晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W2-5)

第二週 • 週五

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晨興餧養

來九3     第二幔子後，還有一層帳幕，叫作至聖所。

十19~20　  弟兄們，我們既因耶穌的血，得以坦然進入至聖所，是藉着祂給我們開創了一條又新又活的路，從幔子經過，這幔子就是祂的肉體。

 

兩步的和好，由帳幕的兩層幔子清楚的描繪出來。頭一層幔子稱為簾子（出二六37）。罪人藉着平息之血的和好被帶到神這裏，就經過這簾子進入聖所。這豫表和好的第一步。但還有第二層幔子（31~35，來九3），將他與在至聖所裏的神隔開。這層幔子需要裂開，使他能被帶到至聖所裏的神這裏。這是和好的第二步。哥林多的信徒已經與神和好，經過頭一層幔子進入了聖所；但他們仍活在肉體裏，還需要經過已經裂開的第二層幔子（太二七51，來十20），進入至聖所，在他們的靈裏與神同活（林前六17）。哥林多後書的目的就是要帶他們到這裏，使他們成為在靈裏（林前二15），在至聖所裏的人。使徒說，『求你們：要與神和好』〔林後五20〕，就是這意思（哥林多後書生命讀經，三七九頁）。

信息選讀

在舊約裏，罪人要就近神，必須先來到祭壇，藉着贖罪祭的血使罪得赦。他經歷罪得赦免之後，纔能進入聖所。這是和好的第一步，罪人藉此開始與神和好。這是當時哥林多信徒的光景，也是今天大多數真基督徒的光景。他們已經藉着十字架，局部地與神和好了；在十字架上，基督作了我們的贖罪祭而死，流出祂的血洗去我們的罪。我們相信祂的時候，神赦免了我們，我們就與神和好，被帶回來歸給祂。…然而，我們只是局部地與神和好，還不彀徹底。

依照聖經，和好的含意遠超過僅僅被帶回歸神。和好乃是被帶到神裏面。因此，照聖經來看，把人帶到神那裏，意思就是把他們帶到神裏面，使他們完全與神成為一。但是在許多基督教的教導中，與神是一這件事受到誤解。…就着丈夫與妻子而言，有一種團體的一。但在聖經中，與神是一的意思是與祂調和。這就是在神裏面，並且讓神進到我們裏面。聖經中的與神是一，是一種我們進到神裏面、神進到我們裏面的一。因此，主耶穌說，『你們要住在我裏面，我也住在你們裏面。』（約十五4）祂並沒有說，『你們要與我同住，我就與你們同住。』有些基督徒竟然反對『藉着與神調和而與神是一』這個合乎聖經的奇妙觀念，這是何等可惜！

我們一直不斷需要和好的職事，就是保羅受託付的職事，直到我們完全與主是一，完全在祂裏面，並讓祂完全在我們裏面。保羅受了託付，要作一個工，把信徒完全且實際的帶進神裏面。我們一旦看見這一點，便有資格明白林後五章的末段和六章的前段。…與神和好就是被帶進神裏面，…和好的職事就是把人帶進神裏面的職事。

哥林多的信徒中間有許多難處，這一切難處表明，這些信徒並沒有完全在神裏面。…他們雖然得救，並從神而生，但他們並沒有在祂裏面生活。因此，他們在日常生活的許多事上，乃是在神以外。所以，保羅有負擔把他們帶進神裏面。這就是使他們與神和好（哥林多後書生命讀經，三七九至三八○、四○二至四○三頁）。

參讀：哥林多後書生命讀經，第十四、二十七篇。

WEEK 2 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

Heb. 9:3 And after the second veil, a tabernacle, which is called the Holy of Holies.

10:19-20 Having therefore, brothers, boldness for entering the Holy of Holies in the blood of Jesus, which entrance He initiated for us as a new and living way through the veil, that is, His flesh.

[The] two steps of reconciliation are clearly portrayed by the two veils of the tabernacle. The first veil is called “the screen” (Exo. 26:37). A sinner who was brought to God through the reconciliation of the propitiating blood entered into the Holy Place by passing this screen. This typifies the first step of reconciliation. The second veil (vv. 31-35; Heb. 9:3) still separated him from God, who was in the Holy of Holies. This veil needed to be rent that the sinner might be brought to God in the Holy of Holies. This is the second step of reconciliation. The Corinthian believers had been reconciled to God, having passed through the first veil and having entered into the Holy Place. But they still lived in the flesh. They needed to pass the second veil, which had been rent already (Matt. 27:51; Heb. 10:20), to enter into the Holy of Holies to live with God in their spirit (1 Cor. 6:17). The goal of 2 Corinthians was to bring them there that they might be persons in the spirit (1 Cor. 2:15), in the Holy of Holies. This is what the apostle meant by saying, “Be reconciled to God.” (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 319-320)

Today's Reading

In the Old Testament, when a sinner came to God, he first had to come to the altar to have his sins forgiven through the blood of the sin offering. After experiencing the forgiveness of sins, he could enter the Holy Place. This is the first step of reconciliation, the step by which a sinner begins to be reconciled to God. This was the situation of the believers at Corinth, and it is also the situation of most genuine Christians today. They have been reconciled to God in part through the cross upon which Christ died as our sin offering, where He shed His blood to wash away our sins. When we believed in Him, we were forgiven by God, reconciled to Him, and brought back to Him…However, we have been reconciled to God only partly, halfway.

The biblical understanding of reconciliation includes more than merely being brought back to God. It is to be brought back into Him. Therefore, according to the Bible, to bring others to God means to bring them into God and to make them absolutely one with Him. However, in much Christian teaching, the matter of oneness with God is wrongly understood…In the case of a husband and wife, there is a kind of corporate oneness. But in the Bible to be one with God means to be mingled with Him. It is to be in God and to allow God to come into us. Biblical oneness with God is a oneness in which we enter into God and God enters into us. Therefore, the Lord Jesus said, “Abide in Me and I in you” (John 15:4). He did not say, “Abide with Me and I with you.” What a shame that some Christians oppose this wonderful biblical concept of being one with God by being mingled with Him!

Until we are wholly one with the Lord, being in Him and allowing Him to be in us absolutely, we will continue to need the ministry of reconciliation, the ministry with which Paul was commissioned. Paul was commissioned with the work of bringing the believers into God in a way that was absolute and practical. Once we see this, we are qualified to understand the last part of chapter 5 and the first part of chapter 6 of 2 Corinthians. To be reconciled is to be brought into God and…the ministry of reconciliation is the ministry of bringing others into God.

There were many problems among the believers at Corinth. All those problems were signs that those believers were not absolutely in God… Although they had been saved and born of God, they were not living in Him. For this reason, concerning many items in their daily living, they were outside of God. Therefore, Paul was burdened to bring them into God. This was to reconcile them to God. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 320, 339-340)

Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msgs. 14, 27