Depending on the condition of our heart and our attitude toward it, the law of God is either something negative or something very positive to us. The people of Israel were brought by God to His mountain not to be given “a set of laws and commandments for them to obey in fear and respect […]
Loving God and Regarding the Law as His Living Word through which we Contact Him
How wonderful it is to see the law of God as the testimony of God revealing Him to His people and the living word of God to infuse His substance in His loving seekers! The law is the testimony of God, the expression of God, the “picture” of who God is to be the revelation […]
Being Metabolically Constituted with God to Live God and Shepherd According to God
Shepherding according to God – as the Lord Jesus and Paul did in their living and ministry – is by first becoming one with God, being constituted with God, living God, expressing God, representing God, and ministering God so that we may be God in function in shepherding others. It is one thing to feel […]
Proper Prayer (burning the incense) issues out of God’s Light from Reading the Word
Lighting the lamps in the Holy Place goes together with burning the incense; when the priests were dressing the lamps in the morning, they had to burn the incense on the altar, and when they set up the lamps at twilight, they also burned the incense (see Exo. 30:7-8). Every time we read the Bible […]
Eating, Digesting, and Assimilating Christ into our Being to Live because of Him
In John 6 the Lord Jesus showed us how He is the bread of life, and just as He lives because of the Father so we who eat Him as the bread of life shall live because of Him (John 6:57-58). In order for us to live Christ and express God from within, we need […]
Having the Lord’s Leading and Guidance through the Spirit and the Living Word of God
In Exodus 13 we see four crucial matters related to Israel’s exodus from Egypt; these are related to our spiritual experience and can be applied to our Christian life today. First, the people of Israel were sanctified unto Jehovah; they were not only redeemed by Him but also sanctified unto Him, set aside unto Him […]
Being Willing to be Headed up in Christ by Growing in Life and Living in the Light
God has chosen us, predestinated us, redeemed us, forgiven us, and graced us in Christ for the purpose of heading up all things in Christ (see Eph. 1:3-10). God’s purpose in blessing us with every spiritual blessing in Christ Jesus in the heavenlies and for giving Himself to us as our enjoyment is so that […]