CHAPTER TWO

THE NEED OF THE BLENDING

Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 10:17; 12:24

Hymns: #501, #841

OUTLINE

1. The regular procedures of the church work in the Lord’s recovery today:
   1. Begetting-to have sinners saved and regenerated to become the members of Christ-1 Cor. 4:15b; Matt. 28:19.
   2. Nourishing-to feed the new believers for their growth in the divine life-1 Thes. 2:7; John 21:15, 17.
   3. Teaching-to perfect the saints that they may mature to be built-Matt. 28:20a; Eph. 4:12-16:
      1. In the local churches-Rev. 1:4a, 11.
      2. For the building up of the Body of Christ-Eph. 4:12b, 16.
2. The need of the blending for the building up of the Body of Christ:
   1. To blend all the local churches together as one, as many as possible, in the processed Triune God, the pneumatic Christ, and the consummated Spirit.
   2. The Lord blending the seven churches in Asia by writing them one epistle composed of seven epistles to each of them respectively-Rev. 1-3.
   3. The apostle blending the churches in Colossae and Laodicea by writing one epistle to each of the two churches respectively and asking them to read the two epistles reciprocally-Col. 4:16.

Prayer: Lord, we are grateful to You that You have gathered us again into Your name in the move of Your Spirit and under the cleansing of Your precious blood to come to touch You and pursue You according to Your holy Scriptures. Lord, we tell You that we need You all the time. This morning, even the more, we ask You to come down to visit us, to touch every heart and every spirit and open up the minds of the entire congregation. Lord, anoint us; anoint our mouths to speak, and anoint our ears to hear. Give us the understanding. Open the heavens to us. Open Yourself, even open Your heart; and also open us toward You. We desire to hear Your word from Your heart. Lord, we do not like to have a doctrine or teaching in dead letters. We are not here for this. We are here for touching You deeply in the depths of Your word. We do not want to be skating on the surface; we desire to go down to the bottom to see You, to see Your heart, to see what You want today. Even today while we are in Your recovery, we want to know what Your move is. Lord, grant us the revelation. Grant us a vision. Grant us the seeing that we need. Lord, be one spirit with us in speaking and in hearing. Amen.
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