晨興聖言-為着主的來臨(W4-綱要)

第四週　藉着作忠信又精明的奴僕，而為着主的來臨將自己豫備好

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讀經：太二四45~51

詩歌：大本第755首

【週一、週二】

壹　『這樣，誰是那忠信又精明的奴僕，為主人所派，管理他的家人，按時分糧給他們？主人來到，看見他這樣行，那奴僕就有福了。我實在告訴你們，主人要派他管理一切的家業』─太二四45~47：

一　神在信仰裏的經綸，乃是祂的『家庭』經營，祂的家庭行政，要在基督裏將祂自己分賜到祂所揀選的人裏面，使祂得着一個家彰顯祂自己，這家就是召會，基督的身體─提前一4，三15，弗二19。

二　忠信又精明的奴僕乃是神家中的管家，管理家庭的人，將基督當作『食物』分賜給祂的信徒─林前九17，弗三2，林前四1，彼前四10：

1　忠信是向着主（林前四2，七25）；精明是向着信徒（參西一28，代下一10，腓四5）。─引用經文

2　對於忠信的奴僕，主在諸天之國的實現裏，要派他管理一切的家業，作為賞賜─太二五21、23。

三　『分糧給他們』，意指在召會裏，將神的話和基督當作生命的供應，供應信徒；作為賜生命之靈的基督是我們的食物，祂具體化並實化在生命的話裏─二四45，約六57、63、68：

1　我們若要享受主作我們屬靈的食物，使我們能餧 養別人，就需要藉着各樣的禱告，並藉着默想祂的話，就是反復思想且（出聲）講說祂的話，而接受祂的話─弗六17~18，詩一一九15（見註）、48、148，書一8，利十一2~3，結三1~4，西三16。─引用經文

2　我們需要堅定持續的禱告，並盡話語的職事─徒六4，參來七25，八2。

3　我們需要申言以建造召會，就是藉着操練我們的靈，在聖靈即時和新鮮的感動、膏抹並光照下，用這生命的活話講說我們所看見的─林前十四4下，徒五20，四20，二二15。

4　我們需要把自己禱告到神裏面，接受賜生命的靈作我們的供應，我們屬靈的食物，以餧養我們自己，和那些受我們照顧的人─路十一1~13。

5　我們需要作賜生命的『祈求者』，就是作那能賜人生命的賜生命之靈的管道─約壹五16。

【週　三】

6　我們需要作『新鮮之油的兒子』，不斷被新鮮、現今並終極完成的那靈作為歡樂的油所充滿，流出那靈到燈臺裏，使燈臺作照耀的見證，就是耶穌的見證─亞四6、12~14，腓一25，啟三18，太二五9：

a　日復一日，我們必須出代價得着更多的神在祂的神聖性情裏作為金油，好使我們能成為純金的燈臺，為着建造金的新耶路撒冷─彼後一4，啟三18，一20，二一18，太二五8~9。

b　我們將這事應用到今天的經歷時，就看見從我們裏面流出來的那靈就是神，而神就是金；因此，我們將基督供應給別人，用油供應他們的時候，實際上就是用神供應他們；神就從我們流出來，流到他們裏面─亞四12~14，約七38~39，林後三3、6、8，路十34。

【週四、週五】

貳　『若是那惡僕心裏說，我的主人必來得遲，就動手打那些和他同作奴僕的，又和酒醉的人一同喫喝，在想不到的日子，不知道的時辰，那奴僕的主人要來，把他割斷，定他和假冒為善的人同受處分；在那裏必要哀哭切齒了』─太二四48~51：

一　我們心裏說，我們的主人必來得遲，這乃是愛現今邪惡的世代，不愛主的顯現─提後四8、10：

1　『來臨』的原文是parousia，巴路西亞，意思是『同在』；我們要成為愛主顯現，就是愛祂來臨的人，就必須寶愛祂今天的顯現，就是祂今天的同在─太二四3、37，徒二六16，林後二10，詩歌二九〇首。

2　只要我們有今天，就應當愛主和祂的顯現，等候祂的來臨，以祂的來臨作為警告、鼓勵和激勵─提後四8，腓三20，啟二二12。

3　為着主的來臨，我們需要儆醒並豫備好─太二五13，二四44，啟十九7。

4　我們需要提防貪婪，不為自己積財，乃要對神富足─路十二16~20，林後六10，弗三8。

5　我們需要回想羅得的妻子，不要貪愛並寶貝神即將審判並徹底毀滅的邪惡世界─路十七28~32。

6　我們需要儆醒並祈求，叫主來臨的那日子不致如同網羅忽然臨到我們─二一34~36，參太二3。

7　『主耶穌阿，我願你來！』─這該是愛主和祂顯現之人的渇望、呼求和經常的禱告─啟二二20，多二12~13。

二　動手打那些和我們同作奴僕的，乃是虐待作我們同伴的信徒─參徒九4：

1　我們不該審判、定罪作我們同伴的信徒，乃要以恩慈待他們，心存慈憐，饒恕他們，正如神在基督裏饒恕了我們一樣─路六37，弗四31~32。

2　我們不該辱駡或批評我們的弟兄，乃要看他們比我們強─林前六10~11，腓二3、29。

3　我們不該作主轄管作我們同伴的信徒（如為他們作決定），乃要作奴僕服事他們，以那作為賜生命之靈的復活基督餧 養他們─彼前五3，太二十25~28，參民十七8。

【週　六】

三　和酒醉的人一同喫喝，乃是與沉醉在屬世事物裏的世人為伴：

1　因着信徒神聖的性情和聖別的地位，他們不該跟不信者同負一軛；這不只該應用在信徒與不信者之間的婚姻和事業上，也該應用在他們各種親密的關係上─林後六14，林前十五33，參箴十三20。

2　我們需要逃避青年人的私欲，同那清心呼求主的人，竭力追求包羅萬有的基督─提後二22。

四　在國度的實現裏，忠信又精明的奴僕要得着管理的權柄為賞賜；但惡僕要從榮耀的基督，和祂國度的榮耀，並祂國度中榮耀的同在被割斷─太二四47、51：

1　從國度的實現被割斷，乃是被扔在外面的黑暗裏，在那裏哀哭切齒：

a　外面的黑暗是指在國度實現裏的光明榮耀以外的黑暗─十六28，二五30。

b　哀哭指明懊悔，切齒指明自責。

2　在千年國裏與基督一同轄管列國，乃是給祂忠信又精明之奴僕的獎賞─啟二26，路十九17~19。

Week Four
Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord’s Coming by Being a Faithful and Prudent Slave 

Hymns: 956 

Scripture Reading: Matt. 24:45-51 

§ Day 1 & Day 2 

I. “Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom the master has set over his household to give them food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. Truly I say to you that he will set him over all his possessions”—Matt. 24:45-47: 

A. God's economy in faith is His “household” economy, His household administration, which is to dispense Himself in Christ into His chosen people that He may have a house to express Himself, which house is the church, the Body of Christ—1 Tim. 1:4; 3:15; Eph. 2:19. 

B. The faithful and prudent slave is a steward in God's house, a household administrator, dispensing Christ as “food” to His believers—1 Cor. 9:17; Eph. 3:2; 1 Cor. 4:1; 1 Pet. 4:10: 

1. Faithfulness is shown toward the Lord (1 Cor. 4:2; 7:25), whereas prudence is exercised toward the believers (cf. Col. 1:28; 2 Chron. 1:10; Phil. 4:5). 

2. In the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens, the Lord will set the faithful slave over all His possessions; this will be a reward to His slave—Matt. 25:21, 23. 

C. Give them food refers to ministering the word of God and Christ as the life supply to the believers in the church; Christ as the life-giving Spirit is our food, embodied and realized in the word of life—24:45; John 6:57, 63, 68: 

1. In order to enjoy the Lord as our spiritual food so that we can feed others, we need to receive His word by means of all prayer and by musing on His word, speaking His word aloud with much reconsideration—Eph. 6:17-18; Psa. 119:15 (see footnote), 48, 148; Josh. 1:8; Lev. 11:2-3; Ezek. 3:1-4; Col. 3:16. 

2. We need to continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word—Acts 6:4; cf. Heb. 7:25; 8:2. 

3. We need to prophesy to build up the church—speaking what we see with the living words of this life under the instant and fresh inspiration, anointing, and enlightenment of the Holy Spirit through the exercise of our spirit—1 Cor. 14:4b; Acts 5:20; 4:20; 22:15. 

4. We need to pray ourselves into God to receive the life-giving Spirit as our supply, our spiritual food, to feed ourselves and those under our care—Luke 11:1-13. 

5. We need to be life-giving “askers,” channels of the life-giving Spirit who can give life to others—1 John 5:16. 

§ Day 3 

6. We need to be “sons of fresh oil,” those who are continually being filled with the fresh, present, and consummated Spirit as the oil of gladness, to flow out the Spirit into the lampstand for its shining testimony, the testimony of Jesus—Zech. 4:6, 12-14; Phil. 1:25; Rev. 3:18; Matt. 25:9: 

a. Day by day we need to pay the price to gain more of God as the golden oil in His divine nature so that we can become a pure golden lampstand for the building of the golden New Jerusalem—2 Pet. 1:4; Rev. 3:18; 1:20; 21:18; Matt. 25:8-9. 

b. As we apply this matter to our experience today, we see that the Spirit who flows out of us is God, and God is gold; thus, when we minister Christ to others, supplying them with oil, we are actually supplying them with God; God is flowing out from us into them—Zech. 4:12-14; John 7:38-39; 2 Cor. 3:3, 6, 8; Luke 10:34. 

§ Day 4 & Day 5 

II. “But if that evil slave says in his heart, My master delays, and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eats and drinks with the drunken, the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, and will cut him asunder and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. In that place there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth”—Matt. 24:48-51: 

A. To say in our heart that our Master delays is to love the present evil age and not to love the Lord's appearing—2 Tim. 4:8, 10: 

1. The Greek word for coming is parousia, which means “presence”; to love the Lord's appearing, His coming, we must love His appearing, His presence, today—Matt. 24:3, 37; Acts 26:16; 2 Cor. 2:10; Hymns, #389. 

2. As long as we have today, we should love the Lord and His appearing, awaiting His coming and taking His coming as a warning, an encouragement, and an incentive—2 Tim. 4:8; Phil. 3:20; Rev. 22:12. 

3. We need to watch and be ready for His coming—Matt. 25:13; 24:44; Rev. 19:7. 

4. We need to beware of covetousness, not storing up treasure for ourselves but being rich toward God—Luke 12:16-20; 2 Cor. 6:10; Eph. 3:8. 

5. We need to remember Lot's wife, not loving and treasuring the evil world that God is going to judge and utterly destroy—Luke 17:28-32. 

6. We need to be watchful and beseeching so that the day of the Lord's coming would not come upon us suddenly as a snare—21:34-36; cf. Matt. 2:3. 

7. “Come, Lord Jesus!”—this should be the longing, cry, and constant prayer of those who love the Lord and His appearing—Rev. 22:20; Titus 2:12-13. 

B. To beat our fellow slaves is to mistreat fellow believers—cf. Acts 9:4: 

1. We should not judge and condemn our fellow believers but be kind to them, tenderhearted, forgiving them even as God in Christ forgave us—Luke 6:37; Eph. 4:31-32. 

2. We should not revile or criticize our brothers but consider them more excellent than ourselves—1 Cor. 6:10-11; Phil. 2:3, 29. 

3. We should not lord it over our fellow believers (such as making decisions for them) but serve them as a slave to feed them with the resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit—1 Pet. 5:3; Matt. 20:25-28; cf. Num. 17:8. 

§ Day 6 

C. To eat and drink with the drunken is to keep company with worldly people, who are drunk with worldly things: 

1. Because of their divine nature and holy standing, the believers should not be yoked together with the unbelievers; this should be applied to all intimate relationships between believers and unbelievers, not only to marriage and business—2 Cor. 6:14; 1 Cor. 15:33; cf. Prov. 13:20. 

2. We need to flee youthful lusts and pursue the all-inclusive Christ with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart—2 Tim. 2:22. 

D. The faithful and prudent slave will be rewarded with the authority to rule in the manifestation of the kingdom, whereas the evil slave will be cut off from the glorious Christ, from the glory of His kingdom, and from His glorious presence in His kingdom—Matt. 24:47, 51: 

1. To be cut off from the manifestation of the kingdom is to be cast into the outer darkness, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth: 

a. The outer darkness is the darkness outside the bright glory in the manifestation of the kingdom—16:28; 25:30. 

b. Weeping indicates regret, and gnashing of teeth indicates self blame. 

2. To reign with Christ over the nations in the millennial kingdom will be a prize to His faithful and prudent slaves—Rev. 2:26; Luke 19:17-19.