晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W6-4)

第六週 • 週四

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晨興餧養

約壹二1　  我的孩子們，我將這些事寫給你們，是要叫你們不犯罪。若有人犯罪，我們有一位與父同在的辯護者，就是那義者耶穌基督。

啟二二13  我是阿拉法，我是俄梅嘎；我是首先的，我是末後的；我是初，我是終。

 

基督是與父同在的辯護者（約壹二1）。這意思是說，祂是我們的律師，祂合法地處理我們的案件。撒但—神的仇敵，也是我們狡猾的仇敵，卻是非常狡詐的合法。聖經告訴我們，他晝夜在神面前控告我們（啟十二10）。…他會說，『神，你是公義的。看看你所愛的兒女，他們沒有一個是義的。你是那樣聖別；但是看看你的兒女，每一個都是污穢的。』這種控告多少是合法的。但父神會說，『撒但，看看那義者耶穌基督，我的兒女有位好律師。』於是我們的律師耶穌基督會轉向撒但說，『撒但，你豈沒有看見我的血麼？撒但，住口罷！你甚麼也不要說了。』（李常受文集一九八三年第二冊，三一三至三一四頁）。

信息選讀

按照啟示錄十二章十至十一節所說，撒但晝夜控告神的兒女，但他們能因羔羊的血勝過他。只要我們一認知我們是不潔、不聖、不義的，我們就失敗了，生命的分賜也終止了。但是我們有耶穌的血！祂是我們的辯護者，我們的律師。我們必須告訴撒但：『住口，不要說話！』然後我們要讚美羔羊！向羔羊說阿利路亞！為着血，阿利路亞！當我們喊阿利路亞，生命又分賜到我們裏面了。我們的辯護者基督處理我們的案件，好叫生命的分賜能一直進行。

我們的基督是阿拉法，也是俄梅嘎（二二13上）。在希臘字母當中，基督是第一個字母—阿拉法，是最後一個字母—俄梅嘎，也是中間所有的字母；祂是每一個字母。我們在自己裏面甚麼字母也不是，但我們是在基督裏面。因祂是阿拉法，所以我們也是阿拉法；因祂是俄梅嘎，所以我們也是俄梅嘎。祂是每一個字母，為要分賜生命。祂是無窮盡的，祂分賜生命也是無窮盡的。

約翰在他的著作裏說到神聖的事物。神聖的事物是沒有開始，也沒有結束的，因為所有神聖的事物都是永遠的，沒有開始，也沒有結束。我信約翰特意用這種辭彙寫他的書，意思是要給我們看見，他傳講給我們的都是永遠的，沒有開始，也沒有結束。所以他告訴我們，基督是永遠的一位，祂是首先的，祂也是末後的（啟二8，二二13中）。因着祂是首先的，無人無物在祂以先；因着祂是末後的，無人無物在祂之後。這指明祂是一切。基督那永在者可以用一個無始無終的圓圈來說明。基督佔有每一件事物和每一個地方，祂沒有給你任何地位。你一無所是，而祂是一切。阿利路亞！祂是首先，祂是末後。這也是為着生命的分賜。

基督不僅是首先的，末後的；基督也是初，是終（13下）。…主耶穌不僅是首先的，也是初，是創始。祂不僅是末後的，也是終，是完成，沒有留下甚麼給別人去作。祂佔有整個宇宙。在時間上，在空間上，在每一件事上，祂都是一切。…祂是首先和末後的，祂是初和終，祂是創始和完成。

基督也是神創造之物的元始（三14）。…祂是神整個創造的開始、源起，所以整個受造之物都受祂的管理，目的是要把神分賜到祂所揀選的造物裏面。當你查考聖經，看見基督所是的一切項目，就明白一切都是為着神聖的分賜（李常受文集一九八三年第二冊，三一四至三一六頁）。

參讀：關於神聖分賜更深的研讀，第一篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

1 John 2:1 My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous.

Rev. 22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

Christ is our Advocate with the Father (1 John 2:1). This means that He is our Attorney. He takes our case legally. Satan, the enemy of God and our subtle enemy, is subtly legal. The Bible tells us that he accuses us before our God day and night (Rev. 12:10)…He would say, “God, You are righteous. Look at all the children whom You love. Not one of them is righteous. And You are so holy. But look at Your children; every one is dirty.” This kind of accusation is somewhat legal. But God the Father would say, “Satan, look at Jesus Christ the righteous One. My children have a good Attorney.” Then our Attorney, Jesus Christ, would turn to Satan and say, “Satan, don’t you see My blood? Satan, shut up! Don’t say anything!” (CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” pp. 239-240)

Todays Reading

According to Revelation 12:10-11, Satan is accusing God’s children day and night. But they can overcome him by the blood of the Lamb. Once we realize that we are unclean, unholy, and unrighteous, we are defeated and the life dispensing stops. But we have the blood of Jesus. He is our Advocate, our Attorney. We have to tell Satan, “Shut up! Don’t say anything!” Then we need to praise the Lamb! Hallelujah to the Lamb! Hallelujah for the blood! When we shout Hallelujah, life is dispensed into us once more. Christ, our Advocate, is taking care of our case so that life dispensing can keep going on all the time.

Our Christ is the Alpha and the Omega (22:13a). In the Greek alphabet Christ is the first letter, Alpha, the last letter, Omega, and all the letters in between. He is every letter. In ourselves we are no letter, but we are in Christ. As He is an Alpha, so we are an alpha. As He is an Omega, so we are an omega. He is every letter of the alphabet for the dispensing of life. He is inexhaustible, and His dispensing of life is inexhaustible.

John’s writings touch the divine things. With the divine things there is no beginning and no ending, because whatever is divine is eternal, having no beginning and no ending. I believe that John purposely wrote his books using these kinds of expressions. He had an intention to show us that whatever he ministered to us is eternal, with no beginning and no ending. So he told us that Christ is the eternal One. He is the First, and He is the Last (Rev. 2:8; 22:13b). Because He is the First, no one and nothing is before Him. Because He is the Last, no one and nothing is after Him. This indicates that He is everything. Christ as the eternal One may be illustrated by a circle, which has no beginning and no ending. Christ occupies everything and every place. He does not give us any position. We are nothing, and He is everything. Hallelujah! He is the First and the Last. This is also for life dispensing.

Christ is not only the First and the Last but also the Beginning and the End (v. 13c)…The Lord Jesus is not only the First but also the Beginning, the Origination. He is not only the Last but also the End, the Completion, leaving nothing to anyone. He occupies the entire universe. In time, in space, and in all things He is everything…He is the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End, the Origination and the Completion.

Christ is also the beginning of God’s creation (3:14)…God’s dispensing is to dispense His life into His creature…He is the Beginning, the Origination, of God’s entire creation, so the entire creation is under His direction for the purpose of dispensing God into His chosen creatures. When you get into the Bible and see all the items of Christ’s being, you can see that they are for the divine dispensing. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” pp. 240-241)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 3, “A Deeper Study of the Divine Dispensing,” ch. 1