晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W3-1)
第三週 • 週一
晨興餧養
約壹五16~17 人若看見他的弟兄犯了不至於死的罪，就當為他祈求，將生命賜給他，就是給那些犯了不至於死之罪的。有至於死的罪，我不說當為那罪祈求。一切的不義都是罪，也有不至於死的罪。
約翰用他在約壹五章四至十三節所寫的話作基礎，給我們看見這永遠的生命能勝過死。我們已經接受永遠的生命，這生命已經在我們裏面得着證實、證明並保證。…約翰〔在十四至十七節〕給我們看見，在我們裏面的永遠生命能勝過我們自己身上，並召會別的肢體身上的死。永遠的生命吞滅我們裏面的死，也吞滅別的肢體裏面的死。
我們在召會生活裏並不是單獨的生活。因為召會是基督的身體，所以我們乃是和身體上同作肢體的一同生活。既然我們在身體裏，我們就是肢體，和其他同作肢體的在一起。永遠的生命不僅顧到我們自己的需要，也顧到我們周圍同作肢體者的需要。永遠的生命勝過我們裏面的死，也勝過我們弟兄裏面的死，特別勝過那些輭弱或有難處之人裏面的死（約翰一書生命讀經，三九七至三九八頁）。
信息選讀
〔約壹五章十四節〕說到照神的旨意求，不照我們的渴望、偏好或方式求。我們怎能知道所求的是照祂的旨意？照神旨意求的人是蒙了重生、有神聖的生命、在神聖生命的交通裏的人。…在神聖生命的交通裏禱告的人，真正與主是一。我們乃是這樣認識神的旨意：藉着與祂是一，藉着住在祂裏面，藉着留在神聖生命的交通裏。
照神旨意的禱告，指明禱告的人住在神聖生命的交通裏，也住在主自己裏面。…這使他能向着神存坦然無懼的心。當我們在神聖生命的交通裏，我們的良心沒有虧欠，我們就與神有平安，我們也存坦然無懼的心禱告，不是照我們的感覺，乃是照祂的旨意。因為我們照祂的旨意禱告，所以祂就聽我們。
約翰在十五節接着說，『我們若知道祂聽我們一切所求的，就知道我們所求於祂的無不得着。』這個『知道』，乃是基於這事實：我們得着神聖的生命以後，住在主裏面，並且在祂名裏，在向神的禱告中與祂是一（約十五7、16，十六23~24）。
約翰在約壹五章十六節來到這一段話的要點。…約翰在這裏是說，人若看見他的弟兄，就是在主裏和他親近的人，犯了不至於死的罪，就當為那人祈求。這裏的『祈求』，必是指我們住在與神交通裏而有的禱告。…『將生命賜給他』這句話的主詞還是上文的『人』，這人也是『祈求』的主詞。這指明祈求的人將生命賜給他所代求的人。這不是說，祈求的人本身有生命，能憑自己將生命賜給別人。這乃是說，這樣一個住在主裏面，與主是一，並且在與主是一的靈裏（林前六17）祈求的祈求者，成了神賜生命的靈能將生命賜給他所代求之人的憑藉。這是一件在神聖生命的交通裏，分賜生命的事。我們要成為能將生命分賜給別人的人，就必須住在神聖的生命裏，並在神聖的生命裏行事、生活、為人。雅各書五章十四至十六節的禱告是為着醫治，這裏的禱告是為着分賜生命。
這裏要緊的點乃是：我們若要照着約壹五章十六節所描述的為弟兄禱告，就需要與主是一。我們必須住在主裏面，與祂在一靈裏來祈求。因為我們這樣與主是一，我們就能成為神賜生命之靈能將生命分賜給我們所代求之人的憑藉、管道。這生命的分賜乃是在神聖生命的交通裏進行的（約翰一書生命讀經，三九九至四○二頁）。
參讀：約翰一書生命讀經，第三十七、三十九篇。
WEEK 3 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
1 John 5:16-17 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask and he will give life to him, to those sinning not unto death. There is a sin unto death; I do not say that he should make request concerning that. All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.
John uses what he has written in 1 John 5:4-13 as a basis to show us that this eternal life can overcome death. We have received eternal life, and this life has been testified, proved, and pledged within us…[In 5:14-17 John shows] us that the eternal life within us can overcome death both in ourselves and in other members of the church. Eternal life swallows up death within us and death within other members.
In the church life we do not live alone. Because the church is the Body, we live with the fellow members of the Body. Since we are in the Body, we are members with the other fellow members. Eternal life not only takes care of our own need; it also takes care of the need of the fellow members around us. It overcomes death within us, and it overcomes death within our brothers. Especially, it overcomes death in those who are weak or who have problems. (Life-study of 1 John, p. 326)
Todays Reading
First John 5:14 speaks of asking according to God’s will, not according to our desire, preference, or way…A person who asks according to God’s will is one who has been regenerated, who has the divine life, and who is in the fellowship of the divine life…A person who prays in the fellowship of the divine life is truly one with the Lord. It is in this way that we know God’s will: by being one with Him, by abiding in Him, and by remaining in the fellowship of the divine life.
The prayer that is according to the will of God indicates that the praying one
is abiding in the fellowship of the divine life and is also abiding in
the Lord Himself…This makes it possible to have boldness toward God.
When we are in the fellowship of the divine life and our conscience is
without offense, we have peace with God, and we also have boldness to
pray not according to our feeling but according to His will. Because we
pray according to His will, He hears us.
In
5:15 John goes on to say, “And if we know that He hears us in whatever
we ask, we know that we have the requests which we have asked from Him.”
This knowing is based on the fact that after having received the divine
life, we abide in the Lord and are one with Him in our praying to God
in His name (John 15:7, 16; 16:23-24).
In
1 John 5:16 John comes to his point in this section…Here John is saying
that if anyone sees his brother, someone close to him in the Lord,
sinning a sin not unto death, he should ask concerning that one. The
word ask here must refer to a prayer made when we are abiding in
fellowship with God. The subject of will give life is still he, the
subject of the first predicate shall ask. This indicates that the asker
will give life to the one for whom he is asking. This does not mean that
the asker has life of himself and can give life by himself to others.
It means that such an asker, who is abiding in the Lord, who is one
with the Lord, and who is asking in one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor.
6:17), becomes the means by which God’s lifegiving Spirit can give life
to the ones for whom he is asking. This is a matter of life-imparting in
the fellowship of the divine life. To be one who can give life to
others, we must abide in the divine life and walk, live, and have our
being in the divine life. In James 5:14-16 the prayer is for healing;
here the prayer is for life-imparting.
The
vital point here is that if we would pray for a brother according to
what is described in 1 John 5:16, we need to be one with the Lord. We
must abide in the Lord and ask in one spirit with Him. Because we are so
one with the Lord, we can become the means, the channel, through which
God’s lifegiving Spirit can impart life to the one for whom we ask. This
imparting of life takes place in the fellowship of the divine life.
(Life-study of 1 John, pp. 327-329)
Further Reading: Life-study of 1 John, msgs. 37, 39
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