Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (2)
Message Ten
The Creator of the One New Man
as the Masterpiece 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:
Eph. 2:15-16 Abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordinances, that He might create the two in Himself into one new man, so making peace, and might reconcile both in one Body to God through the cross, having slain the enmity by it.
Col. 3:15 And let the peace of Christ arbitrate in your hearts, to which also you were called in one Body; and be thankful.
Word of Appetizer
How is the new man as the poem, the masterpiece, of God was created?
The new man as the poem, the masterpiece, of God was created through Christ’s death and in His resurrection.
“In His flesh” Christ terminated all the negative things in the universe: Satan, the devil, the enemy of God; sin ; the flesh of fallen man; the world, the cosmos, the evil system of Satan; the old creation represented by the old man; and the separating ordinances of the law.
“In Himself” as the sphere, element, and essence, Christ created the Jews and the Gentiles into one new man.
Spiritual Burden
On the cross Christ created the new man in Himself by abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordinances, the middle wall of partition. For and in the one new man, we need to allow the peace of Christ to arbitrate in our hearts. For the new man we all need to take Christ as our person. For the practical existence of the one new man, the total person of the old man must be put away, and we must live by our new person.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
God’s intention in His creation of man was to have a corporate man to express Him and to represent Him.
The new man as the poem, the masterpiece, of God was created through Christ’s death and in His resurrection.
On the cross Christ created the new man in Himself by abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordinances, the middle wall of partition.
In the one new man Christ is all the members and is in all the members.
The Experience of Life
He is our sanctification (for our present), by which we are being sanctified in our soul, that is, transformed in our mind, emotion, and will, with His divine life.
Through the arbitration of the peace of Christ, our problems are solved, and the friction between the saints disappears; then the church life is preserved in sweetness, and the new man is maintained in a practical way.
Practice and Application
For and in the one new man, we need to allow the peace of Christ to arbitrate in our hearts. Whenever we sense that different parties within our being are arguing or quarreling, we need to give place to the presiding peace of Christ and allow this peace, which is the oneness of the new man, to rule within us and have the final word.
For the new man we all need to take Christ as our person. We need to live a life in the new man by taking Christ as our person, with Him as the One making all the decisions in us.
