晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W20-2)
第二十週.週二
晨興餧養
加三16 『應許原是向亞伯拉罕和他後裔說的。並不是說,和眾後裔,像是指著許多人,乃是說,「和你那後裔,」指著一個人,就是基督。』
29 『你們既屬於基督,就是亞伯拉罕的後裔,是照著應許為後嗣了。』
羅一3 『論到祂的兒子,我們的主耶穌基督:按肉體說,是從大衛後裔生的。』
亞伯拉罕的後裔要成為地上萬族的福。(創十二3。)…在創世記十七章七節,神告訴亞伯拉罕,祂要與亞伯拉罕並亞伯拉罕的後裔立約。這段有關後裔的話,保羅在加拉太三章十六節有清楚的解釋,他說,『…〔祂〕並不是說,和眾後裔,像是指著許多人,乃是說,「和你那後裔,」指著一個人,就是基督。』…亞伯拉罕可能只明白神要給他一塊美地,…〔但〕亞伯拉罕所得的應許,乃是他要得著經過過程的三一神,作包羅萬有、終極完成的那靈。〔14。〕(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第一冊,五一五至五一六頁。)
信息選讀
亞伯拉罕的福是指所應許的那靈,就是基督的實際。(加三14,約十四17~20。)亞伯拉罕的那一個後裔,成了賜生命的靈。(林前十五45下。)…那靈就是三一神的終極完成,為要將祂自己分賜到基督的信徒裏,這靈就是亞伯拉罕的後裔。(45下,林後三17~18,羅八9。)…這後裔不僅成了我們的救贖主和拯救主,也成了賜生命的靈。賜生命的靈乃是亞伯拉罕那變了形像的後裔。我們這些罪人所得最高的福,終極完成的福,乃是神自己作賜生命的靈。
今天我們所需要的拯救主,乃是那能進到我們裏面的一位。我們需要賜生命的靈住在我們裏面,並與我們成為一靈。(林前六17。)…讚美主,在我們裏面有那位能往上浮者。補充本詩歌二十七首第二節表達這樣的思想:『在榮耀裏有一人,祂的生命是為我。…祂是剛強、有力,且能往上浮!』基督在那裏往上浮?祂在我們的靈裏往上浮。…賜生命的靈這亞伯拉罕的後裔和經過過程之三一神的終極完成,乃是最高的福。
亞伯拉罕的後裔,乃是要使在基督裏的信徒,就是亞伯拉罕的後裔,承受所應許的那靈,就是經過過程之三一神的終極完成,作他們神聖的基業—他們屬靈的福,直到永遠。(徒二六18,弗一14上,加三14。)基督是亞伯拉罕的後裔,所有信祂的人也是亞伯拉罕的後裔。(29。)…我們都是一家人,我們的姓都是亞伯拉罕,因為亞伯拉罕是我們的父。(羅四12。)…我們永世屬靈的福,乃是要承受終極完成的那靈,就是經過過程之三一神的終極完成,作我們的基業。…甚至在今天,最使我們享受的,乃是內住的靈。
神的經綸與神的分賜也可見於大衛後裔的應許裏。(撒下七12~14上,太一1,6,二二42~45,羅一4,啟二二16。)大衛的後裔是指復活的基督,完成神新約的經綸,將經過過程的三一神分賜到基督身體的肢體裏。(徒二30~31,太十六16~18。)…基督是神向大衛所顯確定的憐憫,為要在祂的復活裏,將神自己分賜到所有基督的信徒裏。這是為使在基督裏的信徒,在神永遠的國裏,在基督的復活裏,有分於祂君王的職分。(提後二12,啟二十4,6。)…神完全的救恩是要救我們脫離撒但的手,脫離罪與死,使我們完全承受神自己作我們的福,並使我們有分於基督君王的職分,在國度時代與祂一同作王。(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第一冊,五一六至五二○頁。)
參讀:加拉太書生命讀經,第一篇。
WEEK 20 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Gal.
3:16 But to Abraham were the promises spoken and to his seed. He does
not say, And to the seeds, as concerning many, but as concerning one: “And to your seed,” who is Christ.
29 And if you are of Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.
Rom. 1:3 Concerning His Son, who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh.
The
seed of Abraham is for the blessing to all the families of the earth
(Gen. 12:3)…In 17:7 God told Abraham that He would make a covenant with
Abraham and with his seed. This word concerning the seed is explained
clearly by Paul in Galatians 3:16…”He does not say, And to the seeds, as
concerning many, but as concerning one: ‘And to your seed,’ who is
Christ.” Abraham might have understood only that God would give him a
good piece of land, [but] the promise to Abraham was that he would
receive the processed God as the all-inclusive consummated Spirit [v.
14]. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 1, “The Central Line of the Divine
Revelation,” pp. 399-400)
Today's Reading
The blessing of Abraham refers to the promised Spirit, who is the reality of Christ (Gal. 3:14; John 14:17-20). The one seed of Abraham became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). The Spirit, as the consummation of the Triune God for the dispensing of Himself into the believers of Christ, is the seed of Abraham (v. 45b; 2 Cor. 3:17-18; Rom. 8:9)…This seed became not only our Redeemer and Savior but also the life-giving Spirit. The life-giving Spirit is a transfigured descendant of Abraham. The top blessing, the consummate blessing, to us sinners is God Himself as the life-giving Spirit.
The
Savior we need today is the One who can enter into us. We need the
life-giving Spirit who dwells in our spirit and who is one spirit with
us (1 Cor. 6:17)…Praise the Lord, we do have a buoyant One within us.
The third stanza of Hymns, #505 expresses this thought: “There’s a Man
in the glory / Whose Life is for me. /…He’s strong and in vigor, / How
buoyant is He!” Where is Christ buoyant? He is buoyant in our spirit…The
life-giving Spirit as the seed of Abraham and as the consummation of
the processed Triune God is the top blessing.
The
seed of Abraham is for the believers in Christ, who are Abraham’s seed,
to inherit the consummated Spirit, the consummation of the processed
Triune God, as their divine inheritance—their spiritual blessing for
eternity (Acts 26:18; Eph. 1:14a; Gal. 3:14). Christ is the seed of
Abraham, and all His believers are also the seed of Abraham (v. 29)… We
are all one family, and our surname is Abraham, because Abraham is our
father (Rom. 4:12). Our spiritual blessing for eternity is to inherit
the consummated Spirit, the consummation of the processed Triune God, as
our inheritance…Even today the most enjoyable thing to us is the indwelling Spirit.
The
divine economy and the divine dispensing are also seen in the promise
of the seed of David (2 Sam. 7:12-14a; Matt. 1:1, 6; 22:42-45; Rom. 1:3;
Rev. 22:16). The seed of David refers to the resurrected Christ, who
carries out God’s New Testament economy for the dispensing of the
processed Triune God into the members of His Body (Acts 2:30-31; Matt.
16:16-18). Christ as God’s sure mercies shown to David is for the
dispensing of God Himself into all the believers of Christ in His
resurrection. This is for
the believers in Christ to share His
kingship in His resurrection in the eternal kingdom of God (2 Tim. 2:12;
Rev. 20:4, 6). God’s full salvation is to deliver us out of the hand of
Satan and out of sin and death, to bring us into the full inheritance
of God Himself as our blessing, and to cause us to share the kingship
with Christ as His co-kings in the kingdom age. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol.
1, “The Central Line of the Divine Revelation,” pp. 400-402)
Further Reading: Life-study of Galatians, msg. 1
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