晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W24-4)
第二十四週.週四
晨興餧養
來九14 『何況基督藉著永遠的靈,將自己無瑕無疵的獻給神,祂的血豈不更潔淨我們的良心,使其脫離死行,叫我們事奉活神麼?』
弗六15 『且以和平福音的穩固根基,當作鞋穿在腳上。』
我們若要從事屬靈的爭戰,就必須有無虧的良心,就是沒有漏洞的良心。…因此,我們需要對付我們的良心,使我們的良心無虧,就是良心沒有虧欠。此外,我們還需要穿上義的胸甲,來遮蓋我們的良心。…啟示錄十二章十一節說,『弟兄們勝過他,是因羔羊的血。』有羔羊的血遮蓋,主要的就是我們身上有義的胸甲。義是在血裏,血的遮蓋就是胸甲。…每當我們想要爭戰抵擋黑暗的權勢,撒但就藉著控告,使我們的良心變得十分敏感。這些感覺實際上不是良心的敏銳,乃是撒但控告的結果。我們對這樣的控告該立即回應說,『我勝過那控告者撒但,不是靠著我的完全,甚至也不是靠著無虧的良心,乃是靠著羔羊的血。我靠義的胸甲,抵擋他的控告。』(新約總論第十一冊,二六一頁。)
信息選讀
遮蓋我們良心,並保守我們脫離撒但控告的義,乃是基督自己。…在經歷上,我們不能把血與基督分開。…在祂血的潔淨下,祂成了我們的義。每當我們要有分於屬靈的爭戰,我們需要禱告說,『主,以你自己作我的義遮蓋我。主,我藏身在你的血底下。』不僅如此,我們必須告訴那控告者:『撒但,我勝過你,不是憑我的功績,而是憑著羔羊得勝的血。』
我們的腳必須穿上鞋,好有穩固的立足點和力量,使我們在爭戰中站住。〔弗六15。〕這不是為走路,也不是為賽跑,乃是為爭戰。…『和平福音的穩固根基』一辭,意指和平福音的建立。基督已經在十字架上,為我們與神並與人成就了和平,這和平成了我們的福音。(二13~17。)這已經建立成穩固的根基,好像豫備好的鞋,給我們穿在腳上。…為著這樣穩固根基的和平,也是基督。(14。)
我們要明白保羅在〔以弗所六章十五節〕裏的思想,就需要看見,這裏的福音是和平的福音。按照二章十五至十六節,基督在十字架上成就了和平,使外邦人能接觸猶太信徒,也使所有的信徒都能接觸神。這個和平是喜信,佳音;換句話說,這就是福音。為這緣故,十七節說基督傳和平為福音。
六章十五節所說和平的福音,乃是基督在十字架上所成就的和平,使所有的信徒與神成為一,也使外邦信徒與猶太信徒成為一。這和平乃是我們的福音。有了這和平,就有穩固的根基,是給我們站住的穩固立足點。…屬靈的爭戰是一場摔跤。…我們若以和平福音的穩固根基,當作鞋穿在腳上,就能抵擋仇敵任何的攻擊。…不管發生甚麼事情,我們都能在邪惡的日子站住抵擋。
通常和平是與爭戰相對。我們有和平時,就不爭戰;我們爭戰時,就沒有和平。但在這裏,我們是憑著和平並在和平裏爭戰。…我們若失去我們與神之間,或與別的信徒之間的和平,(西三15,)就失去了爭戰的立足點。基督是使我們與神是一,並與聖徒是一的和平。這和平是穩固的根基,使我們能站立得穩,抵擋仇敵。(新約總論第十一冊,二六一至二六四頁。)
參讀:以弗所書生命讀經,第三十八、四十一至四十二、六十三篇。
WEEK 24 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
Heb.
9:14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal
Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience
from dead works to serve the living God?
Eph. 6:15 And having shod your feet with the firm foundation of the gospel of peace.
If
we are to engage in spiritual warfare, we must have a conscience void
of offense, a conscience without holes…Therefore, we need to deal with
our conscience in order to have a good conscience, a conscience void of
offense. In addition, we need to put on the breastplate of righteousness
to cover our conscience. Revelation 12:11 says, “They overcame him
because of the blood of the Lamb.” To be covered by the blood of the
Lamb is mainly to have upon us the breastplate of righteousness.
Righteousness is in the blood, and the covering of the blood is the
breastplate…Whenever we intend to fight against the powers of darkness,
Satan, through his accusations, causes our conscience to become very
sensitive. These feelings actually are not the sensitivity of the
conscience but the result of Satan’s accusations. Immediately our
response to such accusations should be, “I overcome Satan, the accuser,
not by my perfection and not even by a conscience void of offense but by
the blood of the Lamb. I am defended against his accusations by the
breastplate of righteousness.” (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p.
3461)
Todays Reading
The
righteousness that covers our conscience and that guards us from
Satan’s accusations is Christ Himself…In experience we cannot separate
the blood from Christ…Under the cleansing of His blood, He becomes our
righteousness. Whenever we are about to take part in the spiritual
warfare, we need to pray, “Lord, cover me with Yourself as my
righteousness. Lord, I hide under Your blood.” Furthermore, we must tell
the accuser, “Satan, I overcome you, not by my merit but by the
prevailing blood of the Lamb.”
Our
feet must be shod in order to have a firm footing and the strength to
stand in the battle [Eph. 6:15]. This is not for walking a way or
running a course but for fighting the battle. The expression the firm
foundation of the gospel of peace means the establishment of the gospel
of peace. Christ has made peace for us on the cross, both with God and
with man, and this peace has become our gospel (2:13-17). This gospel of
peace has been established as a firm foundation, as a readiness with
which our feet may be shod…The peace for such a firm foundation also is
Christ (v. 14).
In
order to understand Paul’s thought in this verse, we need to see that
here the gospel is the gospel of peace. According to verses 15 and 16,
on the cross Christ accomplished peace so that the Gentiles could
contact the Jewish believers and so that all the believers could contact
God. This peace is the glad tidings, the good news; in other words, it
is the gospel. For this reason, verse 17 says that Christ preached the
gospel of peace.
The
gospel of peace spoken of in 6:15 is the peace accomplished by Christ
on the cross for all the believers to be one with God and for the
Gentile believers to be one with the Jewish believers. This peace is our
gospel. With this peace there is a firm foundation, which is a secure
footing for our standing. Spiritual warfare is a wrestling match…If we
have our feet shod with the firm foundation of the gospel of peace, we
can withstand any attack of the enemy…No matter what happens, we can
stand and withstand in the evil day.
Usually
peace is the opposite of warfare. When we have peace, we do not fight,
and when we fight, we do not have peace. But here we fight with peace
and in peace…If we lose the peace between us and God or between us and
other believers (Col. 3:15), we lose the standing to fight. Christ is
the peace for us to be one with God and to be one with the saints. This
peace is the firm foundation that enables us to stand fast against the
enemy. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3462-3463)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 38, 41—42, 63
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