晨興聖言--認識、經歷、並活包羅萬有的基督...(W6-3)
第六週■週三
晨興餧養
西三16『當用各樣的智慧,讓基督的話豐豐富富的住在你們裏面,用詩章、頌辭、靈歌,彼此教導,互相勸戒,心被恩感歌頌神。』
提後三16 ~ 17『聖經都是神的呼出,對於教訓、督責、改正、在義上的教導,都是有益的,叫屬神的人得以完備,爲着各樣的善工,裝備齊全。』
我們需要基督的平安作仲裁來保守我們在一裏,使基督能對我們說話。然後我們需要讓神的話居首位。如果我們這樣作,我們就經歷神話語的功用。
首先,神的話光照我們。…因着神的話滿了光,並且光照我們,就使我們清楚許多事情。
其次,神的話是食物,滿了滋養。這意思是說,神的話光照我們的時候,就滋養我們。
神的話也解我們的乾渴。乾渴比飢餓還要嚴重。…倘若我們沒有水,我們簡直活不了。
神的話〔也〕使我們剛強。基督徒所以輭弱,乃因他們乾渴,營養不良。又饑又渴的人無法剛強起來(歌羅西書生命讀經,七一五、七○九至七一○頁)。
信息選讀
如果我們經歷了神的話滋養我們、加強我們,我們不僅靈裏剛強,魂裏也是剛強的。換句話說,我們在心理上、在屬靈上,都是剛強的。不僅如此,神的話甚至使我們的身體也強壯起來。…神的話在我的靈裏,使我的靈剛強、喜樂。這種力量和喜樂,有助於我身體的健康。我們在靈裏、在精神上喜樂的時候,我們的身體也健康,這乃是一個事實。…神的話使我們靈裏剛強,也使我們魂裏剛強。我們在靈裏、在魂裏得着加強,我們的身體就健康了。神的話是上好的良藥,使我們剛強,並醫治我們。
神的話也洗滌我們。神的話生機的、新陳代謝的洗滌我們的全人。
不僅如此,神的話也把我們建造起來。我們旣是召會—身體—的肢體,就必須建造起來。我們都有怪僻,所以人就很難對付我們,更不用說把我們建造起來。然而,神的話能在裏面摸着我們,使我們能在召會中建造起來。因着我們在自己裏面都有怪僻,若不是基督的話住在我們裏面,我們就無法這樣建造起來。雖然基督的平安在我們裏面作仲裁,但不是基督的平安把我們建造起來。這平安保守我們在正確的光景中,讓神的話來完成建造的工作。…把我們建造起來的乃是基督的話。
…神的話越在我們中間釋放出來,我們就越有建造。神的話也使人完備並完全。…嬰孩在器官上是完備的,但在功用上還不完備。小孩子身體上的器官要合式的盡功用,就需要長大。完全總是藉着長大而有的。小孩子越長大,他的功用就越完備、越完全。在屬靈的經歷上也是這樣。我們旣是基督身體上的肢體,就都該盡功用。但如果我們要盡功用,就必須先藉着神的話得以完全。因爲神的話滋養我們,我們就長大。然後藉着長大,就產生功用。我們由神的話所得的滋養,使我們這些身體上的肢體得以完備並完全。因這緣故,我們說,神的話使我們完全。
神的話的確在美德的事上造就我們。我們越有神的話,就越有美德。我們的恩慈、忍耐、智慧、謙卑,都要因着神的話而加增(歌羅西書生命讀經,七一○至七一二頁)。
參讀:出埃及記生命讀經,第五十九篇。
WEEK 6 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Col. 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
2 Tim. 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
We need the arbitrating peace of Christ to preserve us in oneness that the Lord may speak to us. Then we need to give first place to the word of God. If we do this, we shall experience the functions of the word of God.
First, the word of God enlightens us…Because God’s word is full of light and it enlightens us, it can make us very clear about many different things.
Second, the word of God is food, full of nourishment. This means that God’s word nourishes us while it enlightens us.
The word of God also quenches our thirst. Thirst is even more serious than hunger…If we do not have water, we simply have no way to live.
The word of God [also] strengthens us. Christians are weak because they are thirsty and undernourished. No one who is hungry and thirsty can be strong. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 575, 571)
Today’s Reading
If we experience the word of God nourishing us and strengthening us, we shall be strong not only in spirit, but also in our soul. In other words, we shall be strong psychologically as well as spiritually. Furthermore, God’s word will even strengthen us physically…God’s word in my spirit makes myspirit strong and happy. This strength and happiness help me to be healthy physically. It is a fact that when we are happy spiritually and psychologically, we shall be healthy in body. The word of God makes us strong in spirit and also in soul. Strengthened in spirit and soul, we shall be healthy in body. The word of God is the best cure; it strengthens us and it heals us.
The word of God also washes us. It washes our being organically and metabolically.
Furthermore, the word of God builds us up. As members of the church, the Body, we all need to be built up. Because we are peculiar, it is difficult for anyone to deal with us, much less to build us together. However, the word of God can touch us inwardly and make it possible for us to be built up in the church. Because we are peculiar in ourselves, we cannot be built up inthis way unless the word of Christ inhabits us. Although the peace of Christ arbitrates within us, it is not the peace which builds us up. The peace keeps us in the proper situation for the building work to be done by God’s word… It is the word of Christ which builds us up…The more the word of God is released among us, the more building up there will be.
The word of God also completes and perfects…A baby is complete in organs, but not in functions. In order for a child’s bodily organs to function properly, the child needs to grow. Perfection always comes by the way of growth. The more a child grows, the more his functions are completed and perfected. The same is true in spiritual experience. As members of the Body, we all should function. But if we would function, we first need to be perfected by the word of God. Because God’s word nourishes us, we have growth. Then through the growth, the functions come forth. The nourishment we receive from the word of God completes us and perfects us as members of the Body. For this reason, we say that the word of God perfects us.
The word of God truly edifies us in the matter of virtues. The more we have of the word of God, the more virtues we shall have. Our kindness, patience, wisdom, and humility will all be increased by the word of God. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 571-573)
Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msg. 59
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