晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W4-3)
第四週.週三
晨興餧養
羅七3~4 『所以,丈夫活著,她若歸與別的男人,便叫淫婦;丈夫若死了,她就脫離了那律法,雖然歸與別的男人,也不是淫婦。我的弟兄們,這樣說來,你們藉著基督的身體,向著律法也已經是死的了,叫你們歸與別人,就是歸與那從死人中復活的,使我們結果子給神。』
我們的舊人藉著基督的身體,向著律法已經釘了十字架,使我們能歸與另一個丈夫,就是那從死人中復活的基督。保羅在羅馬七章四節下半說,『叫你們歸與別人,就是歸與那從死人中復活的,使我們結果子給神。』這『歸與』指明我們在作妻子的新身分裏,在人位、名義、生命和存在上,與基督在祂的復活裏有生機的聯結。如今我們歸與我們的新丈夫基督。在林後十一章二節,保羅也告訴我們,他將信徒許配一個丈夫,就是基督。(新約總論第十冊,六○頁。)
信息選讀
基督既是我們的丈夫,我們就必須倚靠祂,並以祂為頭。(弗五23。)以神為我們的丈夫,意思是了結我們一切的所是、所有和所作,在一切事上信靠神。以基督為我們的丈夫,意思也是我們相信基督。神的心意是帶我們歸向祂自己,並使我們完全信靠祂。我們不該再憑自己活,乃該憑基督而活。我們必須讓基督替我們活。我們不該再憑自己生活,憑自己行動,或在自己裏面成為甚麼。我們必須全然被了結,我們的頭必須完全被遮蓋。我們不再是丈夫。我們作為舊人已經釘十字架,現今基督是我們的丈夫。
基督不僅是我們的頭,也是我們的人位。我們必須以基督為我們的生命。(西三4。)基督是我們的丈夫、我們的頭、我們的人位、和我們的生命。我們已被了結,一無所是。基督活在我們裏面,並替我們活著。所以,我們完全在恩典之下,絕不再在律法之下。律法與我們無關,我們也與律法無關。『我藉著律法,已經向律法死了。』(加二19。)現今我們是在恩典裏向神活著。
一個人相信並浸入三一神裏,他就與另一個人位有了關聯,也就是說他歸與另一個人—基督。在他相信並受浸之前,他只與一個人位有關,因他只有他自己(他的舊人)為他的人位;然而,一旦他相信並浸入三一神裏,他就與另一個人位產生關聯,這乃是神聖的人位,就是我們的救贖主、使人與神和好者、並生命救主。這奇妙的人位—神—藉著基督的死與復活,與我們產生關聯。在基督的死裏,我們這舊人死了;在祂的復活裏,我們得重生的新人與祂一同復活。我們的舊人既已與基督同釘,我們就從賜給舊人的律法得著釋放,並且向神活著。這是極大的改變。
許多重生並受浸的信徒能照著他們的經歷見證這個改變。人在信入主之前,是憑著舊人活在律法之下。他相信並受浸之後,他裏面就有個東西開始規律他,叫他不要照舊的方式生活。這內裏的規律,一面是向他舊有的生活方式死;另一面是活他得重生的新人,就是向神而活。他的舊人既已與基督同釘,他就從律法得釋放。因此,他現今成了不再向律法活,乃向神活的人。這奇妙的改變指明他向律法已經死了,現今乃是向活神活著。(新約總論第十冊,六○至六二頁。)
參讀:新約總論,第三百篇。
WEEK 4 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Rom.
7:3-4 So then if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another
man, she will be called an adulteress; but if the husband dies, she is
free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress, though she is
joined to another man. So then, my brothers, you also have been made
dead to the law through the body of Christ so that you might be joined
to another, to Him who has been raised from the dead, that we might bear
fruit to God.
Our
old man has been crucified to the law through the body of Christ that
we might marry another husband, Christ, who has been raised from among
the dead. In Romans 7:4b, Paul says, “That you might be joined to
another, to Him who has been raised from the dead, that we might bear
fruit to God.” This joining indicates that in our new status as a wife,
we have an organic union in person, name, life, and existence with
Christ in His resurrection. Now we are married to Christ, our new
Husband. In 2 Corinthians 11:2 Paul also tells us that he has betrothed
the believers to one husband, Christ. (The
Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3062-3063)
Todays Reading
Since Christ is our Husband, we must depend on Him and take Him as our Head (Eph. 5:23). To take God as our Husband means to terminate all that we are, have, and do and to trust in God for everything. Taking Christ as our Husband also means that we believe in Christ. God’s intention is to bring us back to Himself and to cause us to place our full trust in Him. No longer should we live by ourselves but by Christ. We must let Christ live for us. We should live no longer by ourselves, act by ourselves, or be anything in ourselves. We must be completely terminated, and our head must be completely covered. We are no longer the husband. We, as the old man, have been crucified. Christ is now our Husband.
Christ
is not only our Head—He is also our person. We must even take Christ as
our life (Col. 3:4). Christ is our Husband, our Head, our person, and
our life. We have been terminated and have become nobody. Christ lives
in us and for us. Therefore, we are fully under grace, no longer under
law in any way. The law has nothing to do with us, and we have nothing
to do with the law. “For I through law have died to law” (Gal. 2:19).
Now in grace we are alive to God.
When
a person believes and is baptized into the Triune God, he becomes
involved with another person, that is, he marries another person,
Christ. Before he believes and is baptized, he is involved with only one
person, for he has only himself as his person, that is, his old man.
However, once he believes and is baptized into the Triune God, he
becomes involved with another person—the divine person who is our
Redeemer, Reconciler, and Life-Savior. This wonderful person, God,
became involved with us through the death and resurrection of Christ. In
His death, we as the old man died, and in His resurrection, we as the
regenerated new man were raised with Him. Since our old man has been
crucified with Christ, we are freed from the law, which was given to the
old man, and we are living to God. This is a great change.
According
to their experience, many regenerated and baptized believers can
testify to this change. Before a person believes into the Lord, he lives
by the old man under the law. After he believes and is baptized,
something within him begins to regulate him not to live in the old way.
This inward regulation is, on the one hand, death to his old way of
living and, on the other hand, the living of his regenerated new man,
that is, his living to God. Since his old man has been crucified with
Christ, he is freed from the law. Therefore, he now becomes a person who
lives no longer to the law but to God. This marvelous change indicates
that he has died to the law and now lives to the living God.
(The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3063-3064)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 300
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