A Gederal Outline of God's Economy and the Proper Living of a God-man

the entire Bible is a book focusing on the economy of God. epsecially the New Testament in particular is focused on the consummation of God's economy. from the Bible, we can see the two creation of God: the old creation, and the new creation. in His original creation, God first created the heavens and the earth, with the angels. but Lucifer rebelled God, with one thrid of the angels, so he became Satan, God's adversary. after this rebellion, God came to restore the creation, and then created man, with the view that this man would defeat Satan. God presented Himself to the created man in the form of the tree of life. but Satan came into man first, and caused man to become fallen and corrupted. as a result, God incarmated to become a man, bringing tree of life to man. this Jesus, as the God-man is the union of man with the life of God. Jesus lived a human life for 33.5 years, and then died on the cross to accomplish redemption. not only redemption, the Lord also terminated the entire old creation on the cross, and generated the new creation in His resurrection. today, as God' people, we are the new creation. after resurrection, in His ascension, He entered into His heavenly ministry. He poured out Himself as the life-giving Spirit, ready to enter into us and to work in us. as this Spirit, He is sanctifying, renewing, transforming and conforming us, according to the image of the Fristborn Son of God, so that as His people, we will become the many brothers, even as He is. this is how the Body of Christ is being built up, and the consummation will be the New Jerusalem. 

God's economy is according to the council of the Divine Trinity. God the Father is the One who plans, God the Son is the One who carries out and accomplishes, and God the Spirit is the One who applies everything to God's people. the application of God's economy is hinged on the Spirit. this Spirit is the processed and consummated Spirit. in Exodus chapter 30, there is the mentioning of the holy anointing oil, with one hin of olive oil, plus, flowing myrrh, calamus, cinnamon and cassia. this is a picture of the Spirit, the all-inclusive Spirit. within this wonderful Spirit, there is the divinity of God, the humanity of Jesus, the death and its power, the resurrection and its power of Christ. all we need is included in this Spirit. Furthermore, the book of Revelation shows us that this all-inclusive Spirit, has become the Seven Spirits today, not seven separate spirits, but the sevenfold intensified Spirit, for the closing of this age, for the consummation of the New Jerusalem, God's ultimat goal. our need today, is to live and walking according to this Spirit, to enjoy and receive all that is contained in this Spirit, so our living will be according to God's economy, and well pleasing to God. 

this consummated Spirit is the essence and element of the Body of Christ. the Body of Christ was produced through the death and resurrection of Christ. Colossians 3:11 tells us that Christ is all and in all. Christ, who is the Spirit now, is the very essence of the Body, who also produced the Body in His resurrection. We, His believers, regenerated by Him, are also the Body, not our natural flesh or self, but the new creation. therefore, we also can say that, the reality of the Body of Christ is a group of people, who, as the new creation, live and walk in the new creation, as the reality of the corporate God-man. 

as such a God-man, we need to pay attention to a few practical points:

1. to know Christ and the power of His resurrection

Philippians 3:10 To know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,

this verse shows us that, as a believer who pursure to live a life of the proper God-man, we need to pursue to know Him and the power of His resurrection, with the purpose that we will be conformed to the death of Christ. without being supplied first with His resurrection power, there is no way for us to be conformed to the death of Christ. without the resurrection life of Christ, there is no way for us to take or bear the cross in our daily life. 

2. to magnify Christ in our body through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ

Philippians 1:19 For I know that for me this will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

Philippians 1:20 According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I will be put to shame, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.

our daily life should be such a life to magnify Christ in our body. but in our practical experience, why this is not happening? because we are not enjoying the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, which is the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit. this Spirit is all-inclusive, because all that we need has been included within this Spirit. if we do not enjoy this Spirit, we will not receive the bountiful supply, then how are we able to magnify Christ, if we are even not receiving what we need?

3. to live and walk according to the mingled spirit

the Spirit is dwelling in our spirit, this is why our spirit today is also the mingled spirit. if we are living and walking according to the mingled spirit, we are living and walking in the empowering Christ. then, like Paul said in Philippians 4:13, we can also say that we can do all things in the One who empowers us. 

4. to take Christ as the secret

Philippians 4:12 I know also how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to hunger, both to abound and to lack.

Christ is the secret to all aspects in our daily life, and Christ the unique solution to all our problems. our biggest problem is that we have not learned the secret, which is to take Christ in all things, to apply Christ in everything. 

Romans 12:4 For just as in one body we have many members, and all the members do not have the same function,

Romans 12:5 So we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

in the 14 epistles of the apostle Paul, there is a connecting line, which is the Body of Christ. God's desire is to produce a Body for Christ, not an organization, but an orgnism. we are the many members of the Body of Christ. the Body is a matter of life and spirit. therefore, as the members of the Body, we all need be living and full of the Spirit. we need to grow in life, until we reach maturity. we also need to exercise the spirit, not just in the meetings, but also in our daily living, in what we speak, and what we do. 

A General Outline of God's Economy and the Proper Living of a God-Man (English Edition) Lee, Witness Living Stream Ministry