LESSON TWELVE

THE DISPENSING FUNCTION
OF THE TRIUNE GOD

Scripture Reading: Rom. 8:9-11, 14, 16; Eph. 3:14, 16-17a, 19b; 4:6; John 15:1, 5, 26; 14:10, 17-20, 23; Heb. 8:10-11; 1 John 2:27

OUTLINE

1. God the Father:
1. Being the source—John 15:1b; Eph. 3:14, 16a.
2. Abiding in us—Eph. 4:6.
2. God the Son:
1. Being the embodiment of the Father—John 15:1a; 14:10.
2. Abiding in us and making His home in our hearts—John 15:5a; Eph. 3:17a.
3. God the Spirit:
1. The reality of the Son—John 14:17-20.
2. Dwelling in us—Rom. 8:11.
4. The Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—dispensing Himself into our being—Eph. 3:14, 16-17a, 19b.
5. The dispensing function of the Triune God issuing in the sense of life:
1. Through the law of life—Heb. 8:10-11.
2. By the teaching of the anointing—1 John 2:27.
3. In our spirit mingled with the life-giving Spirit—Rom. 8:16, 14.