THE THIRD PART: 24 CRUCIAL LINES IN THE BIBLE
The Divine Dispensing
Message Nine—The Divine Dispensing in the Ministry of John
Scripture Reading: John 1:1; 3:36; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 19:13; John 1:18; 3:16; 1:34; 20:31; 1 John 1:2; John 11:25; 14:6; 3:34; 1:51; Rev. 1:13; 19:7-9; 22:1-2, 14, 17
I. The subject of John’s writings is the Triune God dispensing Himself into His chosen people as the life and life supply to make them all divine to express Him in full for eternity—John 1:1, 4, 12; 15:8; 17:10: (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
A. First of all Christ was ministered by John as God in the beginning; this God is the very source of life; He is also the eternal life; this eternal life is for dispensing—John 1:1; 3:36. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
B. According to John, Christ is the eternal Logos; it means the Word; the Word defines, explains, and expresses God—John 1:1; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 19:13. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
C. Christ is the only begotten Son of God; the only begotten Son of God, who declared God, is also for dispensing life—John 1:18; 3:16; 1:34; 20:31. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
D. In John’s writings Christ is the eternal life—1 John 1:2; John 11:25; 14:6. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
E. Christ is also the Giver of the Spirit; the Spirit is the Triune God reaching us; when the Triune God reaches us, God dispenses Himself into us—John 3:34. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
F. Christ is the Son of Man for redemption, to take away our sin and solve the problems between us and God, that God might be dispensed into us—John 1:51; Rev. 1:13. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
G. Christ as the Lamb of God; God does not have blood to shed for our redemption, nor does the Son of God have blood, but the Lamb, the Son of Man, has blood; this is not the blood of goats or oxen, but the genuine blood of a genuine man which is able to redeem us; this redeeming is for the dispensing of God as life—John 1:29; Rev. 5:6; 13:8; 22:1. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
H. As the Lamb, Christ is the propitiation concerning our sins; the Lord Jesus became the propitiation concerning our sins between us and God to create a peaceful situation for the life dispensing—1 John 2:2. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
I. Christ is our Advocate with the Father; He takes our case legally; Christ, our Advocate, is taking care of our case so that life dispensing can keep going on all the time—1 John 2:1. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
J. Our Christ is the Alpha and the Omega; in the Greek alphabet Christ is the first letter, Alpha, the last letter, Omega, and all the letters in between; He is every letter of the alphabet for the dispensing of life—Rev. 22:13a. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
K. Christ is the eternal One; He is the first and He is the last; this is also for life dispensing—Rev. 2:8; 22:13b. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
L. Christ is not only the first and the last, but also the beginning and the end; in time, in space, and in every thing He is everything—Rev. 22:13b. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
M. Christ is also the beginning of God’s creation; so the entire creation is under His direction for the purpose of dispensing God into His chosen creatures—Rev. 3:14. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
N. In Revelation 1:18 Christ said, “I am…the living One, and I became dead, and behold, I am living forever and ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hades;” for Christ to dispense life, He must be the living One. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
O. In Revelation 3:7 Christ is revealed as the holy One and the true One; in order to dispense life to others, He must be holy and He must be true. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
P. Christ is the faithful and true Witness; because He is living and holy and faithful and true, He is qualified to impart life into us—Rev. 3:14b. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
Q. Revelation 3:14a says that Christ is the Amen; Christ has a name and His name is called Amen—That’s It! This is also for life dispensing. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
R. Out of such a Christ ministered, the children of God have been brought forth—John 1:13; Rom. 8:19; Heb. 2:10: (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
1. These children first of all have the eternal life; to have the eternal life simply means to have some living dispensing—John 3:15-16, 36; 1 John 1:2; 5:12-13, 20. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
2. The way to partake of the fellowship of the eternal life is to abide in the Lord and walk in the light—1 John 1:3-7; 2:6. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
3. The children of God are also brought forth to be taught by the divine anointing; this anointing teaches us, oils us, and regulates us all the time; this is life dispensing—1 John 2:20, 27. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
4. We were born not just by our parents but also by God with a divine seed; this divine seed is just God’s eternal life; there are virtues coming out of this birth and out of this seed; by the virtues of this birth and seed we can practice the divine righteousness, we can practice the divine love, and we can overcome the world, death, sin, the Devil, and idols—1 John 3:9; 2:29; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 16-21. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
5. Then we become the testimony of Jesus; this is the lampstands as the expression of the Triune God; the church is just the embodiment of the Triune God with the Father’s nature, with the Son’s form, and the Spirit’s expression—Rev. 1:9-12, 20. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
6. The church is also a harvest with the firstfruit as the expression of life—Rev. 14:1-5, 15-16. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
7. We also become the Bride of the Lamb as His increase and satisfaction—John 3:29, Rev. 19:7-9. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
II. Eventually, there will be the ultimate consummation of the dispensing of the Triune God into man; this will be the New Jerusalem, the holy city, the tabernacle of God, the Bride, and the wife of the Lamb as the consummate expression of the Triune God—Rev. 21:2-3, 9: (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
A Such a corporate entity is built with God the Father’s nature, signified by the gold, by God the Son’s overcoming death and life-imparting resurrection, signified by the pearls, and by God the Spirit’s work of transformation, signified by the precious stones—Rev. 21:11, 18-21. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
B. The New Jerusalem as a consummate expression of the Triune God is supplied and nourished by the Triune God; God as the Father is the source, the Spirit as the water of life is the flow, and the Son as the tree of life is the life supply—Rev. 22:1-2, 14, 17. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)
C. The life-dispensing river circles the entire city as it flows downward from the throne of the Lamb-God in a spiral flowing; this flowing is just the dispensing of the Triune God into His chosen people as life and life supply in fullness for eternity—Rev. 22:1, 17. (The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity, ch. 10)