晨興聖言-...主的恢復之中心負擔...(W8-1)

第八週■週一

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羅五10『因爲我們作仇敵的時候,且藉着神兒子的死得與神和好,旣已和好,就更要在祂的生命裏得救了。』

     17『若因一人的過犯,死就藉着這一人作了王,那些受洋溢之恩,並洋溢之義恩賜的,就更要藉着耶穌基督一人,在生命中作王了。』

我們是藉着基督的死得着救贖,也是藉着祂的死得着稱義,更是藉着祂的死得以與神和好;這些都是法理的一面。但是羅馬書給我們看見,神的救恩不光有法理的一面,更有生機的一面。這個生機的救恩,就是五章十節所說,更要在祂的生命裏得救。今天我們乃是在這生機救恩的過程中,經過種種過程,叫我們在生命裏得救。

我們在生機的救恩裏得救有多少,我們彰顯出來作王的生活就有多少。在生命中作王,就是我們經歷神生機救恩的驗證。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册,六一六至六一七頁。)

信息選讀

羅馬五章十七節…裏所說洋溢之義的恩賜,是指法理方面的救贖。而洋溢之恩,乃是經過過程的三一神。…我們所得的生命,…使我們作王管理一切。…我們已經在客觀上接受了義,現今還需要不斷的接受洋溢的恩典,(就是經過過程的三一神成爲終極完成的靈,)使我們能在主觀的生命中作王。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册,六一七頁。)

我們需要來到那是恩典的神面前,並且一再領受恩典,直到我們被恩典充滿。…當恩典得以充滿我們,就在我們裏面洋溢,然後在我們裏面作王。作王的恩典總是隨着洋溢的恩典。

我們若缺少恩典,恩典就無法在我們裏面作王。惟有恩典充滿我們到極致,然後從我們滿溢出去,我們纔能經歷恩典作王。恩典作王,罪、死和撒但就被征服,並在我們的腳下,我們也成爲恩典中的王。恩典在我們裏面作王時,我們就在生命中作王。

不要以爲藉着恩典在生命中作王是不可能經歷的。…每當我們被恩典充滿,恩典就滿溢並作王。然後我們就藉着恩典在生命中作王,勝過罪、死和撒但。…在生命中作王的原則啓示在第五章,但在生命中作王的經歷是在第八章。在生命中作王比在基督的生命裏得救更大、更高。

在這事上,道理、教訓和勸勉都沒有用。就一面說,甚至我們的禱告也沒有功效,無法使我們藉着恩典在生命中作王。惟一管用的就是來到神聖的源頭,並從我們這人深處敞開自己,好被神這恩典充滿。我們要被充滿,就必須求主除去所有的絕緣體和阻撓。我們需要禱告:『主,我願意把所有的攔阻除去。我要使自己直接向你敞開。主,以你自己作恩典完全充滿我。』無論你在那裏,在工作中、在學校裏、在車子裏,要一直向主敞開,好被祂這恩典充滿。…你這樣領受恩典,就會被恩典充滿,至終恩典會從你裏面滿溢出來。然後你會藉着恩典在生命中作王,勝過罪、死和撒但。在你的經歷中,這三個仇敵會完全被征服。…罪、死和撒但仍在我們裏面作工。但我們若來到屬天的源頭,並徹底敞開自己,好被恩典充滿,我們就會在生命中作王勝過這一切。這是我們今天在召會生活裏的需要。(羅馬書生命讀經,五九八至五九九頁。)

參讀:羅馬書中所啓示在基督的生命裏得救,第一章;在靈和真實裏的召會生活,三一至三二、三五至三八頁。

WEEK 8 — DAY 1

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Morning Nourishment

Rom. 5:10 For if we, being enemies, were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more we will be saved in His life, having been reconciled.

           17 For if, by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

We were redeemed, justified, and reconciled to God through the death of Christ. This is on the judicial side. However, Romans shows that God’s salvation has not only the judicial aspect but also the organic aspect. The organic salvation is referred to in Romans 5:10…Today we are passing through the processes of God’s organic salvation in order that we may be saved in His life.

How much we are saved in God’s organic salvation determines how much our reigning in life is manifested. Our reigning in life is proof of our experience of God’s organic salvation. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life,” p. 491)

Today's Reading

[In Romans 5:17] the abundance of the gift of righteousness refers to judicial redemption, and the abundance of grace is the processed Triune God. The life that we have received…enables us to reign over all things…We have received righteousness objectively, but we still need to receive continually the abundance of grace (the processed Triune God as the consummated Spirit) that we may reign in life subjectively. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life,” pp. 491-492)

We need to come to the very God who is grace and receive grace again and again until we are filled with grace…When grace is allowed to fill us, it abounds in us and then reigns in us. The reigning grace always follows the abounding grace.

If we are short of grace, grace cannot reign within us. Only when grace fills us up to the brim and then overflows from us can we experience the reigning of grace. When grace reigns, sin, death, and Satan are subdued and are under our feet, and we become kings in grace. As grace reigns in us, we reign in life.

Do not consider that the experience of reigning in life by grace is an impossibility…Whenever we are filled with grace, grace overflows and reigns. Then by grace we reign in life over sin, death, and Satan…The principle of reigning in life is revealed in chapter 5, but the experience of reigning in life is in chapter 8. Reigning in life is greater and higher than being saved in the life of Christ.

Doctrine, teaching, and exhortation are of no avail. In a sense, not even our prayer is effectual in enabling us to reign in life by grace. The only thing that works is to come to the divine source and open ourselves from the depths of our being to be filled with God as grace. In order to be filled, we must ask the Lord to remove all insulation and frustration. We need to pray, “Lord, I am willing for every hindrance to be removed. I want to keep myself directly open to You. Lord, fill me completely with Yourself as grace.” Wherever you are, at work, at school, or in your car, stay open to the Lord to be filled with Him as grace…As you receive grace in this way, you will be filled with grace and eventually grace will overflow from within you. Then you will reign in life by grace over sin, death, and Satan. In your experience these three enemies will be utterly subdued. Sin, death, and Satan are still working within us. But if we come to the heavenly source and open ourselves thoroughly to be filled with grace, we shall reign over them in life. This is our need today in the church life. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 509- 510)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “To Be Saved in the Life of Christ as Revealed in Romans,” ch. 1; CWWL, 1970, vol. 3, pp. 21, 24-25

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