Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2)
Message Eight
The Way to Receive, Experience,
and Enjoy the All-inclusive Christ
as the All-inclusive Life-giving Spirit—
the Aggregate of the All-embracing Blessing
of the Full Gospel of God
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Gal. 3:14 In order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith in the Son of God…
Word of Appetizer
What threefold seed does Galatians presents the Christ who is in humanity?
Christ as the seed of the woman refers to the incarnated Christ, the complete God becoming a perfect man through the dispensing of Himself into humanity in order to destroy Satan and to save the believers in Christ from sin and death.
Christ as the seed of Abraham is for the blessing to all the families of the earth; the unique seed of Abraham as the last Adam became the life-giving Spirit, who is the blessing of Abraham (the reality of the good land), for the dispensing of Himself into the believers of Christ to make them the corporate seed of Abraham.
Christ as the seed of David refers to the resurrected Christ, who carries out God’s New Testament economy for the dispensing of the processed Triune God into the members of His Body so that they may share His kingship in His resurrection in the eternal kingdom.
Spiritual Burden
Galatians presents the Christ who is the threefold seed in humanity for God’s dispensing of Himself into the believers of Christ for the fulfillment of His economy.
The way to receive, experience, and enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit is by God’s revealing of Christ in us; we live the Christian life according to the Christ whom we have seen.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
Galatians reveals that God’s plan according to His good pleasure is to work Christ Himself into us; the most evil thing, according to Galatians, is to distract people from Christ.
Galatians presents the Christ who is the threefold seed in humanity for God’s dispensing of Himself into the believers of Christ for the fulfillment of His economy.
Galatians reveals the way to receive, experience, and enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit-the aggregate of the all-embracing blessing of the full gospel of God.
The Experience of Life
The way to receive, experience, and enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit is by:
- Being born according to the Spirit and by being given the Spirit of God’s Son into our hearts.
- Being identified with Him in His death so that it may be no longer we who live but He who lives in us; and the life which we now live in the flesh we live in the faith of Christ.
- Putting on Christ through the baptism that puts us into Christ.
Practice and Application
We need to drop our concepts, turn our heart to the Lord, pay attention to the spirit, and spend time in the Word in a spirit and atmosphere of prayer, Christ will be revealed in us, live in us, and be formed in us.
The way to receive, experience, and enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit is by:
- Living and walking by the Spirit.
- Sowing unto the Spirit with the desire and aim of the Spirit in view, to accomplish what the Spirit desires.
- Boasting in the cross of Christ and living a new creation.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 The most evil thing, according to Galatians, is to distract people from Christ (Gal. 1:4)
(Please illustrate that to human eyes it does not appear so evil, but to God’s eyes it is the most evil thing.)
T2 The promise of the seed of the woman was given immediately after Adam’s fall (Gen. 3:15; Gal. 4:4)
(Please illustrate that Christ as the seed of the woman implies that the complete God became a perfect man through the dispensing of Himself into humanity.)
Day 2
T1 The seed of Abraham is for the blessing to all the families of the earth (Gal. 3:14, 16)
(Please illustrate that the blessing of Abraham refers to the promised Spirit, who is the reality of Christ.)
T2 The divine economy and the divine dispensing are also seen in the promise of the seed of David (Rom. 1:3)
(Please illustrate that the seed of David refers to the resurrected Christ, who carries out God’s New Testament economy for the dispensing of the processed Triune God into the members of His Body.)
Day 3
T1 God revealed Christ in us (Gal. 1:15-16)
(Please illustrate that we live the Christian life according to the Christ whom we have seen.)
T2 The more revelation we receive of the Son of God, the more He will live in us (Gal. 1:15-16)
(Please illustrate that what is the way to receive an inward, subjective, spiritual revelation.)
Day 4
T1 Christ’s person and Christ’s work together constitute our belief (Gal. 3:2; Rom. 10:17)
(Please illustrate that the Christian belief is Christ Himself in His person and His redemptive work.)
T2 By putting on Christ through the baptism that puts us into Christ (Gal. 3:27)
(Please illustrate that what it means to put on Christ.)
Day 5
T1 To be identified with Christ is to be made one with Christ (Gal. 2:20; Rom. 6:3)
(Please illustrate that baptism identifies us with Christ by making us one entity with Christ.)
T2 To live in the faith of Christ (Gal. 2:20)
(Please illustrate that it is by this faith, which is the very realization of Christ, that we still live in the flesh.)
Day 6
T1 Living and walking by the Spirit (Gal. 5:16, 25)
(Please illustrate that we must begin our day by living and walking in our spirit.)
T2 Whatever we do, we are sowing seeds (Gal. 6:7-8)
(Please illustrate that whatever we sow, we will reap.)
