Let's Pray: | Lord, day by day, make us God-men, overcomers, for Your interest so that You can have a way to accomplish what You have been unable to do in the past. | | Christ has called us once to Him, But He calls us once again. To His call we say Amen! Overcome! For the church has fallen low, Thinking everything they know, But the life is missing; so, Overcome! Overcome! Overcome! Overcome degraded Christianity! All your working lay aside, All the teachings that divide; Eat the Lord whate'er betide- Overcome! | Today's Verses and Footnotes: Rev. 13:1-18 | Key Verses: | | And she brought forth a son, a man-child, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod... | | And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, who accuses them before our God day and night. | | And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they loved not their soul-life even unto death. | Life Supply: | The man-child is composed of all the overcoming saints who die before the time of this resurrection. If you are an overcomer today and live until the Lord comes back, you will not be a part of the man-child. Instead, you may be among the firstfruit mentioned in chapter fourteen. But if you are an overcomer and die before the Lord comes back, you will be resurrected to be part of the man-child. Therefore, the man-child does not represent the overcomers who live until the Lord comes back, but represents all the dead overcomers who will be resurrected immediately before the Lord comes back. This resurrection will be their delivery as the man-child. Undoubtedly, the majority of God’s people were genuine, but they were not strong. We find the same thing in the New Testament. Although there were thousands of Christians in the early days, not that many were truly strong. Even at present there are thousands, even millions, of Christians, but not many are strong. I encourage you all to be strong. How can we be the man-child? If you would be part of the man-child, you must eat more, grow more, and become stronger. To put it into practical terms, you must pray more, spend more time with the Lord, eat more of the Word, experience the Lord more, grow in life more, and have more dealings with the negative things. If others would gossip, you would not gossip. If others would not pray, you would pray more. Although you should not be separate from the woman, you should be somewhat different from others. The woman is too general. Those who are part of the man-child are somewhat particular. Many of the dear ones in the Lord’s recovery are indifferent. They have little appetite and do not like to eat very much. But if you would be in the man-child, you should not be indifferent. You must be particular, sober, and serious. You must have a good appetite and have a personal, direct moment by moment dealing with the Lord. If you are like this, then it is possible that you will be the stronger part in the Lord’s recovery, the stronger part within the woman. Whether or not you will be in the man-child depends upon how you react to God’s desire, God’s move, and God’s eternal economy. If, day and night, you cannot go on until you have given yourself wholly and thoroughly to God’s economy, then it is likely that you are a part of the man-child. (Life-Study of Revelation, pp. 426-427, 421-422) | Tomorrow: These Are They Who Follow the Lamb Wherever He May Go | Welcome to Our Recovery Version Bible Study Group This Week: | Time: | Place: | Person to Contact: | Telephone: | |