晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W1-5)
第一週.週五
晨興餧養
羅五18 『如此說來,藉著一次的過犯,眾人都被定罪,照樣,藉著一次的義行,眾人也都被稱義得生命了。』
八2 『因為生命之靈的律,在基督耶穌裏已經釋放了我,使我脫離了罪與死的律。』
神生機的救恩在羅馬書中完全啟示出來。要完成神生機的救恩,就需要兩個神聖的遷移,和一個屬靈的聯結。第一個遷移是從亞當裏遷到基督裏,這是事實上並地位上的遷移。(六3~8。)第二個遷移是從肉體裏遷到生命之靈裏,這是實行上並經歷上的遷移。(七1~6,八16上。)肉體就是實行上並經歷上的亞當。我們從肉體裏遷到那靈裏;那靈就是實行上並經歷上的基督。我們實行與那靈聯結的路,乃是將心思不置於肉體,乃置於調和的靈,而得生命平安,(八6,)以及學習行事為人不照著肉體,乃照著調和的靈。(4。)我們在肉體裏憑自己,不可能成就律法義的要求。這要求惟有藉著我們照著調和的靈行事並生活,纔能成就。我們將心思置於調和的靈,並照著調和的靈行事的結果,乃是使我們在生命中與恩典一同作王,管理萬有,而得永遠的生命。(五17下,21。)(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊,五三五至五三六頁。)
信息選讀
在亞當裏,我們承受了撒但的性情,就是罪,將我們在素質和元素上構成了罪人。我們也承受了死;這個死,一面使我們在神的事上被動、軟弱、無能,另一面作王轄管我們,首先在我們的靈裏,然後經過我們的魂,至終轄管我們的身體。不僅如此,在罪與死裏,我們受到神公義律法的定罪。作
為信徒,我們已經浸入基督,也浸入祂的死,這死把我們從亞當裏帶出來。此外,我們也在基督復活時蒙了重生;在那再一次的出生裏,我們藉著祂的復活,被遷到基督裏。
神已經使基督成為我們的義。(林前一30。)因此,神看我們與基督一樣是義的。…在基督裏,我們也得著神作我們的生命。父神與我們有同一個生命,這是何等希奇!當我們稱神為父時,我們乃是表達我們在生命上與祂生機的關係。
根據羅馬五章十八節,稱義是叫我們得生命。被稱義的目標乃是要得生命,並在生命中作王。我們在生命中得救到一個地步,這拯救我們的生命使我們登寶座作王。藉著義並在恩典之下,我們在生命中作王,管理一切。…我們這樣的人竟能在生命中作王,這對主是何等的榮耀,對仇敵是何等的羞辱。
今天那靈就是在應用上的基督,也就是基督到我們這裏來給我們經歷。就著實行一面說,惟有當我們在那靈裏,我們纔在神聖遷移的實際裏。我們日常的生活,幾乎完全在於我們是在那裏。神對人類的第一個問題是:『你在那裏?』(創三9。)今天祂仍在問同樣的問題。保羅渴望給人看出他是在基督這範圍裏。(腓三9。)我們所需要的不是有某種行為,乃是藉著我們與那靈的聯結,給人看出我們是在那靈裏,因而給人看出我們是在基督裏。
我們深處的靈,與經過過程並終極完成之三一神那終極完成的靈是一。這包羅萬有的靈,包括父、子、靈,是在我們裏面,並與我們的靈調和。我們的靈與主聯合成為一靈,(林前六17,)祂的靈也同我們的靈見證我們是神的兒女,(羅八16,)使我們與祂成為一靈而一同生活、一同存在、一同工作、並一同說話。與主成為一靈,就是在神聖遷移的實際裏。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊,五三六至五三八頁。)
參讀:羅馬書中神完整的救恩結晶讀經,第二篇。
WEEK 1 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
Rom. 5:18 So then as it was through one offense unto condemnation to all men, so also it was through one righteous act unto justification of life to all men.
8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death.
God’s organic salvation is fully revealed in the book of Romans. To carry out God’s organic salvation there is the need of two divine transfers and one spiritual union. The first transfer is out of Adam into Christ and is factual and positional (6:3-8). The second transfer is out of the flesh into the Spirit of life and is practical and experiential (7:1-6; 8:16a). The flesh is the practical, experiential Adam. We are transferred out of the flesh into the Spirit, who is the practical and experiential Christ. The way to carry out our union with the Spirit is to set our mind not on the flesh but on the mingled spirit unto life and peace (v. 6) and to learn to walk and to have our being not according to the flesh but according to the mingled spirit (v. 4)…The result of setting our mind on the mingled spirit and walking according to the mingled spirit is our reigning in life with grace over all things unto eternal life (5:17b, 21). (CWWL, 1994- 1997, vol. 5, “The Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans,” p. 426)
Todays Reading
In Adam we inherited the nature of Satan as sin, constituting us sinners in essence and element. We also inherited death, which on the one hand, made us passive, weak, and impotent with respect to the things of God and, on the other hand, reigned first in our spirit, then through our soul, and eventually over our body. Furthermore, in sin and death we became subject to
the condemnation of the righteous law of God. As believers, we have
been baptized into Christ and also into His death, a death that took us
out of Adam. In addition, we were regenerated at the time of Christ’s
resurrection, and in that rebirth, through His resurrection, we were
transferred into Christ.
God
has made Christ righteousness to us (1 Cor. 1:30). Because of this, God
considers us as righteous as Christ…In Christ we also have been given
God as our life. What a wonder that God the Father and we have the same
life! When we call God Father, we are expressing our organic
relationship with Him in life.
According
to Romans 5:18, justification is unto life. The goal of being justified
is to have life and to reign in life. We are saved in life to the
extent that the life that saves us enthrones us as kings. Through
righteousness and under grace we reign in life over everything…What a
glory to the Lord and what a shame to the enemy that people such as we
can reign in life!
The
Spirit today is Christ in application, Christ coming to us for our
experience. Practically speaking, only when we are in the Spirit are we
in the reality of the divine transfer. Our daily living depends almost
entirely on where we are. “Where are you?” (Gen. 3:9) was the first
question that God addressed to the human race, and today He is still
asking…Paul’s desire was to be found in Christ as a realm (Phil. 3:9).
Our need is not to behave in a certain way but to be found in Christ by
being found in the Spirit through our union with the Spirit.
Our
spirit deep within is one with the consummated Spirit of the processed
and consummated Triune God. The all-inclusive Spirit, who includes the
Father, the Son, and the Spirit, is in us and is mingled with our
spirit. Our spirit is joined to the Lord as one spirit (1 Cor. 6:17),
and His Spirit witnesses together with our spirit that we are children
of God (Rom. 8:16), that we may live together, exist together, work
together, and speak together as one spirit. To be one spirit with the
Lord is to be in the reality of
the divine transfer. (CWWL,
1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation
of God in Romans,” pp. 426-427)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans,” ch. 2
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