THE GOD-MAN LIVING

MESSAGE THIRTEEN

THE FIRST GOD-MAN’S LIVING
A MAN OF PRAYER

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A FURTHER WORD
CONCERNING THE FIRST GOD-MAN’S
SURPASSING PRAYER TO HIS FATHER AND
HIS UNVEILING TEACHING TO HIS FOLLOWERS
IN MATTHEW 11:25-30

OUTLINE

1. Regarding God’s eternal economy—v. 27:
   1. The Father has delivered all His elect to the Son for the building up of the Son’s Body—v. 27a; John 6:37, 44, 65; 17:6b; 18:9.
   2. Only the Father knows the Son as the centrality and universality of His economy—v. 27b; cf. Col. 2:2; Matt. 16:15-17; Gal. 1:15-16; Eph. 3:4; Phil. 3:10.
   3. Only the Son knows the Father as the source and Maker of His economy—v. 27c.
   4. The Son reveals the Father to His believers for the formation of His Body—v. 27d; John 17:6a.
2. Regarding God’s pleasant will—vv. 25-26:
   1. The Father has hidden all the things as the contents of His economy from the wise and the intelligent—the worldlings—1 Cor. 1:26.
   2. But He has revealed these things to the infants—the Son’s believers—Matt. 19:13-14; 1 Cor. 1:27-28.
   3. This is the Father’s pleasant will.
3. Regarding the first God-man as the Head of the Body, the prototype, and the model—vv. 26, 29a:
   1. Being absolutely submissive to God and altogether satisfied with God.
   2. Being meek, not resisting the opponents, and lowly, humbling Himself among men in His heart.
4. Regarding His believers as the members of His Body, His mass production, and His duplication—vv. 28a, 29b-30:
   1. Answering His call in their heart and coming to Him bodily—v. 28a.
   2. Copying Him in their spirit by taking His yoke—God’s will—and toiling for God’s economy according to His model—v. 29a; 1 Pet. 2:21.
   3. Sharing in their soul His rest in satisfaction— vv. 28b, 29b, 30.