晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W7-6)
第七週 · 週六
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約六48 『我就是生命的糧。』
68 『西門彼得回答祂說，主阿，你有永遠生命的話，我們還歸從誰？』
我們若沒有摸着話中的靈，就無法得着生命。那靈是聖經的精粹，但這精粹具體化在話裏。成為肉體、釘十字架、復活、升天的基督今天乃是賜生命的靈，而這賜生命的靈乃是具體化在話裏。我們可以天天來到祂面前，並且接觸祂這話中的靈。我們若這麼作，就會享受基督作生命的糧（李常受文集一九八二年第二冊，二七六至二七七頁）。
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雖然那靈很美妙，卻太奧祕了。我們需要具體、可見、可摸的東西—生命的話。在約翰六章六十三節主說，『我對你們所說的話，就是靈，就是生命。』話是具體的。
這節裏的『話』，希臘文，rhema，雷瑪，意思是即時、現時所說的話。這字不同于logos，婁格斯，常時的話，如一章一節裏的『話』。…靈是活的，也是真實的，卻相當奧祕，不易捉摸，叫人難以瞭解；但話是具體的。主首先指明，為了賜人生命，祂要成為那靈。然後祂說，祂所說的話就是靈，就是生命。這表明祂所說的話，乃是生命之靈的具體化。現今祂在復活裏是賜生命的靈，而這靈又具體化於祂的話。我們運用靈接受祂的話，就得着那是生命的靈。
話是在我們之外。當我將這話接受到我裏面，話立刻成為靈。當我把話說出去，靈又成為話。…我們傳福音時，實在是傳那話。人相信福音，就是相信話。這似乎相當希奇，當人接受話，這話在他們裏面實實在在就成為靈。比方說，你若藉着約翰三章十六節來到主面前，也許你禱告說，『主，我感謝你，你如此恩待我。你已經將你的兒子賜給我。』…當你相信這些話時，在你裏面就有個東西被點活，成為活的。…你相信主的話，卻領受了那靈。那在你外面的話，成了在你裏面的靈。…當你聽了話，並領受了話，你也多少接受了靈。這是非常奧祕且美妙的。
主是靈和話。復活的基督乃是那靈，那靈就是話；話是靈，靈又是給我們享受的復活之主。…因此，當我們在靈中接觸話，實際上就是接觸主自己這活糧。當我們在靈中接受這話，我們就是接受基督自己作豐盛生命的供應。…一天過一天，我們有分於這奇妙復活的基督作我們的食物、生命並生命的供應。祂乃是賜人生命的靈，祂也是生命的話。
〔約翰六章〕結束於生命的話，這話是接受主惟一的路。…你若接受話，你裏面就要得着靈；你若在裏面得着靈，你就有基督作裏面生命的供應。
我們已經看見，基督為着使祂自己便於給我們接受，經過了六個步驟—成為肉體、釘十字架、復活、升天、成為賜生命的靈並具體化於生命的話。主已經成為肉體、釘十字架、復活、升天、從肉體變化形像成為那靈並且具體化於話。話乃是主的靈的具體化。…主已經具體化於話。祂是靈，也是話。你若接受話，就有那靈作你對基督的享受（約翰福音生命讀經，二二四至二二六頁）。
參讀：約翰著作中帳幕和祭物的應驗，第十九章。
WEEK 7 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
John 6:48 I am the bread of life.
68 Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.
If
we do not touch the Spirit in the Word, we cannot receive life. The
Spirit is the extract of the Bible. Yet this extract is embodied in the
Word. Today the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended Christ
is the life-giving Spirit, and this life-giving Spirit is embodied in
the Word. Daily we may come to Him and touch Him as the Spirit in the
Word. If we do this, we will feed on Christ as the bread of life. (CWWL,
1982, vol. 2, “The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John,” p. 215)
Today’s Reading
Although
the Spirit is wonderful, He is too mysterious. We need something solid,
visible, tangible, and touchable—the word of life. In John 6:63 the
Lord said that “the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are
life.” The word is substantial.
Words
in this verse is rhema in Greek, which denotes the instant and present
spoken word. It differs from logos, which denotes the constant word, as
in John 1:1…The Spirit is living and real, yet He is very mysterious,
intangible, and difficult for people to apprehend; the words, however,
are substantial. First, the Lord indicated that for giving life He would
become the Spirit. Then He said that the words He speaks are spirit and
life. This shows that His spoken words are the embodiment of the Spirit
of life. He is now the life-giving Spirit in resurrection, and the
Spirit is embodied in His words. When we receive His words by exercising
our spirit, we receive the Spirit who is life.
The
word is outside of us. When I receive the word into me, it immediately
becomes the Spirit. When I speak the word out, the Spirit once again
becomes the word…When we preach the gospel, we are actually preaching
the word. When people believe the gospel, they believe the word. As
strange as it may seem, when people receive the word, the word actually
becomes the Spirit within them. For example, if you came to the Lord
through John 3:16, you might have prayed, “Lord, I thank You that You
are so good to me. You have given Your Son to me.”…When you believed
these words, something within you was quickened and became living…You
believed the word, yet you received the Spirit. The word outside of
you became the Spirit inside of you… When you listened to the word and
received it, you somehow received the Spirit also. This is very
mysterious and marvelous.
The
Lord is the Spirit and the word. The resurrected Christ is the Spirit,
the Spirit is the word, the word is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the
resurrected Lord for us to enjoy…Hence, when we contact the word in
spirit, we are actually contacting the Lord Himself as the living bread.
When we receive the word in spirit, we are receiving Christ Himself as
the abundant supply of life…Day by day, we are participating in this
wonderful, resurrected Christ as our food, life, and life supply. He is the Spirit who gives life, and He is the word of life.
[John
6] closes with the word of life, which is the only way to receive the
Lord…If you receive the word, you will have the Spirit within; if you
have the Spirit within, then you have Christ as the inner supply of life.
We
have seen six steps whereby Christ has made Himself available for us to
receive—incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, becoming the
life-giving Spirit, and being embodied in the word of life. The Lord
has been incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended, has been
transfigured from the flesh into the Spirit, and has been embodied in
the word. The word is the embodiment of the Spirit of the Lord…The Lord
has been embodied in the word. He is the Spirit and the word. If you
receive the word, you will have the Spirit as your enjoyment of Christ. (Life-study of John, 2nd ed., pp. 191-193)
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