晨興聖言-認識、經歷、並活包羅萬有的基督...(W5-6)
第五週■週六
晨興餧養
約十四13『你們在我的名裏無論求甚麼，我必作成，叫父在子身上得榮耀。』
十六24『向來你們沒有在我的名裏求甚麼，現在你們求，就必得着，叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。』
26『到那日，你們要在我的名裏求…。』
在基督徒中間，有好些人不知道禱告應該在主的名裏。許多基督徒禱告時，常說是靠主的寶血，或者是靠主的功勞。但是在聖經裏面，卻清楚告訴我們，禱告是要在主的名裏。
在主的名裏禱告，就是我們與主聯合，讓神從我們身上彰顯出來的意思。千萬不要以爲，『在主的名裏』是一句話，或是一個格式，好像每逢禱告完了的時候，都必須說這麼一聲。…不一定加上『在主的名裏』就有那個實際，也不一定不加上『在主的名裏』就沒有那個實際。這不是『等因奉此』的問題，乃是有沒有那個實際的問題。所有真實在主的名裏禱告的人，都是與主聯合爲一的，所以他的禱告就是主的禱告，他求就是主求。也可以說，主就是他，他就是主。他已經與主聯合到一個地步，二者成爲一了（李常受文集一九五九年第四册，二八二、二八五頁）。
信息選讀
在主的名裏禱告，就是指着你這個禱告的人是與主聯合的，你禱告就是主禱告。你在主的名裏禱告，就是主和你一同禱告。…弟兄姊妹，有相當多的時候，我們雖然是在那裏禱告，但是不能說，我們是在主的名裏禱告。因爲你知道那不過是你那樣禱告，主並不那樣禱告。…所以末了結束的時候，你應該說，『神阿，我是在自己的名裏禱告，因爲根本是我自己在神面前禱告，不是主在我裏面禱告。』真實在主的名裏禱告，必須是你在主裏面禱告，當你這樣禱告的時候，主也在你裏面禱告。
在約翰十四至十六章裏，主耶穌曾明明的點出來，那些在祂裏面活着的人在祂的名裏所作的禱告，就是成全神旨意的禱告。我們初初聽見要在主的名裏禱告，就以爲無論甚麼事都可以在主的名裏求。但是等我們真學了功課的時候，就要發現，我們所要禱告的事情當中，十件事有八件不能禱告，因爲那些事不是主的旨意，主不能和我們一同禱告。所有真實在主名裏的禱告，定規是合乎神旨意的。
從約翰十四至十六章我們可以讀出來，遵行神的旨意和在主的名裏禱告，幾乎就是一件事。你在主的名裏禱告，就等於你在那裏遵行神的旨意。因爲你是一個在主裏面…憑主活着的人，所以你在這裏活着，就是主在這裏活着。請你想想看，這樣的一個人，還能不能在主之外…另有目標？另有傾向？當然不可能！所以我們願意在這裏再題起，神在聖經裏題到關乎禱告的應許，沒有一處像約翰福音這裏這樣寬。祂在這裏說，『凡你們所願意的，祈求就給你們成就。』（十五7）這個應許實在是寬。但是請記得，這一個應許，認真說來，又是很窄的。因爲十四至十六章的禱告，乃是在主裏面的。一面說，凡你們所願意的都給你們；另一面說，這樣的禱告又必須是在主的名裏。當你在自己裏面的時候，雖然你有許多的願意，但是等你一回到主的名裏，你就看見許多的東西你要不來，你的這個願意受了約束（李常受文集一九五九年第四册，二八六至二八七、二九○至二九一頁）。
參讀：基督在信徒裏面長大使神的定旨得完成，第四章。
WEEK 5 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
John 14:13 And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
16:24 Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
26 In that day you will ask in My name…
There are a great number of Christians who do not know that it is necessary to pray in the name of the Lord. Many Christians often say that they pray by the precious blood of the Lord or by the Lord’s merits. The Bible clearly states, however, that we should pray in the name of the Lord.
To pray in the name of the Lord means that we are united with the Lord, and we allow God to be manifested through us. Never consider in the name of the Lord as a phrase or a form that you have to use at the end of every prayer…To add in the name of the Lord does not necessarily mean that there is the reality, and not adding it does not mean that the reality of it is missing. It is not a matter of formality but a matter of reality. A person who truly prays in the name of the Lord is one with the Lord. His prayer, therefore, is the Lord’s asking. He has been united with the Lord to such an extent that the two have become one. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” pp. 209, 211)
Today’s Reading
To pray in the name of the Lord means that you, the praying one, are in union with the Lord. When you pray in the name of the Lord, the Lord prays together with you. Brothers and sisters, when we have prayed, many times we were unable to say that we prayed in the name of the Lord, for we know that it was just our prayer; the Lord would not have prayed that way. So, at the end we should have said, “O God, we are praying in our own name,” for in practice, it is we ourselves, not the Lord praying in us. In order to be in the reality of praying in the Lord’s name, we need to be praying in the Lord. And when we pray thus, the Lord also prays in us.
In John 14 through 16 the Lord Jesus clearly pointed out that prayers in the name of the Lord by those who live in the Lord are prayers that accomplish God’s will. When we first heard that we needed to pray in the name of the Lord, we thought that we could pray for anything in the Lord’s name. But as we learn the lesson, we discover that out of ten matters we want to pray for, we are able to pray for only two. We realize that the other eight are not the Lord’s will and, therefore, the Lord cannot pray together with us. All real prayers in the name of the Lord are surely in accordance with God’s will.
From John 14 through 16 we can see that doing God’s will and praying in the Lord’s name are almost the same thing. When you are praying in the Lord’s name, it is equal to doing God’s will. Because you are one who lives in the Lord and by the Lord, your living is the Lord’s living. Please consider, can such a person still have goals or inclinations outside the Lord? Of course he cannot. Therefore, we would like to mention once again that of all the places in the Bible that are concerned with God’s promise in relation to prayer, none seems as broad as the one here in the Gospel of John. Here the Lord Jesus said, “Ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you” (15:7). In one sense this promise is really broad. But actually speaking, this prayer is also very narrow, because the kind of prayer referred to in John 14 through 16 is a prayer in the Lord. On the one hand, it says that whatever you want will begiven to you, but on the other hand, it says that such prayer needs to be in the Lord’s name. Although you may have many desires when you are in yourself, once you turn and get into the Lord’s name, you will see that your desires become restricted and that there are many things for which you simply cannot ask. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” pp. 212-214)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, “Fulfilling God’s Purpose by Growing in Life and Functioning in Life to Build Up the Church,” ch. 4
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