極大的奧秘 - 基督與教會

Analysis of Satan's Power and Influence: Objective Gates of Hades VS Subjective Gates of Hades

The Church Bringing in the Kingdom in Two Aspects:

The Reality of the Kingdom (Church) VS The Manifestation of the Kingdom (Millennial Kingdom)

Matthew 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.

How the Church Brings in the Kingdom (The Pathways by which the Church Brings in the Kingdom)

Rev. 1:6 "And made us a kingdom, priests to His God and Father"

Rev. 1:9 "In Jesus' tribulation and kingdom and endurance"

The Church Can Be Built Up VS The Church Cannot Be Built Up

• Matt 5:3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

• Matt 16:18-19 "I will build My church...I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven."

• Eph 2:22 "In whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit."

"Deep Calls to Deep" - Its Two Aspects, Three Conditions, and Four Situations

"We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ." (Col 1:28)

"But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. Do this with gentleness and respect." (1 Pet 3:15)

"For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword." (Heb 4:12)

Comparison of the Lord Jesus' Hidden Life and Apostle Paul's Deep Experiences

Matt. 14:22 And immediately He compelled the disciples to step into the boat and to go before Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.

Matt. 14:23 And after He sent the crowds away, He went up to the mountain privately to pray. And when night fell, He was there alone.

Comparison of the Hidden Life of the Lord Jesus and Ours

Matt. 14:22 And immediately He compelled the disciples to step into the boat and to go before Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away.

Matt. 14:23 And after He sent the crowds away, He went up to the mountain privately to pray. And when night fell, He was there alone.

Living the Kingdom Life by Living a Hidden Life

Matt. 14:23: "After He had sent the crowds away, He went up to the mountain privately to pray. When night fell, He was there alone."

Luke 6:12: "In these days He went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God."

Biblical Comparison of 'The Hidden God' and 'The Concealed God'

Isaiah 45:15 "Truly, you are a God who hides himself, O God of Israel, the Savior"

Deuteronomy 31:17-18 "I will hide my face from them"

Biblical Comparison of 'Hidden' and 'Concealed'

Isaiah 45:15 "Truly, You are a God who hides Himself,O God of Israel, Savior!"

Matthew 6:6 "But you, when you pray, enter into your private room, and shut your door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you."

Ephesians 3:9 "And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things."

Emmanuel - God with Us: Ten Aspects of Believers Living in the Divine Realm of God's Kingdom (Dual Relationships: Vertical and Horizontal)

From the Perspective of God's Kingdom: "Born Into vs. Enter Into vs. Transferred Into"

John 3:5 "Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God"

Colossians 1:13 "He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son"

Aspects of Believers Living in the Divine Realm of God's Kingdom

Ephesians 1:7-8 "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight"

John 4:14 "The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life"

Why are believers more of God's kind than Adam?

Genesis 1:26 - "Then God said, 'Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.'"

John 1:12-13 - "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God."

"Believing into God's Kingdom VS Entering God's Kingdom VS Being Born into God's Kingdom"

John 3:15 "That whoever believes in him may have eternal life."

Luke 17:20-21 "Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, 'The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, ... because the kingdom of God is in your midst.'"