Propagating the Resurrected, Ascended, And All-Inclusive Christ As the Development of The Kingdom of God
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting
Message Six
Keeping Ourselves in the One Flow of the Lord’s Work
for the Spreading of the Church,
and Receiving the Lord’s Mercy
to Be Saved from Satan’s Schemes
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street—Rev. 22:1
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth—Acts 1:8
Word of Appetizer
We need to Keep Ourselves in the One Flow of the Lord’s Work for the Spreading of the Church, what is “the Spreading of the Church”?
The basic principle of the church is that it is eternal and universal, so the church must constantly spread on the earth; the growth of the church and the building up of the church are based on spreading; The spreading of the church is brought about by the growth in the Lord’s life and the flowing out of the Lord’s life, the overflow of life.
Spiritual Burden
we must preach the gospel to every tribe and tongue and people and nation, because the church is universal and needs to spread.
We must receive the Lord’s mercy to be saved from Satan’s schemes to frustrate the spreading and building up of the church, keeping ourselves in the flow of the age for the building up of His Body.
The work in the Lord’s recovery is for the building up of the local churches unto the building up of the universal Body of Christ; all of us should follow the pattern of the apostle Paul to do the
same one work universally for the unique Body.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
The flowing of the divine life, which started on the day of Pentecost and has been flowing throughout all generations to this day, is just one stream for God’s goal to build up the church for His corporate expression.
The basic principle of the church is that it is eternal and universal, so the church must constantly spread on the earth; the growth of the church and the building up of the church are based on spreading.
The Experience of Life
When we give the Lord the preeminence in our entire being, making Him our first love, He becomes the divine stream to us, flowing within us and out of us as the first works; the first works are works that are motivated by, issue from, and express the Lord as our first love.
Practice and Application
We must be saved from outward and dead ordinances, human opinions, and the self with its old concepts; whoever receives mercy from the Lord will be saved in these matters; the degree to which we are saved is the degree to which the church can be built up.
We must learn from the lesson of Peter to be saved from the veils of our religious traditions and old background so that we may see and live under the vision of God’s eternal economy to hold the truth of the gospel.
We must learn from the lesson of Paul to practice the Body life and to take the word of the Spirit through the members of the Body, obeying it as a word from the Head.
Using Key Verses to Have a Bird’s-Eye View over the Whole Outline
Key Verses (1)
And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street—Rev. 22:1
Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without fear; for he is working the work of the Lord, even as I am—1 Cor. 16:10
The flowing of the divine life—is just one stream for the unique Body to do the same one work universally
I. The flowing of the divine life, which started on the day of Pentecost and has been flowing throughout all generations to this day, is just one stream for God’s goal to build up the church for His corporate expression. Only works that are motivated by the first love are gold, silver, and precious stones.
VI. All of us should follow the pattern of the apostle Paul to do the same one work universally for the unique Body.
- The work in the Lord’s recovery is for the building up of the local churches unto the building up of the universal Body of Christ.
- What we need today are the first and second kind of co-workers who match the need of the ministry of God in the present age; this is a small group of people who have been dealt with by the Lord and who are in one accord; the younger co-workers; they are willing to receive the direction and to come under the coordination of the older co-workers, and they are willing to follow and to learn in humility.
Key Verses (2)
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth—Acts 1:8
…And there occurred in that day a great persecution against the church which was in erusalem; and all were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles—Acts 8:1
And immediately he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues, that this One is the Son of God. And all who heard him were amazed and said, Is this not the one who ravaged those who call upon this name in Jerusalem and came here for this, that he might bring them bound before the chief priests? But Saul was all the more empowered, and he confounded the Jews dwelling in Damascus by proving that this One is the Christ—Acts 9:20-22
II. The basic principle of the church is that it is eternal anduniversal, so the church must onstantly spread on the earth;
The spreading of the church is brought about by the growth in the Lord’s life and the flowing out of the Lord’s life, the overflow of life; the growth of the church and the building up of the church are based on spreading.
When the church begins to spread, erroneous concepts are shattered, regardless of whether the concepts are regional, racial, or mutually discriminatory; it is through spreading that all our close-mindedness is eliminated.
Acts 8 shows that the first step in the church’s spread was to Samaria, and the second step was to Ethiopia, to Africa. Acts 9 shows God’s choosing of Saul (later Paul), which is against the human concept.
Acts 13 reveals that in the church in Antioch, the five prophets and teachers who were ministering to the Lord were composed of Jews and Gentiles, each having a different background, education, and status.
Key Verses (3)
Therefore I judge that we do not harass those from the Gentiles who are turning to God—Acts 15:19
And there was a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas, taking Mark along, sailed away to Cyprus. But Paul chose Silas and went out, having been commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers. And he passed through Syria and Cilicia,
confirming the churches—Acts 39-41
…Having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,…they tried to go into Bithynia, yet the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them—Acts 16:6-7
And a vision appeared to Paul during the night: A certain man…was standing and entreating him and saying, Come over into Macedonia and help us—Acts 16:9
Be saved from Satan’s schemes to frustrate the spreading and building up of the church
We must be saved from outward and dead ordinances, human opinions, and the self with its old concepts;
We must learn from the lesson of Peter to be saved from the veils of our religious traditions and old background so that we may see and live under the vision of God’s eternal economy to hold the truth of the gospel.
We must learn from the lesson of Barnabas to be saved from human opinions and natural relationships—disputes that arise among the coworkers because of personal relationships are terrible;
We must learn from the lesson of Apollos to be saved from a ministry that lacks a complete revelation of God’s New Testament economy and from not being fully one with the ministry of the age.
Old relationships, old affections, old inclinations, and old concepts keep us from following the
inner leading of the indwelling Spirit.
We must learn from the lesson of Apollos to be saved from a ministry that lacks a complete revelation of God’s New Testament economy and from not being fully one with the ministry of the age.
Prophesying Topics—Twelve Topics per Week
D1
T1 see that there is only one stream (Matt16:18,Ezek47:1-2)
（Illustrate just one stream for God’s goal to build up the church for His corporate expression）
T2 keep yourself in this one stream（John4:14）
（Illustrate how can we make Christ become the divine stream to us, flowing within us.）
D2
T1 The most blessed church is the church that spreads the most（Acts1:8，8:1）
（Illustrate Because the church is universal, it is also spreading.）
T2 The spreading of the church can break through many barriers and eliminate many undesirable practices（Acts8:1）
(Taking Acts 8 as example to illustrate when the church begins to spread, erroneous concepts are shattered,)
D3
T1 Narrow, erroneous human concept needs to be broken through the spreading of the church(Act9:20-22)
（Illustrate Acts 9 shows God’s choosing of Saul (later Paul), which is against the human concept）
T2 The church in Antioch was also part of the story of the church’s spreading（Acts13:1）
（Illustrate church is composed of all races and classes of people.）
D4
T1 to be saved from human opinions and natural relationships（Acts13:13，15:35~40）
（Illustrate what we must learn from the lesson of Barnabas.）
T2 old concepts keep us from following the inner leading of the indwelling Spirit（Acts16:6~12）
（Illustrate what we must learn from the lesson of Paul in Acts 16:6-12,）
D5
T1 Once workers come to a place for a time and settle down, they do not want to move（Acts16:6~7、9）
（Illustrate The spread of the church often encounters these three problems.）
T2 the greatest lack of James is the cross of Christ（Acts21:18~26）
（Illustrate what we must learn from the lesson of the mistake of James.）
D6
T1 to do the work that God has committed to us（Eph2:21~22）
（Illustrate today there are four kinds of workers.）
T2 The work in the Lord’s recovery is for the building up of the local churches unto the building up of the universal Body of Christ（Eph4:11~16）
（Illustrate All of us should follow the pattern of the apostle Paul to do the same one work universally for the unique Body）
