晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W19-2)
第十九週.週二
晨興餧養
加二19~20 『我藉著律法,已經向律法死了,叫我可以向神活著。我已經與基督同釘十字架;現在活著的,不再是我,乃是基督在我裏面活著;並且我如今在肉身裏所活的生命,是我在神兒子的信裏,與祂聯結所活的,祂是愛我,為我捨了自己。』
加拉太二章二十節所說的不是替換的生命。…一面保羅說,『現在活著的,不再是我。』另一面,他說,『我…活著。』你若整體來考慮這一節,你會看見這裏並沒有替換生命的思想。這裏所陳明的,不是一種替換;反之,這裏所說的乃是一個深奧的奧祕。(加拉太書生命讀經,一○四頁。)
信息選讀
加拉太書啟示神新約經綸的基本真理。在這些基本真理當中,最基本的就在二章二十節。不再是我,乃是基督在我裏面活著,這個真理既是這樣基本,所以也是奧祕的;又因為是奧祕的,歷代以來基督徒就沒有領會得很正確。所以,我們仰望主,向我們顯明這一個基本的真理。
律法對我這罪人的要求是死,基督按這要求為我死,也帶著我一同死。因此,我藉著律法已經在基督裏死了,也與基督一同死了。所以,在律法之下的義務,就是與律法的關係,已經了結。向神活著,意思就是在神聖的生命裏對神盡義務。在基督的死裏,我們脫離了與律法的關係;在基督的復活裏,我們在祂復活的生命裏向神負責。
我們已經向律法死了,叫我們可以向神活著。只要我們還持守任何一種律法,無論是摩西的律法,還是我們自制的律法,我們就不能向神活著。但我們藉著與基督生機的聯結,從律法被割除的時候,我們就自然而然的向神活著。
向律法死了,意思就是脫離了捆我們的律法。羅馬七章六節:『但我們既然在捆我們的律法上死了,現今就脫離了律法。』我們既脫離律法的義務,現今就得以行在生命的新樣中。(六4。)然而,我們有否行在生命的新樣中,在於我們有否在與基督生機的聯結中經歷切割。我們越經歷切割,就越向神活著,並且越行在生命的新樣中。
因著我們已經向律法死了,就不再有義務,靠肉體的努力,來遵守律法。(加三3。)每當我們有某種自制的律法,我們總是靠肉體的力量來努力遵守,而不是憑著靈。…向神活著,就是在神聖的生命裏對神盡義務,在復活的生命裏向神負責。我們在與基督生機的聯結中,經歷復活的生命。在這復活的生命中,我們自然而然的被神約束,並且對祂盡義務。這也在於生機的聯結。
因著我們已經與基督同釘十字架,所以現在活著的,不再是我們,乃是基督在我們裏面活著。我們不再活在舊人、天然的人裏面。反之,基督活在我們裏面。然後在復活裏,我們在神兒子的信裏活。在神兒子的信裏活,意思就是活在我們因信神的兒子,而有與祂生機的聯結裏。
我們憑著靈,(五16,25,)與基督一同向神活著。(羅六8,10。)這是在我們的經歷中,對經過過程之三一神的享受。這個經歷在於我們珍賞主耶穌的可愛與寶貴。…主耶穌的寶貴是無限無量的,但我們對祂的陳明總是不彀充分。…我們若恰切的陳明祂,就會把祂的寶貴注入人裏面,使人自然而然的珍賞祂。這種珍賞會成為他們的信,在他們裏面運行,使他們與主耶穌有生機的聯結。在這生機的聯結裏,我們向律法死了,並且向神活著。(加拉太書生命讀經,一○四、一○○至一○二頁。)
參讀:加拉太書生命讀經,第九至十篇。
WEEK 19 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Gal.
2:19-20 For I through law have died to law that I might live to God. I
am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is
Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I
live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself up for me.
Galatians
2:20 does not speak of an exchanged life…On the one hand, Paul says,
“It is no longer I who live”; on the other hand, he says, “I live.” If
you consider this verse as a whole, you will see that there is no
thought of an exchanged life. Here what is presented is not an exchange;
rather, it is a profound mystery. (Life-study of Galatians, pp. 81-82)
Today's Reading
The
book of Galatians reveals the basic truths of God’s New Testament
economy. Among these basic truths, the most basic one is found in 2:20.
Because the truth of no longer I, but Christ living in me is so basic,
it is also mysterious; and because it is mysterious, it has not been
properly understood by Christians throughout the centuries. Therefore,
we look to the Lord that He would make this basic truth clear to us.
The
law requires me, a sinner, to die, and according to that requirement,
Christ died for me and with me. Hence, through law we have died in
Christ and with Christ. Therefore, the obligation under the law, the
relationship to the law, has been terminated. To live to God means to be
obligated to God in the divine life. In Christ’s death our relationship
with the law has been terminated; in His resurrection we are
responsible to God in the
resurrection life.
We
have become dead to the law so that we may live to God. As long as we
still hold to any kind of law, whether the Mosaic law or our self-made
law, we cannot live to God. However, when we are cut off from the law by
means of the organic union with Christ, we spontaneously live to God.
To
be dead to law means that we have been discharged from the law in which
we were held. Romans 7:6 says, “Now we have been discharged from the
law, having died to that in which we were held.” Having been liberated
from obligation to the law, we may now walk in newness of life (6:4).
However, walking in newness of life depends upon the cutting we
experience in the organic union with Christ. The more we experience the
cutting, the more we live to God and walk in newness of life.
Because
we have died to law, we are no longer obligated to keep the law by the
striving of the flesh (Gal. 3:3). Whenever we have a certain self-made
law, we always strive to keep it by the strength of the flesh, not by
the Spirit. To be living unto God is to be obligated to God in the
divine life, to be responsible to God in the resurrection life. In the
organic union with Christ, we experience resurrection life. In this
resurrection life we are held to God spontaneously and are obligated to Him. This also depends on the organic union.
Because
we have been crucified with Christ, it is no longer we who live, but
Christ lives in us. We no longer live in the old man, the natural man.
Rather, Christ lives in us. Then in resurrection we live in the faith of
the Son of God. To live in the faith of the Son of God means to live in
the organic union with the Son of God, which comes through our believing in Him.
We
live to God with Christ (Rom. 6:8, 10) and through the Spirit (Gal.
5:16, 25). This is the enjoyment of the processed Triune God in our
experience. This experience depends on our appreciation of the
loveliness and preciousness of the Lord Jesus. The Lord Jesus is
infinitely precious, but our presentation of Him is not always
adequate…If we present Him adequately, others will be infused with His
preciousness, and they will spontaneously appreciate Him. This
appreciation will become their faith, which will operate in them to
unite them with the Lord Jesus organically. Here in this organic union
we are dead to the law and alive to God. (Life-study of Galatians, pp. 82, 78-80)
Further Reading: Life-study of Galatians, msgs. 9—10
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