Psalm 130:3-4 - If You, O Jehovah, marked iniquities, Who, O Lord, would stand? But with You there is forgiveness, That You would be feared. The more the Lord forgives us, the more we fear Him, and at the same time the more we love Him. How … [Continue reading]
We abide in Christ as the vine, we are rooted in Him as the soil, and we take Christ as the Head!
The Word of God is so rich, so full of illustrations and examples of our organic union with the Lord, and also it is so encouraging! This morning I especially enjoyed these three aspects concerning our relationship with the Lord: In John 15 we … [Continue reading]
With one mouth we are speaking the same thing as the one new man on the earth today
There are some verses in the New Testament that puzzle or at least trouble most of us when we read them - verses that talk about "speaking the same thing", "having the same mind", "being attuned in the same mind and the same opinion", "speaking with … [Continue reading]
Holding Christ as the Head and being properly related to the other members in the Body of Christ
This morning I was so impressed with the fact that, as members in the Body of Christ, we have no direct relationship one with another - we are related one to another and we fellowship one with another through the Head. All the members of my physical … [Continue reading]
Only Christ is the Head of the Body, and He is the Unique Head having authority in the Body
On the one hand, Christ is our life, and on the other hand, Christ is the Head of the Body, the church. When we were regenerated, we were born of God and Christ became our life - our inward, spiritual, hidden life. Christ is our source - Christ is … [Continue reading]
holding the Head and growing up into Him in all things by giving Him more ground in our being
This week we're enjoying a simple yet profound topic in the Holy Word for Morning Revival - Holding The Head. Christ is the Head of the Body, and we are the many members of the Body of Christ. As members of the Body, we need to hold Christ as our … [Continue reading]
we are being prepared to be on the throne by daily moving out of ourselves and into the Triune God!
We are destined to glory, and we will rule and reign with Christ as kings! We see in Genesis 1:26 that we were created in the image and likeness of God to contain God and express God, and we also see in Heb. 2:9-10 that Jesus took the lead to be the … [Continue reading]