晨興聖言-挪亞、但以理和約伯...(W2-綱要)

第二週 • 綱目

挪亞身上的生命線—改變時代的生活與工作

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讀經：創六5~14，來十一7

週　一

壹　挪亞相信神，與神同行，討神喜悅，並享受神一切的所是—創六8：

一　撒但敗壞人到了極點，神決意要毀滅祂為着自己定旨所造的人。

二　因此，似乎神被擊敗了，『但挪亞』指出一個主宰的因素，提供神一條路，繼續執行祂對人原初的定旨。

三　藉着挪亞的生活和工作，神勝過了祂的仇敵，並轉移了時代。

週　二

貳　挪亞的生活是一個改變時代的生活—參腓一19~21上：

一　改變時代的生活，乃是承繼先祖敬虔之路的生活：

1　挪亞承繼了亞當得救的路，接受基督作為女人後裔的應許，並接受基督作為使神滿足之義的遮蓋—創三15、20~21，參賽十二2。

2　挪亞承繼了亞伯獻祭的路，就是將基督獻給神，不僅使祂作贖我們罪的祭物，也作討神喜悅的禮物—創四4。

3　挪亞承繼了以挪士呼求耶和華名的路，享受祂一切的所是—26節，耶三三3，羅十12，提後二22。

4　挪亞承繼了以諾與神同行的路，就是接受神作我們的中心和一切，照着神並與神一同生活並作一切事—創五22~24，來十一5~6，林後五4、9、14~16，六1。

週三、週四

二　神給挪亞看見，他所活在其中之敗壞時代的真實光景—創六3、5、11、13，太二四37~39，提後三1~5。

三　『但挪亞在耶和華眼前蒙恩〔得恩典〕』—創六8：

1　當撒但盡力把局面破壞之後，總有一些人在神眼前蒙恩，成為轉移那時代的人—參但一8，九23，十11、19。

2　創世記的記載，主要的目的不是要表明墮落，乃是要表明神的恩典能為墮落的人作那麼多：

a　恩典乃是神自己，神的同在，給我們享受，成為我們的一切，並在我們裏面、藉着我們且為着我們作一切—約一14、16~17，啟二二21。

b　對主作恩典的享受，乃是與那些愛祂的人同在—弗六24，約二一15~17。

c　主耶穌基督的恩典作為三一神全備的供應，是我們藉着操練我們人的靈所享受的—來十29下，加六18，腓四23，門25，提後四22。

d　神的話是恩典的話—徒二十32，西三16，參耶十五16。

e　我們在一的立場上與聖徒一同聚集，就經歷經過過程的三一神作生命的恩典—詩一三三3，彼前三7，徒四33，十一23。

f　我們在苦難和試煉中，能經歷主作我們加增並全豐全足的恩典—林後十二9。

g　我們需要在主恩典的能力裏為主勞苦—林前十五10、58，三12。

h　我們需要作神諸般恩典的好管家—彼前四10，弗三2，林後一15，弗四29。

i　憑着恩典的大能，恩典的力量，和恩典的生命，我們能與神並與彼此是對的；恩典產生義—來十一7，羅五17、21。

週　五

叁　挪亞的工作是一個改變時代的工作—林前三9，林後六1，太十六18，林前三12：

一　神給挪亞的是包羅萬有的啟示，更進一步的啟示，建造方舟的啟示，就是神要結束敗壞的世代，而帶進一個新時代的路：

1　方舟是基督的豫表（彼前三20~21）—不僅豫表個人的基督，也豫表團體的基督，召會，就是基督的身體和新人，要終極完成於新耶路撒冷（太十六18，林前十二12，弗二15~16，西三10~11，啟二一2）。

2　方舟的建造豫表團體基督的建造，是藉着與神同工的人，以基督之豐富的元素為材料建造的—林前三9~12上，弗四12，二22。

週　六

3　這建造就是把基督作到人裏面，而憑基督將人建造在一起，成為神在肉體的顯現—提前三15~16：

a　我們工作中很重要的一件事，乃是將建造和被建造的神供應到人裏面，好使三一神能將自己建造到他們全人裏面—太十六18，弗二21~22，三17上，林前十四4下。

b　我們需要實行一件事—就是將經過過程並終極完成的三一神供應到人裏面，使祂能將祂自己建造到他們裏面的人裏；我們需要禱告，求主教導我們這樣作工—林後十三14，林前三9上、10、12，羅十一36。

二　藉着建造召會並進入召會生活，我們要從神用大災難對今天邪惡世代的審判蒙拯救，並要從那世代分別出來，而被引進新的時代，就是千年國時代—來十一7，太二四37~39，路十七26~27。

Week Two

The Line of Life with Noah— the Life and Work That Change the Age

Hymns: E1268

Scripture Reading: Gen. 6:5-14; Heb. 11:7

§ Day 1

I. Noah believed in God, walked with God, pleased God, and enjoyed all that God is—Gen. 6:8:

A. Satan had corrupted man to the uttermost, and God had determined to destroy the man whom He had created for His purpose.

B. Thus, it appeared that God was defeated; but Noah points to the sovereign factor that provided God a way to continue to carry out His original purpose with man.

C. Through Noahs life and work, God gained the victory over His enemy and changed the age.

§ Day 2

II. Noahs life was a life that changed the age—cf. Phil. 1:19- 21a:

A. The life that changes the age is a life that inherits the godly ways of the forefathers:

1. Noah inherited Adams way of salvation, receiving the promise of Christ as the seed of the woman and the covering of Christ as the God-satisfying righteousness—Gen. 3:15, 20-21; cf. Isa. 12:2.

2. Noah inherited Abels way of offering, which is that of offering Christ to God, not only as the sacrifice for our sins but also as a gift for pleasing God—Gen. 4:4.

3. Noah inherited Enoshs way of calling on the name of Jehovah to enjoy all that He is—v. 26; Jer. 33:3; Rom. 10:12; 2 Tim. 2:22.

4. Noah inherited Enochs way of walking with God, which is to take God as our center and everything, living and doing all things according to God and with God—Gen. 5:22-24; Heb. 11:5-6; 2 Cor. 5:4, 9, 14-16; 6:1.

§ Day 3 & Day 4

B. God showed Noah the true situation of the corrupt age in which he lived— Gen. 6:3, 5, 11, 13; Matt. 24:37-39; 2 Tim. 3:1-5.

C. "But Noah found favor [grace] in the sight of Jehovah"—Gen. 6:8:

1. When Satan has done his best to damage the situation, there have always been some who found grace in the eyes of God to become ones who turned the age—cf. Dan. 1:8; 9:23; 10:11, 19.

2. The main purpose of the record of Genesis is not to show the fall but to show how much Gods grace can do for fallen people:

a. Grace is God Himself, the presence of God, enjoyed by us to be everything to us and to do everything in us, through us, and for us— John 1:14, 16-17; Rev. 22:21.

b. The enjoyment of the Lord as grace is with those who love Him—Eph. 6:24; John 21:15-17.

c. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ as the bountiful supply of the Triune God is enjoyed by us through the exercise of our human spirit—Heb. 10:29b; Gal. 6:18; Phil. 4:23; Philem. 25; 2 Tim. 4:22.

d. Gods word is the word of grace—Acts 20:32; Col. 3:16; cf. Jer. 15:16.

e. We experience the processed Triune God as the grace of life in meeting with the saints on the ground of oneness—Psa. 133:3; 1 Pet. 3:7; Acts 4:33; 11:23.

f. We can experience the Lord as our increasing and all-sufficient grace in the midst of sufferings and trials—2 Cor. 12:9.

g. We need to labor for the Lord in the power of His grace—1 Cor. 15:10, 58; 3:12.

h. We need to be good stewards of the varied grace of God—1 Pet. 4:10; Eph. 3:2; 2 Cor. 1:15; Eph. 4:29.

i. By the power of grace, the strength of grace, and the life of grace, we can be right with God and with one another; grace produces righteousness—Heb. 11:7; Rom. 5:17, 21.

§ Day 5

III. Noahs work was a work that changed the age—1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor. 6:1; Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 3:12:

A. God gave Noah an all-inclusive revelation, a further revelation, the revelation to build the ark, which was the way that God would terminate the corrupted generation and bring in a new age:

1. The ark is a type of Christ (1 Pet. 3:20-21)—not only the individual Christ but also the corporate Christ, the church, which is the Body of Christ and the new man to consummate in the New Jerusalem (Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 2:15-16; Col. 3:10-11; Rev. 21:2).

2. The building of the ark typifies the building of the corporate Christ, with the element of Christs riches as the building material, by those who work together with God—1 Cor. 3:9-12a; Eph. 4:12; 2:22.

§ Day 6

3. This building is the working of Christ into people to build them together by Christ that they may become Gods manifestation in the flesh—1 Tim. 3:15-16:

a. The crucial matter in our work is to minister the building and builded God into others so that the Triune God may build Himself into their being—Matt. 16:18; Eph. 2:21-22; 3:17a; 1 Cor. 14:4b.

b. We need to practice one thing—to minister the processed and consummated Triune God into others so that He may build Himself into their inner man; we need to pray that the Lord will teach us to work in this way—2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Cor. 3:9a, 10, 12; Rom. 11:36.

B. By building the church and entering into the church life, we will be saved from Gods judgment on todays evil generation through the great tribulation and will be separated from that generation to be ushered into a new age, the age of the millennium—Heb. 11:7; Matt. 24:37-39; Luke 17:26-27.