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晨興聖言-為着主的來臨(W3-2)
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晨興餧養

彼後一19 我們並有申言者更確定的話,你們留意這話,如同留意照在暗處的燈,直等到天發亮,晨星在你們心裏出現,你們就作得好了。

詩一一九105 你的話是我腳前的燈,是我路上的光。

130 你的言語一解開,就發出亮光,使愚蒙人通達。

在詩篇一百一十九篇一百零五節,詩人實際的說到光。…這不是道理或教訓的事,乃是詩人在日常生活中的經歷。在他日常生活中的每一步,神的話都是他的光。

當然,古時候沒有路燈,在夜間行路的人需要燈盞、燈籠或火把,來照亮他們的路。…對詩人來說,神的話就是這樣的燈,非常實際地把光照射在他的路上。

神的話作為神的具體化身,乃是照耀的光。這光實際上就是在話中神的自己。因為話是神聖之光的凝聚,每當我們來到話面前,就進入光的氣氛中。…當我們在光亮的房間裏,我們不僅接受光,也在光的範圍裏(出埃及記生命讀經,八一二、八一○頁)。

信息選讀

你閱讀報章雜誌的時候,並不會感覺在光中。但你若以真誠的心和謙卑的態度來讀神的話,或禱讀聖經的一些經節,就會感覺被帶到光中。每當我們以正確的方式來到神的話面前,我們確信已進入光中,並在光的領域裏。然後我們自然而然的接受光,並成為絕對在光中的人(出埃及記生命讀經,八一一頁)。

在彼得後書裏,彼得給信徒有力的見證,作為對抗異端的豫防劑。…彼得的意思似乎是說,『不要聽從異端者。我同約翰和雅各在聖山上,是主威榮的親眼見證人。祂變化形像時,我們與祂在一起,並且我們聽見有聲音宣告:「這是我的愛子,我所喜悅的。」我們所告訴你們的不是傳說、虛構無稽之事或迷信的故事。我們見證我們所聽見、所看見的。我們看見主耶穌變化形像,並且我們知道,正如祂在變化形像時得榮耀,祂也要在榮耀裏再來。你們需要接受我們的話,並且相信這話。』

在一章十九至二十一節,彼得接着用見於舊約申言者的話,證實他們的見證。使徒的見證和經上申言者的話,都是真理的照亮。這照亮是神聖供備的一部分,就是神借着祂的能力所作的供備,使祂的選民能遠離異端和背道。…在彼後一章十九節,…『並』字指明除了前幾節所說主變化形像的真實,用以豫防迷信的虛構無稽之事,還有申言者之話的真實,作更確定的證實。彼得說到他對主在變化形像時之榮耀的個人經歷以後,接着用申言者的話證實並加強他的見證。

彼得指明信徒留意申言者的話,就作得好了。這就是說,他們正研讀舊約的豫言,並留意這些豫言。

彼得把經上豫言的話〔申言者的話〕比作照在暗處的燈。這指明今世乃是黑夜裏的暗處(羅十三12),這世上的人都是在黑暗裏行走、活動。這也指明經上申言者的話猶如信徒的明燈,傳輸屬靈的光(不僅供人心思理解的字句知識),照耀在他們的黑暗裏,引導他們進入光明的白晝,甚至經過黑夜,直到主顯現的那日,天發亮的時候。在主這陽光顯出以前,我們需要祂話的光,照耀我們的腳步(彼得後書生命讀經,八○至八二頁)。

參讀:彼得後書生命讀經,第八篇。

WEEK 3 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

2 Pet. 1:19 And we have the prophetic word made more firm, to which you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

Psa. 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

130 The opening of Your words gives light, imparting understanding to the simple.

In Psalm 119:105 the psalmist says a practical word about light… This is not a matter of doctrine or teaching, but of experience in the daily life of the psalmist. Step after step in his daily life, the Word was his light.

In ancient times, there were, of course, no street lights. Those who traveled at night needed a lamp, lantern, or torch to light their way… In a very practical way, to the psalmist the Word of God was such a lamp casting light on his pathway.

As the embodiment of God, the unique light, the Word of God is a shining light. This light is actually God Himself in the Word. Because the Word is the condensation of the divine light, we enter into an atmosphere of light whenever we come to the Word… In a lighted room, we do not simply receive light, but we are in a realm of light. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 697-698, 696)

Today’s Reading

You do not have the sense that you are in light when you read a newspaper or magazine. But if you read the Word or pray-read some verses of the Scriptures with a sincere heart and in an attitude of humility, you will be conscious of having been brought into light. Whenever we come to the Word in a proper way, we have the conviction that we have come into the light and are in a sphere of light. Then spontaneously we receive light, and we become people who are absolutely in light. (Life-study of Exodus, p. 696)

In his second Epistle Peter is giving the believers a strong testimony as an inoculation against heresy… Peter seems to be saying, “Don’t listen to the heretics. Along with John and James, I was an eyewitness of the Lord’s majesty on the holy mountain. We were with Him when He was transfigured, and we heard the voice declaring, ‘This is My beloved Son, in whom I delight.’ What we have told you is not a legend, myth, or superstitious tale. We testified of what we have seen and heard. We saw the Lord Jesus transfigured, and we know that as He was glorified in His transfiguration, so He will come again in glory. You need to receive our word and believe it.”

In 1:19-21 Peter goes on to use the prophetic word found in the Old Testament to confirm their testimony. Both the apostles’ witness and the prophetic word in the Scriptures are the shining of the truth. This shining is part of the divine provision, the provision God has made by His power so that His elect children may be able to stay away from heresy and apostasy. In verse 19… and indicates that in addition to the truth of the Lord’s transfiguration covered in the preceding verses as the inoculation against superstitious myths, the truth of the prophetic word is used for a more sure confirmation. After speaking of his personal experience of the Lord’s glory in His transfiguration, Peter goes on to use the word of the prophets to confirm his testimony and strengthen it.

Peter indicates that the believers do well to give heed to the prophetic word. This means that they were studying the Old Testament prophecies and giving heed to them.

Peter likens the word of prophecy in the Scripture to a lamp shining in a dark place. This indicates that this age is a dark place in the dark night (Rom. 13:12) and that all the people of this world are moving and acting in darkness. It also indicates that the prophetic word of the Scripture, as the shining lamp to the believers, conveys spiritual light to shine in their darkness (not merely knowledge in letters for mental apprehension) and guides them to enter into a bright day, even to pass through the dark night until the day of the Lord’s appearing dawns. (Life-study of 2 Peter, pp. 69-70)

Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Peter, msg. 8
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