Being Perfected into One vs. Genuine Oneness - Biblical Perspective Analysis－極大的奧秘

Being Perfected into One vs. Genuine Oneness - Biblical Perspective Analysis

Being Perfected into One vs. Genuine Oneness: Biblical Comparison

John 17:23 "I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one"

John 17:22-24 "The glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one"

Item	Being Perfected into One	Genuine Oneness
Meaning	Being rescued from the world, ambition, pride, opinions, and concepts to become perfectly one in Christ	Living in the Father, allowing Christ to live in us, and living in the Father's glory and expression
Method	1. The Son lives and operates in us 2. The Father lives and operates in the Son 3. Through this double living and operation, we are perfected into one	1. Moving out from ourselves into the Triune God 2. Remaining in the Triune God 3. In the Triune God for the Father's expression and glory
Distinction	Emphasizes the "being perfected" process, indicating a gradual transformation where we are passively worked on by the Lord	Emphasizes the "genuine" state, indicating an essential reality, pointing to the ultimate goal
Examples	1. When Christians put aside personal opinions and are of one accord 2. Church members loving one another without division 3. The coordination of service among the members of Christ's Body	1. The oneness model of the Triune God Himself 2. Christ and the Father originally being one 3. The fellowship and oneness of believers in the Spirit
Applications	1. Submitting to Christ's leading in daily life 2. Setting aside personal ambitions and opinions 3. Allowing God to operate in us to make us His expression	1. Fellowshipping with the Triune God in prayer 2. Practicing genuine building in church life 3. Living out Christ's life, giving Him freedom within us
Interrelationship	"Being perfected into one" is the process, the means	"Genuine oneness" is the goal, the result
Related Scripture Passages	Ephesians 4:16 "the whole body...causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love" John 17:21 "that they all may be one; as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You"	John 14:20 "At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you" John 17:11 "that they may be one as We are"

The Relationship Between Sanctification and Oneness

Sanctification is the key pathway to achieving genuine oneness:

1. Meaning of Sanctification: Moving out from ourselves, entering into the Triune God, and allowing Christ to live in us
2. Means of Sanctification:
- * Through the Word (truth)
- * Through the Spirit (Spirit of truth)

3. Connection Between Sanctification and Oneness:
- * The more we are sanctified, the more we are delivered from ourselves
- * The more we are delivered from ourselves, the more we can enter into the Triune God
- * Only in the Triune God can genuine oneness be realized

4. Practical Approach:
- * Coming to the Lord's Word every morning
- * Contacting the Word outwardly while being touched by the Spirit inwardly
- * Being sanctified and perfected into one through these two realities: the Word and the Spirit

*Please refer to the April 2025 International Elders and Responsible Brothers Training General Topic: One Accord and the Vital Aspects of Acts Chapter 3: Maintaining One Accord through the Three Realities of Power in the Lord’s Recovery—Prayer, the Spirit, and the Word