晨更经节 — 7 月 26 日 – 8 月 1 日
第二周 借真理得以圣别，从我们自己里面迁出来，进入三一神里面而真正成为一
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团体追求:《神在祂与人联结中的历史》第一篇 神在已过永远里的历史
Day: July 25, 2021
Prayer Burdens for July 27, 2021
1. The Chinese-speaking Perfecting Training going on this week
2. The Northeast Summer School of Truth beginning next week (August 2-14)–Week 1 will be held at Camp Penuel for the young people in grades 11 and 12 only; Week 2 will be held online for all the young people in grades 6-12
3. The children’s meeting service in each of the nine halls and the arrangements for the new school year
4. The mutual shepherding of all the saints and the shepherding of all those who have not been attending the meetings recently on a regular basis
5. The church meetings and the small group meetings in all nine halls this week
6. The church in Durban, South Africa, a lampstand raised up in 2018–Social and political unrest in this city and province have culminated in widespread violence and looting which threatens the safety of the saints in this locality. Please pray to:
- Stand against the powers and principalities in the air over this city
- Release the gospel
- Preserve life in this city
- Strengthen the testimony
- Cover the saints in this province
7. The various needs of the saints both locally and in other localities (e.g. physical and emotional, health-related, job-related, family-related, etc.)
Knowing the Truth, Being Absolute for the Truth, and Proclaiming the Truth in the Present Evil Age – Week 2
Morning Watch — July 26 – August 1, 2021
Being Sanctified by the Truth, to Move out of Ourselves and into the Triune God for the Genuine Oneness
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Corporate Reading of “The History of God in His Union with Man” Chapter 1 – Sections:
1. God’s History In Eternity Past; Outline
2. God’s History In Eternity Past; Paragraphs 1-5
3. The Name Of God; Jehovah, Meaning “I Am Who I Am”—Self-existing and Ever-existing
4. Elohim (“God”), Implying the Faithful Strong One; God Being Eternal From Eternity to Eternity; Uncreated (as the Creating One); Without Beginning and without Ending—Self-existing and Ever-existing; Eternal in His Trinity
5. Elohim Being Plural, Indicating That God Is Triune; The Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit; The Father Being the Source of the Triune God, the Son Being the Expression of the Triune God, and the Spirit Being the Reaching, the Application, of the Triune God
Opening Word – Knowing the Truth, Being Absolute for the Truth and for Upholding the Absoluteness of the Truth, and Testifying to the Truth in the Present Age of the World
Lord’s Day, July 25, 2021
The History of God in His Union With Man, Ch. 1, Sec. 5 of 9
GOD BEING TRIUNE
God is triune. Triune is from Latin. Tri means “three,” and une means “one,” so triune means “three-one.” Our God is three yet one and one yet three.
Elohim Being Plural,
Indicating That God Is Triune
Elohim (“God”—Gen. 1:1) is plural, indicating that God is triune, three-one, as confirmed by the pronouns Us, Our, and He in Genesis 1:26-27; 3:22a; and 11:7.
The Name of the Father
and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
Matthew 28:19 tells us that we baptize people into one name of three persons: into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. One name implies three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, indicating the Divine Trinity. Before the Lord spoke this word, no one knew that God is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. The Old Testament did point out in some verses that God is the Father, in other verses that God is the Son, and in some verses that God is the Spirit. The three were there in the Old Testament, but they were never put together as one until the time of Matthew 28:19.
Matthew 28:19 was spoken after Christ’s resurrection. The Triune God was consummated in resurrection. Before resurrection the Triune God was in a process of being consummated. When God came into time, He entered into a process, and His process can be illustrated by a tunnel. That tunnel was from incarnation to resurrection. When He was resurrected, He came out of that tunnel, so resurrection is the consummation of His process. After the consummation of His process, the Lord Jesus revealed the Triune God. In the Gospels the Lord Jesus charged the disciples to go and baptize people into the Triune God, but in Acts the disciples baptized people into the name of the Lord Jesus (8:16; 19:5). This indicates that the Lord Jesus equals the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—the Triune God.
The Father Being the Source of the Triune God,
the Son Being the Expression of the Triune God,
and the Spirit Being the Reaching,
the Application, of the Triune God
The Father is the source of the Triune God, the Son is the expression of the Triune God (John 1:18), and the Spirit is the reaching, the application, of the Triune God (2 Cor. 13:14). These are simple, clear, and wonderful expressions. The Father is the fountain, the source, and the Son is the spring as the course to express the source. This course, this spring, issues in a flow, which is the Spirit as the reaching, the application, of the Triune God.
The History of God in His Union With Man, Ch. 1, Sec. 4 of 9
Elohim (“God”), Implying the Faithful Strong One
Another name for God is the Hebrew title Elohim, implying the faithful strong One (Gen. 1:1; 2:4). The word Elohim is plural in number. This indicates that God is triune. Genesis 1:1 says that in the beginning God (Elohim) created the heavens and the earth.
After God’s creation and restoration of the universe, He came to the creation of man. In Genesis 1:26 God said, “Let Us make man in Our image.” There is one God, but the pronouns here are Us and Our, indicating that there is a plurality with God. The words let Us imply that God is triune and that the three of the Godhead had a conference among Themselves. Thus, the Divine Trinity is fully implied at the beginning of the Bible in Genesis 1. Scofield points out that the word Elohim is composed of two Hebrew words, implying strength and faithfulness. Thus, God, Elohim, is the faithful strong One. He is strong and He is faithful, so He can do everything to keep His word.
GOD BEING ETERNAL
The Triune God is eternal. No one can adequately explain what eternal means. The word eternal first implies the element of time. According to time, God is forever and ever, eternal. God’s being eternal also implies quality. His being eternal means that He is altogether complete and perfect, without defect. Concerning time He is eternal. He has no ending and no beginning. Concerning His quality He is complete and perfect. When the Bible says that God is life, this means that this life is without beginning and without ending. It also means that this life is complete and perfect. Our human life is not eternal but temporary. Also, our human life is not perfect or complete. God, however, is eternal both in time and in quality.
From Eternity to Eternity
Psalm 90:2b says that from eternity to eternity, He is God.
Uncreated (as the Creating One)
God, as the creating One, is uncreated (Gen. 1:1). The first sentence in the Bible says, “In the beginning God created.” This means that God Himself is the beginning. With Him there is the beginning because He is the beginning.
Without Beginning and without Ending—
Self-existing and Ever-existing
Hebrews 7:3 reveals that Christ as the Son of God is without beginning and without ending—self-existing and ever-existing.
Eternal in His Trinity
God is eternal in His Trinity. Isaiah 9:6 speaks of the eternal Father. Hebrews 1:12 and 7:3 indicate clearly that the Son is eternal, self-existing, and ever-existing. Hebrews 9:14 refers to the eternal Spirit. This shows us that in totality the Triune God is eternal.