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The Bible enables us to be wise for salvation (2 Ti 3:15). Let us learn the true will of God from it.

Be Ready

In autumn, farmers work hard to harvest their crops and fruits, with sweat running down in beads. In spite of their hard work, they are happy because of the harvests to be stored in their barns. After the autumn harvest season, they enter a long winter rest. Now is the spiritual harvest time; we are gathering souls into the heavenly barn and we feel that Father is coming quickly. Looking forward to His coming, we must be completely ready to meet God. Children who prepare themselves through the Spirit Those who are filled with earthly desires dislike the story of heaven, while those filled with the Spirit fix their desires upon heavenly things and are interested only in them. For…

The Reason Why God Came in the Flesh

When we see sacred paintings of Christ, the glorious image of His countenance is divinely pictured. Then, 2,000 years ago, what did people think of Jesus? What did they think of the Church that Jesus established? What did they think of the good news of the heavenly kingdom that Jesus preached? Without thinking of these matters, we cannot say we really know Christ. Christ is God Himself in nature (Php 2:5), and Mighty God the Father (Isa 9:6). However, the Jews tried to stone Jesus to death when He said, "I and the Father are one." According to the law of Moses, he who profaned God had to be put to death. They thought that Jesus committed blasphemy by saying…

God’s Chosen Ones

God has called us to be His co-workers in the redemption work of leading people, who are running towards destruction, into the way to heaven. To receive the blessing God has promised, we are advancing towards the world, holding the staff of Moses. What are God's standards for His workers, the warriors of truth, then? God's standard for selecting Gideon's warriors First, let's take a look at the Biblical verses describing the process of God's selecting Gideon's warriors, in order to know His standards for the warriors of faith. ... The LORD said to Gideon, "You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands. In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own…

God Is Love

God loves us so much. That is why He came to this earth and willingly endured such extreme suffering for us. When He breathed His last breath at Golgotha, He endured the agony of death for us. He worried about us and prayed for us. All 66 books of the Bible repeatedly emphasizes that God is love. We, who have been called by God earlier to abide in the truth, have to understand the great love of God and put it into action in a practical way. God has let us participate in the gospel work, so that we may preach His love to the whole world. If we have understood the love of God, shouldn’t we share it with…

Being Called by Grace

Long ago, in the Han dynasty of China, there was a general named Han Xin who commanded the troops of the dynasty. He was very self-confident and once said, "The more troops, the better." However, he had been a minor officer with a lowly position before he was called by the emperor. After being called by the first emperor of the Han dynasty, he became the chief general with honors. If he had not been called, he would not have been long remembered in history as a hero but remained a petty official all his life. Likewise, many Biblical characters, after being called by God, became kings or prophets or apostles or warriors for faith; they received God's promise that…

The Mystery of Mysteries

In studying the 66 books of the Bible, the most important thing is to understand Christ and establish our faith in Him. For the Bible says that Christ is the great mystery. About 2,000 years ago, the Israelites suffered greatly under the oppression of the Roman government. Their only hope to sustain them was that the Messiah, prophesied in the Bible, would come and deliver them from their oppression. They had been looking and waiting for the Messiah, which enabled them to endure the Roman oppression. However, when the Messiah-Jesus Christ-came to them, they rejected and crucified the Messiah whom they had eagerly waited for. To the Israelites, God was much more precious than their lives. They would rather die…

Remain Faithful to God Until the End

We believe in God, looking forward to eternal life in heaven. However, we cannot acquire eternal life without laboring for it; the crown of eternal life cannot be given to us without effort. With the earnest resolution to remain faithful to God until the end, we should keep the faith, that we can receive the crown of life. Many people in the world have a form of godliness but deny its power. They hold to a form of religion, but actually they have no faith and fall easily. When the rain comes down and the streams rise and the winds blow—when trials come, they fall easily like a house built on sand. However, those who build their faith firmly on…

The Council of Nicaea and Arianism

In A.D. 325, the Council of Nicaea was convened mainly to settle the dispute over Arianism along with the Passover controversy. This dispute caused so much blood to be shed, which was a dark chapter in history. Arius’ insistence Arius held a prominent position as a presbyter in the Church of Alexandria in Egypt. He evoked public criticism by insisting on a peculiar doctrine as follows: Christ is the incarnate Logos (λóγoς in Greek, meaning “Word” or “Truth”). Christ is capable of change and suffering. Therefore, the Logos is mutable and not equal to God. According to Arius’ insistence, Jesus is not God but only a creature, so he is not eternal; and just as the Son is the first…

The Spirit of Slavery and the Spirit of Sonship

We are workers approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel and to participate in His great mission. Then, what is our attitude toward the gospel? It is a very important matter. As spiritual harvesters who spread the seed of the gospel and gather the wheat, which spirit do we have, the spirit of slavery or the spirit of sonship? Do we not work with the spirit of slavery, just treading the courts? There is a great difference between the spirit of slavery and the spirit of sonship. A man with the spirit of sonship shares in God's sufferings so that he may also share in His glory Let us suppose that there is a servant in a rich…

Who Are the Righteous?

Innumerable people around the world claim to believe in God. However, God says that there is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who does good, not even one. As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one; there is ... no one who seeks God. ... there is no one who does good, not even one." Ro 3:10-12 Who is a righteous one whom God approves? The Bible says that there is no one who seeks God and comes near to Him except the righteous. Adam, the ancestor of mankind, sought God and came near to Him before he sinned. But after he committed sin by eating from the tree of the knowledge…

Lord! I Am a Sinful Man!

We sinned in heaven and were cast out into the earth, the city of refuge. It is quite natural that we long for our own country. All of us fervently wish to go back to heaven, but we easily forget that we are sinners. Now, let's see what is our duty as sinners who need to repent, so that we may return to the kingdom of heaven. Be conscious of being sinners There are not many who know themselves. We, too, have not known who we are: What caused us to come down to this earth? Why do we go through hardships during our lifetime-70 or 80 years? Most people hope to occupy an important position and seize honor and…

Become a Greater Vessel

God's sealing work, having begun from the east, is yielding abundant harvests. Many nations and peoples are streaming to Zion, earnestly longing for the word of truth which goes out from Zion. The gospel is actively being preached throughout the world. The light of truth, which is seven times brighter than it shone at Jesus' first coming, is quickly spreading over all continents and oceans. Seeing the gospel reaching all the corners of the world, we feel that the following prophecy is being fulfilled: "You will be my witnesses even to the ends of the earth." "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will…

Philo se

The Greek word 'φιλ σε' means 'I love you.' That was the Apostle Peter's answer when Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love Me?" Do you love Me? Today, numerous crimes are occurring in every corner of the world. The crimes become more cruel and dreadful than in the past. People have lost humanity and forsaken even their basic morals. The reason is that their love both for themselves and for others grow cold. Even many Christians do not follow God. They are not changed by the word of God; rather, they've turned away from the love of God. Christ came into the earth to plant on our hearts the love which we had neither in heaven nor in…

Body Temperature Maintenance

Titanic is a blockbuster in 1997. In the cold ocean, when Titanic was sinking into the deep Atlantic Ocean, Jack the main character lifted Rose up from the bone-chilling water to a floating shipwreck. In the end, he became ice cold and sank into the sea. Many people were saddened by the last parting scene between Jack and Rose which is still considered as one of the best movie scenes. The movie is based on the true story. On April 10, 1912, the Titanic, the biggest ocean liner in the world at that time started its maiden voyage from Southampton in the U.K. to New York City in the U.S. with about 2,200 passengers. Although it was called The Unsinkable…

Those Who Resemble God

The people of Zion resemble God, His divine image. Looking back at ourselves, we have become more like God than when we first believed, for we've been continually growing spiritually in God. I look forward to the day when all of Zion's people will fully resemble God. Children resemble their parents Now look at your children carefully. Don't they resemble you? Think of your parents. Do you not resemble them both in physical appearance and in personality? As the proverb says, “Blood will tell,” children usually resemble their parents. Men were created by God's will. Why did God make human children resemble their parents? It's because He wanted us to know that we were created in the image of God,…

First Go and Be Reconciled to Your Brother

As Jesus goes up on a mountainside, His disciples come to Him. Then He teaches about the blessed, the law, the virtue, and the attitude required of the saints in detail. “If you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.” “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.” “If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do…

Let Your Manner of Life Be Worthy of the Gospel

Now, the gospel work is being accomplished, just as God has purposed; many our heavenly family members, scattered all over the world, are coming to Zion. The feet of those who preach the good news and the holy name of God are moving faster. Thanks be to God! I know well that gospel preaching has become a custom of all brothers and sisters in Zion. Now, let’s consider how we can live a life worthy of the gospel, through God's teachings. It is more blessed to give than to receive We are trying to conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel by praying, studying and preaching. A manner is a product of one’s thought and spirit. So the…

Look Upon the Spiritual World

We live as pilgrims on earth, longing for the heavenly home. Being clothed in flesh in this visible and finite world, our hearts become easily absorbed in outward things, so that we cannot think of the spiritual world. When we indulge in physical things, we can not understand God's providence; we can't grow in faith, and even the faith we have will gradually cool down. Our forefathers in faith tell us that the invisible world exists and it is the eternal world. "So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." 2 Co 4:18 Most people believe the things that occur in…

Time to Preach

God entrusts us with something so that in the end He may bless us with good things. We are now entrusted with the gospel preaching. It is God's blessing for our own salvation as well as for others'. Under-standing this, we should walk our path of faith. Destruction of 3,000 people and salvation of 3,000 people in history In the time of Moses, the Israelites were emancipated from Egypt the land of slavery by the grace of God and marched toward Canaan. While they moved about in the desert, they fell into the worldly manner; they worshiped an idol when Moses went up to Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments. As a result, God's wrath arose against them and…

Humble Beginnings and Prosperous Future

We live in the hope that our future will be prosperous by God's grace, though our beginnings seem humble. We are the children of promise. God has given a promise to us, not to other people in the world. This is the word of promise: "Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be." Job 8:7 There is a time for everything in the world: a time to begin and a time to end. So, there is a time for the work of the gospel. Though our gospel work started humblingly, it becomes prosperous more and more as it goes on. In the past days it increased, in the present it does, and in the future also it…