晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W3-綱要)
第三週 • 綱目
為着基督的身體供應生命
讀經：約壹五14~17，約十五4~5、7，羅十二4~5
週 一
壹 約壹五章十四至十七節指明，我們不只擁有並享受永遠的生命，我們還能將這生命供應給基督身體上其他的肢體：
一 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。
二 聖經中只有約壹五章十六節提到將生命供應給別人：
1 供應生命就是分賜生命。
2 當我們有生命的富餘，我們就能用這個富餘來供應、服事人—16節。
三 十四節說到在永遠生命交通裏的禱告：
1 我們應當照神的旨意求，不照我們的方式、渴望或偏好。
2 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；這樣一位就真正與主是一—約十五4~5。
3 約壹五章十五節的『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。
4 約壹五章十六節中『人…就當…祈求』與『將生命賜給他』，主詞都是指同一個人，就是那看見弟兄犯罪並為弟兄祈求的人：
a 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、管道。
b 這是一件在神聖生命的交通裏，供應生命的事。
5 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—約十五7。
四 生命的職事乃是供應我們所經歷的基督作生命—林後一3~4：
1 職事的產生，乃是藉着十字架的作工；乃是藉着十字架的路，我們纔有基督的豐富當作生命供應人—四12。
2 我們能供應多少生命，能供應多少基督豐富的實際，是根據我們得到了多少啟示，以及我們因所得的啟示受了多少苦—弗三8。
週 二
貳 我們若要供應生命，就需要認識、經歷並得着神作復活的神—羅四17，林後一9，約十一25：
一 神藉着十字架作工來了結我們，把我們帶到盡頭，使我們不再信靠自己，乃信靠復活的神—林後一9。
二 復活的神在我們裏面作工時，便將祂的生命和性情作到我們裏面—四16。
三 十字架的殺死，結果叫復活的生命顯明—10~12節：
1 耶穌的治死，毀壞我們天然的人、外面的人和肉體，使我們裏面的人有機會發展並得更新，以活出復活的生命—16節。
2 主在我們身上所作的一切工作，就是毀壞我們外面天然的人，使我們裏面基督的生命得以活出來；這是新約中，關於基督徒的人生最深奧的思想—約十二24~26，腓一21上。
3 一直留在基督的死裏並模成祂的死，乃是基督徒生活中一個深奧的原則—羅六4~5，腓三10：
a 當我們一直留在基督的死裏，我們就經歷基督復活的大能—10~11節，羅八11，林後一8~10，四14。
b 當我們越這樣與基督同死，祂復活的大能就越在我們身上顯明出來，我們也越能將生命供應給基督的身體—約十一25。
4 我們天然的力量和才幹需要經過十字架的對付，好在復活裏在供應生命的事上成為有用的—腓三3。
四 發芽、開花並結果的杖表徵基督復活的生命，使我們能把生命供應給身體—民十七8。
週 三
叁 我們需要在生命上認識身體—約壹五11~12，西三4，二19，羅八2、6、10~11，十二4~5：
一 基督的身體是藉着基督在我們裏面作生命形成的；這生命與我們調和，而成為基督的身體—約壹五11~12，西三4，一18，二19：
1 我們裏面的生命，不是『肢體』的生命，乃是『身體』的生命。
2 我們眾人在這個生命裏乃是一；這在生命裏的一，就是基督那奧祕的身體—弗五30。
二 在生命上認識身體，是我們生命經歷和屬靈長大的結果—約壹二12~14：
1 我們要認識身體，要摸着身體的實際，就必須在生命的經歷和生命的長大上有進展—林前三1~2，十四20。
2 我們惟有達到屬靈生命的第四層，纔能認識基督身體的奧祕—弗四12~13、15~16。
3 我們要認識身體，活在身體裏，就需要對付肉體、己和天然—加二20，五24，太十六24：
a 我們若是還照肉體活着，還活在自己裏面，還憑天然的能力事奉，基督在我們裏面作為身體的生命，就無法顯明出來，我們也就無法認識身體。
b 惟有當肉體受了對付，己被摒棄，天然構成被破碎，我們纔能摸着身體的實際—林前十二12，弗四4~6。
週 四
三 認識身體對於單獨乃是一種對付；所有不認識身體的人，都是單獨的人—林前十二14~22。
四 認識身體的驗證乃是不能單獨，能知道別人不在身體裏，並認識元首基督的權柄顯在身體上的次序裏—18節。
週 五
肆 我們需要在實行上認識身體—20、27節，十五58：
一 地方召會乃是基督的身體在某一地方的顯出—一2，十32上，十二12~13、20、27：
1 一個宇宙召會—基督的身體—成了許多地方召會—基督身體在地方上的顯出—羅十二4~5，十六1。
2 基督獨一的身體，彰顯為眾地方召會—弗四4，啟一4、11。
3 每一個地方召會都是基督獨一宇宙身體的一部分，是這身體在一個地方上的彰顯—林前一2，十二27。
4 我們若認識身體，在我們的考量裏，基督的身體應當是第一，地方召會應當是第二—羅十二4~5，十六1、4、16。
二 在主的恢復裏只有一個工作，就是身體的工作；我們今天所作的，不是我們個人的工作，乃是神經綸的工作，就是建造基督的身體—林前十五58，十六10，西二19，弗四4、12、16。
週 六
伍 按照聖經的教訓和我們屬靈的經歷，的確有『基督身體的感覺』這個東西—林前十二26~27，林後十一28~29：
一 基督身體的感覺來自對基督的享受—西二16~19：
1 我們所享受這親愛、寶貴的一位，作我們的食物、飲水和氣息，乃是身體的頭—林前十3~4，約二十22，西一18，二19。
2 我們對基督的享受，實際上乃是出於作頭的基督；因此，當我們享受基督時，就使祂主觀的在經歷上作我們的頭—弗三8、17，四15。
3 我們享受基督時，祂這元首就使我們對身體有感覺—西二19。
二 基督身體的感覺，就是基督的生命在我們裏面的感覺—三4、15，羅八2、6、10~11，十二4~5：
1 基督的身體乃是基督那在我們各人裏面的生命，與我們調和而成的—西三4，二19。
2 說到基督身體的感覺，必須從我們裏面神聖生命的感覺說起—羅八6。
三 基督的身體是宇宙的，我們裏面的生命是宇宙的，身體的感覺也是宇宙的—林前十二26~27，林後十一28~29：
1 神聖的生命和那靈一進到我們裏頭，我們就該有一個宇宙的感覺—身體的感覺—羅八2、10~11，十二4~5、15。
2 身體的感覺是個宇宙的東西，但因着我們有自己的感覺和眼光，這個感覺在我們裏面受了限制—箴十四10，林後六11~13。
3 我們若在主面前多有破碎，脫離自己更多一點，我們就會發現身體的感覺是宇宙的—十一28~29。
4 我們若有身體的感覺，當別人受苦或蒙福時，我們會認同他們，感覺同樣的困苦或蒙福。
四 我們既是基督身體上的肢體，就需要有身體感，並對身體有感覺—羅十二15，林後十一28~29：
1 我們要過身體的生活，就需要有身體感—林前十二26~27。
2 我們若有基督身體的感覺，又能顧到身體，我們的意念和行動，就能以身體為是—弗四15~16。
Week Three
Ministering Life for the Body
Hymns: E1240
Scripture Reading: 1 John 5:14-17; John 15:4-5, 7; Rom. 12:4-5
§ Day 1
I.
In 1 John 5:14-17 there is the indication not only that we have eternal
life and enjoy it but also that we can minister this life to other
members of the Body:
A.
Verses 14 through 17 show us that the eternal life within us can
overcome death both in ourselves and in other members of the church.
B. Verse 16 is the only reference in the Bible to ministering life to someone:
1. To minister life is to impart life.
2. When we have the surplus of life, we can minister from this supply to others—v. 16.
C. Verse 14 speaks of prayer in the fellowship of eternal life:
1. We should ask according to God’s will, not according to our way, desire, or preference.
2.
The prayer that is according to God’s will indicates that the praying
one is abiding in the fellowship of the divine life and is also abiding
in the Lord Himself, and thus he is truly one with the Lord—John 15:4-5.
3.
The knowing in 1 John 5:15 is based on the fact that after receiving
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.
4.
In 1 John 5:16 he shall ask and he will give life refer to the same
person, that is, to the one who sees his brother sinning and asks
concerning him:
a.
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, the channel, by which God’s life-giving Spirit can give life to
the ones for whom he is asking.
b. This is a matter of ministering life in the fellowship of the divine life.
5.
The vital point 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—John
15:7.
D. The ministry of life is to minister as life the Christ whom we have experienced—2 Cor. 1:3-4:
1.
The ministry comes out by the working of the cross; it is by the way of
the cross that we have the riches of Christ as life to minister to
others—4:12.
2.
How much life and how much reality of the riches of Christ we can
minister depends upon how much revelation we have received and how much
we have suffered for what has been revealed to us—Eph. 3:8.
§ Day 2
II.
If we would minister life, we need to know, experience, and gain God as
the God of resurrection—Rom. 4:17; 2 Cor. 1:9; John 11:25:
A.
God is working through the cross to terminate us, to bring us to an
end, so that we will no longer trust in ourselves but in the God of
resurrection—2 Cor. 1:9.
B. When the God of resurrection works in us, His life and nature are wrought into us—4:16.
C. The killing of the cross results in the manifestation of resurrection life— vv. 10-12:
1.
The putting to death of Jesus destroys the natural man, the outer man,
and the flesh, with the result that the inner man is given the
opportunity to develop and be renewed to live out the resurrection
life—v. 16.
2.
All the work that the Lord is doing on us is to destroy our outer,
natural man so that we can live out the life of Christ from within us;
this is the deepest thought in the New Testament concerning the life of a
Christian—John 12:24- 26; Phil. 1:21a.
3.
Remaining in the death of Christ and being conformed to His death is
a profound principle of the Christian life—Rom. 6:4-5; Phil. 3:10:
a.
When we remain in the death of Christ, we experience the power
of Christ’s resurrection—vv. 10-11; Rom. 8:11; 2 Cor. 1:8-10; 4:14.
b.
The more we die with Christ in this way, the more His
resurrection power will be manifested in us and the more we will be able
to minister life to the Body of Christ—John 11:25.
4.
Our natural strength and ability need to be dealt with by the cross so
that they may become useful in resurrection for the ministry of
life—Phil. 3:3.
D.
The budding, blossoming, fruit-yielding rod signifies the resurrection
life of Christ for us to minister life to the Body—Num. 17:8.
§ Day 3
III. We need to know the Body in life—1 John 5:11-12; Col. 3:4; 2:19; Rom. 8:2, 6, 10-11; 12:4-5:
A.
The Body of Christ is formed by Christ as life in us; this life mingles
with us to become the Body of Christ—1 John 5:11-12; Col. 3:4; 1:18;
2:19:
1. The life in us is not a member life—it is a Body life.
2. We are all one in this life; this oneness in life is the mystical Body of Christ— Eph. 5:30.
B. Knowing the Body in life is the result of our experience of life and spiritual growth—1 John 2:12-14:
1.
In order to know the Body and touch the reality of the Body, we must
progress in the experience of life and the growth of life—1 Cor.
3:1-2; 14:20.
2.
Only after we have reached the fourth stage in the spiritual life can
we know the mystery of the Body of Christ—Eph. 4:12-13, 15-16.
3.
In order to know the Body and live in the Body, we need to deal with
the flesh, the self, and the natural constitution—Gal. 2:20; 5:24; Matt.
16:24:
a.
If we still live according to the flesh and in ourselves and serve
in our natural ability, the life of the Body, which is Christ Himself in
us, cannot be manifested, and we cannot know the Body.
b.
Only when the flesh has been dealt with, the self has been abandoned,
and the natural constitution has been broken can we touch the reality of
the Body—1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:4-6.
§ Day 4
C. Knowing the Body is a dealing with individualism; all those who do not know the Body are individualists—1 Cor. 12:14-22.
D.
The proofs that we know the Body are that we are unable to be
individualistic, we can discern those who are not in the Body, and we
recognize the authority of Christ as the Head revealed in the order of
the Body—v. 18.
§ Day 5
IV. We need to know the Body in practice—vv. 20, 27; 15:58:
A. A local church is an expression of the Body of Christ in a particular locality—1:2; 10:32b; 12:12-13, 20, 27:
1.
The one universal church—the Body of Christ—becomes the
many churches—the local expression of the Body of Christ—Rom. 12:4-5;
16:1.
2. The unique Body of Christ is expressed as the local churches—Eph. 4:4; Rev. 1:4, 11.
3. Every local church is part of the unique, universal Body of Christ, a local expression of the Body—1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27.
4.
If we know the Body, in our consideration the Body will be first, and
the local churches will be second—Rom. 12:4-5; 16:1, 4, 16.
B.
In the Lord’s recovery there is only one work—the work of the Body;
what we are doing today is not our personal work but the work of
the economy of God—the building up of the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 15:58;
16:10; Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:4, 12,16.
§ Day 6
V.
According to the teaching of the Bible and our spiritual experience,
there is something called the consciousness of the Body of Christ—1 Cor.
12:26-27; 2 Cor. 11:28-29:
A. The consciousness of the Body of Christ comes from the enjoyment of Christ—Col. 2:16-19:
1.
The dear, precious One we enjoy as our food, drink, and breath is the
Head of the Body—1 Cor. 10:3-4; John 20:22; Col. 1:18; 2:19.
2.
What we enjoy is actually something of Christ as the Head; thus, when
we enjoy Christ, that causes Him to be our Head subjectively and
experientially— Eph. 3:8, 17; 4:15.
3. When we enjoy Christ, He, the Head, causes us to become conscious of the Body—Col. 2:19.
B. The consciousness of the Body of Christ is the sense of Christ’s life within us—3:4, 15; Rom. 8:2, 6, 10-11; 12:4-5:
1. The Body of Christ is formed by Christ as life in each of us, mingled with us— Col. 3:4; 2:19.
2. Concerning the consciousness of the Body of Christ, we need to begin with the sense of the divine life within us—Rom. 8:6.
C.
The Body of Christ is universal, the life within us is universal, and
the sense of the Body is universal—1 Cor. 12:26-27; 2 Cor. 11:28-29:
1. Once the divine life and the Spirit enter into us, we should have a universal sense—the consciousness of the Body—Rom. 8:2, 10-11; 12:4-5, 15.
2.
The sense of the Body is a universal matter, but this sense has been
restricted in us because of our own feelings and views—Prov. 14:10; 2
Cor. 6:11-13.
3.
The more we experience the Lord’s breaking and are delivered from
ourselves, the more we will discover that the sense of the Body is
universal—11:28-29.
4.
If we have the sense of the Body, when others suffer or are blessed, we
will identify with them and feel the same hardship or blessing.
D.
As members of the Body of Christ, we need to have the consciousness
of the Body and a feeling of the Body—Rom. 12:15; 2 Cor. 11:28-29:
1. To live the Body life, we need to be conscious of the Body—1 Cor. 12:26- 27.
2. If we have the consciousness of the Body of Christ and care for the Body, we will take the Body as the rule in our thoughts and actions—Eph. 4:15-16.
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