晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(四)(W47-5)
第四十七週.週五
晨興餧養
結一27 『我見從祂腰以上,看來好像光耀的金銀合金,有彷彿火的樣子四面包圍;又見從祂腰以下,有彷彿火的樣子。祂周圍都有光輝。』
來十二29 『因為我們的神乃是烈火。』
神的心意是要將撒但摔下,並救贖許多被他擄掠的人,將他們帶到神的寶座去。除非我們都被帶到寶座,神無法完全得著榮耀。有一天我們都要被帶到寶座,於是神就能向撒但誇耀。祂要凱旋的宣告,那些曾被撒但所擄,卻蒙神揀選的人,已經被帶到寶座。
然而,我們必須看見,在我們當前的情形中,我們還不彀資格坐在寶座上。你看起來像王麼?你若在屬天的秤上量你屬靈的分量,你會有多重?我擔心我們許多人沒有甚麼分量。這是一件非常嚴肅的問題。我們已經蒙召成為神的兒子,且被命定要作王,但我們需要神在我們裏面並在我們身上作工,使我們彀資格作王。(以西結書生命讀經,一六一頁。)
信息選讀
〔在〕以西結一章二十七節…我們看見,在寶座上之人的樣子有兩面的講究:從祂腰以上,有好像光耀的金銀合金;從祂腰以下,有彷彿火的樣子。為甚麼祂腰以上的部分好像金銀合金,腰以下的部分彷彿火?人的腰以上到頭的部分,乃是感覺的部分。這部分表徵人的性情和個性。就著性情和個性說,在寶座上的主耶穌有金銀合金的樣子。人的腰以下,是行動的部分。從腰以下有火的樣子,表徵主在祂行動中的樣子。
當主眷臨我們,祂先是像火一樣臨到我們。當祂與我們同在一起,祂就成為金銀合金。不僅如此,每當主藉著我們行動的時候,祂乃是像火一樣,一直在焚燒、光照並搜尋。焚燒後所留下的就是金銀合金—一種金與銀的混合物,表徵羔羊神,救贖的神。
神要我們得著祂這金銀合金。要使我們有這樣的經歷,祂必須先臨到我們,像火一樣光照、搜尋並焚燒。…我們若要得著祂作金銀合金,就必須經歷祂作火。
最終,我們必須看見,在我們裏面沒有善。〔羅七18上。〕…以下所列,是我們裏面一部分消極的東西:分裂、爭競、仇恨、嫉妒、脾氣、自愛、以己為目標、野心、自私、自我,和許多其他醜陋、邪惡的東西。我們都裝滿了這些東西,卻很少有主。因此,我們需要主臨到我們,把這一切消極的東西燒掉。這一切都燒掉之後,那作為救贖之神的金銀合金,就留在我們裏面。
無論我們的天多麼清明,無論在我們的天裏有多少寶座,我們仍然需要主的同在如同火,一直光照、搜尋並焚燒,使我們有主留在我們裏面作金銀合金。這是主眷臨我們,這也是主同著我們,並在我們身上的行動。在主的眷臨之下,乃是莫大的祝福。主臨到我們如同烈火,而我們就得著祂作金銀合金。我們往往不必宣告說,我們有這樣一位神;別人同我們在一起時,就能覺得我們有金銀合金,就是救贖的神,與我們同在。他們也有一個印象,我們不是輕的,我們乃是有分量的人。我們因著有金銀合金而有分量,因著有羔羊神而有分量。
到這時,四活物不僅是為著主的彰顯,不僅是為著主的行動,也是為著主的行政和管理。…這實在是美好。(以西結書生命讀經,一六三至一六五頁。)
參讀:以西結書生命讀經,第十二篇。
WEEK 47 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
Ezek. 1:27 Then I saw something like the sight of electrum, like the appearance of fire encased all around, from the appearance of His loins and upward; and from the appearance of His loins and downward, I saw something like the appearance of fire. And there was brightness all around Him.
Heb. 12:29 For our God is also a consuming fire.
God’s intention is to cast Satan down and to redeem many of those taken captive by Satan and bring them to His throne. God cannot receive the full glory until we are brought to the throne. One day we will be brought to the throne, and then God will be able to boast to Satan. He will triumphantly declare that His chosen ones, who had been taken captive by Satan, have been brought to the throne.
However, we need to realize that in our present condition we are not qualified to be on the throne. Do you look like a king? If you were weighed on the heavenly scales to determine your spiritual weight, how much would you weigh? I am concerned that many of us would weigh hardly anything at all. This is a very serious matter. We have been called to be sons of God, and we are destined to be kings, but we need God to work in us and on us to qualify us for kingship. (Life-study of Ezekiel, 2nd ed., pp. 130-131)
Today’s Reading
[In Ezekiel 1:27] we see that the appearance of the man on the throne has two aspects: from His loins and upward He looks like electrum, and from His loins and downward He looks like fire…The upper part of a man, from his loins to his head, is the part of feeling, of sensation. This part signifies his nature and disposition. According to His nature and disposition, the Lord Jesus on the throne looks like electrum. The lower part of a man’s body is for moving. The appearance of fire from the loins and downward signifies the Lord’s appearance in His move.
When the Lord comes to us, He first comes as fire. When He stays with us, He becomes electrum. Furthermore, whenever the Lord moves through us, He moves like fire to burn, enlighten, and search. After this burning, something will remain, and that will be the electrum—a mixture of gold and silver signifying the Lamb-God, the redeeming God.
God wants us to gain Him as the electrum. In order for this to be our experience, He must first come to us as fire to enlighten, search, and burn…If we would gain Him as the electrum, we need to experience Him as the fire.
Eventually, we need to realize that nothing good dwells in us [Rom. 7:18a]…The following is a partial list of the negative things that we have within us: division, strife, hatred, envy, temper, self-love, self-goals, ambition, selfishness, ego, and many other ugly, evil things. We are full of these things, but we may have very little of the Lord. Therefore, we need the Lord to come to us and burn away all these negative things. After these things have been burned out, the electrum, the redeeming God, will remain in us.
No matter how clear our sky is and no matter how much we may have the throne above our sky, we still need the Lord’s presence as the fire which enlightens, searches, and burns so that we may have Him remaining in us as electrum. This is the Lord’s visitation with us, and this is the Lord’s move with us and on us. It is a great blessing to be under the Lord’s visitation. The Lord comes to us as a consuming fire, and we gain Him as electrum. Often there is no need for us to declare that we have such a God. When others are with us, they will be able to sense that we have the electrum, the redeeming God, remaining with us. They may also have the impression that we are not light but are persons of weight. We are weighty with electrum, weighty with the Lamb-God.
At this point the four living creatures are not only for the manifestation of the Lord and not only for the move of the Lord but also for the administration, the government, of the Lord…This is truly wonderful. (Lifestudy of Ezekiel, 2nd ed., pp. 132-133)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msg. 12
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