Being a Vessel Unto Honor, a Fully Equipped Man of God,
by Being Empowered in the Grace Which Is in Christ Jesus
to Fully Accomplish Our Ministry in the Unique Ministry of God’s Economy
Message Four
Christ Nullifying Death and Bringing Life and Incorruption to Light,
and Our Remembering Jesus Christ, the Seed of David,
Raised from the Dead
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
2 Tim. 1:10 …Our Savior Christ Jesus, who nullified death and brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel.
2:8 Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel.
Word of Appetizer
In 2 Timothy 1:10 Paul tells us that Christ abolished death. What is the meaning of this?
This means that Christ made death ineffective through His abolishing the death of the devil (Hebrews 2:14) and His resurrection, swallowing up death (1 Corinthians 15:52-54). … Through His resurrection, death became ineffective; death has lost its power, even its taste. Christ can abolish death because He abolished the devil, the one who held the power of death. By overcoming Satan and abolishing death, the Lord Jesus certainly also defeated Hades and the grave. … Christ has made this set of troublesome things ineffective through His resurrection. His resurrection proves that He overcame Satan, death, Hades, and the grave.
Spiritual Burden
Since the Lord Jesus has already abolished death through His death, He has shed light on life and immortality through the gospel in His resurrection. Life is the divine element, even God Himself, dispensed into our spirits. Immortality is the result of life permeating our bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in us, giving life to our mortal bodies.
In Christ, God is constituted into man, and man is constituted into God. God and man are blended together into one entity, this God-man. This implies that God’s purpose in His economy is to become man, in order to make man become God in life and character (but not in divine nature).
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
“Our Savior Christ Jesus, who nullified death and brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel.”
“Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel.”
The Experience of Life
Christ has abolished death, bringing us eternal, indestructible life. This life is given to all believers in Christ (1 Timothy 1:16), and is the main element of the divine grace given to us. Life is the divine element, even God Himself, dispensed into our spirits. Immortality is the result of life permeating our bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in us, giving life to our mortal bodies.
Practice and Application
The more we preach the gospel, the more life and immortality are brought to light. On the one hand, Christ appears with grace; that is, He comes with grace. On the other hand, Christ has already abolished death through His death and resurrection, and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, to fulfill the promise of life, so that believers can become apostles.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 Christ nullified death (2 Tim. 1:10, Heb. 2:14)
(Please illustrate that Christ’s resurrection was His victory over death, Satan, Hades, and the grave)
T2 The Lord Jesus tasted death for everything (Heb. 2:9, Col. 1:20)
(Please illustrate that this indicates that the redemption Christ accomplished was not only for man, but also for everything God created.)
Day 2
T1 Christ died in the flesh on the cross, abolishing the devil in the flesh of man (Heb. 2:14, Rom. 8:3)
(Please illustrate that what three large, ugly things are associated with the flesh.)
T2 Christ is the reality of the bronze serpent in the wilderness (Num. 21:4-9, John. 3:14)
(Please illustrate that God made Christ to be sin in the form and likeness of a serpent, but without the poison of a serpent, to die for us sinners.)
Day 3
T1 It is through the gospel that Christ brought life and incorruption to light (2 Tim. 1:10, 2 Cor. 5:4)
(Please illustrate with experiences that the more we preach the gospel, the more life and immortality shine forth.)
T2 The grace of God was given to us in Christ Jesus before the times of the ages (2 Tim. 1:9-10)
(Please illustrate that this grace was manifested through the appearance of Christ.)
Day 4
T1 The resurrection of Christ (2 Tim. 2:8, Rom. 8:11)
(Please illustrate that the Lord is both man and God. How did He rise from the dead?)
T2 Christ died and was raised (Rom. 14:9, 1 Cor. 15:55)
(Please illustrate that through resurrection Christ was victorious over Satan, God’s enemy, over the world, over sin, and over death.)
Day 5
T1 Christ was resurrected on the first day of the week, making the new creation have a new beginning (2 Cor. 5:17)
(Please illustrate that the spiritual meaning of Christ’s resurrection on the first day of the week.)
T2 When Christ was resurrected, He left the old creation in the grave (2 Cor. 5:17, Gal. 6:15)
(Please illustrate that the difference between the old creation and the new creation.)
Day 6
T1 The descendant of David will be the Son of God (2 Sam. 7:12-14, Rom. 1:3-4)
(Please illustrate that the inner meaning of these two verses, 2 Samuel 7:12-14, the first half, and Romans 1:3-4.)
T2 Christ is both the descendant of man and the Son of God (Matt. 22:41-45)
(Please illustrate that today, Christ, this descendant of David, has become our everything.)
