晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W47-3)

第四十七週.週三

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晨興餧養

結一22 『活物的頭以上有穹蒼的樣式,看著像可畏的水晶…。』

     26 『在他們頭以上的穹蒼之上,有寶座的樣式,像藍寶石的樣子;在寶座的樣式以上,有一位的樣式好像人的樣子。』

以西結一章二十二節…啟示出,我們有了四至二十一節所說的一切經歷之後,我們頭以上的天就如水晶一樣清明;天像一大片的水晶。在我們之上,我們有寬闊、清明的穹蒼。這意思是說,在我們以上有敞開、清明的天。…這天不僅是清明的,也是延展的。不僅在垂直一面說,我們有清明的天,從天上臨到地上;也在水平一面說,我們有清明的天。(以西結書生命讀經,一三○頁。)

信息選讀

在得救以前,我們的天昏暗多雲,甚至霧氣籠罩;也很狹窄,毫無開闊延展。…但有一天我們悔改認罪,並接受主耶穌作我們的救主。…當我們徹底認罪之後,我們第一次感覺到,在我們以上的天是清明的。我們感覺天發亮了,雲退去了,霧消散了。我們得救的時候,不僅得著清明的天,也得著延展的天。

一個基督徒有那一種的天,乃在於他的良心。…你的良心若沒有瑕疵,你的天就是清明的。你的天若不清明,意思就是說,你的良心有了虧欠。我們要有清明的天,就必須對付我們良心裏的任何虧欠和定罪。我們天的故事,就是我們良心的故事。

當我們這些活物有了清明、開啟和延展的天,到這時我們與神之間就不再有阻隔,我們與別人之間也不再有間隔。…一切的雲霧、籠罩、分隔、和黯淡都消除了,我們就有一個徹底清明、不斷延展的天。我們的穹蒼將會像水晶一樣的清明。…在我們基督徒的生活和召會生活中,每當我們有這樣清明的天,我們也就有了清明的天以上的寶座。(結一26。)這寶座是宇宙的中心,就是主所在之處。…主在那裏,祂的寶座也在那裏。祂的同在絕不能與祂的寶座分開。主的寶座是在第三層天,也在我們的靈裏。因此,主的寶座一直與我們在一起。

我們既是基督徒,又是眾地方召會,就應當在清明、延展的天之下。在這清明、開闊的天以上,有主的寶座。我們因著有這樣清明的天,就立即在主寶座的管理之下。…因著我們是在寶座之下,我們不需要警察和法庭來管理我們。我們若需要警察和法庭的管治,這就表明我們不是在寶座之下。…我們應當一直在主的寶座之下。可能我們想要說某句話,但寶座的管治不許我們說。…又有的時候,我們可能生氣,快要發脾氣了,但我們看見自己是在寶座的管治之下,就服下來。…我們不是單單受聖經教訓的管治,更是受寶座的管治。

基督徒屬靈經歷最高的一步,就是在我們的穹蒼中,在我們清明的天裏,有寶座。有寶座,或達到寶座那裏,乃是讓神在我們基督徒生活中有最高、最優先的地位。神在我們裏面有寶座,意思就是神在我們裏面有地位掌權。因此,在我們屬靈經歷中達到寶座,意思就是在凡事上完全服從神的權柄和行政。這樣,我們就不再是沒有寶座、沒有權柄、不受管治的人。(以西結書生命讀經,一三○至一三一、一四二至一四四頁。)

參讀:以西結書生命讀經,第十篇。

WEEK 47 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

Ezek. 1:22 And over the heads of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the sight of awesome crystal…

           26 And above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, like the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was One in appearance like a man, above it.

Ezekiel 1:22…reveals that after we have experienced all the things in the first twenty-one verses, the sky over our heads will be crystal clear. It will be like a great expanse of awesome crystal. We will have a wide, clear expanse above us. This means that above us is an open, clear heaven. The sky is not only clear; it is also expanding. It is not just a matter of having a clear sky vertically, from heaven to earth, but also a matter of having a clear sky horizontally. (Life-study of Ezekiel, 2nd ed., p. 104)

Today’s Reading

Before we were saved, our sky was dark and cloudy, even foggy. It was also narrow, without any expanse…But one day we repented, confessed our sins, and received the Lord Jesus as our Savior…After we made a thorough confession, we had the sense, for the first time, that the sky above us was clear. We sensed that the day was dawning, that the clouds were leaving, and that the fog was lifting. When we were saved, we received not only a clear sky but also an expanding sky.

The kind of sky a Christian has depends upon his conscience…If there is no blemish on your conscience, your sky will be clear. If your sky is not clear, this means that there is some offense on your conscience. In order to have a clear sky, we need to deal with any offense and condemnation in our conscience. The story of our sky is the story of our conscience.

When we as living creatures reach the point of having a clear, open, and expanding heaven, there will be nothing between us and God and nothing between us and one another…All the clouds, coverings, separations, and fog will be gone, and we will have a sky that is thoroughly clear and continually expanding. Our expanse will be as clear as crystal. Whenever we have such a clear sky in our Christian life and in our church life, we will also have the throne, which is above the clear sky (Ezek. 1:26). The throne is the center of the universe, and it is where the Lord is…Where the Lord is, there His throne is. His presence can never be separated from His throne. The Lord’s throne is in the third heaven, but His throne is also in our spirit. Hence, the Lord’s throne is with us all the time.

As Christians and as local churches, we all should be under a crystal clear and expansive sky. Above this clear, expansive sky is the throne of the Lord. By having such a clear sky, we are spontaneously under the government of the Lord’s throne…Because we are under the throne, we do not need policemen and law courts to rule over us. If we need to be ruled by the police and by the courts, this means that we are not under the throne. We should be under the throne of the Lord all the time. Perhaps we want to say a certain thing, but the ruling of the throne does not allow us to speak a word…At other times we may become angry and may be close to losing our temper, but we realize that we are under the ruling of the throne, and we are subdued… We are ruled not merely by the teachings of the Bible but by the throne.

The highest step in the spiritual experience of a Christian is to have the throne in our expanse, in our clear sky. To have the throne, or to arrive at the throne, is to allow God to have the highest and most prominent position in our Christian life. For God to have the throne in us means that He has the position to reign in us. Therefore, to reach the throne in our spiritual experience means that in everything we are completely submissive to God’s authority and administration. Then we are no longer a person without the throne, without authority, without government. (Life-study of Ezekiel, 2nd ed., pp. 105-106, 114-116)

Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msg. 10

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