In Joseph we see a person who accepted everything from God’s hand, one who did not blame or accuse others but lived a life under the rulership of the Spirit. He had feelings and emotions, but he kept them in check, and he didn’t express his excitement or his sorrow. The rulership of the Spirit is […]
Becoming the Same as Christ and Reaching Maturity by Having our Will Subdued
October 8, 2014 by Leave a Comment
The deepest longing in the Lord’s heart is to have a counterpart that would match Him in every way. In the Song of Songs we see how we, sinners and strangers from the promises of God, pass through a process of transformation and maturity to become the duplication of Christ, “the Shulammite”, to match Him […]
Fighting for Our Birthright and being One with Christ to Redeem Other’s Birthright
October 1, 2014 by 1 Comment
All the believers in Christ have the birthright to enjoy God, express God, and represent God. However, not all believers enjoy and exercise their birthright. Rather, there are many Christians who do not know about their birthright; there are many believers who are defeated, who have lost their birthright, and who live in spiritual poverty. […]
God will Eventually Take Away our Natural Choice so that Christ may be Brought Forth
September 28, 2014 by 1 Comment
At the end of Genesis 35 we see one of the most touching stories in the entire Old Testament: Jacob journeys on from Bethel to Hebron, and on the way Rachel enters into labor and brings forth Benjamin (whom she calls Ben-Oni), and then she dies in labor. Rachel is Jacob’s beloved wife; he fell […]
Being Poured out as a Drink Offering over the Building of God for His Satisfaction
September 25, 2014 by Leave a Comment
It is a great blessing to read the Bible with “the glasses of God’s economy” on. When we read the account in Gen. 35 with Jacob going to Bethel, setting up an altar, calling on the name of the Lord, having the Lord’s speaking, setting up a pillar and pouring out a drink offering and […]
Building an Altar at Bethel and Realizing God’s All-Sufficiency in the Church Life
September 24, 2014 by Leave a Comment
At his second coming to Bethel, Jacob built an altar there and called it El-Bethel, and God appeared to him and said to him, “I am the All-sufficient God” (Gen. 35:11). Previously, Jacob built an altar at Shechem, where he also pitched his tent and was settled for a while, having a life of ease. […]
Transformation Issues in Building up the Church Consummating in the New Jerusalem
September 20, 2014 by 1 Comment
The issue of God’s transforming work is the building up of the church, the Body of Christ, consummating in the New Jerusalem. God doesn’t want to transform us so that we may be “shining gems in the universal spiritual museum”; He wants us as His people to be transformed so that we would be built up […]
