The Holy Spirit is the One who brings in the Triune God for our experience and enjoyment. Therefore, we should also know Him that we may richly experience Him.
I. THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION
OF THE TRIUNE GOD
1) “Baptizing them into... the Father and... the Son and... the Holy Spirit”(Matt. 28:19).
In the divine Trinity, the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of God, is listed last, showing that He is the ultimate expression of the Triune God.
II. THE TRIUNE GOD
REACHING AND ENTERING
INTO THE BELIEVERS
-------------------
1) “The Father... will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever; even the Spirit of reality”(John 14:16-17).
It says here that the Holy Spirit is the Triune God reaching man, that is, the Triune God becoming the Spirit to reach man and be with him forever.
2) “The Spirit of reality... shall be in you... and I [the Son] in you”(John 14:17 , 20).
This word further shows us that the Holy Spirit, who reaches us with the Father and the Son, will also enter into us. This indicates that He is the Triune God entering into the believers. When He enters into us, the Father and the Son enter into us (John 14:23).
III. WHAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS
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1) The “Spirit of God”(Gen. 1:2), participating in God’s work of creation.
2) The “Spirit of Jehovah”(2 Chron. 20:14), participating in God’s relationship with man (Gen. 2:7).
3) The “Holy Spirit”(Luke 1:35), participating in Christ’s incarnation to sanctify man unto God.
4) The “Spirit of Jesus”(Acts 16:7), participating in the birth, the living, and the sufferings of Jesus.
5) The “Spirit of Christ”(Rom. 8:9), participating in the resurrection of Christ and the impartation of life.
6) The “Spirit of Jesus Christ”(Phil. 1:19), participating in the birth, living, and death of Jesus, as well as in the resurrection of Christ and the impartation of life, with a bountiful supply that the believers may be saved in all things.
7) The “Spirit of life”(Rom. 8:2), “the life-giving Spirit”(1 Cor. 15:45), participating in Christ being man’s life and giving man life.
8) “The Spirit... for the Spirit was not yet [before the resurrection of Christ], because Jesus was not yet glorified [through resurrection]”(John 7:39).
The Spirit here is the issue of the Holy Spirit having passed through all the items of what He is, mentioned above. Thus, He is the all-inclusive and consummated Spirit as the ultimate expression of the Triune God to reach and enter into those who believe into Christ.
9) The “seven Spirits”(Rev. 1:4), referring to the sevenfold intensified Spirit, that the church in desolation may receive the sevenfold riches of grace and power.
Life Lessons, Vol. 1
Lesson 10 (LSM)
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Paul
London, United Kingdom
This hymn is so propelling in our daily walk
O Lord thou art the Spirit—how near and dear to me!!
avr.272025
Vcarire
Tampa, FL, United States
O Lord, Thou art the Spirit!
How dear and near to me!
How I enjoy Thy marvelous
Availability!
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Jim Smith
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Oh Lord you are the Spirit! You are so rich and available. You are one with me. We can not be closer. How near and dear you are to me! The Lord really brought this truth out and emphasized it in the 60’s and 70’s. I would say It was the foundation of Brother Lee’s (this is what we called him at that time) ministry at that time. This is the Spirit who is bringing us out of the world and religion. It is the Spirit that leads the church. “Now the Lord is that Spirit”. We must experience Him now as our life and everything. This is the highest human living and it is worth dying for both spiritually and literally.
déc.132024
Sanjay Maisi
Delhi, India
O Lord, you are my life
And everything to me!. Amen
sept.42023
Larry J Van Stone
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Wonderful hymn! The Chinese Hymnal has a 6th verse:
The center of my being art Thou;
My heart became Thy home.
Now stage by stage, from glory to glory
All that I am transform.
Caleb Lin translated this in about 1999, and I polished it into metric, rhyming form. At one time everyone in Wilmington had a slip of paper with this verse pasted into their hymnal. Now, few paper hymnals are used.
sept.32022
Christopher Burk
Seattle, Washington, United States
Lord Jesus, Thou art the Spirit! Thank you for the working brothers house we’re enjoying this in.
nov.172020
YR
To all my needs both great and small though art the rich supply!
mars82020
Francis Y Chow
Anaheim, California, United States
O Lord, Thou art the Spirit!
How dear and near to me
déc.292019
Ben Kayekjian
Lubbock, Texas, United States
Praise the Lord the Spirit is in us and so available to us!
English Hymns, #539 (Chinese Hymns, #400) has an additional stanza which is translated from Chinese:
6. O Lord, in all my being dwell;
Make home in all my heart.
From glory unto glory fill;
Transform my every part.
Christ had two becomings. As God He became flesh, and as flesh He became the life-giving Spirit. From 1933 until 1963 I had the burden to come to the United States particularly to tell the Christians here that the very Christ in whom they believe is the Spirit today. When we were compiling our hymnal in 1963, I could not find any collection of hymns in Christianity that included songs about Christ becoming the life-giving Spirit. Therefore, I decided to write some hymns on this matter. Today a number of our hymns written by Brother Nee and by me speak of the Lord being the Spirit (see Hymns, #489-493, 539). The chorus to Hymns, #539 says, "a Lord, Thou art the Spirit! / How dear and near to me! / How I admire Thy marvelous / Availability!" Another short chorus says,
Now Christ is the life-giving Spirit;
Now Christ is the Spirit today.
Now Christ is the life-giving Spirit;
So turn to your spirit and say—
O Lord, Amen,
O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah!
O Lord, Amen,
O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah!
The chorus of #539 in Hymns says: "O Lord, Thou art the Spirit!/How dear and near to me!/How I admire Thy marvelous/Availability!" The Lord today is not only approachable but also available. If food is only approachable to us, this is not sufficient. The food has to be available for us to eat so that we can become one with the food. Approachability is not so good as availability. Today in God's New Testament economy, God is not only approachable but also available to us. The Lord said, "I am the bread of life...he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me" (John 6:35, 57). To eat is to take Him, the available One, as our food. He also said that we need to drink of Him as the living water (John 4:10, 14). In the book of John, all the items concerning Christ are not just approachable. All of them are available—good for us to enjoy, that is, good for us to eat and drink.
I came to the United States with the burden to teach that Christ is the life-giving Spirit. Hymns, #539 is on this truth. I wrote it in 1963.
In today's Christian meetings, we mostly use the New Testament. But when Paul wrote 1 Corinthians 14:26, there was no New Testament as we know it. What they had was mostly the Old Testament. In the ancient times, the time of the first apostles, although the Christians did not have the New Testament, they had many new psalms, hymns, and songs written according to the apostles' teaching. First Timothy 3:16 was probably a quotation of a short song that was very popular in the apostles' time. When they met together, they used these psalms, hymns, and songs very much. Some teachers would say that psalms also refer to the old psalms in the Old Testament. I do not disagree with this, but I believe they used more psalms, hymns, and songs written according to the apostles' teaching for the purpose of meeting. I am very thankful to God that we have a New Testament and a hymnal. Our hymnal is very good for speaking.
We need to learn to speak the stanzas of the hymns in our hymnal. Hymn #539, "O Lord, Thou art the Spirit," is an excellent hymn for speaking to one another. I enjoy singing this hymn, but we also must learn to speak it. The first two words of this hymn—"O Lord"—will stir up the meeting...
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KNOWING THE
HOLY SPIRIT
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The Holy Spirit is the One who brings in the Triune God for our experience and enjoyment. Therefore, we should also know Him that we may richly experience Him.
I. THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION
OF THE TRIUNE GOD
1) “Baptizing them into... the Father and... the Son and... the Holy Spirit”(Matt. 28:19).
In the divine Trinity, the Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of God, is listed last, showing that He is the ultimate expression of the Triune God.
II. THE TRIUNE GOD
REACHING AND ENTERING
INTO THE BELIEVERS
-------------------
1) “The Father... will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever; even the Spirit of reality”(John 14:16-17).
It says here that the Holy Spirit is the Triune God reaching man, that is, the Triune God becoming the Spirit to reach man and be with him forever.
2) “The Spirit of reality... shall be in you... and I [the Son] in you”(John 14:17 , 20).
This word further shows us that the Holy Spirit, who reaches us with the Father and the Son, will also enter into us. This indicates that He is the Triune God entering into the believers. When He enters into us, the Father and the Son enter into us (John 14:23).
III. WHAT THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS
------------
1) The “Spirit of God”(Gen. 1:2), participating in God’s work of creation.
2) The “Spirit of Jehovah”(2 Chron. 20:14), participating in God’s relationship with man (Gen. 2:7).
3) The “Holy Spirit”(Luke 1:35), participating in Christ’s incarnation to sanctify man unto God.
4) The “Spirit of Jesus”(Acts 16:7), participating in the birth, the living, and the sufferings of Jesus.
5) The “Spirit of Christ”(Rom. 8:9), participating in the resurrection of Christ and the impartation of life.
6) The “Spirit of Jesus Christ”(Phil. 1:19), participating in the birth, living, and death of Jesus, as well as in the resurrection of Christ and the impartation of life, with a bountiful supply that the believers may be saved in all things.
7) The “Spirit of life”(Rom. 8:2), “the life-giving Spirit”(1 Cor. 15:45), participating in Christ being man’s life and giving man life.
8) “The Spirit... for the Spirit was not yet [before the resurrection of Christ], because Jesus was not yet glorified [through resurrection]”(John 7:39).
The Spirit here is the issue of the Holy Spirit having passed through all the items of what He is, mentioned above. Thus, He is the all-inclusive and consummated Spirit as the ultimate expression of the Triune God to reach and enter into those who believe into Christ.
9) The “seven Spirits”(Rev. 1:4), referring to the sevenfold intensified Spirit, that the church in desolation may receive the sevenfold riches of grace and power.
Life Lessons, Vol. 1
Lesson 10 (LSM)
London, United Kingdom
This hymn is so propelling in our daily walk
O Lord thou art the Spirit—how near and dear to me!!
Tampa, FL, United States
O Lord, Thou art the Spirit!
How dear and near to me!
How I enjoy Thy marvelous
Availability!
Mansfield, Ohio, United States
Oh Lord you are the Spirit! You are so rich and available. You are one with me. We can not be closer. How near and dear you are to me! The Lord really brought this truth out and emphasized it in the 60’s and 70’s. I would say It was the foundation of Brother Lee’s (this is what we called him at that time) ministry at that time. This is the Spirit who is bringing us out of the world and religion. It is the Spirit that leads the church. “Now the Lord is that Spirit”. We must experience Him now as our life and everything. This is the highest human living and it is worth dying for both spiritually and literally.
Delhi, India
O Lord, you are my life
And everything to me!. Amen
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Wonderful hymn! The Chinese Hymnal has a 6th verse:
The center of my being art Thou;
My heart became Thy home.
Now stage by stage, from glory to glory
All that I am transform.
Caleb Lin translated this in about 1999, and I polished it into metric, rhyming form. At one time everyone in Wilmington had a slip of paper with this verse pasted into their hymnal. Now, few paper hymnals are used.
Seattle, Washington, United States
Lord Jesus, Thou art the Spirit! Thank you for the working brothers house we’re enjoying this in.
To all my needs both great and small though art the rich supply!
Anaheim, California, United States
O Lord, Thou art the Spirit!
How dear and near to me
Lubbock, Texas, United States
Praise the Lord the Spirit is in us and so available to us!