LESSON SIXTEEN – GOD’S ORGANIC SALVATION

Rom. 5:10 — For if we, being enemies, were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more we will be saved in His life, having been reconciled.

THE ORGANIC ASPECT OF GOD’S SALVATION

The organic aspect of God’s salvation is through the life of God (Rom. 1:17b; Acts 11:18; Rom. 5:10b, 17b, 18b, 21b). Whereas the judicial aspect is according to the righteousness of God to accomplish God’s redemption, the organic aspect is through the life of God to carry out God’s salvation, including regeneration, shepherding, dispositional sanctification, renewing, transformation, building up, conformation, and glorification. This is the purpose of God’s salvation to accomplish all that God wants to achieve in the believers in His economy through His divine life. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” p. 381)

Regeneration

Regeneration is to generate the redeemed believers with the divine life that they may be born of God to be His children of His species (John 1:12-13; 3:6b). (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “The Divine and Mystical Realm,” p. 102)

Shepherding

Shepherding includes feeding, as the nursing mother feeds the baby for the baby to grow, as mentioned in 1 Peter 2:2. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” p. 396)

Sanctification

Dispositional sanctification is to sanctify the believers who are growing in the divine life in their disposition with the holy nature of God (Rom. 15:16; 6:19, 22; 1 Thes. 5:23).

Renewing

Renewing is to have our mind changed in our religion, logic, and philosophy concerning the universe, mankind, God, etc., by the Spirit of truth with the revelations of the Scriptures…(Titus 3:5; Rom. 12:2b; Eph. 4:23; Rom. 8:6; Phil. 2:5; 2 Cor. 4:16). (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “The Divine and Mystical Realm,” pp. 102-103)

Transformation

Transformation is not an outward change or correction but the metabolic function of the life of God in the believers.

Building Up

Building up is the God-men’s being joined and knit together with other God-men in the divine life by their growth in the divine life. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” p. 411)

Conformation

Conformation is to be conformed to the full-grown image of the firstborn Son of God, who is the first God-man, as the prototype for mass reproduction.  (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “The Divine and Mystical Realm,” p. 104)

Glorification

Glorification is the spreading forth of Christ’s glory from the believers by their growing to maturity in Christ’s life.

THE ULTIMATE CONSUMMATION OF GOD’S COMPLETE SALVATION BEING THE NEW JERUSALEM

God’s organic work is from regeneration to glorification, from God’s entering into man to man’s practically being brought into God. Regeneration is God entering into man, whereas glorification is man entering into God. Thus, man is altogether mingled and joined with God to express the image of God. That is glorification. The ultimate consummation of God’s complete salvation is the New Jerusalem—the crystallization of the union and mingling of God with man, the processed and consummated Triune God with His regenerated, transformed, conformed, and glorified tripartite elect. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” pp. 425, 435)

References: CWWL, 1994-1997,  vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” chs. 1—5; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “The Divine and Mystical Realm,” ch. 2

O GLORIOUS CHRIST, SAVIOR MINE

Experience of Christ—As Life – 501

• O glorious Christ, Savior mine,
  Thou art truly radiance divine;
  God infinite, in eternity,
  Yet man in time, finite to be.

Oh! Christ, expression of God, the Great,
Inexhaustible, rich, and sweet!
God mingled with humanity
Lives in me my all to be.

• The fulness of God dwells in Thee;
  Thou dost manifest God’s glory;
  In flesh Thou hast redemption wrought;
  As Spirit, oneness with me sought.
• All things of the Father are Thine;
  All Thou art in Spirit is mine;
  The Spirit makes Thee real to me,
  That Thou experienced might be.
• The Spirit of life causes Thee
  By Thy Word to transfer to me.
  Thy Spirit touched, Thy Word received,
  Thy life in me is thus conceived.
• In spirit while gazing on Thee,
  As a glass reflecting Thy glory,
  Like to Thyself transformed I’ll be,
  That Thou might be expressed thru me.
• In no other way could we be
  Sanctified and share Thy vict’ry;
  Thus only spiritual we’ll be,
  And touch the life of glory.
• Thy Spirit will me saturate,
  Every part will God permeate,
  Deliv’ring me from the old man,
  With all saints building for His plan.