The principle of life Sharing in Flushing 9-19-2007

The principle of life Sharing in Flushing 9-19-2007
- the 7 miracles in the Gospel of John

First Part - the themes of Brother Chen's teaching

the correlation and correspondance btw the 7 days of creation and 7 pentaches
Genesis 1 and Hebrew 11: 3 -
use Hebrew 11:3 - as the key to illustrate Faith

in this structure, there are two cycles, first 3 days, second 3 days, and the 7th
first 3 days: Abel, Enoch, Noah
second 3 days: Abraham, Isaac, and Jocob
7th day: Joseph
- the enriching during the second 3 days and the culmination on the 7th day
- the testimonies of faith is also reveal in these structural cycle
so the summary of the revelation of faith in the process of creations

mostly touched me is the light on the principle of Life in this illustration
- first 3 days: conditions of life til the basic principles of life is manifested
- second 3 days: the deepening and richer manifestation of life, til the full man
- the last day: God's purpose acomplished and the peace, rest and sabath (an illustration of resting life)
most interestingly, these stages also correspond to believer's life, growth:
Abel - the work of the Cross seperates light and darkness : sinners justitification
Enoch - the work of the Cross sperate earthly and heavenly: set our minds on the things above
Noah - the work of the Cross seperate flesh and spirit: deliver us from the flesh
(brother Chen stopped here ... we might hear more about life application in these areas)
when we think about life, we can not help but think of the book of the Gospel of John
which also happens to be the last bible book written according to the written time

Second Part: from Gospel of John see the 7 steps (days) of life through the 7 miracles
John 1:1-5
it's also talked about in the beginning
it's about the Word
it's about Life, and the Life was the light of man (Light)
in the genesis, it told us what God created, but didn't tell us How God created us
but through here, we see a clear thing: that the word is intimately related in this creation process
as we can also find it here: Collosians 1:16 - in Him, through Him and for Him)

interestingly, in the book fo the Gospel of John, also there are 7 signs
(check the timing here)
1- Turning water to wine John 2:1-12 : the transformation from inorganic to organic(life) - the story of the vine
2- healing the noble man's son John 4-46-54: the contrast of the position,/ up and down / Christ's heavenly position
3- healing of the lame person John 5:1-17: Romans 7:23,24,25: the inability of the flesh struggle and Christ deliverance
: suprisingly, we also see the first 3 days, first 3 person in these first 3 signs:
- Light and darkness; heaven and earth; the seperation of the flesh and the spirit
it is even more meaningful to us when we comes to the second group, the next 4 signs; which really speaks to us even as believers
4- 5 bread and 2 fishes John 6:1-13 : Genesis 15:5 - the blessing of Abraham, from one dead person to many seeds
: the blessing of the Cross, the blessing of our Lord; the calling of us to be a blessing to others
5- calm the sea and wind: John 6:6-21: many different view of Isaac - born, sacrifice, marriage and blessing
: the walk with God, the disciple life, many times we fear, yet the Lord is on our boat
6- Blind eyes were opened: John 9:1-41: Jacob's story - from a grabber (see the blessing) to a blesser (bless pharah)
: during our walk and believing God, one day we are coming to a point to really see the darkness in us!
: our eyes are really opened, to see the darkness in us, as the blind man, who never saw the light
7- John 11:1-45 - raising Lazarus for the glory of God and love of Lazarus
: our life one day need to be mold to the image of His Son - life from death
summary of our life need to be like the bread in the hand of our Lord, during our walk with Him, he's always on our boat, one day He's going to open our eyes to see the true and only light; not only so, one day he will raise us from the dead and conform us to the image of His Son so that we might truely live


summary -
In deed all these lessons are wondering, the consistent of God's purpose for all His creation,
hidden from the 7 days of creation
the 7 pentaches in the bible
the 7 signs in the Gospel of John
from these we see the Son of God, and His relationship to us in the light of Life

John 20:30-31
Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Crist, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. (John 20:30-31)

may we all the more drawn to Him, love Him and abide in Him that the Father's (our Father) will be done.