Chapter 5 of 11

Section 4

Section 4

people without measure. Some versions ren­ der this verse incorrectly, saying that God the Father gives the Spirit to the Son without meas­ ure. However, if you study the best manuscripts, you will see that it means that the Son gives the Spirit without measure to God's people. The Lord Jesus ministers the living Word and the immeasurable Spirit.

We need just two things—the living Word and the immeasurable Spirit. Today, as the Head of the church, Christ is still ministering these two things. I believe that He has especially bur­ dened us with the ministry of the living Word. Although we speak the Word, it is not we who minister the Word. We speak, but He ministers. He ministers His rich Word in our speaking. He is the divine speaker and the divine dispenser. He ministers the rich Word and dispenses the living Spirit without measure. He is the One who ministers the living Word to nourish all of His members. He is the One who dispenses the Spirit into all His members in order that they might function in a full way. No one else can do this. He is the all-inclusive Spirit and the all-­ inclusive Christ. He is unlimited.

In these last days the Lord is going to vin­ dicate His way by means of the rich Word and

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