晨興聖言-按照神對召會的經綸...(W1-1)
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晨興餧養
約一12 ～ 13『凡接受祂的，就是信入祂名的人，祂就賜他們權柄，成爲神的兒女。這等人…乃是從神生的。』
彼後一4『…祂已將又寶貴又極大的應許賜給我們，叫你們…藉着這些應許，得有分於神的性情。』
神當初所造的人，像一個器皿，…爲着是要讓神自己能裝到裏面。然而，在神還沒有裝到人裏面之先，人自己就污穢、敗壞了；所以神來救贖，把人贖回，並且洗淨。但這不過是手續，並不是神的目的。
神最終的目的，乃是要把祂自己作到我們裏面，作我們的生命、一切，作到一個地步，使我們能成爲祂；但這不是說我們就成爲神，和獨一的神一樣了。…我們雖然是從神生的，有祂的生命，成爲祂的兒女，作祂的家、家人，我們卻沒有神那主宰一切、受人敬拜的身位。（李常受文集一九九○年第三册，四九四至四九五頁。）
信息選讀
在召會的歷史上，第二世紀開始時，那些初期講解聖經的教父們，在這件事上，甚至用了一個字，deification，意思是把人『神化』了。所以後來就有人反對，認爲這是異端。但聖經約翰一章十二至十三節說，…我們信的人都是從神生的。從人生的就是人，從神生的也就是神。你我都是從神生的，所以我們也都是神。雖是這樣，我們必須認識，我們沒有神的身位，不能給人敬拜；有神的身位而當得人敬拜的，惟有神自己。
傳統的基督教觀念是，神要我們得救的人作好，作屬靈人，作聖人，但沒有一種觀念說，神要我們作神人。神成爲肉體來到地上，就是一個神而人者，兼有神人二性的奇妙神人。至於我們，不僅爲祂所造，祂還把祂自己生到我們裏面，使我們每一個人都有神的生命和性情，成了神的兒女。（彼後一4。）所以我們這些神所生的人，也都是神人。
神的經綸、計畫就是要把祂自己作成人，又把我們這些祂所造的人作成『神』，叫祂自己『人化』，叫我們眾人『神化』。結果，祂和我們，我們和祂，都成了神人。所以作好人、作屬靈人、作聖人是不彀的。…不要盼望修改自己，因爲神不要你作好人，祂要你作神人。祂是你的生命和一切，目的就是要你能彰顯祂，活出祂來。
神當初造我們時，是按着祂自己的形像和樣式；我們猶如祂的一張照片，有祂的形像，但沒有祂的生命。等到我們重生以後，我們這張照片就成了『真人』，有祂的生命、性情，和祂一樣。祂是神『化成人』，我們是人『化成神』，結果二人成爲一人，都是神人。
爲此，我們需要操練自己，作個神人。…神重生了我們，叫我們得着祂的生命，有祂的性情，並且得以在祂的生命中長大。神在我們裏面增長，我們就長大了。（西二19。）我們要讓神在我們裏面加多，就必須操練我們的靈，因爲神之於人一切正常故事，全都在靈裏。我們越操練我們的靈，神就越在我們裏面運行、加多；結果，我們就能長大成人，成爲一個真正的神人。這是神所要的。（李常受文集一九九○年第三册，四九五至四九七頁。）
參讀：時代的異象，第二篇；長老訓練第五册—關於主今日行動的交通，第一章。
WEEK 1 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
John 1:12-13 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name, who were begotten...of God.
2 Pet. 1:4 ...He has granted to us precious and exceedingly great promises that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature...
When God created man, He created him as a vessel...God’s purpose is to fill
up this vessel with Himself. However, before God filled man up, man
became defiled and corrupted. Hence, God came to redeem man and cleanse
him. But this is only the means; it is not God’s goal.
The ultimate purpose of God is to work Himself into us in order that He
may be our life and everything to us so that one day we can become Him.
But this does not mean that we can become part of the Godhead and be the
same as the unique God...Although we are born of God and have God’s
life to become God’s children, His house, and His household, we do not
have a share in His sovereignty or His person and cannot be worshipped
as God. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing,”
pp. 390-391)
Today’s Reading
In church history, beginning from the second century, some church fathers
who were expounding the Bible used the term deification, which means to
make man God. Later, they were opposed by others and were considered as
heretics. But John 1:12-13 says...[that] we the believers are begotten
of God. What is begotten of man is man, and what is begotten of God must
be God. We are born of God; hence, in this sense we are God.
Nevertheless, we must know that we do not share God’s person and cannot
be worshipped by others. Only God Himself has the person of God and can
be worshipped by man.
The traditional concept in Christianity is that God wants us, the saved ones,
to be good, to be spiritual, and to be holy, but there is no concept
that God wants us to be God-men. When God became flesh and came to
earth, He was both God and man, a wonderful God-man, having both
divinity and humanity. As for us, we are not only created by Him, but we
have Him begotten into us so that every one of us has God’s life and
nature, and we are now God’s children (2 Pet. 1:4). Therefore, as those
begotten of God, we are all God-men.
God’s economy and plan is to make Himself man and to make us, His created
beings, “God” so that He is “man-ized” and we are “God-ized.” In the end
He and we, we and He, all become God-men. Hence, it is not enough for
us to be good men, spiritual men, or holy men...God does not expect us
to improve ourselves, because God is not after our being good men. He
wants us to be God-men. He is our life and everything to us for the
purpose that we would express Him and live Him out.
When God created us, He created us in His image and according to His
likeness. We are like a picture that has His image but is without His
life. After we are regenerated, this picture becomes the “real” person,
having His life and nature, and being the same as He is. He is God
“man-ized,” and we are man “God-ized.” In the end the two become one,
both being God-men.
For this reason we have to exercise ourselves to be God-men...God begot us
so that we can receive His life and nature and can grow in His life.
When God grows within us, we grow (Col. 2:19). In order for God to
increase within us, we have to exercise our spirit because every proper
thing that goes on between God and man depends on the spirit. The more
we exercise our spirit, the more God operates and increases within us.
As a result, we grow up to become genuine God-men. This is what God is
after. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing,”
pp. 391-392)
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