晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W4-5)

第四週 週五

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弗一10    為着時期滿足時的經綸,要將萬有,無論是在諸天之上的,或是在地上的,都在基督裏歸一於一個元首之下。

提前六12  你要為信仰打那美好的仗,持定永遠的生命…。

 

基督徒的生活乃是經綸攙雜着混亂的生活。…我們早晨親近主的時候,經歷了經綸,但隨後在一天當中,可能又經歷混亂。

這是我作基督徒近七十年的經歷。然而我還在學習擊敗混亂而回到經綸和秩序的祕訣和策畧。…我不僅有神的經綸在我裏面,我也有神在我裏面作我的經綸。

宇宙的歷史乃是神的經綸與撒但的混亂的歷史。不僅如此,整本聖經…都是神聖經綸與撒但混亂的記載。在我們的婚姻生活裏,我們也有神的經綸和撒但的混亂。所以會有這種情形,原因乃是在宇宙中有兩個源頭:神和撒但(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第三冊,二四○至二四一頁)。

信息選讀

今天地上滿了混亂…。然而,我們不該沮喪;除了撒但的混亂之外,還有神聖的經綸。撒但的混亂要結束,神聖的經綸要達到終極的完成。撒但混亂的結局乃是火湖,神聖經綸的終極完成乃是新耶路撒冷。

我們必須看見,在聖經裏,並在我們的經歷中,撒但的混亂總是與神聖的經綸並行的。…甚麼地方有神聖的經綸,甚麼地方就有撒但的混亂。甚麼地方有神,甚麼地方也就有撒但。…我們可以說,神是在『中心線』上,而撒但是在『邊線』上。

我們必須奔跑賽程,並跑完賽程,使我們能被算在得勝者中間。…在提後四章六至八節保羅說,『我現在被澆奠,我離世的時候到了。那美好的仗我已經打過了,當跑的賽程我已經跑盡了,當守的信仰我已經守住了;從此以後,有公義的冠冕為我存留。』那時保羅豫期他在要來的國度裏會得賞賜。為了要作得勝者,我們必須征服一切毀壞的混亂,並在獨一建造的經綸裏得勝。

得勝者乃是那些忍受混亂,卻不失望也不沮喪的人。他們反而得了加強,能彀為着神聖的經綸站住,且活出神聖的經綸。…我們若得主的加強,能征服一切毀壞的混亂,我們就要得勝的進到國度裏。我們要成為那些在獨一建造的經綸裏得勝的人。

在一次聚會裏,我聽見有人禱告說,『主阿,拯救我們脫離混亂。』…有人可能說這〔禱告〕是對的,因為主耶穌告訴我們,要求父不叫我們陷入試誘,乃要救我們脫離那惡者(太六13)。但是這種拯救到底是甚麼,我們可能有錯誤的觀念。神不是要我們從撒但的混亂裏被拯救出來。神所要的,具體可見於『勝過』和『征服』二辭。…神乃是要我們征服撒但的混亂。神給我們的真實的拯救,乃是我們的征服。在以弗所六章保羅告訴我們,我們需要在主裏得着加力,好站立得住,以抵擋魔鬼的詭計(10~11)。接着他說,『所以要拿起神全副的軍裝,使你們在邪惡的日子能以抵擋,並且作成了一切,還能站立得住。』(13)我們不是被拯救脫離混亂,乃是要站住抵擋混亂(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第三冊,二四三至二四四、三一七至三一八、三三八至三三九頁)。

參讀:在舊造裏撒但的混亂以及為着新造的神聖經綸,第一至五章。

WEEK 4 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

Eph. 1:10 Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him.

1 Tim. 6:12 Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold on the eternal life…

The Christian life involves both the divine economy and the satanic chaos…During our time with the Lord in the morning, we experience economy, but later in the day we may experience chaos.

This has been my experience during the nearly seventy years I have been a Christian. However, I am learning the secret, the strategy, of defeating chaos and of coming back to economy and order…I have not only God’s economy within me—I have God as my economy within me.

The history of the universe is a history of God’s economy and Satan’s chaos. Furthermore, the entire Bible…is a record of the divine economy and the satanic chaos. In our married life we also have the economy of God and the chaos of Satan. The reason for this situation is that in the universe there are two sources—God and Satan. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 3, “The Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and the Divine Economy for the New Creation,” pp. 199-200)

Todays Reading

Today the earth is filled with chaos…However, we should not be discouraged. In addition to the satanic chaos, there is the divine economy. Whereas the satanic chaos will come to an end, the divine economy will reach a consummation. The end of the satanic chaos will be the lake of fire, and the consummation of the divine economy will be the New Jerusalem.

We need to realize that, both in the Bible and in our experience, the satanic chaos always goes along with the divine economy…Where there is the divine economy, there is the satanic chaos. Where God is, Satan is also…We may say that God is in the “central lane” and that Satan is in the “side lane.”

We have to run the race and finish the course so that we can be counted among the overcomers…In 2 Timothy 4:6-8 Paul says, “I am already being poured out, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness.” At that time Paul anticipated his reward in the coming kingdom. In order to be the overcomers, we must conquer all the destructive chaos and triumph in the unique constructive economy.

The overcomers are those who suffer the chaos, but they are not disappointed or discouraged. Instead, they are strengthened and enabled to stand for and live out the divine economy…If we are enabled by the Lord to conquer all the destructive chaos, we will triumphantly enter into the kingdom. We will be those who triumph in the unique constructive economy.

In one meeting I heard someone pray, “Lord, deliver us from the chaos.”…Some may say that this [prayer] is right because the Lord Jesus told us to ask the Father not to bring us into temptation but to deliver us from the evil one (Matt. 6:13). We may, however, have a wrong concept about what this kind of deliverance is. God does not want us to be delivered out of the satanic chaos. What God wants is embodied in the words overcome and conquer…God wants us to conquer the satanic chaos. The real deliverance to us from God is our conquering. In Ephesians 6 Paul tells us that we need to be empowered in the Lord to stand against the stratagems of the devil (vv. 10-11). Then he says, “Take up the whole armor of God that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” (v. 13). We are not to be delivered out of the chaos, but we are to stand against it. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 3, “The Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and the Divine Economy for the New Creation,” pp. 201-202, 255-256, 271)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 3, “The Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and the Divine Economy for the New Creation,” chs. 1—5

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