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
Every believer should be
a “little New Jerusalem,”
and every local church should be
a miniature of the New Jerusalem, the great God-man,
with Christ as the centrality and universality.
The center of God’s authority in the New Jerusalem
is the throne of God and of the Lamb.
God dispenses Himself into us
as the river of water of life
proceeding out of the throne
to supply and saturate the entire New Jerusalem.
That the one tree of life grows
on the two sides of the river
signifies that the tree of life is a vine
that spreads and proceeds
along the flow of the water of life
for God’s people to receive and enjoy;
this fulfills for eternity
what God intended from the beginning.
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Prophecy note, 29 June 2014
The heavenly King’s ministry
in all His visits
created opportunities
for Him to reveal Himself further.
Here another opportunity was created
for Him to reveal Himself,
this time
as the children’s bread.
The Canaanite woman
considered Him the Lord
and the Son of David,
great and high in His reign.
But He unveiled Himself to her
as small pieces of bread,
good for food.
This implies
that as the heavenly King,
He rules over His people
by feeding them
with Himself as bread.
We can be
the proper people in His kingdom
only by being nourished with Him as our food.
To eat Christ as our supply
is the way
to be the kingdom people
in the reality of the kingdom.
The Canaanite woman
came to ask the Lord
to do something for her.
She begged the Lord
to heal her sick daughter.
However, the Lord’s answer
did not give any hint
that He was going to do something.
He said
that He was the bread
to feed her.
By this
we understand
that we do not need the Lord Jesus
to do anything for us;
instead, we need to eat the Lord Jesus.
The reason one of your family is ill
is so that you may eat the Lord Jesus.
You often pray
that the Lord will perform a miracle
to make your children obedient.
However, the more you pray,
the less effective
your prayers are;
the more you pray,
the more disobedient
your children are.
Now you have to learn this secret:
You have to eat the Lord more.
Eat the Lord well,
and your child will be healed.
Whenever you have a need,
it is a proof
that you need to eat the Lord Jesus.
All you need to do is
eat[ing] the Lord Jesus.
Do not ask the Lord Jesus
to do something outside of you.
Rather, eat the Lord Jesus
and take Him into your being.
Being anxious for the churches
is good
but not effective.
Do not ask the Lord
to help you take good care of the churches;
you have to turn
to take a few bites of the Lord Jesus.
When you eat more
of the Lord Jesus,
the churches will be enlivened.
This is the central viewpoint
in the New Testament.
The Lord came
not to work for us
but to feed us.
The Lord replied in effect,
“Do not ask Me
to be an ox
to till the ground for you;
I am the crumbs
for you to eat!
Regardless of whether or not
your daughter is sick,
just eat Me!
and your daughter will be healed!”
Brothers and sisters,
your family life has problems
because you do not eat Jesus.
When the wives eat Jesus,
the husbands change
for the better;
when the husbands eat Jesus,
the wives change
for the better.
You need to take the Lord Jesus into you
and let Him become
your life, your food, and your everything;
then your circumstances will change.
Actually, we do not care
whether our circumstances are good or bad;
we only care to eat and enjoy the Lord.
The Lord is
for you to eat!
You first eat under the table,
and then after a while
you eat what is on the table.
When the Gentile dogs eat Christ,
they become the children of God.
The Canaanite woman
came to ask the Lord
to heal her sick daughter,
but the Lord said
that He was the children’s bread
to feed her:
This shows
that whenever we have a need,
it is proof
that we need to eat
the Lord Jesus more;
we have to learn this secret
in our circumstances
—eat the Lord more.