晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W6-6)

第六週 · 週六

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📖晨興餧養

創二八12 『他夢見一個梯子立在地上，梯子的頂通着天，有神的使者在梯子上，上去下來。』

約一51 『又對他說，我實實在在的告訴你們，你們將要看見天開了，神的使者上去下來在人子身上。』

在祂成為伯特利的天梯的事上，基督也對我們說出，神如何渴望在地上得着一個由祂所救贖並變化之選民所構成的家，使祂可以把天帶到地，並把地聯於天，使二者成為一，直到永遠。

神的話就是基督在祂創造的事上，在祂成肉體的事上，在祂成為羔羊的事上，在祂成為賜生命之靈的事上，並在祂成為梯子的事上。在這五件歷史最大的事上，基督為神說話。就這一面的意義我們可以說，創造就是話，成肉體就是話，羔羊就是話，那靈就是話，梯子也是話（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四冊，四二七頁）。

📖信息選讀

施膏緊接着救贖。施膏是藉着鴿子（那靈）而來；鴿子乃是羔羊的繼續。…鴿子—那靈—重生受造的人，變化天然的人，並聯結變化過的人。我們可能處於這三種光景中的任何一種：我們可能是受造的人，需要重生；我們可能是蒙了重生，卻仍相當天然的人，需要變化；我們可能是變化過，卻仍與別人分開，單獨的人，需要與別人聯結。我們若正確地被變化，我們就願意與別人聯結。所以，第一，我們需要重生；第二，我們需要變化；第三，我們需要為着建造與人聯結。鴿子（那靈）重生人，變化人，並使人聯結。我們都在鴿子—那靈—的施膏之下。雖然我們可能不知道或忽略這件事，但主總是在作工要變化我們。

主的確在我們裏面作變化的工作。祂不是大鷹，乃是小鴿子—賜生命的靈（林前十五45）。這只小鴿子乃是小羔羊的繼續。因為羔羊已經死在十字架上，如今乃是鴿子在復活裏工作。一天過一天，作為賜生命之靈的小鴿子在你裏面說話，責備你，並摸着你的心或良心。…就一面說，我們有裏面的安息，就另一面說，這只小鴿子不斷地攪擾我們。這只小鴿子內在的工作就是施膏。

我們都在變化的過程中。…神已經命定我們被變化，來為着祂的建造。…在創造、成為肉體、救贖和施膏之後，就有建造。這建造是為着神的家。神正為祂自己建造一個居所，祂用變化過的人當作石頭（約一42）。讚美主，我們不只在經過變化的工作，也在建造的過程中。神所需要的不是很多石頭，乃是一個家。在永世裏，神需要一個建造的家—伯特利—作祂的居所。

為着主的回來，祂需要以色列國豫備好以及召會得着建造。看看以色列，幾乎已經準備好了。但是以色列需要召會來配她。…主的回來，需要尋求祂的人有扎實的建造。這建造乃是踏腳石，灘頭堡，讓祂能取得地；這建造乃是神人相互的住處。它將是神性和人性，人性和神性的調和，直到永遠。…這就是…神建造的相互居所。這建造不僅是雅各的夢終極的實現，也是神永遠計畫的完成。這會結束時間的橋樑，引進將來有福的永遠。我們必須是為着那建造，並且我們必須就是那建造（約翰福音生命讀經，七○至七四頁）。

參讀：約翰福音生命讀經，第五篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Gen. 28:12 And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

John 1:51 And He said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, You shall see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.

Christ, in His being the heavenly ladder at Bethel, also speaks to us how God desires to have a house on the earth constituted with His redeemed and transformed elect, that He may bring heaven to earth and join earth to heaven, to make the two as one for eternity.

The Word of God is Christ in His creation, in His incarnation, in His becoming the Lamb, in His becoming the life-giving Spirit, and in His being the ladder. In these five greatest historical events, Christ speaks for God. In this sense, we may say that the creation is the Word, the incarnation is the Word, the Lamb is the Word, the Spirit is the Word, and the ladder is the Word. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” p. 339)

Today’s Reading

Anointing follows redemption. The anointing comes by way of the dove, the Spirit, which is the continuation of the Lamb…The dove, the Spirit, regenerates the created man, transforms the natural man, and unites the transformed man. We may be in any one of three situations. We may be a created man who needs to be regenerated. We may be a regenerated man who is still quite natural and who needs to be transformed. We may be a transformed man who is still separate and individualistic and who needs to be united with others. If we are properly transformed, we will be willing to be united with others. So, first, we need to be regenerated; second, we need to be transformed; and third, we need to be united for the building. The dove, the Spirit, regenerates, transforms, and unites. We are all under the anointing of the dove, the Spirit. Although we may not realize it or may be ignorant of it, the Lord is working to transform us.

The Lord is truly doing a transforming work within us. He is not a great eagle but a little dove—the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). This little dove is the continuation of the little Lamb. Since the Lamb has died on the cross, the dove now in resurrection has His turn to work. Day by day, the little dove as the life-imparting Spirit speaks within you, rebuking you and touching your heart or conscience…In a sense, we have inward rest; in another sense, the little dove troubles us constantly. The inward working of this little dove is the anointing.

We all are under the process of transformation…God has destined us to be transformed for His building. After creation, incarnation, redemption, and anointing, we have building. This building is for the house of God. God is building a dwelling place for Himself, and He is using transformed people as the stones (John 1:42). Praise the Lord that we are not only undergoing the work of transformation but are also in the process of building. What God needs is not a great number of stones but a house. For eternity God needs a builded house, a Bethel, as His habitation.

In order for the Lord to come back, He needs the nation of Israel to be prepared and the church to be built. Look at Israel: she is nearly ready. But Israel needs the church to match her. The Lord’s coming back needs a solid building of His seekers. This building will be a steppingstone, a beachhead, for Him to take the earth, and it will be a mutual abode for both God and man. It will be the mingling of divinity with humanity and of humanity with divinity forever…This is the mutual abode of God’s building. This building will be the ultimate fulfillment not only of Jacob’s dream but also of God’s eternal plan. It will terminate the bridge of time and usher in the blessed eternity in the future. We must be for that building, and we must be that building! (Life-study of John, 2nd ed., pp. 62-65)

Further Reading: Life-study of John, msg. 5