晨興聖言-享受基督與在生命裏長大...(W1-1)

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晨興餧養

林前一2『…給在哥林多神的召會，就是給在基督耶穌裏被聖別，蒙召的聖徒，同着所有在各處呼求我們主耶穌基督之名的人；祂是他們的，也是我們的。』

9『神是信實的，你們乃是爲祂所召，進入了祂兒子我們主耶穌基督的交通。』

〔林前一章九節裏，〕進入了祂兒子我們主耶穌基督的交通，意卽有分於那與神兒子耶穌基督聯合，並共同享受祂的交通。神已經呼召我們進入這樣的交通，享受基督作祂賜給我們的分。就如二節所說『祂是他們的，也是我們的』。此乃強調基督是信徒惟一中心的重要事實，好解決信徒中間的難處，特別是分裂的難處。（哥林多前書生命讀經，二八頁。）

信息選讀

哥林多前書向我們揭示，我們蒙召所進入的基督，乃是包羅萬有的。祂是神賜給我們的分，（一2，）是神的能力和智慧，成了我們的公義、聖別和救贖。（24，30。）爲着叫我們得榮耀，（二7，羅八30，）祂是榮耀的主。（林前二8。）祂是神的深奧（神深奧的事），（10，）是神建造的惟一根基，（三11，）是我們的逾越節、（五7、）無酵餅、（五8、）靈食、靈水和靈磐石，（十3 ～ 4，）是頭，（十一3，）是身體，（十二12，）是初熟的果子，（十五20，23，）第二個人，（47，）和末後的亞當；（45；）祂是這樣的一位，成了賜生命的靈，（45，）好給我們接受到我們裏面，作我們的一切。神已將這位至少有二十項豐富的包羅萬有者賜給我們，作我們的分，給我們享受。我們該專注於祂，不該專注於祂以外的任何人事物。…我們蒙了神的呼召，乃是進入這樣一位的交通裏。祂這交通成了使徒在祂的身體—召會—中與信徒共享的交通，（徒二42，約壹一3，）也該是我們在祂的筵席上有分於祂的血和身體時，所享受的交通。（林前十16，21。）這樣的交通，就是由聖靈所實施的交通，（林後十三14，）必是惟一的，因爲祂是獨一的；這交通禁止在祂獨一身體的肢體中間有任何分裂。

交通…是指我們與基督已經成爲一，也就是說我們享受基督和祂的一切所是，祂也享受我們和我們的所是。結果，不僅有互相的來往，並且在每一方面都是彼此互相的。基督的一切所是都成了我們的，我們的一切所是也都成爲祂的。…我們已經蒙召進入一種彼此互相裏，我們在其中享受神兒子的所是，在其中我們與祂是一，祂也與我們是一。在哥林多前書的另一處，六章十七節，保羅說，『與主聯合的，便是與主成爲一靈。』我們已經蒙召進入這樣的一裏，在這個一裏，我們享受基督的所是，祂也享受我們的所是。…你也許說，『我當然信我們已經蒙召來享受基督，但基督真能享受我們麼？你可以說這是事實，但我信不來。』然而，基督會說，『孩子，我非常享受你。你不曉得我多麼享受你，甚至你輭弱下沉的時候，我仍舊享受你，因爲我與你是一靈。』

一章九節與二節有關。在二節保羅說，『同着所有在各處呼求我們主耶穌基督之名的人；祂是他們的，也是我們的。』基督是我們的，也是他們的；祂屬於我們和所有其他的信徒。…我們在各處所呼求的主耶穌基督，是我們的主，也是他們的主；是我們的分，也是他們的分。這就是說，眾聖徒都有主作他們獨一的分。原因是我們都已經蒙召，進入了神兒子主耶穌基督的交通。（哥林多前書生命讀經，二八至三○頁。）

參讀：哥林多前書生命讀經，第三至五、十六篇。

WEEK 1 — DAY 1

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Morning Nourishment

1 Cor. 1:2 …To those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is theirs and ours.

            9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Into the fellowship [in 1 Corinthians 1:9] denotes to partake of the fellowship of the union with God’s Son, Jesus Christ, and of the participation in Him. God has called us into such a fellowship that we may enjoy Christ as our God-given portion. This word, like the word in verse 2 concerning Christ’s being theirs and ours stresses again the crucial fact that Christ is the unique center of the believers for the solving of the problems among them, especially the problem of division. (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, second edition, p. 23)

Today’s Reading

First Corinthians unveils to us that the very Christ, into whom we all have been called, is all-inclusive. He is the portion given to us by God (1:2). He is God’s power and God’s wisdom as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption to us (vv. 24, 30). He is the Lord of glory (2:8) for our glorification (v. 7; Rom. 8:30). He is the depths (deep things) of God (1 Cor. 2:10). He is the unique foundation of God’s building (3:11). He is our Passover (5:7), the unleavened bread (v. 8), the spiritual food, the spiritual drink, and the spiritual rock (10:3-4). He is the Head (11:3) and the Body (12:12). He is the firstfruits (15:20, 23), the second man (v. 47), and the last Adam (v. 45); and as such He became the life-giving Spirit (v. 45) that we may receive Him into us as our everything. This all-inclusive One, with the riches of at least twenty items, God has given to us as our portion for our enjoyment. We should concentrate on Him, not on any persons, things, or matters other than Him…It is into the fellowship of such a One that we have been called by God. This fellowship of God’s Son became the fellowship that the apostles shared with the believers (Acts 2:42; 1 John 1:3) in His Body, the church, and should be the fellowship that we enjoy in partaking of His blood and His body at His table (1 Cor. 10:16, 21). Such a fellowship, which is carried out by the Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14), must be unique, because He is unique; it forbids any division among the members of His unique Body.

Fellowship…means that we and Christ have become one. It also means that we enjoy Christ and all He is, and that He enjoys us and what we are. As a result, there is not only a mutual communication but a mutuality in every way. All that Christ is becomes ours, and all that we are becomes His…We have been called into a mutuality in which we enjoy what the Son of God is, and in which we are one with Him and He is one with us. Elsewhere in 1 Corinthians, in 6:17, Paul says, “He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” We have been called into such a oneness. In this oneness we enjoy what Christ is, and He enjoys what we are. You may say, “I certainly believe that we have been called to enjoy Christ. But how can it be true that Christ enjoys us? You may say that this is true, but I find it hard to believe.” Christ, however, would say, “Child, I enjoy you very much. You don’t realize how much I enjoy you. Even when you are weak and low, I still enjoy you, for I am one spirit with you.”

In chapter 1, verse 9 is related to verse 2. In verse 2 Paul says, “With all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, who is theirs and ours.” Christ is ours, and He is also theirs. He belongs to us and to all the other believers…The very Lord Jesus Christ upon whose name we are calling in every place is our Lord and their Lord, our portion and their portion. This means that all the saints have the Lord as their unique portion. The reason for this is that we all have been called into the fellowship of God’s Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, 2nd edition, pp. 23-25)

Further Reading: Life-study of 1 Corinthians, msgs. 3-5, 16