Becoming the Fullness of God — Two Aspects : Apprehending Christ’s Dimensions vs Knowing the Knowledge-surpassing Love of Christ

 

Becoming the Fullness of God — Two Aspects : Apprehending Christ’s Dimensions vs Knowing the Knowledge-surpassing Love of Christ

Ephesians 3:18–19 “So that you may be filled with power, together with all the saints, to know what the breadth, length, height, and depth are, and to know the love of Christ that is beyond knowledge, so that you may be filled to the fullness of God.” 

1. Main Comparative Table

Item	Apprehending Christ’s Breadth, Length, Height, and Depth	Knowing Christ’s Love that Surpasses Knowledge
Meaning	Entering into Christ’s immeasurable universal dimensions	Experiencing Christ’s immeasurable inward love
Cause	Christ making His home in our hearts	Christ saturating our inward being
Metaphor	Entering an infinite cube	Being immersed in an endless ocean of love
Focus	Christ’s vastness	Christ’s affection
Effect	Enlarges spiritual capacity	Fills and softens the inner being
Purpose	Bring us into Christ’s riches	Bring Christ into our being
Difference	Objective expansion	Subjective saturation
Relationship	His dimensions lead us into His love	His love leads us deeper into His dimensions
Ultimate Result	Spiritual building	Divine expression
Key Scriptures	Core    Eph. 3:18–19 Christ making home            Eph. 3:17 Fullness in Christ     Col. 1:19; 2:9 Divine fullness         John 1:16 Building          Eph. 4:16 Cube city        Rev. 21:16

 

2. Spiritual Inner Revelation (Core Insight)

Aspect	Revelation
First	We apprehend Christ’s limitless dimensions
Second	We know His immeasurable love
Third	We are filled unto all the fullness of God

Spiritual progression:

Dimensions of Christ → Love of Christ → Fullness of God

Core vision:
Christ’s dimensions enlarge us; Christ’s love fills us; together they constitute us as God’s expression.

3. Deeper Contrast (Spiritual Levels)

Level	Christ’s Dimensions	Christ’s Love
Revelation	Seeing Christ’s greatness	Touching Christ’s tenderness
Experience	Corporate apprehension	Personal enjoyment
Function	Expands capacity	Saturates being
Building	Produces coordination	Produces blending

4. Biblical Examples

Person	Dimensions	Love
Paul the Apostle	Saw the universal Christ	Constrained by Christ’s love
John the Apostle	Saw the New Jerusalem cube	Rested on Jesus’ bosom
Moses	Saw the tabernacle dimensions	Experienced God’s loving presence
Daniel	Saw kingdom visions	Experienced divine preservation

5. “Cube” Spiritual Picture

Shape	Meaning
Line	One-dimensional experience
Plane	Two-dimensional experience
Cube	Full, solid, built-up church life

The New Jerusalem is a cube (Rev. 21:16), signifying:

The ultimate issue of Christ making His home in us.

6. Practical Application Today

Practice	Application
Open to Christ	Let Him occupy every inward part
Fellowship with saints	Apprehend corporately
Pray in love	Know His inward affection
Accept environments	Experience height and depth
Live the church life	Become a spiritual cube

7. Spiritual Burden

The Lord desires not flat Christians, but built-up saints who are:

• Enlarged by Christ
• Filled with Christ
• Expressing God corporately

8. Prophesying Guidance (Practical Route)

Step	Practice
1	Let Christ make home in your heart
2	Fellowship with all saints
3	Experience His surpassing love
4	Be filled unto God’s fullness

Prayer:
“Lord, gain every room of my heart.”

9. One Prophesying Summary

Christ’s dimensions enlarge us, Christ’s love saturates us, and together they make us God’s corporate fullness.

10. Conclusion

Dimensions bring us into Christ.
Love brings Christ into us.
Their union produces the fullness of God.

11. One-Sentence Comparison

Christ’s dimensions enlarge our capacity; Christ’s love fills our being; together they make us God’s expression.

 

*Please refer to the 2026 Spring International Elders and Responsible Brothers Training, General Theme: The Ministry of the Word and the Dispensing of God for His Economy, Week 1: "Firm and Continuous Prayer, and Fulfilling the Ministry of the Word"

Faith vs Prayer

 

Faith vs Prayer

Matthew 18:19 And truly I tell you, if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask, whatever they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.

Mark 11:23 Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, “Go away and throw yourself into the sea,” and if he does not doubt in his heart but believes that it has happened, it will be done for him.

Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 

Item	Faith	Prayer
Meaning	The assurance that God has already accomplished what He promised	Spiritual fellowship and cooperation with God
Source	God operating within us	Man turning to and depending on God
Essence	Inner spiritual certainty	Outward spiritual expression
Metaphor	Seeing the sun already risen	Opening the window to receive sunlight
Explanation	Believing we have received already (Mark 11:24)	Bringing needs to God and receiving His will
Effect	Produces assurance, rest, and authority	Brings fellowship, supply, and execution
Purpose	To enter into God's accomplished fact	To carry out God’s will on earth
Difference	The inward substance	The outward channel
Focus	God has done it	God is carrying it out through man

 

*The Relationship Between Faith and Prayer

Aspect	Explanation
Prayer produces faith	Genuine prayer brings us into God’s presence
Faith strengthens prayer	Faith gives prayer assurance and authority
Prayer is the channel	It allows God to fill us
Faith is the content	It gives prayer spiritual reality
Mutual cycle	More prayer produces more faith; more faith produces stronger prayer

*Summary:
Prayer brings us into God; faith brings God out through us.

*Deeper Contrast

Spiritual Level	Faith	Prayer
Beginning	Believing God will act	Asking God
Growing	Believing God can act	Fellowshipping with God
Mature	Believing God has acted	Declaring with authority
Highest	God Himself becoming faith in us	God executing His will through us

 

*Biblical Examples

Person	Faith Manifested	Prayer Manifested	Revelation
Moses	Believed God would make a way	Stretched his rod over the sea	Faith releases authority
Daniel	Trusted God’s sovereignty	Prayed three times daily	Prayer generates faith
Elijah	Believed for rain	Prayed seven times	Faith and persistence
Joshua	Trusted God’s promise	Commanded the sun to stand still	Authority prayer
Jesus Christ	Knew the Father had heard	Prayed at Lazarus’ tomb	Perfect union with God

 

*Practical Application Today

Situation	Faith Practice	Prayer Practice
Difficulties	Declare God’s victory	Seek God’s direction
Church service	Believe God will build	Pray in one accord
Weakness	Trust His sufficient grace	Bring weakness before Him
Gospel preaching	Believe hearts are prepared	Intercede for people
Spiritual warfare	Stand in victory	Pray with authority

 

*Spiritual Burden

Many believers today:

• Pray without faith
• Are zealous without God’s presence
• Ask without authority

The way is not to force faith, but to allow God to occupy us.

*Prophetic Guidance (Practice Path)

Step	Practice
1	Come before God
2	Accept His dealing
3	Give Him full ground
4	Let faith arise spontaneously
5	Release authority prayer

 

*One Prophetic Declaration

True prayer brings man into God, God’s filling produces faith, and faith releases authoritative prayer to execute His will.

*Conclusion

Faith and prayer are inseparable.

• Prayer is the womb of faith
• Faith is the fruit of prayer
• Authority prayer is their highest expression

The secret is not: “I must have more faith.”

The secret is: “I must abide more in God.”

*Key Scriptures

Scripture	Revelation
Mark 11:23–24	Authority prayer
Hebrews 11:1	Definition of faith
Ephesians 2:8	Faith as God’s gift
Matthew 6:10	Prayer for God’s will
Romans 10:17	Faith comes by hearing

 

*One-Sentence Summary

Prayer brings us into God, faith brings God out through us, and together they release mountain-moving authority.

 

*Please refer to the 2026 Spring International Elders and Responsible Brothers Training, General Theme: The Ministry of the Word and the Dispensing of God for His Economy, Week 1: "Firm and Continuous Prayer, and Fulfilling the Ministry of the Word"