Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (1)
Message Two
Christ as the One with the Heavenly-ruled Deeds,
Our Shepherd, Our Rest, and the Sower
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Matt. 11:28-30 Come to Me all who toil and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.
Matt. 13:3 And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow.
Word of Appetizer
Why do we need to see the vision of Christ, the Sower?
We need to see the vision of Christ, the Sower, sowing Himself as the seed of life into human beings; this vision is the very heart of the Lord’s recovery, for it is related to the desire of the Lord’s heart; He desires to come into us, His chosen people, to be our life in the way of mingling in order to make Himself our element and to make us His expression. Ephesians 3:17 reveals that the Triune God has come into usto do a building work with Himself as the element and also with something from us as the material; this is illustrated by the parable of the sower in Matthew 13.
Spiritual Burden
“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light”; To learn from Him is not imitating Him outwardly but copying Him in our spirit by taking His yoke — God’s will; God’s will has to yoke us, and we have to put our neck into this yoke to become His duplication.
The Lord sows Himself as the seed of life into man’s heart,the soil, so that He can grow and live in them and be expressed from within them. If we are going to have the Lord as the seed of life grow within us to be our full enjoyment, we have to open to the Lord absolutely and cooperate with Him to deal thoroughly with our heart.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
Christ is revealed as the One with the heavenly-ruled deeds—the fringe of His garment.
The Lord Jesus is our Shepherd, and we are His sheep.
The Lord Jesus is our rest.
The Sower is the wonderful person of the Lord Jesus, and the seed sown is also the Lord Himself as the embodiment of the Triune God.
The Experience of Life
The Lord Jesus is our Shepherd, and we are His sheep.
Jehovah is my Shepherd; I will lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside waters of rest. He restores my soul; He guides me on the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I do not fear evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff…comfort me. You spread a table before me in the presence of my adversaries; You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for the length of my days.
Practice and Application
We need to seek to dwell in the house of God all the days of our life; to inquire of God, checking with Him about everything in our daily life.
If we are going to have the Lord as the seed of life grow within us to be our full enjoyment, we have to open to the Lord absolutely and cooperate with Him to deal thoroughly with our heart. If we are strengthened into our inner man and if we pay attention to our spirit and exercise our spirit, the nutrients will be supplied. Then Christ will make His home in our inner being.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 In the human virtue of the Lord Jesus, there was healing power (Matt. 9:20-22)
(Please illustrate that God dwells in the unapproachable light, became touchable in Christ through His humanity for her salvation and enjoyment.)
T2 The pressing crowd received nothing from the Savior, but the woman who touched Him was healed (Matt. 9:20-22)
(Please illustrate that in this healing power, there is a transforming element that can change our character.)
Day 2
T1 Christ is our Shepherd, we will lack nothing (Ps. 23:1-2, Phil. 1:19b)
(Please illustrate that how the resurrected Christ shepherds us in the first stage.)
T2 Christ restores our soul is to revive us (Ps. 23:3, Rom. 12:2)
(Please illustrate that Christ in His shepherding restores—revives and transforms—our soul.)
Day 3
T1 His presence is a comfort, a rescue, and a sustaining power to us when we are walking in the valley of the shadow of death (Ps. 23:3)
(Please illustrate that the third stage the stage of the experience of the presence of the resurrected pneumatic Christ through the valley of the shadow of death.)
T2 The fourth stage of Christ’s shepherding is that He spreads a table—a feast—before us in the presence of our adversaries (Psa. 23:5)
(Please illustrate that on the one hand, we enjoy the the feast of the Lord, and on the other hand, we should fight for the victory.)
Day 4
T1 Christ is rest (Matt. 11:28-30)
(Please illustrate that what the toil mentioned in Matthew 11:28 refers to.)
T2 The Lord’s yoke is to take the will of the Father (Matt. 11:28-30)
(Please illustrate that what is the way to rest that the Lord Jesus gives us in Matthew 11:29. )
Day 5
T1 Christ is the seed, signified by the word (Matt. 13:3, 19)
(Please illustrate that Christ came to earth not only to be with us, but also to be sown in us.)
T2 Christ desires to enter those He has chosen (Matt. 13:3, Col. 2:19)
(Please illustrate that this vision of Christ sowing Himself as a seed of life in man is related to the desire of the Lord’s heart.)
Day 6
T1 Christ is working in us, building us up (Eph. 3:16-17)
(Please illustrate that Christ’s dwelling in our hearts is related to building.)
T2 In order to grow, the seed must be sown into good soil (Matt. 13:8, 23)
(Please illustrate that the seed grows with itself and the nutrients in the soil.)
