晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W03-5)
第三週 • 週五
晨興餧養
太五14~16 你們是世上的光。城立在山上，是不能隱藏的。人點燈，也不放在鬥底下，乃是放在燈檯上，就照亮所有在家裏的人。你們的光也當這樣照在人前，叫他們看見你們的好行為，就榮耀你們在諸天之上的父。
國度子民在性質上是醫治的鹽〔太五13〕，在行為上是照亮的光〔14〕。
主耶穌在馬太五章十三節說到地，在十四節說到世界。地需要鹽，而世界需要光。黑暗不是在地上，乃是在世界裏；世界指人類的社會，撒但的系統。世界這個撒但的系統，黑暗的人類社會，需要光。十四節裏世上的光，乃是燈的照耀，光照在黑暗裏的人。對於這黑暗的世界，諸天之國的子民就是這樣的光，除去世界的黑暗（新約總論第五冊，一一四至一一五頁）。
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被附，乃是直接落在撒但的手中，受撒但的支配和約束。着迷，就是自欺。約壹一章八節提到，說自己無罪的乃是自欺的人，也就是着迷的人。至於說謊，與着迷是不同的。說謊的人，良心會受到責備。着迷的人，自己頂有把握，以為絕不是說謊，其實就是說謊。…着迷的人乃是用自己的理想，來作為事實，而且以為是對的。帖後二章十至十二節所說滅亡的人，不領受對真理的愛，反而信從虛謊，這是一件最淒慘的事。我們基督徒若對自己有一種了不得的估價，這乃是心思中的謊言；若是這種謊言不除去，遲早這樣的人會着迷。
着迷的拯救乃在於詩篇三十六篇九節：『在你的光中，我們必得見光。』這裏『你的光』，是指神的光照；『我們必得見光，』是指我們因神的光照，而看見了事情的真相。許多人喜歡根據自己的心思、想法、想像、臆測來看事情，這樣的看法，常常與事實是不對的。世界上最可憐的人，乃是自以為是，有把握，又能與人辯論的人。…我們要存着恐懼戰兢的心，來到主面前，活在祂的光照中。這樣，我們在主的事奉和工作上，纔不容易着迷，不至像保羅在沒信主之前，所作的事一樣。
光照的原則乃是，只要有一點的縫，光就進來。主說，光是在你裏面（太六23），這裏面的光就是聖靈住在你裏面的光照。但這裏面的光照是會受到攔阻的。…約翰三章十九至二十節說，當人自己有了主意，有了成見，就不來就光。所以攔阻得着光照的，第一件事就是自己有了成見，不肯來就光。在真理上進入越深的人，應當越過越對自己沒有把握；那些很有把握，不肯就光的人，乃是危險的。第二，喜歡得着從人來的榮耀的，也不能來到主前得光照。由此可見，要得光照乃是有條件的。…第一個條件就是，存心要神的旨意。一個人如果存心要神的旨意，就能曉得事情的真相（七17）。但是就連這樣的心，有的時候還有假的可能。為此，我們要求主的憐憫，保守我們有一顆真實要神旨意的心。…謊言…不需要代價，謊言是便宜的。我們若要得着真理，就必須付代價〔箴二三23〕。這是得光照的第二個條件。求神憐憫我們，使我們真有一顆要神旨意的心，並且願付代價得着真理（倪柝聲文集第二輯第二十四冊，二○五至二○八頁）。
參讀：倪柝聲文集第二輯第二十四冊，第一百一十七至一百一十九篇。
WEEK 3 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
Matt.
5:14-16 You are the light of the world. It is impossible for a city
situated upon a mountain to be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp and place
it under the bushel, but on the lampstand; and it shines to all who are
in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, so that
they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in the
heavens.
In nature the kingdom people are the healing salt [Matt. 5:13], and in behavior they are the shining light [v. 14].
In
Matthew 5:13 the Lord Jesus spoke of the earth and in verse 14, of the
world. For the earth there is the need of salt, but for the world there
is the need of light. The darkness is not upon the earth; rather, it is
in the world, which denotes human society, a system of Satan. The world,
Satan’s system, the dark human society, needs light. The light of the
world in verse 14 is the shining of a lamp to enlighten those in
darkness. To the darkened world, the people of the kingdom of the
heavens are such a light effacing its darkness. (The Conclusion of the
New Testament, pp. 1158-1159)
Todays Reading
When a person is possessed, he falls directly into Satan’s hand and is controlled and bound by Satan. When a person is obsessed, he is deceived by himself. First John 1:8 says that those who say that they have not sinned are deceiving themselves; they are obsessed. Lying is different from being obsessed. Those who lie are condemned in their conscience, but those who are obsessed are very confident in themselves. They are convinced that they are not lying when they really are…A man who is obsessed takes his perception of reality as reality and considers his reality to be absolutely right. Second Thessalonians 2:10-12 speaks of the perishing ones who do not receive a love of the truth but instead believe lies. This is very sad. When a Christian overestimates himself, he follows the lies of his mind. Unless these lies are removed, he will fall into obsession sooner or later.
The
way to be delivered from obsession is found in Psalm 36:9: “In Your
light we see light.” “Your light” refers to God’s light, and “we see
light” refers to our seeing the true nature of things through the
shining of God’s light. Many people like to judge according to their
mind, ideas, imagination, and conjecture. Such views are often contrary
to facts. The most pitiful men are those who presume that they are
right, who are very confident of themselves, and who are good at arguing
with others…We should come before the Lord in fear and trembling and
come under His shining. If we do this, we will not become obsessed in
the Lord’s service and will not act like Paul before his conversion.
One
principle of enlightenment is that light shines through an opening. The
Lord said that the light is in us in Matthew 6:23. This inner light is
the enlightening of the Holy Spirit within. Yet there can be hindrances
to this inner enlightening…John 3:19-20 indicates that a man will not
receive light once he is prejudiced and has preconceived ideas. Hence,
the first hindrance to light is prejudice and a refusal to come to the
light. The deeper a person is in the truth, the less assurance he should
have of himself. A person who is prejudiced and who does not want to
come under the light is dangerous. The second hindrance to receiving
light from the Lord is one’s desire to receive glory from men. There are
certain conditions one has to clearly fulfill before he can receive
light. The first condition is having a heart that seeks after God’s
will. If one seeks after God’s will, he will know the true nature of
things (John 7:17). However, even such a heart cannot always guarantee
that we will not be deceived. Therefore, we have to ask the Lord for
mercy so that He would put in us a heart that genuinely seeks after His
will…Lies do not involve any price; they are cheap. If we want the
truth, we have to pay a price [cf. Prov. 23:23]. This is the second
condition for receiving light. May the Lord be merciful to us so that
we will have a heart that seeks after God’s will and will pay the price
to gain the truth. (CWWN, vol. 44, pp. 901-903)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 44, chs. 117—119
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