晨興聖言-...主的恢復之中心負擔...(W8-6)
第八週■週六
晨興餧養
羅十六1『我向你們推薦我們的姊妹非比，她是在堅革哩的召會的女執事。』
3 ～ 4『問我在基督耶穌裏的同工，百基拉和亞居拉安；他們爲我的性命，將自己的頸項置於度外，不但我感謝他們，就是外邦的眾召會也感謝他們。』
20『平安的神快要將撒但踐踏在你們的腳下。…』
羅馬十六章給我們看見使徒的一個絕佳的榜樣，他將眾聖徒帶到基督身體全體相調的生活中。乃是在這樣的生活中，我們纔能真正的在生命中作王。
我們必須跟隨使徒的腳蹤；他藉着推薦與問安，將我們帶進基督身體全體相調的生活中，使平安的神，能將撒但踐踏在我們腳下，而我們能得享基督豐富的恩典。（1
～ 16，21 ～ 24，20。）
在十六章，使徒保羅對聖徒一一題名問安，至少有二十七個名字，…並且普徧的問聖徒的安。這給我們看見，他對每一位聖徒都相當的認識、了解、關心。這樣的推薦和問安，不僅說到眾聖徒之間的關切，也說到眾召會之間的交通。因着召會這樣在身體裏的交通，就使平安的神能將撒但踐踏在我們腳下，而我們能得享基督豐富的恩典。（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，六四六至六四七頁。）
信息選讀
保羅發起關切的交通。〔羅十六1 ～ 19，21 ～23。〕他關切聖徒、主的僕人、和眾召會。他是全然浸沉在關切之交通裏的弟兄。羅馬十六章裏所記載一切特別的問安，證明他廣闊的關切。我喜歡本章，因爲本章啓示在這關切的交通裏包括眾召會。這關切的交通是在眾召會裏的眾聖徒中間，也是在眾召會之間。
在一節保羅說，『我向你們推薦我們的姊妹非比，她是在堅革哩的召會的女執事。』非比是女執事，就是服事的人。保羅非常敬重她，在下一節他說，『她素來護助許多人，也護助了我。』護助許多人，或譯作，是許多人的保護者。在原文，保護者是個尊貴的辭，表明幫助、扶持、供應別人的人。…保羅用這辭說到非比，說出她何等受到珍賞並尊敬。非比是姊妹，她不計任何代價，不計任何花費服事別人。我們在召會生活裏若對主認真，也需要不計花費服事召會，並顧念召會。我們若無心顧念召會，就不配實行召會生活。實行召會生活的第一個條件，就是我們要服事召會。…我們在召會生活裏必須〔如同非比姊妹〕是服事的人。
第二，保羅指明我們需要爲召會，將自己的頸項置於度外。保羅在四節題到百基拉和亞居拉說，『他們爲我的性命，將自己的頸項置於度外，不但我感謝他們，就是外邦的眾召會也感謝他們。』我們需要爲召會生活，將自己的性命置於度外。百基拉和亞居拉不把自己的性命看爲寶貴，他們願意不計自己性命的代價顧念召會；所以，外邦世界的眾召會都感謝他們。不要以爲保羅隨便的說到百基拉和亞居拉。他這樣寫有明確的目的，指明我們若真愛主的召會，就需要爲召會，將我們的性命置於度外。我們必須願意付這代價，不但爲一個召會，也爲眾召會。有些親愛的聖徒只顧念他們所在地的召會；這是絕對錯誤的。百基拉和亞居拉是爲着眾召會的。雖然被主定在一個地方是對的，但我們的心應當寬廣，足以包容眾召會。（羅馬書生命讀經，四二四至四二五頁。）
參讀：羅馬書生命讀經，第二十五至二十七、三十、四十六至四十九篇。
WEEK 8 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
Rom. 16:1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church which is in Cenchrea.
3-4 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
20 Now the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly…
Romans 16 gives us an excellent pattern of the apostle in bringing all the saints into the blending life of the entire Body of Christ. It is in such a life that we can truly reign in life.
We
must follow in the footsteps of the apostle. He brought us into the
blending life of the entire Body of Christ by recommendations and
greetings in order that the God of peace may crush Satan under our feet
and we may enjoy the rich grace of Christ (vv. 1-16, 21-24, 20). In
Romans 16 the apostle Paul greeted the saints one by one, mentioning at
least twenty-seven names…Moreover, he greeted the saints generally. This
shows that he had a considerable amount of knowledge, understanding,
and care with regard to every one of them. Such recommendations and
greetings show both the mutual concern among the saints and the mutual
fellowship among the churches. It is by the churches’ fellowship in the
Body that the God of peace will crush Satan under our feet and we will
be able to enjoy the rich grace of Christ. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5,
“The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life,” pp. 515-516)
Today's Reading
Paul
initiated the fellowship of concern [Rom. 16:1-19, 21-23]. He was
concerned for the saints, the Lord’s servants, and for the churches. He
was a brother who was altogether immersed in the fellowship of concern.
All of the particular greetings recorded in Romans 16 are an evidence of
his far-reaching concern. I like this chapter because it reveals that
included in this fellowship of concern are the churches. This fellowship
of concern was among the saints within the churches and between the
churches. In 16:1 Paul says, “I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is
a deaconess of the church which is in Cenchrea.” Phoebe was a
deaconess, that is, a serving one. Paul held her in such high esteem
that in the following verse he said that “she herself has also been the
patroness of many, of myself as well.” The term patroness in Greek is a
word of dignity, denoting one who helps, sustains, and supplies…Paul’s
use of this word with reference to Phoebe discloses how much she was
appreciated and regarded. Phoebe was a sister who served others at any
price and at any cost. If we mean business with the Lord in the church
life, we also need to serve the church and care for it regardless of the
cost. If we lack the heart to care for the church, we are unworthy of
the practice of the church life. The first requirement for the practice
of the church life is that we serve the church…[Like Phoebe] we all must
be the serving ones in the church life.
Second, Paul indicates that we need to risk our necks for the church.
Speaking of Prisca and Aquila, Paul says in 16:4 that they “risked their
own necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the
churches of the Gentiles.” We need to risk our lives for the church
life. Prisca and Aquila did not count their own lives as dear to them;
they were willing to care for the churches at the cost of their own
lives. Therefore, all the churches of the nations, of the Gentile world,
were grateful to them. Do not think that Paul spoke about Prisca and
Aquila in a light way. He wrote with a definite purpose, indicating that
if we truly love the Lord’s church, we need to risk our lives for it.
We must be willing to pay this cost not only for one church but also for
the churches. Some dear saints only care for the church in their
locality. This is absolutely wrong. Prisca and Aquila were for all the
churches. Although it is right to be located by the Lord in a specific
place, our heart should be wide and broad enough to embrace all the
churches. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 360-362)
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