晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W20-5)
第二十週.週五
晨興餧養
加二20 『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。』
羅六3 『豈不知我們這浸入基督耶穌的人,是浸入祂的死麼?』
在加拉太書裏,經歷包羅萬有的基督這賜生命之靈的第五條路,乃是藉著與祂聯合,使那活著的不再是我們,乃是祂在我們裏面活著;並且我們如今在肉身裏所活的生命,是我們在基督的信裏所活的。(二20。)與基督聯合就是與基督成為一。受浸使我們與基督成為一個實體,而使我們與基督聯合。…我們已經浸入了兩件事物—浸入基督並浸入基督的死。〔羅六3。〕所以,我們如今在基督的死裏與祂是一個實體。…在祂身上,祂的死是歷史;但在我們身上,祂的死是眼前的、活的、活潑的經歷。當我們受浸時,我們就被放進基督的死裏,使基督的死成為我們的死。…我們已在基督的死裏與祂聯合,使那活著的不再是我們,乃是祂在我們裏面活著;並且我們如今在肉身裏所活的生命,是我們在基督的信裏所活的。(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第一冊,六○○頁。)
信息選讀
在基督的信裏所活的,意思是這位活在我們裏面的基督成了我們的信。加拉太二章二十節說,現在活著的,不再是我,乃是基督在我裏面活著。然後接著說,我們如今所活的生命,我們仍在肉身裏活著,但我們乃是藉著基督作我們的信,來活這生命。基督活在我們裏面,而在我們裏面這活的基督,
至終成了我們的信。我們乃是藉著這信,就是基督的實化,而仍在肉身裏活著。這種生活事實上不是我們活著,乃是基督在我們裏面活著。基督在我們裏面活著,意思是我們藉著基督作我們的信,而仍在肉身裏活著。因此,二十節所說的生活,乃是一種完全是基督的生活。有人可能說,『你既仍然在喫、睡、讀書、工作、作事,你就仍然活著。』對此我們可以回答:『是的,我仍然活著,但我不是憑我自己的任何事物活著;我乃是憑基督作我的信活著。這位基督乃是活在我裏面的一位。所以事實上這不是我在活著。這是基督在活著,因為我不再活著,乃是基督在我裏面活著。我仍然有一種生活,但這種生活不是憑著我,乃是憑著基督作我的信。祂越在我裏面活著,我就越認識祂的寶貴。我越珍賞祂的寶貴,在我裏面的信就越多。所以,這完全不是憑我自己的生命,乃是憑基督的生命。至於我,我已經被了結;我已經完了;我已經被釘十字架,甚至已經被埋葬。現今活著的不再是我,乃是基督在我裏面活著。我仍然活著,但我不是憑自己的甚麼活著,我乃是憑基督作我的信活著。』
基督活在我們裏面必須是事實,而不只是道理或宣告。我們早晨醒來,在作任何別的事以前,應當多次呼求主的名。…這樣呼求主,會幫助我們經歷基督活在我們裏面。在晨興之後,從聖經裏抄下兩節經文,整天中一次讀一點,也會幫助我們經歷基督活在我們裏面。…按照加拉太二章二十節,我們如今在肉身裏所活的生命,是我們在基督的信裏所活的。我們是在肉身裏過生活,但我們所過的這生活,乃是在基督的信裏。我們不是在自己的信裏過生活,乃是在基督的信裏過生活,甚至是在基督作我們的信裏過生活。當我們這樣活著時,我們就享受基督,並珍賞基督,並且基督在我們裏面成了我們現時的信心。這意思就是,我們將自己完全擺在一邊。…基督作我們的一切,到一個地步,祂甚至成了我們的信心。(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第一冊,六○○至六○一、六○七頁。)
參讀:神聖啟示的中心路線,第十三篇。
WEEK 20 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
Gal.
2:20 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.
Rom. 6:3 Or are you ignorant that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death?
The
fifth way in Galatians to experience the all-inclusive Christ as the
life-giving Spirit is by being identified with Him so that it may be no
longer we who live but He who lives in us; and the life which we now
live in the flesh we live in the faith of Christ (2:20). To be
identified with Christ is to be made one with Christ. Baptism identifies
us with Christ by making us one entity with Christ…We have been
baptized into two things—into Christ and into His death [Rom. 6:3].
Therefore, we are now one entity with Christ in His death…With Him, His
death is history, but with us, it is a present, living, vivid
experience. When we are baptized, we are put into Christ’s death, making
Christ’s death ours…We have been identified with Christ in His death
that it may be no longer we who live but He who lives in us; and the
life that we now live in the flesh we live in the faith of Christ.
(CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 1, “The Central Line of the Divine Revelation,” p. 461)
Today's Reading
To
live in the faith of Christ means that the very Christ who lives in us
becomes our faith. Galatians 2:20 says that it is no longer we who live,
but it is Christ who lives in us. It then goes on to say that the life
that we now live, we still live in the flesh, yet we live this life by
Christ as our faith. Christ is living within us, and this living Christ
within us eventually becomes our faith. It is by this faith, which is
the very realization of Christ, that we still live in the flesh. This
kind of living is actually not we who live but Christ who lives in us.
Christ’s living in us means that we still live in the flesh by Christ as
our faith. Thus, the life spoken of in Galatians 2:20 is a life that is
absolutely Christ. People may say, “Since you are still eating,
sleeping, studying, working, and doing things, you are still living.” To
this we may reply, “Yes, I am still living, but I do not live by
anything of myself; I live by Christ as my faith. And this Christ is the
One who lives in me. So actually this is not my living. This is
Christ’s living, because I live no longer,
but Christ lives in me. I
still have a kind of living, but this living is not by me but by Christ
as my faith. The more He lives in me, the more I realize His
preciousness. The more I appreciate His preciousness, the more faith is
within me. This, therefore, is altogether not a life by myself but a
life by Christ. As for me, I am terminated; I am finished; I have been
crucified and even buried. It is no longer I who live but Christ who
lives in me. I am still living, yet I am living not by something of
myself but by Christ Himself as my faith.”
Christ’s
living in us must be a fact, not merely a doctrine or a declaration.
When we awake in the morning, we should call on the Lord a number of
times before we do anything else…Calling on the Lord in this way will
help us to experience Christ living in us. Copying two verses from the
Bible after our morning revival and taking them in a little at a time
throughout the day will also help us to experience Christ living in us.
According to Galatians 2:20, the life that we now live in the flesh we
live in the faith of Christ. We live a life in the flesh, but we live
this life in the faith of Christ. We do not live such a life in our
faith but in Christ’s faith, even in Christ as our faith. When we live
in this way, we enjoy Christ and appreciate Christ, and Christ within us
becomes our present faith. This means that we put ourselves absolutely
aside…Christ is everything to us to such an extent that He even becomes
our faith. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 1, “The Central Line of the Divine
Revelation,” pp. 461-462, 468)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 1, “The Central Line of the Divine Revelation,” ch. 13
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