晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W05-3)
第五週 • 週三
晨興餧養
但二34~35 …有一塊非人手鑿出來的石頭，打在這像半鐵半泥的腳上，把腳砸碎。…成如…糠秕，被風吹散，無處可尋。打碎這像的石頭，變成一座大山，充滿全地。
這塊非人手鑿出來的石頭〔但二34〕就是基督。…祂是神藉着祂的釘死與復活所鑿出來的。藉着祂的釘十字架，祂被治死而被鑿（徒二23）；在祂的復活裏，祂首先被鑿成為房角石以建造召會，再成為砸人的石頭以毀滅全部人類政權（24，太二一42、44下）。
當基督這塊非人手鑿出來的石頭顯現時，祂就把大人像從腳趾到頭，砸得粉碎。…啟示錄十九章說到基督與敵基督的爭戰。同着基督的乃是由得勝者所組成，祂新娶的新婦；同着敵基督的乃是十王和他們的軍隊。這戰爭乃是地對抗天，人反對神的爭戰。基督要打敗並毀滅敵基督和十王。
按但以理二章〔三十四至三十五節上半〕，這爭戰要使整個人像從腳趾到頭被砸得粉碎。…這表徵從寧錄到敵基督之整個人類政權的完全毀滅。所以，人類政權要在基督這塊神所鑿的石頭顯現時被了結（但以理書生命讀經，二○至二一頁）。
信息選讀
聖經啟示基督是石頭，有三方面的講究。首先，對信徒而言，基督是他們所信靠的基石。以賽亞二十八章十六節論到基督作石頭的這一面，說，『看哪，我在錫安放一塊石頭，作為根基，是試驗過的石頭，是寶貴的房角石，作為穩固的根基。』第二，對不信的猶太人而言，基督是絆腳的石頭（八14，羅九33）。馬太二十一章四十四節上半論到這一面說，『那跌在這石頭上的，必要跌碎。』第三，對列國而言，基督將是砸人的石頭。『這石頭掉在誰身上，就要把誰砸得粉碎，簸散如糠秕。』（44下）但以理二章啟示基督是砸人的石頭，把大人像砸得粉碎，如同糠秕被風吹散（但以理書生命讀經，二一頁）。
藉着禱讀，我們把神的話接受到裏面。通常，當我們說到接受神的話到我們裏面時，我們是以話為滋養。…滋養的話是為着建造我們，而殺死的話乃是為着對付仇敵。按〔以弗所六章〕的上下文，我們禱讀主的話，主要的不在於接受滋養，乃在於經歷劍作殺死的憑藉。我們越禱讀話，就越經歷話的殺死能力。
劍是軍裝中惟一用作攻擊的，也就是說，劍是神的軍裝中惟一用來攻擊仇敵的。你也許不明白，這與我們主觀經歷話的殺死能力有甚麼關係。我們要明白這事，就必須看見，在屬靈的爭戰裏，我們不僅需要對付客觀的仇敵，更需要對付主觀的對頭。撒但不只是我們外面的仇敵，也是我們裏面的對頭。…仇敵從外面來的攻擊，不如對頭從裏面來的攻擊嚴重。要對付這個裏面的對頭，我們需要經歷話的殺死能力。不錯，仇敵是在我們外面，但他的元素是在我們這人的所是裏面。…因着仇敵把他自己注射到我們的所是裏，我們所需要的，乃是話的殺死能力應用到我們身上，來對付仇敵在我們裏面的元素。…在我們的經歷中，最終我們會明白，最棘手的仇敵乃是己。己是我們最厲害的仇敵。我們許多次受試誘，都不是由於客觀的仇敵，乃是由於己，就是我們自己內裏的所是（以弗所書生命讀經，九八七至九八八頁）。
參讀：但以理書生命讀經，第三至四篇；以弗所書生命讀經，第九十七篇。
WEEK 5 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Dan.
2:34-35 …A stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the image at
its feet of iron and clay and crushed them…And they became like chaff…;
and the wind carried them away so that no trace of them was found. And
the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the
whole earth.
This
stone cut out without hands is Christ…He was cut by God through His
crucifixion and resurrection. Through His crucifixion He was cut by
being put to death (Acts 2:23), and in His resurrection He was cut out
to be, first, the cornerstone for the building up of the church and the
crushing stone to destroy the totality of human government (v. 24; Matt.
21:42, 44b).
At
His appearing as the stone cut out not by human hands, Christ will
crush the great image from the toes to the head…Revelation 19 speaks of
the war between Christ and Antichrist. With Christ there will be His
newly married bride, composed of the overcomers, and with Antichrist
there will be the ten kings with their armies. This war will be a
fighting of the earth against the heavens, of man against God. Christ
will defeat and destroy Antichrist and the ten kings.
According
to Daniel 2:34-35a, this will entail the crushing of the entire human
image from the toes to the head…This signifies the complete destruction
of all human government from Nimrod to Antichrist. Human government will
therefore be terminated by Christ at His appearing as the God-cut
stone. (Life-study of Daniel, pp. 16-17)
Todays Reading
The
Bible reveals that Christ is a stone in three aspects. First, to the
believers Christ is the foundation stone in whom they trust. Concerning
this aspect of Christ as a stone, Isaiah 28:16 says, “Indeed I lay a
stone in Zion as a foundation, / A tested stone, / A precious
cornerstone as a foundation firmly established.” Second, to the
unbelieving Jews Christ is the stumbling stone (8:14; Rom. 9:33).
Regarding this aspect, Matthew 21:44a says, “He who falls on this stone
shall be broken to pieces.” Third, to the nations Christ will be the
smiting stone. “On whomever it falls, it shall crush him to powder and
scatter him like chaff” (v. 44b). Daniel 2 reveals Christ as the smiting
stone crushing the great human image and causing it to become like
chaff carried away by the wind. (Life-study of Daniel, p. 17)
By
pray-reading we take the word of God into us. Usually when we speak of
taking the word of God into us, we think of the word as nourishment… The
nourishing word is for our building up, whereas the killing word deals
with the enemy [see Eph. 6]. In this context we should pray-read the
Word not mainly to receive nourishment but primarily to experience the
sword as the killing instrument. The more we pray-read the Word, the
more we should experience the killing power of the word.
The sword is the only aspect of the armor that is for offensive warfare; that is, it is the only item of God’s armor used for attacking the enemy. Perhaps you are wondering what this has to do with our subjective experience of the killing power of the word. If we would understand this, we must see that in spiritual warfare we must deal not only with the objective enemy but even the more with the subjective adversary. Satan is not only the enemy outside us; he is also the adversary inside us… The attacks of the enemy from without are not as serious as those of the adversary from within. To deal with this inward adversary we need to experience the killing power of the word. Yes, the enemy is outside us, but his elements are within our very being…Since the enemy has injected himself into our being, what we need is for the killing power of the word to be applied to us to deal with the elements of the enemy within us. In our experience we eventually come to realize that the most difficult foe is the self. The self is our worst enemy. Many times we are tempted not by an objective enemy but by the self, our own inner being. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 796-797)
Further Reading: Life-study of Daniel, msgs. 3—4; Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 97
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