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Cross Message (31:05)
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5 Lessons
1) Problems: all problems are not seeing God, lose perfect will, lose assurance that what I do is all God's perfect will
2) Answer: Problems one, tf there is also only one answer. God has all the answers. Answer = Emmanuel, restore perfect will, authority & power, plan & timetable
3) Assurance (God-driven): blessed assurance of loved. Not from my conditions, but God-driven
4) New Living (Believe and follow): In the past, there is no Lord, now there is.
5) Prayer: must test approve, must see, tf must pray
20 Lessons (33:07)
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Meet God (1-10) = very purpose of compiling 20 Lessons
= Build Altar, Build Tabernacle, Build Temple (Abraham altar, Moses/Israel tabernacle, David's Tent, and that inside JX)
After Format -> Application is then possible
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Converse (11-15)
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Walk with God (16-20)
Lesson 1 (35:00)
Born again and Transformation
Before format, the most important notion is that today, no matter what conditions/situations/likeness, our Christian living (all our living) must discover God's work, restore God's work, and then follow God. Many saints thought that they decided in their heart to believe JX, baptize, choose church, and then serve God. Many thoughts still start from themselves. Therefore, it is very powerless and with no fruits. Man's principle of creation is that once he sees that God is working (in him), he will rejoice and be joyful. Even discipline, if it is from God, he will be joyful. Testimony comes from how God works, not how I do this at this time and that.
Born again is how I heard God's word, convicted me, and this Word came in, and in these set of conditions I have seen how He led me. In all my conditions to restore God's perfect will to live Christian living. Not after having learnt 1 or 2 years, then can walk with God - no! But when you have met God, how He did, past, what He will do in future, so that in the present time, in your conditions and relationships, to entirely restore God's works to start. Then it becomes living, so that he can converse with God and walk with God.
(38:35)
At the back of your ability to hear and believe the gospel lay awesome mysteries. These are wonderful works which are accomplished by God and it started before the creation of the world.
-> God's works
In order to accomplish these things, the slow and lengthy human history is entirely mobilized,
-> for your sake! Therefore, Abraham/Moses/David are all mobilized for your sake. Actually from your life right now to see, Adam/Noah/Abraham/Moses/JX/apostles are all for your present life. Then when believe, will be greatly jump! When I believe like this, I do not anyhow judge myself anymore. The spring of joy flows from my chest when I understand this. It is not that we must slowly restore, but that in the present time, everything has been restored, even if it means day one of belief. God's work today is what I must seek out.
and for that, the Son of God, Jesus Christ died on the cross and resurrected.
-> what else needs to be said? Even God's only Son!
Indeed, what great blessings are hidden in this mystery of salvation!
-> that the Son of God did in the ministry of incarnation, suffered such a great deal of deep sufferings and died.
As one who is born again and saved, what would I enjoy thereafter? And how would I grow?
-> Abraham's days are weak, and 75 years old of blessedly called seems a bit late. Yet when he believed, look at all the 4000 years what has been accomplished! Such a great deal! In the first lesson, this one person must look 10 years, 20 years, lifetime, his descendants - what will be accomplished! This is called born again and transformation. Great servants of God: Billy Graham, Paul, David - all started like your likeness. What you restored, and what they restored are all the same.
Outline
1) Born Again? (Meet God)
2) Transformation
3) The Future - blueprint, timetable
Details
1. Born Again?
1. What is called “Born again”?
Abraham is very clear? God appeared to him and talked to him, and showed him a lot of wonderful things. God appeared to Moses and let him see many wonderful things in heaven. Paul also saw JX, and so do all apostles, and some even ate the bread in the 5 bread 2 fish. Therefore, is all their calling greater than us? But all our calling is actually of more grace than them! What is more important is not actually hearing the voice, but what actually made them have such a transformation is from? They are blessed because of meeting God by such ways, but we can meet God today because? Not because they saw God and we do not, to meet Him. Abraham and Moses saw with their own eyes the wonders of God, and they believed God's word. Therefore, meeting God is not a meeting of once with God's. It is meeting of God's word - they believed God's word: you are the source of all blessings, I will give you this region and land, all nations and peoples will be blessed because of you, and they heard this word. Sometimes, they kept, and some they did not keep. When they heard the word of God, what they believed is accomplished, and what Abraham believed actually is accomplished these 4000 years!!! Therefore, what is born again? Last time, there is no complete bible. Actually, what we have seen is the most complete. Paul did not continue to seek for the old one in Damascus when he was weak, but he placed the words of JX in his heart, HS moved, preserved, and thus the believed became accomplished. Therefore, born again is Meeting God.
= Meet God
1) Become alive
1) It means: the restoration of God’s word and the Holy Spirit through my life, as if changed from clay to a living being. My dead spirit in the past now revives, restoring the condition to be able to see God, hear God and converse with God <Jn 3:1-5>
-> God's word and HS tells one to be able to see, hear, converse with God. Therefore, he has become alive! Not to want to believe that I have become alive by just this, but that "my head has become alive" the meaning, "my hand has become alive" the meaning, even your slow mind must get God's plan, you getting a slow child must also get God's plan to become alive.
2) Jesus Christ
2) It means: The accomplishment of things as a result of believing in Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection, solving my sin and all the problems sin brought about, heart believe mouth confess, willingly die and resurrect together with Christ <Ro 6:1-11, 10:10>
3) Totally Solved, Restored (Already 100% restored -> according to timetable, slowly exemplified)
3) It means: Through my death and resurrection with Christ, I am totally set free from the law of sin, death and the bondage of Satan, become God’s child, and restored the law of life and spirit <Ro 8:1-2; Jn 5:24>
-> Therefore, born again means to be totally solved of all problems! And all blessings have been restored!! It is already 100% restored, only that according to timetable, it will gradually be exemplified.
4) God's Work -> God's initiative -> Test and approve to follow
4) God sends the messenger of gospel, letting [children predestined by God since the creation of the world] to hear the gospel, enabling them to believe and accept, then enters their life to dwell and fulfill God’s wonderful works <Eph 1:3-14>
-> Therefore, this is God's initiative. After belief, must we take initiative? No, else disaster! But Christian living the process of following upon discovering what is God's initiative already in my life. Therefore, the Master appeared. Not that Master is far away appearing, and one day comes and finds me. But it is that God has always known, and even protected me, numbering all our hairs. It is only that I do not know Him. It is till I am 20 years old that through the word of God, He appeared to me. Therefore, after knowing God's initiative, to test and approve to submit/follow. How can one just do bible study, memorize verses, do much ministries everyday and do not pray? Then, he is originally muddle-headed :)
5) Respond
5) After a soul who is called by God understands the love and righteousness of God, he will, because of hungering and thirsting for eternal life and holy life, repent and resolute in order to respond to the calling of God <Ac 2:38>
==> Recap
1) Become alive
Born again is becoming alive. Past cannot see God, now can see hear God.
2) Jesus Christ
Accomplished in Jesus Christ. After D&R with Him,
3) Totally Solved, Restored (Already 100% restored -> according to timetable, slowly exemplified)
Therefore, through JX, my life is totally solved and totally restored!
4) God's Work -> God's initiative -> Test and approve to follow
This is all of God's initiated God's work!
5) Respond
When I respond, this completes it!
(57:50)
2. Transformation
2. How do I change after “Born again”?
When you know what has been transformed, you then know how and what can be enjoyed. This is about being successful to start, and not to wait until the future's success to start. It is already successful!
(Just for teachers: There is a very important theology: already but not yet. JX has already been victorious, but He will be totally be victorious when He comes again. We have all been resurrected with Christ, but real resurrection is when He comes again. Teachers must know balance to explain transformation. Shall we be accused and inferior to look at oneself when we are weak? Yet, shall we find it strange when we know that we are in the palace, of a prince or princess, yet now, there are nothing that looks like it? Already, but gradually to be exemplified.)
1) God's Indwelling
1) Has possessed the mystery of [God’s Word] and the [Holy Spirit] <Eph 1:13-14>
-> God has come in to live! This is the biggest transformation! Because you have heard the word you have not heard before. Therefore, hunger hope, concerns, interests entirely changed.
After God's word and Spirit came in, how have you changed?
2) Child
2) Forever become the child of God <Jn 1:12>,
-> How do you know that you are COG? You call upon Abba Father, and you do not feel strange. If I just find any uncle to tell him father, it is strange. Therefore, I am COG.
JX's Body
body of Christ <Eph 1:23>
-> Why? Because His teachings I believe, ideology is inside of me, He is in me! No matter what I do, I will be reminded of JX teaching, therefore, I am His Body!
-> Another meaning is that I am willing to submit to JX my Head. Therefore, in all things, He is takes first place, He is my Head, I am His Body.
HS's temple
, temple that Holy Spirit dwells in <1Co 3:16>
-> Evidences? Because my convictions in me is different from that in the past. In the past, I will not sit here, but probably in cinema. There's convictions: the things I thought of, request of, He immediately instructs me.
-> The Seven Mysteries of the Holy Spirit.
God's people (citizens)
, citizen of the heavenly kingdom <1Pe 2:9>,
-> Evidences? Because my life faces/directed towards the heavenly kingdom already.
Heir
heir of God <Gal 4:7>
-> Because see God's blessings, and to inherit God's inheritance, to inherit the previous saints' works to live.
Holy Kingdom
, and holy kingdom <1Pe 2:9>
-> Because I like holiness. Of course, there are times of dirtiness, but there is discomfort. In the past, cannot discern: music, alcohol, tea/karaoke with friends. But now, like to even clean oneself of all those things.
=> Life has already totally transformed.
3) Purpose, Direction, Method
3) Human life’s purpose, direction and method has totally changed <Mt 6:33>
-> Purpose = RSYRJG = 4G.
-> Direction = towards kingdom, towards eternal <-> in the past, do not know directed where, anyhow live.
-> Method = test and approve to submit, request and acquire, rely and victorious, hand over and receive to enjoy.
Think, the living before born again and after born again has totally changed. Consider more of this here.
4) Promise
4) Has possessed God’s eternal promises (God’s presence, guidance, fulfillment, authority, inheritance) <Jn 14:18>
Very important here is to confirm. Help them. How God is with you. How God is guiding him. Promises here are the 5 Promises: presence, guidance, fulfillment, authority, inheritance. Actually important is not memorizing, but there are many many, and this could be too. But, God is with us -> really? How is He with you? How is He guiding? When I was 20 years old, 27 years old, ... God brings us to this church, guiding. Last month, this month HS, to guide us. Therefore, to become alive. Especially inheritance: last time and this time is different. Tell them to confirm.
5) Two Laws
5) Because of the inner dwelling of the Holy Spirit, the heart within starts to have struggles between the flesh and the spirit, but he already possessed the mystery that is [willing to be in guidance of the Holy Spirit, and ability to triumph over any problems of the world] <Jn 16:33; Lk 10:19>
In the past, there is only 1 law. But now 2. In your heart, there becomes struggles. Confirm: you are blessed and born again person. But! There is a potential of mystery that you can be victorious over everything, but only if you are willing, you will be able to belong to HS things. There are things of the Holy Spirit and things of the flesh, but when you are willing to discern or differentiate, the things of the flesh are very obvious. Letting you be able to see. The convictions of the Holy Spirit is different with your timetable. For e.g. when you believed, that day, the Holy Spirit's conviction to you is not the same as what you are convicted right now, to use 30 years to convict you.
6) Begin to enjoy (4G) blessings
6) Will enjoy the evidence of [God with me and walk with me,] the blessings that can save, heal and nurture the people of God <Ge 1:28; Mt 28:18-20>
=> Transformation. This is the most successful thing that could happen. There is nothing more successful than being the child of God. Only if you are willing, God will reveal to you, provide you timely, not giving you too much at a time so that you do not know how to manage.
3. Future (Blueprint) (Program, Join, Confirm)
-> What will happen in the future? Will need a blueprint, a design. Though it has not happened, must know. And through the below, most important is to know program, join, and if possible, to confirm. The 7 breaches of the churches of this era. There are portion of knowledge here and there, but there is not joints.
3. How would a “Born again” life grow?
1) No God's word = no growing
1) Have to thirst for God’s word, and also have to comprehend, believe and confirm more <1Pe 2:2>
-> If without God's word, the more earnest you seek, you will surely go to another area. God's word is absolute.
2) Holy Spirit
2) Have to experience the mystery of the Holy Spirit’s conviction that come through God’s word <Jn 14:16-17>
-> Some people have believed a long time but do not know Him. Must practically confirm. The Holy Spirit's seal, conviction, power when understood, gifts added, guidance, fruits, join and expansion.
3) Time and space
3) Through God’s word, have to understand the mystery of time and space environment fixed by God <Ge 1:1; Col 1:15-17>
-> Time is towards eternal, space is invisible world that we do not know in the past. Must know the invisible world now.
4) Totally destroy, newly rebuild
4) Have to comprehend the reason of Christ’s death and resurrection and the mystery of salvation <Ro 6:1-11>
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5) Make covenant
5) Have to know the promise that God has hidden in Christ, and also have to formally establish covenant with God <Ge 15:1-12; Jos 1:1-9>
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6) Confirm
6) Have to affirm my identity, authority and inheritance, and also have to firm up life’s direction, purpose and method <1Pe 2:9>
-> Is this covenant true? One by one to confirm
7) God's work
7) Have to discover God’s absolute guidance and plan in my past, present and future life and living, <Jn 1:45-51>
-> God's works have to be found in the conditions that you have. Must seek and find. If cannot find, cannot become alive. Not only that your life, all your purpose, content, conditions, time must be born again. All have passed away, the new has come -> must see.
8) Converse (24hrs)
8) Through praying on all occasions and with all kinds of prayers and requests, converse deeply with God <Php 4:4-7>
-> Then God tells us to converse with Him. But what God meant by conversing with Him is not just once or twice, but He bids us to converse with Him 24 hrs. When sleeping, can go into deep sleep. When eating, to find it delicious. When exercising, can find quick pace in prayer. When in quiet down, can converse in quietness. When doing work, receive power/strength/wisdom to do. When meet people, to love people. We must find such prayers.
9) Evidences
9) Though walking with God in our living, will receive lots of Emmanuel evidence, and lots of testimonies in our life and living <Ro 12:1-2>
-> After conversation, will have evidences.
10) Blessings of Meetings
10) Will have blessings of meeting, the work of evangelism naturally opens widely <Ac 2:5-40>
-> When meet people, will share the evidences.
-> Anywhere, there are definitely blessings of meeting. Where is the blessings of meetings found? It is found in our 7 fields. Individual, family, church, workplace, relatives and friends, regional, world.
11) Fellowship/Church
11) Gradually, groups of people who love Christ gather around <Ac 2:41-47>
-> Therefore, must have fellowship/church to join in.
-> When come together, faster that work of evangelism happens.
12) Grooming disciples
12) Will also carry out the ministry of grooming disciples <Ac 11:19-31>
-> disciples are raised.
=> In all these, all the fields are covered, even till the ends of the world.
* You have already received the invitation of the eternal God, entering the eternal plan of touring together with God; moreover, that tour which is both joyful and wonderful had already begun. This is because mighty blessings are hidden along the whole journey that knows no boundaries. Therefore, please serve earnestness, then the conviction of Holy Spirit in your inner soul will lead you into that great and profound journey.
1:17:45
Lesson 2 Knowing the works of God
Lesson 1 is about "It is all God's work". Therefore, lesson 2 = "Knowing the works of God".
After Adam, all seeks after God. Buddhists, Islam, multi-gods seekers, yet unless God Himself reveals, shows Himself to us, man has no way to know Him. What man, in a state that has left God, imagined out is called false gods = evil spirits and conversing with demons. Therefore, the absolute difference between bible and others:
(1) Revelation of God
(2) Word Itself proves that it is authority, e.g. Ask and it will be given to you. Unless God says this, there is no one who can say this
(3) All accomplished in history, and presently, the state of man leaving God and restoring God proves this.
Only through God's revelation (His Word) can one know God. It is fundamentally wrong for one to judge God. God must judge you, not the other way round. Debates are not meaningful. When God's word is spoken and revealed, God's Own sheep will hear His voice, and acquiring those 7-8 sheep out of perhaps 100 will just do. This itself is the work of God's word. Avoiding debates is to manifest this work of God's word.
If we do not know God's word, our Christian living will surely go into knowledge, ritualistic, legalistic, prosperity or mystical ways. Therefore, knowing God's word is a must.
After salvation, the foremost urgency is to know God correctly and practically. Christian living is: to know God more and thus converse with Him, to be clear of God’s provision and thus enjoy, to discover God’s guidance and thus submit. We have already begun the living of eternally walking with God. From now on, the more we know Him, the more we can receive His rest and power, and will bear many fruits of life.
--> add any convictions you may receive here
Outline
1. God has an eternal yet wonderful plan, which is in progress now
2. God is a Trinity God <Mt 28:19; 2Co 13:14>
3. God is our Creator, and is also the God who dominates our all
4. Today God is still with us, and is currently doing important works
--> If we teach this for an hour, the hearers shall restore every Emmanuel. This should be the right case.
^ God Himself is Purpose. This purpose is accomplished by Himself, 3 roles. He chooses to accomplish this by filling/dominating saints = 4G. Method is by Emmanuel = 5M.
1. Eternal plan -> Now, Me
1. God has an eternal yet wonderful plan, which is in progress now
--> eternal plan is progressing where? In my life.
1) Utilmate goal = Kingdom -> when perspecting myself, now, this place -> (perfect will)
1) God’s ultimate goal is to establish an eternal kingdom <Rev 21:1-3>
--> Therefore, if we just search, it is easy to find His perfect will
2) built thru Jesus Christ - King
2) That kingdom is a [new world through the salvation of Christ’s cross, thus that is filled with God’s righteousness, love and glory], and is also an [amazing world where God and His people eternally rejoice together and be happy, doing new things everyday] <Rev 22:3>
--> main point is "through Jesus Christ"
3) Today's meaning -> to acquire children
3) Presently, every reason and purpose that the human history still continues to stride forward entirely lies in the great matter of establishing the kingdom, installing the King and gathering the people <Mt 24:14, 25:31-35>
--> Therefore, Kingdom, King, People. God's people, when D&R with Christ, becoming God's children, numbers fulfilled, Kingdom is already built. This is what is spoken in the bible, so that when God's children numbers are satisfied, all will be gathered belonging unto Christ as one. When kingdom gospel spread to all ends, then ends shall come. Mt 25: before creation of world, goats and sheep, giving crown = this reason of the existence of this world.
4) Satan, sin, problems, contradictions still exist for the reason of -> building this kingdom, king, people
4) In this world, truths of righteousness and evil, salvation and death, tribulations and victory still coexist entirely for the eternal kingdom <Ro 9:14-24; Rev 12:12>
--> Those whose eyes have already opened will be able to discern between heavenly kingdom and hell. What belongs to Christ, belongs to Satan. Goats and sheep, we can discern - can we? How can heavenly kingdom be entered? It can be entered by those who have restored heavenly kingdom and seen heavenly kingdom. Not by those who have been baptized, did acceptance prayer, came to church, but those who already belong to the kingdom will be seen to be there in the heavenly kingdom.
5) Coexistence for goats/sheep
5) At present, which the visible and the invisible coexists, is the Age of Faith, but in that kingdom, everything will entirely be explicitly seen and understood <Rev 21:1-2; 2Co 13:12>
--> Why visible and invisible coexist? God says, "I fear that some will hear and understand, return and come back to God." These are talking abt those supposed to be terminated. Heavenly kingdom is only for God's Own sheep, through opening up of the veil, they can see and enjoy. Many layers of veil, door between Most Holy Place and Holy Place, Doors between courtyard and Holy Place so that Gentiles cannot enter.
2. Trinity
2. God is a Trinity God <Mt 28:19; 2Co 13:14>
--> God is not Sikamoni, Allah, but is Trinity God. Man fundamentally cannot understand no matter how we try explain because we are in 3D world. God = One with things we cannot understand.
1) Trinity explanation by roles
1) The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, the Trinity God, is together before eternity, and will eternally and jointly accomplish the plan which He Himself has predestined <Ge 1:26 (plural); Ge 1:27 (singular); Jn 1:1-3, 17:5; Col 1:15---> 17>
# Jehovah Witness
--> Explanations: It is not one Person, one Body.
(1) Three roles, yet only one, even language is 3D, can't explain in full.
(2) Also never forget explaining Trinity in relation with myself. Because the works of Trinity are in you, meaning three-in-one in you.
2) Father
2) The Father predestined the things of eternity, and dominates all things <Eph 1:4-6; Jn 5:19-38>
--> Especially in Eph 1, I am born by the Father, chosen by Him.
3) Son
3) The Son, in order to fulfill the will of the Father, became flesh to come into this world, bringing the mystery of the heavenly kingdom and the things of eternity to teach His people, through His Own Self’s death and resurrection, placed all the authority in heaven and on earth under His name, in order to establish the eternal kingdom <Eph 1:7-12; Php 2:5-11; Rev 1:20>
--> I D&R with the Son, together receiving all of Christ's life.
4) Holy Spirit
4) The Holy Spirit, through the will of the Father and the Name of the Son, accomplishes on God’s people the great matter of salvation. His work is to give people convictions, indwelling, guidance, accomplishments, to bear fruits, to give workers faith and power to testify Christ <Eph 1:13-14; Jn 14:16-26>
--> My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit
5) Limited revelation = Trinity's movement in you
5) Though the appearance and roles of the “triune” are different, His Oneness purpose and will, righteousness and love, power and authority, honour and glory are completely the same. The person who lives within the three-dimensional world, has no way to understand this wonderful truth of God by thoughts and speech, but at the very moment one is blessedly saved and receive the Holy Spirit’s convictions, he will then be able to understand God’s Personality and can have intimate conversations with this Trinity God. <Jn 1:1, 4:24, 10:30>
--> Tf, I am God's children, Christ's Body, HS temple. Best explanation of Trinity. Sun/light/heat, 3 states of water not correct. But best knowing Trinity through His works in me.
--> However much He reveals, we shall know that much, do not run elsewhere. It is not good that the teacher is not all-knowing, but to learn together.
3. Dominate us
3. God is our Creator, and is also the God who dominates our all
--> Outline 3 and 4 speaks that (1) all of God's dominating works are to (2) be found in my conditions.
1) Predestined, bore, foster, save, love, guide, gives blessings
1) God is the one who predestined us as His children, bore and fosters us, saves us, and forever loves us, guides us and bestows blessings on us <Mt 25:34; Php 1:6>
--> Born and foster, save, eternally love us, guide, gives blessings - have or not? Confirm with hearer.
2) Created for him = Purpose, in Him = living principle
2) All the goodness we have entirely comes from Him. We are created for His glory, and predestined to live in Him <Jas 1:17>
--> Created for His glory = purpose, predestined to live in Him = principle/method of living.
3) Already, destined/fixed
3) He has already, for our future, destined the eternal direction, inheritance, power and timetable <Ro 8:30>
--> Don't fix your future yourself. Any purpose, ambitions, to be removed as He has already fixed it. Tf, Christian living is lived by testing and approving His perfect will, then submission. Then all the stories later will be correct, non-chaotic, non-troublesome/chaotic with zealousness.
4) Guidance -> easy serving
4) When we understand God’s provision and guidance, and thus submit to it, we will receive real rest and power, and can enjoy [both easy, and abundant] life <Mt 11:28>
--> This is principle. Is serving easy, light, peaceful, joyful? 100%? There are times we cannot, because the times on earth are a battle. But the Lord will not allow temptations that we cannot bear on us. But through problems after another, we can see the love that He guides us.
^ Living/meetings is serving
5) Power of gospel (know, converse, submit, provision) -> enjoy increasingly to the full
5) From now onwards, we have to live a life to [know Him more and thus converse with Him, search His will more and thus submit to Him, enjoy His provision more and thus glorify Him] <Ro 12:1-2>
# If we go China every provinces, preaching this, restoring all, we must all become missionaries. Age of 55. In missionary fields, will meet Shunamites, Lydia, the food by gospel is really nice you know? Tell preachers to rest and pray in full, so give anything.
# How can we go back to work at age of 70? This is unchristian, non-believer. Does he see the heavenly kingdom abundance and get shock, having answers, God's glory and throne authority - can he enjoy, the state in unbelievers - can he see, the harassed and pitiful state in every family/spouse by Satan - uncontrolled unwillingly - can see, harvest ready - seen
# 36 lessons grasped, Bible overview beaten through (life confirmed before). Then lifetime also cannot finish talking, because repeat over and over, yet hearers find refreshing grace, new works of God, new people coming, tf to re-talk. God gives us whatever we need, Word, Christ's glorious authority and accomplishments, how can we not bless our family and descendants and regions?
# Contradictions - are we really Abraham of this age? 4G is our promise? Are you making effort trying to believe 4G? For me, the word of God, Christ's glory and authority, HS great and mighty power ITSELF proves that God can give me the whole region. This glory, abundance, authority ITSELF proves that God has already given us the whole era. Why John Wesley rides around preaching? Because he had seen. In Oxford university, with brother Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, prayed, "Let this region be given to us. This is not a day-dream, but the power of the gospel can do this!" Therefore, I come out to full-time not because I am charitable, but because the great light of the gospel has come upon me.
4. Emmanuel
4. Today God is still with us, and is currently doing important works
--> MUST confirm in all materials. It seems that our conditions are normal, nothing, but they are the most glorious things God has planned for you. The things you touch in the kitchen, the place where you are staying, are the most honorable.
# Though my apartment is small, it is more beautiful
than Abraham's tent. Only tent of Abraham, yet can fulfill so much. So warm for
the blanket after a day's work, thanksgiving, crown of a day, crawl back to
hut, protected by things given by all bro/sis.
# When you open your car door, "this is honorable car".
--> God's honorable word is in me, though body failing, the uncomparably great glorious works in treasured in my life. This is eternal. Do not see your children and possessions as normal.
1) With us through Word
1) To be with us through [His word] <1Th 2:13>
--> to confirm. He is not with us in verses, but in His intentions. His intentions = His Person.
# When I drink water and I want to meet God, "Lord, when I drink this cup of water, may it become living water. How will it bless You, Lord?" Where is God? God is greater than universe, yet is with the smallest cell. Psalms emphasized a lot on His dominion and with us. Therefore, to see Him with us, must know more on His word, more believe and understand, confirm more. When you put more of God's word in normal circumstances, when important matters arise, they can be used. First, get into the vessel, so that no matter what problems come, HS convictions are very clear.
--> Logos (Know/Confirm) -> Rhema -> Accomplished
-> Logos -> to more know/understand and confirm. One day, Logos become Rhema, becoming wonderful HS convictions in you. To "make disciples of all nations" Logos, one day can connect and join together directly with all my fields, map of China, 21st Century main characters -> "I have given them to you" = Rhema. This Rhema, as days pass, becomes my visions and dreams, accomplished!
# I can hear a lot of Rhema today: when I meet a brother being deceived, the word "Satan deceiving" becomes alive, when I just speak the word of God that matches his conditions, God's mighty power works descends on his life and mine.
--> Tf, it is very important to know the Word of God in more typical situations
2) With us through HS
2) To be with us through [Holy Spirit’s convictions] <1Th 5:19>
--> to confirm. Only that you do not neglect or reject. But HS immediately works when you rely on and search for Him.
3) With us through Timely supply
3) To be with us through [power that is supplied timely] (spiritual, intellectual, physical, financial, manpower) <Eph 1:19>
--> We do not need to worry on tomorrow. When we need, He will supply timely. Spiritual, wisdom, health, finance. Yet one day when I need to preach, yet I am hurt at waist how? This is also God's manifestation. Call it off. Or God tells me to get up even though one part of my body is disabled. Paul, "I have learnt the secret in all situations. Poverty, wealthy." If the Lord tells me not to be able to eat, that is to tell me to fast. If really no one to bring you food after praying, it is that God wants you back home. What I am saying is about absolute versus relative, unchanging vs changing. God should receive His glory in any of man's conditions.
4) With us through every meeting/moment/place
4) To be with us through [arranging for us the meeting that is in every moment and every place] <Ps 139; Ac 16:5-34>
--> Must test and approve, and to accept in thanksgiving. Sufferings? Accept in thanksgiving, then you will be able to see the Lord giving banquet in front of enemy, you will ever-more receive anointing, and thus receive more grace.
5) Having heart
5) When we have the willing heart to draw near Him, we will be able to see His glory and His works <Jas 4:8>
--> Ja 4:8 says, "Come near to Him and He will come near to you." When you want to come near to HS, His convictions will appear stronger. If we want to go home being tired, His convictions will diminish. When HS will not appear and will be put out. How to glorify God and how He will glorify you is what we must learn daily for lifetime. God is with us and can be seen in all of our situations.