Christ said, "I am the vine..." (John 15:1), "I am the bread of life" (John 6:35), and "I am the way, the reality, and the life" (John 14:6). These verses show us that Christ is the tree of life - a vine tree, reaching out everywhere, full of the … [Continue reading]
we depend on what we eat and we become what we eat: let’s eat Christ!
I'm still considering the picture in the garden of Eden, which is actually what is going on within us today: we are being put in front of the two trees daily - the tree of the knowledge of GOOD and evil, and the tree of life. The simple fact that … [Continue reading]
We need to eat Jesus every day as the tree of life, He is our real food!
God's original intention in His creation of man can be seen in Genesis - after He created man, He placed man in a garden with lots of trees good for food! God gave man only one "commandment" - take care of your eating! Don't eat from the tree of … [Continue reading]
we were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ
1 Cor. 1:9 says God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Our God is a faithful God - He called us into the fellowship of His Son - He called us and placed us in the vine, Christ as the … [Continue reading]
loving one another has a lot to do with our bearing fruit, which is our destiny
In John 15:16 the Lord told us that it wasn't us who chose Him, but He chose us, and He set us to bear fruit - and that our fruit should remain! Our goal and our destiny, as branches in the vine, is to bear fruit! All we need to do is to abide in … [Continue reading]
Apart from Christ we are and we can do nothing! We just need to abide in Him
I was enjoying John 15:4-5 this morning, which says, Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in … [Continue reading]
God is glorified in the church, where His wisdom is made known to His enemy!
God's original intention in creating man is expressed in Genesis 1:26 "Let Us make man in our image and according to our likeness, and let them have dominion over..." - Image and Dominion. Image: God wants to be expressed, manifested, shown to … [Continue reading]