晨興聖言-亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神-(W5-4)
第五週■週四
晨興餧養
來四 16『所以我們只管坦然無懼的來到施恩的寶座前，爲要受憐憫，得恩典，作應時的幫助。』
啓二二 1『天使又指給我看在城內街道當中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，從神和羔羊的寶座流出來。』
我們若要接受並享受恩典，就需要領悟我們的靈是我們能經歷恩典惟一的地方。正如我們使用電只需要打開開關，我們要接觸運行並塗抹的那靈，也惟有在我們的靈裏。你若想接受恩典並享受恩典，不要運用你的心思、情感或意志。反之，要轉向你的靈並運用你的靈。
〔希伯來四章十六節的〕施恩的寶座不只在天上，也在我們靈裏。…我們可以來到施恩的寶座前這個事實，指明在經歷中這寶座乃是在我們的靈裏。我從經歷裏得知，我一轉向我的靈，呼喊『主耶穌』，我就立刻感覺到施恩的寶座乃是在我的靈裏。（加拉太書生命讀經，四○二至四○三頁。）
信息選讀
每當我們轉到靈裏，呼求主名，來到施恩的寶座前，我們就應當讓主登寶座。我們必須讓祂在我們裏面有元首的權柄、君王的權柄和主權。這會有很大的不同！有時我們在禱告中，覺得主在我們裏面，但我們不願意將寶座讓給祂。我們不承認祂的君王權柄，我們高舉自己在祂以上，自己登了寶座。實際說來，我們是叫主下了寶座。我們只要不讓主登寶座，恩典的流就立刻停止。就在我們禱告的時候，我們需要讓主在我們裏面登寶座，尊崇祂爲元首、爲主、爲王。這樣，恩典在我們裏面纔會湧流如同江河。…生命水的河從神和羔羊的寶座流出來。因此，神的寶座是湧流恩典的源頭。叫主下寶座，把寶座從祂挪去，就是忽視恩典的源頭。這就使恩典的流停止。這不僅是個教訓，更是在經歷上非常真實的事。
我們若要接受恩典並享受恩典，我們所必須作的第一件事，就是轉到我們的靈裏，忘掉我們的心思、情感與意志。然而，撒但興起一樣又一樣的事端，要叫我們離開靈。他可能在夫妻之間挑起爭執。他們吵嘴的時候，就不容易轉到靈裏，因爲他們的爭論與情緒都被挑動起來了。我們的爭論與情緒一激烈，就不容易轉回靈裏了。…操練轉到靈裏並留在靈裏最好的路，乃是有定時的禱告。…在這段時間，你惟一當作的事，就是操練轉向靈，並且留在靈裏。不要擔心你那一天必須作甚麼。要拒絕你天然的心思、情感與意志，並且要運用你的靈來接觸主。
當我們轉回靈裏並且留在靈裏時，我們需要承認主是元首、是王，並要讓祂登寶座。我們需要尊崇祂的地位，尊重祂的權柄，並且承認我們沒有權利憑自己說甚麼或作甚麼。我們裏面所有的地位都必須交給這位王。我們若讓主在我們裏面登寶座，生命水的河就會從寶座上流出來供應我們。這樣，我們就會接受…並享受恩典。…我們今天的需要乃是轉回到這靈裏，並且留在靈裏，讓主登寶座。這樣，我們的靈就實際的連於三層天。我們就會在經歷裏明白，至聖所一面是在天上，另一面也在我們靈裏。這指明當我們留在靈裏，我們實際上就摸着了天。我們若讓主耶穌在我們裏面登寶座，作爲生命水的那靈就會從寶座上流出來供應我們。這就是恩典，也是接受恩典並享受恩典的路。（加拉太書生命讀經，四○三至四○五頁。）
參讀：加拉太書生命讀經，第三十七篇；亞伯拉罕以撒雅各的神，第八章。
WEEK 5 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
Heb. 4:16 Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help.
Rev. 22:1 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street.
If we would receive grace and enjoy grace, we need to realize that our spirit is the only place we can experience grace. Just as electricity can be applied only by turning on the switch, so we can contact the moving, anointing Spirit only in our spirit. If you wish to receive grace and enjoy grace, do not exercise your mind, emotion, or will. Instead, turn to your spirit and exercise it.
The “throne of grace” [Heb. 4:16] is not only in heaven; it is also in our spirit…The fact that we can come forward to the throne of grace indicates that, experientially, it is in our spirit. From my experience I know that when I turn to my spirit and call, “Lord Jesus,” I immediately have the sense that the throne of grace is in my spirit. (Life-study of Galatians, pp. 321-322)
Todays Reading
Whenever we approach the throne of grace by turning to our spirit and calling on the name of the Lord, we should enthrone the Lord. We must give Him the headship, kingship, and lordship in us. What a tremendous difference this makes! Sometimes as we are praying, we sense that the Lord is within us, but we are not willing to give Him the throne. Instead of recognizing His kingship, we exalt ourselves above Him and put ourselves on the throne. In a very practical way we dethrone the Lord. Whenever we fail to enthrone the Lord, the flow of grace stops. At the very time we are praying, we need to allow the Lord to be on the throne within us, honoring Him as the Head, the Lord, and the King. Then grace will flow within us as a river. The river of water of life proceeds out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. God’s throne is thus the source of the flowing grace. To dethrone Him, to take the throne away from Him, is to disregard the source of grace. This causes the flow of grace to cease. This is not a mere doctrine but something very experiential.
If we would receive grace and enjoy grace, the first thing we must do is turn to our spirit and forget our mind, emotion, and will. Satan, however, raises up one thing after another to keep us from the spirit. He may provoke an argument between husband and wife. As they are exchanging words, they will find it difficult to turn to the spirit, for their reasonings and their emotion have been stirred up. When our reasoning and our emotion are strong, we find it very difficult to turn to the spirit. The best way to practice turning to the spirit and staying in the spirit is to have fixed times for prayer…During this time, the only thing you should do is exercise yourself to turn to the spirit and stay in the spirit. Do not be concerned about all the things you must do that day. Reject your natural mind, emotion, and will, and exercise your spirit to contact the Lord.
When we turn to the spirit and stay there, we need to recognize the Lord as the Head and the King and enthrone Him. We need to respect His position, honor His authority, and confess that we have no right to say or do anything on our own. All the ground within us must be given over to the King. If we enthrone the Lord within us, the river of water of life will flow out from the throne to supply us. In this way we will receive…and enjoy grace. Our need today is to turn to [the] spirit and remain there, enthroning the Lord. Then in a very practical way our spirit will be joined to the third heaven. We will realize in our experience that, on the one hand, the Holy of Holies is in heaven and that, on the other hand, it is also in our spirit. This indicates that when we remain in our spirit, we actually touch the heavens. If we enthrone the Lord Jesus within us, the Spirit as the water of life will flow from the throne to supply us. This is grace, and this is the way to receive grace and enjoy grace. (Life-study of Galatians, pp. 322-324)
Further Reading: Life-study of Galatians, msg. 37; CWWN, vol. 35, “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” ch. 8
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