Offering Ourselves Willingly to the Lord and being His Overcomers to Water Christ

Jehovah declares to my Lord, / Sit at My right hand / Until I make Your enemies / Your footstool. Psa. 110:1

How amazing it is that we can be those offering ourselves willingly to the Lord, in the splendour of our consecration, and water Christ in the day of His warfare, and we can be like a brook from which He drinks as He fights the battle to obtain a … [Continue reading]

David Typifies the Suffering Christ: God Answered His Prayer in Resurrection and Ascension

This One, in the days of His flesh, having offered up both petitions and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him out of death and having been heard because of [His] piety. Heb. 5:7

It is amazing to read Psa. 22, 109, and 110 and see how David typifies the suffering Christ passing through His death, and his prayer concerning his sufferings typifies Christ's prayer. On one hand, David typifies Christ as the King with the … [Continue reading]

See that David Typifies Christ, the Real David, and that Christ is the Greater David

And Jesse begot David the king... Matt. 1:6

Hallelujah for our wonderful Christ, the real David; Christ is the greater David, the reality of king David, the King who really brings in the kingdom of God! This week in our crystallization study of the books of 1 and 2 Samuel we come to a … [Continue reading]

Being in a Proper Relationship with Christ and Not Criticizing but Blessing others

Do not judge, that you be not judged. For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged; and with what measure you measure, it shall be measured to you. Matt. 7:1-2

David's life is both an encouraging and a warning to us so that we may be right with God in our relationship with Christ and not suffer the loss of Christ as our enjoyment or the governmental chastisement of God due to our treating others severely … [Continue reading]

Our Indulgence in the Lusts of the Flesh brings in God’s Chastisement and Sows Corruption

Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have come. 1 Cor. 10:11

On one hand, the story of David is so encouraging and with so many spiritual lessons; on the other hand, the account of God's punishing judgement on David is written as a warning to us today so that we do not indulge in the lusts of the flesh in … [Continue reading]

Care for God’s Habitation not by Initiating but by Cooperating with God in His Work

While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found My delight. Hear Him! Matt. 17:5

As those who love God, fear God and want to cooperate with God to care for God's habitation, we need to realize that it is good to desire to do something for God, but we should not initiate anything; God doesn't need our initiation - He needs our … [Continue reading]

Pay the Price to Experience the Breaking of the Cross and Submit to God’s Authority

And He has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ might tabernacle over me. 2 Cor. 12:9

If we pay the price to experience the breaking of the cross by living under the cross, knowing and dealing with our natural life and disposition, putting to death the flesh, and denying ourselves before God, we will know God's authority and will … [Continue reading]