Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Thanks for tuning in to GLOBAL REACHOUT. I am Sister Angelie, and starting from November, we have launched the program called the "Kingdom Business Culture". This program is based on the workplace training course by GLOBAL JIREH entitled, "Christ-centred Entrepreneurship". This course was compiled by Pastor Tony TAY Meng Hiang to help brothers and sisters live out Christ in the workplace.

We encourage brothers and sisters to sign up for this course, so that they will not only have the opportunity to communicate directly with the instructors, but also establish long-term and close contacts with the kingdom business operators in the group, learn from each other and encourage one another, and put the theory into practice. Living out Christ in the workplace. For those who are interested, you can refer to the end of the manuscript and register by email.In today's program, we are going to talk about the genes of the enterprise.

We know that genes are intrinsic factors that affect the structure and performance of the human body. As the name suggests, the so-called "corporate genes" are those internal factors that affect the fate and system of the company. The genes of an enterprise determine the essence of the enterprise - is the enterprise a national enterprise? The genes of an enterprise also determine the vitality of the enterprise—does the enterprise possess the vitality to glorify God?

The state enterprise must possess the gene of Christ, and possess the essence and strength of the life of Christ. We have emphasized many times that the three fundamental essence of the life of Christ is righteousness and holiness with truth. This essence of life stems from the triple anointing that Christ received from the Father: truth from the prophetic anointing, righteousness from the kingly anointing, and holiness from the priestly anointing. Isaiah 11:2 tells us that the Spirit of Jehovah (that is, the Holy Spirit) dwells in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit endowed him with triple powers: firstly, the Holy Spirit made him wise, which is on the level of truth; secondly, the Holy Spirit gave him counsel and power, which was on the level of righteousness; and thirdly, knowledge and fear of the Lord, which is the level of righteousness. The integration of these threefold powers enables Jesus to have the vitality to glorify God and to embody the righteousness and holiness of the truth.

Brothers and sisters, today, when we say that kingdom enterprises need to have the gene of Christ, what we are talking about is to have the essence and vitality of the life of Christ. How does our enterprise obtain such essence and vitality? By the Holy Spirit. This is a spiritual resource that Heavenly Father has given us.

Next, let us learn more about the genes of Christ through the genealogy of Jesus.

The genealogy of Jesus appears in Matthew 1:1-17 and Luke 3:23-38, one for Joseph, the father of Jesus, and one for Mary, the mother of Jesus.

The genealogy in Matthew's Gospel records three fourteen generations—three fourteen in intervals, not forty-two in succession. This genealogy goes back to David and Abraham, because what Matthew is about to present is the image of Jesus as king. Through the genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew, we know that Jesus is the direct descendant of King David, and all nations will be blessed by believing in this descendant of Abraham. Jeremiah 23:5-6 says, " “The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David, a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior." Christ is the righteous king.

However, one name appears in Matthew 1:11 that requires our special attention, and that is Jeconiah. Jeremiah 22:30 mentions that God cursed Jeconiah that none of his descendants would sit on David's throne. From the genealogy, we can see that Jesus' father Joseph is a direct descendant of Jeconiah, so there is a contradiction here: if Jesus was not a direct descendant of David, he could not legally inherit the kingship; however, according to the genealogy, Jesus is in under the curse of Jeconiah, he should not be king. How can this contradiction be explained? First of all, we know that Joseph was not the biological father of Jesus. Therefore, although Jesus had the legal right to inherit the throne of David according to his paternal line, he was not under the curse of Jeconiah at the same time. Secondly, from the genealogy in Luke’s Gospel, we know that Jesus’ birth mother Mary was also a direct descendant of David, belonging to Nathan’s blood, not Solomon’s, and was not affected by the curse of Jeconiah. This shows that, according to the maternal line, Jesus was a direct descendant of David.

From these two genealogies, we can see that Jesus' genes are in line with priestly holiness on the one hand, and kingly righteousness on the other. Zechariah 6:13 says: He will be clothed with majesty and will sit and rule on his throne. He will be a priest on his throne. And there will be harmony between the two. The wisdom of Christ enables these two tensions to be integrated according to the truth. 1 Corinthians 1:30 says: God made Christ our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. We need to make the wisdom of Christ our wisdom, so as to be prophetic; let the righteousness of Christ be our righteousness, so that we can obtain kingship; let the holiness of Christ become our holiness, so as to have priesthood.

Next, we'll talk about the vitality of Christ.

First, the vitality of Christ is the vitality of kingship. Christ was anointed as King, the angels declared him to be King of Jacob's house (Luke 1:33), and he was the rightful king. If our lives have the essence of Christ's righteousness, our work will have kingdom multiplication legitimacy. This kingly vitality will inspire us to establish a sound institutional framework and pass on the cultural model of the kingdom of heaven.

Second, the vitality of Christ is a prophetic vitality. Christ was the suffering prophet, who accomplished redemption on the cross, showed that he held the truth in all circumstances, and was an influential prophet. If our lives have the essence of Christ's wisdom, what we do will have an expansive influence, and this vitality will inspire us to constantly renew our ideas and enable our businesses to have long-term vision and legacy plans.

Third, the vitality of Christ is the life force of the priesthood. The Bible tells us that Christ was a priest in the order of Melchizedek. According to the biblical records, there are two orders of priesthood: one is the order of Aaron and the other is the order of Melchizedek. The former represents man before God and brings people’s needs to God; the latter represents God before man and brings what comes from God to man. Christ belongs to the latter, which shows the holiness of his life. When our lives have the holy essence of Christ, we have holy vitality. This vitality motivates us to value the cultivation of holy genes and the inheritance of Christ's corporate genes.

Summarize the above information: the genes of the enterprise, that is, the essence and vitality of the enterprise, will affect the vision and system of the enterprise. Kingdom enterprises should possess the genes of Christ and the essence of Christ's life. In this way, the work we do has multiplied legitimacy, and our influence continues to expand. The vitality that is in line with righteousness from the Lord facilitates the establishment of institutional frameworks and models of civilization; the vitality that is in line with the truth facilitates the renewal and breakthrough of ideas; the vitality that is in line with holiness facilitates the creation of holy genes and the inheritance of Christ's corporate genes.

Dear friends, this is where we end today's episode. I hope to see you again on the next episode of Kingdom Business Culture!

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Discussion

1. Talk about your understanding of the prophetic anointing, the kingly anointing and the priestly anointing.

2. How can we "follow Christ" to receive the three anointings mentioned above?

3. What are the manifestations of these three anointings reflected in the enterprise?