Memorial Day Conference

Following is a brief summary of what I enjoyed in the past Memorial Day Conference messages. The general subject of the conference is experiencing and enjoying Christ to abound in the work of Christ according to His full ministry of three stages- incarnation, inclusion, and intensification.

I'm much enlighten by the brother's opening words. He mentioned that in Revelation 1:1, we can see that the book of Revelation is written to slaves of Christ. Therefore, in order for us to understand what is written in this book, first of all, we need to stand on the position of a slave of Christ. Besides that, in Rev 1:4-5, we also see that this book is written to the local churches. This indicates that we need to remain in the church, have a proper church life and service, otherwise we are unable to hear God's speaking.

In order for us to experience and enjoy Christ to abound in the work of Christ according to His full ministry of three stages, first of all we need to have a thorough understanding of the three divine and mystical stages of Christ full ministry. The first stage is the stage of incarnation. The work of the ministry in this stage produces redeemed people. The second stage is the stage of inclusion. The work of ministry in this stage produced the church and produces the churches. The third stage is the stage of intensification. The work of the ministry in this stage produces the overcomers.

In the stage of incarnation, the infinite God became a finite man named Jesus Christ in order to redeem us and to reconcile us back to God. We were redeemed at a tremendous cost through Christ's death on the cross. When we are redeemed, we are being purchased. Such a purchase includes a transfer in ownership. We have been bought with a great price, we are not our own. It is Christ that should have the preeminence in us. Moreover, Christ's redemption also separated us from our vain manner of life and usher us into being holy in all our manner of life. Another important matter is that when we are saved, we have a new life, a new beginning, with this new life comes a new occupation- preaching the gospel. Therefore, in order to do the work of Christ in the stage of incarnation, we need to rise up to cooperate with Christ to preach the highest gospel.