Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2)
Message Two
Christ as the Emancipator and as the One
Who Makes Us More Than Conquerors
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Rom. 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death.
Rom. 8:4-6 That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit….For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.
Rom. 8:37 But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.
Word of Appetizer
We can cooperate with the inner operating Triune God as the law of the Spirit of life, how can we “switching on” this law?
We have to walk according to the spirit, to mind the things of the Spirit, to put to death the practices of the mortal body, to be led, to cry, to witness, and finally, to groan. If we are such persons experiencing all these seven items, surely the law of the Spirit of life is setting us free. If we practice all these seven items, the law of the Spirit of life truly works in us.
Spiritual Burden
The Triune God has been processed through incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension to become the law of the Spirit of life installed in our spirit as a “scientific” law, an automatic principle; this is one of the biggest discoveries, even recoveries, in God’s economy.
We can love God and be constrained, restricted, motivated, compelled, impelled, and propelled by the love of Christ to more than conquer in all things. In all the sufferings we more than conquer through Christ who loved us.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
We can experience, enjoy, and express Christ as our Emancipator by the law of the Spirit of life.
We can experience, enjoy, and express Christ as the One who makes us more than conquerors.
The Experience of Life
This law operates within us as we live in the Body and for the Body. While we remain in the touch with the Lord, staying in contact with the Lord, the law of the Spirit of life works automatically, spontaneously, and effortlessly.
Christ, having died for us and having been raised, is interceding for us at the right hand of God. No suffering, including tribulation, anguish, persecution, famine, nakedness, peril, and sword, shall separate us from the love of Christ. Neither tribulation nor persecution can suppress or defeat us; rather, in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.
Practice and Application
We need to cooperate with the indwelling, installed, automatic, and inner operating God by prayer and by having a spirit of dependence, thus maintaining our fellowship with the Lord of life and the Lord of work. We have to walk according to the spirit, to mind the things of the Spirit, to put to death the practices of the mortal body, to be led, to cry, to witness, and finally, to groan. If we are such persons experiencing all these seven items, surely the law of the Spirit of life is setting us free. If we practice all these seven items, the law of the Spirit of life truly works in us.
We can love God and be constrained, restricted, motivated, compelled, impelled, and propelled by the love of Christ to more than conquer in all things. We need to be constrained by the love of Christ to love God and the saints with Christ as our love.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 Christ is our Emancipator (Rom. 7:24; 8:2)
(Please illustrate that Christ as the Emancipator who by the law of the Spirit of life delivers the wretched man from the law of sin and of death.)
T2 The processed God works within us not by activities but by law (Rom. 8:2)
(Please illustrate that this is one of the biggest discoveries, even recoveries, in God’s economy.)
Day 2
T1 The center, the centrality, of the new covenant is the inner law of life (Jer. 31:33; cf. Rom. 8:2)
(Please illustrate this law is not an outward law but an inward law.)
T2 This law functions. The function of the inner law refers to the divine capacity (Eph. 4:16)
(Please illustrate that the divine capacity of the inner law of life can live God. This capacity can also cause the believers in Christ to be constituted with God.)
Day 3
T1 When we fulfill the requirement, this law works (Rom. 8:4-6)
(Please illustrate what are the requirements of this law? )
T2 As we walk according to the spirit, surely we would spontaneously set our mind on the spirit (Rom. 8:4-6)
(Please illustrate that we have the best help to set our mind on the spirit, that is, the Bible. And the best means is to pray-read.)
Day 4
T1 The law of the Spirit of life only frees the believers who fulfill all the doings in this chapter (Rom. 8:13-16)
(Please illustrate what the first four point of the doings on our side in Romans 8 are.)
T2 The law of the Spirit of life only frees the believers who fulfill all the doings in this chapter (Rom. 8:13-16)
(Please illustrate that what the fifth, sixth, and seventh point of the doings on our side in Romans 8 are.)
Day 5
T1 The constraining love of Christ is the love which was manifested on the cross through His death for us (2 Cor. 5:14)
(Please illustrate that this love limits us, confines us to a narrow way, toward the unique goal—Christ Himself.)
T2 Christ is the One who makes us more than conquerors (Rom. 8:31-32, 34)
(Please illustrate that Christ died for us and…after being raised, He is interceding for us at the right hand of God.)
Day 6
T1 The love of God is the source of His eternal salvation (Rom. 8:37-39)
(Please illustrate that we are God’s beloved ones, and nothing can separate us from His love.)
T2 The love of God is not only the love of God itself but the love of God which is in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:37-39)
(Please illustrate that the love of God is in Christ Jesus, we may be assured that nothing can separate us from it.)
