晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W05-綱要)

第五週 • 綱目

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活石和羊

讀經：彼前二4~5，亞三9，四10，約十11~16，結三四11~31

週　一

壹　信徒由活石所象徵，他們由基督石頭的性情所變化，成為神屬靈的殿—彼前二4~5：

一　我們這些在基督裏的信徒，藉着重生和變化，成了活石，像基督一樣；我們原是用泥土造的（羅九21），但在重生時，得着神聖生命的種子（彼前一23~24），這種子在我們裏面長大，就把我們變化為活石：

1　彼得悔改信主時，主給他取了一個新名，就是彼得—石頭（約一42）；當他得着關於基督的啟示之後，主進一步啟示祂是磐石—石頭（太十六16~18）。

2　這兩件事給彼得深刻的印象，就是基督和祂的信徒都是為着神的建造的石頭—彼前二4~5。

週　二

二　基督是神建築裏的活石、基石、房角石和頂石；在基督裏的信徒，由神而生以後，就變化成為活的寶石，為着建造召會作神屬靈的殿—4節，林前三11，賽二八16，徒四11，亞四7，約一12~13、42，彼前二5~7，林前三12，太十六18。

三　作為石頭的基督有七眼，七眼表徵神的七靈，就是七倍加強的靈（亞三9，四10）；七倍加強的靈也由羔羊的七眼（啟五6）和神寶座前點着的七盞火燈（四5）所表徵：

1　燈是為着光照、搜尋、暴露、審判和焚燒；眼睛是為着注入；七眼將羔羊石頭所是的一切注入我們裏面，將我們作成祂的金燈檯—亞四2~6、11~14。

2　我們成為活石的路乃是來到祂面前，受祂的察看；當主照明、審判我們時，祂注視我們，將祂自己注入我們裏面，使我們變化成為祂的形像；我們都需要在七燈的光照下，受七眼的鑒察，並且接受七倍加強之靈生命的分賜。

3　當基督這神恩典的活石，藉着我們對祂主觀的經歷，構成到我們這人裏面時，祂就成為給我們安息的枕頭，使我們成為神建築裏的柱子—創二八11~12、17~19上，亞四7，太十一28~30，約一16~17、51。

週　三

四　至終，團體的基督，就是基督同着祂得勝的新婦，要作為石頭而來，砸碎人類政權的集大成，以帶進神的國—但二34~35，珥三11，啟十九11~21，參創一26：

1　有利劍從基督口中出來，可以用以擊殺列國—啟十九15上，參一16，二12、16。

2　我們要被基督構成並與祂調和，成為團體的砸人石頭，祂團體的戰士得勝者，就需要擊殺的話來對付仇敵；我們應當禱讀主的話，以經歷作為擊殺之兵器的劍—弗六17~18。

週　四

貳　信徒由羊所象徵，他們在基督生機的牧養之下—約十11~16，詩二三1，太九36，來十三20：

一　主親自來作牧人，要尋找祂的羊，將他們尋見—結三四11~31，路十五3~7，啟七17，約二一15~17，彼前二25，五3~4。

二　主帶祂的羊歸回自己的地和高山上；地表徵作為迦南美地的基督，高山表徵復活、升天的基督—結三四13~14，西一12。

三　主帶祂的羊回到溪水旁邊，溪水表徵賜生命的靈；並且祂在溪水旁餧養祂的群羊，表徵祂用祂的豐富餧養信徒—結三四13，啟二二1~2上，林前十二13，詩三六8。

週　五

四　主帶祂的羊回到佳美、肥美的草場，草場表徵基督作我們生命的供應；並且祂使羊得以躺臥，指明祂使他們裏面得安息—結三四14~15，詩二三2，約十9，太十一28~30。

五　主纏裹受傷的，加強輭弱的；藉着祂的顧惜和餧養，祂使每一隻輭弱的羊成為戰陣上的駿馬—結三四16上，亞十3，十一7。

六　主施行公義的判斷，潔除神所恢復的百姓中間一切不義的東西；這位滋養我們、供應我們的，使我們對與別人的關係，有準確的感覺；當我們有這樣的感覺，我們就審判自己，結果我們與聖徒就有真正的一，而成為一群—結三四17~22，西三15。

七　基督是真大衛，被立為牧人，要餧養我們，使我們得飽足並滿足；祂照料我們，包括顧到我們一切的難處，擔負我們一切的責任，照料我們生活的每一方面；主作牧人照料我們，結果使我們順從祂為我們的王，服在祂的君王職分之下—結三四23，詩二三，啟七17，二二1~2上。

週　六

八　當我們經歷主的牧養，並留在祂的君王職分之下，我們就享受祂穩妥不變的平安之約，不再受屬靈的為難和攪擾—結三七24~28：

1　在主的牧養下，一切惡獸，就是惡人，要從主所恢復的百姓中間驅除—三四25上，參徒二十28~29，腓三2~3。

2　主折斷我們所負的軛，救我們脫離奴役，並應許我們不再作仇敵的掠物，卻要安然居住—結三四25下、27下~28。

九　藉着經歷主的牧養，神所恢復的百姓有神的同在，神在他們中間，他們也在神的面前；這描繪出與神完全的交通，就是在一裏、在神人調和裏的交通；在這交通裏我們與神是一，祂也與我們是一—30~31節。

十　藉着主的牧養，祂帶我們享受祂的祝福，並使我們在甘霖之下，成為福源—26~27節上、29節，創十二2~3，羅十五29，林後一12、15，亞十1：

1　民數記六章二十三至二十七節的福分，如同林後十三章十四節的福分，乃是三一神永遠的福分，就是三一神在祂神聖的三一裏，將祂自己分賜到我們裏面，作我們的享受。

2　我們要領受主的福分，就必須實行一，實行一就是同心合意—詩一三三，弗四3~4上，徒一14，二46，羅十五5~6。

Week Five

Living Stones and Sheep

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Hymns: 1221

Scripture Reading: 1 Pet. 2:4-5; Zech. 3:9; 4:10; John 10:11-16; Ezek. 34:11-31

§ Day 1

I. The believers are symbolized by living stones, those who are transformed with Christs stone nature to be Gods spiritual house—1 Pet. 2:4-5:

A. We, the believers in Christ, are living stones, like Christ, through regeneration and transformation; we were created of clay (Rom. 9:21), but at regeneration we received the seed of the divine life (1 Pet. 1:23-24), which by its growing in us, transforms us into living stones:

1. At Peters conversion the Lord gave him a new name—Peter—a stone (John 1:42), and when Peter received the revelation concerning Christ, the Lord revealed further that He was the rock—a stone (Matt. 16:16- 18).

2. By these two incidents Peter received the impression that both Christ and His believers are stones for Gods building—1 Pet. 2:4-5.

§ Day 2

B. Christ is the living stone, the foundation stone, the cornerstone, and the topstone of Gods building; after being born of God, the believers in Christ are transformed into living precious stones for the building up of the church as the spiritual house of God—v. 4; 1 Cor. 3:11; Isa. 28:16; Acts 4:11; Zech. 4:7; John 1:12-13, 42; 1 Pet. 2:5-7; 1 Cor. 3:12; Matt. 16:18.

C. Christ as the stone has seven eyes, which signify the seven Spirits of God, the sevenfold intensified Spirit (Zech. 3:9; 4:10); the sevenfold intensified Spirit is also signified by the seven eyes of the Lamb (Rev. 5:6) and the seven lamps of fire burning before Gods throne (4:5):

1. The lamps are for enlightening, searching, exposing, judging, and burning, and the eyes are for infusing; the seven eyes infuse all that the Lamb-stone is into our being to make us His golden lampstand—Zech. 4:2-6, 11-14.

2. The way for us to become living stones is to come to Him and be seen by Him; as the Lord enlightens and judges us, He looks at us and infuses Himself into us for our transformation into His image; we all need to be under the enlightening of the seven lamps, the beholding of the seven eyes, and the life imparting of the sevenfold intensified Spirit.

3. When Christ as the living stone of the grace of God is constituted into our being through our subjective experience of Him, He becomes our pillow for our rest to make us a pillar in Gods building—Gen. 28:11-12, 17-19a; Zech. 4:7; Matt. 11:28-30; John 1:16-17, 51.

§ Day 3

D. Eventually, the corporate Christ, Christ with His overcoming bride, will come as a stone to crush the aggregate of human government to bring in Gods kingdom—Dan. 2:34-35; Joel 3:11; Rev. 19:11-21; cf. Gen. 1:26: 

1. Out of Christs mouth proceeds a sharp sword, that with it He might smite the nations—Rev. 19:15a; cf. 1:16; 2:12, 16.

2. In order to be constituted and mingled with Christ to become the corporate smiting stone, His corporate warrior-overcomer, we need the killing word that deals with the enemy; we should pray-read the Word to experience the sword as the killing instrument—Eph. 6:17-18.

§ Day 4

II. The believers are symbolized by sheep, those who are under Christs organic shepherding—John 10:11-16; Psa. 23:1; Matt. 9:36; Heb. 13:20:

A. The Lord Himself comes as the Shepherd to search for His sheep and seek them out—Ezek. 34:11-31; Luke 15:3-7; Rev. 7:17; John 21:15-17; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:3-4.

B. The Lord brings His sheep to their own land and to the high mountains; the land signifies Christ as the good land of Canaan, and the high mountains signify the resurrected and ascended Christ—Ezek. 34:13-14; Col. 1:12.

C. The Lord brings His sheep back to the streams, signifying the life-giving Spirit, and He feeds His flock by the streams, signifying His feeding the believers with His riches—Ezek. 34:13; Rev. 22:1-2a; 1 Cor. 12:13; Psa. 36:8.

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D. The Lord brings His sheep back to the good and rich pasture, signifying Christ as our life supply, and causes them to lie down, indicating that He gives them inward rest—Ezek. 34:14-15; Psa. 23:2; John 10:9; Matt. 11:28-30. 

E. The Lord binds up the broken one and strengthens the sick one; through His cherishing and nourishing, He causes every weak sheep to become a horse of majesty in battle—Ezek. 34:16a; Zech. 10:3; 11:7.

F. The Lord exercises righteous judgments to clear away all the unjust things among Gods recovered people; the One who nourishes us and supplies us causes us to have an accurate sense concerning our relationship with others; when we have such a sense, we judge ourselves, and as a result, we have a genuine oneness with the saints as one flock—Ezek. 34:17-22; Col. 3:15.

G. Christ as the real David is set up as the Shepherd to feed us and cause us to be filled and satisfied; He takes care of us, including all our problems and responsibilities and every aspect of our living; the issue of the Lords caring for us as our Shepherd is that we obey Him as our King and come under His kingship—Ezek. 34:23; Psa. 23; Rev. 7:17; 22:1-2a.

§ Day 6

H. As we experience the Lords shepherding and remain under His kingship, we enjoy His covenant of peace, which is secure and unchanging, and are no longer subject to spiritual troubles and disturbances—Ezek. 37:24-28:

1. Under His shepherding, all the evil beasts, evil persons, are kept away from the Lords recovered people—34:25a; cf. Acts 20:28-29; Phil. 3:2-3.

2. The Lord breaks our yoke, delivers us from slavery, and promises that we will not be a prey to the enemy but will dwell in peace and safety—Ezek. 34:25b, 27b-28.

I. Through the experience of the Lords shepherding, Gods recovered people have Gods presence, God is among them, and they are before God; this portrays the perfect fellowship with God—the fellowship in oneness—in the mingling of God and man, in which we are one with God and He is one with us—vv. 30-31.

J. Through His shepherding, the Lord brings us into the enjoyment of His blessing and causes us to become a source of blessing under the showers of blessing—vv. 26-27a, 29; Gen. 12:2-3; Rom. 15:29; 2 Cor. 1:12, 15;
Zech. 10:1:

1. The blessing in Numbers 6:23-27, like that in 2 Corinthians 13:14, is the eternal blessing of the Triune God, which is the Triune God dispensing Himself in His Divine Trinity into us for our enjoyment.

2. In order to receive the Lords blessing, we must practice the oneness, and the practice of the oneness is the one accord—Psa. 133; Eph. 4:3-4a; Acts 1:14; 2:46; Rom. 15:5-6.