As believers in Christ, we should live according to the principle of the tree of life, that is, we should depend on the Lord. In God’s eyes the greatest sin is independence; doing things for God or in God’s name yet without God’s living presence is declaring independence from God, and God does not appreciate […]
We’re Human Seeds in the Process of being Sonized, Deified, Designated Sons of God
In 2 Sam. 7 God promised David that his seed will be the Son of God and He will build God a house, in Rom. 1:3-4 that Christ as the seed of David according to the flesh was designated the Son of God in power in His resurrection, and in Rom. 8:28-29 the many believers […]
The Result of the Flowing and Growing Life is an Army Fighting for God’s Purpose
In our crystallization study of the book of Exodus this week we have been getting into the deeper significance of the people of Israel at Marah and Elim. After crossing the Red Sea and seeing Pharaoh and his armies buried in the sea, the people of Israel traveled through the wilderness for three days without […]
Moses: Rejecting the Natural Strength and Ability to be Useful to God in Resurrection
In Exodus we see a complete view of God’s calling of Moses as the standard model of God’s servant. Moses was faithful to God in all His house. In his age God wanted to do something, and Moses was the one called, prepared, and trained by God to do His work. In every age God desires […]
The Breaking of the Outer Man for the Release of the Spirit for God’s Expression
The proper church life is Christ coming out of the saints for His corporate expression. When all the saints experience and enjoy Christ, He has a way to be lived out and come out of them for His corporate expression. This should be normal in the church life. But because the church is degraded and […]
Remaining in Christ’s Death by the Power and Riches of His Resurrection in our Spirit
A practical application of living in the death of Christ by the power of His resurrection is seen in Song of Songs chapter 2. Here the lover is in introspection, imprisoned in her self, caring for her self-perfection and losing sight of her beloved – she sees Him through the windows, through the lattice, and […]
Experiencing Christ’s Death and Resurrection by the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit
The process of becoming a pearl as a gate into the New Jerusalem is very subjective and experiential: as a grain of sand, we wound Christ and are imprisoned in His wound, and He secretes His resurrection life around us and in us to transform us from a grain of sand into a precious pearl. […]