晨興聖言-基督徒的生活(W2-3)

第二週 • 週三

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晨興餧養

羅六5         我們若在祂死的樣式裏與祂聯合生長，也必要在祂復活的樣式裏與祂聯合生長。

林前十五45   經上也是這樣記着：『首先的人亞當成了活的魂』；末後的亞當成了賜生命的靈。

 

在成為肉體裏，基督為着救贖成了肉體（約一14、29）；然後，在復活裏，祂為着分賜生命（十10下）成了賜生命的靈。…我們一信入祂，祂就進到我們的靈裏，我們就聯於祂這賜生命的靈。因此，我們與祂成為一靈（林前六17）。我們的靈被點活，並與祂一同復活（聖經恢復本，林前十五45註1）。

在接枝時，枝子與樹都必須被切割。…然後…接在一起。兩個傷口相接，纔能接起來，纔會有生長。…主耶穌何時被切割？在十字架上。主耶穌的傷口在等候罪人。祂的肋旁已被扎，血已流出來。…罪人何時被切割？他也是在十字架上被切割。當他悔改並接受主時，就經歷這切割。…在罪人的傷口與主耶穌的傷口相遇的地方，二者接在一起。主開始活在這新接的枝子裏，並長在他裏面以供應他。

〔在羅馬六章十五節〕保羅…乃是說，我們在被切割的地方，被接到主裏面。接枝就是生長。我們不是先接枝，然後開始生長。我們乃是在祂死的樣式裏被接到祂裏面，同時也與祂聯合生長（李常受文集一九七九年第一冊，三八三至三八五頁）。

信息選讀

羅馬六章五節裏接枝與生長〔中的〕…第一面是在祂死的樣式裏，說到我們被接到祂裏面。第二面是在祂復活的樣式裏，說到祂進到我們裏面，長在我們裏面。

起初的接枝與主的死有關。祂是真葡萄樹。祂被釘十字架時，徹底被切割。現今祂被切割的傷口在等候悔改的罪人，祂這賜生命的靈運行在我們裏面，搜尋我們裏面的人，光照我們，使我們悔改。我們的憂傷和眼淚就是我們所接受的切割。我們沒有選擇，只有相信主，並求祂拯救我們：『主阿，感謝你為我死，感謝你為我流血，感謝你拯救我。』這就是我們被接到祂裏面，並在祂死的樣式裏與祂聯合生長的時候（李常受文集一九七九年第一冊，三八五頁）。

接樹的人都知道，接枝要成功，就需要兩方面的死。第一是需要被接的一方死，第二是需要接上去的一方死。這兩方面都死，接枝纔能成功。在基督這一面，祂這大衛的枝子，有一天在十字架上死了；祂在肉體裏雖然死了，在靈裏卻復活了（彼前三18下）。祂一經過死而復活，就成了賜生命的靈（林前十五45下）。祂成了那靈，在祂這一面就豫備妥當了。在我們這一面來說，我們原來是罪人，我們需要悔改並接受主。我們一悔改接受主，主這賜生命的靈就進到我們的靈裏，把神的生命擺在我們裏面。這個生命是死而復活的生命，因此就把死而復活的這個門竅，帶到我們這相信基督、與基督同死同復活的人裏面。這樣，我們就在死與復活裏，與基督接在一起（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊，六二五至六二六頁）。

參讀：經歷神生機的救恩等於在基督的生命中作王，第四篇。

WEEK 2—DAY 3

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 6:5 For if we have grown together with Him in the likeness of His death, indeed we will also be in the likeness of His resurrection.

1 Cor. 15:45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.

In incarnation [Christ] became flesh for redemption (John 1:14, 29); then, in resurrection He became a life-giving Spirit for the imparting of life (10:10b)…When we believe into Him, He enters our spirit, and we are joined to Him as the life-giving Spirit. Hence, we become one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17). Our spirit is made alive and is resurrected with Him. (1 Cor. 15:45, footnote 1)

When a branch is grafted, both it and the tree must be cut…and then grafted together…When the two wounds kiss each other, the graft can take, and there will be the growth. When was the Lord Jesus cut? It was on the cross. The wound of the Lord Jesus is waiting for sinners. His side has been pierced; the blood shed. When is the sinner cut? He too has been cut on the cross. He experiences this cutting when he repents and receives the Lord. At the site where the wound of the sinner [meets] the wound of the Lord Jesus, they [are] grafted together. The Lord [begins] to live and grow in this newly grafted branch to supply him.

[In Romans 6:5 Paul] is saying that in the place where we were cut, we were grafted into the Lord. This grafting is the growing. We are not first grafted and then begin to grow. Rather, we have been grafted into Him in the likeness of His death and have grown together with Him all at the same time. (CWWL, 1979, vol. 1, “Life Messages, Volume 2,” pp. 287-288)

Today’s Reading

The first aspect [of grafting and growing together in Romans 6:5] is in the likeness of His death and refers to our being grafted into Him. The second is in the likeness of His resurrection and refers to His coming into us to grow in us.

The initial grafting is related to the Lord’s death. He is the true vine. When He was crucified, He was thoroughly cut. Now His cut wound is waiting for the repentant sinners, and He as the life-giving Spirit moves in us, searching our inner being, enlightening us so that we repent. Our grief and tears are the cut we receive. We have no choice but to believe in the Lord and ask Him to save us: “O Lord, thank You that You died for me. Thank You for shedding Your blood for me. Thank You, Lord, for saving me.” This is the time when we are grafted into Him and grow together with Him in the likeness of His death. (CWWL, 1979, vol. 1, “Life Messages, Volume 2,” p. 288)

A grafter knows that in order to have a successful grafting, both of the grafting parts need to be cut and to die. First, the part to be grafted has to die, and second, the part to be grafted into has to die also. Only when both sides die can the grafting be accomplished. On Christ’s side, one day, as the branch of David, He died on the cross; however, although He died in the flesh, He was resurrected in the Spirit (1 Pet. 3:18b). Through death and resurrection He became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). By becoming such a Spirit, Christ was ready for the grafting. On our side, as sinners, we need to repent and receive the Lord. Once we repent and receive Him, He as the life-giving Spirit enters into our spirit and puts the divine life in us. This life is a life of death and resurrection. Hence, He brings the key to death and resurrection into us who have believed in Him and have died and resurrected with Him. Thus, in this death and resurrection we are grafted together with Christ. (CWWL, 1994- 1997, vol. 5, “The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life,” pp. 496-497)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life,” ch. 4