晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W13-6)

第十三週.週六


晨興餧養

羅八29 『因為神所豫知的人,祂也豫定他們模成神兒子的形像,使祂兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。』

來二10~11 『…〔神〕要領許多的兒子進榮耀裏去,就藉著苦難成全他們救恩的創始者,這對祂本是合宜的。因那聖別人的,和那些被聖別的,都是出於一;因這緣故,祂稱他們為弟兄,並不以為恥。』

 

神並不要我們失去我們的人性。相反的,我們要帶著我們的人性直到永遠;但我們在永世裏的人性不是天然的,乃是復活、得榮、拔高的人性。林前十五章說到天然的身體與屬靈的身體(復活的身體)的對比,可以證明這一點。今天我們這物質的身體就像一粒種子;但是有一天,這粒『種子』要復活並得榮。(羅馬書生命讀經,六五○頁。)

信息選讀

我們怎麼能彀有神性?乃是藉著基督的靈在我們的靈裏重生了我們。基督藉著成為肉體穿上了人性,因此祂有兩種性情—神性和人性。基督藉著復活並作為那靈進到我們裏面,就將神性帶到我們裏面。因此,我們也有兩種性情—人性與神性。我們因著從那靈而生,就有分於神的性情。(彼後一4。)我們能說,『主,你如何有兩種性情,我們也照樣有兩種性情。你有神性也有人性,我們有人性也有神性。阿利路亞,我們和你一樣!主,你有我們的性情,我們也有你的性情。你有神性和人性,我們也有人性和神性。你是身體的頭,我們是你身體上的肢體。主,你是神的兒子,我們也是神的兒子。』當我們這樣向主說的時候,主會珍賞這話。當我們宣告,神不再只有一個兒子(獨生子),乃是有許多的兒子,其中基督是長子,我們是神的眾子這個事實的時候,主會享受這話。基督已經被標出為神的兒子,但我們還在被標出的過程中。有一天,這個過程要完成,我們就要和神的長子基督畢像畢肖,直到永遠。羅馬一章三至四節包含許多關鍵的辭句。三節有『按肉體』,四節有『按聖別的靈』。保羅在八章四節說到『照著靈』而不『照著肉體』生活行動。這是保羅在這卷書後面,再次使用一章三至四節中這些關鍵辭的一個例子。

一章四節有一個特別美妙的辭:『復活』。基督乃是因著從死人中復活,標出為神的兒子。保羅在六章五節說,『我們…也必要在祂復活的樣式裏與祂聯合生長。』基督是藉復活而標出,我們也要在這復活的樣式裏。因著我們有分於基督的復活,我們就經歷標出為神兒子的過程。事實上,我們乃是藉復活而標出。

每一種生命都有自己的形狀。例如,狗有一種形狀,雞有另一種形狀。某種生命長大,就產生那種生命完滿的形狀。我們今天是神的兒子,但我們還沒有神兒子完滿的形狀和完全的樣子。因此,我們需要藉著長大和變化,模成基督的形像。至終,我們要完全模成祂的形像。這樣,我們就有完滿的生命形狀,這形狀乃是來自生命的大能,及生命的素質。不論康乃馨、雞、或狗,都是照著其生命素質,各有不同的生命形狀。康乃馨有康乃馨的形狀,因為它有康乃馨的生命素質。康乃馨的素質藉著裏面生命的大能,就發展成康乃馨的形狀。讚美主,我們裏面有生命的素質和生命的大能!這生命的大能正將我們模成神兒子的形像。藉著這生命大能使人成形的功能,我們就要完全模成基督的形像。(羅馬書生命讀經,六五○至六五一、六七九至六八○頁。)

參讀:羅馬書生命讀經,第六十二篇。

WEEK 13 — DAY 6


Morning Nourishment

Rom. 8:29 Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers.

Heb. 2:10-11 …It was fitting for Him…in leading many sons into glory… For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of One, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brothers.

God does not intend that we lose our humanity. On the contrary, we will bear our humanity for eternity. But our humanity in eternity will not be natural; it will be resurrected, glorified, and uplifted. This is proved by the contrast between the natural body and the spiritual body, the resurrection body, in 1 Corinthians 15. Today our physical body is like a seed. But one day this “seed” will be resurrected and glorified. (Life-study of Romans, p. 535)

Today's Reading

How can we have divinity? We have it by being regenerated in our spirit by the Spirit of Christ. Through incarnation Christ put humanity upon Himself and thereafter had two natures—the divine nature and the human nature. Through His resurrection and through coming into us as the Spirit, Christ has brought divinity into us. Therefore, we also have two natures— the human nature and the divine nature. By being born of the Spirit, we have become partakers of the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). We can say, “Lord, just as You have two natures, so we have two natures also. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine. Hallelujah, we are the same as You! Lord, You have our nature, and we have Yours. You are both divine and human, and we are both human and divine. You are the Head of the Body, and we are the members of the Body. Lord, You are the Son of God, and we are sons of God also.” The Lord appreciates it when we speak to Him in this way. He enjoys it when we declare the fact that God no longer has just one Son, the only begotten Son, but many sons, Christ as the Firstborn and us as the many sons of God. Christ has already been designated the Son of God, but we are still in the process of designation. One day this process will be completed, and for eternity we will be the same as Christ, God’s firstborn Son. Romans 1:3 and 4 contain many key words. Verse 3 has the phrase according to the flesh, and verse 4, the phrase according to the Spirit. In 8:4 Paul speaks about walking “according to the spirit” and not “according to the flesh.” This is one example of how the key words in 1:3 and 4 are used again by Paul later in this book.

An especially marvelous word in 1:4 is resurrection. Christ was designated the Son of God “out of the resurrection of the dead.” In 6:5 Paul says that “we will also be in the likeness of His resurrection.” Christ was designated by resurrection, and we will be in the likeness of this resurrection. As we share Christ’s resurrection, we undergo the process of being designated the sons of God. We are designated, in fact, by resurrection.

Every life has its own form. For example, a dog has one form, and a chicken has another. The growth of a certain life brings in the full form of that life. Today we are sons of God, but we do not yet have the full form, the complete shape, of sons of God. Therefore, by growth and transformation we need to be conformed to the image of Christ. Eventually, we will be completely conformed to His image. Then we will possess the full life shape which comes from the life power with the life essence. A carnation, a chicken, and a dog all have a different life form according to their life essence. A carnation has the form of a carnation because it has the life essence of a carnation. The carnation essence develops into the carnation form by means of the life power within the carnation. Praise the Lord that we have the life essence and the life power within us! This life power is shaping us into the image of the Son of God. Through this shaping function of the life power, we will be fully conformed to the image of Christ. (Lifestudy of Romans, pp. 535-536, 557)

Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 62

 

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