晨興聖言-馬太福音中所啓示...(W6-6)

第六週 • 週六

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弗一22~23 將萬有服在祂的腳下,並使祂向着召會作萬有的頭;召會是祂的身體,是那在萬有中充滿萬有者的豐滿。

 二6    祂又叫我們在基督耶穌裏一同復活,一同坐在諸天界裏。

 

召會能用權柄的禱告來管理陰府。因為基督已經遠超過這一切了,因為基督是召會的頭,所以召會能夠管理邪靈和一切屬乎撒但的。召會如果沒有管理邪靈的權柄,主如果沒有把這個權柄賜給召會,召會在地上活都活不成。召會所以能活在地上,就是因為召會有權柄能管理一切屬乎撒但的。…我們可以奉主的名趕鬼,我們也可以用禱告管住邪靈在暗中的活動(倪柝聲文集第二輯第二冊,二三四頁)。

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我們必須服在神的權柄之下。我們若不服在神的權柄之下,我們就不能有權柄的禱告。我們不只要服神地位上的權柄,我們在生活上,在實行的事情上也要服神的權柄。不然,就不能有權柄的禱告。

普通的禱告是從地上禱告到天上去。…權柄的禱告,乃是以天上為起點,以地上為終點的。換句話說,權柄的禱告,就是從天上禱告到地上。…如果一個人沒有學習過禱告下來的禱告,就是沒有學習過權柄的禱告。但在屬靈的爭戰中,禱告下來的禱告是非常要緊的。…就是站在基督所給我們在諸天界裏的地位上,在那裏用權柄命令撒但,拒絕撒但一切的工作,而用權柄宣告說,神所已經命令的都該成功。比方說,我們為着某一件事情求,我們已經真看見神的旨意是甚麼了,真知道神所定規的是甚麼了,這時,我們就…說,『神,你無論如何要這樣作,這件事必定要這樣成就;神,這件事無論如何要這樣成功。』(倪柝聲文集第二輯第二冊,二三九、二二八頁)

禱告的地位就是升天的地位。…甚麼時候你從天的境界裏出來,你就失去了禱告的地位。你可以禱告,但那個禱告算不得數。…禱告的地位既是升天的地位,禱告的權柄也就是升天的權柄。有禱告的地位,就有禱告的權柄。基督徒所作的一切事,不光是個能力問題,更是權柄問題。…有的人…不光有能力,也有權柄,因為他是在升天的地位上。

在以賽亞書裏面神有一句話說,『你們可以吩咐我。』(四五11)這個吩咐,有的是直接吩咐神,有的是間接吩咐環境。就像摩西在紅海邊,吩咐海水分開;主耶穌在船上吩咐風和海平靜,或者吩咐疾病離開人。…你若摸着了屬天的地位,摸着了那個權柄,你都能在那裏說,『我吩咐這個貧窮離開我。』

有了升天的地位,有了升天的權柄,也能發出權柄的禱告來,一到這個時候,你這個人就是在寶座上,和主一同在掌權的地位上。祂如何在神的右邊掌權,你也如何與祂一同在升天的境界裏掌權。到了這個時候,你的禱告不光是個權柄的禱告,也是個掌權的禱告;你的禱告就是執掌權柄,執行神的命令。所以這個時候,你所有的禱告都變作神的行政,變作神管理的一個執行。…〔當〕大家肯去學的時候,到一個地步,就會摸着這樣的禱告(李常受文集一九五九年第四冊,二四七、二五○至二五三、二五五頁)。

參讀:禱告,第十七篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Eph. 1:22-23 And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.

            2:6 And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.

The church can rule over Hades when it prays with authority. Since Christ has transcended over everything and He is the Head of the church, the church can rule over the demons and everything that belongs to Satan. If the church did not have the authority to rule over the demons and if the Lord had not given this authority to the church, the church could not even survive on earth. The church is able to survive on earth because it has the authority to rule over every satanic thing…We can cast out demons in the name of the Lord, and we can restrain the secret activities of the evil spirits. (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” p. 199)

Today’s Reading

We must submit ourselves to God’s authority. If we do not submit to God’s authority, we cannot pray with authority. Not only must we submit to God’s authority with respect to His position, but we also must submit to His authority in our daily living and in all practical matters.

Ordinary prayer is directed from earth to heaven…A prayer with authority has heaven as its starting point and the earth as its destination. In other words, a prayer with authority is prayed from heaven to earth…If a man has never learned the prayer that prays downward, he has never learned to pray with authority. In the spiritual warfare, the kind of prayer that prays downward is very important…It is to stand in the position that Christ has given us in the heavenlies, to command Satan with authority and reject all his works, and to proclaim with authority that all God’s commands should be accomplished. If we pray for a realization of God’s will and a decision concerning it,…we should say, “God, You have to do this. You have to accomplish this. No matter what happens, You must fulfill this work.” (CWWN, vol. 22, “The Prayer Ministry of the Church,” pp. 203, 194)

The position of prayer is the position of ascension…Whenever you leave the heavenly realm, you lose the position of prayer. You may pray, but that prayer does not count before God. As the position of prayer is ascension, the authority of prayer is also ascension. With the position of prayer there is the authority of prayer. Whatever a Christian does is not only a matter of power but, even more, a matter of authority…[Some] not only have power but also authority, for they are in the heavenly position.

In Isaiah 45:11, God says, “Command Me.” Sometimes this commanding is a direct command to God, and sometimes it is an indirect command to the environment. Examples are: Moses standing on the shore of the Red Sea commanding the water to be divided, the Lord Jesus in the boat commanding the wind and the sea to be still, and the Lord commanding sickness to leave men…If you have touched the heavenly position with its authority, you can even say, “I command the poverty to depart from me.”

When you come to the point where you have the heavenly position and the heavenly authority and are thus able to utter forth authoritative prayers, you are one who is on the throne, standing in the ruling position together with the Lord. Just as He reigns at the right hand of God, so you also reign together with Him in the heavenly realm. At this time your prayer is not only an authoritative prayer but also a reigning prayer. Your prayer is to rule with authority, executing God’s orders. So at this time all your prayers become God’s administration, the execution of God’s rule…If we are willing to learn, we will arrive at a place where we can utter such prayers. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” pp. 182, 185-188)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” ch. 17

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