'Poiema, God's Workmanship' by Samuel Tai - Preview
'Poiēma' means 'workmanship'; it speaks of the mastery of the Master on His masterpiece; it also speaks of God's eternal workmanship on His elect from eternity before Genesis to eternity after Revelation. 'Poiēma, God's Workmanship' presents a biblical vision of God's divine masterplan which He carried out in Christ Jesus. It traces the ancient pathways of God through the ages, from Eden to the new heaven and new earth. It studies the image of Christ that God had authored, and will make perfect, in His elect from the day of creation until the day of Christ Jesus. It brings the transcendent nature of God and His Spirit of truth to bear on His Church and His Kingdom for the summing up of all things in Christ. 'Poiēma, God's Workmanship' is systematic theology made easy. Not only will it bind us together in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, it will also be the anchor of our soul, preventing us from being tossed here and there by waves of false teachings, or being carried about by every wind of deceptive doctrine. Let us swim into deeper depths, and soar onto higher heights, by the Spirit of truth. Let us be the 'poiema' of God! 'Poiēma, God's Workmanship' is available in both paperback and e-book formats.
'Poiēma' means 'workmanship'; it speaks of the mastery of the Master on His masterpiece; it also speaks of God's eternal workmanship on His elect from eternity before Genesis to eternity after Revelation.
'Poiēma, God's Workmanship' presents a biblical vision of God's divine masterplan which He carried out in Christ Jesus. It traces the ancient pathways of God through the ages, from Eden to the new heaven and new earth. It studies the image of Christ that God had authored, and will make perfect, in His elect from the day of creation until the day of Christ Jesus. It brings the transcendent nature of God and His Spirit of truth to bear on His Church and His Kingdom for the summing up of all things in Christ.
'Poiēma, God's Workmanship' is systematic theology made easy. Not only will it bind us together in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, it will also be the anchor of our soul, preventing us from being tossed here and there by waves of false teachings, or being carried about by every wind of deceptive doctrine.
Let us swim into deeper depths, and soar onto higher heights, by the Spirit of truth. Let us be the 'poiema' of God!
'Poiēma, God's Workmanship' is available in both paperback and e-book formats.
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46 POIÊMA, GOD’S WORKMANSHIP<br />
and the Son? Does Jesus really believe in His own prayer that<br />
believers can be one, just as the Father and Himself are one? Do<br />
we have the faith to believe that we can attain to this perfect<br />
unity and oneness amongst us? Can the “so that” which follows<br />
this oneness – “so that the world may believe that You sent Me”<br />
and “so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved<br />
them, even as You have loved Me” – be attained without perfect<br />
unity and oneness with the Father and Son?<br />
Let us consider two levels of unity and oneness: The unity<br />
within Jesus Himself, and the oneness between the Father and<br />
the Son. Firstly, concerning the unity within the body of Jesus<br />
Himself, there is a complete absence of dissonance; that is,<br />
there is complete agreement, unity, and harmony between and<br />
within His Spirit-being, moral character, attitudes of the heart,<br />
thought patterns of the mind, disposition of the emotion,<br />
responses of the will, and behaviour of the body. Secondly,<br />
concerning the oneness between the Father and the Son, there<br />
is a complete absence of dissonance between Them, that is,<br />
there is complete agreement, oneness, and harmony between<br />
the Father and the Son at all levels – nature, character, heart,<br />
mind, emotion, will, and actions. There is no compromise or<br />
agreement to disagree between Them on any matter.<br />
If there is complete unity within Jesus Himself, it follows that<br />
there should be complete unity of Christ within His body, the<br />
church; and if there is complete oneness between the Father<br />
and the Son, it follows that there should be complete oneness<br />
between the Father and the body of the Son, the church.<br />
Friends, in case you think that this perfect unity and oneness<br />
can only be attained after Jesus Christ has returned, think<br />
again. Jesus’ prayer was for the present age when He is no<br />
longer in the world; that is, when He is seated at the right hand<br />
of God as the head of His body on earth. In the same way that<br />
the Father had sent the Incarnate-body of Christ into the world<br />
to represent the Father, Jesus has sent His new body, the
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