晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W4-6)

第四週 週六

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晨興餧養

啟十二10  …我們神的救恩、能力、國度並祂基督的權柄,現在都來到了,因為那在我們神面前晝夜控告我們弟兄們的控告者,已經被摔下去了。

羅五17    …那些受洋溢之恩,並洋溢之義恩賜的,就更要藉着耶穌基督一人,在生命中作王了。

 

今天神的國雖然還沒有完全降到地上,神雖然還沒有得着一個完全掌權的範圍,祂的榮耀雖然還不能完全得着彰顯,但是感謝神,在一個小的地方,在一個小的範圍裏面,還能有一部分神掌權的光景,還能讓神彰顯祂一部分的榮耀,這就是召會。召會在今天就是神掌權的一個模型。…祂要藉着召會捆綁撒但,消除他的權勢,好使祂的名為全地所尊崇,祂的國度在全地得建立,祂的旨意在全地能通行。這就是召會的使命,這也就是召會屬靈爭戰的目的(李常受文集一九五三年第三冊,七○三頁)。

信息選讀

我們必須藉着經過過程並終極完成之三一神作全足的恩典,征服撒但的混亂。…在林前十五章十節保羅說,神的恩與他同在;在加拉太六章十八節他說,主耶穌基督的恩與我們的靈同在;在提後四章二十二節他說,主與我們的靈同在。主這全足的恩典與我們的靈同在。我們藉着祂作我們全足的恩典,就能征服一切撒但的混亂,並完成獨一的神聖經綸。

我們按照真理就能征服一切撒但的混亂,並完成神聖的經綸;召會,就是神在肉體的顯現,乃是這真理的柱石和根基(提前三15~16)。背叛的人不能搖動在主恢復裏的召會,因為召會是真理的柱石和根基。柱石支持建築物,而根基托住柱石。召會是支持真理的柱石,也是托住真理的根基。因為召會是真理的柱石和根基,我們就必須是教導真理的人。我們教導真理,就會點亮在黑暗中的人,給人注射抵抗毒素,吞滅死亡,並將走岔的人帶回到正路上。

啟示錄二、三章啟示,我們必須在某些情形裏,來征服一切撒但的混亂,並完成獨一的神聖經綸。

我們必須是以起初的愛愛主的人(二4)。起初的愛可以比作新婚的愛。一對夫婦結婚一段時間之後,起初的愛很容易就消逝了。…我們必須恢復我們向我們的丈夫基督那新婚的愛。

我們也必須在召會這今日的樂園裏,享受基督作生命樹,使我們能成為發光的燈臺(7、5)。主…告訴得勝者,祂要給他們喫整個的生命樹,就是基督自己。我們該喫一棵樹,宇宙的樹,獨一的樹,就是生命樹,也就是基督作神聖生命的具體化身。

我們必須以新婚的愛愛主,我們也必須享受祂作整個的生命樹。這樹是長在神的樂園裏。神的樂園(7)是在千年國裏的新耶路撒冷。在千年國裏的新耶路撒冷,乃是神的樂園。這樂園要比伊甸園更令人喜悅。今天召會生活乃是這要來之樂園的先驅,也就是在要來之國度裏新耶路撒冷的小影(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第三冊,三一八至三二○頁)。

參讀:禱告,第十八章。

WEEK 4 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 12:10 …Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, who accuses them before our God day and night.

Rom. 5:17 …Those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

Although the kingdom of God has not yet completely come upon this earth, although God has not yet gained a sphere wherein He can exercise His authority in a full way, and although His glory has not yet been made fully manifest, nevertheless there is a small place, a small sphere, thank the Lord, where there still exists the condition of God’s partial reign, which thereby manifests a portion of God’s glory. This is the church. Today the church is a model of God’s reign…It is through the church that God will bind Satan and destroy his power. Thus, His name will be honored in the whole earth, His kingdom set up, and His will done. This is the commission of the church. This also is the purpose of the church’s spiritual warfare. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Experience of Life,” p. 519)

Todays Reading

We have to conquer the satanic chaos by the processed and consummated Triune God as the all-sufficient grace…In 1 Corinthians 15:10 Paul says that the grace of the Lord was with him; in Galatians 6:18 he says that the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with our spirit; and in 2 Timothy 4:22 he says that the Lord is with our spirit. The Lord as the all-sufficient grace is with our spirit, and we can conquer all the satanic chaos and carry out the unique divine economy by Him as our all-sufficient grace.

We can conquer all the satanic chaos and carry out the divine economy according to the truth, of which the church, the manifestation of God in the flesh, is the pillar and base (1 Tim. 3:15-16). The rebellious ones cannot shake the church in the Lord’s recovery, because the church is the pillar and base of the truth. The pillar supports the building, and the base holds the pillar. The church is the pillar supporting the truth, and it is the base holding the truth. Because the church is the pillar and base of the truth, we need to be those who teach the truth. Our teaching of the truth will enlighten the darkened people, inoculate against the poison, swallow up the death, and bring the distracted back to the proper track.

Revelation 2 and 3 reveal that we need to conquer all the satanic chaos and carry out the unique divine economy in certain conditions.

We need to be those who love the Lord with the first love (2:4). The first love may be compared to the love of newlyweds. After a couple has been married for a period of time, it is easy for the first love to fade away…We must recover the wedding, bridal love toward our Husband, Christ.

We also need to enjoy eating Christ as the tree of life in the church as today’s Paradise so that we can be a shining lampstand (vv. 7, 5). The Lord… tells the overcomers that He will give them to eat of the entire tree of life, which is Christ Himself. We should eat one tree, the universal tree, the unique tree, that is, the tree of life, which is Christ as the embodiment of the divine life.

We have to love the Lord with a bridal love, and we have to enjoy Him as the entire tree of life. This tree is growing in the Paradise of God. The Paradise of God (v. 7) is the New Jerusalem in the millennial kingdom. The New Jerusalem in the millennial kingdom will be a paradise to God. This paradise will be much more pleasant than the garden of Eden. Today the church life is the precursor of this coming paradise, the miniature of the New Jerusalem in the coming kingdom. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 3, “The Satanic Chaos in the Old Creation and the Divine Economy for the New Creation,” pp. 257-258)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Lessons on Prayer,” ch. 18

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