晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W21-2)
第二十一週.週二
晨興餧養
羅十六25~26 『神能照我的福音,就是關於耶穌基督的傳揚,照歷世以來密而不宣之奧祕的啟示,堅固你們;這奧祕如今顯明出來,且…藉著眾申言者所寫的,指示萬國,使他們順從信仰。』
我們需要得著領頭的使徒和申言者所得之同樣的啟示。…我們必須藉著得加強到裏面的人裏,個人、主觀的領受這啟示。這關乎基督與召會的啟示乃是神的經綸,是隱藏的奧祕。…我們若沒有啟示,就無法成為使徒和申言者。我們若有神經綸的啟示,我們就是那班在神新約職事中,跟從使徒和申言者的人。(新約總論第十一冊,一五七至一五八頁。)
信息選讀
關於基督是召會的奧祕,以弗所三章六節說,『外邦人在基督耶穌裏,藉著福音得以同為後嗣,同為一個身體,並同為應許的分享者。』『同為後嗣』這辭指明在神新約的經綸裏,被揀選、蒙救贖、得重生的外邦人,與相信的猶太人,得以同為神的後嗣承受神。『同為一個身體』這句話指明,得救的外邦人,與得救的猶太人,得以同為基督的一個身體,作祂惟一的彰顯。『同為…分享者』這辭指明,外邦信徒與猶太信徒,得以一同有分於神在舊約所賜,關乎祂新約經綸一切福分的應許。同為後嗣,與神家人的福有關;同為一個身體,與基督身體的福有關;同為應許的分享者,與神應許的福有關。
保羅在以弗所三章告訴我們,為著召會之關乎基督奧祕的啟示,已經賜給使徒和申言者。保羅對基督的啟示,主要是關乎基督追測不盡的豐富。按照八節,保羅將基督那追測不盡的豐富當作福音傳揚。基督的豐富,就是基督之於我們的所是,就如光、生命、義、聖等,以及祂為我們之所有,並祂為我們所完成的、所達到的、並所得著的。基督的這些豐富,測不透也追不盡。(新約總論第十一冊,一五八至一五九頁。)
要看見和明白這樣一個奧祕,我們人的心思是完全不彀的。這就是為甚麼使徒保羅禱告求神給我們智慧和啟示的靈,(弗一17,)使我們明白召會,就是基督的奧祕。
羅馬十六章二十五至二十六節保羅說〔到〕…這歷世以來密而不宣,卻在新約時代啟示出來的奧祕,主要的有兩面:一面是神的奧祕,就是基督;(西二2;)祂在信徒裏面作了他們的生命和一切,使他們成為祂身體的肢體。另一面是基督的奧祕,就是召會,作基督的身體,彰顯祂的豐滿。(弗一22~23。)因此,基督與召會,乃是極大的奧祕。(五32。)羅馬書首先告訴我們,信徒如何浸入基督,(六3,)基督如何作到信徒裏面,(八10,)信徒如何穿上基督。(十三14。)然後羅馬書啟示信徒如何在一個身體裏建造在一起,(十二4~5,)在那實際的存在於許多城市的眾地方召會裏彰顯基督,與眾召會間的聖徒彼此相愛,彼此交通,以彰顯基督的身體,為要完成神的奧祕。永遠的神藉著使徒和申言者,已將這奧祕指示萬國,使他們順從信仰。(新約總論第七冊,一七至一八頁。)
參讀:以弗所書生命讀經,第二十九篇。
WEEK 21 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Rom.
16:25-26 Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my
gospel, that is, the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the
revelation of the mystery, which has been kept in silence in the times
of the ages but has now been manifested, and through the prophetic
writings…has been made known to all the Gentiles for the obedience of
faith.
We
need to receive the same revelation given to the leading apostles and
prophets…We must receive it ourselves personally and subjectively by
being strengthened into our inner man. This revelation concerning Christ
and the church is the economy of God, the hidden mystery…If we do not
have the revelation, then we cannot be apostles and prophets. If we have
the revelation of God’s economy, we will be followers of the apostles
and prophets in God’s New Testament ministry. (The Conclusion of the New
Testament, p. 3377)
Todays Reading
Regarding Christ as the mystery of the church, Ephesians 3:6 says that “in Christ Jesus the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the Body and fellow partakers of the promise through the gospel.” The expression fellow heirs indicates that in God’s New Testament economy the chosen, redeemed, and regenerated Gentiles and the believing Jews are fellow heirs of God, inheriting God. The phrase fellow members of the Body indicates that the saved Gentiles and the saved Jews are fellow members of the one Body of Christ as His unique expression. The words fellow partakers indicate that the Gentile believers and the Jewish believers are fellow partakers of God’s promise given in the Old Testament, concerning all the blessings of God’s New Testament economy. Being fellow heirs is related to the blessing of the household of God; being fellow members of the Body, to the blessing of the Body of Christ; and being fellow partakers of the promise, to the blessing of the promise of God.
In
Ephesians 3 Paul tells us that the revelation of the mystery concerning
Christ for the church has been given to the apostles and prophets.
Paul’s revelation of Christ was mainly a revelation of Christ’s
unsearchable riches. According to verse 8, Paul announced the
unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel. The riches of Christ are
what Christ is to us, such as light, life, righteousness, and holiness,
what He has for us, and what He accomplished, attained, and obtained for
us. These riches of Christ are unsearchable and untraceable.
To
see and to understand such a mystery our human mentality is altogether
inadequate. This is why the apostle Paul prayed that God would give us a
spirit of wisdom and revelation (1:17) that we may understand the
church, which is the mystery of Christ.
In
Romans 16:25 and 26 Paul speaks of…this mystery, which has been kept in
silence in the times of the ages but has been revealed in the New
Testament age, [which] is mainly of two aspects. The one is the mystery
of God, which is Christ, who is in the believers as their life and their
everything that they may become the members of His Body; the other is
the mystery of Christ, which is the church as His Body to express His
fullness (Eph. 1:22-23). Therefore, Christ and the church are the great
mystery (5:32). The book of Romans first tells us how the believers have
been baptized into Christ (6:3), how Christ has been wrought into the
believers (8:10), and how the believers have put on Christ (13:14). Then
Romans reveals how the believers are built together in one Body
(12:4-5) to express Christ in local churches that have come into
existence in many cities in a practical way, with all the saints loving
one another and fellowshipping with one another among all the churches
to express the Body of Christ for the fulfillment of God’s mystery. The
eternal God, through the apostles and prophets, has made known this
mystery to all the nations unto obedience of faith. (The Conclusion of
the New Testament, pp. 3377-3378, 2058)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 29
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