第三週■週一

晨興餧養

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約五19『…子從自己不能作甚麼，惟有看見父所作的，子纔能作；父所作的事，子也照樣作。』

十四10『…我對你們所說的話，不是我從自己說的，乃是住在我裏面的父作祂自己的事。』

約翰福音啓示，主耶穌在祂的人性生活裏，以父作祂的人位〔五19〕。…在五章三十節祂說，『我從自己不能作甚麼；我怎麼聽見，就怎麼審判。』父是主的人位，主憑着父作祂的人位而活。主雖然是神的兒子，是全能的，卻宣告說，祂從自己不能作甚麼，因爲祂不是憑着祂自己而活，乃是憑着父作人位而活。…主是藉着以父作人位而說每一句話〔十四10〕。在六章五十七節主說，『活的父怎樣差我來，我又因父活着，照樣，那喫我的人，也要因我活着。』正如主以父作人位而因父活着，我們也應當以主作人位而因祂活着（李常受文集一九七一年第一册，三八三頁）。

信息選讀

主是神的兒子，乃是全能的神，但祂宣告，祂從自己不能作甚麼，惟有看見父所作的，祂纔能作。這是因爲主在地上時，沒有憑祂自己的人位活，卻始終以父作祂的人位。主耶穌是奇妙的人位，但祂不以自己作人位，乃以父作人位。主怎樣以父爲人位，我們也需要以主作我們的人位。

約翰十四章十節是聖經中最重大的經文之一。在這節裏子說，『我對你們所說的話，不是我從自己說的，乃是住在我裏面的父作祂自己的事。』這不是說，子在地上說話的時候，父在諸天之上爲子作事。反之，子說話的時候，作事的父住在子裏面，與子是一。在約翰六章五十七節子說，『活的父怎樣差我來，…』這也不是說，父差子來以後，留在天上，而子在地上。反之，父差子來，並與子同來。因此，子來的時候，父與祂同來。不僅如此，子說話的時候，父在子裏面作事。子是說話的一位，父是在子裏面作事的一位。子與父是一。所以，可以說，子就是父（賽九6）。我們跟隨子的榜樣，要與祂是一，使我們說話的時候，祂會在我們裏面作事。

約翰六章五十七節…指明，正如主不因祂自己活着，乃因父活着，照樣，我們也該不因我們自己活着，乃要因主活着。主以父作人位；同樣，我們必須接受主作我們的人位。我們不該想要忍耐、愛人、謙卑、熱心宗教或屬靈，只該單單接受基督作我們的人位。

真屬靈乃是基督，一個活的人位。所以，我們要屬靈，就該接受基督作我們的人位。正如子基督宣告，祂說話的時候，乃是父作事；我們應當能宣告，我們行事的時候，基督就在我們裏面作事。例如，我們應當能說，我們去買東西，或與配偶說話時，乃是基督在我們裏面作事。然後我們就能像使徒保羅在加拉太二章二十節那樣宣告：『不再是我，乃是基督在我裏面活着。』我們若接受基督作我們的人位，而不是努力憑一己之力屬靈，我們就會真屬靈（李常受文集一九七一年第二册，二八六至二八七頁）。

參讀：人生的意義與正確的奉獻，第七至九篇。

WEEK 3 — DAY 1

Morning Nourishment

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John 5:19 …The Son can do nothing from Himself except what He sees the Father doing, for whatever that One does, these things the Son also does in like manner.

14:10 …The words that I say to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father who abides in Me does His works.

The Gospel of John reveals that in His human living, the Lord Jesus took the Father as His person [5:19]…In verse 30 He said, “I can do nothing from Myself; as I hear, I judge.” The Father was the Lord’s person, and He lived by the Father as His person. Although the Lord as the Son of God was almighty, He declared that He could do nothing from Himself, because instead of living by Himself, He lived by the Father as His person…The Lord spoke every word by taking the Father as His person [14:10]. In 6:57 the Lord said, “As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.” Just as the Lord lived because of the Father by taking the Father as His person, so also we should live because of the Lord by taking Him as our person. (CWWL, 1971, vol. 1, p. 276)

Today’s Reading

The Lord as the Son of God was the almighty God, yet He declared that He could do nothing from Himself except what He saw the Father doing. This was because when the Lord was on the earth, He did not live by His own person but always took the Father as His person. The Lord Jesus was a wonderful person, yet He did not take Himself as His person; rather, He took the Father as His person. Just as the Lord took the Father as His person, so also we need to take the Lord as our person.

John 14:10 is one of the greatest verses in the Bible. In this verse the Son said, “The words that I say to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father who abides in Me does His works.” This does not mean that while the Son was speaking on the earth, the Father was doing the work for the Son in the heavens. On the contrary, while the Son was speaking, the Father who did the work was dwelling in the Son, being one with the Son. In 6:57 the Son said, “As the living Father has sent Me…” Again, this does not mean that after sending the Son, the Father remained in heaven while the Son was on the earth. Instead, the Father both sent the Son and came with the Son. Thus, when the Son came, the Father came with Him. Moreover, when the Son spoke, the Father did the work within the Son. The Son was the One speaking, and the Father was the One working in the Son. The Son and the Father were one. Therefore, we may say that the Son was the Father (Isa. 9:6). Following the Son’s pattern, we need to be one with Him so that when we speak, He would do the work within us.

John 6:57 indicates that just as the Lord did not live because of Himself but because of the Father, so also we should not live because of ourselves but because of the Lord. The Lord took the Father as His person; likewise, we must take the Lord as our person. Instead of trying to be patient, loving, humble, religious, or spiritual, we should simply take Christ as our person.

Genuine spirituality is Christ, a living person. Therefore, in order for us to be spiritual, we should take Christ as our person. Just as Christ the Son declared that when He spoke, it was the Father doing the work, we should be able to declare that when we do things, Christ does the work within us. For example, we should be able to say that when we go shopping or speak with our spouse, it is Christ who does the work within us. Then we will be able to proclaim, as the apostle Paul did in Galatians 2:20, “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” If we take Christ as our person instead of endeavoring to be spiritual by our own effort, we will be genuinely spiritual. (CWWL, 1971, vol. 2, pp. 215-216)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1971, vol. 1, “The Meaning of Human Life and a Proper Consecration,” chs. 7-9