The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy
Message Seven
The Eternal Blessing of the Triune God Dispensing Himself into Us for Our Enjoyment and the Accomplishing of His Economy
THE EXTRACT OF THE OUTLINES
Scripture reading:
2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
I. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all—this is the eternal blessing of the Triune God dispensing Himself into us for our enjoyment and the accomplishment of His economy—2 Cor. 13:14: (Monday)
A. The Holy Spirit as the circulation, the transmission, of the grace of Christ with the love of the Father is the supply in our Christian life and church life; the entire church life depends on 2 Corinthians 13:14—2 Cor. 13:14.
B. God’s intention in His economy is to dispense Himself in His Divine Trinity—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—into His chosen people—Psa. 36:8-9.
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II. In order to enjoy the eternal blessing of the Triune God dispensing Himself into us, we need to enter into and keep ourselves in the eternal love of God—Jer. 31:3: (Tuesday)
A. We love because God first loved us; God first loved us by infusing us with His love so that we may love God and love all the brothers with this love—1 John 4:19-21.
B. We all need to spend an adequate amount of personal time with the Lord to have an affectionate, private, and spiritual fellowship with Him in our spirit so that we may be filled with the essence of His love—S. S. 1:1-4; Luke 15:20.
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III. In order to enjoy the eternal blessing of the Triune God dispensing Himself into us, we need to enter into and keep ourselves standing in the grace of Christ, which is the Triune God as our enjoyment; we need to enjoy the grace of life as the descending dew in the church life to keep ourselves in the genuine oneness—Rom. 5:2; Psa. 133. (Wednesday)
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IV. In order to enjoy the eternal blessing of the Triune God dispensing Himself into us, we need to enter into and keep ourselves in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, the inward flow of the divine life—2 Cor. 13:14: (Thursday)
A. Fellowship is the flow of the eternal life within all the believers who have received and possess the divine life; the fellowship of the divine life has a vertical aspect and a horizontal aspect—Rev. 22:1; 1 John 1:2-3, 6-7.
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B. The horizontal fellowship is interwoven with the vertical fellowship; this interwoven fellowship is the genuine fellowship—1 John 1:3, 7. (Friday)
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V. The divine fellowship is everything in the Christian life; we must realize that when the fellowship disappears, God also disappears; God comes as the fellowship—1 John 1:3: (Saturday)
A. The divine fellowship is the dispensing of the Triune God into us, the tripartite man, to make us one with God; the Greek word for fellowship means joint participation, and this joint participation produces oneness—1 Cor. 1:9.
B. The divine fellowship is the reality of living in the Body of Christ; by being restricted in the divine fellowship, the Body of Christ is kept in oneness—Eph. 4:3-12.
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all—2 Cor. 13:14.
That which we have seen and heard we report also to you that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ—1 John 1:3.
Word of Appetizer
How can we enjoy the eternal blessing of The Triune God dispensing Himself into us?
- Enter into and keep ourselves in the eternal love of God.
- Enter into and keep ourselves standing in the grace of Christ, which is The Triune God as our enjoyment.
- Enter into and keep ourselves in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, which is the inner flow of the divine life.
Spiritual Burden
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Cor. 13:14)—this is the eternal blessing of The Triune God dispensing Himself into us for our enjoyment and for the accomplishment of His economy.
By enjoying Christ in the divine fellowship, we continually experience a cycle in our spiritual life, in which there are four crucial things: the eternal life, the fellowship of the eternal life, the divine light, and the blood of Jesus the Son of God; such a cycle brings us forward in the growth of the divine life until we mature in life and corporately arrive at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Cor. 13:14)—this is the eternal blessing of The Triune God dispensing Himself into us for our enjoyment and for the accomplishment of His economy.
The divine fellowship is everything in the Christian life; we must realize that when fellowship is gone, God also disappears; God comes as fellowship.
By enjoying Christ in the divine fellowship, we continually experience a cycle in our spiritual life, in which there are four crucial things: the eternal life, the fellowship of the eternal life, the divine light, and the blood of Jesus the Son of God; such a cycle brings us forward in the growth of the divine life until we mature in life and corporately arrive at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
The Experience of Life
God loved us first, infusing His love into us and generating love within us so that we can love God and love all the brothers with this love; when we love the Lord Jesus, we become identical to Him in His humanity enriched by His divinity; the bountiful attributes of the all-sufficient God are expressed through our fragrant “Jesusly” human virtue.
The fellowship of life, the inner flow of life, brings in joy and the inner shining of the light of life, which is the inner ruling; the divine fellowship is everything in the Christian life; we must realize that when fellowship is gone, God also disappears; God comes as fellowship.
Practice and Application
We all need to spend enough personal time with the Lord to have an affectionate, private, and spiritual fellowship with Him in spirit, so that we can be filled with the essence of His love, allowing Him to shepherd people through us, and so that we can be filled with His shining element, allowing people to see Him in us.
Day by day, we need the Lord to open our ears to hear the words of grace proceeding out of His mouth, so that we can experience the grace that the Father has graced us with in the Beloved, and so that we can supply grace to those who hear us.
We should as much as possible have fellowship with our fellow believers; when we have genuine fellowship with one another by exercising our spirit, we will desire to pray and contact the Lord; this shows how intimate the relationship is between the vertical and horizontal aspects of fellowship.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 Love is the source, grace is the outflow, and the fellowship is the transmission (2 Cor. 13:14)
(Please illustrate that to fully enjoy the Divine Trinity is to participate in the love of God, the grace of Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.)
T2 There are two circulations within us, the circulation of blood and the circulation of the Divine Trinity (2 Cor. 13:14, Psa. 36:8-9)
(Please illustrate that 2 Corinthians 13:14 describes this inward, spiritual circulation in detail.)
Day 2
T1 God’s divine attributes are expressed through man’s created virtues, which are the uplifted virtues (Jer. 31:3, 1 John 4:19)
(Please illustrate what the seven items of these uplifted virtues are.)
T2 For a Christian to serve the Lord, he must have the character of one who serves the Lord (Jer. 31:3, 1 John 4:19)
(Please illustrate that our character is because we love God.)
Day 3
T1 Standing in grace (Rom. 5:2)
(Please illustrate that we do not need to do anything sinful to possibly have insulation from grace.)
T2 The life of brothers dwelling together in oneness (Psa. 133:1-3)
(Please illustrate that Psalm 132 is the aspect of the church life, and 133 is the aspect of the church living.)
Day 4
T1 The best example to illustrate the fellowship is electricity (1 John 1:2-3)
(Please illustrate that the fellowship is the flow of eternal life within all believers who have received and obtained the divine life.)
T2 The fellowship of the divine life has two aspects: vertical and horizontal (1 John 1:6-7)
(Please illustrate with examples that the two aspects of the divine fellowship are closely related.)
Day 5
T1 The vertical and horizontal aspects of the divine fellowship are very closely related (1 John 1:6-7)
(Please illustrate with experience that if we spend adequate time having vertical fellowship with the Lord, we will be eager to see other saints to have fellowship with them.)
T2 True fellowship is by our spirit (cf. 2 Cor. 6:6)
(Please illustrate that as we exercise our spirit, the nature of our conversation will change because our spirit is holy.)
Day 6
T1 The divine fellowship is everything in the Christian life (Rev. 22:1, 1 Cor. 10:16)
(Please illustrate that our Christian life is a life of the fellowship of the divine life.)
T2 Entering fully into the experience of the two aspects of the divine fellowship through the two spirits, the Spirit of God and the spirit of man (John 4:24)
(Please illustrate that when we live in the divine fellowship, our Christian life becomes very living, active, and full of impact.)
