晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W07-3)
第七週 • 週三
晨興餧養
林後四6~7 …神…照在我們心裏，為着光照人，使人認識那顯在耶穌基督面上之神的榮耀。但我們有這寶貝在瓦器裏，要顯明這超越的能力，是屬於神，不是出於我們。
三18 但我們眾人既然以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，好像鏡子觀看並返照主的榮光，就漸漸變化成為與祂同樣的形像…。
保羅告訴我們，我們是瓦器，而主耶穌在我們裏面是寶貝〔林後四7〕。但這節的鑰匙是前一節：『為着光照人，使人認識那顯在耶穌基督面上之神的榮耀。』（6）這節的『面』，在希臘文裏和二章十節的『面』同字，是指眼睛周圍部分的標示。…我們永不會覺得有寶貝在我們裏面，直到我們看到耶穌的面。當我們享受祂的同在，我們就覺得祂在我們裏面是何等的寶貝（李常受文集一九七三至一九七四年第一冊，八一六頁）。
信息選讀
我們都能說我們是瓦器，耶穌是裏面的寶貝。但我們可能只是這樣說，而裏面沒有任何實際的感覺。只有當我們活在祂面前，注視祂的標示，我們纔會感覺到祂對我們是這樣的寶貝。在整個宇宙中，沒有一件事像觀看耶穌的面那樣寶貴。這是一件個人經歷和享受的事。我們越活在祂面前，我們就越覺得主耶穌的寶貴。這就是對祂內住的享受。這位耶穌就住在我們裏面。這是活的實際，不只是一個說法而已。
假如我們都學習棄絕我們的舊人位，藉着觀看耶穌的面的標示，享受祂的同在，而接受祂作我們的人位，我們就會有一種甜美的感覺，覺得內住耶穌的寶貴。這會使我們發光照耀，這一種照耀就是祂榮耀的返照。我能保證，如果你有這種經歷，其他人就會看出你是多麼發光照耀。你不只是快樂，並且是發光照耀。有光從你裏面照耀出來，那就是耶穌的返照。這是保羅對於內住基督的經歷（李常受文集一九七三至一九七四年第一冊，八一六至八一七頁）。
根據林後三章十八節，我們就像鏡子，觀看並返照主的榮光。觀看是我們自己看主，返照是叫別人經過我們看主。我們就像鏡子，觀看並返照主的榮光。…十八節的榮光是指復活並升天之主的榮光；祂是神又是人，經過成為肉體、地上為人生活和釘十字架，進入復活，成就完全的救贖，並成為賜生命的靈，住在我們裏面，使祂和祂所完成、所得着以及所達到的一切，都成為我們的實際，使我們與祂是一，並且變化成為與祂同樣的形像，從榮耀到榮耀。
我們以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，觀看並返照主的榮光，祂就用祂的所是及所作的元素，灌注我們。因此，我們就藉着祂生命的大能，憑祂生命的素質，漸漸新陳代謝地變化，而有祂生命的形狀；並且主要的藉着我們心思的更新（羅十二2），漸漸變化形像，成為祂的形像。
我們這些器皿需要有沒有帕子遮蔽的臉。這就是說，我們需要向神聖的生命連同其能力、素質和形像敞開。我們這樣向主敞開，祂這賜生命的靈就會進到我們全人裏面，將祂生命的素質灌輸到我們裏面，藉祂生命大能在我們裏面運行，把我們塑造成祂的形像。這就是生命的構成，使我們成為新約的執事（哥林多後書生命讀經，七九至八一頁）。
參讀：哥林多後書生命讀經，第八、十篇；李常受文集一九七三至一九七四年第一冊，新約聖經中內住的基督，第十章。
WEEK 7 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
2
Cor. 4:6-7 …God…is the One who shined in our hearts to illuminate the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have
this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be
of God and not out of us.
3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting
like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same
image…
Paul
tells us that we are the vessels, and the Lord Jesus within us is the
treasure [2 Cor. 4:7]. But the key to this verse is the verse preceding
it: “To illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ” (v. 6). In Greek, the word for face is the same word used
for person in 2 Corinthians 2:10, which means the index around the
eyes…We will never sense that we have a treasure within until we see the
face of Jesus. When we are enjoying His presence, we sense that He is
such a precious treasure within us. (CWWL, 1973-1974, vol. 1, “The
Indwelling Christ in the Canon of the New Testament,” p. 597)
Todays Reading
We all can say that we are the earthen vessel, and Jesus is the treasure within. But we can say this without any sense of the reality within us. It is only when we are living in His presence, looking at the index of His being, that we will sense that He is such a treasure to us. In the whole universe there is nothing so precious as to behold the face of Jesus. This is something of personal experience and enjoyment. The more we live in His presence, the more sense we will have of the preciousness of Jesus. This is just the enjoyment of His indwelling. This very Jesus indwells us. This is a living reality, not merely a saying.
If
we would all learn to forsake our old person, taking Him as our person
by looking at the index of His face while enjoying His presence, we
would have a sweet sense of the preciousness of the indwelling Jesus.
This would make us so shining, a shining that is the reflecting of His
glory. I can assure you that if you ever have this kind of experience,
others will see how shining you are. It is not that you are merely
happy, but you are shining. Something from within shines out, and that
is the reflection of Jesus. This was Paul’s experience of the indwelling
Christ. (CWWL, 1973-1974, vol. 1, “The Indwelling Christ in the Canon
of the New Testament,” pp. 597-598)
According
to 2 Corinthians 3:18, we behold and reflect like a mirror the glory of
the Lord. To behold the glory of the Lord is to see the Lord ourselves;
to reflect the glory of the Lord is to enable others to see Him through
us. We are like mirrors beholding and reflecting the glory of the Lord.
The glory in verse 18 is the glory of the Lord, the resurrected and
ascended One, who as both God and man passed through incarnation, human
living on the earth, and crucifixion, entered into resurrection,
accomplished full redemption, and became a lifegiving Spirit. As the
life-giving Spirit, He dwells in us to make Himself and all that He has
accomplished, obtained, and attained real to us, that we may be one with
Him and be transformed into the same image from glory to glory.
When
we with unveiled face are beholding and reflecting the glory of the
Lord, He infuses us with the elements of what He is and what He has
done. Thus we are being transformed metabolically to have His life shape
by His life power with His life essence; that is, we are being
transfigured, mainly by the renewing of our mind (Rom. 12:2), into His
image.
As
vessels, we need to have an unveiled face; that is, we need to be open
to the divine life with its power, essence, and shape. As we open to the
Lord, He as the life-giving Spirit enters into our being to infuse His
life essence into us, to operate within us by His life power, and to
shape us into His image. This is the constitution of life to make us
ministers of the new covenant. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 69-70)
Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msgs. 8, 10; CWWL, 1973- 1974, vol. 1, “The Indwelling Christ in the Canon of the New Testament,” ch. 10
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