晨興聖言--極其需要新的復興(W02-3)

第二週 • 週三

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晨興餧養

林後三18  但我們眾人既然以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉,好像鏡子觀看並返照主的榮光,就漸漸變化成為與祂同樣的形像,從榮耀到榮耀,乃是從主靈變化成的。

羅八23   不但如此,就是我們這有那靈作初熟果子的,也是自己裏面歎息,熱切等待兒子的名分,就是我們的身體得贖。

 

神人有神聖的權利有分於神的所是。…保羅在林後三章十八節的話,…指明變化的工作不是由屬於主靈的事物所作的,乃是由主靈親自作的。因此,我們是憑神自己的所是而被變化的。

在以弗所三章八節,…基督追測不盡的豐富,就是基督所是的豐富。基督追測不盡的豐富分賜到我們裏面,意思就是我們不僅有分於神的生命、性情和心思,更有分於祂的所是(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四冊,二七二至二七三頁)。

信息選讀

我們作為神人也有神聖的權利有分於神的形像〔林後三18〕。…這就是復活並得榮之基督的形像。在神的創造裏,人是在外面按着神的形像被造;但我們所要變化成為的形像,乃是內在的。變化成為與祂同樣的形像,就是模成神長子這復活得榮之基督的形像,與祂一式一樣(羅八29)。

我們基督徒乃是神人,我們裏面都有主靈,而主靈正在我們裏面進行一種新陳代謝改變的過程,將我們變化成為基督的形像。新陳代謝的變化為復活得榮之基督的形像,就是有分於神的形像。

至終,我們要被帶進神的榮耀,有分於神的榮耀。希伯來二章十節說,神要領許多的兒子進榮耀裏去。保羅在羅馬八章三十節說到這事:『祂所豫定的人,又召他們來;所召來的人,又稱他們為義;所稱為義的人,又叫他們得榮耀。』得榮耀乃是神完整救恩的一步,在此神用祂生命和性情的榮耀完全浸透我們的身體。這樣,祂就將我們的身體改變形狀,使之同形於祂兒子復活、榮耀的身體(腓三21)。

神人有分於神的神性,這神聖權利的另一面乃是有分於神兒子的名分(弗一5,羅八23)。我們能有神的生命、神的性情、神的心思、神的所是、神的形像、和神的榮耀,因為我們是神的兒子。…在創立世界以前,就是在已過的永遠,神豫定我們,豫先標出我們得兒子的名分。在時間開始以前,神就有意並定意,要我們有分於祂兒子的名分。

我們作為神人,也要有分於神的顯出(19)。當我們的生命—基督—顯現的時候,我們也要與祂一同顯現在榮耀裏(西三4)。今天神是隱藏的,但有一天祂要向全宇宙顯示出來。羅馬八章十九節指明,當神顯示、揭露出來的時候,我們這些神的眾子也要有分於那個顯示、揭露。神要與祂的眾子一同顯示出來,他們在生命、性情、心思、所是、形像和榮耀上,將要與祂一式一樣。

神人有神聖的權利,有分於神的神性,這包括有權利像神。約壹三章二節說,親愛的,我們現在是神的兒女,將來如何,還未顯明;但我們曉得祂若顯現,我們必要像祂;因為我們必要看見祂,正如祂所是的。…我們不僅要有分於神的生命和性情,也要有神的樣式。有神的樣式乃是莫大的祝福與享受(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四冊,二七三至二七六頁)。

參讀:李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四冊,六一九至六三九頁。

WEEK 2 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

2 Cor. 3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.

Rom. 8:23 And not only so, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan in ourselves, eagerly awaiting sonship, the redemption of our body.

The God-men have the divine right to participate in God’s being…Paul’s word in 2 Corinthians 3:18…indicates that the work of transformation is done not by something of the Lord Spirit but by the Lord Spirit Himself. Hence, we are being transformed with God’s very being.

[In Ephesians 3:8] the unsearchable riches of Christ are the riches of Christ’s being, the riches of what Christ is. For the unsearchable riches of Christ to be dispensed into us means that we participate not only in God’s life, nature, and mind but also in His being. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Incarnation, Inclusion, and Intensification,” pp. 215-216)

Today’s Reading

As God-men, we also have the divine right to participate in God’s image [2 Cor. 3:18]…This is the image of the resurrected and glorified Christ. In God’s creation man was made in God’s image in an outward way, but the image into which we are being transformed is something inward. To be transformed into the same image is to be conformed to the resurrected and glorified Christ, as the firstborn Son of God, to be made the same as He is (Rom. 8:29).

We Christians, who are God-men, all have the Lord Spirit within us, and the Lord Spirit is in the process of carrying out a metabolic change in our being, transforming us into the image of Christ. To be metabolically transformed into the image of the resurrected and glorified Christ is to participate in God’s image.

Eventually, we will be brought into God’s glory to participate in His glory. Hebrews 2:10 says that God is leading many sons into glory. Paul refers to this in Romans 8:30: “Those whom He predestinated, these He also called; and those whom He called, these He also justified; and those whom He justified, these He also glorified.” Glorification is the step in God’s complete salvation in which God will completely saturate our body with the glory of His life and nature. In this way He will transfigure our body, conforming it to the resurrected, glorious body of His Son (Phil. 3:21).

Another aspect of the God-men’s divine right to participate in God’s divinity is the right to participate in God’s sonship (Eph. 1:5; Rom. 8:23). We can have God’s life, God’s nature, God’s mind, God’s being, God’s image, and God’s glory because we are God’s sons…Before the foundation of the world, that is, in eternity past, God predestinated us, marked us out, unto sonship. Before time began, God intended and determined that we would participate in His sonship.

As God-men, we will participate also in God’s manifestation (Rom. 8:19). When Christ our life is manifested, we will be manifested with Him in glory (Col. 3:4). Today God is hiding, but one day He will be manifested to the whole universe. Romans 8:19 indicates that when God is manifested, revealed, we, the sons of God, will participate in that revelation, in that manifestation. God will be manifested with His sons, who will be the same as He in life, in nature, in mind, in being, in image, and in glory.

The God-men’s divine right to participate in God’s divinity includes the right to bear God’s likeness. First John 3:2 says, “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we will be. We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is.”…We will not only participate in God’s life and nature but will also bear God’s likeness. To bear God’s likeness will be a great blessing and enjoyment. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Incarnation, Inclusion, and Intensification,” pp. 216-217)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, pp. 487-502

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