晨興聖言-馬太福音中所啓示...(W6-5)

第六週 • 週五

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晨興餧養

可十一23~24  我實在告訴你們,無論誰對這座山說,你得挪開,投在海裏,他若心裏不疑惑,只信他所說的成了,就必給他成了。所以我告訴你們,凡你們禱告祈求的,無論是甚麼,只要信已經得着了,就必得着。

 

在聖經中有一個最高的禱告,有一個最屬靈的禱告,可是很少有人有這個禱告,很少有人注意這個禱告。…這個禱告就是『權柄的禱告』。我們知道有讚美的禱告,有感謝的禱告,有祈求的禱告,有哀求的禱告。…權柄的禱告,就是吩咐的禱告。這一種禱告乃是聖經中最緊要,最屬靈的禱告。這一種禱告乃是權柄的代表,乃是權柄的命令(倪柝聲文集第二輯第二冊,二二四頁)。

信息選讀

權柄的禱告可以分兩方面:一方面是捆綁,一方面是釋放。在地上所捆綁的,在天上也要捆綁;在地上所釋放的,在天上也要釋放;地上如何,天上也如何。這是馬太十八章十八節所說的。接下去十九節是說到禱告的事。…普通祈求的禱告是求神捆綁,求神釋放。權柄的禱告是我們用權柄來捆綁,來釋放。神所以如此捆綁,就是因為召會已經先捆綁了;神所以如此釋放,就是因為召會已經先釋放了。神把權柄賜給召會,召會用這權柄去如何說,神就如何作。

甚麼是權柄的禱告呢?簡單的說,就是馬可十一章裏的禱告。…二十四節開頭說『所以』,『所以』是承上接下之辭。…二十四節是說到禱告的事,可見二十三節也是說到禱告的事。希奇的就是在這裏不像普通的禱告,這裏不是對神說,『神阿,求你把這座山挪開此地投在海裏。』在這裏說甚麼呢?這裏是說,『無論誰對這座山說,你得挪開,投在海裏。』…我們想,禱告總是要向神說,『神阿,求你把這座山挪開此地投在海裏。』但主在這裏所說的是另一方面。…叫我們面向山,對山說。不是對神說,乃是直接對山說,『你得挪開,投在海裏。』主恐怕我們以為這不是禱告,所以在二十四節就來解釋說,這也是禱告。在這裏有一個禱告不是對神說的,但也是禱告。對山說,…這就是權柄的禱告。權柄的禱告,不是求神作甚麼,乃是用神的權柄,把神的權柄拿來直接對付難處,直接對付那該除去的事。這種禱告,是每一個得勝者所必須學習的。每一個得勝者必須學會如何直接對山說話。

我們有許多輭弱的地方,像脾氣、污穢的思想或者身體的病痛等等,如果去對神說,好像不容易見效;但你如果把神的權柄拿來,對山說話,它立刻就跑掉了。…把神的權柄拿來直接去對難處說話,說『奉我主的名叫你離開我』,『我不能容讓你留在我身上』,這一種的禱告是很少的。權柄的禱告是你要對那攔阻你的說,『離開我!』你要對你的脾氣說,『離開我!』你要對你的疾病說,『離開我!我要靠着主復活的生命仍然起來。』

權柄的禱告不是直接向神求,乃是直接用神的權柄來對付難處。這山,我們人人都有,不過不一定是一樣大小的就是了,…總之就是在屬靈的道路上攔阻你的那個東西,你可以命令它離開你。這就是權柄的禱告(倪柝聲文集第二輯第二冊,二三六、二三○至二三二頁)。

參讀:教會禱告的職事,第四篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

Mark 11:23-24 Truly I say to you that whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says happens, he will have it. For this reason I say to you, All things that you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

The Bible contains a most lofty and spiritual prayer. But few people pray this prayer, and few pay attention to it…It is the “prayer of authority.” We know that there are prayers of praise, prayers of thanksgiving, supplicating prayers, and begging prayers…A prayer of authority is a commanding prayer. This is the most crucial and most
spiritual prayer in the Bible. This kind of prayer is a sign of authority and a declaration of authority. (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” p. 191)

Today’s Reading

A prayer with authority has two aspects. One is to bind, and the other is to loose. What is bound on earth will be bound in heaven, and what is loosed on earth will be loosed in heaven. Matthew 18:18 tells us that whatever the earth does, heaven will also do. In verse 19 there is the matter of prayer… Ordinary prayers are prayers that ask God to bind and loose. Prayers with authority are those in which we bind and loose by exercising authority. God binds because the church has bound, and God looses because the church has loosed. God has given this authority to the church. When the church exercises this authority to speak something, God does it.

What is praying with authority? Simply put, it is praying the prayer of Mark 11…Verse 24 begins with the words “for this reason.” “For this reason” means that this sentence is a continuation of what has gone before…Verse 24 mentions prayer. This proves that verse 23 must also concern prayer. The strange thing is that verse 23 does not sound like an ordinary prayer. The Lord did not tell us to pray, “God, please move the mountain and cast it into the sea.” What does it say? It says, “Whoever says to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea.”…We think that when we pray to God, we have to say, “God, please move this mountain and cast it into the sea.” But the Lord said something else…He told us to turn to the mountain and to speak to the mountain. The speaking is not toward God but directly toward the mountain, telling it to be cast into the sea. Since the Lord was afraid that we would not consider this to be a prayer, He pointed out in the following verse that it is a prayer. This prayer is not directed toward God, but it is a prayer. It is a speaking directed toward the mountain…This is a prayer with authority. A prayer with authority does not ask God to do something. Rather, it exercises God’s authority and applies this authority to deal with problems and things that ought to be removed. Every overcomer has to learn to pray this kind of prayer. Every overcomer has to learn to speak to the mountain.

We have many weaknesses, such as temper, evil thoughts, or physical illnesses. If we plead with God concerning these problems, it seems that there is not much result. However, if we apply God’s authority to the situation and speak to the mountain, these problems will go away…Seldom do we pray by applying God’s authority to the problem or by saying, “I command you in the name of my Lord to go away” or “I cannot tolerate this thing to remain with me anymore.” A prayer with authority is one in which we tell the things that are frustrating us to go away. We can say to our temper, “Go away.” We can say to sickness, “Go away. I will rise up by the resurrection life of the Lord.”

A prayer with authority is not asking God directly. Rather, it is dealing with problems by directly applying God’s authority. All of us have mountains. Of course, these mountains are not the same in size…But whatever is blocking us from going on in the spiritual pathway, we can command to go away. This is to pray with authority. (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” pp. 200, 195-197)

Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” ch. 4

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