International Memorial Day Blending Conference (May 24-27, 2024)
GENERAL SUBJECT: THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Message Five : Living the Christian Life by Enjoying the Flow of Life with the Ministry of Life out of and for the Magnificent House of God
“When the man went out to the east with the line in His hand, He measured a thousand cubits; and He led me through the water, water that was to the ankles.”(Ezek. 47:3)
I. In order to live the Christian life, we need to enjoy the flow of life out of the house of God- Ezek. 47:1-12:
F. For the increase of the flow of life, we need to be measured by the Lord as the man of bronze- Ezek.40:3; 47:2-5; Rev. 1:15; cf. John 7:37-39:
1. To measure is to examine, test, judge, and possess; the four measurings of a thousand cubits, which is a complete unit (cf. Psa. 84:10), indicate that as creatures, we need to be thoroughly measured by the Lord so that He may take over and thoroughly possess our entire being (Isa. 6:1-8).
2. The more we allow the Lord to examine, test, and judge us to possess us, the deeper the flow becomes; the depth of the flow depends on how much we have been measured by the Lord - cf. 1John 1:5, 7.
3. The more we are measured by the Lord, the more we are restricted and limited by the flowing of the grace of life until eventually we are lost in and carried along by the flowing Triune God as a river in which to swim; in one sense we lose all our freedom, but in another sense we are really free - Ezek. 47:4-6.
II. Our enjoyment of Christ as the flow of life is for us to be sowers, planters, waterers, begetters, feeders, and builders with the ministry of life for the marvelous organic building of God, the magnificent house of God - 2Cor. 3:6