晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W38-2)

第三十八週.週二

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晨興餧養

啟一17~18 『…我是首先的,我是末後的,又是那活著的;我曾死過,看哪,現在又活了,直活到永永遠遠,並且拿著死亡和陰間的鑰匙。』

徒二24    『神卻將死的痛苦解除,叫祂復活了,因為祂不能被死拘禁。』

主受過死的苦,但祂又活了。〔啟一18。〕祂曾進入死亡,但死亡不能拘禁祂,(徒二24,)因為祂是復活。(約十一25。)…復活是主的日子的延長;祂在祂的復活裏要存到永永遠遠。…基督要分賜生命,就必須是那活著的,因為死人絕不能把生命分賜給別人。(新約總論第十四冊,四九頁。)

信息選讀

在我們裏面那位活著的永遠不死。祂的召會不該是死的或發死,反之,祂的召會必須一直是活的。我們必須學習享受基督這位活著的。祂活到永永遠遠,就是祂的見證,因為耶穌的見證總是與活著有關。一個地方召會若是不活,就沒有耶穌的見證。我們越活,就越是活的耶穌的見證。

這位行走在眾召會中間,為眾召會的頭,並為眾召會所屬的基督,乃是那活著的,祂滿了生命。因此,作祂身體的各地方召會,也該是活而新鮮並剛強的。我們有一位活著的基督,祂已經勝過了死亡。我們的基督是復活的基督,活在我們裏面,也活在我們中間,並且直活到永永遠遠。…在恢復裏,所有的召會都應當像基督那樣的活,滿了生命,並勝過死亡。(新約總論第十四冊,四九至五○頁。)

在行傳二章二十四至三十二節,彼得說到主耶穌的復活。…彼得…說,神叫耶穌復活。他在十章四十至四十一節說同樣的事,卻加上『祂從死人中復活』。論到主是人,新約告訴我們,神叫祂從死人中復活;(羅八11;)論到祂是神,新約告訴我們,祂自己從死人中復活。(帖前四14。)這證明祂屬人和神聖的雙重身分。

行傳二章二十四節說主不能被死拘禁;主是神,也是復活,(約一1,十一25,)有不能毀壞的生命。(來七16。)祂既是這樣一位永活者,死就不能拘禁祂。祂將自己交於死,死卻無法扣住祂,反而被祂擊敗,祂就從死裏復活了。(使徒行傳生命讀經,八六頁。)

約翰見證這位耶穌基督是那活著的;祂曾死過,現在又活了,直活到永永遠遠。〔啟一18。〕這是對召會說的話。今天祂是活在天上,在神寶座的右邊;但那不是重點。祂活著的重點,乃是活在我們裏面。祂是永遠活著的,並且活在我們裏面。祂告訴我們,今天祂還活著;所以祂要我們脫離各樣的死,起來成為活的召會,這是啟示錄一章的思想。

我們當怎樣憑祂而活?第一,你必須認識,你從前只有你自己的生命;但現在你不再是你自己,乃是主耶穌在你裏面活著。所以今天,你是個雙重的人:外面一重是你,裏面一重是主耶穌;在你裏面有兩個生命。第二,神不要你憑自己原來的生命活著,神要你憑第二個生命(就是神自己)活著。第三,這第二個生命,乃是在你的靈裏,所以,你若要憑這生命活著,你就必須憑你的靈活著。…這個生活的結果,乃是為了召會。因此,為著召會生活,我們都必須這樣活在靈裏,操練憑主而活。(李常受文集一九八三年第三冊,三二至三四頁。)

參讀:啟示錄生命讀經,第九篇。

WEEK 38 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 1:17-18 …I am the First and the Last and the living One; and I became dead, and behold, I am living forever and ever; and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

Acts 2:24 Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, since it was not possible for Him to be held by it.

The Lord suffered death and lived again [Rev. 1:18]. He entered into death, but death could not hold Him (Acts 2:24), because He is the resurrection (John 11:25)…Resurrection is the lengthening of the Lord’s days. He will exist forever and ever in His resurrection…For Christ to dispense life, He must be the living One since a dead person can never dispense life to others. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 4153)

Today’s Reading

The living One within us can never be dead. His church should be neither dead nor deadened; instead, His church must be living all the time. We must learn to enjoy Christ as the living One. His living forever is His testimony, for the testimony of Jesus is always related to the matter of being living. If a local church is not living, it will not have the testimony of Jesus. The more living we are, the more we are the testimony of the living Jesus.

The Christ who walks in the midst of the churches, who is the Head of the churches and to whom the churches belong, is the living One—full of life. Hence, the churches as His Body should also be living, fresh, and strong. We have a living Christ who has overcome death. Our Christ, who is the resurrected One, is living in us and among us. He is living forever and ever…In the recovery all the churches should be as living as Christ, full of life and overcoming death. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp.4153-4154)

In Acts 2:24-32 Peter spoke concerning the resurrection of the Lord Jesus…Peter said that God raised up Jesus. In 10:40 and 41 he said the same thing again but added, “He rose from the dead.” Regarding the Lord as a man, the New Testament tells us that God raised Him from the dead (Rom. 8:11); considering Him as God, it tells us that He Himself rose from the dead (1 Thes. 4:14). This proves His dual status—human and divine.

Acts 2:24 says that it was not possible for the Lord to be held by death. The Lord is both God and resurrection (John 1:1; 11:25), possessing the indestructible life (Heb. 7:16). Since He is such an ever-living One, death is not able to hold Him. He delivered Himself to death, but death had no way to detain Him; rather, death was defeated by Him, and He rose up from it. (Lifestudy of Acts, pp. 75-76)

John testifies of Jesus Christ as the One who said that He is the living One and that He became dead but is living forever and ever [Rev. 1:18]. This is a word spoken to the churches. Today He is living in the heavens at the right hand of the throne of God, but this is not the point of emphasis. The importance of His being the living One is that He is living in us. He is living forever and is living in us. He told us that today He is still living. Therefore, He wants us to leave every kind of death and rise up to be the living church. This is the thought in Revelation 1.

How do you live by Him? First, you must realize that formerly you had only your life, but now it is no longer you but the Lord Jesus who is living within you. Therefore, today you are a dual person. Outwardly it is you, and inwardly it is the Lord Jesus; within you there are two lives. Second, God does not want you to live by your original life. God wants you to live by your second life, which is God Himself. Third, this second life is in your spirit. Thus, if you want to live by this life, you need to live by your spirit. The issue of this living is the church. Therefore, for the church life we must all live in our spirit, exercising to live by the Lord. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, “A Living of Mutual Abiding with the Lord in Spirit,” pp. 26-28)

Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msg. 9

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