God’s Economy in Faith
Message Six
The Linking Faith—the Faith of the Overcomers
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Rom. 1:17 For the righteousness of God is revealed in it out of faith to faith, as it is written, “But the righteous shall have life and live by faith.”
Rom. 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think so as to be sober-minded, as God has apportioned to each a measure of faith.
Luke 18:8 When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?
Word of Appetizer
What is the linking faith?What is the way to receive such a linking faith? The believers’ faith in Christ brings them into the life union with Christ (John 3:15, 36); the word of God is embodied in Christ and realized in the Spirit to be our faith; the believers live Christ and walk by this faith. Faith is the linking of our salvation; it links God with us and links us to God; this linking makes us God-men.
The way to receive such a linking faith is to contact its source, the processed and consummated God, by calling on Him, praying to Him, pray-reading His word, and musing on His word; this faith links us with God and imparts, transfuses, God into us; then we will become men of faith.
Spiritual Burden
The overcomers who live by faith will be rewarded by Christ with the co-kingship and the top enjoyment of the divine life with Him in the millennium.
By this linking faith we are linked to God in Christ to participate in all that the all-inclusive Christ is, has, and has attained to, for the producing of the organic members of
Christ to constitute and build up His organic Body, which will consummate in the New Jerusalem as the enlargement and expression of the eternal Triune God in His unlimited glory in the mysterious mingling of divinity with humanity for eternity; this is the eternal fulfillment of Romans 1:17—“the righteous shall have life and live by faith”!
CONCLUDING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
The Revelation of the Truth
In order to be men full of faith, we need to see that “faith comes out of hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ”.
We need to see the effect of faith—nothing is impossible to faith. The believers, the believing ones in Christ, are the household of faith.
The believers’ faith in Christ brings them into the life union with Christ; the word of God is embodied in Christ and realized in the Spirit to be our faith; the believers live Christ and walk by this faith.
Faith is the indicator of the believers’ life in the enjoyment of the Divine Trinity. The linking faith is the divine requirement for the overcomers to meet Christ in His triumphant return—this is based on Luke 18:8, where the Lord said, “When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”.
The Experience of Life
When we call upon the Lord by saying, “O Lord Jesus, I love You,” He becomes the faith imparted into us so that we spontaneously live Him by this faith; living faith operates through our love for the Lord; He Himself as the faith becomes our faith, and this is the linking organ to link us to the unlimited, infinite Christ.
By just speaking a simple word to the Lord in conversation with Him out of our love for Him and by a little calling on the Lord, we are infused with Him; the infusing of Christ into us causes us to have Him as our faith, which is the linking organ that links us with Him; this is the way to live Christ.
Practice and Application
The way to receive such a linking faith is to contact its source, the processed and consummated God, by calling on Him, praying to Him, pray-reading His word, and musing on His word; this faith links us with God and imparts, transfuses, God into us; then we will become men of faith.
When He comes back, He can find us as the believing ones, who always trust in Him, not in ourselves, and who always have no assurance in ourselves. Today we are making ourselves ready to be His bride; to make ourselves ready is to become an overcomer, who is always linked by the living faith with the Triune God.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 The source of faith is the word (Rom. 10:17; John 6:63)
(Please illustrate that the three aspects of the word.)
T2 The written word, the living word, and the applied word—refer to God Himself (John 1:1; 6:63b)
(Please illustrate that God embodied in Christ and realized as the Spirit is faith.)
Day 2
T1 The effect of faith (Matt. 17:20; 19:26)
(Please illustrate that how just as nothing is impossible to God, nothing is impossible to faith.)
T2 The believers are the believing ones in Christ, who are the household of the faith (Gal. 6:10)
(Please illustrate that the household, of faith; this faith house is a house that believes in God through His word.)
Day 3
T1 Believing into the Lord is not the same as believing Him (John 1:12-13; 3:6)
(Please illustrate that to believe Him is to believe that He is true and real, but to believe into Him is to receive Him and be united with Him as one.)
T2 With just a little bit of calling, we are infused with Him. The infusing of Christ in us causes us to have Him in you as our faith (Gal. 2:20)
(Please illustrate that the faith is the linking organ that links us with Him.)
Day 4
T1 We have to contact God to receive faith (Rom. 10:12; Heb. 4:16)
(Please illustrate that The way to receive such a [linking] faith is to contact its source, the Lord, the processed and consummated God, by calling on Him, praying to Him, and pray-reading His Word.)
T2 The faith through which we were saved became a linking faith within us (Rom. 1:17; 10:17)
(Please illustrate that faith has different stages.)
Day 5
T1 To think so as to be soberminded, as God has apportioned to each a measure of faith (Rom. 12:3)
(Please illustrate that God gave us the same faith in quality but not in quantity. )
T2 Faith became a strong indicator of the Thessalonians’ enjoyment of the Divine Trinity (1 Thes. 1:3, 5, 7-8)
(Please illustrate that Faith is the indicator of the believers’ life in the enjoyment of the Divine Trinity.)
Day 6
T1 The linking faith qualifies the overcomers (Luke 18:8)
(Please illustrate that the linking faith is the divine requirement for the overcomers to meet Christ in His triumphant return.)
T2 To live an overcoming and exulting life by the linking faith (1 Pet. 1:8-9)
(Please illustrate that those who live by faith today will eventually receive the end of their faith, that is, the salvation of their souls.)
