According to the New Testament, there are two aspects of Christ being righteousness to the believers: He is our objective righteousness before God to be justified before Him, and He is the lived out righteousness subjectively to be justified before God; we need to know and experience Christ in both of these aspects. Lord Jesus, […]
Righteousness is being Right with God and Man, and having Christ Lived out of Us
The Father’s righteousness is the righteousness expressed by the keeping of the new law of the kingdom (Matt. 5:20), and this righteousness is Christ lived out by the kingdom people; according to the New Testament, righteousness has four main aspects: being right with persons and things, the outward expression of Christ, God’s kingdom, and being […]
We Fulfill our Duty without Anxiety, trusting our Heavenly Father who Knows our Needs
As believers in Christ, we fulfil our duty to study or work to sustain our living, yet we do not do anything for the sake of our anxiety, for we have a divine life that knows no anxiety; we fulfil our human duty to the Lord and we trust in God to take care of […]
Live a Life of No Anxiety by Trusting the Father and Living by His Divine Life
As believers in Christ who love the Lord and live in the kingdom life today, we are not anxious for our life or for tomorrow, for God’s life in us is not anxious; rather, we do our best with what we have, and we enjoy a life of rest, enjoyment, comfort, and satisfaction. Amen, Lord […]
Have a Single Heart to Serve God and not Mammon to Store Up Treasures in Heaven
As believers in Christ who want to live in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens today, we should not store up treasures for ourselves on earth but in heaven, for where our treasure is, there our heart will also be; we cannot and should not serve both God and mammon but rather serve […]
Pay the Price to Gain Christ and Overcome Lukewarmness and Pride to Reign with Him
We need to be willing to pay the price to buy the white garments – Christ lived out in us – and the eyesalve – the anointing Spirit – to see the preciousness of Christ, not remaining in any lukewarmness but repenting and being zealous and fervent for the Lord, so that we may be […]
Reject Lukewarmness and Spiritual Pride, and Pay the Price to Gain the Living Faith
Once Philadelphia fails, she becomes Laodicea, which is to know everything but be fervent about nothing, having much and not actually sacrificing her life for anything, and to be lukewarm; may we receive God’s mercy to pay the price to buy the living faith to partake of the divine element of Christ and have fresh, […]