Church … Jesus said, “I will build My Church”. What is the Church? What did Jesus mean when He used that word? Foundation … What is the Foundation of the Church? Paul said he “laid the foundation”, and that the foundation he laid had already been laid? What could that possibly mean? And, in any case, what does it mean to “lay a foundation” – how is the foundation laid?
This brief article is an excerpt from my book The Manifested Presence of God. What the Hebrews called “the Shekinah” is the manifestation of God’s glory which “appeared” between the two angels of the Mercy Seat which rested on top of the Ark of the Covenant. Three things took place at the Mercy Seat: God meeting with His people God speaking to His people God leading and guiding His people This article investigates the scriptures which clearly show that this
Before writing this article, I had conducted a small online survey on “The Manifested Presence of God”. Some of the questions were specifically about the role of music in worship, prayer and our relationship with God. The survey confirmed my personal impression that most Christians would agree that the “special experience” of the presence of God – be it a legitimate emotional response to the presence of God or merely nothing but a manipulated emotional experience generated through music by
In other articles, I have written at length about what could be called “THE REVELATION – RELATIONSHIP – REFLECTION CONTINUUM”. The concept is that the life of one who “has received the Spirit of Christ and therefore belongs to Christ” (Romans 8:9-10) can be viewed as the pursuit of Revelation of Christ, which grows into Relationship with Christ, with a view to Reflection of Christ. This article will deal with “The Fellowship with the Spirit”, being presented here as integrally
This message is about eating and drinking – eating and drinking with Adam and Eve, eating and drinking with Moses, as well as eating and drinking with Jesus, and His Disciples – giving insights into the meaning of Jesus’ cryptic saying, “Eat of My body, and drink of My blood”.
