(1) Semi-annual training (summer)- Leviticus (2) - message one- the consecration of the priests
Point II, J- 4.
As priests, on the one hand, we enjoy the sin-bearing life so that we can bear the inequalities of people; but on the other hand, the life within us is also a sin-dealing life. Therefore, we have to proactively dispense Christ to others so that others can receive Christ as the sin-dealing life.
I realise that I can be quite passive in terms of dispensing Christ. I might have spent time contacting people but ended up just having conversations and checking how they are doing. These are all good but still, I didn't dispense the sin-dealing life to others. Another occasion, I might just pray for certain people so their heart can be softened. However, I still didn't dispense Christ to them.
point b. is very sweet and applicable.
"A person who sins usually has his heart hardened (Heb. 3:13); if we are going to minister Christ to him, we have to trust in the Lord that we may have the grace with the Spirit to soften and warm up his hardened heart".
In other words, if I just pray that the heart of men can be softened but didn't take action to actually dispense Christ to them, I'm not trusting in the Lord that I have the grace with the Spirit within me.
I'll also bring in another portion that I enjoy in the life study concerning this matter.
(2) Leviticus life-study message 44 - The leprosy in a house.
Very last two paragraphs.
"We need to realize that the church is the best place on earth. What, then, shall we do about the problems in the church? We should pray to be renewed in the experiences of Christ. We should not pray too much for others or about the situation. Instead, we should pray for ourselves that we might be able to bring something new of Christ into the church life. This is the way for a diseased church to be healed. Sometimes a church will be healed through the new experiences of the new ones.
The more we experience Christ in a new way, the more the church will be healed. A diseased church cannot be healed by discussion, argument, and debate. The more we engage in these things, the more trouble there will be. We need to pray for ourselves and for the church that through the new experiences of Christ we as members and the church as a whole may have a new start and enter into a new age. This is the only way for a diseased church to be healed".
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So prayers are needed. But we still need to proactively dispense this very Christ we've enjoyed into the church life! Praise the Lord!
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