晨興聖言-...主的恢復之中心負擔...(W3-5)

第三週■週五

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撒下七14『我要作他的父,他要作我的子…。』

羅一3 ~ 4『論到祂的兒子,我們的主耶穌基督:按肉體說,是從大衞後裔生的,按聖別的靈說,是從死人的復活,以大能標出爲神的兒子。』

在撒下七章十二節神題到大衞的後裔,在十四節上半祂說,『我要作他的父,他要作我的子。』…這些經節清楚揭示,人的後裔,就是人的兒子,能成爲神的兒子。這含示神的目的,是要使祂自己成爲人,爲要使人在生命和性情上(但不在神格上)成爲神。這樣的含示意義極其重大。…新耶路撒冷,就是聖經的終極完成,乃是神成爲人,並且人在生命和性情上(但不在神格上)成爲神;神和人調和在一起,成爲一個實體。(撒母耳記生命讀經,二四八至二四九頁。)

信息選讀

聖經啓示一位奇妙、美妙者—神人耶穌基督。這一位旣是神的兒子,也是人的兒子。有一次,法利賽人聚集的時候,主耶穌問他們說,『論到基督,你們怎麼看?祂是誰的子孫?』(太二二41 ~ 42上。)他們說,『是大衞的。』(42 下。)祂接着對他們說,『這樣,大衞在靈裏怎麼還稱祂爲主…?大衞旣稱祂爲主,祂怎麼又是大衞的子孫?』(43,45。)法利賽人不知道爲甚麼,他們無法回答。這裏主耶穌指明,祂這大衞的後裔,乃是神的兒子;這正是撒下七章十二至十四節上半所啓示的。

撒下七章所啓示的,保羅在羅馬一章三至四節加以解釋;他告訴我們,基督這大衞的後裔,已被標出爲神的兒子。…這就是神成爲人,爲要使人在生命和性情上(但不在神格上)成爲神的奧祕。…在基督裏,神構成到人裏面,人也構成到神裏面;神與人已調和在一起,成了一個實體,稱爲神人。

神在基督裏正將祂自己構成到人裏面,將祂自己作成人的元素。因此,我們這些人就由神的元素所構成。這意思是,神聖的元素建造到我們人的元素裏,這兩種元素彼此調和。不僅神那神聖的元素構成到我們裏面,人的元素也構成到神裏面。當神的元素構成到我們的人性裏,我們就在生命和性情上(但不在神格上)成爲神。當人的元素構成到神裏面,神就成爲人。這就是新約中所啓示的建造。

這樣的啓示該成爲管制我們領會神和神建造的原則。當我們談論召會的建造,或是身體的建造,我們必須領悟,這建造乃是神的元素構成到人的元素裏,以及人的元素構成到神的元素裏。因此,這建造是神的元素與人的元素彼此的構成。這樣的構成使神的元素和人的元素成爲一個實體。這就是召會的建造,也就是基督身體的建造。

今天我們爲主作工,應該有分於這建造。這意思是,我們的工作必須是這相互構成的一部分。我們的工作若與這相互構成無關,那麼在神眼中,我們的工作就像是木、草、禾稭。(林前三12。)但我們的工作若是這相互構成的一部分,神就要看我們的工作是金、銀、寶石,要終極完成於用金子、珍珠、寶石所建造的新耶路撒冷。(啓二一2,11,18 ~21。)(撒母耳記生命讀經,二五○至二五二頁。)

參讀:撒母耳記生命讀經,第二十八至三十一篇。

WEEK 3 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

2 Sam. 7:14 I will be his Father, and he will be My son…

Rom. 1:3-4 Concerning His Son, who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh, who was designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

In 2 Samuel 7:12 God spoke of David’s seed, and in verse 14a He said, “I will be his Father, and he will be My son.”…These verses clearly unveil that a seed of man, that is, a son of a man, can become the Son of God. This implies that God’s intention is to make Himself man in order to make man God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. Such an implication is exceedingly great…The New Jerusalem, the ultimate consummation of the Bible, involves God becoming man and man becoming God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead, and God and man being mingled together to be one entity. (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, p. 203)

Today's Reading

The Bible reveals a wonderful, marvelous person—Jesus Christ, the Godman. This One is both the Son of God and the Son of Man. On one occasion when the Pharisees were gathered together, the Lord Jesus questioned them, saying, “What do you think concerning the Christ? Whose son is He?” (Matt. 22:41-42a). When they said to him “David’s,” He went on to say to them, “How then does David in spirit call Him Lord…? If then David calls Him Lord, how is He his son?” (vv. 43, 45). The Pharisees could not understand this, and they were not able to answer Him. Here the Lord Jesus was indicating that He, the son of David, was the Son of God—the very matter revealed in 2 Samuel 7:12-14a.

What is revealed in 2 Samuel 7 is expounded by Paul in Romans 1:3-4, where he tells us that Christ, a descendant of David, has been designated the Son of God…This is the mystery of God becoming man to make man God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead…In Christ God has been constituted into man, man has been constituted into God, and God and man have been mingled together to be one entity, which is called the God-man.

God in Christ is constituting Himself into man, making Himself the element of man. Thus, we human beings are constituted with a divine element. This means that a divine element is built into our human element, and the two elements are mingled with each other. Not only is God’s divine element constituted into us—the human element is constituted into God. As the divine element is constituted into our humanity, we become God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. As the human element is constituted into God, God becomes man. This is the building revealed in the New Testament.

Such a revelation should become a principle that governs our understanding of God and of God’s building. When we talk about the building up of the church or about the building up of the Body, we need to realize that this building is a constitution of the divine element into the human element and of the human element into the divine element. This building, therefore, is a constitution of the divine element and of the human element into each other. Such a constitution makes the divine element and the human element one entity. This is the building of the church, the building of the Body of Christ.

As we work for God today, we should participate in this building. This means that our work must be part of this mutual constitution. If our work is not related to this mutual constitution, then in the eyes of God our work is like wood, grass, and stubble (1 Cor. 3:12). But if our work is a part of this mutual constitution, God will regard our work as gold, silver, and precious stones, which will consummate in the New Jerusalem built with gold, pearl, and precious stones (Rev. 21:2, 11, 18-21). (Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, pp. 204-206)

Further Reading: Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, msgs. 28-31

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