LESSON FORTY-SIX

THE EXPERIENCE AND ENJOYMENT OF THE SPIRIT AS THE CONSUMMATION OF THE DIVINE TRINITY IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE TRIUNE GOD

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OUTLINE

2. Working in us, on us, and for us:
   49. Partaken of by us.
   50. Being the fellowship of the Triune God to us.
   51. Being the oneness of the Body of Christ.
   52. Freeing us from the letters of the law.
   53. Showing us the way of the Holy of Holies.
   54. Testifying to us concerning the law of life of the new covenant.
   55. As the means for us to serve God.
   56. Resting upon us as the glory when we are reproached.
   57. Justifying the church as the manifestation of God in the flesh.
   58. As the consummation of the Triune God for us to be baptized into the Divine Trinity.

TEXT

In this lesson we will continue to see the Spirit’s work in us, on us, and for us.

49. Partaken of by Us

Hebrews 6:4 indicates that we are partakers of the Holy Spirit. Since we have received the Holy Spirit through faith (Gal. 3:14), we are partakers of Him. The Holy Spirit is what God in His gospel promised to give us (Gal. 3:14). God called us from the heavens to the heavenly things that we might become partakers of His Holy Spirit and share in His Holy Spirit. It is by His Holy Spirit that we can live a heavenly life on earth and partake of the divine holiness. As partakers of the Holy Spirit, we partake of God as our enjoyment.

The Spirit, who is the consummation of the Triune God, is also the reaching to us of the Triune God. Unless it is through the Spirit, the Father and the Son could not reach us. Now the Triune God-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit-has reached us through the Spirit, and in the fellowship of the Spirit we partake of Him, so we enjoy the processed Triune God with all His riches.

50. Being the Fellowship of the Triune God to Us

Second Corinthians 13:14 says, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” The apostle’s blessing here is composed of attributes of the Triune God. The love of God is the source, the grace of the Lord is the flow, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit is the dispensing of the grace of the Lord with the love of God to transmit the Lord with God into our being for our full enjoyment of the Triune God.

The grace of Christ is the rich element of Christ, the love of God is the rich element of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit is the aggregate of the rich elements of Christ and of God transmitted into our being for our enjoyment. Through the Holy Spirit love, grace, and fellowship are transmitted into us for our enjoyment. Therefore, the Spirit as the consummation of the Triune God is the fellowship of the Triune God to us that we may enjoy the love of God, the grace of Christ, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit simultaneously, which is to enjoy the Triune God in three aspects-love, grace, and fellowship.
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