晨興聖言-挪亞、但以理和約伯...(W5-6)
第五週 • 週六
晨興餧養
提後三16~17 聖經都是神的呼出,對於教訓、督責、改正、在義上的教導,都是有益的,叫屬神的人得以完備,為着各樣的善工,裝備齊全。
提後三章十四至十七節說到屬神的人有神的呼出。聖經,神的話,乃是神的呼出。神的說話就是神的呼出。因此,祂的話就是靈(約六63)或氣。所以,聖經乃是這位是靈之神的具體化。那靈乃是聖經的素質、本質,猶如磷是火柴的基本本質。我們必須用我們的靈,劃擦聖經的靈,以點着神聖的火。…聖經既為是靈之神的具體化,也就是基督的具體化。基督是神活的話(啟十九13),聖經是神寫的話(太四4)。這聖經使屬神的人得以完備,裝備齊全。
要照顧一個地方的召會,話語的傳揚是非常重要的。在提後三章十四至十七節,神的說話就是祂的呼出。我們該是屬神的人,有神的呼出。我們讀經就是吸入神的氣。神呼出而我們吸入。這樣,無論得時不得時,我們都能傳道。我們的傳講就是我們的呼出(李常受文集一九八五年第三冊,七○四頁)。
信息選讀
我們要有分於正確召會生活的恢復,就要享受耶穌的人性,使我們成為正確的人。…我們需要將耶穌的人性應用于日常行事為人的每一細節。…我們要剛強站住,藉着享受耶穌的人性,抵擋今世的潮流。譬如,今天的人滿了仇恨又無親情,但我們必須被耶穌人性裏愛的情操充滿。
在提摩太后書我們不但在消極方面看見一幅敗壞人性的圖畫,也在積極方面看見享受耶穌人性的路。要享受耶穌的人性,我們首先需要呼求主(二22)。藉着呼求主,我們就可有分於祂的人性。
其次,我們需要吸入聖經中神的氣〔參提後三16〕。…聖經既是神的呼出,我們就可吸入聖言中神的氣。我們需要吸入神所呼出的。每次我們來到聖經跟前,就需要新鮮地吸入神聖的氣。
第三,我們需要運用神所賜給我們人的靈。…神賜給我們的靈,使意志有能、情感能愛並心思清明〔參提後一7〕。沒有基督,每個人都思想不平衡。然而,因為神已賜給我們清明自守的靈,我們就可以有清明、健全和健康的心思。我們需要運用神所賜給我們的靈,使我們意志剛強,情感有愛,心思清晳健全。
第四,我們需要經歷在我們靈裏的基督。提後四章二十二節說,『願主與你的靈同在。』我們應當享受那住在我們靈裏的基督。
第五,我們要在召會,基督的身體中追求基督。二章二十二節說,需要『同那清心呼求主的人』,就是同聖徒們,追求基督。追求基督不是單獨的事,乃是團體的事。我們必須同身體上其他的肢體追求基督。
恢復正確的召會生活,有賴於正確的人性。今天我們能有這樣的人性,是因為我們藉着呼求主的名,吸入聖經中神的氣,運用我們能力、愛並清明自守的靈,經歷那住在我們靈裏的基督,並同許多親愛的聖徒追求基督,而有分於耶穌的人性。在這艱難的時期,我們必須不僅作好人,更作神人,作屬神的人,好使我們能有正確的召會生活(李常受文集一九七一年第二冊,三二二至三二四頁)。
參讀:約伯記生命讀經,第三十三、三十七篇。
WEEK 5 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
2 Tim. 3:16-17 All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.
In 2 Timothy 3:14-17 is a man of God with the breath of God. The Scripture, the Word of God, is the breath of God. God’s speaking is God’s breathing. Hence, His word is spirit (John 6:63), pneuma, or breath. Thus, the Scripture is the embodiment of God as the Spirit. The Spirit is therefore the very essence, the substance, of the Scripture, just as phosphorus is the essential substance in matches. We must strike the Spirit of the Scripture with our spirit to catch the divine fire. As the embodiment of God the Spirit, the Scripture is also the embodiment of Christ. Christ is God’s living Word (Rev. 19:13), and the Scripture is God’s written word (Matt. 4:4). This Scripture makes the man of God complete and equips him.
In caring for a local church,…the preaching of the word is vital. In 2 Timothy 3:14-17 God’s speaking is His breathing. We should be men of God with the breath of God. Our reading of the Scripture is our inhaling of God’s breath. God is breathing, and we are inhaling. Then we are able to proclaim the word in season and out of season. Our preaching is our exhaling. (CWWL, 1985, vol. 3, “Elders’ Training, Book 6: The Crucial Points of the Truth in Paul’s Epistles,” pp. 549-550)
Today’s Reading
In order for us to participate in the recovery of the proper church life, we need to enjoy the humanity of Jesus so that we may become proper persons…We need to apply the humanity of Jesus to every detail of our daily walk…We need to be strong to stand against the tide of this age by enjoying the humanity of Jesus. For instance, while people today are full of hatred and are without natural affection, we must be filled with the loving affection in the humanity of Jesus.
In 2 Timothy we see not only a picture of corrupted humanity on the negative side but also the way to enjoy the humanity of Jesus on the positive side. In order to enjoy the humanity of Jesus, we first need to call on the Lord (2:22). By calling upon the name of the Lord, we may partake of His humanity.
Second, we need to inhale the breath of God in the Bible [cf. 3:16]…Since the Bible is the breathing out of God, we may inhale the breath of God in the holy Word. We need to inhale what God has exhaled. Each time we come to the Bible, we need to freshly breathe in the divine breath.
Third, we need to exercise our God-given spirit…God has given us a spirit that is powerful in our will, loving in our emotion, and sober in our mind [cf. 1:7]. Apart from Christ, every human being is unbalanced in his thinking. However, because God has given us a spirit of sobermindedness, we may have a sober, sound, and healthy mind. We need to exercise our God-given spirit that is strong in our will, loving in our emotion, and sober, sound, and clear in our mind.
Fourth, we need to experience Christ who is in our spirit. Second Timothy 4:22 says, “The Lord be with your spirit.” We should enjoy Christ who dwells in our spirit.
Fifth, we need to pursue Christ in the church, the Body of Christ. Second Timothy 2:22 says that we need to pursue Christ “with those,” that is, with the saints. To pursue Christ is not an individualistic matter but a corporate matter. We must pursue Christ with the other members of the Body.
The recovery of the proper church life depends on the proper humanity. Today we can have such a humanity because we can partake of the humanity of Jesus by calling upon the name of the Lord, breathing in the breath of God in the Bible, exercising our spirit of power, love, and sobermindedness, experiencing Christ who dwells in our spirit, and pursuing Christ with many dear saints. In these difficult times, we must be not merely good men but God-men, men of God, in order that we may have the proper church life. (CWWL, 1971, vol. 2, pp. 245-246)
Further Reading: Life-study of Job, msgs. 33, 37
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