Living a Christian Life and Church Life
Under the Government of God
for the Economy of God
Message Four
Becoming a Reproduction of Christ
and Experiencing Christ
as the Shepherd of Our Souls
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
1 Pet. 2:21-23 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you a model so that you may follow in His steps; who committed no sin, nor was guile found in His mouth; who being reviled did not revile in return; suffering, He did not threaten but kept committing all to Him who judges righteously.
1 Pet. 2:25 For you were like sheep being led astray, but you have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Word of Appetizer
Do you experience the Lord’s comfort and sense His comfort in your spirit or in your soul? why it is our soul that needs the Lord as the Shepherd?
Because our soul is very complicated, we need Christ, who is the life-giving Spirit in our spirit, to shepherd us in our soul, to take care of our mind, emotion, and will and our problems, needs, and wounds.
It is our soul—our mind, our emotion, and our will—that needs the Lord as the Shepherd.Our problem was that we were like sheep being led astray. But now we have returned, turned back, to the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls.
Spiritual Burden
As believers in Christ, we may become a reproduction of Christ as our model, and we can experience and enjoy Christ as the Shepherd of our souls.
In order to become a reproduction of Christ as our model, we need to experience Christ as the One living in us, being formed in us, and making His home in our hearts.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
As believers in Christ, we may become a reproduction of Christ as our model.
As we become a reproduction of Christ, we can experience and enjoy Christ as the Shepherd of our souls.
The Experience of Life
As the Shepherd of our souls, the pneumatic Christ oversees our inward condition, caring for the situation of our inner being. As the Shepherd of our souls, the Lord gives rest to our soul. As the Lord shepherds our soul and restores our soul, we not only experience Christ but also enjoy Him.
Practice and Application
The living of the Lord Jesus under the government of God is a model so that we may follow in His steps by becoming His reproduction. We need to become Christ’s reproduction, copies of Christ, by a process that involves the riches of the divine life; when this process is completed, we will become a reproduction of Christ.
In order to become a reproduction of Christ as our model, we need to experience Christ as the One living in us, being formed in us, and making His home in our hearts.
