Truth:
1. Anything that replaces God or occupies the position of God is an idol as a burden to the worshipper. A person, education, or a high position with a company can all become idols to us.
2. Cyrus was the "bird of prey" called by God to subdue the nations.
3. Babylon denotes not only a nation but also a religion, the religious aspect, signifying the Roman Catholic Church, and the material aspect, signifying the city of Rome, the capital of Antichrist's kingdom.
4. Israel's captivity in Babylon typifies the captivity of today's Cristians in the Babylonian religion.
Life experience/Application:
1. Lord, save me from idols. I don't worship Arena, I worship You.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Isa Msg 23
Truth:
1. Israel's being God's servant is related to God's desire in His economy to have a corporate expression of Himself for His glory.
2. Those who are God's witnesses are also His servants.
3. God carries out His salvation by using His Spirit to bring down Christ as righteousness and by opening us to receive Christ as salvation and righteousness.
4. Everyone who is one with Christ is a type of Christ because such persons are part of Christ. All who are part of Christ are types of Christ, who is the Servant of God, and they also are servants of God.
Life experience/Application:
1. We have been fired by God but also replaced with Christ to be one with Him.
Lord, keep me one with You.
1. Israel's being God's servant is related to God's desire in His economy to have a corporate expression of Himself for His glory.
2. Those who are God's witnesses are also His servants.
3. God carries out His salvation by using His Spirit to bring down Christ as righteousness and by opening us to receive Christ as salvation and righteousness.
4. Everyone who is one with Christ is a type of Christ because such persons are part of Christ. All who are part of Christ are types of Christ, who is the Servant of God, and they also are servants of God.
Life experience/Application:
1. We have been fired by God but also replaced with Christ to be one with Him.
Lord, keep me one with You.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Isa Msg 22
Truth:
1. Anyone who is replaced by Christ and waits on Him to enjoy God's life power in grace is a servant of Jehovah.
2. A testament is a covenant, a signed agreement, that has become a will in which certain things are passed on to the heirs.
Life experience/Application:
1. We need to learn to come to the Word of God so that we may touch God. When we receive the living and abiding word of God, we are regenerated, and we realize that we are part of the new creation.
2. Christ must be the judgment for everything in our daily life. For example, we should have the Lord's judgment concerning the kind of shoes we buy and the way we style our hair.
3. With Christ, we have an answer for everything.
4. To wait on Christ means that we bring every question to Him. Before doing a certain thing, we should bring that matter to the Lord and wait for His judgment.
1. Anyone who is replaced by Christ and waits on Him to enjoy God's life power in grace is a servant of Jehovah.
2. A testament is a covenant, a signed agreement, that has become a will in which certain things are passed on to the heirs.
Life experience/Application:
1. We need to learn to come to the Word of God so that we may touch God. When we receive the living and abiding word of God, we are regenerated, and we realize that we are part of the new creation.
2. Christ must be the judgment for everything in our daily life. For example, we should have the Lord's judgment concerning the kind of shoes we buy and the way we style our hair.
3. With Christ, we have an answer for everything.
4. To wait on Christ means that we bring every question to Him. Before doing a certain thing, we should bring that matter to the Lord and wait for His judgment.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Isa Msg 21
Truth:
1. The second part (Ch. 40 to 66) begins with a word of comfort spoken to the heart of Jerusalem. The fact that this word is spoken to the heart means that it is concerned with NOT with the outer man but with the inner man. The speaking of the word of comfort to the heart of Jerusalem is actually the announcing of the gospel.
2. Immediately after the coming of John the Baptist is the appearing of Christ as the glory of Jehovah (v.5). The glory of Jehovah is the center of the gospel for the new creation.
3. The word of God is actually Christ as the gospel of God.
Life experience/Application:
1. Many times I become weary at work. "Jehovah empowers those who are weary." Lord, empower me as I become weary at work.
2. "All men are as nothing before God; they are accounted as less than nothing and vanity." Lord, grant me such a view so I can forget about Arena.
3. Lord, teach me to "stop myself with my living, doing, and activity and receive Christ as my replacement." May I experience "the resurrection power, be transformed, and soar in the heavens."
1. The second part (Ch. 40 to 66) begins with a word of comfort spoken to the heart of Jerusalem. The fact that this word is spoken to the heart means that it is concerned with NOT with the outer man but with the inner man. The speaking of the word of comfort to the heart of Jerusalem is actually the announcing of the gospel.
2. Immediately after the coming of John the Baptist is the appearing of Christ as the glory of Jehovah (v.5). The glory of Jehovah is the center of the gospel for the new creation.
3. The word of God is actually Christ as the gospel of God.
Life experience/Application:
1. Many times I become weary at work. "Jehovah empowers those who are weary." Lord, empower me as I become weary at work.
2. "All men are as nothing before God; they are accounted as less than nothing and vanity." Lord, grant me such a view so I can forget about Arena.
3. Lord, teach me to "stop myself with my living, doing, and activity and receive Christ as my replacement." May I experience "the resurrection power, be transformed, and soar in the heavens."
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