SECTION III

The Divine Dispensing of the All-inclusive Christ and Its Functions

CHAPTER EIGHT

THE DIVINE DISPENSING OF THE ALL-INCLUSIVE CHRIST IN SUPPLYING AND SUSTAINING THE BELIEVERS

OUTLINE AND SCRIPTURE READING

1. The all-inclusive Christ being the divine dispensing as the common portion from God to the believers, supplying to them the riches of God in Christ:
   1. Being enjoyed by the believers together-1 Cor. 1:2b.
      
      1 Corinthians 1:2b
      ...with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours.
   2. Being what God has called the believers into-1 Cor. 1:9.
      
      1 Corinthians 1:9
      God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
2. The all-inclusive Christ being the divine dispensing as the power from God to the believers, supplying and sustaining them in what they are and what they do-1 Cor. 1:24a:
   
   1 Corinthians 1:24a
   But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks...
   1. Being with a dynamic power.
   2. Strengthening the believers.
3. The all-inclusive Christ being the divine dispensing as the wisdom from God to the believers, sustaining them in the divine economy and plan-1 Cor. 1:24b, 30:
   
   1 Corinthians 1:24b
   ...Christ, God’s power and God’s wisdom.
   
   1 Corinthians 1:30
   But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
   1. Being with counsel.
   2. Affording the saints the strategies.
4. The all-inclusive Christ being the divine dispensing as the righteousness from God to the believers, supplying to them the righteous way of God-1 Cor. 1:30:
   
   1 Corinthians 1:30
   But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
   1. In procedures and methods.
   2. That the believers may be perfectly righteous and right toward God, toward men, and toward all things.
5. The all-inclusive Christ being the divine dispensing as the sanctification from God to the believers, supplying to them God’s sanctifying nature-1 Cor. 1:30:
   
   1 Corinthians 1:30
   But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
   1. In position and nature.
   2. That the believers’ spirit, soul, and body may be fully sanctified.
6. The all-inclusive Christ being the divine dispensing as the redemption from God to the believers, supplying to them daily the divine glory which manifests God-1 Cor. 1:30:
   
   1 Corinthians 1:30
   But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption.
   1. Not only for the believers’ life and walk today;
   2. But for their future redemption of the body, that their whole being may enter God’s glory and may express God’s glory and radiance forever.