Fine linen is woven with weft and warp

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 John 15:11 is a vertical word.

"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete."

God the Father supplies to Christ the Son, and we receive supply from the triune God in the Holy Spirit.

God dwells in us as the Holy Spirit through the Son and works in us, and in the Spirit we come to the Father through the Son.

The law of the Old Testament is largely divided into the sacrificial law, the holiness law, and the social law.

Among them, the sacrificial law is emphasized because sanctification and relationships with neighbors can be resolved satisfactorily as long as sacrificial offerings are properly offered to God.

However, if you believe only in Jesus and gather in front of the cross, you lack the baptism of the Holy Spirit and faith in the resurrection, and the image and glory of God are not in you.

Therefore, the love of agape is only promised with the mouth, but it does not actually happen.

So, if the gospel of 1 Corinthians 15 is not properly understood and applied, there is no love in 1 Corinthians 13. The gifts of the Spirit appear before and after that, but there is no mystery to pursue the greater gift of love (1 Cor 12:31, 1 Cor 14:1).

We must realize the word of Christ, that is, the truth of the gospel, become one spirit with Christ in the Spirit of truth, and become branches of the vine, so that we can receive God's sap and bear fruit.

Only then can a relationship between me and my neighbor be established.

“My commandment is this; Love each other as I have loved you”. (John 15:12)

“Abide in my love” is also a commandment of the Lord, and “love your neighbor” is also a commandment of the Lord.

All things are a continuous relationship of vertical and horizontal.

So the Earth also has latitude and longitude.

The bride's fine linen to wear before the Lord also has weft and warp.

There is a vertical and a horizontal relationship, so you need to organize your relationship with God and your neighbors well.

The place where this organization is well established is the kingdom of God.

The kingdom of God is the place where brothers, disciples, and families are woven together.

It bears fruit as a result of a relationship with the Lord in the Spirit of truth, and the fruit is not for the tree itself to eat, but for others to eat.

Again, those who believe only in Jesus and talk nonsense about the Lord's Second Coming in the air or on earth are outside of the love of God who anoints Christ, the Head.

God anoints the head, the Lord, and the anointing is delivered to us, the members of the body, so that the cup of our souls overflows.(Psalm 23:5)

Fullness comes from a relationship in which we become one with Christ in this Holy Spirit and united with God the Father.

It will be filled to the ends of the earth in the north, south, east and west.

So, since the Lord does not call us servants, but friends, He says that the Lord makes known to us all that He has received from the Father.(John 15:15-16)

Being full of vertical and horizontal means that the new heaven and new earth will be 144 cubits and 144 thousand (144,000) equal in length, breadth and height.

144 cubits, 144 thousand, this is the number of fullness.

The fruit of the branch is the result of the supply of the root, and the sap supplied is by the power of God.

That is why it says that the kingdom of God is not in word but in power (1 Corinthians 4:20).

A branch cannot bear fruit unless it has the ability to bear fruit.

You must have the ability to be driven by the Lord to bear fruit.

Therefore, you must have the ability to receive the supply of sap from God through Jesus Christ.

That's why he says, 'I can do all this through him who strengthens me' (Philippians 4:13).

The important thing is that because the cross of Jesus Christ succeeded, after that, anyone who hears and believes in the gospel of the truth of the Lord Jesus Christ and passes the message of the cross by following Jesus Christ can succeed.

Since the firstfruits are sanctified, they believe that all attached fruits of Christ are also sanctified. 

Nevertheless, there are many who believe only in the earthly ministry of Jesus and turn away from the heavenly ministry of the Lord, who is still alive and never sleeps, intercedes for us, calls us to His throne, and waits to save us completely (Hebrews 7:25).

We do not choose the Lord, but the Lord chooses us, sanctifies us, catches us, raises us up, and brings us to the throne of God's grace (Hebrews 2; 3:4).

Since such a spiritual secret is installed within us, we can seek anything in the name of the Lord anytime, anywhere.

When you go to a restaurant and look at the menu, you see the food clearly.

So, you follow the menu and order. You see, believe, and place an order.

In the same way, when we call on the name of the Lord in Christ, the attributes of the Lord in him come to us, and as we seek them, they appear to us as fruits.

In such a state, we continually ask in the name of the Lord and continue to receive (John 15:16).

When we become one with the Lord vertically in the Holy Spirit and establish a relationship of love for God the Father, we also love our neighbors horizontally, so the Lord's commandment to love one another is fulfilled for us (John 15:17).

Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.

Translated by  Nancy Chung

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