晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W45-4)
第四十五週.週四
晨興餧養
來十一6 『人非有信,就不能得神的喜悅;因為到神面前來的人,必須信有神〔直譯,信神是〕,且信祂賞賜那尋求祂的人。』
路九23 『…若有人要跟從我,就當否認己,天天背起他的十字架,並跟從我。』
到神面前來的人,必須信神是。(來十一6下,直譯。)這是很簡單的。神要你只信祂是。『是』這個動詞,事實上乃是我們三一神的神聖名稱。…摩西問神,祂的名是甚麼。神回答說,祂的名是我是那我是。(出三13~14。)我們神的名乃是動詞『是』。祂是『我是那我是』。祂是那獨一的一位。
在整個宇宙中,…惟有祂是。祂是,因為祂是真實的。祂所造的一切,都不是真實的。這就是為甚麼智慧的王所羅門說,『凡事都是虛空。』(傳一2。)…太陽、月亮、活物、諸天和地,全都是虛空;惟有一位纔是。這個『是』,這個動詞『是』,含示存在。祂是那從前存在、現在存在、將來還要存在的一位。(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一冊,三三九至三四○頁。)
信息選讀
耶穌是那『偉大』的我是。祂告訴我們說,『我就是…生命。』(約十四6上。)『我是復活。』(十一25。)『我就是門。』(十7,9。)『我是好牧人。』(11。)『我就是生命的糧。』(六35。)祂是真糧食。…祂是氣、(二十22、)活水、(四10,14、)和生命樹。(十五1,十四6上,啟二7。)祂是神、(約一1,二十28~29,羅九5、)父、(賽九6,約十四9~10、)子、(可一1,約二十31、)靈。(林後三17,林前十五45下。)祂對我們乃是一切。…我們的生命是虛假的,…我們今天是,但至終明天就不是了。所以在整個宇宙中,我們甚麼也不是。
作丈夫的如果看見惟有神是,他自己不是,他就不會憑自己,並在自己裏面來愛他的妻子。…弟兄們必須問自己:『是我,還是基督,作我妻子的丈夫?』…如果她的丈夫是基督,她就只有一個丈夫,就是那位獨一的丈夫。惟獨基督是丈夫,沒有一個丈夫是真正的丈夫,所有的丈夫都是虛空。你要到神面前來麼?你若回答是,你就必須信神是,這含示說,你甚麼也不是,你已經了了。…如果在婚禮上講這樣的話,那是多麼的好。主婚人可以向這一對新人說,『你是親愛的新婦,你是親愛的新郎麼?』新郎應當說,『不,我不是。基督纔是。』新婦應當說,『我不是新婦。…我不美麗。基督纔是榮美的一位。我不是新婦,祂纔是。』這就是信徒。…當你像保羅一樣說,『不再是我,乃是基督,』你就是信神是。信神是,…這含示你看見你不是,祂纔是。『你不是』的意思是說,你不存在。這就是聖經所說否認己的意思。…一個將要結婚的信徒應當說,『主阿,我將要嫁給這個人。主,你知道我甚麼也不是。我不能作好妻子。主,我甚麼也不是。』…這是在凡事上否認己的福。
否認己等於信神是,信神是等於否認己。這是因為你信惟獨祂纔是。在整個宇宙中祂是,我們眾人甚麼也不是。我應當甚麼都不是,我應當不存在;惟獨祂應當是一切,惟獨祂應當存在。所以保羅說,『我已經…釘十字架;…不再是我,乃是基督。』…我願意…題到達祕所說的話:『哦,何等喜樂,能彀一無所有,一無所是,一無所見,惟見在榮耀裏活的基督!並且一無所顧,惟顧祂在此地的權益。』這就是信。我們甚麼也不顧,只顧祂的權益。我們應當一直的說,『不是我,不是我自己,不是我的;乃是祂,祂自己,祂的。祂是首先,祂是末後,祂也是中間的一切。』(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一冊,三四一至三四五頁。)
參讀:羅馬書的結晶,第七篇。
WEEK 45 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to Him, for he who comes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Luke 9:23 …If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
He who comes forward to God must believe that God is (Heb. 11:6b). This is very simple. God requires you only to believe that He is. The verb to be is actually the divine title of our Triune God…Moses asked God what His name was. God answered that His name is I Am Who I Am (Exo. 3:13- 14). Our God’s name is the verb to be. He is I Am Who I Am. He is the only One.
In the whole universe…only One is. He is, because He is real. All other things created by Him are not real. This is why Solomon, the wise king, said that all things are vanity (Eccl. 1:2)…The sun, the moon, the living creatures, the heavens, and the earth are all vanities. Only One is. This is, the verb to be, implies existing. He is the One who was existing, who is existing, and who is to be existing. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” pp. 276-277)
Today’s Reading
Jesus is the great I Am. He told us, “I am…the life” (John 14:6a). “I am the resurrection” (11:25). “I am the door” (10:7, 9). “I am the good Shepherd” (v. 11). “I am the bread of life” (6:35). He is the real food…He is the breath (20:22), the living water (4:10, 14), and the tree of life (15:1; 14:6a; Rev. 2:7). He is God (John 1:1; 20:28-29; Rom. 9:5), the Father (Isa. 9:6; John 14:9-10), the Son (Mark 1:1; John 20:31), and the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17; 1 Cor. 15:45b). He is everything to us. Our life is a false one…We are today, but eventually, we will not be tomorrow. So in the whole universe we are nothing.
If a husband realized that only God is and he is not, then he would not love his wife by himself and in himself. The brothers need to ask themselves, “Is it me or Christ who is the husband to my wife?”…If her husband is Christ, she has the only Husband, the unique Husband. Only Christ is the Husband. No husbands are real husbands. They are all vanity. Do you come forward to God? If you say yes, then you have to believe that God is, implying that you are nothing. You are finished. It would be good to speak a word like this at a wedding. The person marrying a couple could say to them, “Are you the dear bride, and are you the dear bridegroom?” The bridegroom should say, “No. I am not. But Christ is.” The bride should say, “I am not the bride…I am not pretty. Christ is the beautiful One. I am not the bride, but He is.” This is a believer. When you say what Paul said, “It’s no longer I, but Christ,” you believe that God is. To believe that God is…implies that you realize that you are not, but He is. You are not means that you do not exist. This is what the Bible means when it says to deny yourself…A believer who is about to be married should say, “Lord, I am going to marry this man. Lord, You know I am nothing. I cannot be the proper wife. I am nothing, Lord.”…This is the blessing of denying yourself in everything.
To deny yourself equals to believe that God is, and to believe that God is equals to deny yourself. This is because you believe that only He is. In the whole universe He is, and all of us are nothing. I should not be anything. I should not exist. Only He should be everything. Only He should exist. So Paul says, “I have been crucified. It is no longer I, but Christ.” I would like…to refer to what Darby said: “O the joy of having nothing and being nothing, seeing nothing but a living Christ in glory, and being careful for nothing but His interests down here.” This is faith. We care for nothing but His interest. We should always say, “Not I, not me, not my, not mine; but He, Him, His. He is the first and the last and everything in between.” (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” pp. 277-280)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” ch. 7
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