晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W40-3)

第四十週.週三

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申三三17 『…他的角是野牛的角,用以牴觸萬民,直到地極…。』

啟三1   『…那有神的七靈…的,這樣說…。』

在啟示錄五章六節約翰說,羔羊有七角。角象徵爭戰的力量。(申三三17。)基督雖是救贖的羔羊,卻有爭戰的角。祂乃是爭戰的救贖主。祂的爭戰在神的行動中是完整(完全而完整)的,如七這數字所表明的。…啟示錄五章六節也說,羔羊有『七眼,就是神的七靈,奉差遣往全地去的』。眼是為著鑒察並搜尋。我們用眼睛看人,就把人搜尋出來。我們可以知道他們的態度、他們的為人、以及他們的感覺。基督是救贖的羔羊,有鑒察並搜尋的七眼,為著執行神對宇宙的審判,以成就神永遠的定旨,這要完成於新耶路撒冷的建造。所以,撒迦利亞三章九節豫言〔基督〕是石頭,就是帶著七眼,為著神建造的頂石。(四7。)…基督的七眼就是神的七靈,奉差遣往普天下去,徧察全地的。(10。)(新約總論第十四冊,一四九至一五○頁。)

信息選讀

我們到召會的聚會中,就在一種特別的鑒察之下。…在我們去聚會之前,我們也許隨意的說話,但去了以後,基督就規正我們的談論。到了晚上,有一種內裏的聲音,在裏面催促我們去聚會。照我們天然的選擇,我們實在不想去,但不得不去。然後,當我們到了聚會中,我們摸著了活的基督。基督是賜生命的靈,祂那焚燒、搜尋、光照和鑒察的實際,是在眾召會裏。七靈乃是基督用來表達祂自己的七眼。…每逢主用眼看我們,我們就能曉得祂是高興還是不高興。…祂藉著看我們,就把祂一切所是傳輸到我們裏面。祂的七眼一直注視我們,將神傳輸到我們裏面。

羔羊的七眼作為神新約經綸的執行者,乃是七個燈臺(七個召會)所托住的七燈,作耶穌的見證照耀並光照。(啟一9下,11~12。)這位焚燒、審判、潔淨、煉淨並生產的靈,乃是燈臺(召會)所托住的燈。這意思是說,眾召會藉著燈照耀,這燈是那靈,是真實的見證。今天七靈在審判、潔淨、煉淨並產生眾召會。…我們若不讓七靈煉淨我們,七靈就無法照耀,也就沒有見證了。七靈的照耀就是見證。我們越讓那靈潔淨、煉淨,祂就越藉著我們照耀,這照耀就是召會的見證。這就是何以我們必須敞開自己,天天歡迎祂進入我們全人裏面,來煉淨、審判、清理並潔淨我們。然後祂就要藉著我們照耀,這照耀就是召會的見證,也就是耶穌的見證。耶穌的見證乃是七靈在眾召會中,從所有信徒裏面所有的照耀。

我們應該禱告:『親愛的神聖火焰,來審判罷!來潔淨罷!來煉淨,好使你能產生金燈臺。』靠著祂的憐憫,我們必須向祂敞開。我們每天都需要告訴主:『主,來罷;我向你敞開!我全人的每一通道都向你敞開。光照我,搜尋我裏面,並且暴露我。我願被你光照,並且在你的光中被暴露。』我們不該把自己關閉起來,向祂有所隱藏;我們都必須禱告:『主,我們是敞開的。來照耀在我們身上,從我們裏面照耀,光照我們全人的每一通道,每一角落。我們渴慕被暴露,被清理,被煉淨。』(新約總論第十四冊,一五五至一五九頁。)

參讀:新約總論,第四百一十六篇。

WEEK 40 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

Deut. 33:17 …And his horns are the horns of the wild ox; with them he shall drive peoples to the ends of the earth together…

Rev. 3:1 …These things says He who has the seven Spirits of God…

In Revelation 5:6 John says that the Lamb has seven horns. Horns signify strength in fighting (Deut. 33:17). Christ is the redeeming Lamb, yet He has horns for fighting. He is the fighting Redeemer. His fighting is complete (perfect and complete) in God’s move, as signified by the number seven. Revelation 5:6 also says that the Lamb has “seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.” Eyes are for observing and searching…Christ as the redeeming Lamb has seven observing and searching eyes for executing God’s judgment upon the universe to fulfill God’s eternal purpose, which will consummate in the building up of the New Jerusalem. Therefore, in Zechariah 3:9 He is prophesied as the stone, the topstone (4:7) with seven eyes for God’s building…The seven eyes of Christ are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth, and they run to and fro through the whole earth (Zech. 4:10). (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 4238)

Today’s Reading

When we attend a church meeting, we are under a special kind of observation…Before we attend the meeting, we may speak freely, but after the meeting Christ regulates our speaking. In the evening some kind of inner voice within us may urge us to go to a meeting. It may not be our natural preference to go, but we cannot avoid going. Then when we arrive at the meeting, we touch the living Christ. The burning, searching, enlightening, and observing reality of Christ as the life-giving Spirit is in the churches.

The seven Spirits are the seven eyes by which Christ expresses Himself… Whenever the Lord looks at us with His eyes, we can understand if He is happy or unhappy…By looking at us, He transfuses all that He is into our being. His seven eyes are gazing at us to infuse God into us.

The seven eyes of the Lamb as the Executor of God’s New Testament economy are the seven lamps upheld by the seven lampstands, the seven churches, shining and enlightening as the testimony of Jesus (Rev. 1:9b, 11-12). This burning, judging, purifying, refining, and producing Spirit is the lamps upheld by the lampstands, the churches. This means that the churches shine through the lamps and that these lamps are the Spirit, the real testimony. The seven Spirits today are judging, purifying, refining, and bringing forth the churches…If we do not allow the seven Spirits to refine us, the seven Spirits have no way to shine, and there is no testimony. The shining of the seven Spirits is the testimony. The more we let the Spirit purify us and refine us, the more He shines through us, and this shining is the testimony of the churches. This is why we need to open ourselves and welcome Him every day to enter into our being to refine, judge, purge, and purify us. Then He will shine through us, and this shining is the testimony of the church, the testimony of Jesus. The testimony of Jesus is the shining of the seven Spirits from within all the believers in the churches.

We should pray, “Dear divine Flame, come and judge! Come and purify! Come and refine that You may produce the golden lampstand.” By His mercy, we need to be open to Him. Every day we need to tell the Lord, “Come. I am open to You. I open every avenue of my being to You. Enlighten me, search me within, and expose me. I want to be enlightened by You and exposed in Your light.” Instead of shutting ourselves up and hiding from Him, we need to pray, “Lord, we are open. Come and shine upon us, and shine from within us and enlighten every avenue and every corner of our being. We desire to be exposed, purged, and purified.” (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4243-4245)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 416

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