There is a very precious portion of a verse 4 in Hosea 11 which says, “I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love”. Even though we are evil, unchaste, unfaithful, and in apostasy, God drew us with cords of man and with bands of love. He loves us with His divine […]
seeing Christ as the Only Begotten Son becoming the Firstborn Son of God!
September 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
“Hallelujah, we are happy Christians because in the Lord’s recovery we are being brought again and again to Christ!” (brother Dick Taylor). This week we come to Hosea 11:1 and 4 – two verses for a whole week, speaking of, Three Implications concerning Christ. The first implication is in verse 1, When Israel was a […]
we need to be deeply rooted in Christ to bear fruit and bear His fragrance
August 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
In Hosea 14:5-7 we see that the cedars of Lebanon are associated with three things: the lily, the olive tree, and the vine. The cedars of Lebanon are very tall and the roots are very deep, and they signify the Christians who strike their roots deep into God. For us to have a pure and […]
having a hidden and secret life with the Lord to be solidly rooted in Him
August 29, 2012 by 3 Comments
This morning there was a question from brother Watchman Nee that really touched me, Besides the part of our life which is visible before men, how much hidden life do we have before the Lord? On the one hand we shouldn’t be “hidden Christians” or “believers in secret”; on the other hand we need to […]
living a life of trusting in God in the midst of our complicated situations
August 28, 2012 by 5 Comments
This morning we were enjoying the reach meaning of a simple and sweet word, Lily. In Hosea 14:5 the Lord said, He will bud like the lily… Israel will bud like a lily, one who lives a life fully trusting in God. If we look throughout the Bible for the mentioning of this word, LILY, […]
the Lord Jesus is the Bridegroom courting us to be His bride to marry Him!
August 25, 2012 by 1 Comment
The Lord Jesus did not come to earth only as a Savior and Redeemer. As we see in John 3, the Lord came as the Bridegroom, and Him being the Lamb of God to take away the sin of the world was for redeeming His bride! We were regenerated to be part of the bride […]
women in the Old Testament typifying the church as Christ’s counterpart
August 24, 2012 by 2 Comments
In our love relationship with the Lord we are the wife, the female, and He is the Husband, the male. In the Old Testament there are several women that can be considered as a type of the church due to their marriage to certain men who were types of Christ. Paul himself expounded on people […]
