晨興聖言-極其需要新的復興(W04-6)
第四週 • 週六
晨興餧養
可四26~29 …神的國是這樣,如同人把種子撒在地上,…這種子就發芽漸長…。地生五穀,是出於自然的:先發苗,後長穗,再後穗上結成飽滿的子粒。穀既熟了,他立刻用鐮刀去割,因為收割的時候到了。
在馬可四章二十六至二十九節主耶穌說,國度如同人把種子撒在地裏。這種子發苗,長葉,吐穗,至終被收割。國度是一粒種子,撒在地裏,長大直到成熟,那時就被收割。種子是主耶穌這位照耀者。我們都是土壤,主耶穌這種子撒在其中。種子漸長,至終產生收穫,就是國度完全的實現。因此,國度乃是主耶穌這生命的種子,撒在我們裏面,生長在我們裏面,直到祂在收割的時候達到成熟。…種子在我們裏面的生長就是國度的過程。一面我們是在國度裏,但另一面我們是在國度的過程中。…今天我們裏面有國度的種子在生長。這國度的生長要帶我們達到收割,那個收割就是國度完全的實現(李常受文集一九七二年第二冊,二五頁)。
信息選讀
主耶穌說,如果祂靠着那靈趕鬼,這就是神的國臨到他們〔太十二28〕。鬼是骯髒、不潔、邪惡的靈,但鬼之所以是鬼,其原則的意思就是背叛。本來鬼是一種受造之物,當撒但背叛神時,它們就跟隨他而成為鬼。因此,鬼指明背叛。如果你在日常行事為人上,有些事物不在神的管治下,有些事物仍在背叛神,在原則上那些事物就是鬼。它們需要被主耶穌趕出去。我們必須禱告說,『主耶穌,來趕出我的鬼;甚至到今天我仍是背叛的。』你也許在購物上是背叛的。你可能去了百貨公司,雖然主耶穌在你裏面告訴你不要去。到了百貨公司,你拿起一樣東西,雖然主耶穌告訴你放下,你卻買了,並且現在還留在家裏。這乃是背叛,也就是鬼的原則。
你一直都在基督的管治之下麼?我們也許說我們愛祂,卻不接受祂的管治。我們也許說基督是我們的生命,但基督作我們的生命也許對我們不很實際。也許那只是一個用辭,而不是實際。…主耶穌的生命乃是管治的生命。每一種生命都有管治的元素,就是其生命之律和規律。我們裏面也許有基督的生命,卻沒有在祂生命的管治之下。所以,就一面的意義說,我們也許仍被許多鬼附着。我們需要主耶穌把它們趕出去。然後我們就真正地在國度裏。國度乃是基督實際的實化。我們已經從黑暗的權勢遷到基督的國裏。然而在我們的日常生活中,我們也許缺少國度的實際。
所有在召會裏的人也在神的國裏。…然而不是所有在召會裏的人,都在諸天之國的實際裏,因為他們不都是得勝者。只有召會中的得勝者,纔在諸天之國的實際裏。…〔這實際〕只包括過屬天生活且是得勝者的信徒。…今天那些在諸天之國的實際裏受管教的人,乃是將來那些在諸天之國的實現裏掌權的人。
諸天之國的外表,就是基督教國,與掛名的基督徒有關。召會和神的國與得救的人有關。諸天之國的實際並諸天之國的實現,與得勝的信徒有關(李常受文集一九七二年第二冊,二一至二二、五八六至五八七頁)。
參讀:國度,第四十九至五十章。
WEEK 4 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
Mark 4:26-29 …So is the kingdom of God: as if a man cast seed on the earth,…and the seed sprouts and lengthens…The earth bears fruit by itself: first a blade, then an ear, then full grain in the ear. But when the fruit is ripe, immediately he sends forth the sickle, because the harvest has come.
In Mark 4:26-29 the Lord Jesus said that the kingdom is like a man who sows seed into the earth. The seed grows, the blade appears, the ear appears, and finally it is harvested. The kingdom is a seed that is sown into the earth and that grows until it reaches maturity, at which time it is harvested. The seed is the Lord Jesus as the shining One. We all are the soil into which the Lord Jesus as the seed has been sown. The seed grows and eventually will produce the harvest, the full manifestation of the kingdom. Thus, the kingdom is the Lord Jesus as the seed of life who has been sown into us and who grows in us until He reaches maturity at the time of harvest…The growth of the seed within us is the process of the kingdom. On the one hand, we are in the kingdom, but on the other hand, we are in the process of the kingdom… Today we have the seed of the kingdom growing within us. This growth of the kingdom will bring us to the harvest, and that harvest will be the full manifestation of the kingdom. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” p. 19)
Today’s Reading
The Lord Jesus said that if He cast out demons by the Spirit, then the kingdom of God had come upon them [Matt. 12:28]. A demon is a dirty, unclean, evil spirit, but the principle of being a demon simply means rebellion. Originally, demons were a kind of created being. When Satan rebelled against God, they followed him and became demons. Therefore, demons indicate rebellion. If in your daily walk there are some things that are not under God’s ruling, some things still in rebellion against God, those things in principle are demons. They need to be cast out by the Lord Jesus. We must pray, “Lord Jesus, come and cast out my demons. Even today I am rebellious.” You may be rebellious in your shopping. Perhaps you went to the department store although the Lord Jesus within you told you not to go. Once in the store, you picked up an item, and even though the Lord Jesus told you to drop it, you bought it, and you still have it at home. This is rebellion, the principle of a demon.
Are you always under the ruling of Christ? We may say that we love Him yet not accept His ruling. We may say that Christ is our life, but Christ as our life may not be very real to us. It may simply be a term, not a reality… The life of the Lord Jesus is a ruling life. In every kind of life there is a ruling element, which is its life law and regulation. We may have the life of Christ within and yet not be under the ruling of His life. So, in a sense, we may be still possessed by many demons. We need the Lord Jesus to cast them out. Then we will truly be in the kingdom. The kingdom is the realization of the reality of Christ. We have been transferred out of darkness into the kingdom of Christ. Yet, in our daily living, we may lack the reality of the kingdom.
All those who are in the church are also in the kingdom of God…However, not all those who are in the church are in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens, because not all of them are overcomers. Only the overcomers in the church are in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens…It includes only the believers who are living a heavenly life and are overcomers. Those who are being disciplined today in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens are those who will reign in the future in the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens.
The appearance of the kingdom of the heavens, Christendom, is related to the nominal Christians. The church and the kingdom of God are related to the saved ones. The reality of the kingdom of the heavens and the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens are related to the overcoming believers. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” pp. 16-17, 454-455)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” chs. 49—50
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