This week I enjoyed that there are four crucial elements in the Bible. These crucial elements—Christ, the Spirit, life, and the church—are the kernel, the extract of the divine revelation in the Scriptures. Christ became the Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45), the Spirit is life (Rom. 8:2), and life produces the church (Eph. 2:21; 4:15-16). In this
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Knowing the truth personally requires that we first see a vision of what divine truth really is. Let’s consider a profound definition of truth, that will help us unfold its meaning. Grasping the meaning of truth, we will go on to see how to know the divine truth by being in the true One.
What is the eternal life revealed in the Bible? Eternal life is no ordinary life. It’s not just a continuation of your human life forever. It’s not even the blissful enjoyment of heaven. Eternal life is the divine, uncreated life of God. It’s the life that the Apostle Paul referred to as, “that which is
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The Spirit is the second crucial element of the Bible. However, this extract does not refer to the Spirit of God in a general way as in creation (Gen 1:2), but to the Spirit as the Spirit of Jesus Christ after Christ’s death and resurrection (Phil 1:19). Such a Spirit is the unique Spirit of
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The four crucial elements of the Bible are Christ, the Spirit, life and the church. These are the extracts or the cream found in God’s word. Christ is the first crucial element from which the other three proceed. Christ is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17); the Spirit is life (John 6:63); and life produces the
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The Kernel of the Bible The Bible is like a nut. There is both the shell without and the kernel within. It is this inner kernel that is the nourishing component that gives spirit and life to the reader. What is this kernel of the Bible? It is composed of four crucial elements—Christ, the Spirit,
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“He will drop like rain upon mown grass, / Like abundant showers dripping on the earth.” (Psalm 72:6) “And He will have dominion from sea to sea / And from the River unto the ends of the earth.” (72:8) In this post we’ll consider the delightful matter of how the reigning Christ will recover the earth
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There are four great pillars in the Lord’s recovery today. These four pillars are the truth, life, the church, and the gospel. In my last post, I focused on the progression of these four pillars. First we have the revelation of the divine truth. Then, according to this revelation, we have the genuine experience of
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The four pillars—truth, life, the church, and the gospel Truth, life, the church and the gospel are the four great pillars in the Lord’s recovery today. (Recovery, in this context, refers to a return to God’s original intention from the beginning, by the shining of His light.) Since this blog stresses “holding to truth” you
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Christ—”The Rock of Ages” “Rock of Ages,” the famous hymn by Augustus Toplady (1740-1778), speaks of a “double cure.” This “double cure” saves us for our two-fold problem with God. Have you received such a “double cure”? Before you answer the question, let’s consider this hymn and what it’s referring to. The first stanza of
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