晨興聖言-亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神-(W5-6)

第五週■週六

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創二六 24 ~ 25『當夜耶和華向他顯現,說,我是你父親亞伯拉罕的神,不要懼怕,因爲我與你同在,必賜福給你,並要爲我僕人亞伯拉罕的緣故,使你的後裔繁增。以撒就在那裏築了一座壇,呼求耶和華的名,並且支搭帳棚;他的僕人便在那裏挖了一口井。』

卽使面臨和非利士人爭井的難處,〔以撒〕也總是安息的。…有人聽到以撒無論去那裏都有一口井,就以爲這種享受旣是他們的定命,他們要去那裏,就可以去那裏。請不要有這樣的想法。你也許有一口井作你的享受,但你會失去主的顯現,無法完成神永遠的定旨。…神的定旨只能在別是巴完成,我們必須留在那裏。我們若留在那裏,就要經歷主的顯現,並且有立場承受應許,以完成神永遠的定旨。在別的地方,我們雖然也有井,甚至有『一口活水井』,(創二六 19,)但這些井不能使我們完成神永遠的定旨。神的定旨只能在靠近別是巴垂絲柳樹的井旁完成。以撒雖然在每一個地方都有一口井,都有一些享受,但神不滿意,神用環境逼使以撒回到別是巴。(創世記生命讀經,一○一一、一○一六頁。)

信息選讀

當以撒回到別是巴,(創二六 23 ~ 33,)神立卽向他顯現,向他說話,堅定祂的應許,說,『我是你父親亞伯拉罕的神,不要懼怕,因爲我與你同在,必賜福給你,並要爲我僕人亞伯拉罕的緣故,使你的後裔繁增。』(24。)於是在別是巴這裏,以撒開始有正確的見證。他築了一座壇,呼求耶和華的名,並且支搭帳棚。(25。)在別是巴這裏,他有了一種爲着完成神永遠定旨的生活。至終,在別是巴這裏,反對者被征服了。(26 ~ 31。)別是巴是正確的地方,在這裏我們能有正確的立場。正確的立場,無論對神或對我們,都有重大的意義。

以撒並沒有在別的地方築壇。神的顯現同祂的應許及見證都在別是巴。…雖然以撒在各地都有享受,但他只在別是巴有耶和華的顯現。(這種顯現與神僅僅來臨一下不同。)只有在別是巴這惟一的地方,他纔能承受應許,有見證的生活,來完成神的定旨。只有在別是巴,那盟誓的井,我們纔能有耶和華的顯現,承受應許,築壇,呼求主名,支搭帳棚作見證。在這裏,也只有在這裏,我們纔能完成神永遠的定旨。

我們的立場正確與否,只能憑主的顯現來斷定,不能單憑享受。在許多地方我們有過享受,但在那裏我們深覺沒有主的顯現。並且,在那些地方我們沒有祭壇或帳棚,也沒有從靈的深處呼求主名。…只有在別是巴纔能完成神的定旨。

以撒不但承受他父親一切所有的,也承受神給他父親關於美地和獨一後裔的應許;這後裔就是基督,地上萬國都要因祂得福。(3 ~ 5。)這應許實際上是爲着完成神的定旨,使神在地上能得着一個國度,在其中藉着一班團體的人彰顯祂自己。美地和後裔都是爲着神在地上形成一個國度。在這國度裏神能在後裔中得着完全的彰顯。神要把祂自己作到這班後裔裏面,他們要變化成爲祂的形像。這就是亞伯拉罕所得着,以撒所承受的應許。今天在我們身上,這應許要得着成就。今天我們在享受三一神作我們的恩典,藉着我們享受恩典,神的國要得着實現,神在基督裏要得着完全的彰顯,直到永遠。(創世記生命讀經,一○二一至一○二二、一○一七至一○一八、一○○六至一○○七頁。)

參讀:創世記生命讀經,第六十四篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Gen. 26:24-25 And Jehovah appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you, and I will bless you and multiply your seed for My servant Abraham’s sake. And he built an altar there and called upon the name of Jehovah and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

In spite of the troubles he encountered with the Philistines over the wells, [Isaac] was always at rest…When some hear that Isaac had a well wherever he went, they may think that, since this enjoyment is also their destiny, they may go wherever they want. Do not think like this. You may have a well for your enjoyment, but you will miss the Lord’s appearing and be unable to fulfill God’s eternal purpose…[God’s purpose] can only be fulfilled in Beer-sheba, and we must remain there…Although we may have wells, even “a well of living water” (Gen. 26:19, lit.), in other places, those wells cannot enable us to fulfill God’s eternal purpose. His purpose can only be fulfilled at the well near the tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba. Although Isaac had some enjoyment at every place where there was a well, God was not satisfied, and He used the environment to force Isaac to return to Beer-sheba. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 831, 835-836)

Todays Reading

When Isaac returned to Beer-sheba (Gen. 26:23-33), Jehovah immediately appeared to him, speaking to him and confirming His promise, saying, “I am the God of Abraham your father. Do not be afraid, for I am with you, and I will bless you and multiply your seed for My servant Abraham’s sake” (v. 24). Then, here in Beer-sheba Isaac began to have the proper testimony. He built an altar, called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent (v. 25). Here in Beer-sheba he had a life for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose. Eventually, here in Beer-sheba the opposers were subdued
(vv. 26-31). Beer-sheba is the right place, the place where we can have the proper standing, and the proper standing means a great deal both to God and to us.

Isaac did not build an altar in any other place. Jehovah’s appearing with His promise and the testimony were all at Beer-sheba…Although Isaac had the enjoyment everywhere, he had the Lord’s appearing (which is different from God’s mere visitation) only in Beer-sheba. Only in the unique place, in Beer-sheba, could he inherit the promise and have a life of testimony for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. It is only at Beer-sheba, the well of the oath, that we can have the Lord’s appearing, inherit the promise, build an altar, call upon the name of the Lord, and pitch a tent as a testimony. Here and only here can we fulfill God’s eternal purpose.

The correctness of our standing can only be determined by the Lord’s appearing, not merely by the enjoyment. In many places we have had the enjoyment, but when we were there, we had the deep sense that we did not have the Lord’s appearing. Moreover, in those places we did not have an altar or a tent, and we did not call upon the Lord’s name from deep within our spirit…Only in Beer-sheba can we fulfill God’s purpose.

Isaac inherited not only all that his father had but also the promise that God had given to his father concerning the good land and the unique seed, which is Christ in whom all the nations of the earth will be blessed (vv. 3-5). This promise was actually for the fulfillment of God’s purpose that God might have a kingdom on the earth in which to express Himself through a corporate people. Both the good land and the seed are for the formation of a kingdom for God on the earth. In this kingdom God can be fully expressed in the seed, into whom He will work Himself and who will be transformed into His image. This was a promise given to Abraham and inherited by Isaac. But it is a fulfillment with us today. Today we are enjoying the Triune God as our grace. Through our enjoyment of grace, the kingdom of God will be realized, and God in Christ will be fully expressed for eternity. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 840, 836-837, 828)

Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 64

 

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