第三週　週六

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晨興餧養

太二9~10　他們聽了王的話，就去了。看哪，他們曾看見它出現的那星，在他們前頭領路，直領到那孩子那裏，就在上頭停住了。他們看見那星，就極其歡樂。

    我們愛主的話，但不是在死的字句裏愛那些話。我們愛聖經乃是留意它，直等到其中有東西在我們心裏發亮並出現—不是知識，不是成文的規條，而是天發亮，照耀的星出現。

    在星象家的日子，看見那星是奇蹟似的事件，但在今天看見晨星只是尋常的事，並且該是我們例常的經歷。每天都該有晨星在我們心裏出現。不要單單念聖經，…我們必須留意申言者的話，直等到天發亮，晨星在我們心裏出現。

    所以，今日這星是來自這活話。…在〔彼後一章十九節〕，主的話與晨星擺在一起。首先我們有話；其次由於留意申言者的話，我們有晨星在我們心裏出現。我們若一直隨從這在我們裏面出現的星，就會一直在那靈裏。這就是新約的事奉（李常受文集一九七○年第一冊，三八七至三八八頁）。

信息選讀

   彼後一章十九節…題起三種光源—照在暗處的燈、天發亮、出現的晨星。

    聖經的話作為信徒照耀的燈，傳輸照耀的屬靈之光。…在許多神學院裏，閱讀、研讀聖經的人仍在黑暗裏。他們沒有來自話的光、照耀和照亮。然而，今天我們必須見證，在召會生活中，我們一打開聖經就蒙光照。每一頁都照亮，每一行都光照，甚至每一個字都照耀我們。藉着這樣的照耀，我們就被徹底暴露。

    已往我們眾人都過着一種與主耶穌給我們留下的榜樣相反的生活。我們在黑暗裏，沒有人能說服我們，使我們認錯。人越想要說服我們，我們就越宣稱自己是對的，越為自己辯解。然而，有一天我們參加召會的聚會，聚會開始後不久，我們就被暴露。我們被那照耀在我們身上的神聖之光所照亮，就領悟自己錯了。

    在召會生活中沒有甚麼外面的吸引。從前吸引我們，現在仍然吸引我們的，乃是光的照耀。神聖的光總是照耀在聖徒裏面。結果，不太需要改正、調整、說服或定罪；藉着神的話內裏的照耀，一切不同的難處和需要都解決了。

    每當我們從聖經得着話，這話就在我們裏面照耀，照耀就暴露我們，暴露就征服我們。別人也許不能征服我們，但聖經的話能。我們有個美妙的東西，一直在我們裏面照耀並征服我們。有時候我們也許想和配偶爭辯，但這美妙的照耀立刻約束我們。這就是活的話在我們的經歷中成為照耀的光。神在聖經中的話，如同照在暗處的燈，傳輸屬靈的光，照耀以光照信徒。這燈成為在信徒裏面出現的晨星，至終帶進發亮的天，就是要在主耶穌這公義的日頭來臨時，破曉作為白晝的國度時代（瑪四2）。照耀的光從燈進展到發亮的天。…在神聖的光照之下，四福音裏所記載主耶穌的為人生活，作為原型，就完全啟示出來（李常受文集一九七三至一九七四年第一冊，三八五至三八六頁）。

參讀：李常受文集一九七三至一九七四年第一冊，彼得前後書中的生命與建造，第二章。

WEEK 3 — DAY 6 

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Morning Nourishment 

Matt. 2:9-10 And after they heard the king, they went their way, and behold, the star which they saw at its rising led them until it came and stood over the place where the child was. And when they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. 

We love the Word, but not in the way of dead letters. We love the Word by giving heed to it until something within is dawning and rising in our heart— not the knowledge, not the written code, but the breaking through of day, the rising of the shining star. 

In the days of the magi, the seeing of the star was a miraculous occurrence, but today to see the morning star is only normal and should be our regular experience. Day by day we need to have the morning star rising in our heart. We should not merely read the Bible…; we need to give heed to the prophetic word until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our heart. 

Today, therefore, the star comes from the living word… In 2 Peter 1:19 we have the word and the morning star together. First, we have the word; second, by giving heed to the prophetic word, we have the morning star rising in our heart. If we will simply go along continually with this inner, rising star, we will consistently be in the Spirit. This is the New Testament service. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, “New Testament Service,” pp. 288-289) 

Today’s Reading 

[In 2 Peter 1:19] three sources of light are mentioned—the lamp shining in a dark place, the dawning day, and the rising morning star. 

As the shining lamp to the believers, the words of the Bible convey spiritual light that shines… In many seminaries those who read and study the Bible are still in darkness. They have no light, no shining, and no illuminating from the Word. Today, however, we must testify that in the church life, 

whenever we open the Bible, we are enlightened. Every page illuminates, every line enlightens, and even every word shines over us. Through such a shining, we are thoroughly exposed. 

In the past we all lived a life that was contrary to the model that the Lord Jesus left us. We were in darkness, and no one was able to convince us that we were wrong. The more people tried to convince us, the more we declared that we were right, and the more we vindicated ourselves. However, one day we attended a meeting of the church, and in just a short time after the start of the meeting, we were exposed. We were illumined by the divine light shining on us, and we realized that we were wrong. 

In the church life there is nothing outwardly attractive. What attracted us and still attracts us is the shining of light. The divine light is always shiningin the saints. As a result, there is not much need for correction, adjustment, convincing, or condemning. The inward shining through the word of God takes care of all the different problems and needs. 

Whenever we receive a word from the Bible, this word shines in us, the shining exposes us, and the exposing subdues us. Others may be unable to subdue us, but the word of the Bible is able. We have something wonderful that shines within us and subdues us all the time. Sometimes we may want to argue with our spouse, but immediately the wonderful shining restricts us. This is the living word becoming the shining light in our experience. The word of God in the Bible, as a lamp shining in a dark place, conveys spiritual light that shines to enlighten the believers. This lamp becomes the morning star rising within the believers, which eventually brings in the dawning day, the age of the kingdom as a day that will dawn at the coming of the Lord Jesus as the Sun of righteousness (Mal. 4:2). The shining light progresses from a lamp to the dawning day. The more we are under the light, the more the xeroxing process takes place. Under the shining of the divine light the original model, the human life of the Lord Jesus as recorded in the four Gospels, is fully revealed. (CWWL, 1973-1974, vol. 1, pp. 291-292) 

Further Reading: CWWL, 1973-1974, vol. 1, pp. 289-295