晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W44-4)
第四十四週.週四
晨興餧養
啟十二11 『弟兄們勝過他〔魔鬼〕,是因羔羊的血,並因自己所見證的話,他們雖至於死,也不愛自己的魂生命。』
約壹一7 『…祂兒子耶穌的血也洗淨我們一切的罪。』
當我們認罪並且應用血之後,若有任何明顯的『定罪』仍不停止,那必是出自魔鬼。我們一旦認清了這個,就應該向撒但說,『住了罷!我不會再認罪了。…這不是神的光照,這乃是你的控告!我雖然不完全,但是你該知道,我在羔羊的血底下,這血就是我的完全。…我是勝過你的弟兄之一,不是因為我完全,乃是因著我救贖主的血。』
這血究竟有多少功效,我們無人能完全知道,只有神知道。魔鬼也知道得比我們多。…從經歷中,我們看見羔羊之血的大能和權柄。我們必須常常應用這血,告訴魔鬼,我們雖然不完全,卻是在完全的血底下。…不管我們是否知道這血所含示的,只要我們取用它,就能得著它所含示的一切。(啟示錄生命讀經,四九九至五○一頁。)
信息選讀
怎樣勝過撒但的控告呢?天上的聲音告訴我們說,『弟兄們勝過他,是因羔羊的血。』(啟十二11。)血是得勝的根據,血是勝過撒但的工具。撒但會控告我們,但我們可以答覆說,神兒子耶穌的血洗淨了我們一切的罪。(約壹一7。)『一切的罪,』無論是大的罪,小的罪,任何的罪,神兒子的血都洗淨了!撒但說我們不對,但是我們有主耶穌的血。主耶穌的血洗淨我們許許多多的罪。這是神的話。
我們不只是拒絕沒有理由的控告,就是有理由的控告,我們也不接受。神的兒女即使作錯了事情,也只需要祂兒子耶穌的血,不需要撒但的控告。…神的話語並沒有說,有了罪就用得著控告。…如果我們承認了,還有甚麼話說?有罪而不承認,那纔用得著控告。沒有罪,就沒有控告的理由。
我們承認我們是有罪的,我們不是說我們沒有罪;但是,我們不接受撒但的控告。我們在神面前還是潔淨的,因為我們有寶血。我們不能相信控告過於相信寶血。…我們要學習相信羔羊的血。
『弟兄們勝過他,是因羔羊的血,』〔啟十二11,〕這句話是何等寶貴。弟兄們勝過他,不是因為他們的長處,不是因為他們的長進,不是因為他們的經歷;弟兄們勝過他,乃是因為羔羊的血。撒但一有控告的時候,我們就得用血去對付。我們一接受血,撒但的能力就消滅了。我們的一切都是靠著血,我們天天需要血。我們得救的那一天如何靠著血,相信血,以後每天我們也要如何靠著血,相信血。血是惟一的根基。…我們不要以為天天受控告是謙卑,我們要學習勝過控告。…得勝者必須知道血的價值。我們雖不能知道血的價值到底有多大,但是我們可以對主說,『主阿,按著你所知道的血的價值,來成功在我們身上。』不是按著我們所知道的,乃是按著主所知道的血的價值,去對付撒但的能力。(倪柝聲文集第二輯第十四冊,一○二至一○四、一○六至一○七頁。)
參讀:聖潔沒有瑕疵,第四章。
WEEK 44 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 12:11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they loved not their soul-life even unto death.
1 John 1:7 …The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from every sin.
Any apparent condemnation that does not stop after we have confessed and applied the blood must be of the devil. Once we realize this, we should tell Satan, “Stop! I will not confess anymore…This is not God’s enlightenment—it is your accusation. I am not perfect, but you must realize that I am under the blood of the Lamb, and the blood is my perfection…I am one of the brothers who overcome you not because of my perfections but by the blood of my Redeemer.”
None of us knows how much the blood implies. Only God knows this. The devil also knows more of what the blood implies than we do…Through experience we have come to see the power and authority of the blood of the Lamb. We must always apply the blood, telling the devil that although we are not perfect, we are under the perfect blood…Whether or not we know all that the blood implies, as long as we apply it, we will have all that it implies. (Lifestudy of Revelation, pp. 408-409)
Today’s Reading
How can we overcome the accusations of Satan? The voice from heaven tells us, “They overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb.” The blood is the basis of victory, and it is the instrument to overcome Satan. He may accuse us, but we can answer that the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin (1 John 1:7). “Every sin” means any sin, whether it is great or small. The blood of God’s Son cleanses us from all of them. Satan may tell us that
we are wrong, but we have the blood of the Lord Jesus. The blood of the
Lord Jesus can cleanse us of our many sins. This is the Word of God.
We
must not only reject the accusations which are without cause, but we
must also reject all the accusations which have cause. When God’s
children have done something wrong, we need only the blood of Jesus, His
Son, not the accusations of Satan…God’s Word never speaks of the need
for accusation after we have sinned…If we have confessed, then what more
can be said? If we have sinned and do not confess, then we deserve to
be accused. But where there is no sin, there is no cause for accusation.
We
admit that we have sin. We do not say that we are without sin. But
regardless of this, we do not accept the accusations of Satan. Before
God we are clean because we have the precious blood. We should not
believe in the accusations more than we believe in the precious blood…We
must learn to trust in the blood of the Lamb.
“They
overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb” [Rev. 12:11]. How
precious are these words! The brothers overcame him not because of their
merit, their advancement, or their experience. They overcame him
because of the blood of the Lamb. Whenever accusations come from Satan,
we need to deal with them by the blood. Once we accept the blood,
Satan’s power will be nullified. All that we are depends on the blood,
and we need the blood every day. Just as we depended upon the blood and
trusted in the blood on the day we were saved, we must continue to
depend upon the blood and trust in the blood from that day forward. The
blood is our only foundation…We must never feel that we are being humble
by receiving accusations day after day. We must learn to overcome these
accusations…The overcomers must know
the value of the blood.
Although we do not know the immense value of the blood, we can still say
to the Lord, “O Lord, apply the blood on my behalf according to Your
evaluation of it.” We should deal with the power of Satan according to
God’s valuation of the blood, not according to our valuation of the
blood. (CWWN, vol. 34, “The Glorious Church,” pp. 86-87, 90)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 34, “The Glorious Church,” ch. 4
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