晨興聖言-...主的恢復之中心負擔...(W4-1)

第四週■週一

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晨興餧養

林前十二24『…但神將這身體調和在一起,把更豐盈的體面加給那有缺欠的肢體。』

約壹一7『但我們若在光中行,如同神在光中,就彼此有交通,祂兒子耶穌的血也洗淨我們一切的罪。』

神已將身體調和,將身體調整,使身體和諧,將身體調節,並將身體調在一起。『調和』的希臘文含示失去區別。一位弟兄的特性也許是快,另一位的特性也許是慢。但在身體的生活裏,慢消失了,快也除去了。所有這樣的區別都消失了。神已將所有不同種族和膚色的信徒調和。誰能使黑人和白人失去他們的區別?只有神能作這事。丈夫和妻子惟有藉着失去他們的特性,纔能在他們的婚姻生活中有和諧。

在身體的生活裏,要和諧、調和、調整、相調並調節,我們就必須經過十字架,憑着那靈,爲着基督身體的緣故,將基督分賜給別人。同工和長老必須學習被除去。無論我們作甚麼,都該憑着那靈,分賜基督。再者,無論我們作甚麼,都不該爲着我們的利益,並照着我們的味道,而該爲着召會。只要我們實行這幾點,就會有調和。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册,二○○至二○一頁。)

信息選讀

所有這些點的意思,就是我們該交通。一位同工要作甚麼,就該與其他同工交通。長老該與其他長老交通。交通調節我們,交通調整我們,交通使我們和諧,交通把我們調在一起。我們該忘記自己是慢的或是快的,只要與別人交通。若沒有與其他一同配搭的聖徒交通,我們就不該作甚麼。交通要求我們要作甚麼的時候先停下來。在召會生活裏、在主的工作中,我們在配搭裏都必須學習,沒有交通就不要作甚麼。

在我們中間,該有基督身體所有個別肢體的調和,在某些地區內眾召會的調和,眾同工的調和,以及眾長老的調和。調和的意思是,我們總該停下來與別人交通。這樣,我們會得着許多益處。…我們也許不習慣,但我們開始相調幾次以後,就會嘗到那個味道。在保守基督宇宙身體的一上,這是最有幫助的。今天我們彼此相調非常方便,因爲現今的世代有各種現代化的便利設施。

我們相調在一起,就有十字架與那靈。…要釘十字架,並憑着那在我們裏面的靈作一切事,並不容易。…相調要求我們被除去,…憑着那靈分賜基督,並爲着祂身體的緣故作每件事。

相調的意思是,你被別人摸着,你也摸着別人。但你該以相調的方式摸着別人。要經過十字架,憑着那靈行事,並且作每件事都爲着基督身體的緣故分賜基督。我們來到相調聚會中不該安靜,我們必須豫備自己爲主說話。…你需要被調和、被除去,你也需要學習如何跟隨那靈,爲着基督身體的緣故分賜基督。…這樣的調和不是交際,乃是個別肢體、區內的眾召會、同工們、長老們所享受、經歷、並有分於之基督的調和。…調和是爲着建造基督宇宙的身體,(弗一23,)好照着神的喜悅,完成那作神經綸最終目標的新耶路撒冷。(9 ~ 10,三8 ~10,啓二一2。)(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册,二○一至二○三頁。)

參讀:神聖奧祕的範圍,第六篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 1

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Morning Nourishment

1 Cor. 12:24 …But God has blended the body together, giving more abundant honor to the member that lacked.

1 1:7 John But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin.

God has blended the Body, adjusted the Body, harmonized the Body, tempered the Body, and mingled the Body. The Greek word for blended implies the losing of distinctions. One brother’s distinction may be quickness, and another’s may be slowness. But in the Body life the slowness disappears, and the quickness is taken away. All such distinctions are gone. God has blended all the believers of all different races and colors. Who can make the blacks and the whites lose their distinctions? Only God can do this. A husband and a wife can have harmony in their marriage life only by losing their distinctions.

In order to be harmonized, blended, adjusted, mingled, and tempered in the Body life, we have to go through the cross and be by the Spirit, dispensing Christ to others for the sake of the Body of Christ. The co-workers and elders must learn to be crossed out. Whatever we do should be by the Spirit to dispense Christ. Also, what we do should not be for our interest and according to our taste but for the church. As long as we practice these points, we will have the blending. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “The Divine and Mystical Realm,” pp. 159-160)

Today's Reading

All these points mean that we should fellowship. When a co-worker does anything, he should fellowship with the other co-workers. An elder should fellowship with the other elders. Fellowship tempers us, fellowship adjusts us, fellowship harmonizes us, and fellowship mingles us. We should forget about whether we are slow or quick and just fellowship with others. We should not do anything without fellowshipping with the other saints who are coordinating with us. Fellowship requires us to stop when we are about to do something. In our coordination in the church life and in the Lord’s work, we all have to learn not to do anything without fellowship.

Among us we should have the blending of all the individual members of the Body of Christ, the blending of all the churches in certain districts, the blending of all the coworkers, and the blending of all the elders. Blending means that we should always stop to fellowship with others. Then we will receive many benefits…We may not be used to it, but after we begin to practice blending a few times, we will acquire the taste for it. This is the most helpful thing in the keeping of the oneness of the universal Body of Christ. Today it is very convenient for us to blend with one another because of this modern age with its modern conveniences.

When we blend together, we have the cross and the Spirit…In ourselves it is not easy to be crucified and to do all things by the Spirit…Blending requires us to be crossed out [and] to be by the Spirit to dispense Christ and to do everything for the sake of His Body.

To be blended means that you are touched by others and that you are touching others. But you should touch others in a blending way. Go through the cross, do things by the Spirit, and do everything to dispense Christ for His Body’s sake. We should not come to a blending meeting to be silent. We have to prepare ourselves to say something for the Lord…We need to be tempered and crossed out, and we need to learn how to follow the Spirit to dispense Christ for His Body’s sake. Such a blending is not social but the blending of the very Christ whom the individual members, the district churches, the coworkers, and the elders enjoy, experience, and partake of. The blending is for the building up of the universal Body of Christ (Eph. 1:23) to consummate the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2) as the final goal of God’s economy according to His good pleasure (Eph. 3:8-10; 1:9-10). (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “The Divine and Mystical Realm,” pp. 160-162)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “The Divine and Mystical Realm,” ch. 6

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