晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W47-1)
第四十七週.週一
晨興餧養
啟二二1~2 『天使又指給我看在城內街道當中一道生命水的河,明亮如水晶,從神和羔羊的 寶座流出來。在河這邊與那邊有生命樹,生產十二樣果子,每月都結出果子…。』
羔羊同神是在城內的寶座上。在這寶座上,神和羔羊不會並排而坐;反之,神會在基督裏坐在寶座上。我們知道這事,因為是光的神會住在那是燈的羔羊裏。(啟二一23。)…正如光和燈是一個單位,一個實體,神和羔羊也是一個實體。
一個神和羔羊的寶座,表徵神和羔羊乃是一—祂是羔羊神,是救贖的神,是神那救贖者。在永世裏,坐寶座的神乃是救贖我們的神,從祂的寶座有生命水的河流出來,作我們的供應和滿足。這描述三一神—神、羔羊和生命水所象徵的那靈—如何在祂元首權柄(寶座的權柄所含示的)之下,將自己分賜到祂所救贖的人裏面,直到永遠。(新約總論第十四冊,三五三至三五五頁。)
信息選讀
在我們基督徒的經歷中,獨特的項目該是那位定意者和救贖者的寶座。這樣的寶座必須設立在我們全人裏面,且該成為我們基督徒生活的中心。這就是說,我們要接受定意的神和救贖我們的基督,作我們的元首、主和權柄。我們該甘願使自己服從這樣的元首權柄。我們敬拜祂是主,並接受祂作我們的權柄。我們讓祂在我們裏面,並在我們的基督徒生活中登上寶座。
在我們基督徒的生活裏,中心乃是神和羔羊的寶座。我們在這裏的生活不是為著自己。我們的生活、存在,乃是為著成就神的定旨,好成就基督所已經完成的。因此,我們經歷那一位在寶座上作元首、作主的,並且自己服從這樣的權柄。在我們的日常生活、家庭生活、婚姻生活、職業生活和召會生活裏,中心必須是神的寶座。我們凡事都該服從祂的元首權柄。
我們都經歷過,每當我們願意使自己服從這元首權柄,我們立刻感覺到有個滿了神豐富的東西,在我們裏面湧流。這就是三一神的流,作了我們的生命、生命的供應、和全人的一切。
照我們日常的經歷看,我們基督徒該天天經歷神聖三一的流。每天早晨起床後,我們需要說,『主,感謝你給我新的一天,讓我接受你作我的主。我終日把自己服在你元首的權柄之下。主,在我的生活中設立你的寶座。在我全人的中心設立你的寶座。主,我把一整天日常的生活帶到你的寶座之下。』倘若你每天早晨向三一神獻上這樣的禱告,從那一刻起你就會有活水在裏面湧流。這活水的湧流就是三一神的流。今天三一神在你裏面湧流,這不是一件小事。祂是定意者、救贖者,也是賜生命的靈,在你裏面湧流。這一位乃是成為活水臨到我們之三一神的完成。
在我們裏面的神乃是生命的源頭。神和羔羊的寶座該是我們全人的中心。在聚會中我們可以說寶座在我們裏面,但許多時候姊妹們去購物,就把寶座擱到天上去了。弟兄們也需要問問自己,在工作的時候,有沒有神的寶座在他們裏面。在日常生活中,誰是我們的主、元首和權柄?許多時候,甚至在小事上,就如買一條領帶或一雙鞋子,我們也不願容讓寶座設立在我們心裏。(李常受文集一九八四年第三冊,六二四至六二六、六二八頁。)
參讀:新約總論,第四百三十二篇。
WEEK 47 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 22:1-2 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month…
The Lamb with God is on the throne within the city. On this throne God and the Lamb will not sit beside each other; instead, God in Christ will sit on the throne. We know this because God as the light will dwell in the Lamb as the lamp (Rev. 21:23)…Just as the light and the lamp are one unit, one entity, God and the Lamb are one entity.
The one throne of God and of the Lamb signifies that God and the Lamb are one—the Lamb-God, the redeeming God, God the Redeemer. In eternity the God who will sit on the throne is our redeeming God, from whose throne proceeds the river of water of life for our supply and satisfaction. This depicts how the Triune God—God, the Lamb, and the Spirit (symbolized by the water of life)—dispenses Himself into His redeemed under His headship (implied by the authority of the throne) for eternity. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4411-4412)
Today’s Reading
In our Christian experience the unique item should be the throne of the One who purposed and of the One who redeemed. Such a throne must be set up in our entire being, and this should be the center of our Christian life. This means that we would accept the God who purposed and the Christ who redeemed us as our Head, Lord, and authority. We should be willing to subject ourselves to such a headship. We adore Him as the Lord, and we take Him as our authority. We enthrone Him in our being and in our Christian life.
In our Christian life the center is the throne of God and of the Lamb. We are not here living for ourselves. We are living and existing for the accomplishment of God’s purpose, to carry out what Christ has accomplished. Therefore, we experience the One on the throne in His headship and lordship, and we submit ourselves to such an authority. In our daily life, in our family life, in our marriage life, in our business life, and in our church life the center must be God’s throne. Everything should be subjected to His headship.
All of us have experienced that whenever we would subject ourselves to this headship, we immediately sense something full of God’s riches flowing within us. This is the flow of the Triune God as life, the life supply, and everything to our being.
According to our daily experiences, we Christians should experience the flow of the Divine Trinity every day. Every morning after rising up we need to say, “Lord, thank You for a new day for me to take You as my Lord. I subject myself under Your headship for the whole day. Lord, set up Your throne in my life. Set up Your throne in the center of my being. Lord, bring my whole day with my daily life under Your throne.” If you would offer such a prayer to the Triune God every morning, from that moment you would have the living water flowing within you. This living water flowing is the flow of the Triune God. It is not a small thing that the Triune God flows in you today. He flows in you as the One who purposed, as the One who redeemed, and as the One who is the life-giving Spirit. This One is the very consummation of the Triune God reaching us as the living water.
This very God who is in us is the source of life. The throne of God and of the Lamb should be the center of our being. In the meeting we may say that the throne is in us, but many times when the sisters go shopping, the throne is thrown away to the heavens. The brothers also need to ask themselves if they have the throne of God in them in doing business. Who is our Lord, Head, and authority in our daily life? Many times even in small things such as buying a tie or a pair of shoes, we would not let the throne be in our heart. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 3, “God’s New Testament Economy,” pp. 460-463)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 432
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