晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W10-5)

第十週 • 週五

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晨興餧養

腓一21   因為在我,活着就是基督,死了就有益處。

約十一25 耶穌對她說,我是復活,我是生命…。


活基督就是活傑出的復活;這該是我們的標竿。…我們的言語和行為必須在復活裏。…問題不在於事情的對或錯,乃在於是否在復活裏。這給我們看見,活基督就是活傑出的復活,亦即活一種絕對在舊造之外,並絕對在神裏面的生活。

傑出的復活裏毫無舊造的成分,反而滿了神聖的成分。人與一個活在傑出復活裏的人同在時,會感受到神,就是這個原因。這樣一個人的生活,他的言語、行為,乃是在復活裏。這就是我們日常生活中傑出的復活。…保羅就是竭力追求這種生活。當他宣告他渴望認識基督並祂復活的大能,使他或者可以達到傑出復活的時候,他心裏所想的就是這個〔參腓三10~11〕。我們需要禱告說,『主耶穌,我現在愛你和從前愛你不一樣。…我在你面前,決心要竭力追求你這傑出的復活。我盼望我生活裏的一切都脫離舊造,而在神裏面。』(新約總論第十二冊,三九至四○頁)

信息選讀

『傑出的復活』這辭的意思是,我們全人的每一部分都要復活。…基督徒的生活行動包括一段漫長的過程,我們需要走一段漫長的路。這生活行動的終點就是我們需要達到的目標,…傑出的復活。…達到傑出的復活乃是模成基督之死的結果。模成基督的死,意即我們總是留在祂的死裏。我們若留在基督的死裏,讓自己模成這死的樣式,結果就是我們全人的每一部分都要進入復活。

我們的復活開始於我們的重生。作為罪人,我們都是老亞當的一部分。我們每一方面都是老舊的;…但是當我們相信主耶穌,有一種新的成分進到我們裏面。神的聖靈進來,用神的生命重生了我們。因此,藉着重生,我們老舊、死沉的靈就復活了。聖經說當我們得救時,我們是活過來了(弗二5)。我們得救以前,原是死在過犯並罪之中(1,西二13)。但是當我們相信了主耶穌,神的聖靈就來用神聖的生命點活我們死沉的靈。那時,我們全人的一部分,就是我們的靈,復活過來了。但我們全人其他的部分,就如我們的心思、情感、意志和心如何?我們在靈裏重生時,這些部分尚未復活。然而,神的目標是要我們全人都復活。

有一天〔一位弟兄〕可能看見他對妻子的愛不該是天然的愛。因此他會禱告說,『主,我承認我對妻子的愛一直是天然的愛。求你賜給我恩典,使我對妻子過一種釘十字架的生活。』這就是在愛妻子這特別一件事上被模成基督的死。幾天以後,他看見甚至他與聖徒的接觸都是太天然了。…所以,他禱告並向主承認這事,求主施恩典,使他不再照他天然的生命牧養聖徒。他可能禱告說,『主,我要模成你的死。我要像你一樣過釘十字架的生活。當你在地上時,你不照着天然的生命愛人或關心人。你所作的一切都在復活裏。主,給我恩典,從現在起,叫我不在天然的生命裏牧養你的聖徒,而是在你裏面牧養聖徒。』藉着這個經歷,他也在這件事上模成基督的死。一項又一項,他模成基督的死。他越這樣模成基督的死,他的全人就越得着復活。在愛妻子和牧養聖徒的事上,他都經歷復活(李常受文集一九七八年第一冊,六一五至六二○頁)。

參讀:經歷基督,第十九章。

WEEK 10 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

Phil. 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life…

To live Christ is to live the out-resurrection; this should be our goal…Our deeds and words must be in resurrection…The question is not whether a particular thing is right or wrong but whether or not it is in resurrection. This shows that to live Christ is to live the out-resurrection, to live a life absolutely outside of the old creation and in God.

In the out-resurrection there is no element of the old creation. Instead, everything is full of the divine element. This is the reason that people sense God when they are with a person who lives in the out-resurrection… His deeds and words [are] in resurrection. This is the out-resurrection in our daily life…Paul was pursuing this kind of living. This is what he had in mind when he declared that his desire was to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and by any means to attain to the out-resurrection [cf. Phil. 3:10-11]. We need to pray, “Lord Jesus, I love You in a way that I have never loved You before…In Your presence I resolve to pursue You as the outresurrection. I want everything in my life to be outside of the old creation and in God.” (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3511)

Todays Reading

This term out-resurrection means that every part of our being will be resurrected…The Christian walk involves a long process, and it takes us a long way. At the end of this walk is the goal at which we need to arrive,…the out-resurrection. Arriving at the out-resurrection is the result, the issue, of being conformed to Christ’s death. To be conformed, molded, to the death of Christ means that we remain always in His death. If we remain in Christ’s death, allowing ourselves to be molded into its likeness, the outcome will be that every part of our being will be gradually resurrected.

Our resurrection began with our regeneration. As sinners, we were all part of the old Adam. In every respect we were old…But when we believed in the Lord Jesus, something new entered into us. The Holy Spirit of God came in to regenerate us with the life of God. Thus, by regeneration our old, deadened spirit was resurrected. The Bible says that when we were saved, we were made alive (Eph. 2:5). Before we were saved, we were dead in offenses and sins (v. 1; Col. 2:13). But when we believed in the Lord Jesus, the Holy Spirit of God came in to enliven our deadened spirit with the divine life. At that time, part of our being, our spirit, was resurrected. But what about the other parts of our being, such as our mind, emotion, will, and heart? When we were regenerated in our spirit, these parts were not yet resurrected. Nevertheless, God’s goal is to resurrect our whole being.

One day [a brother] may come to see that his love for his wife should not be a natural love. Thus, he may pray, “Lord, I confess that my love for my wife has been a natural love. Grant me the grace to live a crucified life with my wife.” This is to be conformed to Christ’s death in the particular matter of loving his wife. Several days later he may realize that even his contact with the saints has been too natural…Therefore, he prays and confesses this matter to the Lord, asking Him for the grace to no longer shepherd the saints according to his natural life. He may pray, “Lord, I want to be conformed to Your death. Like You, I want to live a crucified life. When You were on earth, You did not love people or care for them according to the natural life. Everything You did was in resurrection. Lord, grant me the grace that from now on I will not shepherd Your saints in my natural life but in You.” Through this experience he becomes conformed to the death of Christ in this matter also. Item by item, he is conformed to Christ’s death. The more he is conformed to Christ’s death in this way, the more his being is resurrected. In loving his wife and in shepherding the saints, he is resurrected. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” pp. 475-478)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Experience of Christ,” ch. 19

 

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