晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W08-2)
第八週 • 週二
晨興餧養
太四4 耶穌卻回答說,經上記着,『人活着不是單靠食物,乃是靠神口裏所出的一切話。』
三11 我是將你們浸在水裏,叫你們悔改;但那在我以後來的,能力比我更大,我就是給祂提鞋也不配,祂要將你們浸在聖靈與火裏。
那試誘者試誘新王,要祂站在神兒子的地位上。但祂用經上的話回答說,『人…』〔太四4〕,指明祂是站在人的地位上對付仇敵。鬼稱耶穌為神的兒子(八29),但邪靈不承認耶穌是在肉體裏來的(約壹四3),因為它們一承認耶穌是人,就是承認自己失敗了。鬼雖然承認耶穌是神的兒子,魔鬼卻不讓人信祂是神的兒子,因為人一旦這樣信,就必得救(約二十31)。
主似乎說,『撒但,不要試誘我自居神的兒子的地位。我在這裏是人。…撒但,我知道你不懼怕神的兒子,但你懼怕人。神所創造要擊敗你,並完成祂旨意的頭一個人,被你擊敗了。因此,神差遣我為第二個人來擊敗你。現在你試誘我離開人的地位,自居神兒子的地位,但我告訴你,撒但,我是以人的身分站在這裏。』(馬太福音生命讀經,一五八至一五九頁)
信息選讀
在〔馬太三章十一節〕約翰似乎說,『我來用水給你們施浸,把你們了結,把你們埋葬。但那在我以後來的,能力比我更大,祂要用聖靈與火給你們施浸。…你們若悔改,祂就要把你們浸入聖靈裏。但你們若仍是毒蛇之種,祂就必定要把你們浸在火湖裏。』
根據上下文,這裏的火不是行傳二章三節的火,那裏的火與聖靈有關;馬太三章十一節的火和十、十二節的火一樣,是火湖的火(啟二十15)。不信的人要在火湖裏遭受永遠的沉淪。…主在聖靈裏的浸,引進了諸天的國,把信祂的人帶進諸天的國裏;祂在火裏的浸,要結束諸天的國,把不信的人丟在火湖裏。因此,主在聖靈裏的浸,基於祂的救贖,是諸天之國的開始;主在火裏的浸,基於祂的審判,是諸天之國的結束。所以,馬太三章十一節有三種浸:在水裏的浸、在靈裏的浸和在火裏的浸。約翰在水裏的浸,引人進入諸天的國。主耶穌在靈裏的浸,在五旬節那天,開始並建立諸天的國,且要使其延續,在這世代的末了達到完成。主在火裏的浸,照着白色大寶座前的審判(啟二十11~15),要結束諸天的國。
〔在馬太三章十二節,〕那些由麥子所表徵的人,裏面有生命,主要把他們浸在聖靈裏,並把他們提去,收在空中的倉裏。那些由糠秕所表徵的人,如十三章二十四至三十節的稗子,裏面沒有生命。主要把他們浸在火裏,把他們扔到火湖裏。
君王耶穌使用兩種浸。…諸天的國開始於五旬節那天。那天君王耶穌把相信的人浸在聖靈裏。藉着在靈裏的浸,諸天的國就開始了。諸天的國要結束於白色大寶座前的審判。那時不信的人要受審判,並被丟在火湖裏,那就是在火裏的浸。這火浸要結束諸天的國(馬太福音生命讀經,一三○至一三二頁)。
參讀:馬太福音生命讀經,第九、十一篇。
WEEK 8 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Matt. 4:4 But He answered and said, It is written, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God.”
3:11 I baptize you in water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He Himself will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire.
The tempter tempted the new King to take His position as the Son of God. But He answered with the word of the Scriptures, “Man…” [Matt. 4:4], indicating that He stood in the position of man to deal with the enemy. The demons addressed Jesus as the Son of God (8:29), but the evil spirits do not confess that Jesus came in the flesh (1 John 4:3), because in confessing Jesus as a man, they admit that they are defeated. Although the demons confess Jesus as the Son of God, the devil will not allow people to believe that He is the Son of God, because in so doing, they will be saved (John 20:31).
The Lord seemed to be saying, “Satan, don’t tempt Me to assume My position as the Son of God. I am here as a man…Satan, I know that you are not afraid of the Son of God, but you are afraid of man. The first man, the man whom God created to defeat you and to fulfill His purpose, was defeated by you. Thus, God sent Me as the second man to defeat you. Now you are tempting Me to leave My position as a man to assume My position as the Son of God. But I tell you, Satan, I am standing here as a man.” (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 129-130)
Todays Reading
In Matthew 3:11 John seemed to be saying, “I have come to baptize you with water, to terminate you, to bury you. But the One who comes after me is stronger than I. He will baptize you in the Spirit and fire…If you repent, He will put you into the Spirit. But if you continue to be the offspring of vipers, He will certainly baptize you in the lake of fire.”
According to the context, “fire” here is not the fire in Acts 2:3, which is related to the Holy Spirit, but is the same fire as in Matthew 3:10 and 12, the fire in the lake of fire (Rev. 20:15), where the unbelievers will suffer eternal perdition… The Lord’s baptism in the Holy Spirit initiated the kingdom of the heavens, bringing His believers into the kingdom of the heavens, whereas His baptism in fire will terminate the kingdom of the heavens, putting the unbelievers into the lake of fire. Hence, the Lord’s baptism in the Holy Spirit, which is based on His redemption, is the beginning of the kingdom of the heavens, whereas His baptism in fire, which is based on His judgment, is the ending of that kingdom. Thus, in Matthew 3:11 there are three kinds of baptisms: the baptism in water, the baptism in the Spirit, and the baptism in fire. The baptism in water by John introduced people to the kingdom of the heavens. The baptism in the Spirit by the Lord Jesus commenced and established the kingdom of the heavens on the day of Pentecost and will carry it on to its consummation at the end of this age. The baptism in fire by the Lord, according to the judgment at the great white throne (Rev. 20:11-15), will conclude the kingdom of the heavens.
[In Matthew 3:12] those typified by the wheat have life within. The Lord will baptize them in the Holy Spirit and, by rapture, gather them into His barn in the air. Those typified by the chaff, like the tares in 13:24-30, are without life. The Lord will baptize them in fire, putting them into the lake of fire.
Jesus the King exercises two kinds of baptism…The beginning of the kingdom of the heavens was on the day of Pentecost. On that day Jesus the King baptized the believers into the Holy Spirit. By that baptism in the Spirit, the kingdom of the heavens began. The kingdom of the heavens will end with the judgment at the great white throne. At that time the unbelievers will be judged and cast into the lake of fire. That will be the baptism in fire. That fire baptism will terminate the kingdom of the heavens. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 105-107)
Further Reading: Life-study of Matthew, msgs. 9, 11
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