晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W4-6)

第四週.週六

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羅六4 『所以我們藉著浸入死,和祂一同埋葬,好叫我們在生命的新樣中生活行動,像基督藉著父的榮耀,從死人中復活一樣。』

七6  『但我們既然在捆我們的律法上死了,現今就脫離了律法,叫我們在靈的新樣裏服事,不在字句的舊樣裏。』

羅馬七章六節表明,我們作為妻子,…必須在靈的新樣裏服事主,而不在字句的舊樣裏。我們必須領悟,在六章四節,我們有生命的新樣,為著我們的生活;在七章六節,我們有靈的新樣,為著我們的服事。生命的新樣來自與基督復活的聯合,是為著我們日常的生活行動。靈的新樣來自脫離律法,歸與復活的基督,是為著我們服事神。因此,靈的新樣與生命的新樣,都是舊人釘十字架的結果。(新約總論第十冊,六三頁。)

信息選讀

不僅如此,生命的新樣和靈的新樣都與那靈有關。生命的新樣與在復活裏的基督自己相關,祂是賜生命的靈。(林前十五45下。)『靈的新樣』這辭中的『靈』指我們重生之人的靈,有主,就是那靈,住在其中。(提後四22。)我們可以在靈的新樣裏服事,因為神更新了我們的靈。凡與我們重生之靈有關的,一切都是新的。凡出於這靈的,也都是新的。我們重生的靈是新樣的源頭,因為主、神的生命與聖靈,都在我們重生的靈裏。我們都必須學習不斷運用我們的靈。

在我們重生的靈裏,一切都是新的;在我們重生的靈裏,沒有別的,只有新樣。舊樣不是與我們重生的靈在一起,乃是與舊律法、舊規條、和舊字句在一起。所以,我們不該在字句的舊樣裏服事主。保羅所說的『字句』,〔羅七6,〕是指聖經中律法的成文條例。聖經裏有許多規條、要求、規範。我們若沒有那靈,而想要遵守這些規條、要求、規範,就是在死字句的舊樣裏服事神。我們需要領悟我們作為舊人,已經與基督同釘十字架;我們作為新人,已經脫離了舊人的律法,並且歸與我們的新丈夫,就是復活的基督,使我們結果子給神,並在靈的新樣裏服事主。(新約總論第十冊,六三至六四頁。)

我們都必須學習如何運用我們的靈。你來到召會的聚會中,不要運用你的記憶,要運用你的靈。你若運用你的靈,就會有新的東西給弟兄姊妹。釋放信息也是這樣。我若保留許多資料在記憶裏,想要照著這記憶的題材釋放信息,那篇信息就必是老舊的,滿了死知識的舊樣。然而,我釋放信息時,若忘掉我的記憶,並運用我的靈,就會有新的東西溢出。一九六九年,在伊利特會期間,我有這樣的經歷。在一次聚會中我站起來說話,但卻不清楚信息的內容。我憑信站起來,運用我的靈。立刻,關於啟示錄裏的七靈這一點出來了。每位聽見那篇信息的人都能見證,那是新的、新鮮的、有能力的、活的。那是七倍加強之靈出來的頭一天。

我們是歸與基督這新丈夫的重生之人,必須結果子給神。我們的所作、所是和所有,必須是神自己。神從我們這人滿溢,成為我們給神自己的果子。我們也必須在靈的新樣裏服事主,不在字句的舊樣裏,不在律法的舊樣裏。我們與律法再也沒有關係,我們已經脫離了律法。現今我們在恩典之下,同著且憑著我們的新丈夫基督而活。(羅馬書生命讀經,一七五至一七六頁。)

參讀:羅馬書生命讀經,第十二篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 6


Morning Nourishment

Rom. 6:4 We have been buried therefore with Him through baptism into His death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we might walk in newness of life.

        7:6 But now we have been discharged from the law, having died to that in which we were held, so that we serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of letter.

Romans 7:6 shows that as the wife we must…serve the Lord in newness of spirit, not in oldness of letter. We have to realize that in 6:4 we have the newness of life for our living; in 7:6 we have the newness of spirit for our service. Newness of life issues from our being identified with Christ’s resurrection and is for our walk in our daily life. Newness of spirit issues from our being discharged from the law and being joined to the resurrected Christ and is for our service to God. Thus, both newness of spirit and newness of life are results of the crucifixion of the old man. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3065)

Todays Reading

Furthermore, both newness of life and newness of spirit are related to the Spirit. The newness of life is related to Christ Himself in His resurrection, who is the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). The spirit in the phrase newness of spirit refers to our regenerated human spirit, in which the Lord as the Spirit dwells (2 Tim. 4:22). We may serve in newness of spirit because God has renewed our spirit. Everything that is related to our regenerated spirit is new, and everything that comes out of our spirit is new. Our regenerated spirit is a source of newness because the Lord, the life of God, and the Holy Spirit are there. We need to learn how to exercise our spirit continually.

In our regenerated spirit there is nothing but newness. Oldness is not with our regenerated spirit; it is with the old law, the old regulations, and the old letters. Therefore, we should not serve in oldness of letter. By letter [Rom. 7:6] Paul means the code of the written law in the Bible. There are many ordinances, requirements, and regulations in the Bible. If we do not have the Spirit and instead desire to keep these ordinances, requirements, and regulations, we will serve God in the oldness of the dead letter. We need to realize that we, as the old man, have been crucified with Christ, and that we, as the new man, are freed from the old man’s law and have been married to our new Husband, the resurrected Christ, that we might bear fruit to God and serve the Lord in newness of spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3065-3066)

We all must learn how to exercise our spirit. When you come to the meetings of the church, do not exercise your memory. Exercise your spirit. If you exercise your spirit, you will have something new to offer the brothers and sisters. This is also true in giving a message. If I retain a great deal of information in my memory and try to give a message according to this memorized material, that message will be old, filled with the oldness of dead knowledge. However, if I forget my memory and exercise my spirit as I give the message, something new will burst forth. I had this kind of experience during the Erie conference in 1969. In one meeting I stood up to speak but was not clear concerning the content of the message. I stood by faith, exercising my spirit. Immediately, the matter of the seven Spirits in the book of Revelation came forth. Everyone who heard that message can testify that it was new, fresh, powerful, and living. That was the first day the sevenfold intensified Spirit came forth.

As regenerated people who have been joined to Christ as the new Husband, we must bear fruit to God. Whatever we do, are, and have must be God Himself. God overflows from our being to become our fruit to God Himself. We must also serve the Lord in newness of spirit, not in oldness of letter, not in oldness of the law. We have nothing to do with the law any longer. We have been freed from it. Now we are under grace, living with and by our new Husband, who is Christ. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 143-144)

Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 12

 

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