2026 ITEROS Message Three

The Ministry of the Word and God’s Dispensing for God’s Economy

Message Three

Ministering Life for the Body

THE EXTRACT OF THE OUTLINES

Scripture reading:

Rom. 12:4 For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function,

Rom. 12:5 So we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

I. First John 5:14-17 indicates that not only do we have and enjoy the eternal life, but we can also minister this life to other members of the Body of Christ—1 John 5:14-17: (Monday)

A. Such an asker, who abides in the Lord, is one with the Lord, and asks in the spirit of being one with the Lord, becomes the means, the channel, through which God’s life-giving Spirit can give life to the one for whom he intercedes—1 Cor. 6:17.

B. The ministry of life is the ministering of the Christ whom we have experienced as life—2 Cor. 1:3-4.

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II. If we are to minister life, we need to know, experience, and gain God as the God of resurrection—Rom. 4:17; 2 Cor. 1:9; John 11:25: (Tuesday)

A. God works through the cross to terminate us, bringing us to an end so that we will no longer trust in ourselves but in the God of resurrection—2 Cor. 1:9.

B. The more we die with Christ in this way, the more the power of His resurrection is manifested in us, and the more we can minister life to the Body of Christ—John 11:25.

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III. We need to know the Body in life—1 John 5:11-12; Col. 3:4; 2:19; Rom. 8:2, 6, 10-11; 12:4-5: (Wednesday)

A. The Body of Christ is formed by Christ as life within us; this life is mingled with us to become the Body of Christ; knowing the Body in life is the result of our experience of life and spiritual growth—1 John 5:11-12.

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B. Knowing the Body is a dealing with individualism; all who do not know the Body are individualistic persons—1 Cor. 12:14-22. (Thursday)

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IV. We need to know the Body in practicality—1 Cor. 12:20, 27; 15:58: (Friday)

A. The local church is the expression of the Body of Christ in a certain locality; in the Lord’s recovery there is only one work, which is the work of the Body—1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27; 15:58; Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:16.

B. In the Lord’s recovery there is only one work, which is the work of the Body; what we are doing today is not our individual work but the work of God’s economy, which is the building up of the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 15:58; 16:10; Col. 2:19.

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V. According to the teaching of the Bible and our spiritual experience, there is definitely such a thing as the consciousness of the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 12:26-27; 2 Cor. 11:28-29: (Saturday)

A. The consciousness of the Body of Christ comes from the enjoyment of Christ; it is the consciousness of the life of Christ within us—Col. 2:16-19; 3:4, 15; Rom. 8:2, 6, 10-11; 12:4-5.

B. The Body of Christ is universal, the life within us is universal, and the consciousness of the Body is also universal—1 Cor. 12:26-27; 2 Cor. 11:28-29.

OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING

Reading the verses in each day.

Reading the main points in the outlines.

Pray-reading the verses:

Spiritual Burden

Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting

The Revelation of the Truth

The Experience of Life

Practice and Application