We must Realise that God is the Supreme Authority and we must Touch God’s Authority

Or does not the potter have authority over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor? Rom. 9:21

In this universe God is the supreme authority; He has all the authority, and we need to know authority, submit to God's authority, and also submit to God's delegated authority. In our deeper study of the book of Numbers this week we come to the … [Continue reading]

Going Forward in God’s Glorious Goal to Enjoy Christ with all the Saints in the Body

Brothers, I do not account of myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do: Forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal for the prize to which God in Christ Jesus has called me upward. Phil. 3:13-14

The story in Num. 32 needs to be a warning to us, for if we care too much about ourselves and our enjoyment but not for God's people, not being willing to go forward, we will not be able to fulfill God's will and plan or reach God's glorious … [Continue reading]

Giving up our Self-Choice in Spiritual Things to take God’s Choice and Reach His Goal

Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet, not My will, but Yours be done. Luke 22:42

In the matter of enjoying Christ as the good land, we need to give up our self-choice in spiritual things and take what God has allotted to us, and we need to be willing to allow the death of Christ to operate in us and bring us into resurrection and … [Continue reading]

Not Exercising our Choice but going through Death and Resurrection to Enjoy Christ

For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. Col. 3:3

The book of Numbers reveals the pre-arrangement of the distribution of the good land, which typifies the enjoyment of the rich Christ according to God's choice; in particular, we want to see that we shouldn't exercise our choice in this. God gave … [Continue reading]

Being Rooted in Christ to Absorb His Riches, Grow in Him, and be Built up in the Body

As therefore you have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, having been rooted and being built up in Him… Col. 2:6-7

As we believers in Christ we are rooted in Christ, we grow in Christ, we are being built up in Christ, and we are also being built up with the saints into the Body of Christ. It is quite amazing to realise that we not only were regenerated by God … [Continue reading]

Being Deeply Rooted in Christ by Spending Time with Him in the Word to Absorb His Riches

As therefore you have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in Him, having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. Col. 2:6-7

As believers in Christ we have been rooted in Christ and we need to grow in Him and be built up in Him by spending adequate time with the Lord in His word to absorb His riches. Christ has been allotted to us as the portion of the saints in the … [Continue reading]

The All-Inclusive Christ has been Allotted to us: be Rooted in Him and Walk in Him!

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

Christ as the reality of the good land has been allotted to all the saints as their portion for their enjoyment; we have been rooted and grounded in Him, and now we need to walk according to the Spirit to enjoy the good land. This week we come to … [Continue reading]