極大的奧秘 - 基督與教會

Origin

- Implement God's economy

 - Dispense God to believers

 - Shape believers in life and nature

Romans 8:2 - "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made you free from the law of sin and death."

Romans 8:29 - "For those whom God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers."

Ephesians 4:11-12 - "And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as shepherds and teachers."

Ephesians 4:16 - "From Him the whole body, being joined and knit together by every joint which supplies the riches of the body, by the operation of each part according to its measure, works together the whole body." Grow up so as to build yourself up in love."

Jeremiah 31:33 - "For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my laws in their minds, and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people."

Method

- Indwelling life law

 - Divine power operating within believers

 - Communion with Triune God (Spirit, Son, Father)

Description

1. Becoming God in life and nature (not in Godhead)

 2. Forming the image of God's firstborn Son

 3. Manifesting God's corporate expression

 4. Constituting functioning members of Christ's Body

Examples

- Believers being constituted by God

 - Believers possessing divine capability

 - Believers becoming Body of Christ members

Application

- Knowing God

 - Living out God

 - Being constituted by God

 - Functioning in Christ's Body

Core Characteristics

- Indwelling law

 - Divine life's law

 - Reality of Triune God

Functional Scope

- Conforming believers to Son's image

 - Providing spiritual functions

 - Uniting Christ's Body