The Father and the Son Make Their Abode with the Believer
1.Read John 14:3, John 14:18, John 14:23.
2.What is the coming of which John speaks?
The coming of the Lord to the individual believer who keeps the words of Christ.
3.Why has Christ come to us through the Holy Spirit?
In order to conduct personally our preparation as an eternal part of Himself.
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Preparation for the coming to us of the Father and the Son.
4.Read John 14:2.
5.What is the Kingdom of God?
The new man, the unique compound of the believer and the Lord, is the Kingdom of God.
6.If we would be part of the Father’s house, what must we do?
We must eat the flesh and drink the blood of Christ. We must be living by Him as He lives by the Father. Our whole inner nature must be re-created as a suitable abode for God and Christ.
The Way, the Truth, and the Life.
7.What two aspects must we maintain in proper balance?
The internal and also the external aspect of the Kingdom of God.
8.When is it that internal and external relationships to the Godhead are established
It is as Christ is formed in us.
9.What is the Light of the world?
The eternal Life of Christ.
10.What is the End of every worthy quest?
God.
11.What is the true saint?
A slave, a servant, of the Lord Jesus Christ.
12.What is accomplished by the suffering of the saint?
The suffering of the saint prepares him to rule with Christ by slaying his self-will. Apart from such suffering no human being ever will rule as a coheir with Christ.
13.What is the true saint seeking?
The true saint is seeking to become the eternal dwelling place of the Father and the Son through the Spirit.
14.For what is Christ asking?
Our love.
15.How does Christ become the Way to the Father?
By transforming us from within, by giving us to eat of His body and to drink of His blood.
16.What is the purpose of the Scriptures?
The purpose of the Scriptures is to bring us to eternal Life, who is Christ.
17.What is the spiritual fulfilment of the Old Testament feast of Tabernacles?
When Christ Himself becomes the Life in us.
18.Read John 14:10.
19.Who is the House of the Father?
Christ.
The Body of Christ.
20.Read Ephesians 4:13.
21.What two Divinely-appointed tasks are to be carried out throughout the Church age?
Testimony is to be borne to every human being concerning the atoning death and triumphant resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ; the Body of Christ is to be brought to unity and maturity.
22.Read Psalms 102:16.
23.When will the Lord Jesus return?
When His Body has been brought to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
24.What will the nations do when they see the Lord returning in His Glory?
They will realize that God loves His elect as He loves Christ. Seeing this unprecedented glory, the nations will believe that God has sent Christ to be the Saviour of the world.
25.Read John 17:21-23.
Revival, spiritual warfare, and the feast of Tabernacles.
26.What two comings of the Lord are taught in the Scriptures?
The coming of the Lord to the obedient saint in fulfilment of the Old Testament feast of Tabernacles; the worldwide Rev of Christ, His coming, His Presence.
27.What observance follows the Blowing of Trumpets?
The Day of Atonement.
28.If we would become part of the eternal Temple of God, a room in God’s house, what must we do?
We must respond to the trumpet that is summoning us to spiritual battle.
Also, we must cooperate with the Holy Spirit in putting to death the lusts of our flesh.
29.What will happen just before Christ appears in the Day of the Lord?
The Lord God will enter His Temple.
30.Read Joel 3:16; John 14:20.
31.Read Isaiah 60:1,2; John 17:22; Joel 3:15; Matthew 24:29; Isaiah 40:5.
32.Read John 17:23; Zechariah 14:16; I Peter 2:9; Isaiah 61:11; 2 Thessalonians 1:10.
35.What will enable the revival glory to flow to every nation?
Christ and His saints will attack the wicked of the earth, destroying them totally.