The Great Need For a New Revival
Message Four
Living the Life of a God-man by Living in the Kingdom of God as the Realm of the Divine Species
THE EXTRACT OF THE OUTLINES
Scripture reading:
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
John 3:5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
I. Because we have been born of God, we are God’s species; that is, we are God in life and in nature (but not in the Godhead)—John 3:3, 5-8; 2 Pet. 1:4; 1 John 3:1. (Monday)
II. God-men have the divine right to participate in God’s species—John 3:3, 5-6; 18:36.
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III. As believers in Christ, we live a God-man life—Mark 1:15; John 14:17b, 20; Rom. 8:9a, 10; Gal. 5:25: (Tuesday)
A. In Christ God has been constituted into man, and man has been constituted into God; God and man have been mingled together to become one entity, the God-man—Matt. 1:21, 23; Luke 1:35; Titus 2:13; 1 Tim. 2:5.
B. The God-men, who are the sons of God, are the reproduction and continuation of Christ, the first God-man; the One who lived the life of a God-man is now the Spirit living in us and through us so that we may live Him and express Him individually and corporately in His Body, the church—John 12:24; Heb. 2:10; Rom. 8:29; Eph. 3:16-19; 1:22-23.
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C. As the multiplication and reproduction of the first God-man, we should live the same kind of life that He lived. (Wednesday)
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IV. As believers in Christ, we live in the kingdom of God—Rom. 14:17: (Thursday)
A. The kingdom of God is the totality of God in Christ as the divine life with all its activities, and it is the realm of the divine life for this life to move, work, rule, and govern, in which He reigns with His life and expresses Himself as the Divine Trinity—John 11:25; 10:10b; 14:6; 15:1-8.
B. The kingdom of God is the realm of the divine species, in which are all the divine things; to enter into the realm of the divine species, we must be born of God to have the divine life and the divine nature—John 3:3, 5-6; 18:36; 2 Pet. 1:4:
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1. In John 3 the kingdom of God refers more to the species of God than to the reign of God; God became man to enter into the human species, and man is becoming God in life and in nature to enter into the divine species—John 3:3, 5-6; 1:1, 12-14. (Friday)
2. Through being regenerated to be born of God, believers become His children with His life and nature; our second birth causes us to enter into the kingdom of God to become the species of God, and the believers are God-men in the divine species—John 1:12-13; 3:3, 5-6; 1 John 3:1a; Rom. 8:19; Heb. 2:10.
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V. In the Gospel of John we see many aspects of the believers living in the realm of the divine species—John 1:16; 15:4a, 9, 11; 4:23-24; 14:2, 20, 23; 17:22-24: (Saturday)
A. He who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me; abide in Me and I in you; as the Father has loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love—John 6:57b; 15:4a, 9.
B. The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one; I in them, and You in Me, that they may be perfected into one—John 17:22-23a.
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Word of Appetizer
Spiritual Burden
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
The Experience of Life
Practice and Application
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Day 6
