晨興聖言-馬太福音中所啓示...(W3-4)

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太一23  『看哪,必有童女懷孕生子,人要稱祂的名為以馬內利。』(以馬內利繙出來,就是神與我們同在)

 十八20 因為無論在那裏,有兩三個人被聚集到我的名裏,那裏就有我在他們中間。

 

以馬內利是有相當經歷的人所稱的名。每當你對耶穌有一些經歷,你就能說祂是神與你同在。耶穌一點不差就是神與我們同在。這是我們的經歷。神告訴我們,祂的名是耶穌。但我們接受祂並經歷祂時,我們說耶穌是神與我們同在。這是奇妙的(馬太福音生命讀經,八九頁)。

信息選讀

照着你的經歷,你裏面深處不覺得耶穌就是神麼?…耶穌一點不差就是神自己。祂不僅是神的兒子,也是神自己。有些優秀的作者曾說,在耶穌以外,我們絕不能找到神。神與耶穌同在,神就是耶穌。太初有話,話不僅與神同在,話也就是神(約一1)。這話成為肉體,稱為耶穌。

我們經歷耶穌時,祂就是以馬內利,神與我們同在。我們聽過耶穌是我們的安慰、我們的安息、我們的平安和我們的生命。耶穌對我們是如此豐富。我們若經歷祂,立刻會說,『這是神!這不是遠離我的神,或在諸天之上的神,乃是與我同在的神。』每當我們在某一面經歷耶穌,我們就領悟耶穌是神與我們同在。…耶穌是我們的忍耐。但我們經歷祂作我們的忍耐時,我們說,『這忍耐是神與我同在。』耶穌是道路和真理,但我們經歷祂作道路和真理時,我們說,『這道路和這真理就是神與我同在。』阿利路亞,耶穌是神與我們同在!在我們的經歷中,祂是以馬內利。

每當我們被聚集到耶穌的名裏,祂就與我們同在(太十八20)。…在我們的聚會中,耶穌的同在實際上就是神與我們同在。…耶穌天天與我們同在,直到這世代的終結(二八20)。『天天』包括今天。不要忘了今天。許多基督徒以為耶穌天天與我們同在,只有今天例外。但耶穌今天、現在就與我們同在!

耶穌不僅在我們中間,祂也在我們靈裏。提後四章二十二節說,『願主與你的靈同在。』這位與我們的靈同在的耶穌就是以馬內利,神與我們同在。…我們絕不能將那靈與耶穌的同在分開。那靈就是耶穌同在的實際(約十四16~20)。這個同在就是以馬內利,神與我們同在。…我們呼求耶穌的名,就接受那靈,那靈是耶穌的人位、實際和實化。林前十二章三節說,『若不是在聖靈裏,也沒有人能說,主,耶穌!』每當我們說『主耶穌』,我們就在那靈裏,我們也接受那靈。我們都在傳統的影響之下,以為我們必須先禁食禱告,纔能接受那靈。然而,接受那靈很簡單—只要呼求耶穌的名。

按以賽亞八章七至八節看,仇敵企圖佔取以馬內利的地。不要以為這話只是為着以色列人。今天我們的靈就是以馬內利的地。因此,我們自己就是以馬內利的地。仇敵撒但和他一切的軍兵,要盡其全力佔取這以馬內利的地,就是占取我們的靈和我們這人。…以賽亞八章十節告訴我們,因為神與我們同在,仇敵絕不能佔取以馬內利的地。雖然撒但盡其所能要佔取你,但你仍在這裏。也許上週撒但二十一次企圖要佔取你,但每次他都失敗了。因着以馬內利,因着神與我們同在,你仍在這裏。這以馬內利就是耶穌。今天我們可以這樣實際的享受耶穌,並經歷祂作我們的以馬內利(馬太福音生命讀經,九○至九三頁)。

參讀:馬太福音生命讀經,第六篇。

WEEK 3 — DAY 4


Morning Nourishment

Matt. 1:23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel” (which is translated, God with us).

      18:20 For where there are two or three gathered into My name, there am I in their midst.

Emmanuel is the name called by people who have had a certain amount of experience. Whenever you have some experience of Jesus, you will be able to say that He is God with you. Jesus is nothing less than God with us. This is our experience. God told us that His name is Jesus. But as we receive Him and experience Him, we say that Jesus is God with us. This is wonderful. (Life-study of Matthew, p. 69)

Today’s Reading

Deep within, do you not have the sense that, according to your experience, Jesus is God?…Jesus is nothing less than God Himself. He is not only the Son of God but also God Himself. Some good writers have said that apart from Jesus we can never find God. God is with Jesus, and God is Jesus. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was not only with God, but the Word was God (John 1:1). This Word became flesh and was called Jesus.

When we experience Jesus, He is Emmanuel, God with us. We have heard that Jesus is our comfort, our rest, our peace, and our life. Jesus is so much to us. If we would experience Him, we would immediately say, “This is God! This is not God far away from me, or God in the heavens, but God with me.” Whenever we experience Jesus in a certain way, we realize that Jesus is God with us… Jesus is our patience. But when we experience Him as our patience, we say, “This patience is God with me.” Jesus is the way and the reality, but when we experience Him as the way and the reality, we say, “This way and this reality are just God with me.” Hallelujah, Jesus is God with us! In our experience, He is Emmanuel.

Whenever we are gathered together into the name of Jesus, He is with us (Matt. 18:20)…The presence of Jesus in our meetings is actually God with us. Jesus is with us all the days until the consummation of the age (28:20). “All the days” includes today. Do not forget about today. Many Christians think that Jesus is present all the days except today. But Jesus is with us now, today.

Jesus is not only among us; He is in our spirit. Second Timothy 4:22 says, “The Lord be with your spirit.” This Jesus who is with our spirit is Emmanuel, God with us. We can never separate the Spirit from the presence of Jesus. The Spirit is simply the reality of Jesus’ presence (John 14:16-20). This presence is Emmanuel, God with us. When we call on the name of Jesus, we receive the Spirit, who is the person, the reality, and the realization of Jesus. First Corinthians 12:3 says, “No one can say, Jesus is Lord! except in the Holy Spirit.” Whenever we say “Jesus is Lord,” we are in the Spirit, and we receive the Spirit. We have all been under the influence of tradition, thinking that we must fast and pray before we can receive the Spirit. However, it is simple to receive the Spirit—just call on the name of Jesus.

According to Isaiah 8:7-8, the enemy may try to take over the land of Emmanuel. Do not think this word is only for the children of Israel. Today our spirit is the land of Emmanuel. Thus, we ourselves are the land of Emmanuel. The enemy, Satan, with all his army will do everything he can to take over this land of Emmanuel, that is, to take over our spirit and our being. Isaiah 8:10 tells us that because God is with us, the enemy can never take over the land of Emmanuel. Although Satan has tried his best to take you over, you are still here. Perhaps during the past week Satan tried twenty-one times to take you over, but he failed every time. You are still here because of Emmanuel, because of God with us. This Emmanuel is Jesus. Today we may enjoy Jesus and experience Him in such a real way as our Emmanuel. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 69-71)

Further Reading: Life-study of Matthew, msg. 6

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