晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W14-3)
第十四週.週三
晨興餧養
羅八4~6 『使律法義的要求,成就在我們這不照著肉體,只照著靈而行的人身上。因為照著肉體的人,思念肉體的事;照著靈的人,思念那靈的事。因為心思置於肉體,就是死;心思置於靈,乃是生命平安。』
在〔物質的〕建築物裏面,…有〔許多〕系統〔如暖氣、燈光、音響、影像等〕已經安裝好了,就等我們把開關打開。…這〔說明〕生命之靈的律。…生命之靈的律,是個屬靈的自然律。我們一履行這律的要求,這律就作工。這律有那些要求呢?就是照著靈而行,將心思置於靈,治死身體的行為,被那靈引導,呼叫阿爸父,作見證,並歎息。我們把這七件事作了,內住就運行了;這就是生命之靈的律在作工。現在你讀到羅馬八章二節說,『生命之靈的律,在基督耶穌裏已經釋放了我,』就知道這個『我』不是普通的我,而是把開關打開的那個『我』。(李常受文集一九八○年第一冊,四二九頁。)
信息選讀
感謝保羅把〔羅馬八章中〕這七件事以很好的次序擺出來。他首先說到『行』,〔4,〕『行』含意廣泛,有生活、為人、行動、活動、行事各方面,凡日常生活的種種都在內。所以我們時時都需要照著靈而行。…許多基督徒只把這本聖經當作宗教的經典。…神並沒有意思要把人變成宗教徒。神的心意乃是要使祂所揀選的人都成為祂的兒子。神使他們成為祂的兒子,為叫他們可以成為基督身體上的肢體。
當我們照著靈而行,很自然就將心思置於靈,〔5~6,〕就會想到主,思念、默想屬靈的事。聖經最能幫助我們將心思置於靈,而最好的方式就是禱讀。我們一禱讀聖經,心思就置於靈。
這時,你自然就會治死你身體的每一行為。〔13。〕當你照著靈而行,將心思置於靈,思念屬靈的事時,只要身體的行為出現,你自然就會把它治死。…你一治死,生命就分賜進來了。
你自然就會被那靈引導。〔14。〕當你照著靈而行,將心思置於靈,治死身體的行為,你就會被那靈引導。你會在那靈的引導之下,內住的靈就要作工了。
你還要一直呼叫『主耶穌!』或『阿爸,父!』〔15。〕這都是很自然的事。你也會作見證。〔16。〕每當你開口說起靈的事時,那靈就同你作見證。每當你作見證,祂會與你合作,並且印證你的見證。
然後我們來到第七項,就是歎息。〔23。〕…現在乃是歎息的時候。我們真不知道要怎麼說,但是一想到神在地上的權益,我們就很有感覺。哦,神的國度!哦,神的權益!神的見證!主的恢復!想到這些事,我們不知道怎麼說,只有歎息。這歎息正是內住之靈的代求。這種歎息是說不出來的,無法用言語清楚表達的;這種說不出來的歎息正是那靈絕佳的代求。這是最好的代求,是能把神的經綸實現在地上最好的禱告。只要我們作了這七件事,生命之靈的律定規能把我們釋放,生命之靈的律的確就會在我們裏面作工。(李常受文集一九八○年第一冊,四三○至四三三頁。)
參讀:成全訓練,第二十六、三十一章。
WEEK 14 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Rom. 8:4-6 That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit. For those who are according to the flesh mind the things of the flesh; but those who are according to the spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.
In [a physical] building, many systems [e.g., heat, light, sound, video, etc.]…have been installed. Now they simply need our switching on… This illustrates the law of the Spirit of life…There is a spiritual law by nature. When we fulfill the requirement, this law works. What are the requirements? Walk according to the spirit; set your mind on the spiritual things; put to death all the practices of the body; be led and cry; witness and groan. When we would do all these [seven] things, the indwelling works. And that is the working of the law of the Spirit of life. Now you can see that when Romans 8:2 says, “The law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus,” it is not an ordinary “me” but a “me” under the switching. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” p. 318)
Today's Reading
I am so thankful to Paul for putting these seven things [in Romans 8] in a very good sequence. First, he mentions walking [v. 4]. Walking is all-inclusive. It means to live, to have your being, to move, to act, to walk. This is your daily life. This is your living every hour. Walk according to the spirit…Most Christians simply use the Bible as a kind of religious book…God’s economy has no intention to make us religious persons. God’s intention is to make all His chosen people His sons. He makes them His sons so they can be members of the Body of Christ.
As we walk according to the spirit, surely we would spontaneously set our mind on the spirit [vv. 5-6]. We would think about Him. We would meditate, we would muse, upon the spiritual things. We have the best help to set our mind on the spirit, that is, the Bible. And the best means is to pray-read. Whenever we pray-read the Bible, our mind is set on the spirit.
It will then be so spontaneous for you to put to death every practice of your body [v. 13]. When you walk according to the spirit and you set your mind on the spirit, minding the spiritual things, every time the practice of the body comes up, you will spontaneously kill it…When you kill it, life is imparted.
Spontaneously, you would be led by the Spirit [v. 14]. When you walk according to the spirit, set your mind on the spirit, and put to death the practices of the body, you are led. You are under the leading of the Spirit. The Spirit’s indwelling works.
Then all the time you would cry either, “Lord Jesus!” or “Abba, Father!” [v. 15]. It would be a kind of spontaneous thing. Then you would witness [v. 16]. Whenever you would open your mouth to say something about the Spirit, the Spirit would witness with you. Whenever you witness, He cooperates with you and confirms your witnessing.
Then we would come to the seventh item, groaning [v. 23]…Today is the groaning time. We do not know what to say, but we have a certain kind of sensation within us concerning God’s interest on the earth today. Oh, the kingdom of God! Oh, God’s interest! God’s testimony! The Lord’s recovery! You do not know what to say concerning these matters. So you groan. Your groaning then is exactly the indwelling Spirit’s interceding. It is not by a human word or a clear utterance. It is just a kind of unutterable groaning. Yet this unutterable groaning is the excellent interceding of the Spirit. This is the best intercession. This is the best prayer to carry out God’s economy on the earth today. If we are such persons experiencing all these seven items, surely the law of the Spirit of life is setting us free. If we practice all these seven items, the law of the Spirit of life truly works in us. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” pp. 318-320)
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