晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W39-3)
第三十九週.週三
晨興餧養
啟一13 『燈臺中間,有一位好像人子,身穿長袍,直垂到腳,胸間束著金帶。』
弗五29 『從來沒有人恨惡自己的身體,總是保養顧惜,正像基督待召會一樣。』
顧惜人就是使人覺得快樂、舒適;餧養人是供應人,給他們東西喫。…基督這位人子作大祭司,照顧作為燈臺的眾召會。(啟一12~13。)一面,祂在人性裏顧惜眾召會;另一面,祂在神性裏餧養眾召會。…當我們探訪人,邀請他們到我們家,或在聚會前、後接觸人的時候,我們必須與基督是一,來顧惜並餧養他們。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊,二○五頁。)
信息選讀
基督是顧惜和餧養最好的模型。…基督作為人子,身穿長袍,照顧燈臺。這長袍乃是祭司袍,(出二八33~35,)這給我們看見,基督是我們尊大的大祭司。
祂也胸間束著金帶〔胸是愛的表號〕。…金帶是一片金子,成了束身的帶子。人子是在祂的人性裏,金帶表徵祂的神性。
舊約的祭司在供職時,腰間束帶。(出二八4。)在但以理十章五節,基督也是腰束精金帶。腰間束帶是為著作工得加力。基督已經完成產生眾召會的神聖工作。如今祂正在憑愛照顧祂所產生的眾召會。…如今祂照顧眾召會,不是在腰間束帶,乃是在表徵愛的胸間束帶。我盼望大家都看見,這些日子,甚至在我們中間,基督乃是在胸間束著金帶。
基督在祂神性裏的總和,成了一條帶子。金帶表徵基督的神性成了祂的力量,而胸表徵這金的力量是由祂的愛所運行、所推動。祂神聖的力量是由祂的愛並憑祂的愛來運用並推動的,好餧養祂的眾召會。
基督作為『人子』,在祂的人性裏照顧作為燈臺的眾召會,以顧惜眾召會。(啟一13上。)基督作我們的大祭司,照顧祂所建立的眾召會,首先是在祂的人性裏,顧惜眾召會,使眾召會快樂、愉悅和舒適。
在舊約裏,大祭司每天早晨收拾燈臺的燈。(出三十7。)收拾燈就是使燈的情形正確合宜。…基督藉著修剪燈臺的燈芯,來照顧燈臺,正如在舊約裏祭司照著豫表所作的一樣。(出二五38。)燈芯燒過以後,就變焦發黑,所以祭司必須來把燈芯焦黑的部分剪掉。…燈芯燒焦的部分,表徵那些不照著神定旨的東西,需要剪除;這些東西就如我們的肉體、天然的人、己和舊造。所有的燈臺都是生機的,是活的燈臺。因為每一個召會都是活的燈臺,所以每個召會都很有感覺。一個召會若有了燒焦的燈芯,必會覺得不舒適。
我感謝主,今天在祂的恢復裏,祂乃是在人性裏的大祭司。…我們並非有一位不能同情我們軟弱的大祭司,祂乃是在各方面受過試誘,與我們一樣,只是沒有罪。(來四15。)我們的基督與我們是一樣的。…祂在人性裏總是同情我們的軟弱。祂是在人性裏的大祭司,藉著一直顧惜我們,來照顧我們。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊,二○九至二一一頁。)
參讀:倪柝聲文集第一輯第十七冊,主的服事。
WEEK 39 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 1:13 And in the midst of the lampstands [I saw] One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girded about at the breasts with a golden girdle.
Eph. 5:29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also the church.
To cherish people is to make them feel happy and comfortable. To nourish them is to feed them, to give them something to eat…As the Son of Man, Christ as the High Priest is taking care of all the churches as lampstands (Rev. 1:12-13). On the one hand, He is cherishing the churches in His humanity; on the other hand, He is nourishing the churches in His divinity…When we visit people, invite them to our home, or contact them before and after the meetings, we must be one with Christ to cherish and nourish them. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” p. 152)
Today’s Reading
Christ is the best model of cherishing and nourishing…Christ is taking care of the lampstands by being the Son of Man with a long garment. This garment is the priestly robe (Exo. 28:33-35), which shows that Christ is our great High Priest.
He is also girded about at the breasts [a sign of love] with a golden girdle… The golden girdle is one piece of gold to become a belt. The Son of Man is in His humanity, and the golden girdle signifies His divinity.
The priests in the Old Testament were girded at the loins for their ministry (Exo. 28:4). In Daniel 10:5 Christ also was girded at His loins, with fine gold. To be girded at the loins is to be strengthened for the work. Christ has finished His
divine work in producing the churches. Now by His love He is caring for
the churches that He has produced…Now He takes care of the churches
with the girdle not on His loins but on His breasts, signifying love. I
hope we all could realize that in these days even among us, Christ is
wearing a golden girdle on His breasts.
The
totality of Christ in His divinity has become a girdle. The golden
girdle signifies Christ’s divinity becoming His energy, and the breasts
signify that this golden energy is exercised and motivated by His love.
His divine energy is exercised by and with His love to nourish the
churches.
Christ takes care of the churches as the lampstands in His humanity as the Son of Man to cherish them (Rev. 1:13a). Christ as our High Priest takes care of the churches that He has established first in His humanity to cherish the churches, to make the churches happy, pleasant, and comfortable.
The
high priest in the Old Testament dressed the lamps of the lampstands
every morning (Exo. 30:7). To dress the lamps is to make them proper.
Christ cares for the lampstands by trimming the wicks of the lamps of
the lampstand, just as the priest did according to the type in the Old
Testament (Exo. 25:38). When the wick was burned out, it became charred
and black, so the priest had to come to cut off the black part of the
wick…The charred part of the wick, the snuff, signifies things that are
not according to God’s purpose which need to be cut off, such as our
flesh, our natural man, our self, and our old creation. All the
lampstands are organic. They are living lampstands. Since each church is
a living lampstand, each church has much feeling. A church with charred
wicks will not feel comfortable.
I
thank the Lord that today in His recovery He is the High Priest in His
humanity…We do not have a High Priest who cannot be touched with the
feeling of our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all respects
like us, yet without sin (Heb. 4:15). Our Christ is the same as we
are…He always sympathizes with our weaknesses in His humanity. He is the
High Priest in His humanity taking care of us by cherishing us all the
time. (CWWL, 1994- 1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 154-156)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 17, “Scriptural Messages,” issue no. 22
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