晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W11-2)
第十一週 • 週二
晨興餧養
林前三12 然而，若有人用金、銀、寶石，木、草、禾秸，在這根基上建造。
16~17 豈不知你們是神的殿，神的靈住在你們裏面麼？若有人毀壞神的那殿，神必要毀壞這人，因為神的那殿是聖的，你們就是這殿。
一顆正當的星有一定的位置和固定的軌道。它是一直堅定在它的軌道上。但有些星沒有固定的位置和軌道，它們是流蕩的星。…你若是跟隨他們，你就被帶迷路了；到頭來你都不知道要往那裏去。…他們沒有立場，沒有立足點，沒有確定的路與主一同往前去。他們今天這樣說，明天又那樣說。…要當心！我們永遠無法藉着跟隨一顆流蕩的星來尋得耶穌（李常受文集一九七○年第一冊，三九二頁）。
信息選讀
以西結二十五至三十二章說到圍繞以色列國的七國。…這七國分為三組。頭四國—亞捫、摩押、以東、非利士—形成第一組；推羅、西頓是第二組；埃及單獨是一組。
亞捫人…高興三件事：聖所被褻瀆，美地變荒涼，猶大家被遷徙離去。這指明他們恨聖所、聖地和猶大家。…按照豫表說，…聖所表徵基督，美地表徵在基督裏神一切豐富的恩典，猶大家表徵召會。今天的亞捫人恨這三件事；他們恨基督，恨在基督裏神的恩典，並且恨召會。
摩押人說，『看哪，猶大家與列國無異。』（二五8）…這表徵有一種人喜歡把召會拖去與世界聯結，喜歡使召會與列國一樣。
以東人是雅各的哥哥以掃的後裔。因此，在血緣上，以東和以色列的眾子是堂兄弟。以東表徵舊人；他表徵作為舊人的我們。我們未重生的舊人是以東；我們重生的新人是以色列。就一面的意義，我們可以說，我們的舊人和我們的新人是『堂兄弟』，因為他們彼此是很近的。
根據以西結書的記載，以東對以色列充滿了恨，不斷找機會報仇雪恨。我們在我們的舊人裏就是這樣。我們的舊人恨召會。…你豈沒有發現，你是兩個人？一面，你是真以色列人，寶愛召會；另一面，你也是真以東人，恨惡召會。有時候你愛召會和所有帶領的人，但有時候你恨召會和所有的長老。
推羅豫表尋求屬世財富的人，他們想要賺錢致富。為了買賣，他們願意犧牲一切與主有關的事。他們不顧主的權益，只顧自己的資財、富有和買賣。
我們看〔見有〕七種破壞召會生活的人。有些是反對召會，厭恨基督、神的救恩和神恩典的。這些人是『亞捫人』。另有些人偷進召會，想要把召會拖去與世界聯結，使召會與世界一樣。這些人是『摩押人』。然後有『以東人』，就是舊人，和『非利士人』，就是天然的人。『推羅人』尋求世界的財富，『西頓人』因着尋求富有，成了召會的荊棘和蒺藜。最後還有『埃及人』，他們向神是獨立的，尋求屬世的財富，發展自己的資源以致資財豐富，也成為別人供應的來源。這些不同的人，都能破壞召會生活。我們都必須受警惕，好叫我們沒有一人成為這七班人（以西結書生命讀經，二○三至二○七、二○九、二一一頁）。
參讀：以西結書生命讀經，第十五至十六篇。
WEEK 11 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
1 Cor. 3:12 But if anyone builds upon the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stubble.
16-17 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him; for the temple of God is holy, and such are you.
A proper star has a certain position and fixed orbit. It continues in its course steadfastly. However, there are some stars with no fixed position or orbit; they are wandering stars…If you follow them, you will be misled; eventually, you will not know where to go…They have no ground; they have no standing; they have no certain way to go on with the Lord. Today they say one thing, and tomorrow they will say something different…We need to be careful. We cannot find Jesus by following a wandering star. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, “New Testament Service,” p. 292)
Todays Reading
Ezekiel 25—32 speaks of seven nations that surrounded the nation of Israel…These seven nations are divided into three groups. The first four nations—Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia—form the first group; Tyre and Sidon make up the second group; and Egypt stands alone.
The Ammonites…were happy about three things: the sanctuary being desecrated, the good land being desolated, and the house of Judah being carried away. This indicates that they hated the sanctuary, the Holy Land, and the house of Judah. According to typology…the sanctuary signifies Christ, the good land signifies all of God’s rich grace in Christ, and the house of Judah signifies the church. Today’s Ammonites hate these three things. They hate Christ, they hate the grace of God in Christ, and they hate the church.
The Moabites said, “Look, the house of Judah is just like all the other nations!” (25:8)…Thus, they signify those who desire to bring the church into an association with the world and to make the church the same as the nations.
Edom was the son of Esau, the brother of Jacob. Therefore, Edom and the sons of Israel were cousins. Edom signifies the old man; he signifies us as the old man. Our unregenerated old man is Edom, and our regenerated new man is Israel. We may say that, in a sense, our old man and our new man are “cousins,” for they are quite close to each other.
According to the record of Ezekiel, Edom was full of hatred toward Israel, continually seeking revenge and vengeance. This is the way we are in our old man. Our old man hates the church…Have you not discovered that you are two men? On the one hand, you are a real Israelite loving the church; on the other hand, you are also a real Edomite, hating the church. Sometimes you love the church and all the leading ones, but at other times you hate the church and all the elders.
Tyre typifies those who are seeking worldly wealth, those who desire to make a great deal of money and to be rich. They will sacrifice everything related to the Lord for the sake of their business. They do not care for the Lord’s interest but care only for their wealth, riches, and business.
[These] seven kinds of people…can damage the church life. Some are against the church, hating Christ, God’s salvation, and God’s grace. These are the “Ammonites.” Others creep into the church and try to bring the church into association with the world and to make the church the same as the world. These are the “Moabites.” Then there are the “Edomites,” the old man, and the “Philistines,” the natural man. The “Tyrians” seek the riches of the world, and the “Sidonians” become briers and thorns to the church due to the seeking of riches. Finally, there are the “Egyptians,” those who, independent of God, seek worldly riches by developing their own resources to be rich in supply and to be a source of supply for others. These are the different people who can be a damage to the church life. We all need to be on the alert that none of us would become these kinds of persons. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 164-168, 170)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msgs. 15—16
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