We need to Know and Study the Highest Truth in the Bible to be Equipped to Speak

We need to fully know and be absolute for the highest truth in the Bible, and we need to be equipped with the truth so that we may speak the high truth to others for God to gain them and bring them into His eternal purpose. Amen!

May we be those who are brought to the full knowledge of the truth; may we not only be saved and enjoy God’s salvation but even more, may we come to the full knowledge of the truth.

This doesn’t necessarily mean that we should study the Bible more, join more Bible study groups, and read the Bible more; yes, reading the Bible is very important, and properly reading the Bible is critical, but we aspire to come to the full knowledge of the truth.

The truth is the shining of the light in the Word of God. For us to gain the truth and have the truth infused into us, deposited into our being, and constituted into us, we need to have the Lord’s shining in His word.

This means that it is not good enough for us to just read the Bible; we need to read and pray over God’s word so that the objective truths in the word of God become subjective to us.

The Bible is not merely the love letter of the Triune God to man, neither is the Bible only a book that shows us God’s purpose.

The Bible is the very breath of God, the breathing out of God Himself, so that we as men of God may be equipped and complete, ready for every good work (2 Tim. 3:15-16).

This indicates that we as believers in Christ who aspire to come to the full knowledge of the truth need to come to the Lord in His word with the exercise of our spirit so that we may breathe in the breathed-out word of God.

We need to turn our hearts to the Lord and exercise our spirit when we come to God’s word so that we may receive the Spirit and life contained in the word.

The words that the Lord speaks to us are spirit and are life (John 6:63); we need to find a way to convert the written word of God into spirit and life.

This means that we need to pray much, pray to open our being to the Lord and deal with anything that hinders His shining, so that we may have the Lord’s fresh appearing.

Oh, how we need the Lord’s shining in His word whenever we read the Bible!

How much we need to simply sit at His feet, calm down our being, and take in the Lord by means of His word!

And how much we need to come to the full knowledge of the truth by coming to the Lord in His word to read, pray, and fellowship with Him!

When we exercise our spirit over the truths in the word of God, we will touch, enjoy, and experience the subjective truths in the word, and the Lord has a way of uplifting our experience of Christ for the building up of the church.

We need to Fully Know, be Absolute for and Speak forth the Highest Truth in the Bible

When Paul wrote the book of Romans, which he called his gospel, he said that the gospel is concerning the Son of God, who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh but was designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness (Rom. 1:3-4).

What kind of gospel is this? We need to fully know and be absolute for the highest truth; we need to know the truth, fully know it, and be absolute for the highest truth (Rom. 8:3; 1:3-4; 12:4-5).

The highest truth in the Bible is that in Christ God became man in order to make man God in life, nature, constitution, and expression but not in the Godhead so that the redeeming God and the redeemed man can be united, mingled, and incorporated together to become one entity (John 1:12-14; 14:20; Rev. 21:2, 10-11). Wow!

This is the highest truth in the Word of God. God became a man so that man may become God in life and nature but not in the Godhead.

The high peak of the divine revelation – the “diamond” in the “box” of the Bible – is the revelation that in Christ God has become man in order that man might become God in life and nature but not in the Godhead (2 Sam. 7:12-14a; Rom. 8:3; 1:3-4; Eph. 3:17).

This is the diamond in the box of the Bible; we may appreciate many other truths in the Bible, but when it comes to the highest truth, we need to know this matter.

God became man through incarnation, and man becomes God through regeneration, sanctification, renewing, transformation, and conformation (John 3:5-6; 1:12-13; Rom. 6:19, 22; 12:2; 8:29-30).

We need to know the high peak truth, be constituted with this highest truth, be absolute for this truth, and speak forth the highest truth in the Bible.

It is only by God’s becoming man to make man God that the Body of Christ can be produced and built up; this is the high peak of the divine revelation given to us by God (v. 3; 1:3-4; 8:14-16; 12:4-5).

This is not just a theory or a very high doctrine; this is the highest peak of the divine revelation, the highest truth in the Bible, and this truth needs to become our constitution, experience, and speaking.

The Body of Christ as the organism of the Triune God can be produced only out of Christ, for the Body of Christ is Christ Himself in every way, but Christ enlarged, expanded, and magnified.

This means that we as believers in Christ need to become the same as Christ in life, in nature, and in expression and function, but not in the Godhead; the Godhead is only His, for He is the Head and we are the Body.

How do we become the same as Christ?

The Bible reveals the many steps of God’s organic salvation for us to become the same as God in life and nature but not in the Godhead.

First, we are regenerated with the life of God, we are sanctified with the nature of God, we are renewed with the mind of God, we’re transformed in the image of God, we are conformed to the image of Christ, and eventually we are glorified in order to enter into His expression in full.

Through these steps of God’s organic salvation, we become the same as Christ in life, nature, expression, and function.

We have experienced regeneration, and we daily experience His renewing, His sanctifying work, His transforming work, His conformation, and even His glorification.

All these are very subjective to us, and we’re in the process of God’s organic salvation in order to become God in life and nature but not in the Godhead.

This truly is the highest truth, and we need to know it, enjoy it, pray over it, experience it, and speak it forth.

The standard of the Lord’s recovery depends upon the standard of the truth that we put out; the truths will be the measure and the standard (John 18:37).

If we pay attention to and are absolute for the highest truth in the Bible, our daily living will be uplifted, our experience of Christ will advance, and we will live a life for the fulfilment of God’s eternal purpose to build up the church as the Body of Christ.

The reality which is in Jesus will become our reality, and we will live the same kind of life as He did.

And our speaking will not be common but uplifted, for we are absolute for and speak for the highest truth in the Bible.

Lord Jesus, we want to fully know and be absolute for the highest truth in the Bible! Hallelujah, the highest truth in the Bible is that in Christ God became man to make man God! Wow, in Christ God has become man in order that man might become God in life and nature but not in the Godhead. Thank You, Lord, for going through the processes of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension in order to become a life-giving Spirit and regenerate us for Your Body. Thank You for coming into us to regenerate us, sanctify us, renew us, transform us, conform us, and glorify us! Amen, Lord, we praise You for the process of God’s organic salvation by means of which we, human beings, can become the same as God in life and nature but not in the Godhead! We want to know this highest truth, be absolute for the truth, and speak forth the highest truth until the Lord carries it out among us on earth!

Our Need to Study the Divine Truths to be Equipped for the Preaching of the Gospel and Speaking the Highest Truth

We need to come to the full knowledge of the truth by studying the divine truths in the word of God day by day.

We thank the Lord for putting the Bible in our hand.

The Bible has been translated into our language and we have the word of God in our hands.

Even more, there are many footnotes and cross-references in the Recovery Version Bible to help us understand the word, apprehend the deeper meaning of God’s word, and apply it to our Christian experience.

We thank and praise the Lord for the ministry of the age that opens up and properly interprets the word of God according to the vision of God’s eternal economy to build up the church as the Body of Christ.

We simply need to be those who are faithfully coming to the Lord every day in His word to study the word and be saturated with the divine truths in the Bible.

We need to read the ministry publications and put them everywhere in our house, carry them with us, and read and pray over God’s word.

As we diligently read and study the ministry books, we will be constituted with the truth (Acts 2:42).

Then, when we open our mouth, we will speak the highest truth in the Bible, for the precious truths in the word of God will spontaneously flow out of us (2 Tim. 2:2, 15).

May the Lord save us from speaking a superficial gospel, a gospel that merely promises people eternal life and salvation from eternal perdition.

People today are smart, and they are looking for the highest truth, which we have in our hands.

When we speak to others, we should not speak the low gospel or a superficial gospel; we need to realize that people today are thoughtful, and they have spent some time considering what is the meaning of their human life.

We can use the booklet, The Mystery of Human Life to unlock the mysteries of the universe and of human life.

There are many thoughtful people, including young people, students, and even teenagers, who have considered what is the meaning of human life and desire to know the goal of their human existence.

They may be familiar with religion and ethics, and many have tried things such as philosophy and other things, but they have never heard the deeper truths in the Bible, nor do they know what is the highest truth in the Bible.

We need to be filled with and constituted with the highest truth in the Bible and speak such truths to others.

We need to speak to them the truths concerning the divine life, the Triune God, the enjoyment of Christ, justification by faith, sanctification with God’s nature, and the dispensing of God.

We may tell them that they are vessels created by God to contain God as their content so that He may live in them and be the treasure in their earthen vessel (Gen. 1:26; Rom. 9:21, 23; 2 Cor. 4:7; Eph. 3:17).

When they hear such a high truth, this will astonish them and capture them for the Lord.

We simply need to take the “gold bar” with us, the Recovery Version Bible, and open it to them, reading them the text and the footnotes, and they will be attracted to the Lord.

The way to contact others is one by one, not in the way of large gospel gatherings.

We may speak to fifty people, but eventually none of them will be gained; we should speak the highest truth in the Bible to one or two, and pray that the Lord would gain them.

May the Lord make us those who are constituted with the truth to be equipped with the highest truth in the Bible so that, when we meet both believers and unbelievers, we may speak the deeper truths in the word of God to them.

For us to be equipped with the divine truths and therefore preach the high gospel, we need to study the divine truths and come to the full knowledge of the truth.

Lord Jesus, we want to study the divine truths in the Word of God and in the ministry of the age so that we may come to the full knowledge of the truth. Amen, Lord, we want to be filled with the truth and constituted with the deeper truths in the word of God. May the divine truth fill us and overflow through us so that we may speak not a superficial gospel but the deeper truths in the word of God! Amen, Lord Jesus, make us those who know the truth, are absolute for the truth, and speak the highest truth in the Bible for the Lord to gain many more people for His kingdom and for the building up of the church! Speak in us and through us, Lord, the highest gospel so that many thoughtful and seeking people may see God, receive Christ, and be regenerated in order to become God-men! Amen, Lord Jesus, gain many more God-men who are in the process of becoming the same as Christ in life, nature, expression, and function!

References and Hymns on this Topic

• Inspiration for this article/sharing comes from the Word of God, the enjoyment in the ministry, a sharing by the brothers in the message for this week, and portions from, Collected Works of Witness Lee, 1991-1992, vol. 1, “The World Situation and the Direction of the Lord’s Move,” ch. 4, as quoted in the Holy Word for Morning Revival on, Living and Serving According to God’s Economy Concerning the Church (2023 fall ITERO), week 3, entitled, The Full Knowledge of the Truth.
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• Hymns on this topic:
  – All Scripture is the very breath of God, / And by His Spirit into words was breathed; / By godly men the words were written down, / With all God’s fulness unto man bequeathed… / It is the breath of God for us to breathe, / That as our portion God we may enjoy; / Receiving it by spirits exercised, / Our need is met, His wealth we may employ. (Hymns #799 stanzas 1 and 6)
  – All the knowledge of the Scriptures / Into life must be transformed, / All the mental understanding / In the spirit must be formed; / All the Scriptural understanding / Must become the life received, / All the knowledge of the letters / In the spirit be conceived. / Just to touch the Word for knowledge / Is to take the very way / By which Eve was lured by Satan / And by knowledge led astray; / But as life to take the Scripture / Is the tree of life to eat; / Thus the Word we must be taking / In the spirit as our meat. (Hymns #816 stanzas 4-5)
  – By reading I’m enlightened, filled, / By prayer my thirst is quenched indeed; / Thus Thou to me may be supplied, / And Thou through me may meet the need. / I long to have such fellowship / To read and pray and blend with Thee; / I long that Thou wouldst saturate / Till Thou may overflow from me. (Hymns #813 stanzas 10-11)