晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W05-2)

第五週 • 週二

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亞四7    …他必搬出那塊頂石,人必大聲歡呼,說,願恩典恩典,歸與這石!

 三9    看哪,我在約書亞面前所安置的石頭,在一塊石頭上有七眼。萬軍之耶和華說,我要親自雕刻這石頭,並要在一日之間除掉那地的罪孽。

 

耶穌基督是為着神建造的石頭。…按照行傳四章十二節,這石頭乃是我們可以靠着得救的那一位。因此,祂是石頭救主。祂是石頭救主,乃是堅實、剛強、可靠的。…這石頭是磐石、基石、房角石。我們在撒迦利亞四章七節看見,祂甚至是頂石。基督是為着神建造的材料。神的建造完全是出於基督的(使徒行傳生命讀經,一四五至一四六頁)。

頂石,連同人大聲歡呼:『願恩典恩典,歸與這石』(亞四7),表徵基督是恩典之石,在其上有耶和華的七眼,就是神七倍加強的靈,為着完成神殿的重建(三9,四7~10,啟五6)。搬出頂石就是完成建造。…為着神的建造,基督在三方面是石頭。基督是基石,托住神的建造(賽二八16,林前三11);是房角石,將祂身體上外邦和猶太的肢體聯絡在一起(弗二20,彼前二6);也是頂石,完成神建造的每一件事(撒迦利亞書生命讀經,四一六頁)。

信息選讀

你知道主耶穌今天是甚麼?祂乃是石頭。祂是羔羊又是獅子,為要成為石頭。祂已除去了罪孽,擊敗了一切的仇敵,現在要來建造。…現在我們可以明白,為甚麼主耶穌末次到耶路撒冷的時候,對那些猶太匠人說,他們所棄絕的,不僅是羔羊,救贖主,和獅子,得勝者,並且也是石頭,房角的頭塊石頭。在祂死而復活以後,召會時期就來了;召會就是神的建造。為着建造召會,基督是磐石。正如祂自己告訴彼得的:『你是彼得〔原文意,石頭〕,我要把我的召會建造在這磐石上。』(太十六18)在主釘死又復活之後,時代就變為磐石時期,石頭時期,也就是建造時期。

多少世紀以來,似乎沒有人認識,這時代不只是救贖、得勝的時期,主要的乃是建造的時期。基督今天乃是石頭。…讚美主,祂現在是獅子—羔羊—石頭,祂的得勝和救贖都是為着使祂成為石頭。祂若沒有打敗仇敵,也不曾除去罪孽,祂就無法完成神建造的工作。阿利路亞!我們的主耶穌現在是獅子—羔羊—石頭。

這石頭上有七眼,這是很重要的點。這七眼是神的七靈,而神的七靈就是七盞點着、有火焰的燈。眼有甚麼功用?眼當然是用來看的。然而,基督的七眼不是為着看東西,乃是為着看我們,注視我們。無疑的,這建造石頭上的七眼,是為着傳輸並注入。每逢祂看我們,我們就能曉得祂是高興還是不高興。…祂藉着看我們,就把祂一切所是傳輸到我們裏面。…神的七靈是為着分賜生命,因為在聖經中,那靈是生命的靈。七燈在神的行動上是為着光照、鑒察、暴露和審判。這乃是為着神的行政。眼睛的傳輸,神七靈的分賜生命,七燈的光照、鑒察、暴露和審判,都可以在啟示錄中找到,這一切都是為着新耶路撒冷。我們來到召會之前,從未聽過這樣的事;但我們來到召會之後,就經歷在我們裏面有一種照耀,將我們整個生活中的每一個祕密搜尋出來(啟示錄生命讀經,四五八至四六○頁)。

參讀:啟示錄生命讀經,第二十二、三十三、六十八篇;金燈檯的終極意義,第五篇;撒迦利亞書生命讀經,第四至五篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

Zech. 4:7 …He will bring forth the topstone with shouts of Grace, grace to it!

          3:9 For here is the stone that I have set before Joshua—upon one stone are seven eyes. I will engrave its engraving, declares Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

Jesus Christ is a stone for God’s building…According to Acts 4:12, this stone is the One in whom we can be saved. Hence, He is the Stone- Savior. As the Stone-Savior, He is solid, strong, and reliable…This stone is the rock, the foundation stone, and the cornerstone. In Zechariah 4:7 we see that He is even the topstone. Christ is the material for God’s building. God’s building is entirely of Christ. (Life-study of Acts, p. 125)

The topstone with shouts of “Grace, grace to it!” signifies Christ, who is the grace as the stone, upon which are the seven eyes of Jehovah, the sevenfold intensified Spirit of God for the completion of the rebuilding of God’s temple (Zech. 3:9; 4:7-10; Rev. 5:6). To bring forth the topstone is to complete the building…For God’s building, Christ is a stone in three aspects. Christ is the foundation stone to uphold God’s building (Isa. 28:16; 1 Cor. 3:11), the cornerstone to join together the Gentile and Jewish members of His Body (Eph. 2:20; 1 Pet. 2:6), and the topstone to consummate God’s building. (Life- study of Zechariah, pp. 30-31)

Todays Reading

Do you know what the Lord Jesus is today? He is the stone. He is the Lamb and the Lion in order to be the stone. Having removed the iniquity and having defeated all the enemies, He is now building…Now we can understand why, in His last visit to Jerusalem, the Lord Jesus indicated to the Jewish builders that they were rejecting not only the Lamb, the Redeemer, and the Lion, the Overcomer, but also the stone, the cornerstone. After His death and resurrection, the age became the age of the church, which is God’s building. For the building of the church, Christ is the rock. As He Himself told Peter, “You are a stone, and upon this rock I will build My church” (Matt. 16:18). After the crucifixion and the resurrection, the age became the age of the rock, the age of the stone. This is the age of building.

It seems that throughout the centuries no one has ever realized that this age is not merely the age of redemption and of overcoming but mainly of the building. Christ today is the stone…Praise the Lord that He is now the Lion- Lamb-stone. His victory and His redemption both were for Him to be the stone. If He had not defeated the enemy and removed iniquity, there would have been no way for Him to accomplish God’s building work. Hallelujah, our Lord Jesus is now the Lion-Lamb-stone!

This stone has seven eyes. This is the crucial point. These seven eyes are the seven Spirits of God, and the seven Spirits of God are the seven burning, flaming lamps. What is the function of the eyes? Certainly, it is seeing. The seven eyes of Christ, however, are not for seeing things but for Him to see us, to look at us. Undoubtedly, the seven eyes of the building stone are for transfusing and infusing. Whenever He looks at us, we can understand if He is happy or unhappy…By looking at us, He transfuses all that He is into our being…The seven Spirits of God are for the imparting of life because, in the Bible, the Spirit is the Spirit of life. The seven lamps are for enlightening, searching, exposing, and judging in God’s move. This is for God’s administration. The transfusing by the eyes, the imparting of life by the Spirits of God, and the enlightening, searching, exposing, and judging by the seven lamps are all found in the book of Revelation. All of this is for the New Jerusalem. Before we came into the church, we never heard anything like this. But after we were in the church, we experienced something shining in us to search out every secret of our entire life. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 375-376)

Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msgs. 22, 33, 68; CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The Ultimate Significance of the Golden Lampstand,” ch. 5; Life-study of Zechariah, msgs. 4—5

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