Scripture Reading: Lev. 2:1-4; 1 Cor. 10:17; 2 Tim. 2:19—3:14; 2 Cor. 10:1-5; Rom. 14:17

Ⅰ　

By participating in Christ as the meal offering, we become the reproduction of Christ—the church as a corporate meal offering—Lev. 2:1-4; 1 Cor. 12:12; 10:17:

A　

Romans 8 reveals that, as believers in Christ, we should be a duplication of Christ as the meal offering; we should be a copy, a reproduction, of Christ and thus be the same as He is—vv. 3, 2, 13, 11.

B　

If we eat Christ as the meal offering, we will be constituted with Christ and thereby become the enlargement of Christ as the meal offering—the church as the corporate Christ, the corporate meal offering—Lev. 2:3; 1 Cor. 12:12; 10:17.

C　

The meal offering, which is our daily supply, is not merely Christ but Christ with the church life—1:30, 2, 9:

１　

Our hunger is satisfied not only by Christ but also by the church life; therefore, we should feed not only on Christ but also on the church life.

２　

We eat the meal offering not only in the first form as flour—the individual Christ; we also eat the meal offering in the second form as a cake—the corporate Christ, the church—John 6:57b; 1 Cor. 12:12; 1:2.

D　

We should not remain as whole grains; instead, we need to be broken and ground into fine flour so that we can be blended with others for making a loaf—the Body of Christ which consummates in the New Jerusalem—John 12:24; 1 Cor. 10:17; 12:24-27; Rev. 21:2.

Ⅱ　

By participating in Christ as the meal offering, we may have the humanity of one who serves the Lord—Gen. 1:26; Gal. 2:20; Matt. 5:44; Luke 23:34; Phil. 3:9; 4:8-9, 11-13:

A　

The humanity of one who serves the Lord must be a coming forth of God and be fully human; that is, it must have the proper human flavor—Phil. 4:8.

B　

Christian humanity is a life lived out through the mingling of the divine attributes and the human virtues—Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:20-21a:

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The divine attributes are the source and the content.

２　

The human virtues are the expression and the form.

C　

The humanity of one who serves the Lord is a humanity with the highest virtues: extraordinary love, boundless forbearance, unparalleled faithfulness, absolute humility, utmost purity, supreme holiness and righteousness, and brightness and uprightness—Matt. 5:48; Phil. 4:8.

Ⅲ　

By participating in Christ as the meal offering, we may possess the humanity of Jesus for the Lord's recovery, for the spiritual warfare, and for the kingdom of God—2 Tim. 2:19—3:14; 2 Cor. 10:1-5; Rev. 1:9; Rom. 14:17:

A　

We need the humanity of Jesus for the Lord's recovery—2 Tim. 2:19—3:14:

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Because of the degradation of the church and the corruption of society, we are in a situation that requires the Lord's humanity for His recovery:

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In order to have the Lord's recovery in such a degraded time, we need a proper humanity.

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In order to stand up in this degraded age, we need not mainly the divine power but the humanity of Jesus—2:24-25.

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The Lord is doing a recovery work in which He needs a people who take Him as their humanity—3:10-12.

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In the midst of the degradation of the church and the corruption of society, we are here for the Lord's recovery, and for this we need the humanity of Jesus to fulfill God's purpose—1:9.

B　

We need the humanity of Jesus for the spiritual warfare—2 Cor. 10:1-5:

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The spiritual warfare between the enemy and the saints is mainly dependent upon the humanity of Jesus—Gen. 3:15; 1 Cor. 15:47; Heb. 2:14.

２　

For the church to fight the spiritual warfare, we all need the proper humanity—Eph. 5:17—6:13.

３　

To fight the battle against the enemy, we must exercise the humanity of Jesus—2 Cor. 10:1.

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In ourselves we do not have the proper humanity, but we have Christ within us, and His humanity is the proper humanity for the spiritual warfare—Col. 1:27; 1 John 4:4.

C　

We need the humanity of Jesus for the kingdom of God—Rev. 1:9; Rom. 14:17:

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For God to have a kingdom on the earth, there is the need for His redeemed and regenerated people to possess the humanity of Jesus and to have the proper human virtues—1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:3-5.

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When we have the humanity of Jesus, we will not only be in the kingdom of God—we will be the kingdom of God—Rom. 14:17.

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The overcomers become qualified to reign with Christ by having the humanity of Jesus worked into them—Rev. 20:4, 6.