晨興聖言-亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神-(W2-1)

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徒七 2 ~ 4『…我們的祖宗亞伯拉罕…,榮耀的神向他顯現,對他說,「你要從你本地和你親族中出來,往我所要指示你的地去。」他就從迦勒底人之地出來,住在哈蘭。他父親死了以後,神使他從那裏遷到你們現在所住之地。』

在聖經裏,我們找不到另一個人像亞伯拉罕那樣多次與神接觸,有神向他顯現,並對他說話。在神對待亞伯拉罕的事上,神啓示祂自己是怎樣的一位神。在出埃及三章十五節,神宣告祂是亞伯拉罕的神,但沒有說到細節。乃是在神對待亞伯拉罕的許多事上,神所是的細節纔揭示出來。

亞伯拉罕的神乃是榮耀的神。…神在榮耀裏向他顯現爲榮耀的神。(徒七 2 ~ 4 上。)神的榮耀就是神自己彰顯出來。…如果神顯現出來,那就是榮耀。神在祂顯現裏的榮耀,可能含示一種輝煌,光明而照耀。(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第四册,一二六至一二七頁。)

信息選讀

榮耀的神向亞伯拉罕第一次顯現以及第一次呼召並第一次說話時,對亞伯拉罕如同巨大的磁石和極大的推動力,使他從屬撒但拜偶像的國出來。(創十一31。)…亞伯拉罕受了吸引,但創世記給我們看見,他沒有絕對並情願的答應神的呼召。…乃是他的父親帶頭,他跟從。但事實上,激動亞伯拉罕遷離撒但拜偶像之國的那個吸力和動力乃是神。神若沒有來向亞伯拉罕顯爲榮耀的神,亞伯拉罕是不會採取這樣的行動的。那個顯現吸引了他,推動了他。(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第四册,一二七頁。)

在神的稱義裏,神呼召墮落的人離開一切,歸向祂自己。所以,神呼召亞伯拉罕時,沒有告訴他該往那裏去,因爲祂的心意是要帶亞伯拉罕歸向祂自己。亞伯拉罕的心必須時時刻刻,一步一步的緊聯於神。他必須爲着每個行動信靠神,一刻也不離開祂的同在。換句話說,亞伯拉罕必須與神是一。

神呼召亞伯拉罕離開迦勒底的吾珥以後,就訓練亞伯拉罕相信祂。…相信神的意思就是信入神,並使我們自己與神成爲一。在這樣的信裏,人承認他一無所是,一無所有,也一無所能。…相信神的意思是了結自己,並讓神成爲我們這人,讓神成爲我們所該是的一切。從我們起初相信祂的時候,我們就該一無所是。我們該完全被了結,並讓神在我們裏面作一切。

人這樣蒙神呼召,活神就將祂自己傳輸到人裏面。傳輸這辭很重要,描述神呼召人時所發生的事。活神自然而然將祂自己傳輸到蒙召的人裏面。結果,他就受神吸引並歸向神。不知不覺,活神的某種元素、某種素質傳輸到他裏面,他就藉着相信神而對神有反應;這反應就是信。

信不是起源於我們,乃是來自神。信不是與基督分開的,因爲信實際上就是基督親自將祂自己傳輸到我們裏面,並在我們裏面產生反應。…神將祂自己傳輸到我們裏面。我們一旦有這傳輸,神的素質滲透我們這人,我們就會經歷屬靈的注入。神的元素這樣注入,會浸透並彌漫我們這人。傳輸帶進注入,這注入用神的元素彌漫我們。…亞伯拉罕的確被榮耀之神的顯現所吸引。被吸引的意思是,神將祂自己傳輸到亞伯拉罕裏面,而他並不知道,也不覺得。…我們若在祂之下坐一小時,祂就會傳輸到我們裏面。這傳輸會引起注入、浸透和彌漫。(羅馬書生命讀經,九○至九一、一○四、一○六頁。)

參讀:羅馬書生命讀經,第七篇。

WEEK 2 — DAY 1

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Morning Nourishment

Acts 7:2-4 …The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham…and said to him, “Come out from your land and from your relatives, and come into the land which I will show you.” Then he came forth from the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, after his father died, He removed him into this land, in which you now dwell.

In the Bible we cannot see another person whom God contacted, appeared to, and spoke to as much as Abraham. In His dealings with Abraham, God unveiled what kind of God He is. In Exodus 3:15 God declared that He is the God of Abraham but without any details. It was in so many dealings of God with Abraham that the details of what God is were unveiled.

The God of Abraham is the God of glory…God appeared to him in glory as the God of glory (Acts 7:2-4a). God’s glory is God Himself expressed…If God appears, if God is expressed, that is glory. God’s glory in His appearance might imply a kind of splendor, bright and shining. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” p. 95)

Todays Reading

The God of glory in His first appearing to Abraham with His first calling and His first speaking was as a vast magnet and great motivation to Abraham, which moved him to come out of the country of satanic idolatry (Gen. 11:31)…Abraham was attracted, but Genesis shows us that he did not answer God’s call in an absolute and willing way…His father took the lead, and he followed. Actually, though, God was the magnet and motivation that moved Abraham to come out of the country of satanic idolatry. Abraham would not have made this move if God had not come to him as the God of glory. That drew him, attracted him, and motivated him. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” p. 95)

In God’s justification God calls the fallen man out of everything back to Himself. Therefore, when God called Abraham, He did not tell him where he should go, because His intention was to bring Abraham back to Himself. Moment after moment and step after step, Abraham’s heart had to cleave to God. He had to trust in God for every move, not leaving His presence for a moment. In other words, Abraham had to be one with God.

After God called Abraham out of Ur of the Chaldeans, God trained Abraham to believe in Him…Believing in God means to believe into God and to make ourselves one with God. In this kind of believing, a man admits that he is nothing, that he has nothing, and that he can do nothing…Believing in God means to terminate ourselves and to let God be our very being, to let God be all that we should be. From the time we first believe in Him, we should not be anything. We should be completely terminated and allow God to be everything in us.

When a person has been called by God in this way, the living God transfuses Himself into him. This word transfuse is important in describing what transpires at God’s calling. The living God spontaneously transfuses Himself into the called one. As a result, he is attracted by God and to God. Unconsciously, some element, some essence of the living God is transfused into him, and he reacts to God by believing in Him. This reaction is faith.

Faith does not originate with us; it comes from God. Faith is not separate from Christ, for it is actually Christ Himself transfusing Himself into us and producing a reaction within us. God transfuses Himself into us. Once we have this transfusion, we will experience a spiritual infusion as God’s essence infiltrates our being. This infusion of God’s element will saturate and permeate us. Transfusion brings in infusion, and this infusion permeates us with God’s element. It is sure that Abraham was attracted by the appearing of the God of glory. To be attracted simply means that God transfused Himself into Abraham without his realizing it or being conscious of it…If we sit under Him for an hour, He will transfuse Himself into us. This transfusion will cause infusion, saturation, and permeation. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 75-76, 88-89)

Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 7

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