How to Experience Christ as the All-inclusive Spirit in 2 Corinthians

 

How to Experience Christ as the All-inclusive Spirit in 2 Corinthians

 

2 Cor 1:21 "Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God"

2 Cor 1:22 "given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee"

1 John 2:27 "But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you"

Eph 1:13 "In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth... having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise"

Eph 4:30 "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption"

Eph 1:14 "who is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession"

John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing"

2 Cor 3:8 "how will the ministry of the Spirit not be more glorious?"

Gal 5:1 "Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free"

Rom 10:12-13 "For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is rich to all who call upon Him"

 

Aspect of the Spirit		Meaning	Method	Description	Examples	Application	Related Scripture Content
The Anointing Spirit		The indwelling compound Spirit that operates and works within us to dispense all divine elements	Receive the anointing and its teaching	1. Accomplishes God's central purpose of salvation 2. Unites, mingles, and incorporates us with God 3. Produces inner sensing	Knowing the Triune God and His activities	1. Living in God 2. Understanding God's heart	• Phil 1:19 "For I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ" • 1 John 2:20 "But you have an anointing from the Holy One" • 2 Cor 1:22 "who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee"
The Sealing Spirit		Forms a mark of the divine elements to express God's image	Continual saturation by the Spirit	1. Until the redemption of our body 2. Makes believers God's treasure 3. Constitutes us as God's masterpiece	Gradually bearing God's image	Being transformed into God's inheritance
The Pledging Spirit		Sample and guarantee of our full enjoyment of God	Exercise our spirit to enjoy Christ	1. Guarantees God as our inheritance 2. Enables us to taste the divine inheritance	Enjoying Christ through spirit exercise	Experiencing God as our portion	• 2 Cor 5:5 "Now He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who also has given us the Spirit as a guarantee"
The Inscribing Spirit		Writes Christ into our being	Being under the Spirit's inscription	1. Using the Spirit of the living God as ink 2. Adding Christ's substance into us	Deeply feeling alive within	Becoming Christ's living letter	• 2 Cor 3:3 "clearly you are an epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of flesh, that is, of the heart"
The Life-giving Spirit		Imparts divine life into us	1. Exercise our spirit 2. Prayerfully study the Bible	1. Makes us people of life 2. Has the ministry of life	Walking in divine life	Imparting life to others	• 2 Cor 3:6 "the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life" • John 7:38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water"
The Ministering Spirit		Dispenses and makes real what Christ is	1. Exercise our spirit 2. Pray and call on the Lord	1. Receive the Spirit's supply 2. Minister Christ to others	Ministering Christ through us	Receiving and transmitting Christ's supply	• John 16:13-15 "when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth"
The Liberating Spirit		Releases us from the bondage of the law's letter	Turn to the Lord	1. Complete satisfaction<br>2. True rest enjoyment	Not under the burden of law-keeping	Enjoying Christ's rich supply	• 2 Cor 3:17 "Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty"
The Transforming Spirit		Imparts divine life, nature, essence	Behold the Lord with unveiled face	1. Infuses God's being 2. Metabolic change	Change from glory to glory	Having Christ's life shape	• 2 Cor 3:18 "But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord"
The Transmitting Spirit		Transmits all Christ is with God's riches	Receive the Spirit's transmission	1. Transmits God's love as grace 2. Supplies divine riches	Enjoying divine riches	Experiencing Christ's grace and Father's love	• 2 Cor 13:14 "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all"

  

Conclusion

Experiencing Christ as the all-inclusive Spirit in 2 Corinthians is crucial for our growth in divine life and the building up of the Body of Christ. Through these nine aspects of the Spirit—the anointing Spirit, the sealing Spirit, the pledging Spirit, the inscribing Spirit, the life-giving Spirit, the ministering Spirit, the liberating Spirit, the transforming Spirit, and the transmitting Spirit—we can experience the full ministry of Christ in our daily lives. Each aspect represents a unique way that Christ as the Spirit works in us, transforms us, and builds us up together as His Body.

By exercising our spirit and responding to the Spirit's operation within us, we can progressively experience all these aspects, leading to our transformation and the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose. This experience is not merely individual but contributes to the corporate building up of the church as Christ's Body.

 

*Please refer to the July 2024 Anaheim, California, USA training Experiencing, Enjoying and Manifesting Christ (II) Week 18 God’s Grace and the All-Inclusive Spirit