晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W2-3)
第二週 • 週三
晨興餧養
林後五21 神使那不知罪的，替我們成為罪，好叫我們在祂裏面成為神的義。
羅八3 律法因肉體而輭弱，有所不能的，神，既在罪之肉體的樣式裏，並為着罪，差來了自己的兒子，就在肉體中定罪了罪。
在〔林後五章二十一節〕有神救恩的終極完成，就是神的義。
新約的職事乃是那靈與義的職事。這職事把生命的靈分賜到信徒裏面，結果就產生一種光景、情形，聖經稱之為義。我們得救以前，是在一種完全被神定罪的光景裏。…但是我們得救以後，就被帶進一種光景裏，使我們能蒙神稱義。這就是義。但我們若誠實，就會承認，一面我們是在義的光景裏，但另一面，與我們生活有關的一些事仍然不是對的。這些事可能不像我們得救以前生活中曾犯過的粗鄙的罪。但這些事總是不對的。特別是我們與神之間仍有阻隔，這是我們天然的人、我們的己所造成的。這就是罪（哥林多後書生命讀經，三八一頁）。
信息選讀
假設有一個人和他的妻子都沒有得救。他們彼此處得不好，時常爭吵。…但有一天丈夫得救了，並進入召會生活中。他開始改變，這種改變影響了他的妻子。末了，妻子也得救，進到召會生活中。她和丈夫一樣，也開始改變。現在這個人和他的妻子就在聖經所稱為義的光景裏。但這個人（現在是主裏的弟兄）個性非常強。…不僅如此，這位太太很古怪，與人合不來，常和別人唱反調。…這個人與妻子的和好，並他們的義，都不彀徹底。
然而，假如這一對弟兄姊妹聽到一篇信息說，我們需要進一步與神和好。作丈夫的開始定罪自己的個性，作妻子的也定罪自己的乖僻，兩個人都定罪他們天然的生命。結果，他們就有可能被帶進至聖所裏享受主。也許丈夫會說，『讚美主！』妻子會回答說，『阿們！』…他們就會在一種稱為神的義的情形裏。
我們為甚麼說這義是神救恩的終極完成？這種說法是根據彼後三章十三節，那裏說，在新天新地，有義居住在其中。有義居住在新天新地中，指明一切都要完全被帶回歸神。一切都要服在元首之下，建立得有秩有序。沒有一件事是不對的，沒有一件事是亂了秩序的。在新天新地裏一切都是對的，都是令神滿意的。神能看着全宇宙，而稱義一切事物。
可能你有把握說，你是在基督裏的新造，但是你還不敢放膽宣告你是神的義。你沒有這樣的把握，因為你像一隻還沒有完全從繭裏出來的蝴蝶。惟有當我們的『繭』完全脫去的時候，我們纔能說我們是神的義。在那時以前，我們只能說，我們只有部分是神的義。我們需要十字架在我們身上進一步作工，把我們餘剩的繭銷毀。至終，最遲在新耶路撒冷裏，我們要完全成為神的義。那時，神就能向祂的仇敵撒但誇口，一切都是義的，沒有一件事是不對或不完美的，一切都令神滿意。因此，神能稱義新耶路撒冷裏的一切事物（哥林多後書生命讀經，三八一至三八三頁）。
參讀：哥林多後書生命讀經，第三十九篇。
WEEK 2 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
2 Cor. 5:21 Him who did not know sin He made sin on our behalf that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Rom.
8:3 For that which the law could not do, in that it was weak through
the flesh, God, sending His own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh.
[In 2 Corinthians 5:21] we have the ultimate consummation of God’s salvation—the righteousness of God.
The
new covenant ministry is a ministry of the Spirit and of righteousness.
This ministry imparts the Spirit of life into the believers. This
issues in a state, a condition, that is called righteousness. Before we
were saved, we were in a condition that was altogether condemned by
God…But after we were saved, we were brought into a state where we could
be justified by God. This is righteousness. However, if we are honest,
we will admit that, on the one hand, we are in a righteous condition,
but, on the other hand, certain things related to our living still are
not right. These things may not be comparable to the gross sin that may
have been in our living before we were saved. Nevertheless, there are
matters that are not right. In particular, there is still the separation
between us and God caused by our natural man, our self. This is sin. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, p. 321)
Today's Reading
Suppose
a certain man and his wife are not saved. They have difficulty getting
along with each other and often fight…Suppose one day the husband gets
saved and comes into the church life. He begins to change, and this
change affects his wife. Eventually, she also gets saved and comes into
the church life. Like her husband, she too begins to change. Now this
man and wife are in a state that the Bible calls righteousness. However,
the man, now a brother in the Lord, has a very strong
disposition…Moreover, the wife is very peculiar and seldom agrees with
others. Often she contradicts others…What this man and wife have is a halfway reconciliation and a halfway righteousness.
However,
suppose this brother and sister hear a message on the need for further
reconciliation. The husband begins to condemn his disposition, the wife
condemns her peculiarity, and they both condemn their natural life. As a
result, there is the possibility that they may be brought into the Holy
of Holies to enjoy the Lord. Then the husband may say, “Praise the
Lord!” and the wife may respond, “Amen!”…They will be in a condition
that may be called the righteousness of God.
Why
do we say that this righteousness is the ultimate consummation of God’s
salvation? This claim is based on 2 Peter 3:13, which speaks of
righteousness dwelling in the new heaven and new earth. The fact that
righteousness will dwell in the new heaven and new earth indicates that
everything will be brought back to God in full. Everything will be
headed up and set in good order. Nothing will be wrong, and nothing will
be out of order. Everything in the new heaven and the new earth will be
right and satisfactory to God. God will be able to look at the entire universe and justify everything.
You
may have the assurance to say that you are a new creation in Christ,
[but] you may not have the boldness to declare that you are the
righteousness of God. The reason you lack this boldness is that you are
like a butterfly that has not fully emerged from its cocoon. Only when
our “cocoon” has been fully done away can we say that we are the
righteousness of God. Until then, we can say that we are only partially
the righteousness of God. We need the cross to do a further work on us
so that the remainder of our cocoon may be consumed. Eventually, at the
latest in the New Jerusalem, we will fully be the righteousness of God.
Then God will be able to boast to His enemy, Satan, that everything in
the New Jerusalem is righteousness, that nothing is wrong or defective,
that everything is satisfactory to God. Therefore, God will be able to
justify everything in the New Jerusalem. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 321-323)
Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msg. 39
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