晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W03-2)
第三週 • 週二
晨興餧養
西三4 基督是我們的生命，祂顯現的時候，你們也要與祂一同顯現在榮耀裏。
林前二14~15 …屬魂的人不領受神的靈的事，因他以這些事為愚拙，並且他不能明白，因為這些事是憑靈看透的。惟有屬靈的人看透萬事，卻沒有一人看透他。
第三，生命在我們裏面所遇到的難處，就是悖逆。比方基督在你裏面運行，給你感動，…叫你明明知道祂要你作甚麼，祂向你要求甚麼，要帶領你甚麼，對付你甚麼，你卻偏不順服，一味的在那裏違反你裏面的感覺，不接受，也不肯出代價。你這樣的反叛、頂撞，就是悖逆。這樣一來，你身上只有你的自由、你的興趣，完全沒有生命的道路。
探訪福音朋友，與弟兄姊妹交通，都是很甜美的行動；然而，在那些行動中，我們〔也許〕積極熱心，卻是把活的基督關在裏面，既不理祂，也不睬祂。所以，實際上，我們是違背了那在我們裏面活的基督。…我們不照着祂的意思作，明顯就是背叛。這是我們許多人天天都在犯的罪；我們所犯的罪，最多、最厲害的，還不是外面看得見的罪行，乃是裏面那些違背基督所給我們的感覺的罪惡。〔基督活在我們裏面，〕祂一直並隨時給我們…裏面生命的感覺。我們應該順從祂，然而我們卻常不順從。祂要我們作的，我們不作；祂不要我們作的，我們偏去作。我們經常是這樣的悖逆祂；這個悖逆，使祂的生命在我們裏面，常常遇到難處（李常受文集一九五三年第一冊，一七九至一八○頁）。
信息選讀
第四，我們人天然的幹才，是生命在我們裏面所遇到的第四個難處。無論是我們的天然，或是天性，或是我們的己，都是一種難處，使神的生命在我們裏面，不容易出來。然而，我們天然的幹纔、本領，更是一種厲害的攔阻。…有許多弟兄姊妹，他們都非常愛主，也為主熱心，實在是敬虔的。然而，在他們身上有一個最厲害的難處，就是他們的幹才太大，本事太高，使得基督在他們身上沒有地位，沒有出路。
我們都知道，有些人的難處是罪惡，有些人的難處是世界，有些人的難處是他們的個性。然而，天然的幹纔這一類的難處，我們不容易察覺。…比方，有一班弟兄姊妹，他們天然的幹才很強，本事相當高。雖然他們愛主，追求主，但他們的幹才和本能，沒有被基督破碎過。所以，你在他們身上…所能摸着的，就是他們的本事和幹才。你碰着他們時，你只能說，他們是要主的人，是追求主的人，但他們身上那些天然的幹才，並沒有被破碎過。主在他們身上所碰到的，所行不通的，就是這個幹才。
這樣的弟兄姊妹，在我們中間為數不少。他們有幹才，有本能；他們認為這不是罪惡，不是污穢。他們甚至以為這是好的，是對召會有用的。…他們不僅一點沒有輕看這些幹才，反而寶貝他們…的幹才；這在他們身上牢不可破，以致成了基督生命的難處。
願主憐憫我們，…〔使我們〕能彀看見在我們身上有多少難處，並且給神的生命多少的限制。要知道，在我們身上的難處不止於此。這些難處在我們身上，只有一條解決的路，就是經過十字架，讓十字架來破碎。我們要基督的生命在我們裏面不受限制，就必須經歷十字架的破碎，讓這些難處受到對付，被除掉，讓基督的生命能從我們裏面活出來（李常受文集一九五三年第一冊，一八○至一八二頁）。
參讀：認識生命與召會，第三、十六篇。
WEEK 3 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Col. 3:4 When Christ our life is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory.
1
Cor. 2:14-15 …A soulish man does not receive the things of the Spirit
of God, for they are foolishness to him and he is not able to know them
because they are discerned spiritually. But the spiritual man discerns
all things, but he himself is discerned by no one.
The
third problem that life encounters in us is rebellion. Christ operates
and moves in us in order to make us clear about His will and
requirements for us and about His leading and dealing with us. However,
if we do not obey but go against the feeling within, not accepting His
leading or paying the price, this unwillingness and opposition are
rebellion. In this case we may have our freedom and choice, but we
will not have the way of life.
Visiting
gospel friends and fellowshipping with the brothers and sisters are
very pleasant things to do. However, we may be very active and zealous
in doing those things but still may imprison the living Christ within us
by ignoring Him. Thus, we are actually disobeying the living Christ in
us…Our unwillingness to do things according to His will is clearly
rebellion. Many of us commit this sin every day. The sin that we commit
the most frequently and most severely is not an outward and visible sin;
rather, it is the sin of disobeying the sense of Christ in us. Christ
is living in us, and He is constantly giving us an inward sense of life.
We should obey Him, but we often disobey Him. We often do not do what
He wants us to do, and we often do what He does not want us to do. We
often rebel against Him. Rebellion continually creates obstacles for His
life in us. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 1, “Knowing Life and the Church,” pp.
138-139)
Todays Reading
The
fourth problem that life encounters in us is our natural capability.
Our natural being, disposition, and self are all problems that prevent
God’s life from coming out of us. However, the problem of our natural
capability and ability is even more serious…Many brothers and sisters
truly love the Lord, are zealous for the Lord, and are very godly.
Nevertheless, their greatest problem is the strength and greatness of
their capabilities and abilities. Consequently, Christ has no ground or
way in them.
We
all know that some people have a problem with sin, others have a
problem with the world, and still others have a problem with their
disposition. However, it is not easy for us to be aware of the problem
of our natural capability. For example, a group of brothers and sisters,
who are very strong in their natural capability and ability, may truly
love and pursue the Lord. But when a person touches them, he only senses
their capability and ability because they have never been broken in
their capability and ability. When he contacts them, he can only say
that they seek and pursue the Lord but that their natural capability has
not been broken. This is because the Lord is unable to get through in
them when He encounters their capability.
There
are many brothers and sisters like this among us. They are capable and
talented, but they do not consider these things as sin or filthiness.
They even think that these are good and useful things to the church…They
do not despise their natural capabilities; instead, they treasure them.
If these capabilities remain unbroken in them, they will become a
problem to Christ’s life.
May
the Lord have mercy on us so that we would be enlightened to see how
many obstacles there are in us and how much these obstacles restrict
God’s life. Actually, the obstacles in us are not limited only to these
things. Nevertheless, there is one solution to all these obstacles in
us—we must pass through the cross and let the cross break us. If we want
Christ’s life to be unhindered in us, we must experience the breaking
of the cross and allow these obstacles to be dealt with and removed.
This will allow Christ’s life to be lived out from us. (CWWL, 1953, vol.
1, “Knowing Life and the Church,” pp. 139-140)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1953, vol. 1, “Knowing Life and the Church,” chs. 3, 16
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