晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W18-1)

第十八週.週一

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晨興餧養

林後十三14 『願主耶穌基督的恩,神的愛,聖靈的交通,與你們眾人同在。』

十二9  『…我的恩典彀你用的,因為我的能力,是在人的軟弱上顯得完全。所以我極其喜歡誇我的軟弱,好叫基督的能力覆庇我。』 

基督包羅萬有的豫表〔是〕美地。…基督作神的恩典,…就是那給我們進入、享受、經歷、有分、並據有的美地。…在哥林多前書,保羅將哥林多人比作以色列人。他們藉著經歷基督作逾越節,離開了埃及,(五7,)並且他們在曠野飄流,經歷了基督作屬天的嗎哪,並作流出活水的靈磐石。(十3~4。)但在哥林多前書裏,沒有題到以色列人最終進入並據有的迦南美地。進入美地的記載…乃在哥林多後書。雖然該書沒有使用美地這辭,但就屬靈一面說,我們能看見哥林多後書裏的美地。在這卷書裏,美地就是那作經過過程之三一神具體化身的基督自己,賜給我們作神聖的恩典,給我們享受。

在這卷書裏,基督乃是恩典。…按照〔林後十三章十四節〕正確的次序,應當先說神的愛;這裏先說主的恩,因為哥林多後書是著重基督的恩。(一12,四15,六1,八1,9,九8,14,十二9。)主的恩是這卷書的中心思想和主題。主在十二章九節告訴保羅,祂的恩典是彀他用的。(李常受文集一九六七年第二冊,二四七至二四八頁。)

信息選讀

〔在林後十三章十四節我們看見,〕神聖的三一有源頭、流道和流通。這循環的源頭,泉源,乃是父的愛。這循環的流道,流出,乃是基督所彰顯並傳輸給我們的恩典。基督的恩典出自於父愛的源頭。這循環的流通,乃是聖靈作基督的恩同著父愛的交通、傳輸和循環。

在我們裏面有兩個循環。一個循環是在我們肉身裏的血液循環,另一個循環是在我們靈裏神聖三一的循環。這兩個循環中缺少了一個,我們就會在肉身上或屬靈上死亡。林後十三章十四節詳細的描述這個內在、屬靈的循環。這個循環是我們基督徒生活和召會生活中的供應。這就好像說,電流是整個城市能量的供應。…多年前,紐約市一度電流中斷。那時,該市的整個生活都停頓了。這是很好的例證。我們必須看見,整個召會生活乃在於林後十三章十四節。召會生活是在於父的愛,子的恩,並聖靈的交通,在我們靈裏如同電流一樣流通。

許多時候,我在盡話語職事時,裏面感覺到有神聖的流在流通。如果在我裏面的流停止了,我就沒有甚麼可說。在我們的說話中如果沒有那靈,我們的講說就是空洞的。不僅如此,當我們聽人供應話語時,我們裏面的流若切斷了,我們的聽也是空洞的。我們需要在流中說,並在流中聽。這流就是聖靈的傳輸,而這傳輸乃是一種交通,傳送子基督的恩,作為三一神愛的流出。林後十三章十四節所啟示,在我們裏面神聖三一的流,乃是我們屬靈的命脈。(李常受文集一九八八年第一冊,五三○至五三一頁。)

參讀:新約總論,第三百一十三篇;在神聖三一裏並同神聖三一活著,第十三章。

WEEK 18 — DAY 1

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Morning Nourishment

2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

12:9 …My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore I will rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ might tabernacle over me.

The all-inclusive type of Christ [is] the good land…Christ as the grace of God is the very good land for us to enter into, to enjoy, to experience, to partake of, and to possess…In 1 Corinthians Paul likened the Corinthians to the children of Israel. They had left Egypt by experiencing Christ as the Passover (5:7), and they were wandering in the wilderness, experiencing Christ as the heavenly manna and as the spiritual rock that flowed out the living water (10:3-4). But there is no reference in 1 Corinthians to the good land of Canaan…The record of entering into the good land…is in 2 Corinthians. Although the term the good land is not used in this book, spiritually speaking, we can see the good land in 2 Corinthians. The good land in this book is Christ Himself as the very embodiment of the processed Triune God given to us as the divine grace for our enjoyment.

In this book Christ is the grace…According to the proper sequence [in 2 Corinthians 13:14], the love of God should be first. Here the grace of the Lord is mentioned first because 2 Corinthians is on the grace of Christ (1:12; 4:15; 6:1; 8:1, 9; 9:8, 14; 12:9). The grace of the Lord is the central thought, the subject, of this book. In 12:9 the Lord told Paul that His grace was sufficient for him. (CWWL, 1967, vol. 2, “An Autobiography of a Person in the Spirit,” p. 198)

Today's Reading

[In 2 Corinthians 13:14 we see that] with the Divine Trinity are the source, the course, and the flow. The source, the fountain, of this circulation is the love of the Father. The course, the outflow,…is the very grace expressed and conveyed to us by Christ. The grace of Christ comes out of the source of the love of the Father. The flow is the Holy Spirit as the fellowship, the communication, the transmission, the circulation, of the grace of Christ with the love of the Father.

We have two circulations within us. One circulation is the circulation of blood within our physical body, and the other circulation is the circulation of the Divine Trinity in our spirit. Without either of these circulations we would die either physically or spiritually. Second Corinthians 13:14 gives us a detailed description of this inner, spiritual circulation. This circulation is the supply in our Christian life and church life. This is similar to saying that the current of electricity is the supply of power to an entire city…A number of years ago the current of electricity to the city of New York was cut off for a period of time. When that happened, the entire life of the city stopped. This is a very good illustration. We must see that the entire church life depends upon 2 Corinthians 13:14. It depends upon the love of the Father, the grace of the Son, and the fellowship of the Spirit to flow as a current within our spirit.

Many times while I am speaking in the ministry of the word, I have the inner sensation that the divine current is going on. If the current within me stops, I have nothing to speak. If we miss the Spirit in our speaking, our speaking is empty. Furthermore, if the current within us is cut off while we are listening to the ministry of the word, our listening is empty. We need to speak in the flow and listen in the flow. The flow is the transmission of the Holy Spirit, and this transmission is the fellowship that conveys the grace of Christ the Son as the outflow of the love of the Triune God. The current of the Divine Trinity within us as revealed in 2 Corinthians 13:14 is our spiritual pulse. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Living in and with the Divine Trinity,” pp. 383-384)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 313; CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Living in and with the Divine Trinity,” ch. 13

 

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