晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W3-6)

第三週 • 週六

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晨興餧養

林後十一28~29 除了沒有提起的事，還有為眾召會的罣慮，天天壓在我身上。有誰輭弱，我不輭        弱？有誰絆跌，我不焦急？

 

身體的感覺，這是個宇宙的東西。所以，絕不要輕看我們裏面所得着的生命，那一個生命裏的感覺，是太大的一個東西。可惜，這個感覺在我們裏面受了限制。因着我們有自己的感覺，有自己的眼光，這些感覺、眼光就成了我們裏面的限制。

我們若是有身體的感覺，凡是基督身體上的肢體蒙恩，不論是不是我們所在的地方，我們都會一樣的快樂，甚至會因別處召會蒙恩而更加快樂。不管是不是我們所在的地方召會，只要有聖徒為難，有弟兄姊妹蒙恩，我們都感同身受，同樣地感到為難，同樣地感到快樂。若是我們能達到這個境地，我們這個人裏面對身體的感覺是豐富的，是超越地方的。就是這個感覺，叫基督的身體所得的供應，是言語無法形容的（李常受文集一九五六年第一冊，二五八至二五九頁）。

信息選讀

我們若能把宇宙的豐富帶給基督的身體，我們對身體的用處便是宇宙的。這樣，我們雖然在一個地方服事，但那個果效是宇宙的，而不僅僅是那個地方的。許多時候，我們都是把自己擺在自己裏頭，即使有時從自己裏擴大了一點，卻還是留在地方裏；我們沒有讓主來擴充我們。千萬記得，身體是宇宙的，裏面的生命是宇宙的，裏面的靈是宇宙的，裏面的感覺是宇宙的，供應也是宇宙的。不在乎這個地方，也不在乎那個地方，如果基督的身體蒙了恩典，我們就快樂；基督的身體有了為難，我們就感覺痛苦。有誰絆跌，我們不焦急；有誰輭弱，我們不輭弱？因為眾召會的事掛在我們身上。這不僅是一個肢體的問題，這乃是眾召會的事；這個感覺會叫我們蒙拯救，也會叫基督的身體得供應（李常受文集一九五六年第一冊，二六○頁）。

我們要學習在身體裏過生活，一直服在頭之下，且顧到身體的感覺，與眾肢體共同生活。我們不是以自己的屬靈、聖別、得勝為中心，那會叫自己顯得獨特、超群，而要求、定罪別人。

我們既是基督身體上的肢體，就需要對身體有感覺。首先，這感覺乃是以頭的感覺為感覺。腓立比一章八節保羅說，『我在基督耶穌的心腸裏，…切切的想念你們眾人。』這就是說保羅是以基督的心腸為他自己的心腸來顧到召會。這也就是說他是以基督的感覺為自己的感覺，來對待基督的身體。…我們都該像保羅一樣，以頭的感覺為感覺；這對我們過身體的生活，是極其需要的。再者，我們不僅要以頭的感覺為感覺，還要以顧到身體為原則。保羅在林前十二章二十五節下半至二十六節也說，『總要肢體彼此同樣相顧。若一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦；若一個肢體得榮耀，所有的肢體就一同歡樂。』我們要能有身體的生活，就必須這樣顧到同作肢體的，滿有對身體的感覺。

我們作肢體的，若在凡事上都能有頭的感覺，又能顧到身體，我們的心思、意念、言語、行動，就都能以身體為是。我們應當否定自己，認同身體。這樣，我們也就與身體毫無間隔，更不會脫節，我們所過的生活就完全是身體的生活，主也就能得着祂身體的彰顯了（李常受文集一九九○年第二冊，一一三至一一四、一一六頁）。

參讀：哥林多後書生命讀經，第四十四篇。

WEEK 3 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

2 Cor. 11:28-29 Apart from the things which have not been mentioned, there is this: the crowd of cares pressing upon me daily, the anxious concern for all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I myself do not burn?

The sense of the Body…is a universal matter. Therefore, we should never despise the life that we have received. The sense in this life is a great matter. Regrettably, this sense has been restricted in us because of our own feelings and views.

If we have the sense of the Body, whenever any member in the Body of Christ is blessed, regardless of whether it is our locality, we will be very happy because another church has been blessed. Regardless of whether it is our local church, as long as the saints have hardships or have been blessed, we will identify with them and feel the same hardship or blessing. If we can reach this stage, the sense within us toward the Body will be rich. It will no longer be local but extra-local. The supply to the Body of Christ from this kind of sense is indescribable. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 1, “The Church as the Body of Christ,” pp. 181-182)

Todays Reading

If we can bring the universal riches to the Body of Christ, our usefulness to the Body is universal. Thus, we may serve in one place, but the effect is universal, not merely local. We are often shut up in ourselves. Even when we come out of ourselves, we remain in our locality and do not allow the Lord to enlarge us. The Body is universal, and the life within us is universal. The Spirit within us is universal, the sense within us is universal, and the supply is universal. It does not matter what locality is blessed. If the Body of Christ is blessed, we rejoice, and if the Body of Christ has a problem, we feel the pain. Like Paul, we should be able to say, “Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I myself do not burn?” (2 Cor. 11:29). We feel this way because the anxious concern for all the churches is upon us. This is not merely a matter of an individual member; it is a matter of all the churches. This sense will save us and cause the Body to be supplied. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 1, “The Church as the Body of Christ,” p. 182)

We have to learn to live in the Body and submit to the Head all the time, to care for the feeling of the Body, and to live together with all the members. We should not take our own spirituality, holiness, or victory as the center. This will make us particular and individualistic and will cause us to condemn others and make demands on them.

Since we are the members of the Body of Christ, we should have a feeling for the Body. First, we must take the feeling of the Head as our own feeling. In Philippians 1:8 Paul says, “I long after you all in the inward parts of Christ Jesus.” This means that Paul took the inward parts of Christ Jesus as his own inward parts in caring for the church. This also means that he took care of the Body of Christ by taking Christ’s feeling as his own feeling…We all should be like Paul, taking the feeling of the Head as our own feeling. This is most necessary for our living the Body life. Furthermore, we should not only take the feeling of the Head as our feeling but also do so in the principle of caring for the Body. Paul says in 1 Corinthians 12:25b-26 that “the members would have the same care for one another. And whether one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or one member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.” In order for us to have the Body life, we must care for our fellow members and must be full of feeling for the Body.

If we as members have the feeling of the Head in everything and care for the Body, we will take the Body as the rule in our mind, thoughts, words, and actions. We should deny ourselves and should identify ourselves with the Body. By doing this, there will be no separation or disconnection from the Body. The life that we live will fully be the Body life, and the Lord will gain the expression of His Body. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “The Oneness and the One Accord according to the Lord’s Aspiration and the Body Life and Service according to His Pleasure,” pp. 92-94)

Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msg. 44