Living in and with the Divine Trinity
Message Five
Living with the Divine Trinity (2)
God Operating in Us
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Phil. 2:12-13 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.
Phil. 1:19 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.
Word of Appetizer
Why is it that everything that is covered in the book of Philippians is under God’s operating move?
If we have the spiritual discernment, the spiritual realizing power, we can see that all the things in the book of Philippians are related to God’s operating in us; chapter 1 shows us that we need to live and magnify Christ for Him to be our living and expression; chapter 2 shows that we need to take Christ as our pattern and hold Him forth; chapter 3 shows that we need to pursue and gain Christ as our goal; chapter 4 shows that Christ is our secret.
Spiritual Burden
God has a move on earth, and He moves by His operating. Our God is living, moving, and operating in us continuously, and we should care for God’s operating in us. We can live with the Divine Trinity by the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ—the Spirit of the suffering Jesus and the resurrected Christ—which enables us to live Christ and magnify Christ in all circumstances.
We can live with the Divine Trinity by the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ—the Spirit of the suffering Jesus and the resurrected Christ—which enables us to live Christ and magnify Christ in all circumstances.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
“It is God who operates in you”; God has a move on earth, and He moves by His operating. God is operating in us “both the willing and the working for His good pleasure”. We need to see that God’s operating in us is a miraculous normality.
God’s operating in us is with the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. The Spirit of Jesus Christ is the Spirit of the Jesus who lived a life of suffering on earth and of the Christ who is now in resurrection. This bountiful supply of the all-inclusive Spirit of Jesus Christ is for us to magnify Jesus Christ by living Him.
The Experience of Life
God is operating in us “both the willing and the working for His good pleasure”. We need to see that God’s operating in us is a miraculous normality.
God’s operating in us is with the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. In the Spirit of Jesus Christ there is the all-inclusive bountiful supply that enables us to meet any kind of environment and thus experience Christ, enjoy Christ, live Christ, and magnify Christ.
Practice and Application
Our God is living, moving, and operating in us continuously, and we should care for God’s operating in us; we need to live and magnify Christ for Him to be our living and expression; we need to take Christ as our pattern and hold Him forth.
God’s operating in us is with the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. This bountiful supply of the all-inclusive Spirit of Jesus Christ is for us to magnify Jesus Christ by living Him; we live Him so that He may be magnified in any circumstances.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 God moves by His operating (Phil. 2:13)
(Please illustrate that the overall thought of the book of Philippians is that the moving God is operating in us.)
T2 God operates in us quietly and finely (Phil. 2:13)
(Please illustrate that God’s operating in us is a miraculous normality.)
Day 2
T1 The book of Philippians is a book concerning our experience of Christ (Phil. 1:20-21; 4:12)
(Please illustrate that everything that is covered in the book of Philippians is under God’s operating move.)
T2 God is operating in us (Phil. 2:13)
(Please illustrate that our salvation is a living Person, the Triune God Himself, operating in us)
Day 3
T1 The Spirit of Jesus is the Holy Spirit (Phil. 1:19; Acts 16:6-7)
(Please illustrate that what are the elements of the spirit of Jesus.)
T2 “The Spirit of Jesus” is the Spirit of a man with abundant strength for suffering (Acts 16:7)
(Why did Acts 16:7 not say “the Spirit of God” instead of “the Spirit of Jesus”?)
Day 4
T1 The Spirit of Christ refers to the Spirit of Christ in resurrection (Rom. 8:9)
(Please illustrate what are the elements of the spirit of Christ.)
T2 The emphasis of “the Spirit of Christ” is upon the resurrection and the imparting of life (Acts 16:7; Rom. 8:9)
(Why is it in Acts 16 it is “the Spirit of Jesus”, But in Romans 8 it is “the Spirit of Christ”?)
Day 5
T1 Jesus was glorified when He was resurrected (Luke 24:26)
(Please illustrate that when did the Spirit of God become the Spirit of Jesus Christ.)
T2 The Spirit of Jesus Christ (Exo. 30:23-25; Phil. 1:19)
(Please illustrate what are the elements of the spirit of Jesus Christ.)
Day 6
T1 The Spirit of Jesus Christ is the bountiful supply (Phil. 1:19)
(Please illustrate that the Greek word for bountiful supply refers to.)
T2 The bountiful supply of the Spirit also includes the divine attributes and the human virtues (Phil. 1:19)
(Please illustrate that as we enjoy the bountiful supply of the Spirit, we submit or love without being aware of it.)
