Morning Nourishment-The Experience, Growth, And Ministry Of Life For The Body(W5-Outline)

Int’l Training for Elders and Responsible Ones (Fall 2013)

Entering Into the Fourth Stage of the Experience of Life
to Arrive at a Full-Grown Man for the Fulfillment of God’s Purpose

Message Five

The Fourth Stage of the Experience of Life (4)

Spiritual Warfare

Scripture Reading: Eph. 6:10-20

Outline

Day　1

I. If we would know how the church can be God’s warrior to engage in spiritual warfare, we must know that in the universe there are three wills—the divine will, the satanic will, and the human will:

A. God’s will is for us to enjoy Christ as everything (Heb. 10:5-10) by functioning in the Body life (Rom. 12:1-2; Phil. 1:19) for the reality and oneness of the Body of Christ (Eph. 1:5, 9, 11; 4:3-4; John 17:21).

B. Lucifer’s pride in his high position and beauty gave rise to an evil intention, which became the satanic will—Ezek. 28:12-19; Isa. 14:12-15.

C. All warfare has its source in this conflict of wills; before the satanic will rose up to contradict the divine will, there was no war in the universe; the rebellion of Lucifer, the archangel of God, was the beginning of all the fighting that is now taking place among nations, in society, in the family, and within individuals—cf. Rev. 12:3-11; Gal. 5:17.

D. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil represent the divine will and the satanic will, respectively; the crucial issue is whether man would choose the divine will or the satanic will—Gen. 2:7-9.

E. Through repentance man can turn from the satanic will to the divine will, from Satan’s side to God’s side—Acts 11:18.

F. The Bible says that we must repent for the kingdom (Matt. 4:17); the kingdom of God is actually the exercise of the divine will; when sinners repent for the kingdom of God, they turn from the side of Satan to the side of God, which is the kingdom of God, the will of God.

Day　2

II. Ephesians 6:10-20 reveals that we can “fight the battle in the Body” with Christ as the constituents of God’s armor—Hymns, #885:

A. “Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil”—Eph. 6:10-11:

1. The fact that we need to be empowered in the Lord indicates that we cannot fight the spiritual warfare in ourselves; we can fight only in the Lord and in the might of His strength.

2. The whole armor of God is for the entire Body of Christ as Body; we must fight the spiritual warfare in the Body, not as individuals—vv. 10-13; James 4:7; cf. Phil. 1:19; Rom. 13:12-14; 16:20.

3. In Ephesians 2 we sit with Christ in the heavenlies; in chapters 4 and 5 we walk in His Body on the earth; then in chapter 6 we stand in His power in the heavenlies.

4. To sit with Christ is to participate in all His accomplishments, to walk in His Body is to fulfill God’s eternal purpose, and to stand in His power is to fight against God’s enemy.

Day　3

B. “Stand therefore, having girded your loins with truth”—v. 14a:

1. Truth here refers to God in Christ as the reality in our living,that is, God realized and experienced by us in our living; this is actually Christ Himself lived out by us—4:15, 21, 24-25; John 14:6.

2. The truth with which we are girded is actually the Christ whom we experience; because Paul’s living was conformed to the pattern of Christ, he had the strength to face all opposition and adverse circumstances—Eph. 4:20; Phil. 1:19-21a.

C. “Having put on the breastplate of righteousness”—Eph. 6:14b; 1 Cor. 1:30; Jer. 23:6:

1. Christ as the breastplate of righteousness covers our conscience, signified by the breast; in fighting against Satan, our accuser, we need a blood-purified conscience, a conscience void of offense—Heb. 9:14; 10:22; Acts 24:16.

2. “They overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb” (Rev. 12:11);our response to Satan’s accusations should be, “I overcome Satan,the accuser, not by my perfection and not even by a conscience void of offense but by the blood of the Lamb. I am defended against his accusations by the breastplate of righteousness.”

Day　4

D. “Having shod your feet with the firm foundation of the gospel of peace”—Eph. 6:15:

1. Christ has made peace for us on the cross, both with God and with man, and this peace has become our gospel; the gospel of peace has been established as a firm foundation, as a readiness, with which our feet may be shod—2:13-17.

2. We fight the spiritual warfare by standing in peace; if we lose the peace between us and God or between us and other believers, we lose the standing to fight—Col. 3:15.

Day　5

E. “Besides all these, having taken up the shield of faith, with which you will be able to quench all the flaming darts of the evil one”—Eph. 6:16;2 Cor. 4:13; Heb. 12:2; cf. Phil. 2:13:

1. The flaming darts are Satan’s temptations, proposals, doubts, questions, lies, and attacks; we need to take up the shield of faith to quench these flaming darts.

2. We need to exercise our spirit of faith, with our subdued and resurrected will, to believe that the Lord’s manifestation is to destroy the works of the devil—2 Cor. 4:13; 1 John 3:8; Matt.16:22-23; Luke 4:39; Matt. 12:28; Luke 10:17, 19.

3. We need to exercise our spirit of faith to believe that the Lord’s death has destroyed Satan—Heb. 2:14; 1 Cor. 15:54-58; Gal.2:20; Rom. 6:3-6.

4. We need to exercise our spirit of faith to believe that the Lord’s resurrection has put Satan to shame—Col. 2:12-15, 20; 3:1;John 14:30; Phil. 3:10; Isa. 61:10; Zech. 3:4-5.

5. We need to exercise our spirit of faith to believe that the ascension of the Lord is far above Satan’s power—Eph. 1:19-23;2:6; 6:11, 13.

6. We must have faith in God, who is real, living, present, and available—Mark 11:22; Rev. 1:18.

7. We must have faith in God’s heart; God’s heart toward us is always good; He has no intention to punish us, to injure us, or to cause us to suffer loss—Rom. 8:28-39.

8. We must have faith in God’s faithfulness; God cannot lie but is always faithful to His word—1 Cor. 1:9; 1 John 1:9; Titus 1:2.

9. We must have faith in God’s ability—Eph. 3:20.

10. We must have faith in God’s word; God is bound to fulfill all that He has spoken—cf. 1 Thes. 5:24; Eph. 6:17-18.

11. We must have faith in God’s will—1:5, 9, 11.

12. We must have faith in God’s sovereignty; under His sovereignty even our mistakes work for good—Rom. 9:19-29.

Day　6

F. “Receive the helmet of salvation”—Eph. 6:17a:

1. The helmet of salvation is for covering our mind, our mentality,against the negative thoughts shot in by the evil one; such a helmet, such a covering, is God’s salvation.

2. Satan injects threats, worries, anxieties, fear, and other weakening thoughts into our mind; God’s salvation is the covering that we take up against all of these, and this salvation is the saving Christ whom we experience in our daily life—John 16:33.

G. “Receive…the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God”—Eph. 6:17b:

1. Among the six items of God’s armor, the sword of the Spirit is the only one used for attacking the enemy; with the sword we cut the enemy to pieces.

2. Christ as the Spirit and the word furnishes us with a sword as an offensive weapon to defeat and slay the enemy.

3. When the logos (the constant word in the Bible) becomes the rhema (the present, instant, living speaking of the Spirit) to us, this rhema is the sword that cuts the enemy to pieces.

H. “By means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints”—v. 18:

1. Prayer may be considered the seventh item of the armor of God,because it is the means by which we apply the other items.

2. Prayer is the unique way to apply Christ as the armor of God; it is prayer that makes the armor available to us in a practical way.

3. We need to persevere in prayer because prayer involves a battle,a fight; two parties, God and Satan, are hostile to each other;the third party consists of God’s chosen and redeemed people—Col. 4:2; Eph. 6:18; Matt. 26:41; cf. Eph. 5:14; Rom. 13:11-14.

4. In order to fight on God’s side against Satan, we need to persevere in prayer; this perseverance is needed because the course of the whole world is away from God—1 John 5:19; cf.John 14:30; 16:33.

5. Before we try to persevere in prayer, we should first make a vow to the Lord concerning our prayer life; we need to say to Him,“Lord, I am desperate about this. I offer myself to You so that I may have a prayer life. Lord, keep me in the spirit of prayer. If I forget this or neglect this, I know that You will not forget it. Remind me again and again about prayer.”

6. Persevering in prayer has many benefits:

a. Prayer is the only way that we can set our mind on the things above—Col. 3:2; Heb. 7:25; 8:2; cf. Acts 6:4.

b. Prayer is the way to enter into the Holy of Holies and come forward to the throne of grace so that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help (Heb. 4:16); when we pray,approaching the throne of grace, grace will become a river flowing in us and supplying us—Hymns, #770.

c. The more we pray, the more we experience being one with the Lord and the more we enjoy His presence and have fellowship with Him; what a marvelous reward!

晨興聖言─進入生命經歷第四層， 達到長成的人以完成神的定旨(W5-綱目)

二〇一三年秋季國際長老及負責弟兄訓練

進入生命經歷第四層，達到長成的人以完成神的定旨

第五篇  生命經歷第四層（四)屬靈爭戰

讀經：弗六10~20

綱　　目

週　一

壹 我們若要知道召會如何能作神的戰士，從事屬靈的爭戰，我們就必須認識在宇宙中有三個意志—神的意志、撒但的意志以及人的意志：

一 神的旨意（意志）是要我們爲着基督身體的實際與身體的一（弗一5、9、11，四3~4，約十七21），在身體生活裏盡功用（羅十二1~2，腓一19），藉此享受基督作一切（來十5~10）。

二 路西弗因着自己的高位和美麗而驕傲，以致興起邪惡的意願，這就成了撒但的意志—結二八12~19，賽十四12~15。

三 一切爭戰都源自這兩個意志的衝突；在撒但的意志興起與神的意志敵對之前，宇宙中沒有爭戰；神的天使長路西弗的背叛，乃是現今發生在國家之間，以及社會、家庭和個人裏面一切爭戰的起頭—參啓十二3~11，加五17。

四 生命樹與善惡知識樹分別代表神的意志和撒但的意志；要緊的問題乃是，人是選擇神的意志還是選擇撒但的意志—創二7~9。

五 藉着悔改，人能從撒但的意志轉向神的意志，從撒但那一邊轉到神這一邊—徒十一18。

六 聖經說， 我們必須爲着國度悔改（ 太四17）；神的國實際上就是神聖意志的行使；當罪人爲着神的國悔改時，他們就從撒但那一邊轉到神這一邊，就是轉向神的國，神的旨意（意志）。

週　二

貳 以弗所六章十至二十節啓示，我們可以憑基督作神軍裝的構成成分，在身體裏面爭戰—詩歌六三七首：

一 『末了的話，你們要在主裏，靠着祂力量的權能，得着加力。要穿戴神全副的軍裝，使你們能以站住，抵擋魔鬼的詭計』—弗六10~11：

1 我們需要在主裏得着加力，這指明我們不能在自己裏面打屬靈的仗；我們只能在主裏並在祂力量的權能裏爭戰。

2 神全副的軍裝是爲着基督的整個身體這團體的戰士，不是爲着基督身體上任何單個的肢體；我們必須在基督的身體裏打屬靈的仗，絕不能單獨作戰—10~13 節，雅四7，參腓一19，羅十三12~14，十六20。

3 在以弗所二章，我們是與基督一同坐在諸天界裏；在四章和五章，我們是在地上，在基督的身體裏行事爲人；然後在六章，我們是在諸天界裏，在基督的大能裏站住。

4 與基督同坐，是有分於祂一切所成就的；在基督的身體裏行事爲人，是成就神永遠的定旨；在基督的大能裏站住，乃是抵擋神的仇敵。

週　三

二 『所以要站住，用真理束你們的腰』—14節上：

1 這裏的真理，是指神在基督裏作我們生活的實際，就是神成爲我們生活中的實際和經歷；這也就是基督自己從我們活出來—四15、21、24~25，約十四6。

2 我們所用以束腰的真理，實際上就是我們所經歷的基督；因爲保羅的生活模成了基督的模型，他就有力量面對一切的反對和逆境—弗四20，腓一19~21 上。

三 『穿上義的胸甲』—弗六14 下，林前一30，耶二三6：

1 基督作爲義的胸甲遮蓋我們的良心，就是胸所表徵的；我們與我們的控告者撒但爭戰時，需要有基督的血所潔淨的良心，無虧的良心—來九14，十22，徒二四16。

2 『弟兄們勝過他，是因羔羊的血』（啓十二11）；我們對撒但的控告該回應說，『我勝過那控告者撒但，不是靠着我的完全，甚至也不是靠着無虧的良心，乃是靠着羔羊的血；我靠義的胸甲，抵擋他的控告。』

週　四

四 『以和平福音的穩固根基，當作鞋穿在腳上』—弗六15：

1 基督已經在十字架上，爲我們與神並與人成就了和平，這和平成了我們的福音；和平的福音已經建立成穩固的根基，好像豫備好的鞋，給我們穿在腳上—二13~17。

2 我們藉着在和平裏站住而從事屬靈的爭戰；我們若失去我們與神之間，或與別的信徒之間的和平，就失去了爭戰的立足點—西三15。

週　五

五 『此外，拿起信的盾牌，藉此就能銷滅那惡者一切火燒的箭』—弗六16，林後四13，來十二2，參腓二13：

1 火燒的箭就是撒但的試誘、題議、懷疑、問題、謊言和攻擊；我們需要拿起信的盾牌，銷滅這些火燒的箭。

2 我們需要操練信心的靈，連同降服且復活的意志，相信主的顯現是爲要消除魔鬼的作爲—林後四13，約壹三8，太十六22~23，路四39，太十二28，路十17、19。

3 我們需要操練信心的靈，相信主的死已經廢除了撒但—來二14，林前十五54~58，加二20，羅六3~6。

4 我們需要操練信心的靈，相信主的復活已經叫撒但蒙羞—西二12~15、20，三1，約十四30，腓三10，賽六一10，亞三4~5。

5 我們需要操練信心的靈，相信主的升天遠超過撒但的能力—弗一19~23，二6，六11、13。

6 我們必須相信神，祂是又真又活、應時且便利的—可十一22，啓一18。

7 我們必須相信神的心；神向着我們的心總是好的；祂沒有意思要懲罰我們、傷害我們，或叫我們受虧損—羅八28~29。

8 我們必須相信神的信實；神不能說謊，祂對自己的話總是信實的—林前一9，約壹一9，多一2。

9 我們必須相信神的能力—弗三20。

10 我們必須相信神的話；神受了約束，要成就祂所說的一切—參帖前五24，弗六17~18。

11 我們必須相信神的旨意（意願）—一5、9、11。

12 我們必須相信神的主宰；在祂的主宰權柄下，連我們的錯誤也互相効力，叫我們得益處—羅九19~29。

週　六

六 『接受救恩的頭盔』—弗六17 中：

1 救恩的頭盔是爲着遮蓋我們的心思、思想，抵擋那惡者射到我們裏面的消極思想；這樣的頭盔，這樣的遮蓋，乃是神的救恩。

2 撒但把威嚇、憂慮、掛慮、懼怕和其他叫人軟弱的思想，注射到我們的心思裏；神的救恩就是我們抵擋這一切所拿起的遮蓋；這樣的救恩，就是我們在日常生活中所經歷那拯救的基督—約十六33。

七 『接受…那靈的劍，那靈就是神的話』—弗六17 下：

1 在神軍裝的六項中，惟有那靈的劍是用以攻擊仇敵的；我們用劍砍碎仇敵。

2 基督作那靈與話，能供我們進攻的劍，殺敗我們的仇敵。

3 當logos，婁格斯（聖經中常時的話）對我們成了rhema，雷瑪（那靈應時、即時、活的說話），這雷瑪就是砍碎仇敵的劍。

八 『藉着各樣的禱告和祈求，…時時在靈裏禱告，並盡力堅持，在這事上儆醒，且爲眾聖徒祈求』—17~18 節：

1 禱告可視爲神軍裝的第七項，因爲它是我們藉以應用其他各項的憑藉。

2 禱告是應用基督作神軍裝惟一的路，禱告使軍裝對我們成爲實用的。

3 我們必須堅定持續的禱告，因爲禱告與爭戰有關；神與撒但雙方彼此敵對；第三方包括神所揀選並救贖的人—西四2，弗六18，太二六41，參弗五14，羅十三11~14。

4 我們爲了要在神這一邊與撒但爭戰，就必須堅定持續的禱告；這種堅定持續是必需的，因爲整個世界的趨向都是遠離神的—約壹五19，參約十四30，十六33。

5 在我們想要堅定持續的禱告以前，首先該爲我們的禱告生活向主許願；我們要對祂說，『主，我在這事上很迫切；我把自己獻給你，好叫我有禱告的生活；主，保守我在禱告的靈裏；如果我忘記了，忽畧了，我知道你不會忘記；求你一再題醒我要禱告。』

6 堅定持續的禱告有許多益處：

ａ 禱告是我們思念在上面的事惟一的路—西三2，來七25，八2，參徒六4。

ｂ 禱告是進入至聖所，來到施恩寶座前的路，好使我們受憐憫，得恩典，作應時的幫助（來四16）；我們來到施恩的寶座前禱告的時候，恩典就像江河一樣，在我們裏面湧流，並供應我們—詩歌五五七首。

ｃ 我們越禱告，就越經歷與主成爲一；我們也越享受祂的同在，越多與祂交通；這是何等奇妙的賞賜！

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讚美主! 這幾年間，主把許多得救的新人加給祂的召會。我們眾人現今不再是外人和寄居的，乃是聖徒同國之民，是神家裏的親人（弗二19）。神的救恩不只是為著個人，更要臨到我們的全家。在一年的新起頭，我們應當帶同我們的家人，與神家裏所有的親人，一同在神面前歡聚，享受召會中各樣的祝福與豐富。

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願主使用這次的特會，新鮮的向我們說話，也藉著見證展覽，使新人及我們的家人看見召會的見證。特此通知眾聖徒，一同邀約新人及親友前來赴會，共沐主恩。

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二月一日（週六）		二月二日（主日）
12:00	入場	08:00	入場
13:30～15:00	第一堂聚會	09:15～10:00	擘餅聚會
15:00～15:30	展覽	10:00～10:30	展覽
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註：本次大會因場地限制，兒童及陪伴者僅限於地下室。

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Morning Nourishment-The Experience, Growth, And Ministry Of Life For The Body(W4-6)

 WEEK 4 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 5:21 “In order that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through
      righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

John 4:14 “But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall by no means thirst forever;
    but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into
    eternal life.”

   The Triune God flows in the Divine Trinity in three stages....When the fountain springs up, that is the fountain emerging. Then a river flows.

   [In John 4:14 the Greek word translated “into”] speaks of the destination.The eternal life is the destination of the flowing Triune God. A fountain is in us springing up as a river into a destination. This destination is the eternal life. The New Jerusalem is the totality of the divine, eternal life. The eternal life eventually will be the New Jerusalem. Thus, into eternal life means
into the New Jerusalem. We must have something flowing into that divine New Jerusalem in order for us to arrive there. The entire Bible is needed to interpret John 4:14. The Father is the fountain as the source, the Son is the spring, the Spirit is the flowing river, and this flowing issues in the eternal life, which is the New Jerusalem. The Word is for speaking, and speaking
is the start of God’s flowing [John 1:1]. Speaking is flowing, spreading is flowing, and dispensing is also flowing. God flows through speaking, through spreading, through dispensing. (Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John, p. 139)

Today’s Reading

    The Triune God is flowing through the Father, the Son, and the Spirit into us. When we drink of this water, it becomes a fountain in us. We all should say, “The fountain is in me!” This fountain emerges as a spring, and the spring flows out as a river for the New Jerusalem. This is the key to open up the entire Gospel of John. This is the divine speaking, divine spreading,
divine dispensing, of the Divine Trinity. The Father as the fountain, the Son as the spring, and the Spirit as the river flow into us. When He flows into us, He flows with us. He will flow us into the New Jerusalem to be the New Jerusalem. The preposition into also means “to become.” Into the New Jerusalem means “to become the New Jerusalem.” If we are not becoming
the New Jerusalem, we can never be in the New Jerusalem. We have to be the New Jerusalem; then we can be in the New Jerusalem. This is the intrinsic significance of the Gospel of John and Revelation. (Crystallizationstudy of the Gospel of John, pp. 141-142)

    To have eternal life means to be joined to, to participate in, the New Jerusalem....The Father as the fountain, the Son as the spring, and the Spirit as the flowing river...all take the New Jerusalem as Their eternal goal....[The New Jerusalem] is seen in the eternal life in John 4:14. Eternal life here is the totality of the divine life. A man is the totality of the human life; each one
of us is the totality of the human life, but the divine life has only one totality in the whole universe—the New Jerusalem.

    The Bible teaches us that eternal life is God Himself. In the beginning there is God as the eternal life, and the consummation of God as the eternal life is the New Jerusalem. The Bible consummates in the New Jerusalem,which is the very God who was in the beginning. How does God become the New Jerusalem? It is through His flowing. The Bible has two ends, Genesis 1—2 and Revelation 21—22. At the beginning of the Bible there is God, at the end there is the New Jerusalem, and in between are hundreds of pages speaking about all the matters related to the eternal life, including the believers, regeneration, transformation, conformation, and glorification....[In John 4:14] into eternal life does not merely mean to enter into the New Jerusalem as the eternal life but to become the New Jerusalem as the eternal
life. The coming New Jerusalem will be you and me. (A Word of Love to the Co-workers, Elders, Lovers, and Seekers of the Lord, pp. 23-24)

    Further Reading: Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John, msg. 14; A Word of Love to the Co-workers, Elders, Lovers, and Seekers of the Lord, ch. 2

晨興聖言─進入生命經歷第四層， 達到長成的人以完成神的定旨(W4-6)

第四週 ‧ 週六

晨興餧養

羅五21『使罪怎樣在死中作王，恩典也照樣藉着義作王，叫人藉着我們的主耶穌基督得永遠
     的生命。』

約四14『人若喝我所賜的水，就永遠不渴；我所賜的水，要在他裏面成爲泉源，直湧入永遠
      的生命。』

    三一神在神聖的三一裏湧流，有三個階段。…當水源湧上來成爲水泉，那就是水源顯出來；然後就有河湧流。

    〔在約翰四章十四節裏，〕譯爲『直湧入』的介詞，在原文裏含意很豐富。這辭在此說到目的地；永遠的生命乃是湧流之三一神的目的地。水源在我們裏面，作爲水泉湧上來，而成爲河，直湧入目的地，這目的地就是永遠的生命。新耶路撒冷是神聖、永遠生命的總和，這永遠的生命至終乃是新耶路撒冷。因此，『直湧入永遠的生命』，意思就是『直湧成爲新耶路撒冷』。我們必須有東西湧流成爲那神聖的新耶路撒冷，好使我們能達到那裏。我們需要整本聖經來解釋約翰四章十四節。父作爲源頭乃是源，子是泉，靈是湧流的河，而這湧流的結果帶進永遠的生命，就是新耶路撒冷。約翰福音一開始就說，『太初有話。』（一）話是爲着講說，而這講說乃是神湧流的開始。講說是湧流，擴展是湧流，分賜也是湧流。神藉着講說，藉着擴展，藉着分賜而湧流（約翰福音結晶讀經，一七一至一七二頁）。

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    三一神藉着父、子、靈流到我們裏面。當我們喝這水，這水就在我們裏面成爲源。我們都該說，『我裏面有這源！』這源顯出來就是泉，並且這泉湧流出來成爲河，爲着新耶路撒冷。這就是打開整卷約翰福音的鑰匙，這就是神聖三一的神聖說話、神聖擴展和神聖分賜。父是源，子是泉，靈是河，湧流到我們裏面。當祂湧流到我們裏面，祂就帶着我們一同湧流。祂要把我們湧流入新耶路撒冷裏，而成爲新耶路撒冷。『入』這個介詞，也有『成爲』的意思。湧入新耶路撒冷，意思就是成爲新耶路撒冷。如果我們不成爲新耶路撒冷，我們就絕不可能在新耶路撒冷裏。我們必須是新耶路撒冷，然後我們纔能在新耶路撒冷裏。這就是約翰福音和啓示錄的內在意義（約翰福音結晶讀經，一七四至一七五頁）。

    得着永遠的生命，意思就是聯於、有分於新耶路撒冷。…父是源，子是泉，靈是湧流的河…，三者都以新耶路撒冷爲永遠的目標。…新耶路撒冷乃是見於約翰四章十四節永遠的生命。這裏『永遠的生命』乃是神聖生命的總和。一個人就是屬人生命的總和；我們每一個人都是屬人生命的總和。但在全宇宙中，神聖的生命只有一個總和，就是新耶路撒冷。

    聖經教導我們，永遠的生命就是神自己。起初有神作永遠的生命，但神作永遠生命的終極完成乃是新耶路撒冷。聖經總結於新耶路撒冷，而新耶路撒冷就是那位起初就有的神。神怎樣成爲新耶路撒冷？乃是藉着祂的湧流。聖經有兩端—創世記一至二章和啓示錄二十一至二十二章。聖經開頭有神，末了有新耶路撒冷，中間有好幾百頁，說到一切與永遠生命有關的事，包括信徒、重生、變化、模成和得榮。…〔約翰四章十四節的〕『湧入永遠的生命』，意思不僅是進入那是永遠生命的新耶路撒冷，更是成爲那是永遠生命的新耶路撒冷。要來的新耶路撒冷將是你和我（對同工長老們以及愛主尋求主者愛心的話，二一至二二頁）。

    參讀：約翰福音結晶讀經，第十四篇；對同工長老們以及愛主尋求主者愛心的話，第二章。

晨興聖言─進入生命經歷第四層， 達到長成的人以完成神的定旨(W4-5)

第四週 ‧ 週五

晨興餧養

羅十二5『我們這許多人，在基督裏是一個身體，並且各個互相作肢體，也是如此。

          10『愛弟兄，要彼此親熱；恭敬人，要互相爭先。』

   十五7『所以你們要彼此接納，如同基督接納你們一樣，使榮耀歸與神。』

    羅馬十二章九至二十一節這一段，是說到爲着基督身體的生活，活出最高美德的生活。我們必須看見，憑我們自己，我們永遠無法實行這些美德。我們惟有藉着在生命中作王，纔能爲着基督身體的生活，過這種最高美德的生活。我們若核對我們的召會生活，就會發現，我們幾乎在每一點上都有缺欠。…別人喜樂的時候，我們可能嫉妒；別人哀哭的時候，我們可能藐視他們。除非我們是在神聖生命的管治下，否則我們不可能與喜樂的人同樂，與哀哭的人同哭。我們天然的生命是作不到的，但藉着在神聖生命的管治之下過生活，我們就能有這些美德，而過身體的生活。我們要看見身體生活得建造，成爲實行上的實際，就必須在生命中作王；而在實行上，在生命中作王就是在神聖生命的管治之下（羅馬書中神完整的救恩結晶讀經，三八頁）。

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    神的意願是要得着身體的生活。羅馬十三章給我們看見，一個在身體生活中的人所活出之生命的另外一些方面。…我們憑自己是無法過這種生活的。惟有活在神聖生命的管治下，我們纔能成爲這種人。我們必須服從一切的權柄，看見他們乃是在神主宰的安排下所設立的。不僅如此，我們必須凡事都不虧欠人，惟有彼此相愛，要常以爲虧欠；且要愛鄰舍如同自己。最後，我們必須『在白晝』過儆醒的生活（13）。我們在生命中作王的一個果效，乃
是睡醒過來，儆醒留意，不被這世代所迷惑而沉睡。我們必須是那些不爲肉體打算，不放縱私慾的人，乃要睡醒過來，好像在白晝，穿上主耶穌基督作我們的第二件衣服（詩四五13 〜14），活出祂作我們主觀的義，並且顯大祂。

    神完整的救恩是要我們憑神洋溢之恩（神自己作我們生機救恩的全足供應），並洋溢之義的恩賜（神法理的救贖實際的應用在我們身上），在生命中作王。當我們都在生命中作王，在神聖生命的管治下生活，結果就有真實、實際的身體生活。

   我們在生命中作王而接納信徒，先是照着神的接納，然後是照着基督的接納（羅十五1 〜13）。基督怎樣接納我們，我們也該照樣彼此接納。剛強的人，需要擔代不剛強之人的輭弱，不求自己的喜悅，乃求弟兄姊妹的喜悅，使他們得着建造，就如同基督不求自己的喜悅，反而擔負神的辱罵（1 〜4）。我們該照着基督耶穌，彼此思念相同的事，使我們同心合意，榮耀神，彼此接納，如同基督接納我們一樣，使榮耀歸與神（5 〜7）（羅馬書中神完整的救恩結晶讀經，三八至三九、四四頁）。

    召會旣不是逮捕人的警察局，也不是審判人的法庭，乃是養育信徒的家。作父母的都知道，他們的孩子越壞，就越需要父母的養育。…召會是愛的家，爲着養育兒女。召會也是醫院，爲着醫治並恢復有病的人。最後，召會也是學校，爲着教導並造就尚未學習的人，就是那些沒有多少認識的人。召會旣是家、醫院和學校，同工和長老就應當與主是一，在愛裏養育、醫治、恢復並教導人。…愛遮蓋人並建造人，所以爲着建造基督的身體，在我們的所是所作上，愛乃是極超越的路（活力排，九四至九五頁）。

    參讀：羅馬書中神完整的救恩結晶讀經，第五至六篇；活力排，第八篇；經歷神生機的救
               恩等於在基督的生命中作王，第五篇。

Morning Nourishment-The Experience, Growth, And Ministry Of Life For The Body(W4-5)

WEEK 4 — DAY 5

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 12:5 “So we who are many are one Body in Christ, and individually members one of 
     another.”

10 “Love one another warmly in brotherly love; take the lead in showing honor one to another.”

15:7 “Therefore receive one another, as Christ also received you to the glory of God.”

    Romans 12:9-21 is a section on living a life of the highest virtues for the Body life. We must realize that in ourselves we could never practice these virtues. We can have such a living for the Body life only by reigning in life.If we check our church life, we will find that we are short in nearly every point....When others are rejoicing, we may be jealous, and when others are weeping, we may despise them. To rejoice with those who rejoice and to weep with those who weep are impossible except when we are under the ruling of the divine life. Our natural life cannot make it; but by living a life under the ruling of the divine life, we are able to live the Body life with these virtues. To see the Body life built up as a practical reality, we must reign in life, and to reign in life in practice is to be under the ruling of the divine life. (Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans, pp. 36-37)

Today’s Reading

    God’s will is to have the Body life. Romans 13 presents some additional aspects of the life of one who is living in the Body life....We cannot have this kind of living in ourselves. Only by living under the ruling of the divine life can we be this kind of people. We must be subject to all authorities, realizing that they have been established under the sovereign arrangement of God.
Furthermore, we must owe nothing to anyone except to love one another,loving our neighbor as ourselves. Finally, we must live a watchful life “in the day” (v. 13). One effect of our reigning in life is that we are awakened, made alert, made watchful, and not lulled to sleep by this age. We must be those who make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts, but rather are awake as in the day, putting on the Lord Jesus Christ as our second garment (Psa.45:13-14) to live Him as our subjective righteousness and to magnify Him.

    God’s complete salvation is for us to reign in life by the abundance of grace (God Himself as our all-sufficient supply for our organic salvation) and of the gift of righteousness (God’s judicial redemption applied to us in a practical way). When we are all reigning in life, living under the ruling of the divine life, the issue is the real and practical Body life.

   Our receiving of the believers under the reigning in life is first according to God’s receiving and then according to Christ’s receiving (Rom. 15:1-13).We should receive one another in the same way that Christ receives us. The strong ones need to bear the weaknesses of the weak, not pleasing themselves but pleasing the brothers and sisters for their building up, even as Christ did not please Himself but bore God’s reproach (vv. 1-4). We should be of the same mind toward one another according to Christ Jesus so that with one accord we may glorify God in receiving one another as Christ also received us to the glory of God (vv. 5-7). (Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans, pp. 37, 42-43)

   The church is not a police station to arrest people or a law court to judge people, but a home to raise up the believers. Parents know that the worse their children are, the more they need their raising up....The church is a loving home to raise up the children. The church is also a hospital to heal and to recover the sick ones. Finally, the church is a school to teach and edify the unlearned ones who do not have much understanding. Because the church is a home, a hospital, and a school, the co-workers and elders should be one with the Lord to raise up, to heal, to cover, and to teach others in love....Love covers and builds up, so love is the most excellent way for us to be anything and to do anything for the building up of the Body of Christ. (The Vital Groups, p. 75)

Further Reading: Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans, msgs. 5-6; The Vital Groups, msg. 8; The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life, msg. 5

Morning Nourishment-The Experience, Growth, And Ministry Of Life For The Body(W4-4)

WEEK 4 — DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

Col. 1:13 “Who delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”

Matt. 8:9 “For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. And I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my slave, Do this, and he does it.”

    When we stand in our respective position of order, God’s authority will be made manifest in our midst; thus, we will be able to reign for God. Therefore,the authority in the church is neither self-obtained nor self-assumed, but it comes through submission. For example, the elders must not continually think of themselves as being more mature and older than others; if so, they will frequently make use of their position and title in dealing with the brothers and sisters or in their administration. They should be like Moses.Whenever anything occurs among the brothers and sisters, they must immediately fall on their faces before God, submitting to the position of order. By their submission to God’s authority, God’s authority will be with them, and they will be able to reign and rule for God over all things. (The Experience of Life, p. 351)

Today’s Reading

     We must have the desire to reign. This means that we must positively and actively reign for God, ruling over all things. Once we have the position of ascension and order, we may reign. If our experience has reached this stage, we ought to reign....If one desires to reign, his spirit must not be lax or timid but willing to exercise God’s authority and positively and actively deal
with all the works of the enemy. Thus, God’s authority will immediately be manifested in the church, and many rebellious and unlawful matters in the church will be subdued.

     In the church today we lack the kind of people who desire to reign.Therefore, many situations that should not exist often arise. For example, some of the fellowship and breaking of bread meetings are weak and confused. Some of the brothers and sisters should have prayed, but they did not; some should have spoken, but they withheld from speaking. On the contrary, many
unnecessary prayers and meaningless testimonies were released. The meetings thus are disturbed, and the brothers and sisters are not edified and lose heart toward meetings. This condition is mainly caused by those who should have reigned but did not reign. They have just behaved like bystanders, allowing others to act in the meetings in whatever manner they chose. They even regard such a way as being very spiritual, not by man’s doing but by the Spirit’s move.As a result, they cause the church to suffer great loss.

     Whenever a meeting is dead and depressed, it means that Satan is reigning there as king. At that time, someone should rise up to reign for God, either by a word, a hymn, or a prayer to control the meeting, change the atmosphere, and release the life of God, thereby swallowing up
Satan’s death.

     How we need men who are willing to rise and stand in the position of ascension and order, men who will positively and actively exercise authority for God to rule over all the confused and lawless situation and destroy the antagonistic works of the enemy!...If we want to reign, our spirit must be strong and positive. A reigning spirit must be strong and living, active and not passive, positive and not negative, diligent and not loose. One who has such a spirit not only keeps the position of order and submits to God’s authority but also has strong faith and exercises God’s authority consistently in the position of ascension. Thus, he reigns and rules over his environment,over his work, and over all the meetings and affairs in the church.

     Therefore, with regard to the goal of God’s salvation, we need to reign for Him. With regard to our growth in life, we also need to reach the stage of reigning. With regard to Satan’s unlawfulness, we need even more to rise and reign....May the Lord be gracious to us! (The Experience of Life, pp. 351-354)

    Further Reading: Salvation in Life in the Book of Romans, ch. 7; Living a Life according to the High Peak of God’s Revelation, ch. 2

晨興聖言─進入生命經歷第四層， 達到長成的人以完成神的定旨(W4-4)

第四週 ‧ 週四

晨興餧養

西一13『祂拯救了我們脫離黑暗的權勢，把我們遷入祂愛子的國裏。』

太八9『因爲我也是一個在權柄之下的人，有兵在我以下；我對這個說，去，他就去；對那個說，來，他就來；對我的奴僕說，作這事，他就作。』

    我們…各自站在等次的地位上，服等次的權柄，神的權柄就必顯在我們中間，我們也就能爲神掌權了。所以召會中的權柄，不是自取的，也不是自居的，乃是服來的。比方作長老的，不是一直覺得自己比別人又長又老，因而常以長老的地位、長老的名義，來對待弟兄姊
妹，或處理事務。他們乃是像摩西一樣。弟兄姊妹中每有事故發生，他們立刻先伏在神面前，服在等次的地位上。因着他們是服神權柄的，所以他們身上就有神的權柄，他們也就能爲神掌權管理一切（生命的經歷下册，四二三至四二四頁）。

信息選讀

    〔我們必須渴慕〕要掌權。要掌權的意思，就是要積極的、主動的，來爲神掌權，管治一切。我們一有了升天和等次的地位，就可以掌權了。我們的經歷若達到這地步，也該掌權了。…一個要掌權的人，他的靈必須不鬆懈、不畏縮，肯積極而主動的運用神的權柄，來對付仇敵一切的作爲。這樣，神的權柄立卽就能在召會中顯出來，召會中許多不服不法的事，就可治服了。

    今天召會中就是缺少這樣要掌權的人，因此常有許多不該有的情形產生出來。比方我們常
看見有些交通聚會和擘餅聚會，是輭弱紊亂的。有人該禱告，卻不禱告，有人該說話，卻不說話，反而許多無所謂的禱告，和散漫無章的話語，倒釋放出來，使聚會受了攪擾，叫眾弟兄姊妹不得造就，而失去聚會的心情。這種光景，大半就是由於該掌權的人不掌權。他們袖手旁觀，任憑人在聚會中隨便活動，還以爲這樣很屬靈，不動人工，只憑靈感，結果就叫召會受到莫大的虧損。

    何時聚會發死、下沉，那就是撒但在那裏掌權，魔鬼在那裏作王了。那時，就該有人起來，要爲神掌權，或用話語，或用詩歌，或用禱告，來管住那個聚會，轉換那種空氣，釋放神的生命，而吞滅撒但的死亡。

    何等需要有人肯起來，站在升天並等次的地位上，積極的、主動的，爲神執掌祂的權柄，管治一切紊亂不法的光景，消滅一切撒但敵對的作爲！…我們要掌權，靈就得剛強而積極。一個掌權的靈，都是剛強的，也都是活潑的，是主動的，不是被動的；是積極的，不是消極的；是殷勤的，不是鬆懈的。有這樣靈的人，不只守住等次的地位，服神的權柄，也是信心剛強，一直在升天的地位上，運用神的權柄，來掌權管治他的環境，管治他的工作，並管治召會中所有的事。

    所以從神救恩的目的說，需要我們能爲祂掌權；從我們生命的長進說，也需要我們達到掌權；從撒但的不法說，更需要我們起來掌權。…願主恩待我們！（生命的經歷下册，四二四至四二七頁）

   參讀：羅馬書中的生命救恩，第七篇；過照着神啓示之高峯的生活，第二篇。

晨興聖言─進入生命經歷第四層， 達到長成的人以完成神的定旨(W4-3)

第四週 ‧ 週三

晨興餧養

羅五17『若因一人的過犯，死就藉着這一人作了王，那些受洋溢之恩，並洋溢之義恩賜的，就更要藉着耶穌基督一人，在生命中作王了。』

   八37『然而藉着那愛我們的，在這一切的事上，我們已經得勝有餘了。』

    羅馬五章十七節說，我們能憑恩典在生命中作王。在這些日子裏，我們一直說到神人，說到在生命上並在性情上，而不在神格上成爲神。作王就是成爲神。在全宇宙中誰掌權？誰是王？只有一位王。但我們是這一位王的兒女，也能在祂的生命中作王。因着我們像神一樣作王，我們就藉着在生命中作王，而在生命上並在性情上，但不在神格上成爲神。神作王，我們也作王。

    作王就是勝過、征服並管理撒但、世界、罪、肉體、自己以及周圍一切的環境。保羅在八章如此說，『誰能使我們與基督的愛隔絕？』（35）然後他說，『藉着那愛我們的，在這一切的事上，我們已經得勝有餘了。』（37）沒有甚麼能使我們與基督的愛隔絕，因爲我們在一切環境中，對一切問題，都是得勝有餘的。…我們也必須管理我們裏面的罪，管理撒但，並管理世界。我們不該讓世界的時髦勝過我們。反之，我們應當勝過一切，並且憑恩典在生命中作王（神聖啓示的高峯信息合輯第八册，二六三至二六四頁）。

信息選讀

   我們必須追求掌權的經歷。…第一，先要認識地位。…我們是在升天的地位上，就有權柄，就能掌權；我們若不在升天的地位上，就沒有權柄，也無法掌權。

    就是主耶穌，祂掌權的根據，也是在於祂升天的地位。祂復活升天了，纔得着天上地上所有的權柄〔太二八18〕，而在萬有中掌權〔弗一20〜22〕。所以我們若要掌權，總得在升天的地位上。…有了死的經歷，有了復活的經歷，也有了升天的經歷，然後纔能有掌權的經歷。

    我們掌權，…也根據神所安排的等次地位。…馬太八章記載一位百夫長，求主醫治他僕人的病。他的信心，也就是根據他對等次地位的認識。…他知道要掌權，就必須先服權柄，要作權柄，就必須先服權柄。

    當初神造人的時候，曾給人權柄管理海裏、空中並地上一切受造之物。那時人服神的權柄，所以人身上也就有神的權柄，叫一切受造之物來服人。但人一墮落反叛神，不服神的權柄，也就失去了神的權柄，在人手下的萬物也就不再服人的權柄了。所以…就是小小的蚊蟲、跳蚤，也會咬人。這就是說出，在整個墮落的宇宙裏，到處都滿了受造之物的背叛和不服。

    直等到主耶穌作爲話成了肉體，在這背叛的宇宙中，纔有了一位絕對服神權柄的人。主耶
穌的一生，無論一言、一行、一動、一止，無不照着神的旨意，服在神的權下，正如腓立比
二章所說，祂是『降卑自己，順從至死，且死在十字架上』（8）。所以神就將祂升爲至高，
叫天上的、地上的和地底下的，都向祂屈膝，稱祂爲主，服在祂的權下〔9 〜11〕。祂就
是因着守住了等次的地位，服在父神的權下，而得着權柄能爲神掌權（生命的經歷下册，
四一九至四二三頁）。

參讀：羅馬書生命讀經，第四十六至四十七篇。

晨興聖言─進入生命經歷第四層， 達到長成的人以完成神的定旨(W4-2)

第四週 ‧ 週二

晨興餧養

羅五10『因爲我們作仇敵的時候，且藉着神兒子的死得與神和好，旣已和好，就更要在祂的生命裏得救了。』

     17『…那些受洋溢之恩，並洋溢之義恩賜的，就更要藉着耶穌基督一人，在生命中作王了。』

   羅馬書頭四章給我們看見神完整救恩在法理救贖的一面，後十二章給我們看見神完整救恩在生機拯救的一面。我們是藉着基督的死得着救贖，也是藉着祂的死得着稱 義，更是藉着祂的死得以與神和好；這些都是法理的一面。但是羅馬書給我們看見，神的救恩不光有法理的一面，更有生機的一面。這個生機的救恩，就是五章十節 所說，更要在祂的生命裏得救。今天我們乃是在這生機救恩的過程中，經過種種過程，叫我們在生命裏得救。從一方面來說，我們都得救了，從另一方面來說，我們 還繼續在得救（經歷神生機的救恩等於在基督的生命中作王，四四頁）。

信息選讀

   在生命中作王乃是對神生機救恩完滿的經歷。神完整的救恩是藉着我們接受恩典與義；這完整救恩的結果，是使我們在生命中作王，這是神完整救恩的目標。羅馬五 章所說的在生命中作王，乃是打開該書其餘部分的鑰匙。我們需要在這光中，來看六至十六章的每一件事。這是以全新的方式解釋羅馬書。

   當我們在生命中作王時，我們就被神的聖別性情所浸透、充滿，使我們在性情上得以聖別，並且我們調和的靈要擴展到我們的心思裏，而更新我們的心思。當我們在 生命中作王時，我們就能被模成神長子的形像，並在我們一生之中，藉着內住之靈的印塗而被榮化。當我們在生命中作王時，我們就在環境的艱難和苦難上得勝有 餘，甚至向基督並向神忠信至死。我們也得着神的義，就是主觀的基督，且享受神的豐富。當我們接受洋溢之恩並洋溢之義的恩賜，而在生命中作 王時，我們就正確的呼求主的名。當我們在生命中作王時，我們就活與基督接枝的生命。如果我們不在生命中作王，我們就不能有分於這些過程；但如果我們在生命 中作王，我們就能在這一切事上有分，並且能構成基督得勝的新婦，作祂的滿足、快樂和喜悅（羅馬書中神完整的救恩結晶讀經，三一至三二頁）。

   我們藉着在神聖的生命中作王，就在基督神聖的生命中得救，脫離各樣的不順從。在生命中得救，使我們像王一樣掌權。按照五章十七節，那些受洋溢之恩並洋溢之 義恩賜的人，就是那些得着稱義的人，要在生命中作王。一個得着稱義的人，應當作王，因爲他有神聖的生命，王的生命，可憑以作王。…我們蒙基督救贖、罪得赦 免並蒙基督的血洗淨時，我們就得着稱義。不僅如此，我們蒙了神聖、屬靈、屬天、君王和君尊的生命所重生。因此，我們現今能像王一樣，在生命中掌權。

   今天一般所傳揚的福音，不包括在生命中作王這件事。我們也許只聽過，我們是罪人，我們若相信主耶穌，神就要赦免我們；然後我們就蒙救贖並得重生，好得着神 聖的生命。這是對的，但按照保羅在羅馬書裏的話，還有更多。保羅告訴我們，我們因着一個生命得救，這生命不僅是神聖的，也是君尊的、君王的生命。這是能作 王的生命（五17）。我們已經接受了一個生命，這生命不僅賜給我們能力，使我們成爲屬靈、屬天且神聖的，也賜給我們能力作王。在這生命裏，我們管理一切消 極的事物（羅馬書中所啓示在基督的生命裏得救，四至五頁）。

參讀：經歷神生機的救恩等於在基督的生命中作王，第四篇；羅馬書中神完整的救恩結晶讀經，第四篇。

Morning Nourishment-The Experience, Growth, And Ministry Of Life For The Body(W4-3)

WEEK 4 — DAY 3

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 5:17 “For if, by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

        8:37 “But in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loved us.”
   Romans 5:17 says that we can reign in life by grace. In these days we are speaking about being a God-man, about becoming God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. To reign is to be God. In the whole universe who reigns? Who is the king? There is only one King. But we as the children of this one King can also reign in His life. Since we reign as God does, by reigning in life we become the very God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. God reigns and we reign.

   To reign is to conquer, subdue, and rule over Satan, the world, sin, the flesh, ourselves, and all the environmental circumstances. In Romans 8 Paul says this: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?” (v. 35). Then he says, “We more than conquer through Him who loved us” (v. 37). Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ, because we are more than conquerors over all the troubles in our environment...We also have to rule over the sin within us, to rule over Satan, and to rule over the world. We should not let the world’s fashion conquer us. Instead, we should conquer all things and reign in life by grace. (Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans, pp. 209-210)

Today’s Reading

   We must seek the experience of reigning....First, we must know our position....If we are in the position of ascension, we have authority and can reign. If we are not in the position of ascension, we do not have authority and cannot rule.

   Even in the case of the Lord Jesus, the basis of reigning depended on His position of ascension. Not till after His resurrection and ascension did He obtain all authority in heaven and on earth (Matt. 28:18) and have dominion over all things (Eph. 1:20-22). Therefore, if we would reign, we must be in the position of ascension....Only after we have experienced death, resurrection, and ascension, can we obtain the experience of reigning.

   Our  reigning  is...also  [based]  on  the  position  of  order  arranged  by God..Matthew 8:5-13 tells us of a centurion who came to ask the Lord to heal his servant’s sickness. His faith was based on his knowledge of the position of order..He knew that in order to reign, he first had to submit to the reigning. In order to be the authority, he first had to submit to authority.

   When God created man in the beginning, God gave man authority to have dominion over all the creatures in the sea, in the air, and upon earth. At that time, man was submitting to God’s authority; hence, God’s authority was with him, and all creatures were made to submit to man. But once man fell and rebelled against God, unwilling as he was to submit to God’s authority, he then lost the authority of God. As a result, all the creatures under man were no longer in subjection to man’s authority. Therefore,...even the tiny mosquitoes and fleas can bite us. This indicates that the entire fallen universe is full of the creatures’ rebelliousness and insubordination.

   It was not until the Lord Jesus came as the Word become flesh that there was in this rebellious universe a man who submitted absolutely to God’s authority. In the life of the Lord Jesus, every word and action, every move and cessation, were in accordance with God’s will and in subjection to God’s authority. Philippians 2:8 says, “He humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and that the death of a cross.” Therefore, God also highly exalted Him, that every knee in heaven, on earth, and under the earth should bow to Him, and every tongue should call Him Lord—all in submission to His authority (vv. 8-11). Because the Lord Jesus submitted to the authority of God the Father and kept the position of order, He obtained authority and was able to reign for God. (The Experience of Life, pp. 347-350)

Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msgs. 46-47

Morning Nourishment-The Experience, Growth, And Ministry Of Life For The Body(W4-2)

WEEK 4 — DAY 2

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 5:10 “For if we, being enemies, were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more we will be saved in His life, having been reconciled.”

          17 “...Much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”

   The first four chapters of Romans show us the aspect of judicial redemption in God’s complete salvation; the remaining twelve chapters show us the aspect of organic salvation in God’s complete salvation. We were redeemed, justified, and reconciled to God through the death of Christ. This is on the judicial side. However, Romans shows us that God’s salvation has not only the judicial aspect but also the organic aspect. The organic salvation is referred to in 5:10....Today we are passing through the processes of God’s organic salvation that we may be saved in His life. On the one hand, we have been saved; on the other hand, we are still being saved. (The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life, p. 45)

Today’s Reading

   Reigning in life is the full experience of the organic salvation of God. God’s complete salvation is through our receiving grace and righteousness, and this complete salvation issues in our reigning in life as the goal of His complete salvation. Reigning in life in Romans 5 is the key to open up the rest of the book. We need to see everything in Romans 6 through 16 in this light. This is altogether a new way to interpret the book of Romans.

   When we are reigning in life, we are being soaked and saturated with the holy nature of God for sanctification in our disposition, and our mingled spirit spreads into our mind to renew our mind. When we are reigning in life, we can be conformed to the image of God’s firstborn Son and glorified through the sealing of the indwelling Spirit throughout our entire life. When we are reigning in life, we more than conquer the environmental hardships and sufferings, even being faithful to Christ and to God unto death. We also gain the righteousness of God, which is the subjective Christ, and we enjoy the riches of God. It is when we receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness to reign in life that we call on the Lord in a proper way. When we are reigning in life, we live a grafted life with Christ. If we do not reign in life, we cannot participate in these processes, but if we reign in life, we can be in all these things, and we can be constituted Christ’s overcoming bride for His satisfaction, pleasure, and delight. (Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans, p. 31)

   We are saved in the divine life of Christ, by reigning in the divine life, from all kinds of insubordination. To be saved in life causes us to reign as kings. According to Romans 5:17, those who receive the abundance of grace and the abundance of the gift of righteousness, those who are justified, shall reign in life. A justified person should reign because he has the divine life, a kingly life, with which to reign....When we were redeemed by Christ, forgiven of our sins, and washed by the blood of Christ, we were justified. In addition, we were regenerated with a divine, spiritual, heavenly, kingly, and royal life. Thus, we are now able to reign in life as kings.

   The gospel which is commonly preached today does not include the matter of reigning in life. We may have heard only that we were sinners and that if we believed in the Lord Jesus, God would forgive us; then we would be redeemed and regenerated in order to have the divine life. This is right, but according to Paul’s word in Romans, there is much more. Paul tells us that we were saved with a life which is not only divine but also royal and kingly. It is a life which is able to reign (5:17). We have received a life which not only gives us the ability to be spiritual, heavenly, and divine, but also gives us the ability to reign. In this life we reign over all the negative things. (To Be Saved in the Life of Christ as Revealed in Romans, pp. 9-10)

   Further Reading: The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life, msg. 4; Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans, msg. 4

Morning Nourishment-The Experience, Growth, And Ministry Of Life For The Body(W4-1)

WEEK 4 — DAY 1

Morning Nourishment

Gen. 1:26 “And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them  have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

Rev. 22:3-5 “...His slaves will serve Him; and they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads,...and they will reign forever and ever.”

   Simply speaking, to reign is to exercise authority for God—to rule all things and in particular to deal with His enemy....In the creation of man God had a twofold intent and desire. On one hand, God wanted man to possess His image so that he may express God Himself. On the other hand, God wanted man to represent Him with His authority in order to deal with His enemy. Therefore, when God created man, on one hand, He created him in His image and likeness so that man might be like Him. On the other hand, God caused man to “have dominion...” (Gen. 1:26). This means that God gave man authority so that he might reign for Him. (The Experience of Life, p. 345)

Today’s Reading

   The Old Testament records many instances of men reigning for God after Adam. Exodus 14 tells how God wanted Moses to lift the rod and stretch it forth to divide the Red Sea. Joshua 10 tells how Joshua prayed to God that the sun might stand still in the sky. First Kings 17 through 18 relates how Elijah prayed to control the rainfall. Daniel 6 tells how Daniel shut the lions’ mouths in the den. All these instances show us that through the ages, as long as there are men willing to live for God, God desires to grant them authority in order that all things might come under their dominion.

   This matter is even more evident in the New Testament. The first one in the New Testament who ruled for God was the Lord Jesus. He commanded illness to recede (Matt. 8:8-9), cast out unclean spirits (Mark 1:27), and rebuked and calmed the storm and the raging sea (Matt. 8:26-27). All these incidents speak of His reigning. Later, when the apostles continued the Lord’s works, they also had many experiences of reigning for God by healing and casting out evil spirits (Acts 3:6-7; 14:8-10; 19:12; 16:18). To the present day, this kind of experience is often repeated in the church. Then in the future and in the kingdom, the overcomers will reign with Christ and rule the nations (Rev. 2:26-27). Finally, in eternity all those who are saved will reign as kings forever and ever (22:5). At that time we will truly and fully enjoy the blessing of reigning for God. All these instances reveal that from the beginning until eternity, God’s one intention is that He may gain man to reign for Him in the universe. This was one aspect of God’s purpose in creating man. Even more, this was one aspect of God’s intention in redeeming man.

   Therefore, from the point of view of authority, reigning is the final goal of God’s salvation. It is the summit of our spiritual experience. As for God, had He not saved us to the extent that we could reign for Him in the heavenly realm, the goal of His salvation would not have been considered fully accomplished. Furthermore, although this matter of reigning will not be completely realized until the coming of the kingdom and in eternity, today God wants us to have a beginning on earth. As for us, if any Christian has not yet reached the degree of reigning for God, he is not yet up to standard. A Christian who is up to standard has not only been delivered from sin, overcome the world, had his flesh dealt with and his natural constitution broken, been filled with the Holy Spirit, and is sitting in the heavenly realm, but even more he is reigning with Christ in all things. Whether in God’s work, in the church, at home, or in any encounter in his environment, he can reign and rule over that which God wants him to rule. There must be such people gained by God so that through them the authority of God can be executed and the kingdom of God can come upon the earth. (The Experience of Life, pp. 345-347)

   Further Reading: The Experience of Life, ch. 17

屬靈書報導讀（221） 生命樹與善惡樹的異象（第五至六篇）

生命樹與善惡樹的異象（第五至六篇）
本書收錄李常受弟兄與同工們的交通，原刊於一九五八年『話語職事』，今彙集為單行本。本系列依據內容推斷，應係一九五八年，關於如何享受神的特別訓練之後，在台北同工聚會所釋放的談話記錄。

信息內容
第五篇信息著重在異象上開啟我們，『要走上享受神的路必須先轉觀念』；第六篇信息則在實行上幫助我們，認識『關於如何享受神的重點』。

真理要點
一、人對屬靈之事的作法，乃是根據他屬靈的看見。我們若要實際的走上享受神的 路，就得厲害的轉觀念。首先是關於敬拜。舊約的人敬拜一位在身外、以大能成就神蹟的活神；我們在新約所敬拜的，是一位復活、內住於人裏面、與人調和的神。 接著是關於禱告和讀經。禱告是為享受神，不是為求事情；讀經也是為享受神，不是為得教訓。根據聖經，神的心意是要把祂自己給人享受，而作人的一切。神不要 人為祂作甚麼，只要人享受祂。

二、我們必須透徹領略關於如何享受神的二十個重點：一、神與人之間的一切不在 事情上。二、神以糧食的方式作人的生命和供應。三、人在神前一切生活、行動和作為，都該是調著神而有的。四、在基督之外，人找不到神，享受不著神。五、藉 著主耶穌的成為肉體、死而復活，神與人有了完全的調和與聯結。六、主在十字架上的死，將罪案、罪的本身、肉體、舊造、撒但、世界、和死這些消極的事物全解 決。七、主從死裏復活，成了賜生命的靈。八、聖靈乃是七靈，是奉差遣往全地去的。九、人碰著聖靈，就是碰著主基督，也就是碰著神自己。十、聖靈臨到人，首 先作為審判的靈、定罪的靈。十一、人隨著聖靈的定罪而知罪自責時，一面呼出他自己，連同他裏面一切的罪污；一面自然而然吸入聖靈裏一切的成分。十二、人在 神面前，在聖靈裏的呼吸，就是喫神，喝神，享受神。十三、神要穿著人，調著人，頂著人，作祂所要作的一切事。十四、人在神面前的禱告，不重在向神求討，乃 重在把人裏頭的成分呼出去，把神吸進來。十五、聖經是神作人的食物，而作人生命的一個發表。十六、聖靈是聖經裏面的生命，讀經必須用靈讀，也必須將聖經讀 到人的靈裏。十七、讀經要讀到靈裏，必須經過一點默想，並化作禱告。十八、讀經和禱告兩面調和著作。十九、舊約雲柱表徵聖靈，火柱表徵聖經。二十、禱告呼 吸神的靈，讀經享受神的話。

生命經歷
一、我們到神面前，並不是和一位身外的神來往，也不是在祂面前祈求多少事情。 你或是有病，或是有缺乏，實在說，都不必告訴祂。因為你告訴祂，祂知道；你不告訴祂，祂也知道。你到神面前，要學習接觸祂，吸取祂，享受祂，停留在祂面 前。神來了，缺乏的供應也來了，疾病的醫治也來了，難處的解決也來了；神來了，甚麼都來了。

二、你該作甚麼工，該到那裏，該有甚麼動作，完全不是你的事，你只要享受神裏 頭的一切。等到神真正作了你裏頭的享受時，自然會叫你結出果子。不是你定規今天要去看三位弟兄，就跪到主面前為他們禱告；這是錯的。乃是你進到主面前享受 祂，取用祂，呼吸祂，不記得那三位弟兄，只記得這一位神；不記得作看望的工作，只記得喫這位神，喝這位神，享受這位神。等你這樣把祂喫飽喝足了，祂在你裏 面自然會結出果子，帶著你去看望弟兄，這個看望就是神從你裏面結出的果子。

問題研討
一、我們若要實際的享受神，正確的觀念為何？
二、請簡述關於如何享受神的重點。
三、我們看望弟兄時該有怎樣的經歷？

下期豫告：國度子民的生活與法則（第一至二篇）

豫備成家聖徒成全聚會豫報--儆醒並蒙保守，同受生命之恩

神在創造亞當之後說，『那人獨居不好，我要為他造一個幫助者作他的配偶』。又 說，『因此，人要離開父母，與妻子聯合，二人成為一體』。希伯來書十三章四節也說，『婚姻當在眾人中間受尊重』。彼得前書三章七節則說，丈夫和妻子是『一 同承受生命之恩的』。由此可見，婚姻是神所命定、所重看的，是應受眾人尊重的；婚姻同時也是基督徒經歷、享受神豐富恩典的重要憑藉。

喫喝嫁娶是神原初為著人的生存、繁增所命定的；但由於人的情慾，撒但就利用這些人生的需求霸佔人，使人放縱自己，恣意妄為，背離神的原意。在這世代的末了，主的再來將近之時，這種光景還要變本加厲。

聖經中多處教導我們應如何持守婚姻生活以得神的祝福，包括丈夫與妻子之間的相 處、為人父母養育子女的正確態度、以及婚姻生活與召會生活的關係。聖經中更有許多的榜樣、例證，讓我們看見一個個合乎神心意、甚至有分神時代經綸的家。神 的兒女實在需要儆醒並蒙保守，不隨從這世界的世代，而尊重神在聖經所論關於婚姻的話，對婚姻有正確的態度，並合宜的處理我們的婚姻生活。


為此，本召會特為近期計劃成家的聖徒，豫備有一次成全聚會。詳情如下：

時間：十一月二十三日（週六）上午十時至下午二時三十分，備有午餐。

地點：信基大樓五樓。

報名備註：

（1）歡迎所有豫計在半年之內成家的弟兄姊妹報名參加。

（2）請註明姓名、性別、及所屬會所，經與各會所負責弟兄交通，在十一月十日前，逕向本召會總執事室報名。報名電郵： tpech@ms1.recovery.org.tw

（3）報名費一百元整，當場繳交。

進入生命經歷第四層，達到長成的人以完成神的定旨（三）生命經歷第四層（二）認識升天

人救主的升天乃是祂的就職進入屬天的職任。基督經過了創造、成為肉體、人性生活、釘十字架與復活的過程。如今，在升天裏祂是神也是人，是創造主也是受造者，又是救贖主、救主、以及賜生命的靈，正在執行神的行政，並完成神新約的經綸。

我們需要看見主的升天客觀的一面：首先，主的升天使祂得了榮耀尊貴為冠冕（來 二9），榮耀是指與耶穌人位有關的榮美；尊貴是指與耶穌價值有關的珍貴。基督的光景是榮耀的，位分是尊貴的。其次，主的升天使祂為著神的行政登上了寶座； 希伯來書十二章二節說，基督現今坐在神寶座的右邊。基督現今在寶座上，執政管理整個宇宙；祂是獨一的執政管理者，是萬王之王，萬主之主；祂是地上君王的元 首。祂的執政管理與宇宙有關，但祂完成神新約的經綸，乃是繁殖祂自己，使祂得著複製，以建造召會，就是祂的身體，結果乃是新耶路撒冷。

再者，『以色列全家當確實的知道，你們釘在十字架上的這位耶穌，神已經立祂為 主為基督了』（徒二36）；這節的『立』可以領會成使其就職之意；在基督升天時，神使祂就職進入祂屬天的職事：人救主在祂的升天裏已經被立為主，來得著萬 有；人救主在祂的升天裏也被立為基督，作神的受膏者（來一9），來完成神的使命。我們現今與在復活和升天裏的基督是一（弗二6）；結果，我們有復活裏的生 命和能力，也有升天裏的權柄；當我們接觸我們的主，需要認識祂的所是，認識祂的身分、地位和職任。

我們需要看見主的升天主觀的一面：基督在祂超越一切的升天裏超越陰間、地、空 中、和諸天；基督在祂的升天裏經過了諸天，所以現今不僅在天上，更是高過諸天（來七26），遠超諸天之上（弗四10）。並且，升天的基督向著我們有一種傳 輸（弗一19～23）；神使基督作頭，乃是向著召會，傳輸給召會。基督的能力，就是祂復活的能力、升天的能力、使萬有歸服的能力、以及使萬有歸一於一個元 首之下的能力，是『向著我們這信的人』並『向著召會』；凡元首基督所達到、所得著的，現在都傳輸給祂的身體。而我們不僅應當相信神聖的傳輸，我們更需要天 天經歷這傳輸。因著神聖的傳輸不是一勞永逸的，召會應當不斷的接受這傳輸；只要我們是潔淨的容器，並且願意敞開自己，這傳輸就會在我們裏面不斷的進行。

這神聖傳輸的偉大目標就是將萬有在基督裏歸一於一個元首之下（弗一10）；藉 著神在所有世代中一切的安排，萬有要在新天新地中，在基督裏歸一於一個元首之下；這是神永遠的行政和經綸。而這歸一是神藉著基督與召會所構成的宇宙人來完 成的，所以我們這些身體上的肢體就需要在元首權柄之下保守身體的一；這一乃是神用來將萬有在基督裏歸一於一個元首之下的憑藉、管道和範圍。

基督在祂的升天裏，也作了在諸天裏的大祭司，在神面前擔負我們，並照顧我們一 切的需要；祂在升天裏就職進入祂的祭司職任：一面，基督是大祭司，在諸天裏為眾召會代求；另一面，祂是大祭司，在眾召會裏行動，照顧眾召會（啟一13）。 再者，基督也是把香獻在金壇上的祭司（啟八3）。舊約裏的大祭司豫表基督是我們的大祭司；今天基督是我們的大祭司，我們在祂的肩上，也在祂的胸前；祂在諸 天裏是用力量擔負我們且用愛托住我們的大祭司。主這位在諸天裏的大祭司，是更美之約的保證和中保。新約裏的每一項福分（弗一3，加三14）都是一項遺贈， 由活著、復活、升天的基督應用到我們身上。