晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W4-4)

第四週 週四

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晨興餧養

太六10    願你的國來臨,願你的旨意行在地上,如同行在天上。

弗二6     祂〔神〕又叫我們在基督耶穌裏一同復活,一同坐在諸天界裏。

 

在雅歌四章七至八節,主呼召祂的佳偶活在升天裏,作復活裏的新造。…主呼召她與祂同往高山,就是復活的高峰—升天。基督受死、復活,然後升天。…在基督的升天裏,有祂的得勝。不再有爭戰,因為仇敵已經毀滅。

八節說到從有獅子的洞穴,從有豹子的山嶺,來觀看。勝利已經贏得,但表徵撒但和他邪惡勢力的獅子和豹子仍在…諸天界裏(弗六12)。基督呼召祂的佳偶從這裏觀看,指明我們必須在升天裏過生活。…爭戰已經過去,勝利已經贏得(雅歌生命讀經,四四至四六頁)。

信息選讀

在宇宙中有三個意志:神的意志、撒但的意志以及人的意志。我們若要知道召會如何能作神的戰士,從事屬靈的爭戰,我們就必須認識這三個意志,這三個意願。神的意志是自有永有的,是永遠的、非受造的。作為受造之物的天使也有意志。眾天使中的一位,就是天使長,受神指派管理亞當被造之前的宇宙。這天使長因着自己的高位和美麗,就變得驕傲起來。這驕傲使他興起邪惡的意願,這就成了撒但的意志。因此,在神的意願,神的意志之外,還有第二個意願,第二個意志;因為撒但的意志如今是對抗神的意志的。

神的仇敵也必須被擊敗。…因此,…我們…爭戰,為要征服撒但的意志。…我們的爭戰是為着擊敗神的仇敵(以弗所書生命讀經,六三四、六三七頁)。

只有一種人能彀有屬靈的爭戰,就是蒙了救恩,從死裏復活過來,與基督一同坐在諸天界裏的人。…所以若要我們的工作有爭戰的作用,能叫人脫離撒但的手,我們就得守住升天的地位,一直活在屬天的光景中。

但是我們許多人的經歷,還沒有達到升天的境界,為何也能傳福音帶人得救,也能帶人愛主呢?這是因為我們身上終久還有一部分是屬天的,在我們身上總還有一部分升天的光景,所以憑那一部分還能叫人得着幫助,得着造就。雖然我們也沾染罪惡,也愛世界,也體貼肉體,但在我們身上還有局部的情形,是在諸天界裏,所以還能彀把人身上局部黑暗的權勢對付出去,叫人來歸主、愛主。因此,原則並沒有兩樣,總是只有在屬天境界裏面的人,纔能彀對付在空中的黑暗權勢,而把它趕逐出去。…我們屬天的光景有多少,趕出黑暗的權勢纔能有多少。我們屬天的成分多一點,屬靈的爭戰就能多一點。我們屬天的成分少,就無論怎樣也不會有很多屬靈爭戰的成分。所以這兩者是成正比例的。等到一個人完全達到屬天的境界,他整個的生活、為人、工作、行動,就都是屬靈的爭戰,就都能把黑暗的權勢,從他一切所在的地方,和他一切所碰見的人身上,趕逐出去。所以我們一在經歷中達到升天的地位,能彀掌權的時候,就是我們能彀為着神的國度爭戰,為着神收復失地,而把神的國帶進來的時候了(李常受文集一九五三年第三冊,七一○至七一二頁)。

參讀:生命的經歷,第十八篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.

Eph. 2:6 And raised us up together with Him and seated us together with Him in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus.

In Song of Songs 4:7-8 the Lord calls His lover to live in ascension as a new creation in resurrection…He calls her to come with Him to a high mountain, which is the top of resurrection—ascension. Christ died, rose, and then ascended. In Christ’s ascension is His victory. There is no more fighting, for the enemy has been destroyed.

Verse 8 speaks of looking from the lions’ dens and from the leopards’ mountains. The victory has been gained, but the lions and the leopards, which signify Satan and his evil forces, are still there…in the heavenlies (Eph. 6:12). Christ calls His lover to look from this, indicating that we must have our living in ascension…The war is over, and victory has been gained. (Lifestudy of Song of Songs, pp. 35-36)

Todays Reading

In the universe there are three wills: the divine will, the satanic will, and the human will. If we would know how the church can be God’s warrior to engage in spiritual warfare, we must know these three wills, these three intentions. God’s will, being self-existing, is eternal, uncreated. As created beings, the angels also have a will. One of these angels, an archangel, was appointed by God to rule the universe that existed before the creation of Adam. Because of his high position and his beauty, this archangel became proud. This pride gave rise to an evil intention, which became the satanic will. Therefore, in addition to God’s intention, God’s will, there is a second intention, a second will, for now the satanic will is set against God’s will.

God’s enemy must be defeated…Therefore,…we fight to subdue the satanic will…Our fighting is for the defeat of God’s enemy. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 515, 517)

There is only one kind of people who can engage in spiritual warfare— those who have received salvation, have been raised from death, and are now sitting with Christ in the heavens…If we really desire to deliver men out of Satan’s power so that they are not only saved but completely delivered from the hands of Satan, we who are preaching the gospel must be men who are sitting in the heavens and keeping the ascended position.

Since many of us have not yet reached the realm of ascension in our experience, why then is it possible that we can lead people to be saved and love the Lord? This is due to the fact that, after all, there is still a part in us that is heavenly or bears the heavenly condition; therefore, through that portion we are able to help others and edify them. Although we are defiled with sin, love the world, and mind the flesh, yet part of our condition is still heavenly; thus, we are able to chase away part of the power of darkness in men and cause them to turn to the Lord and love Him. Hence, the principle remains the same. Only those who live in the realm of the heavens can deal with the power of darkness in the air and chase the devil out…The extent to which we chase out the power of darkness is directly dependent on our heavenly condition. If we have more element of the heavens, we can engage more in spiritual warfare. If we have only a little element of the heavens, we can by no means have much element of spiritual warfare. The two are in direct proportion to one another. When a man has utterly reached the heavenly realm, his whole being, living, works, and actions are spiritual warfare. He is able to chase out the power of darkness from every place to which he comes and from all the people whom he meets. Therefore, when we in our experience have reached the position of ascension and are able to reign, that will be the time we can fight for the kingdom of God, recover the lost earth for God, and bring in the kingdom of God. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Experience of Life,” pp. 525-526)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Experience of Life,” ch. 18

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