Loving the Lord and Loving One Another
for the Organic Building Up of the Church
as the Body of Christ
Message Three
Loving the Lord Jesus Christ in Incorruptibility
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Eph. 6:24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility.
4:15-16 But holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ, Out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.
Word of Appetizer
Ephesians 6:24 says, “Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility.” What does it mean to love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility?
- To love the Lord in incorruptibility is to love Him in the new creation, not in the old creation.
- To love the Lord in incorruptibility is to love Him in the regenerated and renewed spirit indwelt by the Holy Spirit.
- To love the Lord in incorruptibility means to love Him according to all the incorruptible things revealed in Ephesians; we need to love our Lord Jesus Christ in all the divine, spiritual, heavenly, and incorruptible things revealed in Ephesians concerning the Triune God, the divine life, what Christ is to us, what He has done, and the church.
Spiritual Burden
In the Lord’s recovery we need to love our Lord Jesus Christ in all the divine, spiritual, heavenly, and incorruptible things revealed in Ephesians concerning the Triune God, the divine life, what Christ is to us, what He has done, and the church.
We need to love the Lord in incorruptibility by doing the work of the ministry to build up the Body of Christ. We need to love the Lord in incorruptibility in the spiritual experiences that match the church life as unveiled in each chapter of Ephesians.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
“Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility”; for the proper church life we need to love the Lord in incorruptibility.
Paul’s blessing at the end of his Epistle to the Ephesians foreshadows a problem that would arise: the love in the church in Ephesus would fade, as indicated by the Lord’s rebuke in Revelation 2:2-5.
The revelation of the church in the Epistle to the Ephesians has two main aspects: the first aspect is the work of the ministry to build up the Body of Christ, and the second aspect is our spiritual life, which comprises many spiritual experiences that enable us to live a life that matches the church life.
The Experience of Life
“Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility”; the enjoyment of the Lord as grace is with those who love Him.
God first loved us, and then this divine love inspires us to love Him in return; In such a condition and atmosphere of love, we are saturated with God to be holy and without blemish, just as He is. The goal of Ephesians is to bring us into God’s inner substance so that we may enjoy God as love and enjoy His presence in the sweetness of the divine love, and thereby love others as Christ did.
Practice and Application
For the proper church life we need to love the Lord in incorruptibility; we need to love our Lord Jesus Christ in all the divine, spiritual, heavenly, and incorruptible things revealed in Ephesians concerning
the Triune God, the divine life, what Christ is to us, what He has done, and the church.
We need to visit others with the gospel to bring them into the Triune God. We need to shepherd the new believers in home meetings, nourishing them and helping them to grow. We need to perfect the saints in group meetings that they may do the work of the ministry. We need to lead the saints to prophesy, to speak for God, one by one in the church meetings for the organic building up of the church.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 For the proper church life we need to love the Lord in incorruptibility (Eph. 6:24)
(Please illustrate that first, God loved us. Then this divine love inspires us to love Him in return.)
T2 In order to be sanctified and perfected, we need to be ones who are continually loving God in His divine love (Eph. 1:4)
(We must love the Lord according to Himself—according to His plan, good pleasure, desire, and economy.)
Day 2
T1 Bearing one another in love is for the oneness of the Body (Eph. 4:2)
(Please illustrate that the way to bear one another is by being in love.)
T2 In order for the church to be built up, we must all function in love (Eph. 4:15)
(Please illustrate that when we love the Lord and the church with the divine love, our love can be in incorruptibility.)
Day 3
T1 To love the Lord in incorruptibility means to love Him in the new creation (2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15)
(Please illustrate that what it means to love the Lord in incorruptibility.)
T2 To do things in the way of not making a display or a show of oneself is in the new creation (2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15)
(Please illustrate with examples that how we can love the Lord in incorruptibility.)
Day 4
T1 From Ephesians 6:24 and Revelation 2:4-5, we see that the Lord was concerned about the love of the Ephesian saints toward Him (Eph. 6:24; Rev. 2:4-5)
(Please illustrate that the Paul’s words in [Ephesians 6:24] foreshadow a problem that would arise.)
T2
Paul had betrothed the Corinthians to one husband in order to present a pure virgin to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2)
(Please illustrate the genuine ministry stirs up our love for the Lord Jesus as our Bridegroom.)
Day 5
T1 Every believer is important and needed as a member of the Body (Eph. 4:11-12)
(Please illustrate that the revelation of the church in Ephesians has two main aspects.)
T2 Whether we love the Lord in incorruptibility depends on the things we love Him in (Eph. 6:24)
(Please illustrate that in the Body, what are the three kinds of labor will remain forever and will never be corrupted.)
Day 6
T1 We need to love the Lord by turning to our spirit; This is to love Him in incorruptibility (Eph. 3:16-17)
(Please illustrate that to love the Lord in incorruptibility is to love Him in the things that are fitting for the church life.)
T2 The secret to all the spiritual experiences revealed in Ephesians is in the last verse (Eph. 6:24)
(Please illustrate grace is the source [of loving the Lord in incorruptibility].)
