Expecting the Savior’s Return and Living a Sanctified Life (CP1 1&2 Thes)

1 Thes. 1:10 And await His Son from the heavens, whom He raised from the dead, Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath which is coming.

This week we are enjoying some of the crucial points in 1 and 2 Thessalonians, and the first one is, Expecting the Savior’s Return and Living a Sanctified Life. Here are some of the verses we can enjoy and prayerfully read, together with the … [Continue reading]

The Word Became Flesh: Christ came in the Likeness of the Flesh of Sin yet without Sin

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us..., full of grace and reality.

On one hand, the Word became flesh (John 1:14), and on the other, God sent His Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin to condemn sin in the flesh (Rom. 8:3). This is a wonderful matter in the New Testament. Christ came as the … [Continue reading]

As the Reality of the Sin Offering, Christ was Made Sin on our Behalf on the Cross

2 Cor. 5:21 Him who did not know sin He made sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

The matter of the sin offering is very important to our Christian life and experience, for as the reality of the sin offering, Christ was made sin on our behalf. In carrying out His purpose, God gives us only one person and only one way. The … [Continue reading]

The Fourfold Effectiveness of the Precious Blood of Christ as the Sin Offering

Eph. 1:7 In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of offenses, according to the riches of His grace.

Hallelujah for the blood of Christ as the sin offering, which satisfies God, is our standing in prayer, brings us into God's presence, is effective for our redemption, and constantly flows to cleanse us from every sin! Praise the Lord for the … [Continue reading]

Seeing that Whatever we do for Ourselves is Sin and Taking Christ as Sin Offering

Matt. 6:1 But take care not to do your righteousness before men in order to be gazed at by them; otherwise, you have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

The sin offering is based on the burnt offering, for whatever we do for ourselves is sin, for we are not absolutely for God, and we need to take Christ as our sin offering. To sin is not just to commit gross deeds, like a crime or a robbery. To … [Continue reading]

We Realize that we are Sinful, we Take Christ as our Sin Offering, and we’re Subdued

Through our genuine, intimate, living, and loving fellowship with God, who is light (1 John 1:5; Col. 1:12), we will realize that we are sinful, and we will take Christ as our sin offering (1 John 1:5-9).

As we fellowship with the Lord in a living, genuine, and loving way, He as light shines on us, and we realize that we are sinful and thus we take Christ as our sin offering. God has made a provision for us to come to Him and contact Him - the … [Continue reading]

We need to take Christ as our Sin Offering by Laying our Hands on Him in Prayer

1 John 1:8-9 If we say that we do not have sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Because sin is in our fallen human nature, after regeneration we still need to take Christ as our sin offering and as our trespass offering. We cannot say that we have no sin, for sin is in our very nature, and the indwelling sin is with us until … [Continue reading]