晨興聖言-馬太福音中所啓示...(W6-2)
第六週 • 週二
晨興餧養
來十三17 你們要信從那些帶領你們的,且要服從;因他們為你們的魂儆醒,好像要交帳的人…。
彼前五5 照樣,年幼的,要服從年長的;你們眾人彼此相待,也都要以謙卑束腰,因為神敵擋狂傲的人,賜恩給謙卑的人。
你…需要接受別的肢體的功用。當我們服在看見的權柄底下,我們和元首即毫無間隔,因為供應即是權柄。誰有恩賜,誰就是那個職事;誰是職事,誰就是權柄。…神所派的職事,就是權柄,別人不該不接受他。人都願意直接接受神的權柄,但神有更多的間接權柄(即代表權柄)要我們順服,而得到屬靈的供應(倪柝聲文集第三輯第一冊,一九三頁)。
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除了神自己,連主耶穌在地上都得服權柄。我們該到處看到權柄。…有的人從來不認識誰是他的權柄,一個人都未順服過。…你若知道該順服的是誰,你就自然而然的知道在身體裏該站的地位,會站住自己的地位。但今天許多基督徒連順服的意念都還沒有。…這是作工的人頭一個要學習的,也是工作最大的部分。
要身體合一,第一要有元首的生命,第二要有元首的權柄。沒有元首的生命,就沒有身體;沒有元首的權柄,也沒有身體的合一。我們必須讓元首的生命掌權,叫身體合一。神不只要我們順服祂自己,也要我們順服祂一切的代表權柄。
保羅…看見光,也看見權柄。他說,『主阿,我當作甚麼?』(徒二二10)這是保羅將自己直接擺在主自己的權柄之下。但這時主卻將保羅擺在祂設立的代表權柄之下,主說,『起來,進城去,你所當作的事,必有人告訴你。』(九6)保羅從此就認識權柄。…主頭一次就把保羅擺在代表權柄之下。…我們信主至今,到底曾順服多少代表的權柄?…從前我們沒有光,今天該嚴重的看見神的代表權柄。…神注重的不是祂自己直接的權柄,乃是祂所設立間接的權柄。一切不順服神間接權柄的人,都是不服神直接的權柄(倪柝聲文集第三輯第一冊,一三一至一三三、一八一至一八二頁)。
在宇宙當中,只有神是人直接的權柄;除祂以外,一切的權柄都是代表的。父母作兒女的權柄,是代表神作權柄;丈夫作妻子的權柄,是代表神作權柄;政府的首長作百姓的權柄,是代表神作權柄;連學校裏的師長,店鋪裏的經理,馬路上的員警,都是我們的代表權柄。召會中的長老也是代表神作權柄。
今天人服神直接的權柄容易,服神所設立的代表權柄不容易,因為你看那些代表權柄不一定比你好,不一定比你強。…你到了一個地方召會中,可能那裏的長老得救不如你早,屬靈不如你高,教育程度不如你好,幹才也不如你大;但是你到了那裏,你就得服那個代表的權柄,接受那個代表的權柄(李常受文集一九六○年第二冊,二○五至二○六頁)。
參讀:長老治會,第五至六篇。
WEEK 6 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Heb. 13:17 Obey the ones leading you and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who will render an account…
1 Pet. 5:5 In like manner, younger men, be subject to elders; and all of you gird yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
We need to receive the function of the other members. When we submit to the authority of the seeing function, we will have no barrier with the Head, because the supply is in the authority. Whoever has the gift has that ministry; and whoever has the ministry has the authority…God’s appointed ministry is His authority. No one should reject it…God wants us to submit to indirect authorities (i.e., deputy authorities) so that we may receive spiritual supply. (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” p. 175)
Today’s Reading
Other than God Himself, everyone, including the Lord Jesus, has to submit to authority on earth. We should see authority everywhere…Some never realize who their authority is. They have never submitted to anyone…If you know who you have to submit to, you will spontaneously know what position you should occupy in the Body, and you will stand in your proper position. But there are many Christians today in whom there is not even a thought about submission…Submission is the first lesson for those who work. It is actually the major part of their work.
In order to have the oneness of the Body, there must first be the life of the Head and then the authority of the Head. Without the life of the Head, there is no Body. Likewise, without the authority of the Head, there is no oneness of the Body. We must allow the life of the Head to rule so that the Body can become one. God requires that we submit not only to Him, but also to all His deputy authorities.
When
Paul saw the light, he saw authority as well. He said, “What shall I
do, Lord?” (Acts 22:10). This was Paul putting himself directly under
the Lord’s own authority. But then the Lord placed Paul under His
appointed deputy authority. The Lord said, “Rise up and enter into the
city, and it will be told to you what you must do” (9:6). From that time
on Paul knew authority…At that time, the Lord placed Paul under a
deputy authority…From the time we have believed in the Lord until now,
how many deputy authorities have we submitted to?…Prior to this, we did
not have the light, but today we have to see in a serious way God’s
deputy authority…What God looks at is not His own direct authority. He
looks at His established, indirect authorities. All those who do not
submit to God’s indirect authorities cannot submit to God’s direct
authority. (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” pp. 120-122,165)
In
the universe, only God is the direct authority to man. Other than God,
all authorities are delegated. The parents represent God as the
children’s authority, and the husbands represent God as the wives’
authority. The civil officers represent God as the citizens’ authority,
and even the teachers in the schools, the managers in the offices, and
the policemen on the streets are all delegated authorities. The elders
in the church also represent God as authority.
It
is easy today for man to submit to God’s direct authority, but it is
not easy to submit to the delegated authority God has appointed. The
reason for this is that you may not consider the delegated authority
better or stronger than you are… When you come to a local church, the
elders there may not have been saved as long ago as you were. They may
not be as spiritual as you are, may not have received as much education
as you have received, and may not be as capable as you are. But when you
are there, you have to accept that delegated authority and submit to
it. (CWWL, 1960, vol. 2, “The Elders’ Management of the Church,” p. 141)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1960, vol. 2, “The Elders’ Management of the Church,” chs. 5—6
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