The Great Need For a New Revival
Message One
Cooperating with the Lord to Bring In a New Revival That Will End This Age
THE EXTRACT OF THE OUTLINES
Scripture reading:
Hab. 3:2 O Jehovah, I have heard the report concerning You and am afraid. O Jehovah, revive Your work In the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember compassion.
I. Among God’s elect, there has always been an aspiration for revival—Hab. 3:2; Hos. 6:2; Rom. 8:20-22; Psa. 119:25, 50. (Monday)
II. We can enter into a new revival by reaching the highest peak of the revelation of God’s eternal economy—1 Tim. 1:3-4; 1 Cor. 9:17; Acts 26:19, 22:
A. The mystery hidden in God’s heart is God’s eternal economy, which is to dispense Himself into His chosen people to be their life and nature so that they may become an organism ultimately consummating in the New Jerusalem—Eph. 1:10; 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Rev. 21:2-22:5.
B. God became man to make man God in life and in nature to build up the Body of Christ; this is the “diamond” in the “box” of the Bible and is God’s eternal economy; The Triune God is ultimately consummated to be the husband, and the tripartite man is transformed to be the bride, and the two will become a corporate, great God-man—Gen. 1:26; Rom. 8:29; S. S. 1:1; Rev. 21:2, 9.
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C. I hope that the saints in all the churches on the earth will see this revelation and then rise up to pray that God will give us a new revival—a revival that has never occurred in history—Acts 26:19, 22. (Tuesday)
III. If we practice living a God-man life, a corporate model will be built up; this model will become the greatest revival in the history of the church to bring the Lord back—Psa. 48:2; Rev. 3:12, 21:
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A. God needs a corporate group of people to be raised up by the high peak of the divine revelation to live a life according to this revelation; revival is the practice of the vision that we have seen—Matt. 5:1; 28:19; Phil. 1:19-22, 25. (Wednesday)
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B. The only way to live the life of a God-man according to the Lord’s model is to set our entire being on the mingled Spirit and to walk, live, and have our being according to the mingled Spirit; eventually, the God-men will be the victors as Zion in Jerusalem to bring in a new revival never seen before in history and end this age—Rom. 8:2, 4, 6, 11, 16; Gal. 5:25; 1 Thes. 5:16-20. (Thursday)
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IV. We can enter into a new revival by participating in Christ’s heavenly ministry to feed His lambs and shepherd His sheep; this is to incorporate the ministry of the apostles with Christ’s heavenly ministry—John 21:15-17; 1 Pet. 5:1-4; Heb. 13:20-21: (Friday)
A. We must shepherd people according to the pattern of the Lord Jesus, cherishing people in the humanity of Jesus and feeding people in the divinity of Christ with the All-Inclusive Christ to accomplish God’s eternal economy—Matt. 9:36; John 10:11; Luke 7:34; Matt. 24:45-47.
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B. We must care for God’s flock according to the pattern of Paul, coming down to the level of the weak so that we can gain them, and being willing to spend all that he had and all that he was so that others could enjoy Christ—1 Thes. 2:7-8; 2 Cor. 11:28-29; 2 Cor. 12:15; Phil. 2:17. (Saturday)
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
…O Jehovah, revive Your work / In the midst of the years…—Hab. 3:2.
For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ—Phil. 1:19
Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers to shepherd the church of God…—Acts 20:28
Word of Appetizer
What is the crucial answer to the crucial question concerning the purpose of God in creating man and dealing with His chosen people? What is the greatest revival in church history to bring the Lord back?
We can enter into a new revival by reaching the highest peak of the divine revelation given to us—the revelation of the New Testament economy of God; this is the crucial answer to the crucial question concerning the purpose of God in creating man and dealing with His chosen people.
If we practice living a God-man life, which is the reality of the Body of Christ, a corporate model—a model of living in the New Testament economy of God—will spontaneously be established; this model will become the greatest revival in church history to bring the Lord back.
Spiritual Burden
We can enter into a new revival to end this age by reaching the highest peak of the divine revelation, by living the God-man life, and by participating in the heavenly ministry of Christ to shepherd the flock of God according to God.
“We should all declare that we will live a God-man life. Eventually, the God-men will be the overcomers, the Zion in Jerusalem. This will bring in a new revival never seen before in history and will end this age.”
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
There has always been a longing for revival among God’s chosen people.
We can enter into a new revival by reaching the highest peak of the divine revelation—the revelation of the New Testament economy of God; this is the crucial answer to the crucial question concerning the purpose of God in creating man and dealing with His chosen people.
God became man, that man might become God in life and nature (but not in the Godhead) for the producing and building up of the Body of Christ for the ultimate consummation of the New Jerusalem; this is the essence of the entire Bible, the “diamond” in the “box” of the Bible, which is the eternal economy of God.
The Experience of Life
If we practice living a God-man life, which is the reality of the Body of Christ, a corporate model—a model of living in the New Testament economy of God—will spontaneously be established; this model will become the greatest revival in church history to bring the Lord back.
The followers of Christ are constituted as disciples through Christ’s human life on earth, which is a model of a God-man—that is, His living in His humanity by denying Himself to live God; the only way to live the God-man life according to the Lord’s model is to set our whole being upon the mingled Spirit to act, live, and have our being according to the mingled Spirit.
Practice and Application
We can enter into a new revival by participating in the heavenly ministry of Christ to feed His lambs and shepherd His sheep in order to care for the flock of God, which is the church, resulting in the bringing forth of the Body of Christ; this is the merging of the apostolic ministry with the heavenly ministry of Christ.
We must shepherd people according to the Lord Jesus’ example in His ministry to fulfill the New Testament economy of God.
We must shepherd people according to the example of the apostle Paul; Paul shepherded the saints as a nursing mother and an exhorting father to care for the flock of God.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1: There has always been a longing for revival among God’s chosen people (Hab. 3:2; Hos. 6:2).
(Please illustrate that this matter of revival is the “kernel” within the “shell” of the books of the minor prophets.)
T2: The descendant of man, the Son of Man, can become the Son of God (2 Sam. 7:12-14a).
(Please illustrate what the main content of the New Testament is.)
Day 2
T1: Crucial points concerning the Spirit of God in the move of God’s eternal economy (John 1:14; 1 Cor. 15:45; Rev. 5:6).
(Please use one simple sentence to Please illustrate what the Lord’s recovery is today.)
T2: We are called by the Lord to carry out the economy of God (1 Tim. 1:4; Eph. 1:10).
(Please illustrate that the economy of God is entirely centered on Christ and has Christ as its reality.)
Day 3
T1: Making disciples of the gentiles is to constitute the gentiles as disciples of Christ (Phil. 1:19; 1 Cor. 6:17).
(Please illustrate how the Lord Jesus constituted Peter and Andrew, as well as James and John, as His disciples.)
T2: Making disciples of the gentiles is to constitute the gentiles as disciples of Christ (Rom. 1:4; 8:29).
(Please illustrate that disciples are constituted by knowing Christ as the firstborn Son of God through His resurrection.)
Day 4
T1: Christ began His ministry by being baptized (Matt. 3:15-16).
(Why did the Lord Jesus need to be baptized?)
T2: After performing a miracle, the Lord went up to the mountain apart to pray (Matt. 14:23).
(Please illustrate what kind of model the Lord set for us in the miracle of producing something from nothing in Matthew 14.)
Day 5
T1: Christ as the Son of Man cherishes us, and as the Son of God feeds us (John 10:10-11).
(Please illustrate that God sent His Son to cherish us in His humanity and to feed us in His divinity.)
T2: Without the Father’s heart of love and forgiveness, and the Son’s spirit of shepherding and seeking, we have no fruit (Matt. 12:33).
(Please illustrate what the reason for our lack of fruit-bearing might be.)
Day 6
T1: Contacting and caring for others (Acts 20:28; 2 Cor. 12:15).
(Please illustrate how Paul, as a good shepherd, is a model of caring for the flock of God.)
T2: Love is the most excellent way for us to prophesy and teach others (1 Cor. 12:31b).
(Please illustrate why love is the most excellent way.)
