On the cross Christ tasted death, destroyed the devil, and nullified death, and in resurrection He became a life-giving Spirit; now we can reign in life over death, for the divine life enthrones us as kings. Hallelujah! In the church we see the Lord’s word being fulfilled: on one hand He builds His church, and […]
Being Saved in Life to Reign in Life by being under the Ruling of the Divine Life
In His complete salvation, God wants for us to reign in life by the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness (Rom. 5:17, 21); He doesn’t merely want to save us and bring us into heaven, but for us to reign in life by being under the rule of the divine life daily. […]
Reigning in Life by Receiving the Abundance of Grace to Receive the Crown of Life
The Lord’s promise to the overcomers in the suffering church in Smyrna is that He would give them the crown of life (Rev. 2:10). In the Lord’s speaking to the church in Smyrna, a church under persecution, in suffering, and facing death, we can see the glorious victory of the crucified and resurrected Christ over […]
Image and Dominion in Romans: We’re Conformed to Christ’s Image and we Reign in Life
God created man in His image and according to His likeness so that man would express Him with His image and represent Him with His dominion over all the earth. In Genesis we see how Adam failed to express and represent God, but in the New Testament the Lord Jesus as the second man came […]
Experiencing God as the God of Isaac (receive & enjoy) and the God of Jacob (dealings)
In order to be in reality the Israel of God, we need to experience God as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. It is not enough for us to know and experience God as our Father, our source; we need to go on and experience Him by enjoying […]
Reigning in Life by Being Ruled in the Sweetness of Love and by Enjoying God as Grace
Our destiny as believers in Christ is to reign with Christ for God over all things. Today we need to submit to God’s authority and His sovereign arrangement in our circumstances and environment so that we may reign in life through Christ. The reigning in life the Bible talks about has nothing to do with […]
God’s Complete Salvation is for Us to Reign in Life by Receiving the Abundance of Grace
In His complete salvation, God intends not only to redeem us from the eternal perdition through His judicial redemption but also that He may fully save us in His life through His organic salvation. In the book of Romans we see this so clearly: God’s complete salvation has two aspects, the judicial aspect (His redemption) […]