晨興聖言-經營美地...(W12-6)

第十二週•週六

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晨興餧養

弗二21 ～ 22『在祂裏面，全房聯結一起，長成在主裏的聖殿；你們也在祂裏面同被建造，成爲神在靈裏的居所。』

聖地，豫表基督是神分給信徒的分；…聖城，表徵在基督裏神的國；（詩四八1 ～ 2；）聖殿，表徵神在地上的家，召會。（弗二21，提前三15。）這是關乎神經綸的三件緊要的事。（聖經恢復本，王上八48 註1。）

信息選讀

當我們集體享受基督到某一個限度，神就很確定、很真實的在某個地方了。祂在這地上就有了一個確定的地址。…神的家就是『基督股分公司』所在的地方。…林前十四章告訴我們，當基督徒以正確的方式聚集一起的時候，若有人進來，就必俯伏承認神真是在他們中間。換句話說，他們要承認這是神的居所。…神這一個居所，這一個家，…乃是由許許多多與基督相調和的信徒建造而成的。…祂是他們包羅萬有的地。基督是他們所喫的，基督是他們所喝的—基督是他們的一切。

一個基督徒也是基督的。今天早晨他喫了一點基督，今天晚上他又喫了一點基督。他天天喫基督、喝基督，基督就漸漸被他消化，與他調和，以致他和基督就成爲一個。然後當他與其他也是這樣作的基督徒來在一起的時候，他帶來基督，其他基督徒也帶來基督。…無論他們往那裏去，他們總是帶着基督。當他們聚集的時候，他們向神獻上基督，他們一同享受基督，他們也展覽基督。每一次他們說話時，基督就出來了。一切都是基督。這是神的居所，這是神的家。…神的居所就是神的殿。我們若有神的殿，就有神的同在，並有對神的事奉。

這一個神的殿需要…藉着基督作神的權柄而得以擴大。…這是極其真實的。當你我照着我們所陳明的方式一同享受基督的時候，基督權柄的實際就在我們中間。在這樣的享受中，本於這樣的享受，…我們就必十分服從神，也彼此服從。我們要滿了服從。你能信當我們這樣享受基督之後，我們還能彼此吵架麼？你能信在這樣的享受裏，我們還能彼此恨惡麼？這是不可能的。我們組成一支軍隊來與仇敵爭戰，而我們在軍隊裏卻彼此相爭，這是可能的麼？…沒有服從，就沒有軍隊。…若是我們中間有服從，基督的權柄就在我們中間。乃是基督的權柄把神的居所，神的殿擴大了。

那地就是基督自己，而殿和城就是基督的豐滿。基督是元首，基督的豐滿就是身體—召會。…這就是神今日所尋找的。願我們向祂忠信，憑着祂的恩典學習如何享受基督，如何經歷基督，並如何將基督應用到日常生活中。這樣我們就在對祂的經歷和享受中一直長大，直到我們與聖徒們一同進入那美地，在其上經營，使殿和城得以出現。（李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册，四八四至四八九頁。）

要合併到這獨一合併裏的路，就是享受基督、喫基督、有分於基督。這就是爲甚麼新約強調喫的事。主說，『我就是生命的糧。…那喫我的人，也要因我活着。』（約六48，57。）我們喫祂，就在這偉大的合併裏憑祂活着；這合併今天就是基督團體的身體，至終要完成新耶路撒冷。（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，四三八頁。）

參讀：包羅萬有的基督，第十六章；基督爲父用神聖的榮耀所榮耀的結果，第三至五章。

WEEK 12 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Eph. 2:21-22 In whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.

The Holy Land typifies Christ as the portion allotted by God to the believers…; the holy city signifies…the kingdom of God in Christ (Psa. 48:1- 2); and the holy temple signifies…God’s house, the church, on the earth (Eph. 2:21; 1 Tim. 3:15). These are the three crucial things regarding God’s economy. (1 Kings 8:48, footnote 1)

Today’s Reading

When we enjoy Christ in a corporate way to a certain extent, God, in a certain and real sense, will be localized. He will have a definite address on this earth…The home of God is the very place where “Christ Incorporated” is…First Corinthians 14 tells us that when Christians come together in the proper way, people will come in and bow down, acknowledging that God is truly among them. In other words, they will confess that it is the habitation of God…This habitation, this home of God, …is built of Christ mingled and blended with so many believers…He is the all-inclusive and to them. Christ is what they eat, Christ is what they drink—Christ is everything to them.

A Christian is something of Christ. This morning he eats a little of Christ, and this evening he eats a little of Christ. Day by day he eats Christ and drinks Christ. Christ is gradually digested by him and mingled with him so that he and Christ become one. Then when he comes together with other Christians who have done the same thing, he brings Christ and they too bring Christ…Wherever they go, they cannot help but bring Christ. When they meet together, they offer Christ to God, they enjoy Christ together, and they exhibit Christ. Whenever they speak, Christ comes out. Everything is Christ. This is the habitation of God; this is the home of God…The habitation of God is the temple of God. And if we have the temple of God, we have the presence of God and the service of God.

But this temple of God needs enlargement…It is enlarged by Christ as the authority of God…This is exceedingly real. When you and I enjoy Christ together in the way that we have shown, the reality of the authority of Christ is among us. In such an enjoyment and out of such an enjoyment, we will be very submissive to God and to one another. We will be full of submission. Can you believe that after enjoying Christ in such a way we could quarrel with each other? Can you believe that in such an enjoyment we could hate one another? It is impossible. Is it possible for us to be formed as an army to fight the enemy and yet within the army to be fighting with each other?…Without submission there is no army…If there is submission among us, the authority of Christ is among us. It is the authority of Christ that enlarges the habitation of God, the temple of God.

The land is Christ Himself, and the temple and the city are the fullness of Christ. Christ is the Head, and the fullness of Christ is the Body, the church… This is what God is seeking today. May we be faithful to Him and learn by His grace how to enjoy Christ, how to experience Christ, and how to apply Christ to our daily lives. Then we will continually grow in our experience and enjoyment of Him until that time when with the saints we enter the good land, labor upon it, and the temple and the city come into being. (The Allinclusive Christ, pp. 191-194)

The way to be incorporated into this unique incorporation is to enjoy Christ, to eat Him, to partake of Him. This is why the New Testament stresses the matter of eating. The Lord said, “I am the bread of life…He who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me” (John 6:48, 57). When we eat Him, we live by Him in this great incorporation, which today is the corporate Body of Christ and which eventually consummates the New Jerusalem. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Issue of Christ Being Glorified by the Father with the Divine Glory,” p. 347)

Further Reading: The All-inclusive Christ, ch. 16; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Issue of Christ Being Glorified by the Father with the Divine Glory,” chs. 3-5