Let us turn to 1 Corinthians 12.
For even as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.—1 Corinthians 12:12-13
Let us bow our heads for a word of prayer.
Dear Lord, we thank You that, by Your grace, we can come once again before Your feet. For this conference, we have to give You thanks. You have been gracious to us so that the churches can hear what the Holy Spirit wants to speak to us.
May all those of us who have ears hear the voice of the Spirit. We want to commit this time back to You. Surely, You will overcome our weaknesses so that You can speak to each and every one of us.
Due to our circumstances and our environment, sometimes we feel it is difficult to hear Your word. But no matter how difficult it is, may there be nothing that can keep us from Your word.
If at this time we do not hear Your word, and if we are not obedient to Your word, may we not be satisfied. We do pray that You would give this unto us.
We do want to stay before You tonight. May You speak to each and every one of us. May You empty us and then fill us. In Jesus’ precious name, amen.
We want to continue what we shared yesterday morning. Because of the heat, maybe we all forgot. Because of time, though, I cannot review; I just want to point out a couple of things.
The emphasis we want to have is the baptism in the Spirit and the anointing of the Spirit. Unfortunately, those who emphasize these things sometimes mean that we have not received just the Spirit of life, but also the Spirit of power.
The Spirit of life is found in the Bible, and the term the Spirit of power is also found in the Bible. God’s word is completely balanced. On one hand, we are baptized in the Spirit; on the other hand, we are anointed by the Spirit.
These things occurred on the day of Pentecost. This is a historical event, but this does not mean that we will never experience it again. Even though it is a historical fact, thank the Lord, the Holy Spirit, through His fellowship, will bring us and lead us into all truth.
Everything that is involved in baptism in the Holy Spirit, and everything that is involved in the anointing of the Spirit, is something we can experience today. But our experience is according to the fact that already occurred in history.
We cannot go to an extreme. We cannot experience merely a fact, and we cannot merely preach a fact. If you speak of the Holy Spirit, you cannot help but speak of experience.
We have to be clear: on the day of Pentecost, we saw the baptism of the Spirit and also the anointing of the Spirit. When we speak of the baptism of the Spirit, we spoke of three points.
First, our Lord was glorified. How did Jacob know that Joseph was already glorified? Before, he did not believe. But when he saw the chariots from the palace coming to pick him up, he knew.
So, on the day of Pentecost, when there was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, we know that our Lord was glorified. According to this fact, today we can experience the filling of the Holy Spirit.
The word says that you shall be filled with the Spirit. This is His own word. We need to be obedient to the word; we need to be filled with the Spirit. But where is the basis of our experience of this filling? We need to have a clear understanding.
If we understand the truth and are clear, then we will have an experience. The Holy Spirit wants us to experience all the riches in Christ. Because He was glorified, He poured forth the Holy Spirit.
We were baptized into one body. This is a historical event. It will not repeat itself; it is already accomplished. But that does not mean that we cannot appropriate what the Lord has already done.
There are two facets. On one hand, it is objective; on the other hand, it is subjective. Of course, we are to be filled with the Holy Spirit, but do not forget that there is the Spirit of power.
When we speak of baptism in the Spirit, the first point is that the Lord has already been glorified. If today we have any experience, brothers and sisters, we need to humble ourselves. It is because the Lord is already King.
Our Lord is the Head of the church. In the church, you are not the head, and I am not the head. No matter how long you have been saved, you are not the head. Only Christ is Head.
If you have an experience with the Holy Spirit today, if you have the Spirit of power, you have to remember that it is because our Lord has already been glorified. It is because our Lord has already been exalted. Therefore, we have these experiences.
The second point is that outpouring and baptism are one thing with two different ends. Baptism comes all the way from heaven. If the Holy Spirit had not spoken of outpouring, we might have thought that baptism was all there was. But no.
This river of life flows from the throne all the way down. For this reason, not only do we have the outpouring and the baptism of the Spirit; there is also the fellowship of the Spirit.
Now the Holy Spirit has brought heaven down to earth. The gates of the kingdom have been opened, because Peter opened the kingdom with the keys. Thank the Lord. That is the second point.
The third point is what we just read:
For in one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all made to drink of one Spirit.
—1 Corinthians 12:13
Brothers and sisters, for this reason we say that the church was finally born. Do you remember when our Lord said, “Upon this rock I will build My church”? What is your concept of the church?
The church in the Bible speaks of those who have been called out and are gathered together. The original term means an assembly. We think of people who have been called out, saved by grace, and gathered together. That is the church.
But who has the most successful church? Is it the one with the best organizational skills? The church is heavenly. You have to remember that.
Before the Holy Spirit came down on the day of Pentecost, you could find one hundred and twenty people on this earth. Our Lord Jesus, during His three and a half years, met five thousand, four thousand, and thousands upon thousands. He began with a simple twelve people.
After He resurrected, He appeared to at least five hundred disciples. But only one hundred and twenty were left. They listened to His words and were willing to be gathered in Jerusalem.
These one hundred and twenty were the cream of the crop of His three and a half years of labor. You could not find a better group than these. Among them were the eleven, and many women who had followed from Galilee to serve our Lord.
If you want a church, you might say that the most ideal church was the one hundred and twenty in the upper room. The church is the gathering of those who are called out. That is very clear.
But we might have a misconception. We may think that if we just gather these people together, that is enough. Yet when you put them together, it might not be the church. Why?
In this world, all societies and organizations can gather people together. As long as they are organized, that is considered sufficient. But the church is not an organization.
How do you know that the church is not an organization? On that evening, when our Lord spoke to the disciples, He said that the Comforter would come and would guide them into all truth. The Holy Spirit would glorify Christ and testify concerning Christ.
If you read John 14 through 17, it is quite amazing. Our Lord remembered that He had said, “I will build My church upon this rock.” He had chosen twelve disciples. Could He not begin to build His church? Then there were one hundred and twenty disciples. Could He not build the church?
Brothers and sisters, if you read John 14 through 17, you find that our Lord saw further. He wanted to build His church, but He also saw what would happen. Among all the prophecies, our Lord spoke a most heart-rending prophecy.
That prophecy is found in John 16:32:
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave Me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
—John 16:32
Does not the Lord want to build His church? The Lord said that the kingdom is near, and for the kingdom of heaven He is looking for citizens. These people had been with our Lord for three and a half years. Yet the Lord told them that the hour was coming, and had already come, for them to be scattered, each to his own home.
All of you have a place to go, and you will leave Me alone. Brothers and sisters, this is prophecy. It is not only speaking of the disciples being scattered. Our Lord saw very clearly that He wanted to build His church, and He knew that one day the church would be scattered.
Those who follow Martin Luther have a place to go. Those who follow Calvin have a place to go. Those who follow John Wesley have a place to go. Those who seek spiritual growth have a place to go.
When you read this word, we have to enter into the feeling of our Lord. He said, “And shall leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.”
After our Lord spoke these words, He prayed. Do you remember the prayer in John 17? There was something He could not let go. He knew that He had the twelve disciples, and He knew that the church was to be built.
At this time He prayed for the disciples:
Holy Father, keep them in Thy name which Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, even as We are.
—John 17:11
Who are they? These are the disciples. Think about it. Every one of these disciples had his own characteristics. Yet it is quite interesting: the Holy Spirit always put them together.
He put John and James together. Both were sons of thunder, and both had a quick temper. Then there were Peter and Andrew. Peter had the most words, while Andrew was the quietest.
Peter asked the Lord, “My brother sins against me; how many times shall I forgive him?” Think about it: who would wrong whom more? Of course, Peter would wrong Andrew more. One who speaks a lot wrongs more people than one who speaks very little.
Then there was Simon the Zealot. He was very patriotic and wanted to kill those serving the Roman Empire. But there was another one called Matthew. Matthew was a tax collector. He was actually taking from his own people, and he was not patriotic at all.
Who was the Lord calling? One patriotic man and one who had no patriotic feeling at all. Both were brought together. Simon the Zealot would have wanted to kill somebody like Matthew, but now the Lord had put them together.
Brothers and sisters, think about it. If you wanted to build a business, could you find people such as these twelve disciples? The Lord wants to do something; He wants to build His church.
You cannot find a place on earth where Simon the Zealot and Matthew would naturally be together. But the Lord wants them to love one another. They have to wash one another’s feet.
They could not be one naturally. When the Shepherd was smitten, all the sheep scattered. Everyone had a place to go. All these had followed the Lord before, but they were scattered.
The Lord said, “Leave Me alone,” and He prayed for them. Then He continued to pray for the church:
Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on Me through their word; that they may all be one.
—John 17:20-21
In this transitional period, the Lord prayed for the disciples. After the church was born, the Lord prayed for the church, that they all might be one.
How could one hundred and twenty individuals be one? I remember a very interesting story.
In 1948, May 14 was a very special day in history. The nation of Israel was reborn. We know that the nation of Israel had been lost for two thousand years, and on that day the nation was reborn.
The quickest nation to recognize Israel was the United States. President Chaim Weizmann went to the United States to visit President Harry Truman and thanked him for recognizing the nation of Israel.
President Weizmann saw that Harry Truman was quite depressed. Truman said, “Whatever I do, I am criticized.” Then President Weizmann said to him:
President Truman, do you think that you are criticized? You ought to be in Israel. You, sir, here in the United States, are the president of two hundred million American citizens. But in Israel, I am the president of one million presidents.
Do you understand this, brothers and sisters? In a democratic nation, everyone is an individual. It is very easy to become an individualistic nation.
If we are gathered together, can we live the reality of the church? Our Lord prayed because He wanted to build His church. Is the church merely a collection of one hundred and twenty people?
What did the Lord say?
That they may all be one; even as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be in Us.
—John 17:21
What picture is this? The Father is in the Son, and the Son is in the Father. The Son has the life of the Father. Their relationship is one of life.
Now we see an organism. We see a living organism. This is not a normal social gathering. “That they may all be one.” What is that one? “That they also may be in Us.”
On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came, and we were baptized into one body. The body is on earth. When we speak of heaven, the Father is in the Son and the Son is in the Father. When we speak of the church and the Head, we speak of those who are in Christ.
The church is heavenly. The church is something in the Lord’s heart. On the day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit was poured forth and we were baptized in the Spirit, we were connected to the Head.
But we were not merely one hundred and twenty individuals. The Holy Spirit baptized us into one body. Why did Paul say that the church is the body of Christ?
The words the Lord spoke in the upper room that evening were very important. Thank the Lord that the Holy Spirit came to lead us into all truth. Before, we did not understand the Bible; now we do.
The Lord said, “My peace I give unto you.” He said that He would not leave us orphans. These are precious words. At the end, when our Lord prayed, He prayed for the desire in God’s heart.
We believe that on the day of Pentecost, indeed, the Father heard the Son’s prayer. So many times we are desperate and concerned about the church. We see division after division, and we sigh. We ask, “Is it possible for the church to be one?”
When you are desperate, you will pray. But before we even had those feelings, our Lord already saw. He said that the hour had come when everyone would return to his own place and leave Him alone.
Is this not the situation of our Lord now? Shall we have a great revival? If we have a great revival, then the body will be accomplished? Thank the Lord, we have good news.
From the first day, the church has been the body of Christ. Those one hundred and twenty became members of the body. On one hand, they were connected to the Head; on the other hand, they were connected to one another.
There is no longer individualism. When you come to the church, you cannot think merely as an individual. Some places have pastors, and some say that everyone is a pastor. Whether to have a pastor or not is another question. Today, we are not considering methods.
No, brothers and sisters, the church is the body of Christ. On the day of Pentecost, the church was born. This was what was in God’s heart.
If we were to borrow Jacob’s ladder and go into heaven, and if we were to ask God, “What is the most precious thing in Your heart?” the Bible would tell us that God’s mystery is Christ.
Christ is the One whom God most loves in His heart. But if we had an opportunity to ask our Lord, and if He opened up His heart, the church is what He loves.
Peter said, “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Then the Lord said:
Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father who is in heaven. And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church.
—Matthew 16:17-18
The Father had revealed Christ to Peter. Then the Lord said, “I also have something to tell you: I will build My church upon this rock.”
Finally, the infant was born. The Lord went through birth pains, and now there is rejoicing because a child has been born. If you carefully read John 14, 15, and 16, you know where God’s heart is.
On the day of Pentecost, we were baptized into one body. This is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. It is one event that was accomplished.
Now let us go to another point. After we speak of baptism in the Spirit, we need to speak of the anointing of the Spirit. Do not forget: these things happened at the same time. For the purpose of explanation, we separate them, but actually they are the same thing—two sides of the same coin.
What is the anointing of the Holy Spirit as to what happened on the day of Pentecost?
John 1:33 is very important. It is something that opens our eyes:
And I knew Him not: but He that sent me to baptize in water, He said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon Him, the same is He that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.
—John 1:33
Beside the Jordan, the Scripture tells us that the heavens opened. Our Lord had already been on earth for thirty years. During those years, the Spirit of life filled Him. The Holy Spirit completely filled our Lord.
Then a voice came from heaven: “This is My beloved Son.” For thirty years He was hidden. He had lived a hidden life, but it was a life that satisfied the Father.
The heavens opened, and the Bible tells us that the Holy Spirit descended upon Him. God told John the Baptist, “He is the One who will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.”
The phenomenon was that the dove descended upon Him and abode upon Him. How do you explain this? The Lord Himself explained it when He went to Nazareth.
He said:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach good tidings to the poor: He hath sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.
—Luke 4:18
The Spirit of the Lord was upon Him. The Spirit of life was already in Him. But when the Holy Spirit descended upon Him, God anointed Him.
What is Christ? What is Messiah? Christ means the Anointed One. His life was the life of the Son of God; that was His person. But Christ speaks of His office.
Because He was anointed, He could preach the gospel to the poor and heal the brokenhearted. Now He could work. For three and a half years He worked all over the country.
When you reach Acts 10, how does the Holy Spirit describe those three and a half years?
How God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.
—Acts 10:38
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of power. On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles. Later, the same thing happened in the house of Cornelius.
What does this mean? When the church is baptized into one body, and when the Head is anointed, the Head begins to work. Not only does the Head work; when the body is anointed, power comes upon the body.
On one hand, we are baptized into one body. On the other hand, our Lord was anointed when He ascended into heaven and was exalted at the right hand of God. God made Him both Lord and Christ, and the anointing was upon the Head.
But do not forget: because the church has been born, there is a beautiful picture in Psalm 133.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity!
It is like the precious oil upon the head,
That ran down upon the beard,
Even Aaron’s beard;
That came down upon the skirt of his garments.—Psalm 133:1-2
There is the outpouring. This oil is first upon the head, then upon the beard, and then to the edge of the garments. As the Head is anointed, so is the body. When the body is anointed, it is for the work.
Where does the power for the work come from? It is the anointing of the Holy Spirit. That is the power.
How can we be sure that the body was anointed? When you read 2 Corinthians 1:21:
Now He that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God.
—2 Corinthians 1:21
Not only was the Head anointed, but the body was also anointed. Remember another verse:
And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
—1 John 2:20
We have already received the anointing. Now we can work. Now we can discern the spirits. Where does this power come from? It is very clear.
On the day of Pentecost, not only was the Head anointed; the body was also anointed. The disciples were called Christians at Antioch.
What is a Christian? The original meaning is a “Christ-man.” Christ is the Anointed One. A Christian is one who belongs to the Anointed One and shares in His anointing.
We need to know what a Christian is. Some people have said that Christians should be translated “Christ-men.” If you say “Christian,” everybody understands; but if you say “Christ-man,” people may not understand.
Yet today they can understand. If you study at a university in Taiwan, you may say, “I am a Taipei University man.” If you study at Harvard, you may say, “I am a Harvard man.” In the same way, a Christian is a Christ-man.
Christ is the Anointed One, and Christians are also anointed ones. As the Head was anointed and the oil flowed down to the edge of His garments, it has flowed down upon us.
The Lord was hidden for thirty years. Then He entered into His ministry. God gave Him power. Life alone is not enough. The Lord was full of life, but God anointed Him with life and power.
Why? Not for showing off, but to accomplish the purpose of God. If you have power, it is for the body of Christ.
Through Mary, our Lord had a physical body to walk on earth. Now the Lord has given Him a mystical body, and that is the church. Our Lord continues His work and continues to teach today.
The Head was anointed, and the body was anointed. After the church was born, there was a work upon the church: body ministry.
You have to read Ephesians 4. It is very clear. After the church is born, there is a work to be done. First Corinthians 12 speaks of the body; First Corinthians 14 speaks of the body’s work. Every time we gather together, the body is moving. This is body ministry.
How is the body to grow? We need the power of the Holy Spirit. We cannot merely have life; we also need to experience the Spirit of power.
Do not be mistaken: the reason we are anointed is that the church can enter into its ministry. What is the ministry of the church? It is to build the body of Christ until we all attain to the unity of the faith, to a full-grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Where does this work begin? Thank the Lord, it begins with the unity of the Spirit. Where does the unity of the Spirit come from? We are already one body.
You cannot protect something that you do not have. If you keep or protect something, that means you have something. We want to keep that unity. That is our work.
To keep that unity, you have to have power. Have you asked for the Spirit for this? Have you asked the Lord, “Lord, may we attain to the unity”? You may say, “I have been hurt today. I am sad, but I cannot leave.”
We need to build the body of Christ. We want to attain to the unity of the faith. It is very difficult for people to be gathered together.
When I was in Brazil, sometimes the Baptist church would invite somebody from the Presbyterian church to preach. After the preaching, they would have the Lord’s table, the communion.
It was very interesting. You could preach there, but you could not partake of the Lord’s table. They were asked, “But are you not brethren?” They said, “Yes, we are brothers—but we are brothers-in-law.”
This is the condition of the church. I remember once in the United States, there was a very interesting meeting. One group of brothers and sisters believed in drinking coffee, and another group said that you could not drink tea.
I sat with them and had some conversation. They asked me, “Do you want to drink coffee or tea?” I said, “I want a cup of milk.”
I said, “Why do you want to break the unity of the children of God because of coffee or tea?” To attain to the unity of the faith is the ministry of the body.
How many times we labor so much because we feel that we need power. There is one power that you need: the power to attain to the unity of the faith. You may rather break your own heart, but you do not want to break the Lord’s heart.
In the body, we need the Spirit of power. From the unity of the Spirit, everybody has fellowship. I will share life with you, and you will give life to me.
A younger brother may have just finished junior high. He may not understand algebra, while I understand calculus. We are very different. Does that mean I should chase him away? No. You need to help the children of God to grow.
As the body matures, we will attain to the unity of the faith, and we will grow into the stature of the fullness of Christ.
God has only one ministry: to build the body. If you do your own work, God does not give you power for that. The anointing on the day of Pentecost was prepared for His work.
God’s work is to build the body. Where does this power come from? This power comes from the anointing. According to what the Lord has accomplished, when you ask Him, how can you not have power?
We need power. The body cannot move without it. When our Lord was anointed, He entered into His ministry. Thank the Lord, the church was born, but that was only the beginning. There is a body ministry until we attain to the unity of faith.
The day of Pentecost does not repeat, but the power is already in Christ. What is our work? Are we here merely to speak, or to share jokes? Or are we here to build the body?
When you read the Scriptures, you see this very clearly. There is another portion of Scripture that does not use a completed action when it speaks of being filled with the Spirit. It uses a present continuous tense.
“You shall be filled with the Spirit.” What does that mean? You should continuously be filled. Being filled with the Spirit is not merely one action. It is a state; it is a spiritual state.
When we speak of being full of the Spirit, we are speaking of the Spirit of life. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. In the original language, this means that He was full of the Holy Spirit.
In Acts, the disciples were told:
Look ye out therefore, brethren, from among you seven men of good report, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
—Acts 6:3
The same expression is used concerning Barnabas. To be filled with the Spirit in this sense is to be filled with the Spirit of life. This is necessary when you are preaching, when you are a husband, and in every aspect of daily life.
How can we be filled with the Holy Spirit? On one hand, we need to be filled with the Spirit of life.
When we speak of psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, Ephesians says that we are to be filled with the Spirit. What does Colossians say?
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs.
—Colossians 3:16
What does this mean? It is the same thing. It tells us how to be filled. This is daily life. You have to be filled with the word of Christ.
When you read Acts, every time it speaks of the work of the Holy Spirit, you have the word of God. When you are filled with the word, you are indeed filled with the Spirit.
Many times, when we speak our own words, we lack power. You are filled with the word, and you are filled with the Spirit. The word opens our eyes.
When you are building the body of Christ, unquestionably, on one hand we need to be filled with the Spirit, and we have to be filled with the word.
There is also a way to be filled with the Spirit of power. We no longer have much time, so let me say this very quickly. Ever since the day of Pentecost, the historical event has already been accomplished.
What we need to experience daily is the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. How are you to be filled with the Spirit of power? Simply speaking, it is through the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
—2 Corinthians 13:14
This is a benediction. What is the benediction? Thank the Lord, God has already accomplished all things. The riches of Mount Hermon are now brought down to the earth, as if we were in heaven.
All that is from heaven is brought before us. Thank the Lord.
I will give you one last picture. Our brother Lance gave you fire; I will give you something refreshing: rivers of living water.
We have seen the picture of Aaron and the anointing. Now we speak of the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. The clearest picture is in Genesis 2.
When you go to the garden, do you remember the river flowing? If you follow that river, you will see gold, bdellium, and precious stones.
Where does this gold come from? The gold was in the mountain. The precious stones were also in the mountain, but they were brought to the surface by the flow of the water.
All the riches in that mountain came into Eden because of the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. If you follow the river stream, you will find gold, pearls, and precious stones.
If you follow the flow of the Holy Spirit, you find God’s character. The precious stones speak of the work of the Holy Spirit. Precious stones also speak of the cross.
When you enter into the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, you find gold. We receive the riches of heaven.
When my daughter was ten, she wanted to give a golden pen to her grandfather. Her older brother told her that girls should not give that type of gift.
On the day she was to give it, my daughter did not give the pen to her grandfather. My wife asked, “Why did you not give the pen?” She said, “I did not want to give that pen to my grandfather.”
But her conscience began to speak to her. She began to cry, and afterward she gave that pen to her grandfather. She did not understand the work of the Holy Spirit; she was only ten years old. Yet the Holy Spirit was already in her.
She was willing to give that pen to her grandfather. Is that not gold? Is that not a pearl? This is the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
What are these things used for? When you see the New Jerusalem, all the material of the New Jerusalem is gold, precious stones, and pearls.
Let us conclude with 2 Corinthians 13:14. Let us read in unison. You can use any language.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.
—2 Corinthians 13:14
This is the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. May the Lord speak to us. Let us pray.
Dear Lord, we thank You for these words. We worship You. We pray that You would use these words to build the body of Christ.
We especially remember the youth among us. Before Your return, may You anoint them, and may You gain a glorious church. In Jesus’ precious name, amen.