ONE-MONTH PERFECTING TRAINING
GENERAL SUBJECT
THE LORD NEEDING THE OVERCOMERS

SERIES ONE
THE LORD NEEDING THE OVERCOMERS

Message Two
Consecration (2)—Consecrating ourselves and Loving the Lord
for the Enjoyment of the Unsearchable Riches of Christ

Scripture Reading: 1 Pet. 2:13; 1 John 3:9, 14-17; 5:4; Rom. 8:31, 36-39; Rev. 12:10-11; Rom. 8:1; 6:13; Phil. 2:17-18; 1 Tim. 4:6; 2 Cor. 5:14-15; 8:3-5; Rom. 6:16; Gal. 4:5; Acts 20:28

I. The overcomers are born of God to overcome sin and the world and are destined by God to conquer all the oppositions and persecutions, the hard environments, and the difficult situations—1 Pet. 2:13; 1 John 3:9, 14-17; 5:4; Rom. 8:31, 36-39; Rev. 12:10-11.

II. A Christian who has not overcome is not a happy Christian; he lives in defeat constantly and has conflict in his heart continually; this conflict and defeat occur because he has not consecrated himself in an absolute way to the Lord—Rom. 8:1; 6:13; Phil. 2:17-18; 1 Tim. 4:6:

A. Consecration is based upon God’s saving grace—Psa. 73:25; Gal. 2:20.

B. The consecration that is spoken of in the Bible is an absolute consecration. If our consecration is not absolute, at the most we can be second-class Christians—Num. 28:2; 2 Cor. 2:15.

C. Consecration is putting yourself and all that you have on the altar. Specifically, we should consecrate four things to the Lord, the first thing is people; the second thing is careers; the third is things and the last is ourselves—1 Chron. 29:12-16; 2 Cor. 11:2.

D. God has already bought us and has the right to own us. Therefore, whether we are happy or not, we must consecrate ourselves—Gal. 4:5; Acts 28:28.

III. Today we need such a realization; we need to know that the Lord has purchased us and that we belong to Him; nothing can give us greater joy than consecrating ourselves absolutely to the Lord, for we are consecrating ourselves to Him who loves us most dearly—2 Cor. 5:14-15; 8:3-5; Rom. 6:16; Gal. 4:5; Acts 20:28; Matt. 26:7-8:

A. The Man-Savior presented the parable of the good Samaritan to signify the expression of His divine attributes with His human virtues—Luke 10:25-37:

B. The Man-Savior, in His lost-one-seeking and sinner-saving ministry journey, came down to the place where the wounded victim of the Judaistic rob¬bers lay in his miserable and dying condition—19:10, 10:33.

C. When the Man-Savior saw him, He was moved with compassion in His humanity with His divinity and rendered him tender healing and saving care, fully meeting his urgent need—vv. 33-35.

IV. O Lord, I love You, I really love You, without You life’s really nothing; You are so attracting, and You are so charming; Your riches are unsearchable; Your name’s so dear and sweet, calling makes one satisfied, now You are mine and I am Thine, Lord, joined and mingled with You, God-man incorporation, foretaste of the New Jerusalem.