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Genesis (Program #59) – God’s Covenant Confirmed with Circumcision
Genesis chapter 17 is a record of more of God’s crucial dealings with Abraham. God has had a lot of dealings with Abraham already. What makes ones in this portion of Genesis even more crucial?
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John (Program #10) – An Introduction to Life and Building (6)
Christ as a man is the letter that opens the heavens, that joins the earth to heaven, and that brings heaven down to earth.
When John the Baptist said, “Behold, the Lamb of God”, two disciples were attracted. Not two thousand, but two. Not even twenty, but two. Two of John’s disciples got attracted, and John was happy. Who were these two? One of these two was Andrew. Who was the other one? John. And then Andrew got attracted, and Andrew went to catch his brother Peter. And, Peter came. The Lord Jesus changed his name from Simon to Cephas, which means Peter. And Peter, or Cephas, means a stone. The book of John is a book of allegories. The Lamb, the dove, the stone. This signifies the Lamb plus the dove produces the stone. Redemption plus regeneration and transformation produces stone…
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Genesis (Program #58) – The Allegory of the Two Women
Today we come to chapter 16 of Genesis and another story. This one of two women that reappear in the New Testament.
Before we begin, it would be helpful to elaborate how pivotal all these allegories from Genesis are to our apprehending the depth of the divine revelation…
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John (Program #9) – An Introduction to Life and Building (5)
God’s economy is not to have a giant, litter with power to accomplish some movement. No. God’s economy is to send His son to be the little lamb with His Spirit as the little dove.
The main subject of this message is Christ as the Lamb of God with the Spirit as the dove to produce stones for God’s building. If I would ask you, what are the main points or main things in this title? Number one, Jesus as the Lamb of God. You have to pick up Lamb. The second point, the dove. And the third point, stone. And the fourth point, the house or the building of the house. What is the last item? The Son of Man. These are the five main points: the Lamb for redemption, the dove for anointing and uniting, the stone for material, and the house as the building, and the man as the very substance. The substantial element of God’s building is man…
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Genesis (Program #57) – God’s Covenant with Abraham
We are at a transition point today in Abraham’s experience. Up until this time, God has blessed Abraham very much in the matters related to his existence. But from this point on, God has more in mind for His called ones than just the physical blessings for their good living.
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John (Program #9) – An Introduction to Life and Building (4)
God embodied Himself in Christ for our enjoyment. John 1:16 tells us “of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.” The fullness of the Godhead dwells in this Jesus bodily, for our enjoyment. This is grace. Grace is just God Himself for our enjoyment. When you enjoy God, when you participate in God, that is grace. Grace is God for your enjoyment, not in doctrine but in your experience as your strength, as your life, as your comfort, as your rest, as your power, righteousness and holiness. Christ declared the Father to us in the way of enjoyment. The more we enjoy God, the more we know God…
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John (Program #7) – An Introduction to Life and Building (3)
The message we have covered tells us that Christ, as the Word, came as life and light for the purpose to produce many children. Keep this clear point within you deeply. John chapter 1:4 tells us that Christ as the Word, which was God Himself, came as life to us and as light shining with us for the purpose to produce, to bring forth many children of God, that God may have the enlargement, that God may have a corporate expression. This is revealed in the first 13 verses in chapter 1.
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Genesis (Program #56) – The Seed and the Land (2)
Today we are going to pick up part two of the message entitled “The Seed and the Land” for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. We saw previously that Abraham was called by God out of his land and out of his kindred, his family and into a new land that God might fulfill His eternal purpose. What are the main aspects of this purpose that God begin with His calling of Abraham?
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Genesis (Program #55) – The Seed and the Land (1)
Today we are going to come to chapter 15 of Genesis and a life study entitled “The Seed and the Land” for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. Related to God’s purpose, two promises were given concerning the seed and the land.
The promises that the Lord gave Abraham in His calling him, was not just really some things. In the Old Testament He mentioned the seed and the land, but as we see in this message we will see the intrinsic promise was that He will give Abraham and a seed, Himself. We have been called to enjoy Christ as a seed and Christ as the land. Both the seed and the land are just Christ.
It is quite something to see that these are just Christ Himself and not just something from Him or even about Him.
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John (Program #6) – An Introduction to Life and Building (2)
God is a mystery, but Christ is the Word of God. And, this Word defines God, explains God, and expresses God. So, this Word is the definition of God, and the explanation of God, and also the expression of God.
So eventually, this Word was God. Just God Himself. But not God hidden, not God concealed, not God mysterious, but God defined, God explained, God expressed. Not unseen God, but the seen God. Not the God invisible, but the very God so visible. This is the Word.
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