Conclusion of the New Testament, The (Msgs. 221-239)

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The church the failures in the churches (1)    _msg.221

XI. The failures in the churches
A. Hypocrisy
1. Letting Satan fill the heart
2. Lying to and testing the Holy Spirit — God
3. Pretending to be absolute for the Lord
B. Being overcome by racial difference
1. In the matter of eating
2. Causing the practice of having all things common to wane
C. Bringing in the legal practices of the Old Testament
1. Circumcision on the flesh
2. Annulling the freedom in Christ
3. Even causing Peter to play hypocrisy, the rest of the Jewish believers who were with him to Join him in hypocrisy, and even Barnabas to be carried away by their hypocrisy
D. Compromising with Judaism
1. Bringing in the mixture of Judaism with God’s pure grace
2. Spoiling the purity of the church life
3. Damaging the pure testimony of Jesus Christ as the embodiment of God’s pure grace
4. Resulting in the termination of the church, polluted with the satanic mixture, by the judgment of God through the destruction of Jerusalem by the Roman army under Titus in A.D. 70

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E. Judging one another in the matters of eating and observing of days
F. Making divisions and causes of falling contrary to the teaching of the apostles
G. Being puffed up on behalf of one gifted person against another unto strife and divisions
H. Committing fornication
I. Having lawsuits one against another
J. Questioning the apostle’s apostleship and charging the apostle with being crafty in making gain with guile
K. Partaking of the table of the Lord and of the table of the demons
L. Eating the bread and drinking the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner and not discerning the Body
M. Abusing the gift of tongue-speaking
N. Saying that there is no resurrection of the dead
O. Walking disorderly

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XII. The degradation of the church
A. Being taken over by the Gnostic philosophy and the elements of the world — the rudimentary teachings of both Jews and Gentiles, consisting of ritualistic observances in meats, drinks, washings, and asceticism
B. Teaching things different from the economy of God taught by the apostle, resulting in turning away from the apostle’s teaching
C. Supposing godliness to be a means of gain
D. Turning away from the apostle who completed the divine revelation
E. Bringing in heresies as gangrene making people wooden and earthen vessels unto dishonor in the great house
F. Having a form of godliness but having denied its power
G. Not following healthy teaching, but heaping up teachings to tickle the ear

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H. Some becoming factious
I. Backsliding to Judaism, neglecting God’s New Testament salvation
J. False teachers bringing in destructive heresies, even denying the master who bought them, and following the way of Balaam who loved the wages of unrighteousness
K. Denying that Jesus is the Christ, and becoming the antichrist, not abiding in the Son and in the Father
L. Not confessing that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
M. Not abiding in the teaching of Christ
N. Loving to be first in the church
O. Forsaking the faith, denying our only master and Lord, Jesus Christ, having gone in the way of Cain, poured themselves out in the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the rebellion of Korah

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P. Having left the first love toward the Lord
Q. Having the works of the Nicolaitans
R. Becoming in union with the world where Satan’s throne is
S. Holding the teaching of Balaam to eat idol sacrifices and to commit fornication
T. Holding the teaching of the Nicolaitans to have hierarchy
U. Tolerating the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and lead the Lord’s slaves astray to commit fornication and to eat idol sacrifices, and to teach the deep things of Satan
V. Having a name of being living but actually being dead
W. Being lukewarm and keeping Christ outside the door
X. Consummating in Babylon the Great, the Mother of the Prostitutes and the Abominations of the Earth — the apostate Christendom

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XIII. The overcomers in the church
A. Having overcome through faith in Christ to inherit the eternal life and to be the sons of God for eternity
B. Having overcome the world through faith in the Son of God
C. Having overcome the evil one
D. Having overcome the antichrists through the indwelling Christ
E. Having overcome all the degradations of the degraded churches

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F. The dead overcomers — the man-child within the woman
1. Comprising the overcomers of both the Old Testament and the New Testament
2. To be resurrected and raptured to the throne of God before the great tribulation
G. The living overcomers — the firstfruit of God’s harvest on the earth
1. Comprising only the New Testament overcomers who live until the Lord’s coming back
2. To be raptured to mount Zion in the heavens before the great tribulation
3. For the satisfaction to God and Christ
H. To be the bride at the marriage feast of Christ and in the millennium
I. To be the armies in heaven fighting with the coming Christ against Antichrist and his armies

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J. To reign with Christ and to be priests of God and Christ in the millennium
1. To be crowned
a. With the crown of righteousness
b. With the unfading crown of glory
c. With the crown of life
d. With an incorruptible crown
2. To sit with Christ on His throne
3. To have authority over the nations and shepherd them
4. To participate in the joy of the Lord
K. To inherit the kingdom of Christ and of God to enter the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens
L. To be glorified with Christ

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M. To inherit eternal life in the millennium
1. To have their names remain in the book of life
2. Not to be hurt of the second death
3. To eat of the tree of life in the paradise of God — the New Jerusalem
N. To shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father
O. To participate in the feast of the kingdom of the heavens
P. To enjoy the reward
Q. To be the New Jerusalem — the paradise — in the millennium

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XIV. The recovery of the church
A. Typified by the return of the children of Israel from their captivity
1. From Babylon — the capturing and divisive ground
2. Back to Jerusalem, the God-ordained unique ground, with all the vessels of the temple of God which had been captured to Babylon
3. To rebuild the temple of God, the house of God
4. To rebuild the city of Jerusalem

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B. Indicated in the later Epistles of the New Testament
1. To be separated from the factious — the sects and denominations
2. To cleanse ourselves from the vessels unto dishonor in the great house — the apostate Christendom
3. Not to contact those who do not abide in the teaching of Christ — the teaching concerning Christ’s deity and incarnation by divine conception
4. To come out of the religious Babylon the Great

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C. To be recovered:
1. From the divisive and apostate ground with its deviation from the truths concerning:
a. The person of the Triune God
b. The person and work of Christ

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2. Back to the unique and pure ground of the oneness of the Body of Christ with its truths concerning:
a. The New Testament faith and God’s economy
b. The person and work of Christ
c. The person and the dispensing of the Triune God

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d. The church, the Body of Christ, the corporate Christ
e. The universal and local aspects of the church
3. To build the Body of Christ, the temple of God, the house of God
4. To establish the kingdom life

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XV. The stages of the church
A. The seven churches in Asia, being actual local churches, signify prophetically the seven stages which the church has gone through and will go through until the Lord’s coming back
B. The church in Ephesus depicts the end of the stage of the initial church during the last part of the first century
1. Having left the first love toward the Lord
2. Losing the enjoyment of the tree of life
3. To lose the testimony of the lampstand
4. The Lord’s promise to the overcomers of this stage: to eat of the tree of life in the paradise of God

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C. The church in Smyrna prefigures the suffering church under the persecution of the Roman Empire from the last part of the first century to the early part of the fourth century
1. Suffering the slander of the Jews
2. Suffering the persecution of the Roman Empire in ten periods of time
3. The Lord’s promise to the overcomers of this stage
a. To be given a crown of life
b. Not to be hurt of the second death
D. The church in Pergamos pre-symbolizes the worldly church, the church married to the world, from the day constantine accepted Christianity in the early part of the fourth century to the time the papal system was established in the latter part of the sixth century
1. Getting settled in the world where Satan’s throne is
2. Holding the teaching of the Gentile prophet to eat idol sacrifices and to commit fornication
3. Holding the teaching of clergy to build up hierarchy
4. The Lord’s promise to the overcomers of this stage
a. To be given to eat the hidden manna
b. To become transformed stones for the building of God, justified and approved by the Lord

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E. The church in Thyatira pre-symbolizes the apostate church, from the ordination of the papal system in the latter part of the sixth century to the end of the church age
1. Doing many works
2. As a continuation of the worldly church, pre-symbolized by the church in Pergamos, keeping the teaching of the Gentile prophet Balaam and the teaching of a clerical system
3. Considering herself a prophetess, symbolized by the woman Jezebel, to teach and lead the Lord’s slaves astray to commit fornication and to eat idol sacrifices, that is, to hide the leaven (evil, heretical, and pagan things) in three measures of meal (Christ as the meal offering for the satisfaction of God and man), as prophesied by the Lord in Matthew 13:33
4. The Lord’s promise to the overcomers of this stage
a. To be given authority over the nations and to shepherd them with an iron rod
b. To be given the morning star (the coming Christ)
F. The church in Sardis prefigure the Protestant Church, from the Reformation in the early part of the sixteenth century to Christ’s coming back
1. Living in name but actually dead
2. All the restored things being not completed but about to die
3. The Lord’s promise to the overcomers of this stage
a. To be clothed in white garments, signifying their walk and living, pure and approved by the Lord, for them to walk with the Lord
b. To have their names remain in the book of life in the millennium

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G. The church in Philadelphia prefigures the church of brotherly love, the recovery of the proper church life, from the early part of the nineteenth century to the second appearing of the Lord
1. Keeping the Lord’s word with the little power she has
2. Not denying the Lord’s name as the denominated sects
3. Given an open door which no one can shut
4. Subduing the Judaizers and their Judaic teachings
5. Promised to be kept out of the hour of trial which is about to come on the whole inhabited earth
6. The Lord’s promise to the overcomers of this stage
a. To receive a crown
b. To be made a pillar in the temple of God for God’s building
c. To be the components of the New Jerusalem in the millennium, bearing the name of God, the name of God’s city, and the Lord’s new name
H. The church in Laodicea foreshadows the degraded church life of the brothers from the latter part of the nineteenth century to the Lord’s return
1. Becoming lukewarm
2. To be vomited out of the Lord’s mouth
3. Boasting that she is rich and has need of nothing, yet not knowing that she is wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked
4. Needing to buy from the Lord
a. Refined gold, the proving of faith for partaking of the divine element of Christ, for them to be fit for the golden lampstand
b. White garments, conduct approvable to the Lord, which is the Lord Himself lived out of the church, to cover her nakedness
c. Eyesalve, the anointing Spirit who is also the Lord Himself as the life-giving Spirit, for her blindness
5. Keeping the Lord outside her door
6. The Lord’s promise to the overcomers of this stage
a. To have the Lord come in to them and dine with them and they with the Lord
b. To be given to sit with the Lord on His throne
I. All the last four kinds of churches will remain until the Lord’s coming back

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XVI. The consummation of the church
A. All the members of the church are produced in the church age
B. The New Testament overcomers are also perfected in the church age
C. The immature believers will be perfected in the age of the millennium
1. Through the Lord’s dispensational and governmental discipline
2. As illustrated by the cases of the unfaithful slave and the slothful slave in Matthew 24:48-51 and 25:24-30
D. All the regenerated and perfected believers of the New Testament as members of the church, represented by the twelve apostles, will be the components of the New Jerusalem, which is the church’s ultimate consummation
1. Consummated in enjoying the eternal and divine life of the processed and consummated Triune God
2. Consummated in experiencing the mingling of humanity with divinity in the dispensing of the unsearchable riches of the processed and consummated divine Trinity
3. Consummated in expressing the processed and consummated Triune God in His ultimate manifestation for eternity

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