The Enjoyment of Christ
And Our Growth in Life Unto Maturity
Message One
The Enjoyment of the All-inclusive Christ as the Unique Solution
to All Problems in the Church
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
1 Cor. 1:2 …To those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is theirs and ours.
9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Word of Appetizer
In 1 Corinthians the apostle Paul’s intention was to solve the problems among the saints in Corinth; what is the only solution for all the problems?
First Corinthians is a book on the enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ as the unique solution to all problems in the church; God’s intention in His recovery is to recover Christ as the unique center of God’s economy and as everything to us as our portion for our enjoyment. For all the problems, especially the matter of division, the only solution is the enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ. We should concentrate on Christ, not on any persons, things, or matters other than Christ; we should focus on Christ as our unique center appointed by God so that all the problems among the believers may be solved.
Spiritual Burden
We should concentrate on Christ, focus on Christ as our unique center appointed by God; not on any persons, things, or matters other than Christ; for all the problems, especially the matter of division, the only solution is the enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
First Corinthians is a book on the enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ as the unique solution to all problems in the church; God’s intention in His recovery is to recover Christ as the unique center of God’s economy and as everything to us as our portion for our enjoyment.
God’s economy is that we think the one thing; in the church life we need to help all the saints to think the one thing; our thoughts should be focused on and filled with the enjoyment of Christ for the church life, the Body life.
First Corinthians reveals that God has given the all-inclusive Christ, with the riches of at least twenty items, to us as our portion for our enjoyment; the secret of the Christian life and the church life is for us to enjoy Christ.
The Experience of Life
God is faithful in calling us into the fellowship, into the enjoyment, of His Son, but many times we are unfaithful to His calling us into His intention.
The outward peace in our environment, our personal comfort and ease, and our possessions can become idols to us to lead us astray; but God is faithful to take these things away so that we may drink of Him as the fountain of living waters. God is faithful in allowing us to have troubles so that we may learn not to trust in ourselves but in Him and so that He may lead us into His economy for us to enjoy Christ, to absorb Christ, to drink Christ, to eat Christ, and to assimilate Christ so that God may increase in us to fulfill His economy.
Practice and Application
The only way to take God as the fountain of living waters is to drink of Him and flow Him out day by day; this requires us to call on the Lord continually (with singing, thanking, rejoicing, praying, praising, and making God’s saving deeds known to others). The only way to apply and enjoy this person is by loving Him with the first love; since the Lord Jesus as our life is a person, we need a new contact with Him to enjoy His present presence at this very moment and day by day.
In order to love the Lord to the uttermost, we need to be those who desire and seek to dwell in the house of God all the days of our life, to behold His beauty (loveliness, pleasantness, delightfulness), and to inquire of God in His temple; to inquire of God is to check with God about everything in our daily life.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 Christ is the unique center for believers (1 Cor. 1:2)
(Please illustrate that in first Corinthians, God has given the all-inclusive Christ, with the riches of at least twenty items to us.）
T2 We have been called to enjoy Christ (1 Cor. 1:2, 9)
(Please illustrate the reason for all the saints have the Lord as their unique portion.)
Day 2
T1 Christ, and Christ alone, should be the centrality and universality of our entire being (Phil. 2:2)
(Please illustrate what is the way that the Philippians could make Paul’s joy full.）
T2 Paul was pursuing toward the goal for the prize (Phil. 3:14)
(Please illustrate what “the goal” and “the prize” mean.)
Day 3
T1 The purpose of God’s economy (Jer. 2:13; John 3:30)
(Please illustrate that God’s purpose in wanting to be the fountain of living waters for His elect is that He would be increased and enlarged.）
T2 God’s faithfulness is not according to our natural understanding (Lam. 3:23; 1 Cor. 1:9)
(Please illustrate that We may understand about God’s faithfulness either in a natural way or in a spiritual way.)
Day 4
T1 God is faithful in fulfilling His economy (Jer. 2:13)
(Please illustrate that in His faithfulness He deals with our idols that we may drink of Him.）
T2 It is Jehovah’s lovingkindness that we are not consumed (Lam. 3:22-24)
(Please illustrate what it means to say, “Our failure opens the way for Christ to come in”.)
Day 5
T1 To fear God, to worship God, and to believe in God are all inadequate; to love Him is the indispensable requirement (Mark 12:30)
(What does “love God” mean?）
T2 Being constrained by the love of Christ and lived to the Lord (2 Cor. 5:14-15)
(Please illustrate with experiences that they may have many choices, but once they are flooded by the love of Christ, they lose all the choices.)
Day 6
T1 Love is the most excellent way (1 Cor. 13:4; 2 Tim. 1:7)
(Please illustrate that we may think that we are very powerful and sober, but our spirit is not of love.）
T2 We must love any kind of person (1 Cor. 12:31b; 13:4)
(Please illustrate that if we do not love the bad ones, eventually, we will have nothing to do.)
