How can we become a star—two ways (through the Word of the Bible vs. through the Spirit)

 

How can we become a star—two ways (through the Word of the Bible vs. through the Spirit)

Based on the Bible and synthesizing other messages, the question of "how we can become a star" is integrated into two paths: through the Word of the Bible and through the Spirit. The key is not just "seeing the star" or "following the star," but rather making the Word a living Christ and one with the seven spirits, so that we ourselves may also become a star.

Spiritual Item	The First Way: Through the Bible	The Second Way: By the Spirit	Relationship and Result of the Two Ways
Biblical basis	2 Peter 1:19: “We have the prophetic word made more firm, to which you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.”	Revelation 3:1: “He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars…”  Revelation 1:16, 20: Christ holds the seven stars in His right hand.	The prophetic word + the seven Spirits bring us into the experience of the morning star rising within us and eventually into becoming stars.
Starting point	We have the prophetic word—the Bible.	We have the seven Spirits—the intensified Spirit of God.	The Bible is the outward revelation, while the Spirit is the inward reality. The word needs the Spirit to make it living, and the Spirit operates through the word.
Position of the Bible	The Bible is not merely material for acquiring knowledge; it is the living word of God.	The Spirit brings us from the letter into the reality.	Dead letters cannot produce stars; the living word in the Spirit produces Christ as the reality of the star.
Our responsibility	We must give heed to the prophetic word, paying full attention to it.	We must be in the Spirit, receiving, following, and living by the Spirit.	Give heed to the word → turn to the Spirit → follow the Spirit.
Proper way to read the Bible	We should not merely understand, analyze, and study the Bible; we should receive God's word with our whole being.	We read the Word in prayer, fellowship, and the exercise of our spirit.	Living reading of the Bible = contacting the Word in the Spirit.
The inward operation of the Word	The Bible is like a lamp shining in a dark place, giving us light in darkness.	The Spirit makes this light an inward reality in us.	The shining of the lamp → inward light → Christ appearing within us.
“The day dawns”	As we continue to give heed to the prophetic word, heavenly light begins to shine within us.	The Spirit operates within us, making the heavenly light subjective and experiential.	The outward light of the Bible becomes the inward dawn through the Spirit.
“The morning star rises”	The morning star is not merely an understanding of a biblical teaching; it is Christ Himself as the morning star appearing within us.	The Spirit makes Christ as the morning star real to us inwardly.	Word → living Word → Christ → the morning star rising within us.
The crucial transformation	The written Word must not remain merely the “written Word.”	The Spirit makes the written Word the living Word.	Written Word → living Word → Christ.
The Word and Christ	The Bible reveals Christ, ministers Christ, and brings us to encounter Christ.	The Spirit makes the Christ revealed in the Bible our inward reality.	The living Word can never be separated from the living Christ.
The illustration of “phosphorus”	By giving heed to the Bible, something like “phosphorus” is produced within us.	The Spirit causes this “phosphorus” to shine within us.	The “phosphorus” illustrates Christ as life and light being manifested within us.
Core of the second way	—	Be one with the seven Spirits. Revelation 3:1 places the seven Spirits and the seven stars together.	The seven Spirits and the seven stars are one; those who follow the seven Spirits are brought into the reality of the stars.
The seven Spirits and the seven stars	The Bible enables us to see and understand the revelation concerning the stars.	The Spirit enables us to experience the life and function of the stars.	The Word enables us to see; the Spirit enables us to become.
Christ as the morning star	Through living reading of the Bible, Christ as the morning star rises within us.	We follow the Christ within us by the Spirit.	See the morning star → follow the morning star → become a star.
Our relationship with Christ	Christ is revealed to us through the word of the Bible.	Christ dwells in us through the Spirit and becomes our life.	Objective knowledge of Christ → subjective experience of Christ → living Christ.
Our relationship with the Spirit	The Word gives us spiritual direction and revelation.	The Spirit inwardly guides, enlightens, and operates within us.	The Word is the outward standard; the Spirit is the inward guidance.
The secret of following the star	Give heed to the Bible until the morning star rises in our hearts.	Look at the inward star and follow in the Spirit.	Give heed to the Word → the morning star rises → look to the star → follow in the Spirit.
Result in life	Christ as life is ministered into us through the Word.	We live Christ and express Christ by the Spirit.	Receive Christ → enjoy Christ → live Christ.
Result in function	The Bible gives us light so that we may become those who shine.	The Spirit causes us to become stars, shining in the darkness.	We not only have the star shining within us; we become stars.
Testimony to the world	We hold forth the word of life in the midst of darkness.	We live by the Spirit in a dark generation as shining ones.	Philippians 2:15: We “shine as luminaries in the world.”
Relation to Philippians 2	We hold forth and present the “word of life.”	We live Christ in the Spirit.	Word of life → shining luminaries; the living Word and the Spirit produce the same shining testimony.
Reality in the church life	All the saints receive the same biblical Word.	All the saints live and coordinate in the same Spirit.	Individual stars → the stars shining together → the church expressing a shining testimony.
Ultimate result	“There is a star shining within us.”	“We also become stars.”	The star is within us → we follow the star → we become stars.
Spiritual formula	Prophetic word → give heed → the day dawns → the morning star rises in our hearts	Seven Spirits → be one with the Spirit → behold the morning star → follow in the Spirit	Word → living Word → Christ as the morning star → follow in the Spirit → we become stars
One-sentence summary	Through living reading of the Bible, the written Word becomes the living Word until Christ as the morning star rises within us.	By following the morning star within us in the Spirit, we become one with the seven Spirits.	We do not merely “see a star”; through the Word we receive the star, by the Spirit we follow the star, and eventually we become stars.

The Spiritual Sequence of the Two Ways

                    HOW CAN WE BECOME A STAR?

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       FIRST WAY: THROUGH THE BIBLE   SECOND WAY: BY THE SPIRIT

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        The prophetic word             The seven Spirits

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       Give heed / behold             Contact / follow

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       The day dawns;                Be one with

       the morning star rises       the seven Spirits

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       The morning star

       rises in our hearts

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                    Written Word → Living Word

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                        The living Christ

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                    Christ as the morning star

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                         Behold the star

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                       Follow in the Spirit

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                       We become stars

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                    Shine in the darkness

The Four Most Crucial Transformations

Transformation	Spiritual Significance
Black-and-white letters → the living Word	Our reading of the Bible should not stop with knowledge; the Bible must become the living, speaking Word within us.
The living Word → Christ	The living Word is not the final goal; the Word must minister Christ into us.
Christ as the morning star → following by the Spirit	We do not merely know Christ doctrinally;  we behold and follow Him in the inward Spirit.
Following the star →  becoming a star	As we give heed to the living Word, experience Christ, and follow Him by the Spirit, Christ is wrought into us, and eventually we become stars.

A Balanced Contrast with the “Wandering Stars”

Jude 13 also speaks of “wandering stars.” This gives us an important balance: it is not enough merely to have the outward appearance of a star; a genuine star must be governed and guided by the living Word and the Spirit.

Therefore, becoming a star does not mean pursuing something unusual, prominent, or attention-getting. Rather, it means:

Being enlightened by the Bible → allowing the Word to become the living Christ → following Christ by the Spirit → expressing Christ in life and nature → becoming a shining star in the midst of darkness.

One-Sentence Prophetic Summary

The way for us to become stars is to receive the living Word through the Bible until Christ as the morning star rises within us, and then to follow this morning star by the sevenfold Spirit, becoming one with the Spirit, until we ourselves become stars, shining forth Christ in the dark generation.

 

*Please refer to the April 2026 Summer Training General Topic: Believers, Chapter Eleven: The Stars, the Male Child, the Firstfruits, the Harvest, and Jasper and Other Precious Stones.