| 神需要人(二) 聖經經節 使徒行傳二22：諸位，以色列人哪，你們要聽這些話：神藉著拿撒勒人耶穌，在你們中間施行異能、奇事、神蹟，將祂證明出來，正如你們自己所知道的。 23：祂既按著神的定議先見被交給人，你們就藉著不法之人的手，把祂釘在十字架上殺了。 36：所以，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。 職事的話 再看摩西的故事。神有意思要以色列人脫離法老的手，但是神必須得著摩西；神沒有摩西，神就沒有法子拯救以色列人。不錯，神是萬能的，神是大能的，但是神如果沒有摩西，就是神要拯救以色列人，好像都是不可能的。如果摩西不肯為神所用，神只好再等，一直等到有一個人出來為神所用，神纔拯救以色列人。在摩西拯救以色列人的事情上，我們也看見神是要人和祂合作。這�媕Y的原則是很清楚的。 等到主耶穌來了，就更清楚的表明了人與神的合作。我們的主耶穌是誰呢？祂乃是神成了一個人。在宇宙中沒有一個人搆得上神的要求，所以神自己成了一個人。主耶穌是超越過人的，但是祂在世的年日，從始至終是站在人的地位上。祂雖然是神，雖然是神的兒子，但是祂作事情都是站在人的地位上來作。當祂受試探的時候，撒但一再對祂說，你若是神的兒子，可以怎樣怎樣。撒但的企圖是要祂離開人的地位來站在神的地位。但是，主耶穌卻回答說，『人活著，不是單靠食物，乃是靠神口�堜狴X的一切話。』（太四4。）祂的意思就是說，我在這�堿O作一個人﹔…因為主來到地上，是重在作人這一方面。主說，『人子來，為要尋找拯救失喪的人。』（路十九10。）當拿但業來見主的時候，說，『拉比，你是神的兒子，你是以色列的王。』主耶穌就對他說，『你們將要看見天開了，神的使者上去下來在人子身上。』（約一49-51。）祂總是說人子如何如何，可見主耶穌在世的時候，祂一直站在人子的地位上。因為神必須藉著人成功祂的工作。當人不肯答應祂的要求的時候，祂寧可差遣祂的愛子來到地上作一個人，來答應祂的要求，來成功祂的工作。 (c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry。闡釋部份取自倪柝聲文集第二集第十七冊〝一般的信息〞(卷一) ，第238~239頁。美國加州安那翰市，水流職事站出版。 |
Sunday, April 29, 2007
神需要人
Friday, April 27, 2007
神需要人
| 神需要人(一) 聖經經節 創世記一26：神說，我們要按著我們的形像，照著我們的樣式造人，使他們管理海裡的魚、空中的鳥、地上的牲畜、和全地、並地上所爬的一切爬物。 詩篇八3：我觀看你指頭所造的天，並你所陳設的月亮星宿。 4：便說，人算甚麼，你竟顧念他？世人算甚麼，你竟眷顧他？ 職事的話 我們在聖經�堨i以看見一件事，就是神需要人，神需要人的合作，來成功祂永遠的計畫。在神六天的創造�堶情A人是神創造的中心，神把人造好了纔能安息，神沒有人就不能安息。雖然後來人墮落了，但是神對於人的心意並沒有改變，神還是要得著人。人的得救，人的得造就，人屬靈的生命得以成熟，都是為著滿足神的需要。神在祂的工作�堙A有一個最大的需要，就是需要人的合作。可以說，在神的工作�堙A沒有一個地方，沒有一個時間，是沒有人參加的。人是和神共同工作的，神不能缺少人。（這�堜珨〞滲囿漱u作，並不包括神六天的創造工作；六天的創造，完全是神所作的，人沒有作甚麼事。） 我們從創世記一直看到啟示錄，就看見神一直在那�塈鉾菑H、得著人、帶領人，神更通過人來作事。神如果要作一件事，神總得先得著人；神如果沒有得著人，神就沒有法子來作事。我們可以看幾個例子﹕ 像挪亞與方舟的故事。在挪亞的時代，神明明要拯救人，但是，神如果不找著挪亞，神就沒有法子完成祂的旨意。神必須找著挪亞，必須找著一個能與神同心，與神同行的人；神必須找著他，經過他，也藉著他來完成神的旨意。神要一個方舟，但神也必須找著向祂有心願的人；神必須找著能和祂合作的人，神纔叫他造方舟。祂找著了一個能和祂同心，能和祂同行，能受祂託付的挪亞，神纔能工作。神必須得著了人，祂纔能作事。神要把方舟的故事擺在宇宙中，神就必須先得著挪亞。這是人和神，神和人在那�埵P行，在那�埵P工。 (c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry。闡釋部份取自倪柝聲文集第二集第十七冊〝一般的信息〞(卷一) ，第236~237頁。美國加州安那翰市，水流職事站出版。 若需要更多相關的出版資訊請連結至水流職事站中文網站查詢 |
Thursday, April 26, 2007
The Essential and Economical Aspects of Christ (2)
The Essential and Economical Aspects of Christ (2)
Bible Verses
Matt 1:18 Now the origin of Jesus Christ was in this way: His
mother, Mary, after she had been engaged to Joseph, before
they came together, was found to be with child of the Holy
Spirit.
Luke 3:21 ...as Jesus was baptized and was praying, heaven was
opened, (22) And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form as a
dove upon Him.
Words of Ministry [Part 2 of 2]
According to Matthew 1 and Luke 1, the Lord Jesus was
conceived of the Holy Spirit. Later, for His ministry, He was
anointed with the Holy Spirit, who descended upon Him (Luke
3:22). We need to realize that before the anointing Spirit
descended upon the Lord Jesus economically, He already had,
essentially, the begetting Spirit as the divine essence within
Him as one of the two essences of His being. Now we need to
see that the begetting Spirit as the divine essence never left
Him essentially. Even when He was on the cross crying out, "My
God, My God, why did You forsake Me?" He still had the
begetting Spirit as the divine essence. Then who left Him? It
was the anointing Spirit through whom He presented Himself to
God who left Him economically. After God accepted Christ as
the all-inclusive offering, the anointing Spirit left Him. But
although the anointing Spirit left Him economically, He still
had the begetting Spirit essentially.
This does not mean, of course, that there are two Holy Spirits.
It means that the one Holy Spirit has two aspects— the
essential and the economical. The essential aspect was for the
being, the existence, of the Lord Jesus, and the economical
aspect was for His work, His ministry. We need to be impressed
with the fact that when the Lord Jesus was on the cross dying
for our sins, God was in Him essentially.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 472-473. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 6/5/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Comments to: comment@emanna.com.
Bible Verses
Matt 1:18 Now the origin of Jesus Christ was in this way: His
mother, Mary, after she had been engaged to Joseph, before
they came together, was found to be with child of the Holy
Spirit.
Luke 3:21 ...as Jesus was baptized and was praying, heaven was
opened, (22) And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form as a
dove upon Him.
Words of Ministry [Part 2 of 2]
According to Matthew 1 and Luke 1, the Lord Jesus was
conceived of the Holy Spirit. Later, for His ministry, He was
anointed with the Holy Spirit, who descended upon Him (Luke
3:22). We need to realize that before the anointing Spirit
descended upon the Lord Jesus economically, He already had,
essentially, the begetting Spirit as the divine essence within
Him as one of the two essences of His being. Now we need to
see that the begetting Spirit as the divine essence never left
Him essentially. Even when He was on the cross crying out, "My
God, My God, why did You forsake Me?" He still had the
begetting Spirit as the divine essence. Then who left Him? It
was the anointing Spirit through whom He presented Himself to
God who left Him economically. After God accepted Christ as
the all-inclusive offering, the anointing Spirit left Him. But
although the anointing Spirit left Him economically, He still
had the begetting Spirit essentially.
This does not mean, of course, that there are two Holy Spirits.
It means that the one Holy Spirit has two aspects— the
essential and the economical. The essential aspect was for the
being, the existence, of the Lord Jesus, and the economical
aspect was for His work, His ministry. We need to be impressed
with the fact that when the Lord Jesus was on the cross dying
for our sins, God was in Him essentially.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 472-473. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 6/5/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Comments to: comment@emanna.com.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
The Essential and Economical Aspects of Christ (1)
The Essential and Economical Aspects of Christ (1)
Bible Verses
Acts 20:28 ...the church of God, which He obtained through His
own blood.
Matt 1:20 ...do not be afraid to take Mary your wife, for that
which has been begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. (23)
"Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son,
and they shall call His name Emmanuel" (which is translated,
God with us).
Words of Ministry [Part 1 of 2]
Since we have pointed out that the Lord Jesus died on the
cross as the God-man, some may wonder about Mark 15:34: "At
the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God,
why did You forsake Me?" This was the Lord's cry during the
time He was bearing our sins (1 Pet. 2:24), being made sin for
us, and taking the place of sinners (1 Pet. 3:18). This means
that God judged Him as our Substitute for our sins. In the
sight of God, Christ became a great sinner. Because Christ was
our Substitute and was made sin in the sight of God, God
judged Him and even forsook Him.
Because the Lord Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit and
was born of God and with God, He had the Holy Spirit as the
intrinsic essence of His divine being. Therefore, it was not
possible for God to leave, to forsake, Him essentially.
Nevertheless, He was forsaken by God economically when the
Spirit, who had descended upon Him as the economical power for
the carrying out of His ministry, left Him. But the essence of
God remained in His being. Therefore, He died on the cross as
the God-man, and the blood He shed there for our redemption
was the blood not only of the man Jesus, but also the blood of
the God-man. Therefore, this blood, through which God obtained
the church, is God's own blood.
[Continued tomorrow]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 471-473. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 6/4/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Comments to: comment@emanna.com.
Bible Verses
Acts 20:28 ...the church of God, which He obtained through His
own blood.
Matt 1:20 ...do not be afraid to take Mary your wife, for that
which has been begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit. (23)
"Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a son,
and they shall call His name Emmanuel" (which is translated,
God with us).
Words of Ministry [Part 1 of 2]
Since we have pointed out that the Lord Jesus died on the
cross as the God-man, some may wonder about Mark 15:34: "At
the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, My God,
why did You forsake Me?" This was the Lord's cry during the
time He was bearing our sins (1 Pet. 2:24), being made sin for
us, and taking the place of sinners (1 Pet. 3:18). This means
that God judged Him as our Substitute for our sins. In the
sight of God, Christ became a great sinner. Because Christ was
our Substitute and was made sin in the sight of God, God
judged Him and even forsook Him.
Because the Lord Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit and
was born of God and with God, He had the Holy Spirit as the
intrinsic essence of His divine being. Therefore, it was not
possible for God to leave, to forsake, Him essentially.
Nevertheless, He was forsaken by God economically when the
Spirit, who had descended upon Him as the economical power for
the carrying out of His ministry, left Him. But the essence of
God remained in His being. Therefore, He died on the cross as
the God-man, and the blood He shed there for our redemption
was the blood not only of the man Jesus, but also the blood of
the God-man. Therefore, this blood, through which God obtained
the church, is God's own blood.
[Continued tomorrow]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 471-473. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 6/4/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Comments to: comment@emanna.com.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
The God Revealed in the New Testament
The God Revealed in the New Testament
Bible Verses
1 Tim 3:16 And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was manifested in the flesh...
John 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him [Jesus], My Lord
and my God!
1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator of God and men,
the man Christ Jesus,
Words of Ministry
Some of today's Christians have a concept of God that is very
similar to the Jewish concept. The Jewish concept of God is
that God is God and that there is no human element in Him. But
according to the Bible, the very God in the Old Testament has
become the God revealed in the New Testament. In the Old
Testament God was merely God, without any human element. But
in the New Testament we see the God-man. Through incarnation
the God in the Old Testament put on human nature and became
the God-man. As such, He became God manifested in the flesh (1
Tim. 3:16).
God became the God-man by being conceived in the womb of a
human virgin and then being born of that virgin. In this way
the human element was added to His divine element. However,
this does not mean that as the God-man the Savior has two
persons. No, the Lord Jesus, the Savior, has one person with
two natures--the divine nature and the human nature. Although
this is very difficult to understand, it is nevertheless a
fact revealed in the Bible.
...our Savior is both the real God and the true man. Through
incarnation neither the divine nature nor the human nature is
lost. On the contrary, although the divine and human natures
are mingled to form the God-man, both the divine nature and
the human nature remain, and a third nature is by no means
produced. According to the Scriptures, we definitely believe
that our Savior, who shed His blood for our redemption, died
on the cross as the God-man.
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 470-471. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 5/30/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Comments to: comment@emanna.com.
Bible Verses
1 Tim 3:16 And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was manifested in the flesh...
John 20:28 Thomas answered and said to Him [Jesus], My Lord
and my God!
1 Tim 2:5 For there is one God and one Mediator of God and men,
the man Christ Jesus,
Words of Ministry
Some of today's Christians have a concept of God that is very
similar to the Jewish concept. The Jewish concept of God is
that God is God and that there is no human element in Him. But
according to the Bible, the very God in the Old Testament has
become the God revealed in the New Testament. In the Old
Testament God was merely God, without any human element. But
in the New Testament we see the God-man. Through incarnation
the God in the Old Testament put on human nature and became
the God-man. As such, He became God manifested in the flesh (1
Tim. 3:16).
God became the God-man by being conceived in the womb of a
human virgin and then being born of that virgin. In this way
the human element was added to His divine element. However,
this does not mean that as the God-man the Savior has two
persons. No, the Lord Jesus, the Savior, has one person with
two natures--the divine nature and the human nature. Although
this is very difficult to understand, it is nevertheless a
fact revealed in the Bible.
...our Savior is both the real God and the true man. Through
incarnation neither the divine nature nor the human nature is
lost. On the contrary, although the divine and human natures
are mingled to form the God-man, both the divine nature and
the human nature remain, and a third nature is by no means
produced. According to the Scriptures, we definitely believe
that our Savior, who shed His blood for our redemption, died
on the cross as the God-man.
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 470-471. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 5/30/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Comments to: comment@emanna.com.
Monday, April 23, 2007
The Eternally Effective Blood
The Eternally Effective Blood
Bible Verses
Matt 28 For this is My [Jesus] blood of the covenant, which is
being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Heb 9:12 And not through the blood of goats and calves but
through His own blood...obtaining an eternal redemption.
14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God...
Words of Ministry
The blood that has redeemed fallen human beings is the blood
of Jesus, the Son of God. As human beings, we need genuine
human blood for our redemption. Because He was a man, the Lord
Jesus could fulfill this requirement. As a man, He shed human
blood to redeem fallen human beings. The Lord is also the Son
of God, even God Himself. Therefore, with His blood there is
the element of eternity, and this element ensures the eternal
efficacy of His blood.
If the redemption accomplished on the cross was accomplished
merely by a man, that redemption could not be eternally
effective. Although it might be effective for the redemption
of one person, it would not be effective for the redemption of
millions of believers. Since a man is limited, a particular
man cannot die for millions of others. However, although man
is limited, God is not limited. Likewise, although man is
temporal, God is eternal. Therefore, in Christ's redemption
there is the eternal and unlimited element of God. This is the
reason that in Hebrews 9:12 this redemption is called an
eternal redemption.
The blood the Lord shed on the cross was the blood of Jesus,
the Son of God. It was not only the blood of Jesus; it was
also the blood of the Son of God. For this reason, the
redemption accomplished by the God-man, by the One mingled
with God, is eternal.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 469-470. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 5/30/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Bible Verses
Matt 28 For this is My [Jesus] blood of the covenant, which is
being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
Heb 9:12 And not through the blood of goats and calves but
through His own blood...obtaining an eternal redemption.
14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the
eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God...
Words of Ministry
The blood that has redeemed fallen human beings is the blood
of Jesus, the Son of God. As human beings, we need genuine
human blood for our redemption. Because He was a man, the Lord
Jesus could fulfill this requirement. As a man, He shed human
blood to redeem fallen human beings. The Lord is also the Son
of God, even God Himself. Therefore, with His blood there is
the element of eternity, and this element ensures the eternal
efficacy of His blood.
If the redemption accomplished on the cross was accomplished
merely by a man, that redemption could not be eternally
effective. Although it might be effective for the redemption
of one person, it would not be effective for the redemption of
millions of believers. Since a man is limited, a particular
man cannot die for millions of others. However, although man
is limited, God is not limited. Likewise, although man is
temporal, God is eternal. Therefore, in Christ's redemption
there is the eternal and unlimited element of God. This is the
reason that in Hebrews 9:12 this redemption is called an
eternal redemption.
The blood the Lord shed on the cross was the blood of Jesus,
the Son of God. It was not only the blood of Jesus; it was
also the blood of the Son of God. For this reason, the
redemption accomplished by the God-man, by the One mingled
with God, is eternal.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 469-470. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 5/30/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Thursday, April 19, 2007
A Broadened Heart for the Lord's Interest
A Broadened Heart for the Lord's Interest
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Acts 19:21 And when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed
in his spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to
Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see
Rome. (23) And about that time no small disturbance took place
concerning the Way.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Acts 19:21 indicates that Paul had a broadened heart for the
Lord's interest. As he was encountering attack at Ephesus and
carrying on his ministry, he still purposed in his spirit to
go to Jerusalem, and from there he was eager to go to Rome. If
you consult a map, you will see that Ephesus, in Asia Minor,
was midway between Jerusalem to the east and Rome to the west.
While Paul was laboring and facing attack at Ephesus, he had
the heart to care for the situation in Jerusalem and also to
see Rome. What largeness of heart Paul had!
Not many of us have such a large heart. Rather, often those
who are laboring in a certain place will say, "I am very busy
here. I do not have the heart to care for any other place.
Furthermore, I am facing much opposition. How can I have the
burden for other places?"
Paul's attitude was very different. In the midst of his
situation he could still purpose in his spirit to go to
Jerusalem, and then express the desire to see Rome.
According to Galatians 2:8, Paul's part of the New Testament
ministry was among the Gentiles. Although his burden was for
the ministry among the Gentiles, he was still concerned for
the Lord's interest universally. His primary concern was for
the whole Body of Christ, not only for his part of the New
Testament ministry.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from
Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 444-445. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 5/26/01)
Please visit us at www.emanna.com
Comments to: comment@emanna.com.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
一个新人
圣经经节
以弗所二14：因祂自己是我们的和平，将【犹太人和外邦人】两下作成一个，拆毁了中间隔断的墙， 就是仇恨，
15：在祂的肉体裡，废掉了那规条中诫命的律法，好把两下在祂自己裡面，创造成一个新人，成就了和平。
职事的话
大多数信徒承认召会是【希腊文】『艾克利西亚』（ekklesia），就是蒙神呼召之人的聚集或会集。弟兄会强调召会的这一面，甚至把『艾克利西亚』繙為『会眾』（assembly），那是一个準确的繙译。对召会较為进步的观念，是看见召会是神的家或家庭。对召会更高的领会，是看见召会是基督的身体。对召会最高的领会，是看见召会乃是一个新人。召会的这四方面，就像教育制度的四个阶段：幼稚园、小学、中学和大学。我们需要从召会是会眾的『幼稚园』程度，进到召会是一个新人的『大学』程度。
基督徒在会眾、聚集裡的关係并不十分相近，在家庭中、在家裡则较為相近、亲密。然而，我们不仅是神家裡的一分子，也是基督身体上的肢体；在身体裡，肢体之间的关係又更為亲近。那些在会眾裡的人或家庭中的一分子，可能还会彼此分离；但是身体上的肢体不能与身体分离，除非是把肢体切断。身体到那裡，肢体也必须随著，没有选择的餘地。然而在一个新人裡的交通，甚至比在身体中更為亲密。新人是团体的、宇宙的。信徒虽多，但在宇宙中只有一个新人。所有的信徒都是这团体宇宙新人的组成分子。
(以弗所书生命读经，第250-251页。)
以弗所二14：因祂自己是我们的和平，将【犹太人和外邦人】两下作成一个，拆毁了中间隔断的墙， 就是仇恨，
15：在祂的肉体裡，废掉了那规条中诫命的律法，好把两下在祂自己裡面，创造成一个新人，成就了和平。
职事的话
大多数信徒承认召会是【希腊文】『艾克利西亚』（ekklesia），就是蒙神呼召之人的聚集或会集。弟兄会强调召会的这一面，甚至把『艾克利西亚』繙為『会眾』（assembly），那是一个準确的繙译。对召会较為进步的观念，是看见召会是神的家或家庭。对召会更高的领会，是看见召会是基督的身体。对召会最高的领会，是看见召会乃是一个新人。召会的这四方面，就像教育制度的四个阶段：幼稚园、小学、中学和大学。我们需要从召会是会眾的『幼稚园』程度，进到召会是一个新人的『大学』程度。
基督徒在会眾、聚集裡的关係并不十分相近，在家庭中、在家裡则较為相近、亲密。然而，我们不仅是神家裡的一分子，也是基督身体上的肢体；在身体裡，肢体之间的关係又更為亲近。那些在会眾裡的人或家庭中的一分子，可能还会彼此分离；但是身体上的肢体不能与身体分离，除非是把肢体切断。身体到那裡，肢体也必须随著，没有选择的餘地。然而在一个新人裡的交通，甚至比在身体中更為亲密。新人是团体的、宇宙的。信徒虽多，但在宇宙中只有一个新人。所有的信徒都是这团体宇宙新人的组成分子。
(以弗所书生命读经，第250-251页。)
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
The Kingdom of God is the Enjoyment of the Resurrected Christ
Bible Verses
Acts 14:22 Establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith and saying that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
Words of Ministry
To enter into the kingdom of God is to enter into the full enjoyment of Christ as the kingdom. The whole world opposes the entering of God's people into the full enjoyment of Christ as the kingdom. Judaism, for example, has been usurped and utilized by Satan to frustrate the believers from entering this enjoyment. Throughout the centuries, other forms of religion...have also been used by God's enemy to keep God's people from entering into the full enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ as the kingdom of God.
In Acts 2 the one hundred and twenty were in the full enjoyment of the resurrected and ascended Christ as God's ruling realm. Such a realm is the kingdom of God. Very soon after the believers entered into the full enjoyment of Christ as the kingdom of God, the Jewish religion came in to frustrate this enjoyment. If in chapters three, four, and five, Peter, John, and the other believers had shown any weakness, they would have lost the full enjoyment of the resurrected Christ, and as a result they would have missed the kingdom of God.
Here he [Paul] seemed to be saying, "I entreat you through many tribulations to enter into the kingdom of God. You should expect opposition and be prepared for it. You will face much tribulation. But through all these tribulations you must endeavor to enter into the realm of the full enjoyment of the resurrected and ascended Christ as the kingdom of God. When you have the enjoyment of such a Christ, you will be under the divine rule. Then you will become the kingdom of God, which is the proper church life."
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 343-345. Both are Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim.
Acts 14:22 Establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith and saying that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
Words of Ministry
To enter into the kingdom of God is to enter into the full enjoyment of Christ as the kingdom. The whole world opposes the entering of God's people into the full enjoyment of Christ as the kingdom. Judaism, for example, has been usurped and utilized by Satan to frustrate the believers from entering this enjoyment. Throughout the centuries, other forms of religion...have also been used by God's enemy to keep God's people from entering into the full enjoyment of the all-inclusive Christ as the kingdom of God.
In Acts 2 the one hundred and twenty were in the full enjoyment of the resurrected and ascended Christ as God's ruling realm. Such a realm is the kingdom of God. Very soon after the believers entered into the full enjoyment of Christ as the kingdom of God, the Jewish religion came in to frustrate this enjoyment. If in chapters three, four, and five, Peter, John, and the other believers had shown any weakness, they would have lost the full enjoyment of the resurrected Christ, and as a result they would have missed the kingdom of God.
Here he [Paul] seemed to be saying, "I entreat you through many tribulations to enter into the kingdom of God. You should expect opposition and be prepared for it. You will face much tribulation. But through all these tribulations you must endeavor to enter into the realm of the full enjoyment of the resurrected and ascended Christ as the kingdom of God. When you have the enjoyment of such a Christ, you will be under the divine rule. Then you will become the kingdom of God, which is the proper church life."
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry, from Witness Lee, Life-study of Acts, pp. 343-345. Both are Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim.
Sunday, April 01, 2007
能力來自向神的奉獻
聖經經節
羅馬六13：…倒要像從死人中活過來的人，將自己獻給神，並將你們的肢體獻給神作義的兵器。
19：…你們從前怎樣將肢體獻給不潔不法作奴僕，以至於不法，現今也要照樣將肢體獻給義作奴僕，以至於聖別。
職事的話
我們如果仔細的讀神的話，就要看見，所有屬靈的豐富，所有屬靈的生命，所有屬靈的亮光，神只給一種人，那一種人是甚麼人呢？就是有心願給神用的人。屬靈的能力也是如此。屬靈的能力不是外面的，屬靈的能力是從你向神的心願和向神的奉獻而來的。真實的能力乃是根據你向著神的心有多少，真實的能力乃是根據你愛神有多少。在舊約裏有一個參孫，他是滿有能力的，他的仇敵非利士人本來不知道他的能力在那裏，就利用了大利拉問出他的能力是在他的頭髮上，他的頭髮一剃掉，他的能力就失去了。（士十六15-17。）他的頭髮是甚麼？就是拿細耳人的頭髮。拿細耳人，就是完全奉獻給神的人。所有屬靈的真實能力，都是在乎你奉獻給神多少。如果你在奉獻上不徹底，你這個人就還是癱瘓的，你還沒有能力。如果你在神面前有徹底的奉獻，你就要看見你這個人是有能力的。所以不管我們有多少的追求，我們總要記得，能力必定是在人的奉獻上。
比方：有一位姊妹，神摸著她一件事，她和神有長時期的掙扎，始終不肯順服神。她雖然願意與人一同禱告，但是她不行，因為神向她有所要求，她沒有答應。她去幫助人的時候，怎樣帶領人也帶領不過去。有一天，神的愛激勵了她，她就流著眼淚順服了神。她這樣一答應神的要求，她再去帶領人，就能感動人。所以，屬靈的能力是從奉獻來的，你的奉獻有多少，神給你的能力也就有多少。
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry。闡釋部份取自倪柝聲文集第二集第十七冊〝一般的信息〞(卷一) ，第241～242頁。美國加州安那翰市，水流職事站出版。
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羅馬六13：…倒要像從死人中活過來的人，將自己獻給神，並將你們的肢體獻給神作義的兵器。
19：…你們從前怎樣將肢體獻給不潔不法作奴僕，以至於不法，現今也要照樣將肢體獻給義作奴僕，以至於聖別。
職事的話
我們如果仔細的讀神的話，就要看見，所有屬靈的豐富，所有屬靈的生命，所有屬靈的亮光，神只給一種人，那一種人是甚麼人呢？就是有心願給神用的人。屬靈的能力也是如此。屬靈的能力不是外面的，屬靈的能力是從你向神的心願和向神的奉獻而來的。真實的能力乃是根據你向著神的心有多少，真實的能力乃是根據你愛神有多少。在舊約裏有一個參孫，他是滿有能力的，他的仇敵非利士人本來不知道他的能力在那裏，就利用了大利拉問出他的能力是在他的頭髮上，他的頭髮一剃掉，他的能力就失去了。（士十六15-17。）他的頭髮是甚麼？就是拿細耳人的頭髮。拿細耳人，就是完全奉獻給神的人。所有屬靈的真實能力，都是在乎你奉獻給神多少。如果你在奉獻上不徹底，你這個人就還是癱瘓的，你還沒有能力。如果你在神面前有徹底的奉獻，你就要看見你這個人是有能力的。所以不管我們有多少的追求，我們總要記得，能力必定是在人的奉獻上。
比方：有一位姊妹，神摸著她一件事，她和神有長時期的掙扎，始終不肯順服神。她雖然願意與人一同禱告，但是她不行，因為神向她有所要求，她沒有答應。她去幫助人的時候，怎樣帶領人也帶領不過去。有一天，神的愛激勵了她，她就流著眼淚順服了神。她這樣一答應神的要求，她再去帶領人，就能感動人。所以，屬靈的能力是從奉獻來的，你的奉獻有多少，神給你的能力也就有多少。
(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry。闡釋部份取自倪柝聲文集第二集第十七冊〝一般的信息〞(卷一) ，第241～242頁。美國加州安那翰市，水流職事站出版。
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