相信和接受就是作神的工（二）

圣经经节

路加十38：他们走路的时候，耶穌进了一个村庄；有一个女人名叫马大，接待祂到
家裡。

39：她有一个妹妹，名叫马利亚，在主脚前坐著听祂的话。

40：马大伺候的事多，各方忙乱，就进前来，说，主阿，我妹妹留下我独自一人伺
候，你不在意麼？请吩咐她同我作她分内该作的事。

41：主回答她说，马大，马大，你為许多的事思虑烦扰；

42：但是不可少的只有一件，马利亚已经选择那美好的分，是不能从她夺去的。

职事的话

我们看马大与马利亚的故事，这是一个很好的例子【，根据约翰六章二十九节，相
信并接受基督就是作神的工。】。马大是在那裡很忙的事奉主，她作了不少的工，
作得忙不过来，要求主吩咐她妹妹来帮忙。也许她心裡想，她為主花了许多力气，
出了不少代价，喫了好些苦，这总可以说她事奉了主，為主作了工了。但是主并不
称讚她，反问说，『马大，马大，你為许多的事，思虑烦扰；但是不可少的只有一
件，马利亚已经选择那上好的福分，是不能夺去的。』（路十41-42。）

那麼马利亚到底作了甚麼呢？圣经说马利亚在耶穌脚前坐著听祂的道。坐著听道，
一点也没有作甚麼，她不像她姊姊忙著作事，乃是安静的坐在主的脚前，在那裡亲
近主。听道就是接受主的话。主的话就是灵，就是生命，主藉著话将生命赐给人。
马利亚坐在那裡接受主的话，给主有机会向著她工作，给主有机会将主的自己藉著
话交通给她，马利亚不过作一个接受的器皿。在此我们看见，作工的不是马利亚，
乃是主。马利亚这个人是主的工作，是主工作的对象。所以圣经说，『我们原是祂
的工作，在基督耶穌裡造成的。』（弗二10。）感谢主，我们不是人的工作，我们
是神的工作，神的工作是绝对可靠的。哦，荣耀的事实，我们是神的工作。

(倪柝声文集第二辑第十八册〝一般的信息〞（卷二），第11-12页。)

相信和接受就是作神的工（一）

圣经经节

约翰六28：他们问祂说，我们当怎样行，纔算作神的工？

29：耶穌回答说，信入神所差来的，这就是作神的工。

一12：凡接受祂的，就是信入祂名的人，祂就赐他们权柄，成為神的儿女。

职事的话

约翰六章二十八节说到有一班人问主耶穌说，我们当行甚麼，纔算是作神的工？他
们向著神有热心，要作神的工，但是有一个难处，就是不知道怎麼作纔算是作神的
工。他们以為只要知道怎麼作，他们就能作，只要『当行甚麼』这个问题能解决，
他们就能作神的工了。好像说，能不能作是不成问题的，只要知道怎麼作就好了。
在这裡，人想要作神的工，人觉得能作神的工，人以為自己有彀大的本领能作神的
工。

但是主的回答和人的问题完全两样。主说，『信神所差来的，这就是作神的工。』
（29）人是在那裡说人要作，主的回答是说人只要信。人要作是表明人有本领作，
人当信是表明人没有本领作。信就是接受。（约一12，『接待』照原文可译作『接
受。』）信神所差来的，就是信主耶穌。在信的裡面，没有人的功劳，没有人的本
领。不是人能作甚麼，乃是神作成了，人接受一下就是了。人不过伸出手来将神的
儿子接进来就是了。信的意思就是说，神作了事，神赏赐了祂独生的爱子，人不必
作甚麼，只要接受神所赐的就好了。

(倪柝声文集第二辑第十八册〝一般的信息〞（卷二），第10页。)

Jesus—A "Mingled" Person

Jesus—A "Mingled" Person
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Luke 1:31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear
a son, and you shall call His name Jesus. (35) And the angel
answered and said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore
also the holy thing which is born will be called the Son of
God.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Lord's two essences were not merely added together; rather,
in the conception of the Man-Savior the divine essence and the
human essence were mingled. Some who misunderstood this
mingling said that it caused a third nature to be produced,
something which is neither divine nor human. To say that with
respect to the Lord Jesus...is heretical. However, we wish to
make it clear that this is not our understanding of the word
"mingle." We agree with the first definition of this word
given in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary: mingle—"to combine
or join (one thing with another, or two or more things
together), especially so that the original elements are
distinguishable in the combination." According to this
definition, when two or more things are mingled together,
their original natures are not lost but remain distinguishable.

We may use tea as an illustration of mingling. When tea is
mingled with water to make a beverage, neither the essence of
tea nor the essence of water is lost. Instead, both essences
remain...they do not produce a third nature, something which
is neither tea nor water. Our Savior was conceived of the
divine essence and born of the human essence. Therefore, He is
a Person with two essences—the divine and the human— mingled
together without a third nature being produced. Although the
Lord has two essences, He is still a single complete Person,
One who is both God and man.
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(c) 2007 Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from
the Recovery Version of the Bible (RcV) and Words of Ministry,
from Witness Lee, Life-study of Luke, pp. 5-6. Both are
published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.

A Summary of the Revelation in the Bible (1)

A Summary of the Revelation in the Bible (1)

Bible Verses

Eph 1:5 Predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to
Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, (9)
Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His
good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself, (10) Unto the
economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in
Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth,
in Him;

Words of Ministry [Part 1 of 2]

The Bible reveals that God had an eternal plan and that this
plan eventually became His economy. God's plan is to have a
group of human beings who are regenerated with the divine life
become His sons and the members of Christ so that the Triune
God in Christ may have a Body through which to express Himself.

God's plan is accomplished through Christ's incarnation, human
living, and all-inclusive death to terminate everything of the
old creation so that He may germinate His chosen people in
resurrection. In His resurrection Christ became the life-
giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45) so that He may propagate Himself
as the processed Triune God to produce the Body. After His
resurrection Christ ascended to the heavens, and there He was
made the Lord and Christ (Acts 2:36). In His resurrection the
Lord had already breathed Himself as the Spirit into His
chosen people essentially (John 20:22). Then in His ascension
He poured out Himself as the all-inclusive consummated Spirit
upon them economically.

Therefore, everything has been fulfilled and accomplished:
incarnation, human living, the all-inclusive death, the life-
giving and propagating resurrection, the breathing of the
life-giving Spirit essentially, the ascension, and the pouring
out of the consummated Spirit economically. Because all this
has been accomplished, the church has been produced.
[Continued tomorrow]
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(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, p. 503. Both are
Published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim. (Repeat 6/14/01)

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