晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W43-1)
第四十三週.週一
晨興餧養
啟二1 『…那右手中握著七星,在七個金燈臺中間行走的,這樣說。』
7 『…得勝的,我必將神樂園中生命樹的果子賜給他喫。』
在啟示錄二、三章,基督是向眾召會說話的那靈。…在二、三章所記載的七封書信中,每封開頭都是主向一個召會說話,(二1,8,12,18,三1,7,14,)但七封書信的末了都是那靈向眾召會說話。(二7,11,17,29,三6,13,22。)在二、三章,那無限、釋放生命、七倍加強、是靈的基督,在每封書信開頭向七個召會個別的說話,成了七倍加強、包羅萬有、賜生命之靈,在每封書信末了向七個召會普遍的說話。從這裏我們看見,說話的基督成了說話的那靈,就是向眾召會說話的那靈。這含示父、子、靈乃是一。基督作為向眾召會說話的那靈,乃是經過過程的三一神。(新約總論第十四冊,一二九至一三○頁。)
信息選讀
基督的說話與那靈的說話就是一個說話。基督是向特定的地方召會說話,而那靈是向宇宙的身體說話。這證明說話的基督就是那靈;祂是在那靈裏,同著那靈並藉著那靈說話。基督的說話,就是那靈的說話。這不僅指明那靈就是主,主就是那靈,並且強調在召會墮落的黑暗中,那靈是極其重要的,就如啟示錄一章四節之七倍加強的靈所指明的。
主作為那靈,不只向某一個召會說話,乃是向眾召會說話;這是很有意義的。那靈作主的眼察驗眾召會的情形,(五6,)並說到整體的情形。主作為那靈向眾召會說話,不受任何時空的限制。當某地召會讀到給以弗所的書信時,那靈就察驗那地的召會,並向那裏的人說話。神的七靈奉差遣不僅到以弗所,也到全地去。啟示錄二、三章裏的七封書信是主耶穌所說的話,但我們今天讀到這兩章時,神的七靈為著神行政的緣故,就在我們的靈裏向我們說這些話。當初主的話是對某個地方召會說的,以後歷世歷代的人讀的時候,就成了那靈對眾召會的說話。凡主所說的,都記載在聖經裏;但是當我們讀的時候,那靈還得說話。這事證明:第一,主說就是那靈說,那靈說也就是主說。這證明那靈與主是一,主也與那靈是一。主在那靈裏,藉著那靈,並同著那靈說話,因為主就是那靈,那靈就是主。第二,主雖然已經向某個地方召會說話,但今天眾召會若要聽這話,還需要那靈來說。這指明,在我們裏面的那靈乃是說話的靈。
說話的若只是基督而不是說話的那靈,祂就不能將一些話說到我們靈裏,並且祂的說話也不會那麼主觀並摸著人。但是我們的經歷可以證明,我們讀這些書信時,我們的靈若向主敞開,那靈會將出於基督的東西說到我們裏面來。因為說話的,不是外面客觀的基督,乃是裏面主觀的那靈;祂不僅在白紙黑字的聖經裏說話,更在我們的靈裏說話。我們一聽到祂的說話,就有一些東西作到我們裏面來,是拿不掉的。(新約總論第十四冊,一三○至一三一頁。)
參讀:新約總論,第四百一十四篇。
WEEK 43 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Rev.
2:1 …These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand,
He who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands.
7 …To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.
In
Revelation 2 and 3 Christ is the Spirit who speaks to all the churches…
At the beginning of each of the seven epistles recorded in chapters 2
and 3, it is the Lord who speaks to a certain church (2:1, 8, 12, 18;
3:1, 7, 14). But at the end of each epistle, it is the Spirit who speaks
to all the churches (2:7, 11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22). In Revelation 2 and
3 the speaking of the unlimited, life-releasing, sevenfold intensified,
pneumatic Christ to the seven churches at the beginning of each epistle
becomes the speaking of the sevenfold intensified, all-inclusive
life-giving Spirit to all the seven churches at the end of each epistle
universally. Here we see that the speaking Christ becomes the speaking
Spirit, the Spirit who speaks to all the churches. This implies that the
Father, the Son, and the Spirit are one. Christ as the Spirit speaking
to the churches is the processed Triune God. (The Conclusion of the
New Testament, p. 4220)
Today’s Reading
Christ’s speaking and the Spirit’s speaking are one speaking. Christ speaks to a particular local church, and the Spirit speaks to the universal Body. This proves that the speaking Christ is the Spirit and that He speaks in the Spirit, with the Spirit, and through the Spirit. Whatever Christ speaks, that is the speaking of the Spirit. This not only indicates that the Spirit is the Lord and the Lord is the Spirit, but it also emphasizes that in the darkness of the church’s degradation the Spirit is vitally important, as indicated by the sevenfold intensified Spirit (Rev. 1:4).
It
is significant that the Lord is speaking as the Spirit not only to a
certain church but to all the churches. The Spirit, as the eyes of the
Lord, looks into the situation of all the churches (5:6), and He speaks
concerning the whole situation. The Lord as the Spirit speaks to the
churches without any limitation of time and space. While the church in a
certain locality reads the epistle to Ephesus, the Spirit looks into
the church in that locality and speaks to the ones there. The seven
Spirits of God are sent forth not only to Ephesus but to the whole
earth. The seven epistles in Revelation 2 and 3 are words spoken by the
Lord Jesus, but today when we read them, the seven Spirits of God speak
these words to us in our spirit for the purpose of God’s administration.
The Lord’s word at the beginning is to a certain local church, but
later when the people from all the ages read it, it becomes the Spirit’s
speaking to all the churches. Whatever the Lord speaks is recorded in
the Bible, but when we read it, the Spirit still must speak it. First,
this matter proves that the Lord’s speaking is the Spirit’s speaking and
that the Spirit’s speaking is the Lord’s speaking. This indicates that
the Spirit is one with the Lord, and the Lord is one with the Spirit.
The Lord speaks in the Spirit, through the Spirit, and with the Spirit,
because the Lord is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the Lord. Furthermore,
although the Lord’s word was already spoken to a certain local church,
today when the churches want to hear His word, there is still the need
for the Spirit to speak it. This indicates that the Spirit we have
within us is the speaking Spirit.
If
the Speaker were only Christ and not the speaking Spirit, He would not
be able to speak words into our spirit, and His speaking would not be
very subjective and touching. But as our experience testifies, if when
we read these epistles, we are open in our spirit to Him, the Spirit
will immediately speak something of Christ into us. Because the Speaker
is not the outward, objective Christ but the inward, subjective Spirit,
He speaks not only in the black and white letters of the Bible but also
in our spirit. Once we hear His speaking, something indelible is wrought
into us, and nothing can take it away. (The Conclusion of the New
Testament, pp. 4221-4222)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 414
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