晨興聖言-信徒(一)-(W11-3)
第十一週 • 週三
晨興餧養
啟十二5 婦人生了一個男孩子，是將來要用鐵杖轄管萬國的；她的孩子被提到神和祂的寶座那裏去了。
11 弟兄們勝過他，是因羔羊的血，並因自己所見證的話，他們雖至於死，也不愛自己的魂生命。
信徒的另一個象徵是由宇宙、光明的婦人所生的男孩子（啟十二5）。…歷代以來，神子民當中總有一些較剛強的人。在聖經裏這些人被視為一個集體單位—男孩子—為神爭戰，將神的國帶到地上。在聖經中，女人象徵較輭弱的，男人象徵較剛強的（彼前三7）；因此啟示錄十二章五節的男孩子，象徵神子民中較剛強的部分（新約總論第五冊，一九五至一九六頁）。
信息選讀
要成為婦人裏面較剛強的部分，關鍵就是我們得加強到裏面的人〔就是在我們那為聖靈所內住之重生的靈〕裏〔弗三16〕。在以弗所三章十八節保羅繼續禱告，使我們『滿有力量，能和眾聖徒一同領畧何為那闊、長、高、深』。…我們必須得着加力，以認識我們基督豐富的量度。為了作男孩子，我們不僅要得加強到裏面的人裏，也要接受基督一切豐富的滋養。
成為婦人裏面較剛強部分的路，就是得加強到我們裏面的人裏；得着加力，以經歷基督的豐富；並且藉着穿戴包羅萬有的基督為我們的軍裝，而成為剛強的人〔16、18，六10~11〕。
爭戰的路就是藉着各樣的禱告取用神的話。…與仇敵爭戰最有效的辦法就是禱讀聖經，禱讀經文最好的一段就是以弗所書。…不要想去瞭解以弗所書，乃要禱讀這卷書，甚至以兩週時間把整卷書禱讀過。若是這樣，你就能見證說，你正成為婦人裏面較剛強的部分。
以弗所六章的話…是劍，…但這把劍並不是殺你，乃是擊殺仇敵和你裏面一切消極的東西。我們若要與諸天界裏執政的、掌權的爭戰，就先要殺死我們裏面所有的『臭蟲』。
構成男孩子的弟兄們與撒但爭戰，並且至終勝過他。他們勝過撒但是因着三樣東西：羔羊的血、他們所見證的話以及雖至於死也不愛惜自己的魂生命。
那為着救贖我們之羔羊的血，在神面前答覆魔鬼對我們一切的控告，使我們勝過他。每當我們感覺魔鬼的控告，就需要應用這血。
他們勝過仇敵，也是因『自己所見證的話』〔啟十二11〕。這就是他們見證魔鬼已經受主審判的話。每當我們感覺魔鬼的控告，就當開口見證主如何對付了他。我們必須發聲宣告，主勝過了撒但。我們…要向撒但講道，說，『撒但，你不知道你已經被釘在十字架上了麼？你已經受了審判，你的定命就是火湖！』這就是你口訴的見證。
弟兄們勝過仇敵，也是因他們不愛自己的魂生命。因着亞當墮落，撒但就和人的魂生命，就是人的己聯合（太十六23~24）。因此，我們要勝過撒但，就當不愛自己的魂生命，倒要恨惡並否認（路十四26，九23）。那些構成男孩子的得勝信徒，『雖至於死，也不愛自己的魂生命。』只有那些不愛自己魂生命的人，纔甘心殉道。我們必須恨惡我們的己（啟示錄生命讀經，六○六至六○九、四九八、五○一、五○三至五○四頁）。
參讀：啟示錄生命讀經，第二十九至三十、三十五至三十六、四十五至四十六、四十八篇。
WEEK 11 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Rev. 12:5 And she brought forth a son, a man-child, who is to shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne.
11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they loved not their soul-life even unto death.
Another symbol of the believers is that of the man-child (Rev. 12:5) brought forth by the universal, bright woman. Throughout all generations there have been some stronger ones among God’s people. In the Bible these are considered a collective unit—the man-child—fighting the battle for God and bringing God’s kingdom down to earth. In the Bible the woman signifies the weaker one and the man the stronger one (1 Pet. 3:7). Hence, the man- child in Revelation 12:5 signifies the stronger part of God’s people. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1223-1224)
Todays Reading
The key to becoming the stronger part within the woman is being strengthened into our inner man [Eph. 3:16], [which is our regenerated spirit indwelt by the Holy Spirit]. In verse 18 Paul continues to pray that we would “be full of strength to apprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and height and depth are.” We must be empowered to know the dimensions of the riches of our Christ. In order to be the man-child, we must be not only strengthened into our inner man but also nourished with all the riches of Christ.
The way to become the stronger part within the woman is to be strengthened into our inner man, to be empowered to experience the riches of Christ, and to be strong through putting on the all-inclusive Christ as our armor [vv. 16, 18; 6:10-11].
The way to fight is to take the word of God by means of all prayer…The most effective way to war against the enemy is to pray-read the Word, and the best portion of the Word to pray-read is the book of Ephesians…Instead of trying to understand the book of Ephesians, you should pray-read it, even covering the whole book in two weeks. If you do this, you will be able to testify that you are becoming the stronger part within the woman.
The word in Ephesians 6 is a sword…This sword does not kill you— it slays the enemy and all the negative things within you. If we would fight against the rulers and authorities in the heavenlies, we must first kill all the “bugs” within us.
The brothers who constitute the man-child fight Satan and eventually overcome him. They overcome Satan by three things: by the blood of the Lamb, by the word of their testimony, and by loving not their soul-life even unto death.
The blood of the Lamb, which is for our redemption, answers before God all the accusations of the devil against us and gives us the victory over him. We need to apply this blood whenever we sense the accusation of the devil.
They also overcame the enemy by “the word of their testimony” [Rev. 12:11]. This is their word testifying that the devil has been judged by the Lord. Whenever we sense the devil’s accusation, we should verbally testify how the Lord has already dealt with him. We must declare the Lord’s victory over him with the uttered word…You need to preach to Satan, saying, “Satan, don’t you know that you have been crucified on the cross? You have been judged, and your destination is the lake of fire.” This is the testimony of your verbal word.
The brothers also overcame the enemy by not loving their soul-life. Because of Adam’s fall, Satan has joined himself to man’s soul-life, man’s self (Matt. 16:23-24). Hence, to overcome him we must not love our soul-life but rather hate it and deny it (Luke 14:26; 9:23). The overcoming believers who constitute the man-child do not love their soul-life even unto death. Those who do not love their soul-life are willing to be martyred. We must hate our self. (Life-study of Revelation, pp. 499-501, 407, 409-412)
Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msgs. 29—30, 35—36, 45— 46, 48
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