The living of Noah and his family after they came out of the ark was a seed of the church life. The first thing that Noah did was to set up an altar and to offer sacrifices to God (see Gen. 8:20). The first thing we do when we come into the church life is […]
In Our Organic Union with Him, Christ’s Experience is Our Experience for the Church
All the genuine believers in Christ are organically joined to the Triune God in their spirit. Through believing into Christ we have been joined to Him in spirit, and now we are one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17). Through baptism we have been cut off from the world, the past, and anything of […]
We are In Christ: His Death and Resurrection are Our Experience for the Church Life
After Noah built the ark according to God’s divine revelation and instructions, he and his whole family entered into it – together with the animals – and God shut the door behind them. As we build up Christ in our experience day by day, working out our own salvation by enjoying Christ, loving Him, talking […]
Entering Into the Highest Intimacy with God to Be In the Light and See His Mysteries
Noah found grace in the sight of Jehovah, and he was entrusted by Him to build an ark for his salvation and the salvation of his family. Everything about the ark is very significant: the dimensions, the number of stories it had, the window, the door, the materials (wood, pitch), etc. For instance, the length […]
Working Out Our Own Salvation by Building Up Christ in Our Experience Day by Day
Before Noah started to build the ark, he was already walking with God – this means he was already righteous. Why did he need to still build the ark if he was already walking with God? This question also applies to all the genuine believers in Christ: since we are saved, why do we still […]
Walking with God by Faith and Working Together with God to Build Up the Ark Today
Noah was a pattern to us, walking and living by faith in God and working together with God to build the ark as his salvation from the crooked and perverted generation he lived in. As we all know it, faith does not originate from us – it is impossible for us as human beings to […]
Seeing the True Situation of the Age We Live in and Finding Grace in the Eyes of God
Even though the Lord gained Abel to worship Him in His way, Enosh to call on the name of the Lord, and Enoch to walk with God, mankind continued to fall and be corrupted until in Gen. 6:7 we see that God decided to blot out the man whom He has created. It looked as […]