The All-Inclusive Christ as Revealed in Matthew
Message Four
Christ as the Center of the Processed Triune God
THE EXTRACT OF THE OUTLINES
OPENING WORD OF THE PROPHESYING MEETING
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit—Matt. 28:19.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all—2 Cor. 13:14.
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come! And let him who hears say, Come! And let him who is thirsty come; let him who wills take the water of life freely—Rev. 22:17.
Word of Appetizer
Why is it said that the clearest revelation of the Divine Trinity is in Matthew 28:19?
The clearest revelation of the Divine Trinity is in Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” God is triune. In Matthew 28:19 the Lord spoke of three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Here the Lord speaks of the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. The word “name” is singular in the original language. This means that although the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three, the name is one. That three have one name is a mystery and reveals that God is triune. Although God is uniquely one, He has three persons—the Father, the Son, and The Spirit.
Spiritual Burden
The clearest revelation of the Divine Trinity is in Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
As believers in Christ, we have been baptized into the processed Triune God. To be baptized into the Person of the Triune God is to be baptized into the all-inclusive, consummated Spirit. This Spirit is the ultimate consummation of the processed Triune God. To be baptized into the name of the Triune God is to be put into a mystical union with Him and to have all that God is imparted into us.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
The clearest revelation of the Divine Trinity is in Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
As believers in Christ, we have been baptized into the processed Triune God.
Christ is the center of the processed Triune God.
The Experience of Life
As believers in Christ, we have been baptized into the processed Triune God. We who have been baptized are now in an organic union with the Triune God. Therefore, all that the Father has, all that the Son has, and all that The Spirit has have become ours. To be baptized into the name of the Triune God is to be put into a mystical union with Him and to have all that God is imparted into us.
Practice and Application
Matt. 28:19—Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
The resurrected Christ came to the disciples and charged them to go with His authority to disciple all the nations and baptize them into the name—the Person—of the Triune God so that they could have an organic union with the divine Trinity and be brought into the enjoyment of the Trinity for the church life.
We must practice one thing—supplying the processed Triune God into people that He may build Himself into their inner man. In every aspect of our work—preaching the gospel, nourishing the believers, perfecting the saints—the intrinsic element must be the supplying of the building and built God to man.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
Day 1
T1 Resurrection Is the Completion of the Process of the Triune God (Matt. 28:19)
(Please illustrate that in resurrection, Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God became the life-giving Spirit.)
T2 To Be Baptized into the Name of the Triune God Is to Be Baptized into All that the Triune God Is (Gal. 3:27; 1 Cor. 12:13)
(Using the Scriptures to explain that the New Testament reveals we are baptized into the Triune God, into the Lord Jesus, and in The Spirit.)
Day 2
T1 There Is Only One God, and There Is No Other (Isa. 45:5; 1 Cor. 8:4)
(Using the Scriptures to explain that the Bible speaks in many portions and in many ways that there is only one God.)
T2 Whom Shall I Send, and Who Will Go for Us? (Isa. 6:8; 2 Cor. 13:14)
(Please illustrate that God refers to Himself on the one hand as “I” and on the other hand as “Us.”)
Day 3
T1 The Father, the Son, and the Spirit Are Not Three Separate Persons or Three Gods (Matt. 28:19)
(Please illustrate that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are one God, one reality, one person.)
T2 The Elements in the Processed and Ultimately Consummated Triune God (John 7:39; Rom. 8:9)
(Please illustrate what crucial steps the Triune God took to be processed to become the life-giving Spirit.)
Day 4
T1 The Spirit Is the All-Inclusive Spirit (John 7:39; Rev. 1:4-5)
(Please illustrate that The Spirit is the sum total, the consummation, of all the elements in the various titles of the Spirit of God.)
T2 The Spirit Is the Unique Blessing of the New Testament Economy Promised by God to Abraham (Gal. 3:14; Rev. 1:4-5)
(Please illustrate how we can give a complete definition of The Spirit.)
Day 5
T1 The Vision of God’s Building Affects Our Work Today (Rev. 21:10; Matt. 16:18)
(Please illustrate that Job’s only need was God Himself.)
T2 A Person Can Be According to God’s Heart, yet Without Having God Wrought into His Heart (Matt. 16:18; Eph. 3:17)
(What fact does David’s degradation illustrate?)
Day 6
T1 The Spirit and the Bride Become One (Rev. 22:17)
(Please illustrate that The Spirit is the ultimate expression of the processed Triune God, and the bride is the ultimate expression of the transformed tripartite man.)
T2 The New Jerusalem Will Be the Consummation of God’s Counterpart, the Consummation of All the Redeemed and Perfected Ones (Rev. 22:17, 7:17)
(Please illustrate which two consummations are in Revelation 22:17.)
