Like Ruth, we need to exercise our right to partake of the rich produce of Christ, the reality of the good land; we are part of God’s elect, we are joined to the Lord in our spirit, and we can pursue Christ to gain, possess, experience, and enjoy Him. Hallelujah! The book of Ruth is […]
Beware of Setting up a Divisive Center of Worship after being Successful in Gaining Christ
The story of the apostasy of Dan in Judg. 17-18 is a warning to us all today, for it is common in Christianity for someone to set up a different center of worship under the guise of the worship of God, therefore not abiding by God’s ordination concerning the unique place of worship to God. […]
The Culture within us is Spontaneously replaced by the Christ we Enjoy and Experience
The culture within us is spontaneously replaced by the Christ whom we enjoy, experience, and gain. As believers in Christ who have received Christ, we should not allow culture to be a substitute for Him; rather, we need to enjoy Christ, experience Christ, and live Christ, learning in a practical way to take Christ as […]
Like Paul, we have the Aspiration to Gain Christ and be Found in Christ by All Men
Paul’s desire was to be found in Christ, not having his own righteousness but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is out of God and based on faith (Phil. 3:9). In the past, Paul was found by everyone in the law; he pursued the righteousness that came out of the law, […]
As we Suffer the Loss of all things on account of Christ, we Gain Christ and Enjoy Him
When we see the excellency of the knowledge of Christ, we drop all other things for Him; we gain Christ by suffering the loss of all things that were once a gain for us and by counting them as refuse. If we were to get into the depths of Paul’s thought in Phil. 3:7-8, where […]
Learning to Administrate and Serve in the Church by Seeing how God Builds the Church
In order for us to know how to administrate and serve in the church as the Body of Christ, we need to be clear concerning the church being the one new man produced by Christ on the cross and the Body of Christ being one yet having many members. Before we can do anything practically […]
Paying the Price to Buy Gold Refined by Fire: the Living Faith, Christ living in us
Because the Lord sees Laodicea as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, He counsels her to buy from Him gold refined by fire; there’s the need for paying the price to gain more Christ and have the living, practical faith, which is to partake of the divine element of Christ – and not just to […]