晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W2-6)

第二週．週六

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林後四１７　『因為我們這短暫輕微的苦楚，要極盡超越的為我們成就永遠重大的榮耀。』

彼前五１０　『但那全般恩典的神，就是那曾在基督耶穌裏召你們進入祂永遠榮耀的，等你們暫受苦難之後，必要親自成全你們，堅固你們，加強你們，給你們立定根基。』

〔在彼前五章十節，〕全般恩典是指在神的經綸裏，按著在我們身上及裏面神聖工作的許多步驟，供應給我們神聖生命多面全備供應的豐富。開頭的一步是呼召我們，終結的一步是叫我們得榮耀，正如這裏所說，召你們進入祂永遠的榮耀。在這兩步之間，是祂管教我們時愛的關切，以及祂在我們身上成全、堅固、加強並立基的工作。在這一切神聖的舉動裏，神聖生命全備的供應就作恩典在各樣的經歷中供應我們。（聖經恢復本，彼前五10註2。）

信息選讀

在基督耶穌裏，〔彼前五10，〕指明那全般恩典的神經過成為肉體、為人生活、釘十字架、復活並升天的過程，成就完備且完滿的救贖，使祂能將祂所救贖的人帶進與祂自己生機的聯結裏。這樣他們就能有分於三一神的豐富作他們的享受。神聖工作的一切步驟都是在基督裏，祂是三一神的具體化身，成了包羅萬有賜生命的靈，作我們全備的生命供應。在這基督裏，藉著祂包羅萬有的救贖，並基於祂一切的成就，神就能成為全般恩典的神，召我們得享祂永遠的榮耀，並在那作穩固根基的三一神（一2）裏成全我們，堅固我們，加強我們，給我們立定根基，這樣就使我們能達到祂榮耀的目標。…祂在我們身上成全、堅固、加強、並立基的工作…是何其超絕！這都是藉祂全般的恩典，也就是真實的恩典（五12）所成就的。（聖經恢復本，彼前五10註3。）

〔羅馬五章四節的〕盼望是甚麼？就是盼望有一天我們都要被帶進神的榮耀裏。（2。）雖然我們站在恩典中，行在平安裏，但我們還未在榮耀裏。然而有一天，我們要被帶進榮耀裏。…每當神得著彰顯的時候，那就是榮耀。這很像電流在燈泡裏的彰顯。電的彰顯就是電的榮耀。我們看不見電本身，但電在燈裏的照耀就是電的彰顯，榮耀。同樣，榮耀就是得著彰顯的神。

這榮耀將來臨，沒有甚麼能與其相比。好幾處經文給我們看見，神要領許多兒子進榮耀裏去。（羅八18，林後四17，帖前二12，來二10，彼前五10。）我們現今在這裏，因盼望這要來的榮耀而享受神。我們享受祂的時候，盼望榮耀來臨。

我們這樣享受神，就要在祂的生命裏得救。〔羅五10。〕…我們需要天天得救，脫離許多消極的事物。我們需要得救，脫離我們的脾氣和我們的己。我們在苦難中享受神時，需要祂生命中的拯救。我們需要在祂的生命裏得救，脫離纏累的罪，就是得釋放脫離罪與死的律。我們需要在祂的生命裏得救，脫離世俗，就是得著聖別。我們需要在祂的生命裏得救，脫離我們天然的人，就是從我們天然的生命被變化。我們需要在祂的生命裏得救，脫離自己的樣子，就是模成神長子基督的形像。我們也需要在祂的生命裏得救，脫離個人主義，就是與別人同被建造成為一個身體。這些是在基督的生命裏得救，…這樣在生命裏得救，乃是我們在神裏面所得著主要的享受。

稱義已將我們帶進享受的範圍。在這範圍裏，我們站在恩典中，行在平安裏，在指望中受苦，並在患難中享受神。我們受苦並享受的時候，就在祂的生命裏得救。這是稱義的結果。（羅馬書生命讀經，一二六至一二七頁。）

參讀：羅馬書生命讀經，第十一篇。

WEEK 2 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

2 Cor. 4:17 For our momentary lightness of affliction works out for us, more and more surpassingly, an eternal weight of glory.

1 Pet. 5:10 But the God of all grace, He who has called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself perfect, establish, strengthen, and ground you.

All grace [in 1 Peter 5:10] refers to the riches of the bountiful supply of the divine life in many aspects ministered to us in many steps of the divine operation on and in us in God’s economy. The initial step is to call us, and the consummate step is to glorify us, as mentioned here in who has called you into His eternal glory. Between these two steps are God’s loving care while He is disciplining us, and His perfecting, establishing, strengthening, and grounding work in us. In all these divine acts, the bountiful supply of the divine life is ministered to us as grace in varied experiences. (1 Pet. 5:10,
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Todays Reading

In Christ Jesus indicates that the God of all grace went through all the processes of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension to accomplish the complete and full redemption that He may bring His redeemed people into an organic union with Himself. Thus they can participate in the riches of the Triune God as their enjoyment. All the steps of the divine operation are in Christ, who is the embodiment of the Triune God and who became the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit as the bountiful life supply to us. It is in this Christ, through His all-inclusive redemption and based on all His achievements, that God can be the God of all grace to call us into His eternal glory and to perfect, establish, strengthen, and ground us in the Triune God (1:1-2) as the solid foundation, thus enabling us to attain His glorious goal…How excellent is His perfecting, establishing, strengthening, and grounding work in us! This is all accomplished through His “all grace,” which is the “true grace” (5:12). (1 Pet. 5:10, footnote 4)

What is this hope [Rom. 5:4]? It is the hope that one day we will all be brought into the glory of God (v. 2). Although we stand in grace and walk in peace, we are not yet in glory. But [one day]…we will be brought into glory…Whenever God is expressed, that is glory. It is very similar to the expression of the electrical current in a light bulb. The expression of electricity is the glory of electricity. We cannot see electricity itself, but the shining of electricity in the lights is the expression, the glory, of electricity. Likewise, glory is God expressed.

This glory is coming, and nothing can compare with it. Several verses show us that God will bring many sons into glory (8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17; 1 Thes. 2:12; Heb. 2:10; 1 Pet. 5:10). Here and now we enjoy God because of the hope of this coming glory. While we are enjoying Him, we hope for the glory to come.

As we enjoy God in this way, we are being saved in His life…(Rom. 5:10). Daily we need to be saved from so many negative things. We need to be saved from our temper and our self. As we enjoy God in our sufferings, we need the saving in His life. We need to be saved in His life from the besetting sin, that is, to be freed from the law of sin and death. We need to be saved in His life from being worldly, that is, to be sanctified. We need to be saved in His life from our natural being, that is, to be transformed from our natural life. We need to be saved in His life from being self-like, that is, to be conformed to the image of Christ, the firstborn Son of God. And we need to be saved in His life from being individualistic, that is, to be built up with others into one Body. These are the savings in the life of Christ…This kind of saving in life is the main enjoyment that we have in God.

Justification has brought us into the realm of enjoyment. In this realm we stand in grace, walk in peace, suffer in hope, and enjoy God in our tribulations. While we are suffering and enjoying, we are being saved in His life. This is the issue of justification. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 105-106)

Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 11