晨興聖言-馬太福音中所啓示...(W3-1)
第三週 • 週一
晨興餧養
太一21 她將要生一個兒子，你要給祂起名叫耶穌，因祂要親自將祂的百姓從他們的罪裏救出來。
出三14 神對摩西說，我是那我是；又說，你要對以色列人這樣說，那我是差我到你們這裏來。
耶穌是神所起的名，而以馬內利是人所稱的名。天使加百列告訴馬利亞，她所懷的孩子要起名叫耶穌（路一31）。…因此，耶穌是神所起的名。…耶穌這名包括耶和華這名。在希伯來文裏，神這名的意思是大能者，全能神；耶和華這名的意思是我是—我是那我是（出三14）。動詞『是』在希伯來文裏不僅指現在，也包括過去和未來。因此，耶和華的正確意義是『我是那我是』—昔是、今是、以後永是的一位。…惟有神是永遠者。從已過的永遠到將來的永遠，祂都是我是。所以，主耶穌能論到自己說，『還沒有亞伯拉罕，我就是。』（約八58）祂也對猶太人說，『你們若不信我是，必要死在你們的罪中。』又說，『你們舉起人子以後，必知道我是。』（24、28）我們必須領悟，耶穌是那偉大的我是，並且相信祂是那偉大的我是（馬太福音生命讀經，七七至七八頁）。
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主的名是我是，…我們需要甚麼，主就是甚麼。我們若需要救恩，祂自己就是我們的救恩。我們有一張金額欄空白的簽名支票，我們可以填寫我們所需要的一切。我們若需要一元，可以填寫一元。我們若需要一百萬元，可以填寫一百萬元。…這支票包括我們所需要的一切。你需要甚麼，耶穌就是甚麼。你需要光、生命、能力、智慧、聖別或公義麼？耶穌自己就是光、生命、能力、智慧、聖別和公義。我們所需要的一切，都能在耶穌的名裏找到。這奇妙的名是何等高超，何等豐富！
耶穌這名包括的第一個元素是耶和華，第二個元素是救主。耶穌是耶和華救主，是拯救我們脫離一切消極事物的那位：脫離我們的罪，脫離火湖，脫離神的審判，並脫離永遠的定罪。…我們若恨惡脾氣，祂會拯救我們脫離脾氣。祂拯救我們脫離撒但邪惡的權勢，脫離日常生活中一切纏累我們的罪，並脫離一切轄制和嗜欲。阿利路亞，祂是救主！
耶穌不僅是救主，祂自己也是我們的救恩。不要求祂給你救恩。反而你該說，『主耶穌，來作我的救恩。』耶穌絕不會給你救恩，祂要來作你的救恩。我們信徒不領悟我們多麼需要蒙拯救。每天、每時甚至每刻，我們都需要從一些事物中蒙拯救。…在生命裏長大是甚麼意思？在積極方面，在生命裏長大就是進入基督所是的豐富。在消極方面，就是蒙拯救脫離某些事物，或棄絕某些事物。雖然我們是微小的人，但我們已積存了許多消極的事物。也許你不領悟你已積存了多少消極的事物。無論我們去那裏，我們都搜集東西。我們拾起許多消極的事物，養成許多需要蒙拯救脫離的習慣。當你讀到這裏，你也許不覺得需要蒙拯救脫離甚麼事物。然而，假定你忽然被提到諸天之上。你若現在被提到諸天之上，你會立刻覺得需要許多的拯救。在生命裏長大，就是蒙拯救脫離一切不需要的事物，脫離我們生活所不需要的一切。你若有光，有第四天光的暴露，你會說，『主，拯救我！』在這樣的時候，我們領悟耶穌真是耶和華作我們的救主，和我們的救恩（馬太福音生命讀經，七八至八○頁）。
參讀：馬太福音生命讀經，第六篇。
WEEK 3 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Matt. 1:21 And she will bear a son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins.
Exo.
3:14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He said, Thus you shall
say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.
Jesus
was the name given by God, whereas Emmanuel was the name called by man.
The angel Gabriel told Mary that the child she would conceive was to be
called Jesus (Luke 1:31)…Hence, Jesus was a God-given name. The name
Jesus includes the name Jehovah. In Hebrew the name God means “the
Mighty One,” God the Almighty; and the name Jehovah means “I Am”— I Am
Who I Am (Exo. 3:14). The verb to be in Hebrew not only refers to the
present but also includes both the past and the future. Hence, the
correct meaning of Jehovah is “I Am Who I Am,” the One who is now in the
present, who was in the past, and who will be in the future and in
eternity forever… Only God is the eternal One. From eternity past to
eternity future, He is the I Am. Therefore, the Lord Jesus could say of
Himself, “Before Abraham came into being, I am” (John 8:58). He also
said to the Jews, “Unless you believe that I am, you will die in your
sins,” and, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I
am” (vv. 24, 28). We must realize that Jesus is the great I Am and
believe in Him as the great I Am. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 59-60)
Today’s Reading
The
name of the Lord is the I Am…The Lord is whatever we need. If we need
salvation, He Himself will be salvation to us. We have a signed check
with the space for the amount left blank, and we may fill in whatever we
need. If we need one dollar, we may insert one dollar. But if we need
one million dollars, we may insert one million dollars…The check covers
whatever we need. Whatever you need, Jesus is. Do you need light, life,
power, wisdom, holiness, or righteousness? Jesus Himself is light, life,
power, wisdom, holiness, and righteousness. Everything we need is found
in the name of Jesus. How high and how rich is this wonderful name!
The
first element included in the name of Jesus is Jehovah. The second is
the Savior. Jesus is Jehovah-Savior, the One who saves us from all
negative things: from our sins, from hell, from God’s judgment, and from
eternal condemnation…If we hate our temper, He will save us from it. He
saves us from the evil power of Satan, from all our besetting sins in
our daily life, and from every bondage and addiction. Hallelujah, He is
the Savior!
Jesus
is not only the Savior; He Himself is also our salvation. Do not ask
Him to give you salvation. Instead, you should say, “Lord Jesus, come to
me and be my salvation.” Jesus will never give you salvation. He will
come to you as salvation. We believers do not realize how much we need
to be saved. Every day, every hour, and even every moment we have
something from which we need to be saved…What does it mean to grow in
life? On the positive side, to grow in life is to enter into the riches
of what Christ is. On the negative side, it is to be delivered from
certain things, or to forsake certain things. Although we are small
men, we have accumulated many negative things. Probably you do not
realize how many negative things you have accumulated. Wherever we go,
we collect things. We pick up a great many negative things, and we
acquire a number of habits from which we need to be saved. As you are
reading this, you may not sense that you need salvation from anything.
Suppose, however, you were suddenly raptured to the heavens. If you were
taken to the heavens right now, you would immediately sense that you
need a great deal of saving. To grow in life is simply to be saved from
all unnecessary things, from all that is not needed for our living. If
you have the light, the exposure of the fourth-day lights, you will say,
“Lord, save me!” At such times we realize that Jesus is truly Jehovah
as our Savior and our salvation. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 60-61)
Further Reading: Life-study of Matthew, msg. 6
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