晨興聖言-挪亞、但以理和約伯...(W2-4)

第二週週四

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晨興餧養

羅五17    若因一人的過犯,死就藉着這一人作了王,那些受洋溢之恩,並洋溢之義恩賜的,就更要藉着耶穌基督一人,在生命中作王了。

  21     使罪怎樣在死中作王,恩典也照樣藉着義作王,叫人藉着我們的主耶穌基督得永遠的生命。

 

離婚這件事,對今天的年輕人是極大的試誘。試誘是在外面,情欲是在裏面。在這樣一個時代中誰能站立得住?…因為我們沒有一個人能站立得住,我們就需要恩典作今天的挪亞。只有恩典能使你與你的妻子或丈夫成為一。…沒有恩典我們誰也不能這樣作,因為試誘太多了。這時代的潮流和趨向太強了。…我們何等需要恩典!我們需要神來作我們的力量和一切。這是恩典。這是挪亞所需要的,也是我們今天所需要的。挪亞得到了這恩典,我們也必須得到。因為挪亞得了恩典,所以他容易與神同行(創世記生命讀經,四五八至四五九頁)。

信息選讀

 

父母關心他們在學校的子女。今天在學校中,孩子們面臨最大的試誘是吸毒問題。…年幼的孩子們不能抗拒這種試誘。他們需要恩典。沒有一種癮癖是你靠自己能勝過的。你需要來到施恩的寶座前得恩典。挪亞得了恩典,他就與神同行。恩典幫助他與神同行。…這恩典…加強他,幫助他過義的生活。在他日常的行事為人中,義從他身上活出來。這種義不僅是客觀的,更是主觀的。首先,他領受了客觀的義;至終,他活出主觀的義。所以,在神的眼中,挪亞承受了義。

 

在創世記六章,我們看見三粒重要的種子:肉體、恩典和義。…神是主宰並智慧的。…在祂的主宰和智慧裏,祂把肉體留在這裏,祂知道就着某種意義說,肉體對我們是有用的。肉體晝夜幫助我們轉向施恩座。當我們成熟被提時,我們能彀轉向肉體說,『小肉體,你的時間到了,你現在可以離開了。』在生命成熟以前,就某一面說我們需要肉體,不是來毀壞我們,乃是迫使我們來到施恩的寶座前。

 

肉體在那裏,恩典也在那裏;恩典在那裏,恩典的結果—義—也在那裏。羅馬五章十七節將恩典和義放在一起。…義總是伴隨着恩典。沒有一個丈夫沒有恩典而能與他的妻子是對的;沒有一個妻子沒有恩典而能與她的丈夫是對的。只有一種丈夫或妻子是對的,那就是得着恩典的妻子或丈夫。一旦我們得了恩典,恩典就使我們與丈夫或妻子是對的。有一個作丈夫的,多年來人家告訴他,該待妻子好一點,但他沒有被說服。直到一個晚上他得了恩典,恩典產生出義來,他的態度立刻改變了。…乃是靠着恩典的能力,恩典的力量,以及恩典的生命,我們纔能與神、與人甚至與自己都是對的。恩典產生義。義是恩典的最高產物。所以二十一節說,『恩典…藉着義作王,叫人…得永遠的生命。』因此,義和恩典總是聯在一起。肉體在那裏,恩典也在那裏;而恩典在那裏,那裏就產生義。

 

我們是義的,不是因着自己,乃是因着恩典。…神能以挪亞的義向那彎曲悖謬的世代誇耀。挪亞的義加強了神的立場,來執行祂對那不敬虔世代的審判(創世記生命讀經,四五九至四六一、四六三至四六四頁)。

參讀:創世記生命讀經,第二十八篇。

WEEK 2 — DAY 4

 

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 5:17 …Much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

           21 In order that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The matter of divorce is a great temptation to the young people today. The temptations are without, and the lusts are within. Who can stand in such an age?…Because none of us is able to stand, we need the grace to be today’s Noah. Only grace can enable you to be one with your wife or husband…None of us can do it without grace, for there is too much temptation. The tide, current, and trend of the age are too strong… How we need grace! We need God to come to us to be our strength and everything we need. This is grace. This is what Noah needed and what we also need today. Noah found it, and we also must find it. Because Noah found grace, it was easy for him to walk with God. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 375)

Today’s Reading

Parents are concerned about their children in school. The biggest temptation that the children face in the schools today is the matter of drugs… The young children cannot stand against this kind of temptation. They need grace. There is no addiction that you can overcome by yourself. You need to come to the throne of grace and find grace. Noah found grace, and he walked with God. Grace helped him to walk with God. This grace strengthened him and helped him to live a righteous life. In his daily walk righteousness was lived out of him. This kind of righteousness was not merely objective but also subjective. First, he received objective righteousness; eventually, he lived out subjective righteousness. Thus, in the eyes of God, Noah inherited righteousness.

In the sixth chapter of Genesis, we see three important seeds: flesh, grace, and righteousness. God is sovereign and wise…In His sovereignty and wisdom, He leaves the flesh here, knowing that, in a sense, it is useful to us. Day and night the flesh helps us turn to the throne of grace. When we are matured, that is, when we are raptured, we will be able to turn to the flesh and say, “Little flesh, your time is over. You may leave now.” Before the maturity of life, in a sense we need the flesh, not to damage us but to force us to come to the throne of grace.

Where the flesh is, there is grace, and where grace is, there is the issue of grace—righteousness. Romans 5:17 puts grace and righteousness together… Righteousness always accompanies grace. There is not one husband who can be right with his wife without grace, and there is not one wife who can be right with her husband without grace. There is only one kind of wife or husband who is right—the wife or husband who finds grace. Once we have found grace, grace will make us right with our husband or wife. Consider the case of a particular husband who for years has been told by others that he should treat his wife better than he does. Nevertheless, he is not convinced. One night he finds grace, and grace issues in righteousness. Immediately, he changes his attitude. It is by the power of grace, the strength of grace, and the life of grace that we can be right with God, with one another, and even with ourselves. Grace produces righteousness. Righteousness is the highest product of grace. Therefore, Romans 5:21 says that “grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life.” Thus, righteousness and grace always go together. Where the flesh is, there is grace, and where grace is, righteousness is produced.

We are not righteous because of ourselves but because of grace… God could boast of Noah’s righteousness to that crooked and perverted generation. Noah’s righteousness strengthened God’s standing to execute His judgment upon that ungodly generation. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 375-379)

Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 28

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