晨興聖言-打美好的仗...(W1-6)
第一週•週六
晨興餧養
提前三 15『倘若我躭延，你也可以知道在神的家中當怎樣行；這家就是活神的召會，真理的柱石和根基。』
提後四 7『那美好的仗我已經打過了，當跑的賽程我已經跑盡了，當守的信仰我已經守住了。』
真理就是三一神，…真理也是神的話，作神聖的啓示，不僅啓示，更傳輸神與基督的實際，以及一切神聖、屬靈事物的實際；因此，神的話也是實際（約十七
17）。話是三一神的說明。這就是說，真理之所是的第四方面—話，實際上就是真理頭三方面—父、子、靈—的說明。所以，實際乃是父神、子神、靈神，也是神聖的話（約翰壹書生命讀經，九八頁）。
信息選讀
每一個作主工作的人，總得維持真理的絕對。…有許多弟兄，有許多姊妹，對真理不彀絕對，是受人事的影響，受情感的影響。…事奉神有一個基本的要求，就是真理不能犧牲。
在聖經裏面，有許多神所定規的和神所命令的，需要神的僕人把它們傳開。我們厭煩那些只說不行的人；但是另一面，一個神的僕人，如果不能傳他所不能行的道，就不能作神的僕人。爲甚麼？因爲真理是絕對的。…人不能因爲他自己行不來而更改神的話。這是真理的絕對。你要超越過你自己而說話，你也要超越過你個人的感情，超越過你個人的關係來說話。這對於神的僕人是一個極大的要求。你不能在你的妻子身上，在你的丈夫身上，在你的兒女身上，是一種作法，可是你對於別的弟兄姊妹，又是一種作法。…真理是絕對的。神是要我們維持祂真理的絕對。神的話是這樣的，那就管他是誰都得這樣。
不是因爲他和我有特別的關係，所以我特別這樣作。如果你這樣作，那你把神的真理降低了。這還不是說你講的完全不是真理，這是說你對於真理不絕對。我們要學習維持真理的絕對。不能因爲他是我的親屬，我就不維持真理的絕對。我跟從的是真理，不是人，我是要維持真理的絕對（倪柝聲文集第三輯第六册，一八三、一八五頁）。
我們學習作神的工，其中一個基本的功課，就是對真理要絕對。聖經中的每一個真理都不和人發生關係。今天人對真理不絕對，乃是因爲真理與自己發生關係。真理因着與人發生關係，所以一個人沒有經歷，他就覺得不能講那個真理；然而不是你能經歷，你就能講。真理本身是絕對的。大衞說，所有的人都說虛謊的話（詩十二
2）。他說這句話的時候，沒有想到自己；在神面前，大衞算他自己這個人並不存在。神的工人不能往自己裏面看。神的真理乃是絕對的，與我們自己不發生任何關係。因爲真理是絕對的，所以我就要委屈自己，把自己擺在一邊（倪柝聲文集第三輯第十一册，一五一頁）。
我們需要敍述我們所信關於基督徒信仰的項目，如基督的神性和人性，使人明白我們是在基督裏的真信徒。眾召會該擔負責任澄清我們的教訓，好爲着真理爭戰，顧到主的恢復，並顧到我們的見證（提前三 15，六 12，提後四 7）（李常受文集一九八○年第二册，五八六頁）。
參讀：約翰壹書生命讀經，第九至十一、十七、三十二、三十九至四十篇。
WEEK 1 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
1
Tim. But if I delay, I write that you may know how one 3:15 ought to
conduct himself in the house of God, which is the church of the living
God, the pillar and base of the truth.
2 Tim. I have fought the good fight; I have finished the 4:7 course; I have kept the faith.
Truth
is the Triune God…Truth is also the Word of God as the divine
revelation, which not only reveals but also conveys the reality of God
and Christ
and of all the divine and spiritual things. Hence, the Word of God also
is reality (John 17:17). The Word is the explanation of the Triune God.
This means that the fourth aspect of what the truth is, the Word, is
actually the explanation of the first three aspects of the truth—the
Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Therefore, reality is God the Father,
God the Son, God the Spirit, and also the divine Word. (Life-study of 1
John, 2nd ed., p. 79)
Today’s Reading
Every
worker of the Lord must uphold the absoluteness of the truth… Many
brothers and sisters are not absolute to the truth; they are affected by
people, things, and personal feelings…A basic requirement for being a
servant of the Lord is to not sacrifice the truth.
The
Bible contains many ordinances and commandments. These ordinances and
commandments are from God, and God’s servants need to preach and announce
them. On the one hand, it is tiresome to consider those who are only
speakers but not doers. On the other hand, we cannot be a servant of God
if we cannot preach beyond what we can practice. This is because the
truth is absolute…We cannot tamper with the truth in any way in order to
justify our own deficiencies. This is what it means to be absolute to
the truth. We have to transcend ourselves, our own feelings, and our own
personal interest in our speaking. This is a high requirement for the
servants of the Lord. We must beware of doing things one way as they
affect other brothers and sisters but doing them another way as they are
applied to our spouse or our children. The truth is always absolute.
God wants us to uphold the absoluteness of the truth. If God’s Word says
something, it is so, no matter who is involved.
We
cannot make exceptions just because of some special relationships. If
we do, we are lowering the standard of God’s truth. I am not talking
about speaking untruths; I am talking about sacrificing the absoluteness
of the truth…We cannot forfeit its absoluteness just because someone is
our relative. We are here to follow the truth, not man, and we are here
to maintain the absoluteness of the truth. (CWWN, vol. 52, “The
Character of the Lord’s Worker,” pp. 151-153)
In
learning to take care of God’s work, one basic lesson is to be absolute
for the truth. No truth in the Bible should be entangled with man’s
condition. Today man is not absolute toward the truth because he
entangles the truth with his own condition. When man entangles the truth
with his own condition, he feels that he cannot speak the truth if he
has not experienced it. Yet we have to realize that it is not our
experience that qualifies us to speak concerning a truth. Truth is
absolute in itself. David said that all men speak falsehood (Psa. 12:2).
When he spoke this word, he was not considering himself. Before God,
David considered himself as nonexistent. God’s servants cannot look
inward into themselves. God’s truth is absolute; it is not involved with
us in any way. Because the truth is absolute, we have to sacrifice
ourselves and put ourselves aside. (CWWN, vol. 57, p. 133)
We
need to state our belief concerning the items of the Christian faith,
such as the deity and humanity of Christ, so that others may realize
that we are genuine believers in Him. The churches should bear the
responsibility to clarify our teachings in order to fight for the truth,
care for the Lord’s recovery, and take care of our testimony (1 Tim.
3:15; 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7). (CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, p. 430)
Further Reading: Life-study of 1 John, msgs. 9-11, 17, 32, 39-40
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