第十週■週二

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晨興餧養

約三15『叫一切信入祂的都得永遠的生命。』

彼後一4『藉這榮耀和美德，祂已將又寶貴又極大的應許賜給我們，叫你們旣逃離世上從情慾來的敗壞，就藉着這些應許，得有分於神的性情。』

我們這些神人有神聖的權利有分於神的生命。約翰三章十五節告訴我們，凡信入主耶穌的人都得永遠的生命。永遠的生命就是神聖的生命，神的生命。我們是人，卻能得着神的生命。我們是按着神的形像，照着神的樣式被造的，只是沒有神的生命。藉着重生，我們蒙神賜恩，得着祂的神聖生命。…祂已經將祂的生命放在我們裏面，分賜到我們裏面。…歌羅西三章四節說到『基督是我們的生命』。基督旣是神的具體化身，基督作我們的生命，意思就是神作我們的生命。（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册，二七○至二七一頁。）

信息選讀

我們旣是神的兒子，也是神人，我們就有神聖的生命。（約三15，36 上。）許多基督徒知道他們有永遠的生命，卻不知道永遠的生命是甚麼。不僅如此，他們也不知道神聖的生命是甚麼。他們不知道重生的人在他們自己屬人的生命之外，得着了另一個生命。…天然的生命使我們成爲天然的人；神聖的生命使我們成爲神聖的人。…因着我們由神聖的生命所生，並有神聖的生命，我們當然就是神聖的人。我們由神聖的生命所生，所以我們是神聖的。可惜的是，大多數重生的人不知道他們在自己的生命之外，又得着神的生命。我們自己的生命是屬人的生命，因此我們都是屬人的。但藉着重生，我們又在我們天然的生命之外，得着另一個生命。這生命不僅是聖別的、屬天的，也是神聖的；因此，我們都成了神聖的。（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第二册，五五三頁。）

我們這些神人也有神聖的權利有分於神的性情。〔在〕以弗所一章四節…我們看見，神在基督裏揀選我們，乃是有特別的目的—使我們成爲聖別。聖別的意思不僅是成聖，分別歸神，也是與一切凡俗的不同、有別。神是聖別的，而我們是凡俗的。只有神與一切不同，與一切有別。因此，祂是聖別的；聖別是祂的性情。神的目的是要使我們成爲聖別，像祂是聖別的一樣。（彼前一15 ～ 16。）成爲聖別就是有分於神聖別的性情。神旣揀選了我們，要使我們成爲聖別，祂就將祂自己這聖別者分賜到我們裏面，使我們全人被祂聖別的性情充滿並浸透，藉此使我們成爲聖別。對我們這些神所揀選的人，成爲聖別就是有分於神的性情。（彼後一4。）因此，我們不僅得以有分於神的生命，也得以有分於神的性情。（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册，二七一頁。）

正如我們的肉身是由所喫的食物構成，照樣，我們在基督裏的信徒，旣有分於神，就該由神構成。這該是我們天天的經歷。我們若享受神並有分於祂，就會由祂構成。我們將完全由神的性情構成。

我們會由神構成，以致在一切所是所作上都彰顯神。我們甚至散發神的『馨香之氣』。我們若天天有分於神，至終就不知不覺的有分於祂。別人接觸我們，會在我們身上看見三一神的彰顯。…我們越被神浸透，就越彰顯祂。…有分於神的性情，就是有分於神所是的元素、成分。我們有分於神，神所是的各面就成爲我們的享受。這是享受神性情的構成成分。（新約總論第一册，七八至七九頁。）

參讀：新約總論，第七至九篇。

WEEK 10 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

John 3:15 That everyone who believes into Him may have eternal life.

2 Pet. 1:4 Through which He has granted to us precious and exceedingly great promises that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world by lust.

As the God-men, we have the divine right to participate in God’s life. John 3:15 tells us that everyone who believes into the Lord Jesus will have eternal life. Eternal life is the divine life, the life of God. We are human beings, but we can have God’s life. We were created in God’s image and God’s likeness but without God’s life. Through regeneration we have been graced by God with His divine life…He has put, has dispensed, His life into our being. Colossians 3:4 speaks of “Christ our life.” Since Christ is the embodiment of God, for Christ to be our life means that God is our life. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Incarnation, Inclusion, and Intensification,” pp. 214-215)

Todays Reading

As sons of God and as God-men, we have the divine life (John 3:15, 36a). Many Christians realize that they have eternal life, yet they do not know what eternal life is. Furthermore, they do not know what the divine life is. They do not know that, as regenerated ones, they have another life in addition to their own human life…The natural life makes us a natural man, and the divine life makes us a divine man…Since we have been born of the divine life and possess the divine life, surely we are divine persons. We have been born of the divine life; therefore, we are divine. It is a pity that the majority of regenerated people do not know that they have God’s life in addition to their own life. Our own life is a human life; thus, we are all human. But through regeneration we have received another life, which has been added to our natural life. This life is not only holy and heavenly but also divine. Thus, we have all become divine. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 2, “The God-men,” p. 437)

As God-men, we also have the divine right to participate in God’s nature. [In] Ephesians 1:4…we see that God chose us in Christ with a particular purpose—to make us holy. Holy means not only sanctified, separated unto God, but also different, distinct, from everything common. God is holy, but we are common. Only God is different, distinct, from all things. Hence, He is holy; holiness is His nature. God intends to make us holy even as He is holy (1 Pet. 1:15-16). To be holy is to participate in God’s holy nature. Having chosen us to be holy, God makes us holy by imparting Himself, the Holy One, into our being, so that our whole being may be saturated and permeated with His holy nature. For us, God’s chosen ones, to be holy is to partake of God’s divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). Thus, we may participate not only in God’s life but also in God’s nature. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Incarnation, Inclusion, and Intensification,” p. 215)

Just as we are constituted physically of the food we eat, so we, believers in Christ, should be constituted of the God of which we partake. This should be our experience day by day. If we enjoy God and partake of Him, we shall be constituted of Him. We shall be thoroughly constituted of God’s nature.

We may become so constituted of God that we express God in all that we are and do. We may even give off a divine “fragrance.” If we partake of God day by day, eventually we shall partake of Him unconsciously. When others contact us, they will see in us the expression of the Triune God…The more we are saturated with God, the more we shall express Him. To be a partaker of the divine nature is to be a partaker of the elements, the ingredients, of God’s being. When we partake of God, the aspects of what God is become our enjoyment. This is to enjoy the constituents of the divine nature. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 64-65)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msgs. 7-9