How to Experience Christ as the All-inclusive Spirit in 2 Corinthians
2 Cor 1:21 "Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God"
2 Cor 1:22 "given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee"
1 John 2:27 "But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you"
Eph 1:13 "In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth... having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise"
Eph 4:30 "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption"
Eph 1:14 "who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession"
John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing"
2 Cor 3:8 "how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?"
Gal 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free"
Rom 10:12-13 "For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him"
Aspect of the Spirit |
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Meaning |
Method |
Description |
Examples |
Application |
Related Scripture Content |
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The Anointing Spirit |
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The indwelling compound Spirit that operates and works within us to dispense all divine elements |
Receive the anointing and its teaching |
1. Accomplishes God's central purpose of salvation 2. Unites, mingles, and incorporates us with God 3. Produces inner sensing |
Knowing the Triune God and His activities |
1. Living in God 2. Understanding God's heart |
• Phil 1:19 "For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ" • 1 John 2:20 "But you have an anointing from the Holy One" • 2 Cor 1:22 "who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee" |
The Sealing Spirit |
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Forms a mark of the divine elements to express God's image |
Continual saturation by the Spirit |
1. Until the redemption of our body 2. Makes believers God's treasure 3. Constitutes us as God's masterpiece |
Gradually bearing God's image |
Being transformed into God's inheritance |
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The Pledging Spirit |
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Sample and guarantee of our full enjoyment of God |
Exercise our spirit to enjoy Christ |
1. Guarantees God as our inheritance 2. Enables us to taste the divine inheritance |
Enjoying Christ through spirit exercise |
Experiencing God as our portion |
• 2 Cor 5:5 "Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee" |
The Inscribing Spirit |
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Writes Christ into our being |
Being under the Spirit's inscription |
1. Using the Spirit of the living God as ink 2. Adding Christ's substance into us |
Deeply feeling alive within |
Becoming Christ's living letter |
• 2 Cor 3:3 "clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart" |
The Life-giving Spirit |
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Imparts divine life into us |
1. Exercise our spirit 2. Prayerfully study the Bible |
1. Makes us people of life 2. Has the ministry of life |
Walking in divine life |
Imparting life to others |
• 2 Cor 3:6 "the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life" • John 7:38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water" |
The Ministering Spirit |
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Dispenses and makes real what Christ is |
1. Exercise our spirit 2. Pray and call on the Lord |
1. Receive the Spirit's supply 2. Minister Christ to others |
Ministering Christ through us |
Receiving and transmitting Christ's supply |
• John 16:13-15 "when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth" |
The Liberating Spirit |
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Releases us from the bondage of the law's letter |
Turn to the Lord |
1. Complete satisfaction<br>2. True rest enjoyment |
Not under the burden of law-keeping |
Enjoying Christ's rich supply |
• 2 Cor 3:17 "Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" |
The Transforming Spirit |
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Imparts divine life, nature, essence |
Behold the Lord with unveiled face |
1. Infuses God's being 2. Metabolic change |
Change from glory to glory |
Having Christ's life shape |
• 2 Cor 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord" |
The Transmitting Spirit |
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Transmits all Christ is with God's riches |
Receive the Spirit's transmission |
1. Transmits God's love as grace 2. Supplies divine riches |
Enjoying divine riches |
Experiencing Christ's grace and Father's love |
• 2 Cor 13:14 "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all" |
Conclusion
Experiencing Christ as the all-inclusive Spirit in 2 Corinthians is crucial for our growth in divine life and the building up of the Body of Christ. Through these nine aspects of the Spirit—the anointing Spirit, the sealing Spirit, the pledging Spirit, the inscribing Spirit, the life-giving Spirit, the ministering Spirit, the liberating Spirit, the transforming Spirit, and the transmitting Spirit—we can experience the full ministry of Christ in our daily lives. Each aspect represents a unique way that Christ as the Spirit works in us, transforms us, and builds us up together as His Body.
By exercising our spirit and responding to the Spirit's operation within us, we can progressively experience all these aspects, leading to our transformation and the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose. This experience is not merely individual but contributes to the corporate building up of the church as Christ's Body.
*Please refer to the July 2024 Anaheim, California, USA training Experiencing, Enjoying and Manifesting Christ (II) Week 18 God’s Grace and the All-Inclusive Spirit