Leaders’ meeting, June 2025, message 4

Leaders’ Meeting
June 2025

Message 4 (Conclusion)

"SPIRITUAL REALITY AND THE NEW MAN"

Serving with spiritual reality:

being transformed to minister life

The Call to Spiritual Reality

In this final message, it was emphasized that true service to God and to the church requires spiritual reality, not just outward forms. Spiritual reality is lived by those who have been constituted by the Holy Spirit and become sensitive to the condition of God’s house. This sensitivity keeps them from being indifferent. They suffer for the church, discern its needs, and act based on fellowship with God, not on human models.

This reality is not about appearance, but about spiritual essence. There is true service only when one serves “in spirit” and with “truth”—that is, with inward reality (John 4:23–24; 1 John 5:6).

Revelation and Transformation:
The Spiritual Process

We saw that the Spirit leads us into reality in two key stages:

1. Revelation — the Spirit shows us something that goes beyond mental knowledge. This revelation impacts and marks us, leading to a cry and a seeking before the Lord.

2. Transformation — the Spirit works in us to make the revelation a living reality in our being. This is evidenced in the experience of the dying of Jesus so that His life may be manifested in our body (2 Corinthians 4:7–12).

To minister to the church with spiritual reality means allowing the dying of Jesus to operate in us so that the life of Jesus may reach others. It is not enough to pass on knowledge. We must be transformed by the word to the point of ministering life.

A Testimony of Real Service: Paul

Paul’s testimony in Acts 20 shows how this service is lived out:

• He served with humility, tears, and suffering (Acts 20:19).

• He taught what was profitable, both publicly and from house to house (v.20).

• He did not count his life dear, but sought to fulfill his mission (v.24).

• He exhorted each brother with tears, individually (v.31).

• He commended the brothers to the Lord and to the word of His grace (v.32)

• He served without seeking personal gain, as an example of one who gives and does not expect to receive (v.35).

This attitude teaches us that to lead is to die in order to give life to others, not to exert control or expect rewards. It is a leadership of giving and reality.

The Lord Wants to Make Us New

The second point emphasized was God’s desire to make us completely new. It is not about patching up the old, but about exchanging the old garment for a new one (Matthew 9:16–17). The new beginning brought by God should be reflected in real changes in our being: in the home, in our attitudes, in our speaking, in the way we serve.

To be a new creation in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:16–17) means no longer knowing or serving according to the flesh, but in spirit, through revelation. This requires seeking from the Lord a personal and practical revelation of Christ and the church.

The Attitude of a
Transformed Servant

The message ends with an appeal for an attitude like Paul’s (Philippians 3:12–16):

• To acknowledge that perfection has not yet been attained

• To press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of us

• To forget what lies behind and run toward the goal

• To walk according to the revelation already received

The call is to not remain stuck, not to look at past wounds, but to live as new wineskins receiving the new wine of the Lord. God does not just want to fix us, but to make us new in every way.

Verses Quoted

• John 4:23–24
• 1 John 5:6
• John 3:6
• 2 Corinthians 4:7–12
• John 16:13
• Acts 20:17–35
• Matthew 9:16–17
• 2 Corinthians 5:16–17
• Philippians 3:12–16

These messages were the expression of the burdens and feelings of the leaders and were released by brother Miguel Ma.