THE THIRD PART: 24 CRUCIAL LINES IN THE BIBLE
The Mingling of Divinity with Humanity
Message Four—The Divine Spirit Mingled with Our Human Spirit Being
the Key to the Entire Christian Life
Scripture Reading: Rom. 5:10, 17; 6:4; 7:6; 8:2, 4, 16
I. The divine Spirit of life dwelling in our human spirit, with these two mingled together as one spirit, is the secret of God’s organic salvation and the key to the entire Christian life for the reality of the Body of Christ in the church life to consummate the New Jerusalem—Rom. 8:2, 4, 16; 1 Cor. 6:17: (2009 WT, msg. 10)
A. The divine Spirit of life is the Spirit of God processed and consummated to be the life-giving, compounded, and indwelling Spirit, who indwells the believers as the reality of the pneumatic, pneumatized Christ, as the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God, and as the reality of the divine resurrection; it is through such a Spirit of life that the eternal, only wise God, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden through the ages, dispenses Himself in His processed and consummated Trinity into the believers to be their dynamic salvation as their life and everything—Rom. 16:25. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
B. The human spirit of the believers is the believers’ spirit regenerated and indwelt by the divine Spirit of life and mingled with the divine Spirit of life as one spirit; it is through such a human spirit that the people chosen by God participate in the dynamic salvation of God as their living in this age and their destiny in eternity—1 Cor. 6:17. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
C. We all have to know these two spirits in the divine enlightenment that we may enter, by the Spirit of life in our regenerated spirit which is mingled with the Spirit of life, into the intrinsic essence of the dynamic salvation of God in Christ, which is the Triune God processed and consummated to be our eternal inheritance for our enjoyment—Eph. 1:18. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
II. We are being saved in life by Christ as the life-giving Spirit—Rom. 5:10: (2009 WT, msg. 10)
A. Having been reconciled to God, we are being saved in Christ’s life, we reign as kings in this life, we walk in newness of life, and we serve in newness of spirit—v. 17; 6:4; 7:6. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
B. The Spirit of life is the Spirit of God, the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Christ is Christ Himself, Christ is in us, Christ Himself is life, and our spirit is life—8:9-11; John 14:6; Col. 3:4. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
C. “As many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery bringing you into fear again, but you have received a spirit of sonship in which we cry, Abba, Father!”—vv. 14-15. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
D. Romans 8:23 says that we have received “the firstfruits of the Spirit,” the foretaste of our full enjoyment of God; verse 26 says that the Spirit helps us by interceding; and verse 29 reveals that the Spirit conforms us to the image of the Son of God—Rom. 8:23, 26, 29. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
E. All the above items are included in the one phrase saved in His life; to be saved in His life is to be saved in Christ Himself as the life-giving Spirit—5:10; 1 Cor. 15:45b. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
III. Romans reveals that the Spirit of life is doing a fourfold work within us—8:2; 5:10; 6:19, 22; 8:30: (2009 WT, msg. 10)
A. The Spirit of life is the liberating Spirit—8:2, 4: (2009 WT, msg. 10)
1. When we walk in the Spirit of life, we are freed from the law of sin and of death—Rom. 8:2. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
2. It is not knowledge that liberates us but the Spirit of life Himself; therefore, we need to pray ourselves into the liberating Spirit to live, move, and have our being in this Spirit, who is mingled with our spirit—v. 4. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
B. The Spirit of life is the delivering Spirit—5:10: (2009 WT, msg. 10)
1. Because we are bound, we need liberation, but because we are fallen, we need deliverance. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
2. If we are in the Spirit of life, we will have a deep conviction that we need deliverance from our attitude, motives, thinking, loving, hating, decisions, temper, disposition, and many other items—5:10. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
C. The Spirit of life is the sanctifying Spirit—6:19, 22: (2009 WT, msg. 10)
1. To be sanctified is to be saturated through transformation with all that God is—6:19, 22; 12:2. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
2. Sanctification equals transformation in Romans 12:2, which says, “Be transformed by the renewing of the mind.” (2009 WT, msg. 10)
D. The Spirit of life is the glorifying Spirit—8:30: (2009 WT, msg. 10)
1. Eventually, the Spirit of life will glorify us for the full corporate expression of the Triune God in our entire tripartite being—8:30. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
2. He is leading many sons into glory by His divine sanctification to make us His glorious church—Heb. 2:10-12; Eph. 5:26-27. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
IV. The key point of the entire Christian life is that Christ as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit lives in our spirit, and as the Spirit He mingles Himself with our spirit to make these two spirits one—1 Cor. 15:45b; Rom. 8:16; 1 Cor. 6:17: (2009 WT, msg. 10)
A. In our mingled spirit there is no problem, so there is no need of solutions; whatever we need is in our spirit—Phil. 1:19; 4:23. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
B. We need to forget about our weaknesses, our shortcomings, our failures, and everything of the self and set our mind on the spirit, that is, remain in the spirit by always paying attention to our spirit, using our spirit, and caring for our spirit—Rom. 8:6. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
C. We need to be burning in spirit by praying in order to spend more and more time in the presence of the Lord; when we are genuinely burning in spirit, we are beside ourselves and are fools because of Christ—Matt. 6:6; 2 Cor. 5:13; 1 Cor. 4:10. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
D. When we are burning and joyful in spirit, we enjoy God, reign as kings in life, walk in newness of life, and serve in newness of spirit—Rom. 5:10-11, 17; 6:4; 7:6. (2009 WT, msg. 10)
E. When we turn to our spirit, remain in our spirit, and walk and live according to our spirit, we are the real sons of God and the living members of Christ, who are organically related to one another and built up together as a living Body to express Christ as a reality in the church life to consummate the New Jerusalem—8:4; Eph. 5:30; Rev. 21:2. (2009 WT, msg. 10)