晨興聖言-亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神-(W2-2)
第二週■週二
晨興餧養
創十二 2 ~ 3『我必使你成爲大國;我必賜福給你,使你的名爲大;你也要使別人得福。…地上的萬族都必因你得福。』
加三 14『爲叫亞伯拉罕的福,在基督耶穌裏可以臨到外邦人,使我們藉着信,可以接受所應許的那靈。』
在神向亞伯拉罕第二次呼召並第二次說話時,我們看見神也是賜福的神。(創十二 1 ~ 4。)神不僅呼召他,神也應許他,必叫他成爲大國,必叫他的名爲大。…神不僅賜福給他,也使他叫別人得福。這福乃是新約福音的福。(加三 9,14。)…神作爲賜福的神,向亞伯拉罕第二次的呼召並第二次的說話,吸引了亞伯拉罕進入神所應許的美地。(李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第四册,一二七至一二八頁。)
信息選讀
我們的福就是神自己,祂具體化在基督裏,實化爲那靈,爲着分賜到我們裏面,給我們享受。在宇宙中,惟有神自己是福,其他一切都是虛空的虛空。(傳一2。)…我們若有神,就有福。然而,神要成爲我們的福分,這牽涉到一個過程。…這位神的總和,就是經過過程、終極完成、包羅萬有、賜生命、內住的靈。祂這奇妙之靈,乃是從神給我們的福。福音的福乃是那靈,就是經過過程之三一神的總和與集大成。
我們永世屬靈的福,乃是要承受那靈,就是經過過程之三一神的終極完成,作我們的基業。在新天新地的新耶路撒冷裏,我們要享受經過過程的三一神,就是那包羅萬有、終極完成、賜生命的靈。(啓二二 1,約七 37 ~ 39。)甚至今天,最令我們享受的就是內住的靈。
在神完全的福音裏,我們在基督裏不僅接受赦罪、洗淨和潔淨的福,更接受那最大的福,就是三一神—父、子、靈—作爲經過過程、包羅萬有賜生命的靈,極其主觀的住在我們裏面,給我們享受。我們能享受這包羅萬有者作我們每日的分,這是何等的福!
應許給亞伯拉罕之福音的福,乃是包羅萬有的靈,這靈複合着基督的神性、人性、人性生活、包羅萬有的死同其功效、大能的復活同其生命能力、以及升天。這複合的靈就是約翰七章三十九節所說,在耶穌得榮耀之前還沒有的那靈。…聖靈已經有了,但包羅萬有、複合的靈還沒有,因爲在耶穌說這話時,祂尚未得着榮耀,就是尚未釘十字架並復活。(路二四 26。)基督藉着釘十字架與復活,成了賜生命的靈,複合的靈,就是經過過程之三一神的終極完成。
這包羅萬有、複合的靈,由出埃及三十章的聖膏油所豫表;這複合的膏油包含了橄欖油和四種香料。一欣橄欖油與四種香料複合,產生了聖膏油。四種香料—沒藥、肉桂、菖蒲、桂皮—與橄欖油複合,製成複合的膏油。在豫表裏,油表徵神的靈;複合的膏,就是油與四種香料調和,表徵複合的靈。…在出埃及三十章之前,『還沒有』這膏,但在三十章之後,這樣的膏就確實存在了。照樣,在基督釘十字架、復活、並得榮之前,還沒有作爲包羅萬有賜生命之靈的那靈;(約七 39;)但藉着基督釘十字架並復活的過程,油所豫表之神的靈,成了膏所豫表之複合的靈。(新約總論第十一册,五○至五二頁。)
參讀:羅馬書生命讀經,第八篇。
WEEK 2 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 12:2-3 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing…And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.
Gal. 3:14 In order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
God is also seen as the God of blessing in His second calling with His second speaking to Abraham (Gen. 12:1-4). God not only called him but also promised to make of him a great nation and make his name great…God not only blessed him but also made him a blessing to others. This blessing is the blessing of the New Testament gospel (Gal. 3:9, 14)…God’s second calling with His second speaking as the God of blessing attracted Abraham to go into the good land of the divine promise. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 4, “The History of God in His Union with Man,” pp. 95-96)
Todays Reading
Our blessing is God Himself, who is embodied in Christ and realized as the Spirit to be dispensed into us for our enjoyment. In the universe only God Himself is a blessing; all else is vanity of vanities (Eccl. 1:2)…If we have God, we have the blessing. However, God becoming our blessing involved a process…This God in His totality is the processed, consummated, all- inclusive, life-giving, indwelling Spirit. He as the wonderful Spirit is the blessing from God to us. The blessing of the gospel is the Spirit, the sum total and the aggregate of the processed Triune God.
Our spiritual blessing for eternity is to inherit the Spirit, the consummation of the processed Triune God, as our inheritance. In the new heaven and new earth in the New Jerusalem, we will enjoy the processed Triune God, who is the all-inclusive, consummated, life-giving Spirit (Rev. 22:1; John 7:37-39). Even today, the most enjoyable thing to us is the indwelling Spirit.
In the full gospel of God, in Christ we have received not only the blessing of forgiveness, washing, and cleansing; even more, we have received the greatest blessing, the Triune God—the Father, Son, and Spirit—as the processed, all-inclusive life-giving Spirit dwelling in us in a most subjective way for our enjoyment. Oh, what a blessing that we can enjoy such an all- inclusive One as our daily portion!
The blessing of the gospel promised to Abraham is the all-inclusive Spirit, the Spirit compounded with Christ’s divinity, His humanity, His human living, His all-inclusive death with its effectiveness, His powerful resurrection with its life power, and His ascension. This compound Spirit is the Spirit spoken of in John 7:39, the Spirit which was not yet until Jesus was glorified…The Holy Spirit was there, but the all-inclusive, compound Spirit was not yet, because by that time, when Jesus spoke those words, He had not yet been glorified; that is, He had not yet been crucified and resurrected (Luke 24:26). It was through His crucifixion and resurrection that Christ became a life-giving Spirit, the compound Spirit, who is the consummation of the processed Triune God.
The all-inclusive compound Spirit is typified by the holy anointing oil, a compound ointment of olive oil and four spices in Exodus 30. A hin of olive oil was compounded with four spices to produce the holy anointing oil, the holy ointment. The four spices—myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, and cassia— were compounded with the oil to become a compound ointment. In typology oil signifies the Spirit of God, and the compound ointment, the oil blended with four spices, signifies the compound Spirit…Before Exodus 30 this compound was “not yet,” but after Exodus 30 such an ointment was definitely in existence. In like manner, before Christ was crucified, resurrected, and glorified, the Spirit as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit was not yet (John 7:39). But through the process of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection the Spirit of God, typified by the oil, became the compound Spirit, typified by the ointment. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3290-3291)
Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 8
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