Emanna for 12/15/2019
Christ is the Holy and Faithful Things (2)
Bible Verses
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. 1 Corinthians 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption, Words of Ministry
[Part 2 of 2]
What are these holy and trustworthy things? They are all the
aspects of what Christ is. According to the New Testament,
Christ is life, light, grace, righteousness, holiness,
sanctification, and justification. He is also the bread of
life and the living water. Furthermore, the holy and
trustworthy things include all the aspects of Christ unveiled
in 1 Corinthians: power, wisdom, righteousness,
sanctification, redemption, glory, the depths of God, the
unique foundation of God's building, the Passover, the
unleavened bread, the spiritual food, the spiritual drink,
the spiritual rock, the Head, the Body, the firstfruit, the
second Man, and the last Adam. We see many more aspects of
Christ in the Gospel of John, such as the Shepherd and the
pasture. Oh, how much Christ is to us as the holy and
trustworthy things! As the resurrected One, He is the
firstborn Son, the Savior, and all the holy and trustworthy
things.
In the Old Testament the holy and faithful things are
regarded as mercies. Do you know what mercy is? Mercy implies
both love and grace, but it reaches further than love. Where
love and grace cannot reach, mercy can reach. All the holy
and faithful things are Christ Himself as mercies to us. Life
is mercy, and light is also a mercy. Try to count all the
aspects of these mercies. If you took the time to count them,
you would have a long list of mercies.
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, p. 323-324. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.