晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W3-4)
第三週 • 週四
晨興餧養
林前十二18~20 但如今神照着自己的意思,把肢體俱各安置在身體上了。若都是一個肢體,身體在哪裏?但如今肢體是多的,身體卻是一個。
認識身體既是這樣實際的一件事,那麼我們憑甚麼纔能知道一個人已經認識了身體?我們至少可以找出三點來驗證:
人認識身體的頭一個證明,就是不能單獨。…人還未認識身體之前,他是單獨的,他也能單獨。他的生活、行動、工作、事奉都是單獨的,外表好像和弟兄們在一起,卻沒有真實的配搭和聯絡。但等到他在生命裏往前去,認識了一點身體,他就看見作基督徒不是單獨的,乃是團體的。他若要一直活在主裏面,就不能失去身體的交通,也不能離開肢體的配搭。到這時候,基督的身體對於他就是一個實際的東西。他在召會中,就再也不能單獨事奉了。他從最深處,感覺需要別人和他一同作基督徒。…沒有弟兄姊妹的配搭,就不能工作;沒有召會的扶持,也不能生活。到這時候,他就很自然的,和眾聖徒配搭成一個身體,而無法分離。所以,凡還能單獨的,就是沒有認識身體;凡真認識身體的,定規不能單獨(李常受文集一九五三年第三冊,六六四至六六五頁)。
信息選讀
人認識身體的第二個證明,就是能知道別人不在身體裏。一個人認識了身體,不只他自己是實實際際的活在身體裏,並且別人是否活在身體裏,他也能很清楚的分辨。
人認識身體以後,所以有這分辨的能力,完全是因為他在主裏面的交通達到了那個深度而有的。我們知道,我們和主的交通,乃是隨着生命的經歷而加深的。雖然我們靈命在第一層時,就和主有交通,而我們靈命到了第四層時,也是和主有交通,但那個交通的深淺卻大有分別。當兩個交通程度不同的人在一起時,交通深的人,能遷就交通淺的人,與他有交通。不過那個交通,只能限在對方的程度以內,若是超過,就顯得格格不入,對方就搆不上了。因此,經歷深的人,能將就經歷淺的人,而經歷淺的人,就不能將就經歷深的人。這是屬靈交通的一個大原則。
認識身體的第三個證明,乃是認識權柄。一個人是否認識身體,就是看他是否認識權柄。真認識身體的人,定規認識權柄;不認識權柄的人,就是沒有認識身體。認識身體,和認識權柄,乃是沒法分開的。
權柄就是元首基督的權柄,顯在身體上的次序裏。…我們所說的權柄,也就是指着基督在祂身體上的次序裏所顯出的權柄。我們都是基督身體上的一個肢體,自然也都有我們各自的地位和次序。如果我們受過屬靈的教導,在神面前真受過帶領,認識了肉體,對付過己,破碎了天然的生命,就我們一在弟兄姊妹中間,必能立刻知道自己的次序。…這種權柄,都不是人自居的,也不是人選舉的,乃是一個自然生命的次序,就是元首基督在祂身體的各肢體上所顯明的(李常受文集一九五三年第三冊,六六六、六六八至六六九頁)。
參讀:生命的經歷,第十五篇。
WEEK 3 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
1 Cor. 12:18-20 But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, even as He willed. And if all were one member, where would the body be? But now the members are many, but the body one.
Since knowing the Body is such a practical thing, how may we ascertain whether or not one knows the Body as yet? We can prove it in at least three ways.
The first proof of knowing the Body is that we cannot be individualistic… Before one knows the Body, he is an individualist and can be individualistic. His life, his actions, his work, and his service are all individualistic. Outwardly, he appears to be one with the brothers, but there is no real coordination or knitting together. Not until he grows deeper in life and knows the Body to a certain extent does he see that being a Christian is a corporate matter and that he cannot go on without fellowship in the Body, nor can he depart from the coordination of the members. The Body of Christ becomes a practical matter to him. In the church life he can no longer serve alone. In the innermost part of his being, he feels that he needs to be a Christian together with others… He cannot work without the coordination of the brothers and sisters, and he
cannot live without the support of the church. It is at this stage that he is being knit together spontaneously with all the saints to become one Body, no more to be separated. All those, therefore, who can still be individualistic do not know the Body, and all those with a true knowledge of the Body definitely cannot be individualistic. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Experience of Life,” pp. 489-490)
Todays Reading
The second proof of our knowing the Body is the ability to discern whether others are in the Body or not. One who has come to know the Body not only lives in the Body in a very practical way but also can clearly discern whether or not others are living in the Body.
This
discerning ability after one knows the Body is absolutely due to the
extent of the deep degree of fellowship he has in the Lord. Our
fellowship with the Lord grows in depth in proportion to our experience
of life, beginning with the initial stage of our spiritual life and
continuing through the fourth stage. The degree of depth of fellowship
differs greatly as we progress in the experience of life. When two
people in different degrees of fellowship in the Lord come together, the
one having the deeper experience can go on with the one who has the
shallower experience and have fellowship with him, but that fellowship
is limited in proportion to the experience of the latter. Should this
fellowship go beyond the limit, it will become rather incongruous and
incomprehensible to the latter. The one having deeper experience,
therefore, can go on with the one who has the shallower experience, but
the shallower one cannot go along with the deeper one. This is a great
principle in spiritual fellowship.
The
third proof of our knowing the Body is the recognition of authority.
Whether or not one knows the Body depends upon whether or not he
recognizes authority. Those who do not recognize authority do not know
the Body. Knowing the Body and recognizing authority are inseparable.
Authority
is simply the authority of Christ the Head, which is revealed in the
order of the Body…When we speak of authority, we mean the authority of
Christ manifested through the order of His Body. Since we are all
members of the Body of Christ, we naturally have our right position and
order. If we have been taught in our spirit and have been indeed led by
God to recognize the flesh, if we have had the self dealt with and the
natural constitution broken, we will immediately recognize our own order
when placed among brothers and sisters…This kind of authority is not
assumed, nor is it by election, but it is the natural order in life,
which Christ the Head has manifested in all the members of His Body.
(CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Experience of Life,” pp. 490-493)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Experience of Life,” ch. 15
留言
張貼留言