晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W10-3)

第十週 • 週三

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晨興餧養

約十二24 我實實在在的告訴你們,一粒麥子不落在地裏死了,仍舊是一粒;若是死了,就結出許多子粒來。

   32  我若從地上被舉起來,就要吸引萬人來歸我。


當我們被模成基督的死,我們就經歷祂成就一切的死。首先,我們若與基督同死,就要保守自己的魂生命歸入永遠的生命(約十二25)。其次,我們若願意模成基督的死,我們將會勝過世界並擊敗撒但(31,來二14)。第三,藉着模成基督的死,我們就在祂的死裏經歷祂,使生命得以釋放、分賜並繁增(約十二24~26,林後四12)。我們需要模成基督的死,好使我們裏面神聖的生命得着釋放,並分授到別人裏面,使神聖的生命繁增。第四,當我們模成基督的死,我們裏面神聖的生命自然而然會得着釋放,父神這生命的源頭就得着榮耀。因此,我們越模成基督的死,就越榮耀父(約十二28,十三31)。…第五,藉着基督在十字架上的死,人被吸引歸向基督(十二32)。真實的吸引是在於祂的死。當我們經歷基督的死,並且模成祂的死,我們就成為吸引人歸向基督的磁石。…這種吸引來自生命的釋放;這是釘十字架的生命,同其吸引的能力(新約總論第十二冊,三六至三七頁)。

信息選讀

我們要模成基督的死,就必須背十字架,接受舊人釘十字架的事實,把肉體連肉體的邪情私欲釘十字架,治死身體的行為,否認己,喪失魂,並且經歷與基督同死,脫離世上的蒙學。這裏有六件消極的事需要對付:舊人、罪的身體、肉體連肉體的邪情私欲、身體的行為、己和魂(天然生命)。…在基督之死的模型裏,找不着這六件事的痕迹。事實上,模成基督的死就是對付這六件消極的事。這些事越受對付,我們就越模成基督的死,越模成神長子的形像(真理課程三級卷三,七二頁)。

我們需要忘記關於改良行為的教訓。不要想去愛人、控制脾氣,或者想要去作好丈夫或好妻子。反之,要竭力模成基督的死。…你惟一需要作的,就是模成基督的死。…我沒有負擔幫助你們控制脾氣,或者作好妻子、好丈夫。我的負擔是要囑咐你們模成基督的死。當你想要愛某人時,要模成基督的死;當你快要發脾氣時,要模成基督的死;當你想要往某地,或要作某事時,要模成基督的死。你只要模成基督的死。不信者無法模成基督的死,因為他們沒有聖靈在他們裏面。但我們有聖靈在裏面,並且我們已經由神聖的生命所重生,我們就能模成基督的死。

我們需要看見異象,就是神的經綸不在於倫理或宗教,乃在於模成基督的死。這就是說,我們需要被埋葬,一直留在死裏以模成基督的死。…我們常常照着天然的生命生活行事,甚至在作屬靈的事或合乎聖經的事上也是如此。我們可能照着聖經行事,但作的時候卻沒有模成基督的死,反而是在天然的生命裏。要基督徒不作惡事很容易,但是要模成基督的死,不憑自己天然的生命作任何事,卻非常困難。大約五十年前,我離棄了罪惡的事,但我現在仍在學習如何模成基督的死(李常受文集一九七八年第一冊,六二二頁)。

參讀:真理課程三級卷三,第四十五課。

WEEK 10 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

John 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

            32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.

As we are conformed to Christ’s death, we experience His allaccomplishing death. First, if we die with Christ, we will keep our soul-life unto eternal life (John 12:25). Second, if we are willing to be conformed to Christ’s death, we will overcome the world and defeat Satan (v. 31; Heb. 2:14). Third, by being conformed to His death, we experience Christ in His death for the release, impartation, and multiplication of life (John 12:24-26; 2 Cor. 4:12). We need to be conformed to the death of Christ so that the divine life within us may be released and imparted into others and thereby multiplied. Fourth, when we are conformed to the death of Christ, spontaneously the divine life within us will be released, and God the Father, the source of this life, will be glorified. Hence, the more we are conformed to Christ’s death, the more we glorify the Father (John 12:28; 13:31)…Fifth, through His death on the cross, people are drawn to Christ (12:32). The real attraction is in His dying. When we die the death of Christ and are conformed to His death, we will be a magnet drawing others to Christ…Such an attraction comes through the release of life; this is the crucified life with its attracting power. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3508-3509)

Todays Reading

For us to be conformed to the death of Christ, we need to bear the cross, accept the fact that the old man has been crucified, crucify the flesh with its passions and lusts, put to death the practices of the body, deny the self, lose the soul, and also experience dying with Christ to be freed from the elements of the world. Here are six negative things that must be dealt with: the old man, the body of sin, the flesh with its passions and lusts, the practices of the body, the self, and the soul (the natural life)…In the mold of Christ’s death no trace of these six things can be found. In actuality, to be conformed to Christ’s death is to deal with these six negative things. The more these things are dealt with, the more we are conformed to Christ’s death and the more we are conformed to the image of God’s firstborn Son. (Truth Lessons—Level Three, vol. 3, p. 61)

We need to forget the teachings about the improvement of behavior. Do not try to love others, to control your temper, or to be a good husband or wife. Instead, endeavor to be conformed to Christ’s death…The only thing you need to do is to be conformed to the death of Christ…I have no burden to help you control your temper or be a good wife or husband. My burden is to charge you to be conformed to the death of Christ. As you are about to love someone, be conformed to His death. As you are about to lose your temper, be conformed to His death. As you are about to go somewhere or do something, be conformed to His death. Simply be conformed to the death of Christ. Unbelievers cannot be conformed to Christ’s death because they do not have the Holy Spirit within them. But because we have the Holy Spirit within us and because we have been regenerated with the divine life, we can be conformed to the death of Christ.

We need to see the vision that God’s economy is not a matter of ethics or religion but of being conformed to the death of Christ. This means that we need to be buried and remain always in death to be conformed to Christ’s death…Often we live and act in a natural way, even in doing spiritual things or scriptural things. We may act according to the Scriptures, but we are not conformed to the death of Christ in doing so. Rather, we are in our natural life. It is easy for Christians to give up evil things, but it is very difficult to be conformed to the death of Christ and not to do anything by our natural life. Nearly fifty years ago I gave up the sinful things, but I am still learning how to be conformed to Christ’s death. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” pp. 479-480)

Further Reading: Truth Lessons—Level Three, vol. 3, lsn. 45

 

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