In the New Jerusalem Christ, the Lamb, is the lamp with God as the light in Him : Because the divine light shines through the Redeemer, this light has become lovable and touchable. Through the Lamb, the redeeming One, God’s light becomes an enjoyable shining for His dispensing. God as the light is in the […]
[월:] 2014년 07월
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God—His Work
In this message we shall begin to consider God’s work as revealed in the New Testament. Our God is a working God. The Lord’s word in John 5:17 indicates this: “My Father is working until now.” In the New Testament we see God’s work in eternity past, in His old dispensation, in His new dispensation, […]
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God—His Manifestation
In the foregoing message we saw that God’s good pleasure, God’s heart’s desire, is to have many sons for the expression of His Son so that He may be expressed in the Son through the Spirit. For this purpose, God has manifested Himself, first in Christ as an individual expression in the flesh and then […]
The intrinsic significance of the name New Jerusalem applies to our living out and working out the New Jerusalem. The holy city is “new”: The New Jerusalem, the holy city, is created in Christ as the new creation with the divine element: So then if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The […]
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God—His Good Pleasure
Ephesians 1:5 says, “Having predestinated us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.” Ephesians 1:9 goes on to say, “Having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His good pleasure which He purposed in Himself.” God has a will in which is His […]
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God—His Attributes
Attributes refer to something more than virtues. When we speak of God’s attributes, we refer to all that belongs to God. Of course, when the things that belong to God become our experience, they become our virtues. Therefore, with God there are attributes, and with us there are virtues. For instance, life is an attribute […]
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God—His Nature
According to 2 Peter 1:4, we are partakers of the divine nature. To partake of God’s nature is to enjoy it and to participate in it. We can testify that day by day we not only possess the divine nature but also enjoy it. As believers, we certainly have the divine nature within us. Certain […]
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The Fellowship of Life
The Holy Word for Morning Revival International Training for Elders and Responsible Ones—Spring 2014 ASPECTS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE AND CHURCH LIFE SEEN IN THE NEW JERUSALEM “He showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its […]
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God—His Person
God’s person is simply God’s being. Many more particulars concerning God’s person are revealed in the New Testament than are unveiled in the Old Testament. As we consider the various aspects of God’s person, we shall see what kind of God intends to dispense Himself into us. You may realize that God desires to dispense […]
The New Testament is related to the Old Testament. This relationship is indicated by a portion of Hebrews 10:7: “In the roll of the book it is written concerning Me.” This refers to the Old Testament, which gives us a full record of Christ, either by plain words or by types. The central line concerning […]
