The Spirit of Writing VS The Spirit of Life VS The Spirit of Ministry

 

The Spirit of Writing VS The Spirit of Life VS The Spirit of Ministry

• 2 Cor 3:6 "Who has also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant, ministers not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life."

• 2 Cor 3:8 "How shall the ministry of the Spirit not be more in glory?"

• Phil 1:25 "And being confident of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy of the faith."

 

Aspect	Spirit of Writing	Spirit of Life	Spirit of Ministry
Description	Using the Spirit of the living God as spiritual ink to write Christ into believers	The Spirit that gives life, dispensing divine life into believers	Dispensing all that Christ is into believers, making what Christ is practical
Function	• Saturating believers with Christ's essence • Adding Christ's substance into believers • Making believers living letters of Christ	• Dispensing divine life • Making people living • Making people of life	• Supplying what Christ is • Making all of Christ practical • Supplying Christ to others
Distinction	Focuses on inscribing Christ, making people readable letters	Focuses on giving life, making people vital and energetic	Focuses on ministry and service, enabling people to gain Christ
Application	• Feeling alive under the Spirit's writing • Letting others read Christ through us	• Gaining vitality through Bible reading and prayer • Living and walking in divine life	• Exercising the spirit in prayer and calling • Supplying Christ to others
Related Scriptures	• 2 Cor 3:3 "You are shown to be a letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tablets of stone but in tablets of hearts of flesh." • Psa 45:1 "My heart overflows with a good matter; I speak what I have composed concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer."	• John 7:38 "He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water." • John 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." • 1 John 5:16a "If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask and he will give life to him."	• John 16:13-15 "But when He, the Spirit of reality, comes, He will guide you into all the reality; for He will not speak from Himself, but what He hears He will speak; and He will declare to you the things that are coming. He will glorify Me, for He will receive of Mine and will declare it to you. All that the Father has is Mine; for this reason I have said that He receives of Mine and will declare it to you."

 

Interrelationship:

1.      These three Spirits are essentially the same Holy Spirit with different functions and operations

2.      The Spirit of Writing inscribes Christ, the Spirit of Life makes it vital, and the Spirit of Ministry makes it practical

3.      The three work together complementarily:

o   Writing is the foundation

o   Life-giving is the vitality

o   Ministry is the practice

All three operations of the Spirit require believers to:

1.      Exercise their spirit

2.      Pray constantly

3.      Live in the divine life

4.      Serve and supply others

 

*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