An Overview of the Central Burden and Present Truth
of the Lord’s Recovery before His Appearing
Message One
The Ultimate Goal of God’s Economy—God Became Man that Man
Might Become God in Life and in Nature but Not in the Godhead for the
Building Up of the Body of Christ to Consummate the New Jerusalem
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Eph. 1:4-5 Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love, predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.
5:26 That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word.
Word of Appetizer
What is the significance and purpose of Ephesians 1:4-5 reveals that God chose us?
To be sanctified is to be made holy, which is to be separated unto God and saturated with God as the Holy One, the One who is different, distinct, from everything that is common; He chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy in order for us to become God in nature (v. 4); God is the only One who is holy; for us to be holy we need God in His holy nature dispensed into us, and this holy nature becomes the holy element with which the Holy Spirit sanctifies us.
God chose us to be holy for the purpose of our being made sons of God; to be made holy is the process, the procedure, whereas to be sons of God is the aim, the goal, so that our whole being, including our body (Rom. 8:23), may be “sonized” by God.
Spiritual Burden
The “diamond” in the “box” of the Bible is the revelation that in Christ God has become man in order that man might become God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead for the building up of the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem.
The divine sanctification is the holding line in the carrying out of the divine economy to sonize us divinely, making us sons of God that we may become the same as God in His life and in His nature (but not in His Godhead), so that we may be God’s expression; hence, God’s sanctification is the divine sonizing.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
Our becoming God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead was initiated by God the Father in eternity past by His choosing us to be holy, predestinating us unto sonship; the divine sanctification for the divine sonship is the center of the divine economy and the central thought of the revelation in the New Testament.
The divine sanctification is the holding line in the carrying out of the divine economy to sonize us divinely, making us sons of God that we may become the same as God in His life and in His nature (but not in His Godhead), so that we may be God’s expression; hence, God’s sanctification is the divine sonizing.
Our being sanctified for the divine sonship ultimately consummates in the New Jerusalem as the holy city and the aggregate of the divine sonship; this is the ultimate consummation of God becoming a man in the flesh that man might become God in the Spirit to gain a corporate, great God-man for the corporate expression, the glory, of the Triune God.
The Experience of Life
The Lord’s presence is one with His speaking; whenever He speaks, we realize His presence within us; Christ’s speaking is the very presence of the life-giving Spirit. The speaking of the indwelling Christ as the life-giving Spirit within us is the cleansing water that deposits a new element into us to replace the old element in our nature and disposition; this metabolic cleansing causes a genuine and inward change in life, which is the reality of dispositional sanctification and transformation.
Practice and Application
The central point of our prayers should be our longing for the Lord’s speaking, which enables us to fulfill the goal of His eternal economy according to His heart’s desire to have His divine sonship.
As the God-man, we should not take any action apart from the all-inclusive Spirit. We should not face any situation or meet any need apart from the Spirit; the way we must take today is the way of moving in the move of the Spirit and of having the Spirit moving in our move.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 The “diamond” in the “box” of the Bible is the revelation (John 1:14; 12:24)
(Please illustrate that what this revelation is.）
T2 God’s ultimate desire is to enter into the created man to be his life (John 1:12, 14)
(Please illustrate that it is not enough for us to be good men, spiritual men, or holy men…He wants us to be God-men.)
Day 2
T1 The New Testament, a record of God’s move (John 1:1, 14)
(Please illustrate that In the beginning of the New Testament, God moved into man, gained man, and became a man.）
T2 We move in God’s move and God’s move in our move (Acts 16:6-7, 10)
(Please illustrate that Acts 16:6-7, 10 shows us that man moves in God’s move, and man and God moves together.)
Day 3
T1 The divine sanctification is the center of the divine economy and the central thought of the revelation in the New Testament (Eph. 1:4-5)
(Please illustrate that the divine sanctification unto (for) the divine sonship.）
T2 We must learn to live by the Spirit, with the Spirit, and according to the Spirit (Rom. 8:4; Eph. 1:3)
(Please illustrate that both sanctification and the sonship are always carried out by the Spirit.)
Day 4
T1 Sanctification is the holding line in the carrying out of the divine economy (1 Thes. 5:23)
(Please illustrate that the divine sanctification holds all our spiritual experiences from our repentance to our glorification.）
T2 God in His economy decided to have many sons (Heb. 2:10; Rom. 12:2)
(What are the seeking sanctification, the redeeming sanctification, the regenerating sanctification, the renewing sanctification and the transforming sanctification?)
Day 5
T1 The washing of water is different from the washing of the redeeming blood of Christ (Eph. 5:26; 1 John 1:7)
(Please illustrate that how the washing of water is different from the washing of the redeeming blood of Christ.）
T2 We today need to be cleansed (Eph. 5:26; John 6:63)
(Please illustrate that the cleansing by the washing of the water of life is in the word.)
Day 6
T1 Rhema, which denotes the instant word, the word the Lord presently speaks to us (Eph. 5:26; Rev. 2:7)
(Please illustrate that how logos and rhema are different.）
T2 This Spirit is the water that washes us (Rev. 2:7)
(Please illustrate that the speaking of the life-giving Spirit within is the water that cleanses our inner being.)
