The Grace of God in the Economy of God
Message Three
The Believers’ Experience of the Grace of God
in the Economy of God Consummating
in the Church as the Organic Body of Christ
Opening Word of the Prophesying Meeting
(Day1 ¦ Day2 ¦ Day3 ¦ Day4 ¦ Day5 ¦ Day6)
Reading the verses in each day.
Reading the main points in the outlines.
Pray-reading the verses:
Rom. 12:6 And having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith.
Eph. 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, according to the need, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Eph. 3:2 If indeed you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God which was given to me for you.
Word of Appetizer
What is the life of the New Testament believers’ living under the grace in God’s economy?
The New Testament believers’ living under the grace in God’s economy is a total living of experiencing the processed and consummated Triune God as grace.It is not a matter of what to do; that is not a total living. A total living means that my entire living is a living of the Triune God processed to be grace in me; ……A total living means that twenty-four hours a day, whether I am awake or asleep, I take the Triune God as my life and my person. I follow His move; I move with Him. Two spirits become one spirit, two lives live together, and two natures are mingled together. This is the total living of experiencing the Triune God as grace.
Spiritual Burden
The New Testament believers’ living under the grace of God in the economy of God—a total living of experiencing the processed and consummated Triune God as grace—consummates in the church as the organic Body of Christ.
The stewardship of the grace of God has been given to us so that we may live and serve for the building up of the Body of Christ; the stewardship of grace is universal; all the saints have the stewardship of grace according to God’s economy.
Concluding Word of the Prophesying Meeting
The Revelation of the Truth
The New Testament believers’ living under the grace in God’s economy is a total living of experiencing the processed and consummated Triune God as grace.
A genuine church is based upon the grace given to it in Christ Jesus.
The consummation of the believers’ experience of the grace of God in His economy is the church as the organic Body of Christ.
In Ephesians 3:2 the apostle Paul says that the stewardship of grace was given to him for the members of the Body.
The Experience of Life
The Christian living must be the living of grace, the experience of grace; the compound Spirit is moving within us daily as the anointing so that we may enjoy the processed Triune God as grace.
Grace is the circulating Triune God dispensing all that He is into us for our enjoyment; the entire church life depends on grace as the circulation of the Divine Trinity within us.
Practice and Application
In the church as the organic Body of Christ, we should let no corrupt word proceed out of our mouth, “but only that which is good for building up, according to the need, that it may give grace to those who hear”; Our word spoken to others should convey grace, Christ as our enjoyment and supply.
The stewardship of the grace of God has been given to us so that we may live and serve for the building up of the Body of Christ; The stewardship of grace is universal; all the saints have the stewardship of grace according to God’s economy.
PROPHESYING TOPICS—TWELVE TOPICS PER WEEK
T1 Grace is not only the end of the book of Revelation but also the end of the entire Bible (Gen. 1:1; Rev. 22:21)
(Please illustrate that what the first sentence of the Bible the concluding word of the Bible are.)
T2 The New Testament believers’ living being a total living of experiencing the processed Triune God as grace (2 Cor. 1:12)
(Please illustrate that what “a total living” means. )
Further Reading: CWWL, 1987, vol. 3, “Being Up to Date for the Rebuilding of the Temple,” ch. 13
T1 The universal testimony is composed of and constituted with the local testimonies (1 Cor. 1:2)
(Please illustrate that the four points in 1 Corinthins 1:2: the church of God, in Christ Jesus, the called saints, all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place.)
T2 The church which is genuine is under the dispensing of “grace” and “peace” (1 Cor. 1:3)
(Please illustrate that the grace of God is the base for the church.)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “A Genuine Church,” pp. 373-382; Life-study of 1 Corinthians, msg. 2
T1 The consummation of the believers’ experience of the grace of God is the church as the organic Body of Christ (Eph. 1:6-8, 22-23)
(Please illustrate that how the body of Christ came into being.)
T2 Every part of the organic Body of Christ being an issue of the grace in the economy of God (1 Cor. 3:12; Rev. 21:18)
(Please illustrate that Grace is the enjoyment of the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—as the enjoyment of life.)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Law and Grace of God in His Economy,” ch. 4
T1 The gifts are granted according to the measure of life (Rom. 12:6-7)
(Please illustrate with examples of the seven gifts of grace in life included in Romans 12:6-8)
T2 The gifts of grace in life are necessary for the building of the church (Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 14:26)
(Please illustrate that how the gifts of grace in life is different from the miraculous gifts. )
Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 26; Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 38, 48-49; The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 341
T1 God’s economy becomes the stewardship of the apostle (Eph. 3:2, 8-9)
(Please illustrate that what the goal of God’s economy is.)
T2 The economy of God has become our stewardship to dispense the grace of God (Eph. 3:2, 8)
(What the stewardship of grace is?)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 40
T1 This stewardship of the grace is for God’s dispensation (Eph. 3:8; 2:7)
(Please illustrate that the desire of God’s heart is to dispense His riches into His chosen people.)
T2 The difference between ministry and minister (Eph. 3:7-8)
(Please illustrate that in the New Testament there is just one ministry, which is the dispensing of God into people; a minister is simply one who serves.)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 28