Our God is a covenanting God, and we are His covenanted people. Throughout the Bible we see God making covenants with His people; His covenants reveal His desire toward man. The Bible is a book of the revelation of God’s desire toward man. God expresses His desire toward man in a covenant as a way […]
We Believers in Christ must be Slaves of God and of Jesus Christ in the Church Life
It is quite impressive and amazing to see how God Himself, Christ, became a man and lowered Himself, humbled Himself, and emptied Himself to be found in fashion of a man and even become a lowly slave to serve God and man. God could have accomplished His purpose in His majesty and greatness, but He […]
As Slaves of God we Live to the Lord, not to Ourselves, because we are the Lord’s!
After God gave the law to Moses in Exo. 19-20, He went on in ch. 21:1-6 to speak of a slave who did not want to go out free but serve his master forever because he loved his master, his wife, and his children. The law was given to show the people of Israel who […]
Learning to be Slaves of God and Sacrifice Everything for Others to Gain them for God
The Lord Jesus is the Slave of God, the fulfillment of the type of the slave who loves his master, his wife, and his children in Exo. 21, and therefore he would not go out free. The Lord Jesus humbled Himself and emptied Himself to become a man and even a slave, serving God and […]
Let us Experience Christ as our Crucified Life by Letting His Mind be in us Today
Although the Lord Jesus was equal with God and had the highest rank in the universe, He became a person on the lowest level of society – He became not only a man but He emptied Himself and humbled Himself to become a slave, being obedient to God and serving God and man, and died […]
Having the Spirit of a Slave to Serve and Obey God out of Love as the Lord Jesus did
The Lord Jesus, the Son of God, came to earth not as a King or someone high in the society but as a Slave – He came to serve God and man, and He willingly forsook all His rights so that, out of love for God and man, He would serve God by accomplishing His […]
Christ is the Slave of God Serving God and us out of Love: Let His Mind be in Us!
This week we are diving deeper into Exodus 21 and in particular in seeing Christ as the Slave of God and the believers as slaves of God and Christ Jesus in the church life. In Exo. 21:1-6 we see that, if a slave serves his master for a predetermined time, he can then go out […]