第四週．週一
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晨興餧養
太十六１８『我還告訴你，你是彼得，我要把我的召會建造在這磐石上，陰間的門不能勝過她。』
21『從那時候，耶穌纔指示祂的門徒，祂必須往耶路撒冷去，受長老、祭司長和經學家許多的苦，並且被殺，第三日復活。』
召會如何能實際的被建造呢？在馬太十六章二十一至二十六節可以找到答案。…若不是基督已經釘十字架並復活，祂就不能建造召會。…二十一節…指出建造召會的路乃是藉著死和復活。主耶穌在山上變了形像，但是這種變化形像是暫時的。藉著死和復活，基督永遠的變了形像。復活是一種變化形像。藉著死和復活，基督進入了變化形像的範圍。召會存在於這種變化形像的範圍內。召會不能存在於天然生命裏或屬肉體的人身上。
二十四節…的『我』意義重大，這個『我』乃是榜樣、道路。再者，這個『我』乃是釘死和復活的『我』。…由於基督的釘死和復活纔有召會的產生。不僅我們被玷污的己必須被否認，連主純潔、無罪的己，也必須被否認。假如主沒有否認己而上十字架，祂就不能復活，也就沒有召會了。我們必須跟從祂，這意思就是我們必須像祂一樣否認己，並且像祂一樣讓己被釘死。沒有這個，召會就不能被建造。（李常受文集一九七八年第一冊，九五、九一頁。）
信息選讀
馬太十六章二十二節說，『彼得就拉祂到一邊，責勸祂說，主阿，神眷憐你，這事絕不會臨到你。』彼得好心的告訴主，神應該眷憐祂。這一節是很難繙的。有人說應該繙成：『主阿，可憐你自己罷！』根據這種譯法，彼得就是勸主憐憫祂自己。另一種繙譯是：『主阿，神眷憐你。』這裏的主詞究竟是神還是主耶穌，很難決定。無論如何，這裏的著重點是在於己。不管主詞是神或主耶穌，強調的乃是己。
二十三節說，『祂卻轉過來，對彼得說，撒但，退我後面去罷！』然後在二十四至二十五節，主對祂的門徒說，『若有人要跟從我，就當否認己，背起他的十字架，並跟從我。因為凡要救自己魂生命的，必喪失魂生命；凡為我喪失自己魂生命的，必得著魂生命。』按照這些經節，主乃是榜樣和道路。若有人要跟從主，就是要以主為榜樣和道路，那人就必須否認己，背起他的十字架，並跟從主。
為著解釋十六至十九節，二十一至二十六節是必需的。…十八節說到門，十九節說到鑰匙。要知道甚麼是門和鑰匙，我們需要看二十一至二十六節。撒但從好些門出來。第一道門是己。這意思是說，我們的己是陰間的一道門，撒但從這門出來。甚至我們的好心，也可能讓撒但從己的門出來。不論我們的心是好是壞，己是撒但出來的第一道門。除了己外，二十一至二十六節也說到心思和魂，這兩者也是撒但出來的門。因此，己、魂和心思是撒但藉以出來主要的門。許多時候，撒但從你的心思出來，因為你的心思向著他一直是敞開的門。（李常受文集一九七八年第一冊，八四至八五頁。）
參讀：李常受文集一九七八年第一冊，國度的操練為著召會的建造，第三至四章。
WEEK 4 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Matt. 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised.
How can the church be built up in a practical way? The answer is found in Matthew 16:21 through 26…Unless Christ had been crucified and resurrected, He could not build up the church…Verse 21 indicates that the way to build up the church is through death and resurrection. On the mount the Lord Jesus was transfigured. This transfiguration, however,
was temporary. Through death and resurrection, Christ was permanently transfigured…[and] entered into a realm of transfiguration. The church exists in this realm of transfiguration. It cannot exist in the natural life or with fleshly people.
The “Me” in [verse 24] means a great deal. This “Me” is the pattern, the pathway. Furthermore, this “Me” is the crucified and resurrected “Me.”…The church comes into existence through the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. Not only our self, which is defiled, but even the Lord’s pure, sinless self had to be denied. If the Lord had not denied Himself and gone to the cross, He could not have been resurrected, and there would have been no church. We must follow after Him. This means that we must deny ourselves as He did and must allow ourselves to be crucified as He did. Without this, it is impossible for the
church to be built up. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” pp. 79, 74-75)
Today’s Reading
Matthew 16:22 says, “Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, God be merciful to You, Lord! This shall by no means happen to You!” With a good heart Peter was telling the Lord that God should be merciful to Him. This verse is difficult to translate. Some say it should be rendered, “Lord, pity Yourself.” According to this rendering, Peter was telling the Lord to be merciful to Himself. Another translation is, “God be merciful to You, Lord.” It is difficult to determine the subject, whether it is God or the Lord Jesus. At any rate, the emphasis is on the self. Whether the subject is God or the Lord Jesus, the self is
emphasized.
Verse 23 says, “But He turned and said to Peter, Get behind Me, Satan!” Then in verses 24 and 25 the Lord said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall lose it; but whoever loses his soul-life for My sake shall find it.” According to these verses, the Lord is the pattern and the pathway. If anyone desires to come after Him, that is, take
Him as the pattern and the pathway, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Him.
Verses 21 through 26 are necessary for the interpretation of verses 16 through 19…Verse 18 speaks of the gates, and verse 19, of the keys. In order to know what the gates and the keys are, we need to consider verses 21 through 26. Satan comes out through the gates. The first gate is the self. This means that we ourselves are one of the gates of Hades through which Satan comes out. Satan may come out through the gate of self even when we have a good heart. Whether our heart is good or evil, self is the first gate through which Satan comes out. In addition to the self, verses 21 through 26 also speak of the mind and the soul, both of which are also gates through which Satan comes out. Thus, the self, the soul, and the mind are the main gates through which Satan comes forth. Many times Satan has come out through your mind because your mind has been an open gate for him. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” pp. 70-71)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” chs. 3—4
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