The Spirit of Reality

As we have been pursuing the truth on the reality of the Body of Christ, I have been very impressed with the ministry of the word unveiling the mystery of this reality and how we can be in that reality. The truths that I have been appreciating in the Gospel of John has now become more and more clear and more and more subjective. The revelation of the Body of Christ in John 14, 15, and 16 with the Spirit of reality as the reality of the Body is marvelous.

  

God has an eternal economy, whose goal is to produce the reality of the Body of Christ. This reality of the Body of Christ is the Spirit of reality who is now in our Spirit as the reality. In the Gospel of John, the Lord unveiled His crucifixion and resurrection, and revealed His coming and abiding with and in the believers as the Spirit of reality. This Spirit of reality is the reality of the universal Body of Christ revealed in three aspects in John 14, 15, and 16.

The Father's House as the Body of Christ, the church, in John 14 has many abodes. The many abodes are the many members of the Body of Christ, the believers into whose spirits the Father and the Son would come to make an abode as the Spirit of reality.

John 14:17Even the Spirit of reality, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him; but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you.

John 14:26But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and remind you of all the things which I have said to you.

The Son's Vine as the Body of Christ, the church, in John 15 has many branches, The many branches are the believers who abide in the Vine, the Lord Jesus Christ. The branches lives because of the life supply from the Vine who is the Spirit of reality. 

John 15:26But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of reality, who proceeds from the Father, He will testify concerning Me;

The Spirit's Child as the Body of Christ, the church, in John 16 has many children. The many children are the believers who are the composition of the one New Man. These many believers who are born of the Spirit have the Spirit as the reality in them. 

John 16:13But when He, the Spirit of reality, comes, He will guide you into all the reality; for He will not speak from Himself, but what He hears He will speak; and He will declare to you the things that are coming. 

The manifestation of the reality of the Body of Christ in all the above three aspects depends on the Spirit of reality. This Spirit of reality is the reality of the Body of Christ. Therefore, for us to be in the reality of the Body of Christ we must be in the Spirit who is now mingled with our spirit. By exercising, living, and walking according to the mingled spirit we can be in the reality of the Body of Christ. This is the Lord's heart's desire, and this must be our heart's desire and our goal.

Lord, may I live in this reality day by day...