Monday, 25 May 2020

The place where God intends to lead His people to enter into

This message is such a good reminder to me. As a genuine child of God, I certainly have experienced the altar and the laver- believing into Christ as my Passover Lamb and me being washed and cleaned by the work of the Spirit. However, this message clearly shows that in order to further our experience of the Lord, we need to first differentiate the experience in the Holy Place and the experience in the Holy of Holies. The experience in the Holy Place is necessary for us, but it is not a place that we should be content with and linger on all the time. The goal is to enter into the Holy of Holies and experience Christ directly in a hidden way. This can be illustrated by the experience of the children of Israel in the wilderness and in Canaan. 

God is merciful. After leading the children of Israel out from Egypt into the wilderness, He provided manna and living water to satisfy them (1Cor. 10:1-4). However, God's mercy to satisfy them with the food and water in the wilderness did not justify the children of Isreal. Their experience to enjoy God's supply was a wonderful thing which showed God's wondrous deeds and tender care, yet that was still not God's goal towards His people. 1Cor. 10:5 says, "But with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn along in the wilderness." This indicates that the children of Isreal's lingering in the wilderness did not satisfy God. He had purposed somewhere higher and better, Canaan, for His people to enter into rest (Hebrews 4). For we believers, we are encouraged to long for solid food to grow unto maturity (Heb. 5:13-14) and enter into the veil, the Holy of Holies, to be partakers of the Holy Spirit (Heb. 6:4; 19-20). This corresponds to Paul's entreaty for the Corinthian believers not be soulish men but to be spiritual men in order to truly know things of God (1Cor. 2:11-15).  

One sentence in the message struck me. We might enjoy "something of Christ, but not Christ Himself". Oh Lord, I repent. May I not be content with something of Christ or even be proud of having something of Christ. May You empty me daily and increase my hunger and appetite for You so I would long for entering into the Holy of Holies continuously and enjoy the hidden portion of Christ that is not known by everybody but only me. May this knowing be my cooperation with You to satisfy Your heart's desire and Your purpose in me and in Your people. 

(Prophecy on "The economy of God- Chapter 19")


Monday, 11 May 2020

1991 Memorial Day Conference -2

This message can be referred to chapter four of the book "The World Situation and the Direction of the Lord's Move" and titled "The way to spread the Lord's recovery in the countries of Europe". 

Several points that remind me. 


1. Study the truth "what is God's ordained way"? Intensified study of the life-study as our responsibility is to teach the high gospel. 

2. Remind me of why I came here. 

We are not doing a work, or participating in a movement. We have to go to Europe by emigration. Just a portion below reminds me of why I am here. Although I do think it's the time that I can make myself graduate now. Also, as brother Lee mentioned that the full-timers will serve in poverty. It reminds me that I want to take a job and support the full-timers. Lord, as I note down this, remind me always and help me find a job in Europe for your economy. Even there will be more families to serve You together. 


Some Emigrating There
to Study in a School and Serve the Lord

Some can emigrate there to study in a school and serve the Lord. I would recommend that some go there to be “professional students.” In other words, those who go to school should plan on remaining in school for the Lord’s work on the campuses. The longer they stay in school, the better it is. This is because they can spend their time contacting the students for the Lord’s interest. I hope that many young people among us would go to the universities in Europe to be professional students teaching the divine truths. It is glorious and worthwhile to be such a student, contacting other students daily with the Lord’s truths. I believe that some students who go to Europe can bear new fruit monthly like the tree of life in the New Jerusalem. (Ministry portion from the chapter) 
3. We must have a change. 
The longer I remain in Europe, sometimes I just lose the burning and vision to follow the Lord. I might just be habitual and feeling comfortable with my life. I am reminded to have a change. We must have a change. Lord, have mercy on me. A term that occurs to me is "being properly aggressive". People in this world, if they want to succeed, they need to work hard to achieve that goal. We Christians, although depending on the Lord, should still have such an attitude towards the particular goal. May the Lord gain many of us at the end time of this age. 

4. Pray to save sinners. 
Prayers work the best to save sinners. 

5. Learn to be pure and faithful. 
The Lord surely will take care of us in His way. Oh Lord, I want to joint to the church for "the goal". 






Monday, 4 May 2020

1991 Memorial Day Conference -1

This message can be referred to chapter four of the book "The World Situation and the Direction of the Lord's Move" and titled "Our responsibility for the spreading of the divine truths especially to the crucial parts of the world".

The influential factors for the world situation:
1) The United States takes the lead in finance, politics, and the military
2) Europe cooperates in finance, politics, and the military
3) the Far East cooperates mainly in finance.

Our responsibility:
Is to teach the Bible. It requires us to understand the Bible and explain the Bible in an understood way.