晨興聖言-馬太福音中所啓示...(W3-5)
第三週 • 週五
晨興餧養
約十四17 …實際的靈,乃世人不能接受的,…你們卻認識祂,因祂與你們同住,且要在你們裏面。
加二20 我已經與基督同釘十字架;現在活着的,不再是我,乃是基督在我裏面活着;並且我如今在肉身裏所活的生命,是我在神兒子的信裏,與祂聯結所活的,祂是愛我,為我捨了自己。
馬太福音這卷書是論到以馬內利—神成為肉體來與我們同在。實際的以馬內利,就是實際的靈(約十四16~20)。當彼得與其他門徒聽到主在馬太十八章二十節和二十八章二十節的話時,他們可能不知道主要如何與他們同在。…他們可能認為主會繼續在肉身上與他們同在,這會使他們非常快樂。但在約翰十四章,主耶穌說,『我要求父,祂必賜給你們另一位保惠師,叫祂永遠與你們同在。』(16)然後在十七至十八節,主指明祂要成為這一位保惠師(李常受文集一九九○年第一冊,三七○頁)。
信息選讀
馬太二十八章二十節的『我』是以馬內利;約翰十四章十八節那正往門徒這裏來的『我』,乃是十七節裏『實際的靈』。從馬太福音到約翰福音,神聖的啟示有一個進展。今天實際的靈就是以馬內利。在使徒行傳和書信裏,實際的靈就是終極完成之三一神在我們靈裏的同在。…三一神若在我們外面,就無法完成祂的目的,就是將祂自己分賜到我們這人裏面。所以,祂與我們的同在必須是內裏的。
我們要與基督同活,就需要在祂神聖的同在裏(加五25上)。這神聖的同在就是賜生命的靈。…這同在就是以馬內利,祂是那真實、實際的耶穌,是三一神與三部分的人同在。…我們要憑作為賜生命之靈的基督而行,就必須與基督這人位,就是以馬內利同活。今天以馬內利乃是賜生命的靈,就是終極完成的三一神,時刻與我們同在。…祂不僅是在外面與我們同在,更是在一天之中,分分秒秒在我們的靈裏,內在地與我們同在。我們單獨時,作事並說話是一個樣子;但有別人與我們同在時,我們作事和說話就不一樣了。…我們若領悟有另一位與我們同在,我們所作的每一件事,譬如購物,就會改變。
很少基督徒行事、生活、說話、作事,是有另一位,就是以馬內利,與他們同在。我們有以馬內利的道理,卻少有以馬內利的經歷。我們若更多經歷以馬內利,就不會作我們今天所作的許多事,諸如閒談等等。…主的同在改變我們的生活。我們都必須領悟並認知,主耶穌是我們的救主,也是以馬內利。祂是三一神與我們三部分的人同在。我們不該在自己裏面或憑自己說甚麼或作甚麼,我們需要經歷以馬內利。
與基督同活就是:不再是我單獨活着,乃是與那活在我裏面的基督同活(二20)。…你必須領悟你不再是單獨活着,乃是基督與你同活,並在你裏面活着。當你有了這個認知,你整個生活就會有徹底的翻轉。…與基督同活就是我們仍然活着,但不是憑自己單獨活着,乃是憑那作以馬內利與我們同活的基督而活。以馬內利這名稱頭一次被提到,是在以賽亞書(七14,八8)。許多基督徒稱主是耶穌,是基督,但很少基督徒稱主是以馬內利。我們必須學習稱我們的主為『以馬內利』。
以馬內利是我們的生命和人位,我們是祂的器官;作為祂的器官,我們與祂一同生活如同一人。三一神與三部分的人一同活着。…我們若失去祂的同在,就會失敗;但我們若有祂的同在,就會得勝(李常受文集一九九○年第一冊,三七一至三七四頁)。
參讀:三一神作三部分人的生命,第九章。
WEEK 3 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
John 14:17 …The Spirit of reality, whom the world cannot receive,…but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you.
Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Matthew is a book on Emmanuel—God incarnated to be with us. The practical Emmanuel is the Spirit of reality (John 14:16-20). When Peter and the other disciples heard the Lord’s word in Matthew 18:20 and 28:20, they may have wondered how the Lord would be with them…They may have considered that the Lord would continue to be with them physically, and this may have made them quite happy. But in John 14 the Lord Jesus said, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever” (v. 16). Then in verses 17 and 18 the Lord indicated that He would become this Comforter. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” pp. 302-303)
Today’s Reading
In Matthew 28:20 the “I” is Emmanuel. In John 14 the “I” who will come in verse 18 is the Spirit of reality in verse 17. There is a progression in the divine revelation from the Gospel of Matthew to the Gospel of John. Today the Spirit of reality is Emmanuel. In Acts and the Epistles, the Spirit of reality is the very presence of the consummated Triune God in our spirit…The Triune God cannot complete His intention to dispense Himself into our being outside of us. Therefore, His being with us must be inward.
To
live with Christ, we need to be in His divine presence (Gal.
5:25a),… [which] is the life-giving Spirit, [or]…Emmanuel, who is the
real, practical Jesus, the Triune God with the tripartite man. In order
to walk by Christ as the life-giving Spirit, we must live with Christ as
a person, who is Emmanuel. Today Emmanuel is the very life-giving
Spirit, who is the consummated Triune God as His presence with us moment
by moment…He is not only with us outwardly but also with us inwardly
in our spirit every minute of the day. We do and say things one way
when we are alone, but when we have someone else with us, we do and say
things differently…If we realize that another One is with us, everything
we do, such as shopping, will change.
There
are very few Christians who walk, live, speak, and do things with
Emmanuel as another One with them. We have the doctrine of Emmanuel, but
we have very little experience of Emmanuel. If we had more experience
of Emmanuel, we would not do many of the things we do today, such as
gossip… The presence of the Lord changes our life. We all must have the
realization and sensation that the Lord Jesus, who is our Savior, is
also Emmanuel. He is the Triune God with us, the tripartite men. We
should not say or do anything in ourselves or by ourselves. We need to
experience Emmanuel.
Living
with Christ is not I living alone but with Christ living in me (2:20)…
You must realize that you are no longer living alone, but Christ is
living with you and in you. When you have this sensation, it will
revolutionize your entire life. To live with Christ, we still live, yet
not by ourselves alone but by Christ living with us as Emmanuel. The
name Immanuel is first mentioned in Isaiah (7:14; 8:8). Many Christians
address the Lord as Jesus and Christ, but few address the Lord as
Emmanuel. We must learn to call our Lord “Emmanuel.”
Emmanuel
is our life and person, and we are His organ. As His organ, we live
together with Him as one person. The Triune God lives together with the
tripartite man…If we lose His presence, we are defeated, but if we have
His presence, we have the victory. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God
to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” pp. 303-305)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” ch. 9
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