晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W45-3)

第四十五週.週三

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創五24 『以諾與神同行,神將他取去,他就不在世了。』

來十一5 『以諾因著信被接去,不至於見死,人也找不著他,因為神把他接去了;原來他被接去以前,已經得了蒙神喜悅的見證。』

第七代的以諾發現了逃避人類墮落最終結局的路。以諾活一種生活,使他實在的,並且全然的避開了死。在以諾被神取去之先,當他還在地上生活行動時,死已經停止殺害他。

以諾是第一個被提的人。…因為聖經頭一次題到一件事,就立定了那事的原則。在以諾身上既是第一次題到被提的事,就立定了被提的原則。被提的原則是甚麼?就是藉著與神同行而在生命裏成熟。以諾與神同行了三百年,然後神把他取去。(創五22~24。)(創世記生命讀經,四三○頁。)

信息選讀

你盼望被提麼?若是,你就需要與神同行。我們不僅該呼求主名,還該與神同行。呼求之後必須接著同行。與神同行就是不越過神,不自以為是,不照著自己的觀念和願望行事,也不在神以外作任何事。與神同行乃是以神為我們的中心和一切,照著祂的啟示和引導作事,並且與祂同作一切事。這不僅是為神生活,為神作事,更是照著神並同著神生活行事。以諾就是這樣與神同行,照著神並同著神生活行事;他不照著自己的喜好或觀念,也不照著當時的時代潮流。

請告訴我,是神與你同行呢,還是你與神同行?是神與以諾同行呢,還是以諾與神同行?聖經沒有說神與以諾同行,乃是說以諾與神同行。

我們要與神同行,就必須與神同在。我們必須在思想、愛好和選擇上,與祂是一。…與別人同行並不容易。假定我與你同行,而我有的看法和你不同,我對你說,『弟兄,我愛你,我要與你同行。但不要走那條路,請轉到這條路。我不要走那條路。』我若這樣說,我就不是與你同行,乃是與你辯論。然而,這正是許多愛主耶穌的人所作的。他們說,『主,我愛你,我願意跟隨你,我要與你同行。』然而,等實際的時刻臨到時,許多人不與主同行,卻與主辯論。與主同行,含示很多的事:否認自己,否認自己的思想和愛好,否認出於自己的一切。這含示你把自己交給祂,你願意降服祂,讓祂引導。…與主同行要殺死你。每當我的妻子與我同行,她就要受苦。你若要與我同行,就必須否認你自己;另一面,我若要與你同行,也必須忘掉我自己,定罪我自己,棄絕我自己,使我可以與你是一。我若不願意這樣作,我就不能與你,或與任何人同行。

以諾與神一同走上行路。不要以為以諾被神取去是突然發生的,他這一刻在地上,下一刻就在天上了。以諾不是與神走上又走下,也不是走曲折的路。他是一直往上走,直到摸著了天。他在三百六十五歲時,幾乎已經摸著天,神就對他說,『親愛的孩子,我在這裏,來與我同在罷!』因此以諾被取去了。(創世記生命讀經,四三一、四三三、四三二頁。)

參讀:創世記生命讀經,第二十六篇。

WEEK 45 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

Gen. 5:24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.

Heb. 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For before his translation he obtained the testimony that he had been well pleasing to God.

The way to escape the ultimate issue of man’s fall was discovered by the seventh generation, Enoch. Enoch lived in such a way that he was kept from death both literally and totally. Before Enoch was taken up by the Lord and while he was living and walking on earth, death had ceased to kill him.

Enoch was the first person to be raptured…Since the first mention of a thing in the Bible establishes the principle for that thing, the case of Enoch, the first mention of the rapture, establishes the principle of the rapture. What is the principle of the rapture? It is to be matured in life by walking with God. Enoch walked with God for three hundred years, and God took him away (Gen. 5:22-24). (Life-study of Genesis, 2nd ed., pp. 349-350)

Today’s Reading

Do you expect to be raptured? If you do, you need to walk with God. We should not only call upon the name of the Lord but should also walk with God. The calling must be followed by the walking. To walk with God is not to override God, not to be presumptuous, not to do things according to our own concept and desire, nor is it to do anything without God. To walk with God is to take Him as our center and everything, to do things according to His revelation and leading, and to do everything with Him. It is not only to live for God and to do things for God but to live and to do things according to God and with God. Enoch walked with God in such a way, living and doing things according to God and with God, not according to his own desire or concept or according to the current of the age in which he lived.

Please tell me, is God walking with you, or are you walking with God? Was God walking with Enoch, or was Enoch walking with God? The Bible does not say that God walked with Enoch; it says that Enoch walked with God.

In order to walk with God, we must be with Him. We must be one with Him in our thinking, loving, and choosing…It is not easy for one person to walk with another. Suppose, while I am walking with you, I have a different concept from you and say, “Brother, I love you, and I want to walk with you, but don’t go that way. Turn this way. I don’t want to go that way.” If I say this, I am not walking with you; I am arguing with you. However, this is exactly what so many lovers of Jesus do. They say, “Lord, I love You and I like to follow You. I want to go with You.” However, when the actual time comes, many do not walk with Him but argue with Him. For you to walk with the Lord implies a great deal: the denial of yourself, the denial of your thinking and your loving, the denial of everything that is of you. It implies that you have given yourself to Him, that you will give in to Him and let Him take the lead…Walking with Him will kill you. My wife suffers whenever she walks with me. Nevertheless, if you are going to walk with me, you have to deny yourself. On the other hand, if I am going to walk with you, I must forget myself, condemn myself, and renounce myself that I may be one with you. If I am unwilling to do this, I cannot walk with you or with anyone else.

Enoch walked upward with God. Do not think that Enoch’s being taken away by God happened suddenly. Do not think that one moment he was on earth and that the next he was in heaven. Enoch did not walk up and down with God; neither did he walk in a zigzag pattern. He continually walked upward until he touched heaven. At the age of three hundred sixty-five, as he was nearly touching heaven, God said to him, “Dear child, I am here. Come with Me.” And Enoch was taken away. (Life-study of Genesis, 2nd ed., pp. 350- 352, 351-352)

Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 26

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