1. “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, for You have created all things, and because of Your will they were, and were created”—Rev. 4:11:
1. God is a God of purpose, having a will according to His own pleasure:
1. He created all things for His will that He might accomplish and fulfill His purpose.
2. The book of Revelation, which unveils God’s universal administration, shows us the purpose of God.
3. In the twenty-four elders’ praise to God concerning His creation, His creation is related to His will.
2. God’s will is God’s wish; it is what He wants to do—Eph. 1:9:
1. God’s good pleasure is of His will and is embodied in His will, so His will comes first—Eph. 1:5.
2. God has made the mystery of His will known to us through His revelation in Christ, that is, through Christ’s incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension—Eph. 1:9; 3:9.
3. God works all things according to the counsel of His will.
4. God’s will is His intention, and His counsel is His consideration of the way to accomplish His will, or intention—Eph. 1:11.
3. The will of God is concentrated in Christ and is for Christ; Christ is everything in the will of God—Col. 1:9:
1. In 1:9 God’s will refers to Christ; the will of God is profound in relation to our knowing, experiencing, and living the all-inclusive, extensive Christ, who is God, man, and the reality of every positive thing in the universe—Col. 2:9, 16-17.
2. Christ is the preeminent One, the One who has the first place in everything—Col. 1:18.
3. The all-inclusive, extensive Christ is the centrality and universality, the center and circumference, of God’s economy—Col. 1:15-17; Eph. 1:10:
1. In God’s economy Christ is everything; God wants Christ and Christ alone—the wonderful, preeminent, all-inclusive Christ, who is all and in all—Matt. 17:5; Col. 3:10-11.
2. God’s intention in His economy is to work the wonderful, all-inclusive, extensive Christ into our being as our life and everything so that we may become the corporate expression of the Triune God—Col. 1:27; 3:4, 10-11.
1. The will of God is that the all-inclusive, extensive Christ would be our portion—Col. 1:9, 12.
2. God’s will is that we know Christ, experience Christ, enjoy Christ, be saturated with Christ, and have Christ as our person and our life—Col. 3:4, 11.
4. God’s will is to have the church as the Body of Christ—Eph. 1:9; Col. 1:18; 2:19; 3:15:
1. The will of God is to obtain a Body for Christ to be His fullness, His expression—Rom. 12:2, 5; Eph. 1:5, 9, 11, 22-23; 4:16:
1. To live the Body life is to “prove what the will of God is”—Rom. 12:2, 4-5.
2. If we are proper members of the Body, acting and functioning in the church life, we will be persons in the will of God—1 Cor. 1:1-2; Eph. 1:1; 5:17; Rom. 12:2, 4-5.
1. The church is the Body of Christ, which is an entity constituted with the Triune God and His chosen and redeemed ones—Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4-6.
2. Christ is the Head of the Body, and we are the members of His Body—Col. 1:18a; 2:19; Eph. 4:15-16:
1. To live in the Body is to live corporately with the members under the Head—Eph. 4::15; Col. 2:19.
2. To live the Body life, we must be under the Head and take the Head as our life, the principal object, and the center of our whole being—Col. 1:18a; 2:19.
1. The Body grows with the growth of God; the growth of the Body depends on the growth of God, the addition of God, the increase of God, within us—Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:16.

Hymns: 947

Message 9: Doing the Will of the Father So That We May Enter into His Kingdom

on “That Day,” the Day of the Judgment Seat of Christ

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1. (Cont.):
5. Whoever does the will of the Father is a relative of the Lord Jesus—Matt. 12:50:
1. Christ, the heavenly King, always submitted to the Father’s will, taking God’s will as His portion and not resisting anything—Matt. 11:28-30; 26:39.
2. Whoever does the will of the Father is a brother who helps the Lord Jesus, a sister who sympathizes with Him, and a mother who tenderly loves Him.
6. The kingdom is absolutely a matter of God’s will and completely fulfills God’s will; in fact, the kingdom is God’s will—Matt. 6:10:
1. The ultimate issue of the constitution of the kingdom of the heavens is the will of the heavenly Father—Matt. 7:21.
2. As kingdom people, we are on the earth to do God’s will—Matt. 12:50.
7. The kingdom people need to pray for the Father’s will to be done on earth as in heaven; this is to bring the kingdom of the heavens to the earth—Matt. 6:10.
2. “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father who is in the heavens”—Matt. 7:21:
1. To call on the Lord suffices for us to be saved, but to enter into the kingdom of the heavens, we also need to do the will of the heavenly Father—Rom. 10:13; 12:2; Matt. 12:50; Eph. 5:17; Col. 1:9.
2. Since entering into the kingdom of the heavens requires doing the will of the heavenly Father, it is clearly different from entering into the kingdom of God through regeneration—John 3:3, 5.
3. The entrance into the kingdom of the heavens is gained through the living of the divine life—John 1:12-13; 3:5-6; Matt. 7:21; 12:50.
4. The Lord Jesus rebuked those who prophesied, cast out demons, and did many works of power in His name, because as “workers of lawlessness,” they did these things out of themselves, not out of obedience to God’s will—Matt. 7:22-23:
1. There are two principles in the universe—the principle of God’s authority and the principle of Satan’s rebellion—Acts 1:7; Isa. 14:13-14.
2. We cannot serve God on the one hand and take the way of rebellion on the other hand.
3. We must turn away from the principle of lawlessness and reject the way of rebellion—Matt. 28:18; Jude 11.
4. Serving God is directly linked to His authority.
5. If we do not settle the matter of authority, we will have problems in all the areas of our service.
5. May the Lord preserve our service in the principle of submission to God’s authority and the Father’s will—Acts 1:7; Matt. 7:21; 12:50.

Message 9 (Cont.)

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1. “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, for You have created all things, and because of Your will they were, and were created”
1. God is a God of purpose, having a will according to His own pleasure and is what He wants to do, so His will comes first. He created all things for His will that He might accomplish and fulfill His purpose. The book of Revelation unveils God’s universal administration, His purpose. The mystery of His will is made known to us through His revelation in Christ through His incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. God works all things according to the counsel of His will, His consideration of the way to accomplish His will. [Rev. 4:9-11] …When the four living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits upon the throne,…the twenty-four elders will fall before Him who sits upon the throne and worship Him…; and they will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and the power, for You have created all things, and because of Your will they were, and were created.

[Eph 1:9] Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself,

• The will of God is concentrated in Christ and is for Christ. Christ is everything in the will of God. It is profound in relation to our knowing, experiencing, and living the all-inclusive, extensive Christ, who is God, man, and the reality of every positive thing in the universe. God wants the wonderful, preeminent Christ and Christ alone to be all and in all, to have the first place in everything and to be the centrality and universality, the center and circumference, of God’s economy. God’s intention in His economy is to work this Christ into our being as our life and everything so that we may become the corporate expression of the Triune God; that He would be our portion; that we know, experience, enjoy and be saturated with Christ; that we have Christ as our person and our life. [Col. 1:9] Therefore we also, since the day we heard of it, do not cease praying and asking on your behalf that you may be filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding. [Col. 2:2] That their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love and unto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ.
• God’s will is to have the church as the Body of Christ to be His fullness, His expression. The church is an entity constituted with the Triune God as the head and His chosen and redeemed ones as the members of His Body. They live corporately under the Head and take the Head as their life, the principal object, and the center of their whole being. The growth of the Body depends on the growth of God, the addition of God, the increase of God, within us. If we act and function as proper members of the Body, we will be persons in the will of God and “prove what the will of God is. Christ, the heavenly King, always submitted to the Father’s will, taking God’s will as His portion and not resisting anything. Hence, whoever does the will of the Father is a brother who helps the Lord Jesus, a sister who sympathizes with Him, and a mother who tenderly loves Him.
• The kingdom is absolutely a matter of God’s will and we, the kingdom people, are on the earth to do and fulfills God’s will. The kingdom’s ultimate issue of its constitution is the will of the heavenly Father. In fact, the kingdom is God’s will. The kingdom people need to pray for the Father’s will to be done on earth as in heaven; this is to bring the kingdom of the heavens to the earth. [Rom. 12:2] And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect. [Rom. 12:5] So we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of another. [Matt. 12:49-50] And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, Behold, My mother and My brothers! For whoever does the will of My Father who is in the heavens, he is My brother and sister and mother.
• “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father who is in the heavens”
• To call on the Lord suffices for us to be saved, but to enter into the kingdom of the heavens, we also need to do the will of the heavenly Father. It is clearly different from entering into the kingdom of God through regeneration, the entrance into the kingdom of the heavens is gained through the living of the divine life.
• The Lord Jesus rebuked those who did many works of power in His name, because they did these things out of themselves, not out of obedience to God’s will. They are regarded as“workers of lawlessness,” because there are two opposing principles in the universe—the principle of God’s authority and the principle of Satan’s rebellion. Serving God is directly linked to His authority. We must settle the matter of authority and turn away from the principle of lawlessness and reject the way of rebellion, otherwise we will have problems in all the areas of our service. May the Lord preserve our service in the principle of submission to God’s authority and the Father’s will. [Matt. 7:21-22] Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father who is in the heavens. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, was it not in Your name that we prophesied, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name did many works of power? [Matt. 7:23] …Then I will declare to them: I never knew you. Depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness.

[1 John 3:4] Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness also, and sin is lawlessness.

Bird’s-eye View for Prophesying, a Sample

Message 9: Doing the Will of the Father So That We May Enter into His Kingdom

on “That Day,” the Day of the Judgment Seat of Christ

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Message 9: Appendix

We have talked a great deal about going to the campuses, but are we going there to do a certain work, or to do the will of our heavenly Father? Young brothers and sisters, how would you answer this question? Are you going to the campuses to do the will of the heavenly Father? We must have the assurance in whatever we do, that we are doing the will of the heavenly Father. Otherwise, the Lord Jesus will say to us, “Workers of lawlessness.” Even prophesying in the Lord’s name, but not according to the will of the Father, is a type of lawlessness. Moreover, casting out demons in the Lord’s name and doing works of power in the name of the Lord, but not according to the will of God, are also considered in the eyes of the heavenly King as lawlessness.

The runners in any race must run in the proper lanes. Although you may run faster than others, your running will not be recognized if you run outside the lines of your lane. Rather, that type of running will be considered lawlessness.

<Excerpts from “Life-study of Matthew”, Message 24, “The Decree Of The Kingdom’s Constitution (12)”>

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Again I say that the consummation of the constitution of the kingdom of the heavens is to usher us through the narrow gate and into the constricted way. Now we are running on this constricted way. We should not care for prophesying, for casting out demons, or for works of power. Instead, we should care only for doing the will of our heavenly Father. You may wonder how we can know the Father’s will. We can know it by the Father’s life and nature within us. The Father’s nature will always tell us “yes” or “no.” If you are running according to the divine nature and within the constricted lines, the divine nature will indicate, “Yes, you are right; go on.” But if you are not running according to the divine nature or if you step outside the lines, the divine nature will say, “Don’t go this way.” There is no need for anyone to tell you what to do, for the regulating, constricting, divine nature is within you. This nature tells you where you are. All those who are the kingdom people, all those who have been regenerated by the Father, have His life and nature within them. The Father’s life and nature indicate whether or not we are in the constricted way. Let us all run the race according to the Father’s nature.

<Excerpts from “Life-study of Matthew”, Message 24, “The Decree Of The Kingdom’s Constitution (12)”>

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