The Two Trees, the Two Principles of Living, and Living According to the Principle of Life

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, of it you shall not eat; for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. Gen. 2:17

As believers in Christ, we can live by one of the two principles - we live either by the principle of life or by the principle of right and wrong, good and evil; we can either live on the line of life depending on the Lord as life or we can just … [Continue reading]

Enjoying the Triune God as the Law of the Spirit of Life and Living in Resurrection

For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. Rom. 8:6

We stay on the way of life by enjoying the Triune God as the law of the Spirit of life with its divine capacity and by living in resurrection, in the reality of the church as the Body of Christ, signified by the golden lampstand as the tree of … [Continue reading]

Stay on the Way of Life by Loving the Lord to the Uttermost and by Eating Him in His Word

Draw me; we will run after you... Song of Songs 1:4

We stay on the way of life by loving the Lord to the uttermost, drawing others to run after Him, and by eating Jesus through pray-reading on the Word, musing on God's word, and ministering the Word as the Spirit into others. As believers in … [Continue reading]

Stay on the Line of Life by Depending on the Lord and Living by the Sense of Life

...I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly. John 10:10b

As believers in Christ, we must stay on the line of life, on the way of life, by depending on the Lord for everything and by living and serving according to the principle of life - not according to the principle of right and wrong. Before we were … [Continue reading]

Eat the Tree of Life to be Dependent on God, and Saved from Independence and Rebellion

I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:5

Eating the tree of life causes us to be dependent on God, to depend on Him as our life, but eating the tree of knowledge of good and evil causes us to rebel against God and be independent of Him. Oh, Lord Jesus! Our Christian life is not a matter … [Continue reading]

Rejecting the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and Choosing the Genuine Good, God

I say to Jehovah, You are my Lord; / No good have I beyond You. Psa. 16:2

The tree of knowledge of good and evil signifies Satan as the source of death to man, and it includes everything apart from God, behind which Satan can hide to bring in death; only God is the genuine good, and gaining God equals gaining the … [Continue reading]

Choose to Partake of Christ as the Tree of Life to be Constituted with Him for His Expression

Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life John 14:6 ...I have come that they may have life and may have [it] abundantly. John 10:10b

Our great God gives us freedom of choice: we can either partake of the tree of life or of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; when we take Christ as the tree of life, we enjoy Him and are constituted with Him, and we accomplish His eternal … [Continue reading]