晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W45-2)
第四十五週.週二
晨興餧養
來六1 『所以,我們既離開了那論到基督之開端的話,就當竭力前進,達到完全、成熟…。』
弗四13 『直到我們眾人都達到了信仰上並對神兒子之完全認識上的一,達到了長成的人,達到了基督豐滿之身材的度量。』
在啟示錄十二章,爭戰抵擋神仇敵的男孩子被提,乃是為著在神面前所要盡的功用。神需要男孩子被提到天上,與祂的仇敵爭戰,使仇敵被打敗摔到地上,以完成神的定旨。同樣的原則,十四章的初熟果子不是僅僅享受被提,乃是滿足了神的需要。神和羔羊需要享受。神是又飢又渴,切望嘗到初熟果子而得滿足。一面,男孩子打敗神的仇敵,完成神的定旨;另一面,初熟的果子是為著使神滿足。當初熟的果子在殿裏獻給神,使祂滿足時,活著的得勝者享受這個被提,好顧到神的需要。(新約總論第十四冊,二三一頁。)
信息選讀
我們應當注意我們的成熟,好叫我們能作初熟的果子,滿足神的心。…我們若仍是幼嫩,我們怎能成為初熟的果子而被提?
我們要作初熟的果子,就必須愛主耶穌。…我們應當把時間用來愛主,說,『主阿,注視你、與你交談是我所享受的。主阿,我要使你滿足,與你是一,停留在你的面前。』我們應當學著花時間親密的愛主耶穌。…僅僅不犯罪還不彀;僅僅很好、很對也不彀,我們必須與主相愛。我們都必須與主耶穌相愛,告訴祂說,『哦,主耶穌,我愛你,你也知道我愛你。因為我愛你,主阿,有些事我就不去作。』這是作活著的得勝者的路。主固然需要男孩子去與祂的仇敵爭戰,但祂更需要初熟的果子,就是愛祂的人,作祂的滿足。
我們該是初熟的果子,就是那些較早成熟,使主滿足的人。我們需要說,『主阿,為著使你滿足,我要早日成熟。…主阿,只要能讓你滿足,我無論在地上或在天上都無妨。』這是活著的得勝者的態度。
因為對初熟的果子來說,他們無論在那裏都無妨,所以聖經沒有告訴我們,他們被提了;聖經只告訴我們,這十四萬四千初熟的果子與羔羊一同站在錫安山上。…這必然不是地上的錫安山,乃是諸天之上的錫安山。…凡被提作初熟果子的人都不會有驚奇的感覺。他們反倒要說,『主耶穌,多年來我一直與你同在。主阿,無論我是在地上,或是在三層天上,都沒有差別。我在這裏並沒有甚麼特別的感覺,因為我在你面前已經多年了。我活在這光景中已經很久了。』…我們若是真的愛主,活在與祂親密的交通裏,被提就不是令我們驚奇的事,而是尋常的經歷。
初熟的果子是被主耶穌浸透的聖徒。他們是完全被基督佔有,被基督接管,以至於成熟的人。我們該為許多主的兒女心痛,他們對於需要成熟這件事似乎有幾分忽視、不在意、並且是麻木的。…我們需要思想,我們成熟了多少。…我們需要嚴肅的接受這話,並且把這事帶到主面前。
我們都需要禱告說,『主阿,憐憫我,使我成為初熟果子的一部分,使我成為得勝者。』我們需要看見神的定旨和意願,我們需要看見我們的職責,好與祂合作。我們應當享受基督,有分於祂,將祂接受進來,直到我們成熟。(新約總論第十四冊,二三一至二三三、二三五至二三六頁。)
參讀:倪柝聲文集第三輯第十一冊,第二十二篇。
WEEK 45 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Heb. 6:1 Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity…
Eph. 4:13 Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
In Revelation 12 the rapture of the man-child, who fights against God’s enemy, is for a function before God. God needs the man-child to be raptured to the heavens to fight the battle with His enemy so that the enemy might be defeated and cast down to the earth for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. In the same principle, the firstfruits in chapter 14 do not merely enjoy the rapture but satisfy God’s need. God and the Lamb need enjoyment. God is hungry and thirsty. He desires some first-fruits to taste for His satisfaction. On the one hand, the man-child fulfills God’s purpose by defeating His enemy, and on the other hand, the firstfruits are for God’s satisfaction. As the firstfruits offered to God in the temple for His satisfaction, the living overcomers enjoy the rapture in order to take care of God’s need. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 4308)
Today’s Reading
We should pay attention to our maturity so that we may be the firstfruits to satisfy the heart of God…If we are still immature, how can we be the firstfruits and be raptured?
In order to be the firstfruits, we must love the Lord Jesus…We should spend our time in loving the Lord, saying, “Lord, I enjoy looking at You and talking to You. Lord, I want to satisfy You, to be one with You, and to stay in Your presence.” We should learn to spend time loving the Lord Jesus in an intimate way…It is not adequate merely to be sinless; neither is it sufficient simply to be good or right. We must be in love with the Lord. We all need to fall in love with the Lord Jesus, telling Him, “O Lord Jesus, I love You, and You know that I love You. Because I love You, Lord, there are certain things that I will not do.” This is the way to be a living overcomer. Although the Lord certainly needs the man-child to fight against His enemy, even more He needs the firstfruits, His lovers, to be His satisfaction.
We should be firstfruits, those who ripen earlier for the Lord’s satisfaction. We need to say, “Lord, for the sake of Your satisfaction, I want to ripen early… Lord, as long as I can satisfy You, it makes no difference to me whether I am on earth or in heaven.” This is the attitude of the living overcomers.
Because it does not matter to the firstfruits where they are, we are not told that they are caught up; instead, we are simply told that the one hundred forty-four thousand firstfruits are standing with the Lamb on Mount Zion… This surely is not the Zion on earth but the Zion in the heavens…Those who are raptured as the firstfruits will have no feeling of surprise. Rather, they will say, “Lord Jesus, I have been with You continuously for years. Lord, it makes no difference whether I am on earth or in the third heaven. I have no special feeling about being here because I have been in Your presence for years. I have lived in this atmosphere for a long time.”…If we truly love the Lord and live in intimate fellowship with Him, the rapture will not come as a surprise; it will be an ordinary experience.
The firstfruits are the saints who are saturated with the Lord Jesus. They are the ones who have been fully occupied with Christ and taken over by Christ until they are matured. Our heart should ache for many of the Lord’s children who seem to be ignorant, careless, and dull concerning the need to be matured…We need to consider how mature we are…We need to take this word seriously and bring this matter to the Lord.
We all need to pray, “Lord, have mercy upon me that I would be a part of the firstfruits and that I would be an overcomer.” We need to see God’s purpose and intention, and we need to see our responsibility to cooperate with Him. We should enjoy Christ, participate in Him, and take Him in until we are matured. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4308-4310, 4312)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 57, ch. 22
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