晨興聖言-馬太福音中所啓示...(W6-3)
第六週 • 週三
晨興餧養
啟四2 我立刻就在靈裏;看那,有一個寶座安置在天上,又有一位坐在寶座上。
太十一25 那時,耶穌回答說,父阿,天地的主,我頌揚你…。
天使的墮落和人類的墮落,影響宇宙有多大,給神的難處有多大,你們注意過麼?神要受造之物接受祂的權柄,而這兩類受造之物卻都拒絕了神的權柄。…雖然如此,神卻不肯撤退祂的權柄。…所以神一面維持權柄制度,一面建立祂的國。撒但雖然干犯神的權柄,人也天天干犯神的權柄,天天背叛神,神卻不讓這個背叛繼續下去,祂要設立祂自己的國。
主在地上一切所行的,沒有一樣是不順服的。…主完全順服,完全讓神的權柄通行,就在那個範圍內設立了神的國,通行了神的權柄。照樣今天召會也要因着順服,而有神權柄的通行,有神國度的彰顯(倪柝聲文集第三輯第一冊,一六二至一六三頁)。
信息選讀
宇宙中爭執的中心,乃是誰該得着權柄;我們要和撒但爭執,肯定權柄是屬於神的。我們要存心順服神的權柄,維持神的權柄。
保羅在未認識權柄之先,想要從地上剷除召會,但在大馬色路上遇見主以後,看見用腳(人的能力)踢犁棒(神的權柄)是難的,他立刻倒下來,承認耶穌是主,就在大馬色城內能順服亞拿尼亞的指示〔徒九10〕。
人若未在大馬色路上遇見權柄,就不會在大馬色城裏順服一個無名的小弟兄。這給我們看見,凡遇見權柄的人就只和權柄發生關係,不和人發生關係。我們應該只想到權柄而不想到人,因為不是順服那個人,乃是順服他身上神的權柄。
我們這些自以為是(實在是瞎眼)的人總要有一次碰着神的權柄。…人必須遇見了神的權柄,然後纔能順服神所設立的代表權柄。
在民數記十六章裏有兩個背叛:從一至四十節是首領們的背叛,從四十一至五十節是全會眾的背叛。背叛的靈是會傳染的。二百五十人被審判,不能使全會眾受警戒。他們親眼看見有火從神那裏出來,燒滅了那獻香的二百五十人,還是背叛,竟然說是摩西殺了他們。摩西、亞倫不能叫地開口,是神開的;摩西不能叫火燒人,是從耶和華神那裏出來了火,施行審判。人的眼睛只看見人,沒有認識權柄是出乎神。這樣的人膽量很大,看見審判也不知害怕,因為他沒有認識權柄的知識,這是很危險的。
有許多罪是神受得住,且是可原諒的;但一背叛,神就不能容忍,因為背叛是死亡的原則,是撒但的原則。所以背叛的罪比甚麼罪都厲害。每當有人抵擋權柄,神立刻審判,這是何等嚴肅的事!(倪柝聲文集第三輯第一冊,一二○至一二二、一四七至一四八頁)。
參讀:倪柝聲文集第三輯第一冊,權柄與順服上編,第一至三篇。
WEEK 6 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 4:2 Immediately I was in spirit; and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and upon the throne there was One sitting.
Matt. 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I extol You, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth…
Have you ever realized how much the universe was affected by the fall of the angels and man and how big a problem this made for God? God desired that His creatures would accept His authority; however, both kinds of creatures rejected His authority…Nevertheless, God did not call back His authority…On the one hand, God maintains His system of authority, and on the other hand, He establishes His kingdom. Although Satan rebelled against God’s authority, and although man daily violates His authority by rebelling against Him, God will not let this rebellion continue. He will establish His own kingdom.
Whatever the Lord did on earth was entirely based on submission … Everything was in submission, in perfect cooperation with the authority of God. In this realm the Lord set up the kingdom of God and executed His authority. The church today must also allow God’s authority to have a free way and manifest His kingdom through submission. (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” pp. 147-148)
Today’s Reading
The center of dispute in the whole universe relates to who has the authority. We have to contend with Satan by asserting that authority is with God. We have to set ourselves to submit to God’s authority and to uphold God’s authority.
Before Paul realized authority, he wanted to eradicate the church from the earth. But after he met the Lord on the way to Damascus, he realized that it was
difficult to kick against the goads (God’s authority) with his feet
(man’s energy). He immediately fell down, acknowledged Jesus as Lord,
and submitted to the instruction of Ananias in Damascus [Acts 9:10].
Unless
a man meets authority on the way to “Damascus,” he cannot submit to an
insignificant, small brother in “Damascus.” This shows us that anyone
who has met authority will deal with the authority alone; he will not
deal with the person involved. We should only think of the authority,
not of the person, because our submission is not to a person but to
God’s authority in that person.
We
who are so self-confident, but who are in reality so blind, have to
come face-to-face at least once with God’s authority…Only when a man
meets God’s authority will he submit to the deputy authority whom God
appoints.
In
Numbers 16 there are two rebellions. In verses 1 through 40 we have the
rebellion of the leaders, whereas in verses 41 through 50 we have the
rebellion of the whole assembly. A spirit of rebellion is contagious.
The judgment on the two hundred fifty was not enough to warn the whole
assembly. They saw with their own eyes fire coming forth from God to
consume the two hundred fifty incense burners. Yet they still rebelled.
They even accused Moses of killing them. Moses and Aaron could not open
the earth; it was God who opened it. Moses could not consume people with
fire; it was the fire that proceeded from Jehovah God that judged the
people. Some men only see through their own eyes. They do not see that
all authority is of God. Such people are very bold; they are not afraid
even when they see judgment, because they do not have the knowledge of
authority. This is a very dangerous matter.
God
can bear many sins and can even pardon them. Once rebellion appears,
however, God cannot tolerate it, for rebellion is according to the
principle of death. It is according to the principle of Satan. For this
reason, the sin of rebellion is more serious than any other kind of sin.
Whenever someone opposes authority, God immediately comes in to judge.
How solemn a matter this is! (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,”
pp. 111-112, 134-135)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” chs. 1—3
留言
張貼留言