Knowing the Truth, Being Absolute for the Truth, and Proclaiming the Truth in the Present Evil Age
Message Two
Being Constituted with the Truth and Being Absolute
for the Way of the Truth and the Propagation
of the Truth for the Consummation of the Divine Economy
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
1 Tim. 2:3-4 This is good and acceptable in the sight of our Savior God, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth.
3 John 3-4 For I rejoiced greatly at the brothers’ coming and testifying to your steadfastness in the truth, even as you walk in truth; I have no greater joy than these things, that I hear that my children are walking in the truth.
Word of Appetizer
How should we be absolute for the propagation of the divine truth for the consummation of the divine economy?
The gospel includes all the truths in the Bible; the entire Bible is the gospel of God; the Lord has given us His precious truth for us to spread the truth not only to believers but also to unbelievers; every human being on earth needs to hear the truth; the Lord has charged us to go and disciple the nations so that the present age may be consummated; we need to be one with the Lord in learning the truth, applying the truth, speaking the truth, and propagating the truth.
Spiritual Burden
For the consummation of the divine economy, we need to be constituted with the divine truth and be absolute for the way of the divine truth and be absolute for the propagation of the divine truth.
The solid truth that is constituted into us becomes in us a constant and long-term nourishment; we need to be delivered from skating on the surface of the divine truth and cooperate with the Lord by laboring together with Him to dive into the depths of the truth of His marvelous New Testament economy.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
God’s intention in His economy is to dispense Christ with all His riches into His believers chosen by God for the constitution of the Body of Christ, the church, to express the processed and consummated Triune God.
For the consummation of the divine economy, we need to:
be constituted with the truth;
be absolute for the way of the divine truth;
be absolute for the propagation of the divine truth.
The Experience of Life
The solid truth that is constituted into us becomes in us a constant and long-term nourishment.
The way of the truth is “the Way,” denoting the Lord’s full salvation in God’s New Testament economy; it is the way God dispenses Himself into the believers through Christ’s redemption and the Spirit’s anointing; to take the way of the truth is to purify our souls by obedience to the truth; this is the sanctifying truth, which is God’s word of reality.
Practice and Application
We have to pay the price to learn the truths; we need to be delivered from skating on the surface of the divine truth and cooperate with the Lord by laboring together with Him to dive into the depths of the truth of His marvelous New Testament economy.
We need to be one with the Lord in learning the truth, applying the truth, speaking the truth, and propagating the truth; the Lord has given us His precious truth for us to spread the truth not only to believers but also to unbelievers; the Lord has charged us to go and disciple the nations so that the present age may be consummated.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1: we need to be constituted with the truth (1 John 2:4; 2 John 1-2).
(What does “be constituted with the truth” mean?)
T2: Much intrinsic element of the divine revelation has been really constituted into our being (2 John 2).
(Please illustrate that it is not an easy task to be built up in the truth.)
Day 2
T1: The full knowledge of the truth (1 Tim. 2:4).
(Which two things does God desire all men to have?)
T2: The belief of the truth (2 Thes. 2:13)
(Please illustrate the meaning of the belief of the truth.)
Day 3
T1: Merely having the truth without experience is vanity (Acts 5:42; Eph. 3:18).
(Please illustrate that after we have learned the truth, we still have to experience Christ so that He may become our reality. )
T2: We have to pay the price to learn the truths (Prov. 23:23; Eph. 3:9).
(Please illustrate that we need to be delivered from skating on the surface of the divine truth.)
Day 4
T1: we need to be absolute for the way of the divine truth (2 Pet. 2:2).
(What’s the way of the truth?)
T2: To purify our souls by obedience to the truth (1 Pet. 1:22).
(Truth in 1 Pet. 1:22 is the sanctifying truth.)
Day 5
T1: God will not purify our soul for us (1 Pet. 1:22).
(Please illustrate that we need to purify our soul by our obedience to the truth we have heard and received.)
T2: When we have purified our souls by our obedience to the truth, we can love one another from the heart fervently.
(Please illustrate that if one purifies his soul by that obedience, this purification will result in unfeigned brotherly love.)
Day 6
T1: To study the truth, expound the truth and announce the truth (Matt. 24:14; 28:19).
(Please illustrate that for the consummation of the divine economy, we need to be absolute for the propagation of the divine truth.)
T2: We must announce to people the major truths in the Bible as the gospel (Matt. 24:14).
(What’s the uplifted gospel?)
