晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W18-2)
第十八週.週二
晨興餧養
民六24~26 『願耶和華賜福給你,保護你;願耶和華使祂的面光照你,賜恩給你;願耶和華向你仰臉,賜你平安。』
詩三六8~9 『他們必因你殿裏的肥甘得以飽足,你也必叫他們喝你樂河的水。因為在你那裏,有生命的源頭;在你的光中,我們必得見光。』
林後十三章十四節…的祝福實際上是與民數記六章二十三至二十六節的祝福一樣。主的恩就是主自己作我們的生命,給我們享受;神的愛就是神自己,作主恩的源頭;聖靈的交通就是聖靈自己,作了主恩同著神愛的傳輸,給我們有分。
這裏的福分不是優越的工作、美好的房屋、高等的教育、和幸福的家庭生活。…有時我們想到自己的境況,也許會失望,覺得自己甚麼都沒有。日光之下的一切,甚至屬靈範圍裏的一切,對我們似乎都是虛空的虛空。我們也許覺得沒有甚麼是真實的,甚至召會生活也是如此。當我們這樣覺得的時候,我們該怎麼辦?我們該轉向三一神。祂是我們真實的祝福,是我們的分。(民數記生命讀經,九一至九二頁。)
信息選讀
在民數記六章的祝福裏,『願耶和華賜福給你,保護你』(24)可視為與父有關;『願耶和華使祂的面光照你,賜恩給你』(25)可視為與子有關;『願耶和華向你仰臉,賜你平安』(26)可視為與聖靈有關。父賜福給我們,子光照我們,聖靈向我們仰臉。結果,我們就蒙保守,得恩典,也享平安。
保羅的書信多半開始於說到恩典與平安。恩典屬於子,平安屬於靈。恩典多少有點客觀。平安是主觀的,是我們享受恩典的結果,結局。…我們在子裏領受恩典,我們在靈裏享受平安。
太初有話,話成了肉體,支搭帳幕在我們中間,豐豐滿滿的有恩典。(約一1,14。)從祂的豐滿裏我們都領受了,而且恩上加恩。(16。)律法是藉著摩西賜的,恩典和實際卻是藉著耶穌基督來的。(17。)這恩典實際上是一個人位,就是基督自己。當我們領受恩典,結果就有平安。這平安乃是那位是靈的基督,就是賜生命之靈的基督,成了我們裏面平安的靈。
民數記六章的祝福…乃是三一神永遠的福分,就是三一神在祂神聖的三一裏,將祂自己分賜到我們裏面,作我們的享受。這是神永遠的福分。
有祂作福分,是何等的祝福!有祂的面,祂的同在,並且天天享受祂作恩典,是何等的祝福!我們越受苦,就越享受祂作恩典。有祂的臉向我們微笑,向我們保證,向我們確認,這是何等的祝福!在祂裏面、藉著祂、並同著祂有平安,又是何等的祝福!…哦,願基督的恩,神的愛,聖靈的交通,與你們眾人同在!(民數記生命讀經,八七至八八、九二頁。)
詩篇三十六篇八至九節啟示,神聖的三一在神聖的分賜裏作神子民在神殿中的享受。肥甘,指子基督;神的樂河,指那靈作生命水的河;(約七37~39,啟二二1;)生命和光的源頭,(詩三六9,)指父作生命和光的源頭。(約一4,約壹一5,啟二一23,二二1~2,5。)…就是三一神將祂自己作到祂所揀選並救贖的人裏面,作他們的生命和生命的供應,好以神聖的三一,就是以父作源頭、子作肥甘、並那靈作河,浸透他們全人。(聖經恢復本,詩三六8註2。)
參讀:民數記生命讀經,第十一篇。
WEEK 18 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Num. 6:24-26 Jehovah bless you and keep you; Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you; Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.
Psa. 36:8-9 They are saturated with the fatness of Your house, and You cause them to drink of the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
The blessing in 2 Corinthians 13:14 is actually the same as that in Numbers 6:23-26. The grace of the Lord is the Lord Himself as life to us for our enjoyment, the love of God is God Himself as the source of the grace of the Lord, and the fellowship of the Spirit is the Spirit Himself as the transmission of the grace of the Lord with the love of God for our participation.
The blessing here is not a matter of an excellent job, a nice house, a high education, and a good family life…Sometimes when we consider our situation, we may be disappointed and feel that we do not have anything. It may seem to us that everything under the sun and even everything in the spiritual field is vanity of vanities. We may feel that nothing is real, not even in the church life. What should we do when we feel this way? We should turn to the Triune God. He is our real blessing and portion. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 82-83)
Today's Reading
In the blessing in Numbers 6, “Jehovah bless you and keep you” (v. 24) is ascribed to the Father; “Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you” (v. 25) is ascribed to the Son; and “Jehovah lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace” (v. 26) is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. The Father blesses us, the Son shines upon us, and the Holy Spirit lifts up His countenance upon us. As a result, we are kept, we receive grace, and we have peace.
Most of the Epistles of Paul open with a word concerning grace and peace. Grace is of the Son and peace is of the Spirit. Grace is somewhat objective. Peace is subjective; it is the result, the issue, of our enjoyment of grace…We receive grace in the Son and we enjoy peace in the Spirit.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us, full of grace (John 1:1, 14). Of His fullness we have all received grace upon grace (John 1:16). Whereas the law was given through Moses, grace came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17). This grace is actually a person, Christ Himself. When we receive grace, the result is that we have peace. This peace is the pneumatic Christ, the Christ who is the life-giving Spirit becoming the Spirit of peace within us.
The blessing in Numbers 6…is the eternal blessing of the Triune God, which is the Triune God dispensing Himself in His Divine Trinity into us for our enjoyment. This is God’s eternal blessing.
What a blessing it is to have Him as the blessing! What a blessing it is to have His face, His presence, and to enjoy Him daily as grace! The more we suffer, the more we enjoy Him as grace. What a blessing it is to have His countenance smiling upon us, assuring us, and confirming us! And what a blessing it is to have peace in Him, by Him, and with Him!…Oh, may the grace of Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all! (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 79-80, 83)
Psalm 36:8-9 reveals the Divine Trinity in His divine dispensing as the enjoyment of God’s people in His house. The fatness refers to Christ, the Son; the river of the divine pleasures, to the Spirit as the river of water of life (John 7:37-39; Rev. 22:1); and the fountain of life and light (v. 9), to the Father as the source of life and light (John 1:4; 1 John 1:5; Rev. 21:23; 22:1-2, 5)… The Triune God is working Himself into His chosen and redeemed people to be their life and life supply in order to saturate their entire being with the Divine Trinity, that is, with the Father as the fountain, the Son as the fatness, and the Spirit as the river. (Psa. 36:8, footnote 1)
Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msg. 11
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