晨興聖言-...主的恢復之中心負擔...(W1-6)
第一週■週六
晨興餧養
撒上三21『耶和華繼續在示羅顯現；因爲耶和華在示羅藉着祂的話，將祂自己啓示給撒母耳。』
啓二7『那靈向眾召會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽。…』
路十39『她有一個妹妹，名叫馬利亞，在主腳前坐着聽祂的話。』
主耶穌在肉體裏爲我們捨了自己之後，祂復活了，並且在復活裏成了賜生命的靈。（林前十五45。）祂作爲賜生命的靈，乃是說話的靈。凡祂所說的，都是洗滌我們的話。以弗所五章二十六節裏的『話』，希臘原文不是logos，婁格斯，常時的話，乃是rhema，雷瑪，指卽時的話，就是主現在對我們所說的話。作爲賜生命的靈，主不是靜默的，祂不斷的說話。如果你接受祂作人位，你會發現祂何等渴望在你裏面說話。偶像是啞吧，但內住的基督總是在說話。沒有一個接受基督作他生命和人位的人，是靜默不言的。相反的，他會受基督的困迫而說話。（以弗所書生命讀經，五六一頁。）
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〔那靈〕乃是洗滌我們的水。…每一次祂在我們裏面說話時，我們就經歷了潔淨。…這潔淨乃是新陳代謝的潔淨，除掉老舊的成分，並以新的成分來頂替。…我們乃是藉着內裏新陳代謝的潔淨，纔有變化。藉着基督這賜生命之靈的說話所產生新陳代謝的潔淨，我們就真正的得以改變並被變化。
因爲這內裏的變化發生在我們裏面，所以在召會生活中不需要外面的改正。神經綸的路，不是在外面改正我們。祂的路乃是叫基督來爲我們捨了自己，然後作賜生命的靈進到我們裏面。就實際說，主的同在與祂的說話乃是一。每當祂說話時，我們就知道祂在我們裏面，與我們同在。在我們裏面賜生命之靈的說話，就是潔淨我們內裏所是的水。這潔淨的水把新的元素留在我們裏面，頂替我們本性和性情裏老舊的元素。這新陳代謝的潔淨，使生命有真正的改變。這種改變就是我們所說的變化。外面的改正沒有價值。召會所需要的乃是內裏新陳代謝的潔淨，這種潔淨出自我們讓那是賜生命之靈的基督，作我們的生命和人位。（以弗所書生命讀經，五六二至五六三頁。）
召會在主面前受水的洗淨，就是說，基督的生命要對付那不是出於基督的部分。…洗淨了纔能成爲聖別。而洗淨的根據，都在乎主的話（『雷瑪』）上。如果不知道主的話，就沒有方法知道洗淨和聖別。…許多難處就在這裏—沒有神的話。基督的身體不能得着建造的緣故，就是因爲光有外面，而沒有裏面。基督信仰的根基，是在主的說話上。召會能長進不能長進，都是在主的說話上。我們應該有一個禱告的中心，就是巴不得主說話。主說話能使我們達到神永遠的旨意。
真實的長進是要從神那裏直接得着話。神的工作是用祂的『雷瑪』，神要對我們說話。…聖經的價值，就是在於神能藉着它對人說話。我們如果要在主的手中作一個有用處的人，我們就要有主對我們所說的話。所有的建造，能不能算是屬靈的，就在於主有沒有對我們說話。知識、道理，都沒有屬靈的用處，惟有主對我們說的話纔有屬靈的用處。（倪柝聲文集第二輯第十四册，六七至六九頁。）
參讀：歌中的歌，第六段；聖經中的基本啓示，第十一章；以弗所書生命讀經，第五十四至五十五篇
WEEK 1 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
1 Sam. 3:21 And Jehovah continued to appear in Shiloh, for Jehovah revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of Jehovah.
Rev. 2:7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches…
Luke 10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, who also sat at the Lord's feet and was listening to His word.
After the Lord Jesus gave Himself for us in the flesh, He was resurrected and in resurrection became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). As the lifegiving Spirit, He is the speaking Spirit. Whatever He speaks is the word that washes us. The Greek word rendered “word” in Ephesians 5:26 is not logos, the constant word, but rhema, which denotes the instant word, the word the Lord presently speaks to us. As the life-giving Spirit, the Lord is not silent; He is constantly speaking. If you take Him as your person, you will discover how much He desires to speak within you. Idols are dumb, but the indwelling Christ is always speaking. No one who takes Christ as his life and his person can remain silent. On the contrary, he will be constrained by Christ to speak. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 465)
Today's Reading
This Spirit is the water that washes us…Every time He speaks within us, we should experience cleansing. This cleansing is a metabolic cleansing that removes what is old and replaces it with what is new…It is by the inward, metabolic cleansing that we have transformation. By the metabolic cleansing that comes from the speaking of Christ as the life-giving Spirit, we are truly changed, transformed.
Because such an inward transformation is taking place within us, there is no
need for outward correction in the church life. God’s way in His
economy is not to change us outwardly. His way is for Christ to give
Himself up for us and then to come into us as the life-giving Spirit. In a very practical sense, the Lord’s presence is one with His speaking. Whenever He speaks, we realize His presence within us. This speaking of the life-giving Spirit within is the water that cleanses our inner being. This cleansing water deposits a new element into us to replace the old element in our nature and disposition. This metabolic cleansing causes a genuine change in life. This change is what we mean by transformation. Outward correction has no value. What the church needs is the inward metabolic cleansing that comes from allowing Christ as the life-giving Spirit to be our life and our person. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 466-467)
The meaning of the church being cleansed by the washing of water is thatTrue growth depends upon our receiving the word directly from God. God is using His rhema to do His work, and He desires to speak to us…The real value of the Scriptures is that God can speak to man through them. If we desire to be useful in the Lord’s hands, we must be spoken to by the Lord. Whether or not our building is spiritual depends upon whether the Lord has spoken to us. Knowledge and doctrine are of no spiritual use. Only the Lord’s speaking in us is of spiritual value. (CWWN, vol. 34, “The Glorious Church,” pp. 56-58)
the life of Christ deals with every part that is not out of Christ…Sanctification can only come after cleansing, and the basis of cleansing is the Lord’s word, the rhema. If we do not know the Lord’s word, there is no way for us to be cleansed and sanctified…Many difficulties have their root in…the lack of God’s word. The reason the Body of Christ cannot be built is because we merely have something outward, not something inward. The whole basis of the Christian faith depends upon the Lord’s speaking. The growth of the church also depends upon the word which the Lord speaks. Therefore, the central point of our prayers should be our longing for the Lord’s speaking. Oh, may the Lord speak to us! The Lord’s word being spoken to us will enable us to attain the eternal purpose of God.
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