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第一週 • 週五
晨興餧養
彼後一19 我們並有申言者更確定的話,你們留意這話,如同留意照在暗處的燈,直等到天發亮,晨星在你們心裏出現,你們就作得好了。
腓二13 因為乃是神為着祂的美意,在你們裏面運行,使你們立志並行事。
在星象家的日子,看見那星是奇蹟似的事件,但在今天看見晨星只是尋常的事,並且該是我們例常的經歷。每天都該有晨星在我們心裏出現。不要單單念聖經,也不要單單禱讀聖經,我們必須留意申言者的話,直等到天發亮,晨星在我們心裏出現。
所以,今日這星是來自這活話。我很喜歡在〔彼後一章十九節〕,主的話與晨星擺在一起。首先我們有話;其次由於留意申言者的話,我們有晨星在我們心裏出現。我們若一直隨從這在我們裏面出現的星,就會一直在那靈裏。這就是新約的事奉(李常受文集一九七○年第一冊,三八八頁)。
信息選讀
主耶穌的變化形像乃是祂所是的實化〔太十七1~2〕。當祂侷限在祂的肉體裏,人們以為祂只是一個微小的拿撒勒人。國度在祂裏面,但他們看不見。…祂上到山頂,在那裏祂『打開開關』了。祂發光照耀。祂的照耀乃是從祂裏面出來,不是從天上來的。祂裏面有一個東西在照耀。雖然這實際在祂變化形像以前,就已經在祂裏面,人卻不能觀察得到。然而,在祂變化形像時,祂的門徒就能觀察得到從祂裏面照耀出來的東西。
我們也許說這是主耶穌的照耀,或主耶穌的變化形像,但祂自己說那是國度的來臨。主耶穌在山頂的照耀,乃是國度的來臨。…國度就是主耶穌照耀在你身上。我盼望這句話能對你留下深刻印象:國度就是主耶穌的照耀,國度就是主耶穌藉着照耀在你身上而有的擴展。祂告訴彼得、雅各和約翰,他們要看見祂在祂的國裏來臨—他們要看見神的國帶着能力來臨。他們看見了甚麼?他們看見了主耶穌的照耀。當彼得、雅各和約翰都在祂的照耀之下,他們就在國度裏。那些由摩西所代表之死了的聖徒,和由以利亞所代表之活着的聖徒,也都顯現,並在主耶穌之擴展的照耀下。
假定有五位弟兄住在弟兄之家。如果這些弟兄們真是在主耶穌的照耀之下,國度就在那個弟兄之家裏。每當你訪問他們,你會感覺那個照耀、掌權、管治和美好的次序。雖然你看不到規則條文,但每件事都藉着照耀,維持在秩序之下。然而假定他們不活在照耀之下,反而彼此批評、輕視,卻假裝彼此相愛。你訪問他們時,你在屬靈上就會感覺你是在墓地。雖然一切都很安靜,卻有可怕的死亡在那裏。雖然沒有人相爭,一切都有秩有序,死亡和黑暗的權勢卻仍在那裏。那裏沒有照耀。
國度乃是主耶穌這實際的照耀。每當祂照耀在你身上,並且你也在那照耀之下,你就在國度裏。…國度不僅是一個時代,一個範圍,或一個領域,國度乃是主耶穌實際的實化。每當祂藉着照耀在你身上而得以擴展,你就在國度裏,並且國度就帶着能力來臨(李常受文集一九七二年第二冊,二二至二四頁)。
參讀:國度,第二章;創世記生命讀經,第四至五篇。
WEEK 1 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
2 Pet. 1:19 And we have the prophetic word made more firm, to which you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.
Phil. 2:13 For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.
In the days of the magi, the seeing of the star was a miraculous occurrence, but today to see the morning star is only normal and should be our regular experience. Day by day we need to have the morning star rising in our heart. We should not merely read the Bible and not even merely pray-read the Bible; we need to give heed to the prophetic word until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our heart.
Today, therefore, the star comes from the living word. I am so happy that in 2 Peter 1:19 we have the word and the morning star together. First, we have the word; second, by giving heed to the prophetic word, we have the morning star rising in our heart. If we will simply go along continually with this inner, rising star, we will consistently be in the Spirit. This is the New Testament service. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, “New Testament Service,” p. 289)
Today’s Reading
The transfiguration of the Lord Jesus was the realization of what He is [Matt. 17:1-2]. When He was confined in His flesh, people thought of Him as only a little man from Nazareth. The kingdom was in Him, but they could not see it…He went to the mountaintop, and there He was “switched on.” He was shining. His shining came from within, not from the heavens. Something within Him was shining. Although this reality was present within Him before His transfiguration, people could not observe it. However, at His transfiguration His disciples could observe something shining out from within Him.
We
may say that this was the shining of the Lord Jesus or the
transfiguration of the Lord Jesus, but He Himself said that it was the
coming of the kingdom. The shining forth of the Lord Jesus on the
mountaintop was the coming of the kingdom…The kingdom is simply the Lord
Jesus shining over you. I hope this sentence will make a deep
impression on you: the kingdom is the shining of the Lord Jesus, and the
kingdom is the spreading of the Lord Jesus by shining over you. He told
Peter, James, and John that they would see Him coming in His kingdom—
that they would see the kingdom of God having come in power. What did
they see? They saw the shining of the Lord Jesus. When Peter, James, and
John were all under His shining, they were in the kingdom. Also, the
dead saints, represented by Moses, and the living saints, represented by
Elijah, appeared and were under the shining of the spreading of the
Lord Jesus.
Suppose
there are five brothers living together in a brothers’ house. If these
brothers are really under the shining of the Lord Jesus, the kingdom
will be there in that brothers’ house. Whenever you visit them, you will
sense the shining, the reigning, the ruling, and the good order.
Although you would find no list of regulations, everything is kept in
order by the shining. Suppose, however, they do not live under the
shining, but rather they criticize and despise one another while
pretending to love one another. If you visit them, you will have the
spiritual sensation that you are in a cemetery. Although everything is
quiet, there is the dreadful presence of death. Although no one is
fighting and everything is in order, death and the authority of darkness
are still there. There is no shining.
The
kingdom is the shining of the reality of the Lord Jesus. Whenever He is
shining over you and you are under that shining, you are in the
kingdom…The kingdom is not merely a dispensation, a sphere, or a realm.
It is the realization of the reality of the Lord Jesus. Whenever He is
spreading by shining over you, you are in the kingdom, and the kingdom
has come in power. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” pp. 17-19)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” ch. 2; Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 4—5
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