晨興聖言-極其需要新的復興(W06-1)
第六週 • 週一
晨興餧養
約十10~11 …我來了,是要叫羊〔人〕得生命,並且得的更豐盛。我是好牧人,好牧人為羊捨命。
16 我另外有羊,不是屬於這圈的;我必須領他們來,他們也要聽我的聲音,並且要成為一羣,歸一個牧人了。
約翰十章十至十一節的『生命』,原文是兩個不同的字。在十節,希臘文是zoe,奏厄。這字在新約裏是指永遠、神聖的生命。在十一節,希臘文是psuche,樸宿克,意魂,即魂生命,就是人的生命。這兩節指明主耶穌有兩種生命。主是人,有樸宿克的生命,人的生命;祂也是神,有奏厄的生命,神的生命。祂捨了祂的魂,祂的樸宿克生命,就是人的生命,為祂的羊成功救贖(15、17~18),使他們能有分於祂的奏厄生命,就是神的生命(10下),永遠的生命(28),使他們藉此得以合為一羣,歸於祂這一位牧人之下。祂這位好牧人,就是這樣,並為着這目的,以神的生命餧養祂的羊(約翰福音生命讀經,二九八頁)。
信息選讀
主這神的生命絕不可能被殺死。在祂釘十字架時被殺的,乃是祂人的生命。為作我們的救主,祂成了人,捨了祂人的生命,為我們完成救贖,好叫我們可以接受祂的奏厄生命。祂捨了祂人的生命,好叫我們蒙救贖之後,得到祂的奏厄生命,就是永遠的生命。
牧人、神的生命以及人的生命,都是為着羊羣。在約翰十章十六節,…誰是這不在猶太圈中的羊?他們就是外邦人。甚麼是這一羣?『一羣』表徵召會,基督的一個身體(弗二14~16,三6),就是主藉着祂的死,把祂永遠、神聖的生命分賜到眾肢體裏面所產生的(約十10~18)。從前,這圈是猶太教;現在,這羣乃是召會。羊圈從前是猶太教,如今仍是,羊羣乃是召會。這羊羣是召會,包括兩班人—信主的猶太人和外邦人。主將兩下帶在一起,成為一羣,歸於一個牧人之下。如今這一羣和一個牧人,就是一個身體和一個頭。
為甚麼牧人、神聖的生命以及人的生命,都是為着羊羣?因為這羊羣中的人是墮落的,需要救贖。牧人是人,有人的生命;祂犧牲了祂人的生命,為祂的羊羣完成救贖。這樣,祂的羊羣蒙了救贖。然後,祂的羊羣接受了祂神的生命,藉這神的生命,羊就生活在一起,成了羊羣。這樣,羊羣就合為一個單位,一個整體。這不是憑人的生命,乃是憑神的生命完成的。
在神的生命裏,我們都是一個實體;意即我們是一羣,在一個生命裏歸於一個牧人之下。我們若憑人的生命,不憑神的生命活着,我們只會引起麻煩。不僅如此,我們會成為外人,而離開羊羣。…羊乃是重生的人,有神的生命。我們都必須憑這神的生命活着,因而成為真正純粹的羊,然後我們就都會在羊羣中。…我們若不憑神的生命活着,就不可能有羊羣。這羊羣是憑神的生命而產生、保全、維持並形成的。弟兄和睦同居,是何等的善(詩一三三1)。然而,和睦同居的意思,就是住在神的生命中。讚美主,在神的生命中我們真正是一,並且彼此相愛。這在我們人的樸宿克生命裏是不可能的,只有在神的奏厄生命裏纔有可能。我們的牧人捨了祂的樸宿克生命,完成了救贖,叫我們得到這奏厄生命。如今我們是在奏厄生命裏,歸於一個牧人之下,成為一羣(約翰福音生命讀經,二九八至三○○頁)。
參讀:約翰福音結晶讀經,第十三篇。
WEEK 6 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
John 10:10-11 …I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly. I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
16 And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must lead them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one Shepherd.
In [John 10:10-11] two different Greek words are used for life. In verse 10 the Greek word is zoe, which is the word used in the New Testament for the eternal, divine life. In verse 11 the Greek word is psuche, the same word for soul, which means the soulish life, that is, the human life. These two verses indicate that the Lord Jesus has two kinds of life. As a man, the Lord has the psuche life, the human life, and as God, He has the zoe life, the divine life. He laid down His soul, His psuche life, His human life, to accomplish redemption for His sheep (vv. 15, 17-18) that they may share His zoe life, His divine life (v. 10), the eternal life (v. 28), by which they can be formed into one flock under Himself as the one Shepherd. As the good Shepherd, He feeds His sheep with the divine life in this way and for this purpose. (Lifestudy of John, pp. 250-251)
Today’s Reading
The Lord’s divine life could never be slain. What was slain in His crucifixion was His human life. In order to be our Savior, He, as a man, laid down His human life to accomplish redemption for us that we might receive His zoe life. He laid down His human life in order that we, after being redeemed, might receive His zoe life, the eternal life.
The Shepherd, the divine life, and the human life are all for the flock. In John 10:16…who are the sheep that are not of this Jewish fold? They are the Gentiles. And what is this one flock? The one flock signifies the one church, the one Body of Christ (Eph. 2:14-16; 3:6), brought forth by the Lord’s eternal, divine life, which He imparted into His members through His death (John 10:10-18)…The sheepfold was, and still is, Judaism, but the flock is the church. The flock is the church, which includes two peoples—the believing Jews and Gentiles. The Lord brought both together into one flock and under one Shepherd. Now, the one flock and the one Shepherd are the one Body and the one Head.
Why are the Shepherd, the divine life, and the human life all for the flock? Because the people in the flock are fallen persons in need of redemption. As a man, the Shepherd had the human life. He sacrificed His human life in order to accomplish redemption for His flock. In this way His flock was redeemed. Then His flock received His divine life, and by this divine life the sheep live together as the flock. Thus, the flock is formed into one unit, into one entity. This is not accomplished by the human life but by the divine life.
In the divine life we are all one entity, meaning that we are one flock under one Shepherd in one life. If we live by our human life and not by the divine life, we will only cause trouble. Furthermore, we will become strangers and stray away from the flock…A sheep is a regenerated person with the divine life. We all must live by the divine life and thus become genuine, real, and pure sheep. Then we will all be in the flock… If we do not live by the divine life, there can be no flock. The flock is produced, kept, maintained, and formed by the divine life. How good it is for brothers to dwell in unity (Psa. 133:1). However, dwelling in unity simply means to dwell in the divine life…We receive this zoe life through the redemption accomplished by our Shepherd who laid down His psuche life. He sacrificed His psuche life to accomplish redemption for us all that we might receive Him as our zoe life. Now we are in the zoe life under one Shepherd to be one flock. (Life-study of John, pp. 251- 252)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” ch. 13
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