You Lord for Your love for You and … [Continue reading]

God Grants us His Provision so that we may Cooperate with His Governmental Dealings

Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you a model so that you may follow in His steps. 1 Pet. 2:21

When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He recognized the government of God and committed everything related to Him to God's government; as believers in Christ, we need to enjoy His divine provision to cooperate with His government. The Lord Jesus was a … [Continue reading]

Seeing God’s Government in His Dealings with His People – God Governs by Judging

And if you call as Father the One who without respect of persons judges according to each one’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear. 1 Pet. 1:17

The Bible reveals God's government - His divine governmental administration of the entire universe, and we especially see it in His dealings with His people, for He governs by judging. This week in our deeper study of the book of Deuteronomy we come … [Continue reading]