第十週■週三

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晨興餧養

腓二5『你們裏面要思念基督耶穌裏面所思念的。』

弗四23『而在你們心思的靈裏得以更新。』

羅八6『因爲心思置於肉體，就是死；心思置於靈，乃是生命平安。』

〔在腓立比二章五節，〕你們裏面要思念的，是指三節的『看』和四節的『看重』。當基督倒空自己，取了奴僕的形狀，顯爲人的樣子，並且降卑自己（7 ～ 8）的時候，祂裏面也有這種思念和心思。要有這樣的心思，我們需要在基督的心腸裏（一8）與祂是一。要經歷基督，我們需要到一個地步，就是在祂內在柔細的感覺和思想裏與祂是一。（聖經恢復本，腓二5 註1。）

信息選讀

因着我們藉着重生成了神人，所以我們也有權利有分於神的心思。這就是說，我們雖是人，卻能有神聖的心思。…我們需要讓基督的心思成爲我們的心思。〔腓二5。〕

以弗所四章二十三節說，『在你們心思的靈裏得以更新。』這裏的靈乃是信徒重生的靈，調和了神內住的靈。這樣調和的靈擴展到我們的心思，就成了我們心思的靈。調和的靈越多滲透我們的心思、浸透我們的心思、佔有我們的心思，我們的心思就越像神的心思。這就使祂的心思成爲我們的心思，這也就是有分於神的心思。（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册，二七二頁。）

那靈的引導不是源於或在於外面的事物。那靈的引導是裏面生命的結果。我要說這引導是來自生命的感覺，來自我們裏面神聖生命的感覺。生命這辭在羅馬八章至少題過五次。因此，那靈的引導是生命的事，是生命的感覺和知覺的事。心思置於靈，乃是生命。（6。）我們怎樣纔能認識這生命？不是藉着外面的事物，乃是藉着內裏生命的感覺和知覺。有一種來自心思置於靈的內裏感覺。我們的心思若置於我們的靈，裏面就立刻得着加強並滿足；我們也得着滋潤和復甦。藉着那感覺和知覺，我們就能知道我們行得正確。換句話說，我們知道我們在那靈的引導之下。所以，十四節裏那靈的引導不在於外面的事物，完全在於我們靈裏生命的感覺。…你不該違反這裏面的感覺，或違抗這內裏的知覺，因爲這的確是那靈的引導。…內裏的生命使你感覺到，你是否在主的引導之下，甚至在小事上也是如此。因此，我們照着靈而行，並將我們的心思置於靈，藉此被那靈引導。（羅馬書生命讀經，二六二、二六四頁。）

再者，神人有神聖的權利有分於神的所是。我們說這點的根據，乃是保羅在林後三章十八節的話，那裏說到我們要變化成爲主的形像，『乃是從主靈變化成的。』這指明變化的工作不是由屬於主靈的事物所作的，乃是由主靈親自作的。因此，我們是憑神自己的所是而被變化的。

在以弗所三章八節，保羅說到基督那追測不盡的豐富，指明這些豐富已經分賜到我們裏面。基督追測不盡的豐富，就是基督所是的豐富。基督追測不盡的豐富分賜到我們裏面，意思就是我們不僅有分於神的生命、性情和心思，更有分於祂的所是。（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册，二七二至二七三頁。）

參讀：羅馬書生命讀經，第十八篇。

WEEK 10 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

Phil. 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.

Eph. 4:23 And that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind.

Rom. 8:6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.

[In Philippians 2:5 “let this mind be in you” literally is] “think this in you.” This refers to the considering in verse 3 and the regarding in verse 4. This kind of thinking, this kind of mind, was also in Christ when He emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, and humbled Himself, being found in fashion as a man (vv. 7-8). To have such a mind requires us to be one with Christ in His inward parts (1:8). To experience Christ, we need to be one with Him to this extent, that is, in His tender inward feeling and in His thinking. (Phil. 2:5, footnote 1)

Todays Reading

Because we have become God-men through regeneration, we also have the right to participate in God’s mind. This means that we, who are human, can have a divine mind…We need to let Christ’s mind be our mind [Phil. 2:5].

Ephesians 4:23 says, “Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.” The spirit here is the regenerated spirit of the believers, which is mingled with the indwelling Spirit of God. Such a mingled spirit spreads into our mind, thus becoming the spirit of our mind. The more the mingled spirit penetrates our mind, saturates our mind, and possesses our mind, the more our mind becomes like God’s mind. This is to make His mind our mind, and this is to participate in God’s mind. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Incarnation, Inclusion, and Intensification,” p. 215)

The leading of the Spirit does not derive from nor depend upon outward things. The leading of the Spirit is an issue of the inner life. I would say that it comes from the sense of life, from the consciousness of the divine life within us. The word life is mentioned at least five times in Romans 8. Hence, the leading of the Spirit is a matter of life, a matter of the sense and consciousness of life. The mind set upon the spirit is life (v. 6). How can we know this life? Not by outward things but by the inward sense and consciousness of life. There is an inward sense which comes from setting the mind upon the spirit. If our mind is set upon our spirit, we are immediately strengthened and satisfied inwardly. We also are watered and refreshed. By that sense and consciousness we can know the life within us, and by this sense of life we can know that we are walking rightly. In other words, we know that we are under the leading of the Spirit. Therefore, the leading of the Spirit in verse 14 does not depend on outward things; it absolutely depends upon the sense of life within our spirit. You should not violate this inner sense or disobey this inward consciousness, for it is truly the leading of the Spirit…The inward life gives you the sense, even in small things, of whether or not you are under the Lord’s leading. Thus, we are led of the Spirit by walking according to spirit and by setting our mind upon the spirit. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 220, 222)

Next, the God-men have the divine right to participate in God’s being. Our basis for saying this is Paul’s word in 2 Corinthians 3:18 about our being transformed into the Lord’s image “even as from the Lord Spirit.” This indicates that the work of transformation is done not by something of the Lord Spirit but by the Lord Spirit Himself. Hence, we are being transformed with God’s very being.

In Ephesians 3:8 Paul speaks of the unsearchable riches of Christ, indicating that these riches have been dispensed into us. The unsearchable riches of Christ are the riches of Christ’s being, the riches of what Christ is. For the unsearchable riches of Christ to be dispensed into us means that we participate not only in God’s life, nature, and mind but also in His being. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Incarnation, Inclusion, and Intensification,” pp. 215-216)

Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 18