THE VITAL GROUPS

MESSAGE TWELVE

NOURISHING PEOPLE WITH THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST IN HIS FULL MINISTRY IN THE THREE STAGES

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OUTLINE

1. The three stages of Christ:
   1. The stage of incarnation.
   2. The stage of inclusion.
   3. The stage of intensification.
2. The full ministry of Christ:
   1. All the works of Christ's accomplishments.
   2. From His incarnation to the consummation of the New Jerusalem.
3. The accomplishments of Christ in the stage of His incarnation:
   1. Bringing the infinite God into the finite man.
   2. Uniting and mingling the Triune God with the tripartite man.
   3. Expressing in His humanity the bountiful God in His rich attributes through His aromatic virtues:
      1. Expressing the bountiful God in His human living.
      2. Mainly expressing God in His rich attributes, that is, in the unsearchable riches of what God is.
      3. Through His aromatic virtues by which He attracted and captivated people:
         1. Not by living His human life in the flesh.
         2. But by living His divine life in resurrection.
   4. Finishing His all-inclusive judicial redemption:
      1. Terminating all things of the old creation.
      2. Redeeming all the things created by God and fallen in sin—Heb. 2:9; Col. 1:20.
      3. Creating (conceiving) the new man with His divine element—Eph. 2:15.
      4. Releasing His divine life from the shell of His humanity—John 12:24.
      5. Laying a foundation for His organic salvation and setting up the procedure to attain His ministry in the stage of His inclusion.