Actually, there is a spiritual principle behind evangelism and mission work. Of course, we know that no one can close the doors that God wants to open; but we must also understand that when forces of darkness oppose the work of evangelism, God will definitely destroy such dark forces through the prayers of saints. It […]
Today we are going to discuss about Paul’s ministry. Going on mission is not about an “expansion of the church’s enterprise”, rather, it is a life ministry of walking to God’s realm. God has placed 2 seas in Israel. There is the Dead Sea that never flows, and the content of salt in it is […]
From the beginning of <Romans 14>, we meditate on a lot of truths concerning unity and loving one another. Perhaps many will think that this is an insightful truth, or the practical truth of getting along with one another. But without Christ, true unity is impossible. This is because (1) the barrier and division between […]
Actually, having weakness is not frustrating, for all of us who are born in sin have weaknesses; but what truly frustrates us is that no one bears the weaknesses with us, such that we can never walk out of them to become a strong man, and be used by Lord. Try asking: Can we see […]
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Apostle Paul said, “The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus”. In fact, faith and love are two of the most fundamental dispositions in our Christian faith. Faith assures us that all love comes from God, and is done before God. […]
Love and conscience are two natures that are extremely difficult to integrate, especially when we face brethren who are weak, these two will bring us complex chemistry in heart. On one aspect we are willing to love, but on another aspect we need to answer to our perception of right vs wrong. Hence, in this […]
When we reach this section of Romans, we have also come to see realistic problems faced in churches – differing opinions in living out the truth. Actually, interpersonal relationship is the most complicated issue in church, especially when brethren have differing views on “putting the truth into actions”. If we fail to grasp how to […]
When saints have the right perspective of time, they will have the right sense of time. Basically, there are two different kinds of believers in the church, and their senses towards the end times are different. A kind of believers becomes more numb as they hear more sermons, especially those about “the impending second coming […]
Gospel carries the function to satisfy and reform the entire soul; in particular, it calls a person to restore the temperament of “truly loved, truly able to love others”. Actually, we are born in sin; we were originally accused day and night, and under the control of fear. Such temperament cannot love man at all, […]