晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W19-3)
第十九週.週三
晨興餧養
羅六6 『知道我們的舊人已經與祂同釘十字架,使罪的身體失效,叫我們不再作罪的奴僕。』
約十五5 『我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子;住在我裏面的,我也住在他裏面,這人就多結果子;因為離了我,你們就不能作甚麼。』
加拉太二章二十節解釋我們如何藉著律法,向律法死了。照著神的經綸,基督被釘十字架時,我們也都包括在祂裏面。這是已經成就的事實。藉著基督的死,我們已經在祂裏面死了;現今藉著祂的復活,祂在我們裏面活著。祂活在我們裏面,完全憑著祂是賜生命的靈;(林前十五45下;)這點在加拉太書以下各章有充分的發展,向我們陳明並強調,那靈乃是我們已經接受作生命的那一位,也是我們應該活在祂裏面的那一位。(加拉太書生命讀經,一○八至一○九頁。)
信息選讀
〔保羅總結加拉太二章二十節〕時,說到神的兒子乃是『愛我,為我捨了自己』的那一位。保羅寫這些話的時候,滿了對主耶穌的珍賞。…信來自這種對主耶穌的珍賞。
在林後五章十四至十五節保羅說,『原來基督的愛困迫我們,因我們斷定:一人既替眾人死,眾人就都死了;並且祂替眾人死,是叫那些活著的人,不再向自己活,乃向那替他們死而復活者活。』…我們越珍賞基督那困迫的愛,我們就越有信。這信…乃是由我們所珍賞的這位基督,在我們裏面作工所產生的。我們珍賞主耶穌的時候,會說,『主耶穌,我愛你,我寶貴你。』我們對主這樣說,祂就在我們裏面運行,並成為我們的信。這信產生一種生機的聯結,使我們在其中與基督真正成為一。
神的經綸不是要我們憑肉體的力量來遵守律法。祂的經綸是要把祂自己作到我們裏面。三一神已經成為經過過程的神。藉著成為肉體,基督在肉體裏來成全律法,然後把律法擺在一邊。藉著復活,基督成了賜生命的靈,準備好要進到我們裏面。神新約的經綸,乃是要把經過過程的三一神作到我們裏面來,成為我們的生命,並我們整個人。我們若看見這件事,就能宣告說,我們已經與基督同釘十字架,現在活著的,不再是我們;然而基督就在我們裏面活著,我們因著在祂裏面並屬於祂的信而活。我們的舊人已經釘了十字架,但新人,就是新『我』,仍然活著。現今我們因著在神兒子裏面,並屬於神兒子的信而活,這信產生一種生機的聯結,在其中我們與基督是一。遵守律法與這種生機的聯結,是無法相比的。
加拉太二章二十節啟示神的經綸。在神的經綸裏,神的心意是要把經過過程的三一神,作到我們全人裏面,使我們成為新人,就是新『我』。舊人,就是舊『我』,沒有神的『我』結束了;但新人,就是新『我』,有三一神在其中的『我』,仍然活著。我們與基督同活,並且憑基督而活。不僅如此,我們也憑信而活,信乃是把我們帶進與祂是一的憑藉。在這生機的聯結中,我們與主是一,因我們與祂有同一的生命,和同一的生活。我們活著,祂也活著。祂活在我們裏面,我們也與祂同活。
我能作見證,因著我看見了這個屬天的異象,就沒有甚麼能搖動我。我願意將我的一生都獻給這一個神經綸的異象。舊人已經與基督同釘十字架,現今基督活在我這新人裏面。我如今所活的生命,是因信而活,就是因那屬於神的兒子,並在神兒子裏面的信所活的,祂是愛我,為我捨了自己。在這裏我們有三一神與三部分人的調和。何等的奇妙!(加拉太書生命讀經,一一二至一一六頁。)
參讀:加拉太書生命讀經,第十二篇。
WEEK 19 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Rom.
6:6 Knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with Him in order
that the body of sin might be annulled, that we should no longer serve sin as slaves.
John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.
Galatians
2:20 explains how through law we have died to law. When Christ was
crucified, we were included in Him according to God’s economy. This is
an accomplished fact. We have died in Christ through His death, but now
He lives in us through His resurrection. His living in us is entirely by
His being the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). This point is fully
developed in the following chapters of Galatians, where the Spirit is
presented and emphasized as the very One whom we have received as life
and in whom we should live. (Life-study of Galatians, p. 85)
Today's Reading
Paul
concludes Galatians 2:20 by referring to the Son of God as the One “who
loved me and gave Himself up for me.” In writing these words, Paul was
filled with appreciation of the Lord Jesus…Faith comes from such an appreciation of the Lord Jesus.
In
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Paul says, “The love of Christ constrains us
because we have judged this, that One died for all, therefore all died;
and He died for all that those who live may no longer live to themselves
but to Him who died for them and has been raised.”…The more we
appreciate Christ’s constraining love, the more faith we will have. This
faith…is produced by the working in us of the very Christ whom we
appreciate. In our appreciation for the Lord Jesus, we will say, “Lord
Jesus, I love You and I treasure You.” As we speak such words to the
Lord, He operates within us and becomes our
faith. This faith brings about an organic union in which we and Christ are truly one.
God’s
economy is not that we try to keep the law in the strength of our
flesh. His economy is to work Himself into us. The Triune God has become
the processed God. Through incarnation Christ came in the flesh to
fulfill the law and then to set it aside. Through His resurrection
Christ has become the lifegiving Spirit, ready to enter into us. God’s
New Testament economy is for the processed Triune God to be wrought into
us to become our life and our very being. If we see this, we will be
able to proclaim that we have been crucified with Christ and that we
live no longer. Nevertheless, Christ lives in us, and we live by the
faith that is in Him and of Him. Our old person has been crucified, but
the new person, the new “I,” still lives. Now we live by the faith in
the Son of God and of the Son of God, a faith that produces an
organic union in which we and Christ are one. There is no comparison
between keeping the law and such an organic union.
Galatians
2:20 is a revelation of God’s economy. In His economy God’s intention
is for the processed Triune God to be wrought into our being to make us a
new person, a new “I.” The old person, the old “I,” the “I” without
God, is over; but the new person, the new “I,” the “I” with the Triune
God in it, still lives. We live with Christ and by Christ. Furthermore,
we live by faith, which is the means to bring us into oneness with Him.
In this organic union we are one with the Lord, for we have one life and
one living with Him. When we live, He lives. He lives in us, and we live with Him.
I
can testify that because I have seen this heavenly vision, nothing can
move me. I am willing to give my whole life for such a vision of God’s
economy. The old person has been crucified with Christ, and Christ now
lives in me, the new person. The life that I now live, I live in faith,
the faith of the Son of God and in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
Himself up for me. Here we have the mingling of the Triune God with the
tripartite man. How wonderful! (Life-study of Galatians, pp. 87-90)
Further Reading: Life-study of Galatians, msg. 12
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