晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W39-4)
第三十九週.週四
晨興餧養
啟二1 『…那右手中握著七星,在七個金燈臺中間行走的,這樣說。』
7 『那靈向眾召會所說的話,凡有耳的,就應當聽。得勝的,我必將神樂園中生命樹的果子賜給他喫。』
基督這位大祭司在祂的神性裏以祂神聖的愛(由祂胸間的金帶所表徵),照顧作為燈臺的眾召會,以餧養眾召會。(啟一13下。)基督不僅是屬人的,也是神聖的。祂是人子帶著金帶,表徵祂的神性作祂的神聖力量。祂的神性作神聖的力量,多方餧養眾召會。
一面,祂修剪召會的燈芯,剪掉寫給七個召會的七封書信中所題的一切過錯、短處、失敗和缺點。基督在人性裏作了最好的修剪工作,來顧惜眾召會。另一面,在這七封書信中,我們在每一封書信裏都看見基督的餧養。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊,二一二頁。)
信息選讀
我們可以說,〔啟示錄二章七節〕是指國度時代的豫言,得勝者要在國度時代裏,在神的樂園中享受基督作生命樹。但我們今天在召會生活中若不享受基督作生命樹,我們必不會在國度時代有分於生命樹。…如果我在這裏不喫基督,我就無法在國度時代喫祂。
在第七封書信裏,主勸在老底嘉的召會,要買金子、白衣和眼藥,好救他們免於不冷不熱的墮落光景。(三18。)祂應許要與那些給祂開門的人一同坐席。(20。)我們可以看見,這乃是基督在祂神性裏的餧養,是由祂的愛並憑祂的愛所運行的。…祂在神性裏餧養眾召會,使眾召會能在祂神聖的生命中長大成熟,而在祂七倍的加強裏成為得勝者。
我們的基督今天是我們的大祭司。在祂的人性裏,祂很容易同情我們的軟弱。祂同情我們的軟弱,因為祂在各方面受過試誘,與我們一樣。祂乃是在人性裏顧惜我們。同時,祂也在神性裏,用啟示錄二至三章裏寫給七個召會的七封書信中所啟示,祂人位裏一切積極的方面,來餧養我們。…祂在人性裏顧惜我們,使我們正確合宜,好叫我們快樂、愉快、舒適。祂在神性裏餧養我們,使我們在神聖的生命中長大成熟,成為祂的得勝者,以完成祂永遠的經綸。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊,二一二至二一五頁。)
正如一個孩子因他母親的同在得了顧惜,我們也因主的同在得了顧惜。…主的同在產生一種柔和溫暖的氣氛,顧惜我們全人。
在你家裏的交通不論有多享受,那裏的氣氛都不像在〔召會〕聚會裏那樣能顧惜人。…主乃是藉著祂覆翼的同在所產生的氣氛,來顧惜召會。在這種空氣、這種氣氛、這種環境裏,我們就得著安息、安慰、醫治、潔淨和鼓勵。…為這緣故,我不願意漏掉任何一次召會的聚會。
保養和顧惜是並行的。藉著保養,我們在內裏享受生命的供應;藉著顧惜,我們在外面經歷撫慰、安慰的空氣。每當我們在顧惜的氣氛裏,我們就能吸收職事的每一句話。這指明在顧惜之下,我們得著保養。(以弗所書生命讀經,五四四至五四五頁。)
參讀:以弗所書生命讀經,第五十三篇。
WEEK 39 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 2:1 …These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, He who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.
7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
Christ, as the High Priest, takes care of the churches as the lampstands in His divinity with His divine love, signified by the golden girdle on His breasts, to nourish the churches (Rev. 1:13b). Christ is not only human but also divine. He is the Son of Man wearing a golden girdle, signifying His divinity as His divine energy. His divinity as the divine energy nourishes the churches in many ways.
On the one hand, He trims the wicks of the church lamps, cutting away all the wrongdoings, shortages, failures, and defects mentioned in the seven epistles to the seven churches. Christ does the best trimming work in His humanity to cherish the churches. On the other hand, in each of these seven epistles, we see Christ’s nourishing. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 156-157)
Today’s Reading
We may say that [Revelation 2:7] is a prophecy referring to the kingdom age, in which the overcomers will enjoy Christ as the tree of life in God’s Paradise. But if we do not enjoy Christ as the tree of life in the church life today, surely we will not participate in the tree of life in the kingdom age…If I do not eat Christ here today, I will not eat Him in the kingdom age.
In the seventh epistle the Lord counsels the church in Laodicea to buy gold,
white garments, and eyesalve to be saved from their degradation in
lukewarmness (Rev. 3:18). He promises to dine with the ones who would
open the door to Him (v. 20). We can see that this is the nourishing of
Christ in His divinity exercised by and with His love. His nourishing
the churches in His divinity is so that the churches may grow and mature
in His divine life and become the overcomers in His sevenfold
intensification.
Our
Christ today is our High Priest. In His humanity He is easily touched
with the feeling of our weaknesses. He sympathizes with our weakness
because He was tempted in all respects like us. He is cherishing us in
His humanity. Meanwhile, He is nourishing us in His divinity with all
the positive aspects of His person revealed in the seven epistles to the
seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3…In His humanity He is cherishing
us to make us proper so that we may be happy, pleasant, and comfortable.
In His divinity He is nourishing us so that we may grow and mature in
the divine life to be His
overcomers to accomplish His eternal economy. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 157-158)
Just
as a child is cherished by the very presence of his mother, so we are
cherished by the Lord’s presence…The Lord’s presence produces
an atmosphere of tenderness and warmth to cherish our very being.
No
matter how enjoyable the fellowship may be in your home, the atmosphere
there is not nearly as cherishing as the atmosphere in the [church]
meetings…It is by the atmosphere produced by the Lord’s brooding
presence that the Lord cherishes the church. To be in this climate, this
atmosphere, this environment, gives us rest, comfort, healing,
cleansing, and encouragement… For this reason I do not want to miss even
one meeting of the church.
Nourishing
and cherishing go together. Through the nourishing we enjoy the supply
of life inwardly, and through the cherishing we experience the soothing,
comforting atmosphere outwardly. Whenever we are in an atmosphere of
cherishing, we can absorb every word of the ministry. This indicates
that under the cherishing we receive nourishing. (Life-study of
Ephesians, p. 438)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 53
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