晨興聖言-挪亞、但以理和約伯...(W2-6)
第二週 • 週六
晨興餧養
弗三17 使基督藉着信,安家在你們心裏,叫你們在愛裏生根立基。
林前三12 然而,若有人用金、銀、寶石,木、草、禾秸,在這根基上建造。
今天在主的恢復裏,我們的工作乃是將神供應給人。的確,我們必須拯救罪人,餧養並成全聖徒;然而,最重要的事乃是要將神供應給人。我們所供應的神,不僅是建造的神,祂也是被建造的神。我們若不這樣供應神,我們的工作就是木、草、禾秸(林前三12)。
我要請你們重新考量你們為主所作的工。你可能打開了一個區域,或帶了許多人歸神;但我要問你們一個問題:有多少作三一神具體化身的基督作到你所帶來歸神的人裏面?我們若誠懇真實,就會謙卑下來,承認沒有太多的三一神作到那些我們帶來歸神的人裏面。因此,我們必須實行一件事,就是供應經過過程的三一神到人裏面,使祂將祂自己建造到他們裏面的人裏。在我們工作的每一面—傳揚福音、餧養信徒、成全聖徒,其內在的元素必須是將建造和被建造的神供應給人。我催促你們向主禱告,求祂教導你們這樣作工(撒母耳記生命讀經,二四六至二四七頁)。
信息選讀
挪亞接受了啟示,就相信這啟示,並且實行這啟示(創六22)。他實行的時候並不在意與他的先祖及同世代的人有所不同。人可能對他說,『挪亞,你在作甚麼?…你在說甚麼?你怎麼說洪水要來?你建造方舟到底是甚麼意思?』
今天的原則也是一樣。我們是照着聖經,跟從神的啟示,來實行召會生活;然而,大多數的基督徒缺少這啟示。神的啟示常叫你與眾不同。但以理和他三個朋友與眾不同,因為他們不肯喫王的膳。保羅不同,路德馬丁也不同。每一個看見了神啟示的人,都與別人有所不同。啟示使他與眾不同。…與別人不同是好的。
現在我們必須來看挪亞的工作。首先,挪亞傳揚義(彼後二5)。…你會看見在挪亞的日子,傳揚義就是反對當時邪惡的世代。挪亞的世代是邪惡的,充滿了強暴,但挪亞是個傳揚義,反對一切不義、邪惡和強暴的人。他見證神的義路。
挪亞一面傳揚義,一面也建造方舟。原則上,我們也作同樣的事。…挪亞因着信,照着神的啟示建造方舟(來十一7)。他並沒有照着傳統,或自己的觀念和發明,乃是絕對照着神的啟示來建造。這就是為甚麼我們在任何事上,都必須回到神聖言中的啟示。我們必須回到神純淨的話裏。
建造方舟是絕對與挪亞的世代相反的。挪亞反對那個時代的趨勢,並『定了那世界的罪』(7)。…挪亞和他一家的工作是獨特的、奇特的、奇怪的,在人眼中是不實際的。那是照着神的啟示,因此是與那世代的趨勢和潮流相反。你想今天的原則不也是一樣麼?我們所傳的和我們所作的,完全是反這世代潮流的。但是讚美主,我們是在祂的流中。我們不是在這世代的潮流中;我們是照着主的啟示,在流自寶座的流中(創世記生命讀經,四八四至四八六頁)。
參讀:撒母耳記生命讀經,第三十篇。
WEEK 2 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
Eph. 3:17 That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love.
1 Cor. 3:12 But if anyone builds upon the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stubble.
Our work in
the recovery today is to minister God to people. Yes, we need to save
sinners and to feed the saints and perfect them. The crucial matter,
however, is that we minister God to others. The God whom we minister is
not just the building God—He is also the builded God. If we fail to
minister God in this way, our work will be wood, grass, and stubble (1
Cor. 3:12).
I would ask
you to reconsider the work you are doing for the Lord. Perhaps you have
opened up a region or have brought many people to God. But I ask you
this question: How much of Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God
has been wrought into those whom you have brought to God? If we are
sincere and genuine, we will humble ourselves and confess that not very
much of the Triune God has been wrought into the ones we have brought to
God. Therefore, we need to practice one thing—to minister the processed
Triune God into others so that He may build Himself into their inner
man. In every aspect of our work—preaching the gospel, feeding the
believers, perfecting the saints—the intrinsic element must be that we
minister the building and builded God to others. I would urge you to
pray that the Lord would teach you to work in this way. (Life-study of 1
& 2 Samuel, pp. 202-203)
Today’s Reading
After Noah
received the revelation, he believed it and practiced it (Gen. 6:22). He
practiced it in a way of not caring about being different from his
forefathers and from his generation. Perhaps people said to him, “Noah,
what are you doing?…What are you talking about, telling us that a flood
will come? What do you mean by building an ark?”
The
principle is the same today. We are following God’s revelation that is
according to the Bible in order to practice the church life; however,
most Christians lack this revelation. God’s revelation will always make
you different. Daniel and his three companions were different, for they
refused to eat the royal food. Paul was different, and so was Martin
Luther. Everyone who has seen God’s revelation is different. The
revelation makes him different…It is good to be different.
Now we must
consider Noah’s work. First, Noah worked in preaching righteousness (2
Pet. 2:5)…In Noah’s day preaching righteousness was to protest against
the evil generation. His generation was evil and filled with violence,
but Noah was a man who preached righteousness and protested against all
the unrighteousness, evil, and violence. He testified of the righteous
way of God.
While Noah
was preaching righteousness, he was building the ark. In principle, we
are doing the same thing…Noah built the ark by faith according to God’s
revelation (Heb. 11:7). He did not construct it according to tradition
or his own concept and invention but absolutely according to God’s
revelation. This is the reason that in everything we must return to
God’s revelation in His holy Word. We must come back to the pure Word of
God.
The
building of the ark was absolutely against the tide of Noah’s
generation. He was against the trend of that age, and “he condemned the
world” (Heb. 11:7)…The work of Noah and his family was unique, peculiar,
and strange. In human eyes it was impractical. It was according to
God’s revelation, and thus, it was against the trend and tide of that
generation. Do you not think that the principle is the same today? What
we are preaching and doing is altogether against the tide of this
generation. But we praise the Lord that we are in His flow. We are not
in the tide of this generation; we are in the flow from the throne
according to His revelation. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 395-397)
Further Reading: Life-study of 1 & 2 Samuel, msg. 30
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