第四週■週四

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晨興餧養

羅八4『使律法義的要求，成就在我們這不照着肉體，只照着靈而行的人身上。』

   14『因爲凡被神的靈引導的，都是神的兒子。』

在新約的神治，烏陵和土明由調和的靈，就是由神的靈與人重生的靈相調的靈（羅一9，八16，約三6，四24，林前六17）所頂替。神諭是在我們的靈裏。（李常受文集一九八九年第三册，五二六頁。）

胸牌稱爲決斷的胸牌。〔出二八15。〕…這裏的決斷主要不是在斷定甚麼是對的，甚麼是錯的，甚麼是義的，甚麼是不義的。反之，這個決斷乃是要叫神的子民能曉得祂的引導。因此，決斷的胸牌實際上乃是引導的胸牌。…我們必須審判出於肉體的事物，以及思念肉體的心思。這種決斷爲我們開路，使我們知道神的引導。（出埃及記生命讀經，一五八二至一五八三頁。）

信息選讀

胸牌的建造乃是神所有子民被建造的一幅圖畫，就是基督身體建造的圖畫。如果我們想要知道神的判斷、神的心意，首先我們需要神的子民得建造。如果沒有這個建造，我們根本就沒有胸牌。其次必須加上基督作光和完全。第三，必須進到神面前去。第四，等我們在神面前之後，必須有新鮮的亮光使我們去讀字母，好斷定神的意思。這四件事是非常基本的。

聖徒們真是需要同被建造在一起。沒有建造就沒有胸牌；如果沒有胸牌，我們根本就沒有一個憑藉來明白神的旨意。…我們只知道自己的意思。…按照羅馬十二章，明白神旨意是在身體裏面的事。如果沒有身體，我們怎能知道神的旨意呢？…如果要知道神的決斷，〔祭司〕必須有胸牌，這胸牌就是神子民的建造。

給哥林多召會的書信，乃是使徒保羅在他的心上，以所有信徒組成一個胸牌而寫的。他是如此關心基督的身體，以致所有的聖徒都組成在他的心上。他有基督作亮光與完全，並且他是停留在神面前，接受新鮮的亮光、新的亮光。在這光中，他將哥林多的聖徒一個一個考慮過，他將所有的弟兄姊妹當作字母來讀。他就是這樣得着材料來寫這兩封書信。

使徒們不是〔從研讀舊約聖經，去收集一些美妙的觀念和思想〕寫書信的。首先，他們在召會生活裏被建造；並且所有的召會就像胸牌上的材料一樣，被組成在他們的心上。他們的心是那麼關心眾聖徒和眾召會。他們有召會生活，也有基督作他們的亮光與完全。在主面前，他們接受了新鮮的亮光，來讀出眾召會的光景；眾聖徒就成了字母給他們寫書信。

如果我們想要知道神對祂子民的旨意與決斷，我們需要救贖、滋養、光照和建造。然後在我們中間，在我們身上，纔有胸牌，就是身體生活的建造，這就成了我們知道神對祂子民旨意的憑藉。然後我們纔能接受主的判斷，知道我們該作甚麼或不該作甚麼。我們會認識主的道路。然後全召會纔能按主的判斷往前去。（李常受文集一九六六年第一册，七七七至七七八、七八○至七八一頁。）

參讀：神命定之路的操練與實行，第二十三篇；祭司的體系，第二部分，第十一篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

Rom. 8:4 That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the spirit.

          14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

In the New Testament theocracy, the Urim and Thummim are replaced by the mingled spirit, the divine Spirit mingled with our regenerated human spirit (Rom. 1:9; 8:16; John 3:6; 4:24; 1 Cor. 6:17). The oracle of God is in our spirit. (CWWL,
1989, vol. 3, “The Exercise and Practice of the God-ordained Way,” p. 401)

The breastplate was called the breastplate of judgment (Exo. 28:15)...The judgment here is not mainly to determine what is right or wrong, what is just or unjust. Instead, this judgment is so that God’s people could know His leading. Hence, the breastplate of judgment is actually the breastplate of leading. . .We must judge whatever is of the flesh, the self, the old man, and the world. We must judge the things of the flesh and the mind set on the flesh. This judgment clears the way for us to know God’s leading. (Life-study of Exodus, p. 1382)

Today’s Reading

The building of the breastplate is a picture of the building up of all the people of God, that is, the Body of Christ. If we are going to know God’s judgment and God’s will, first of all we need the building of God’s people. If we do not have this building, we simply do not have the breastplate. Second, we need Christ to be added as light and perfection, and third, we need to get into the presence of God. Fourth, after we are in God’s presence, there must be the fresh light for us to read the letters to determine God’s will. These four things are very basic.

There is the real need of the building of the saints together. Without this building, there is no breastplate. If we do not have the breastplate, we simply do not have the means to know God’s will...We only know our own will...According to Romans 12, to know the Lord’s will is something in the Body. But if we do not have the Body, how can we know the will of God?...In order to know the Lord’s judgment, [the priests] must have the breastplate, which is the building up of the Lord’s people.

The Epistles to the church in Corinth were written by the apostle Paul with all the believers composed together as a breastplate upon his heart. He was so much concerned for the Body of Christ that all the saints were composed upon his heart. He had Christ as his light and perfection, and he stayed in the presence of God to receive the fresh, new light. It was in this light that he considered all the saints in Corinth one by one. He read all the brothers and sisters as the letters. This is how he got the materials to write the two letters.

The apostles did not write the Epistles in [the way of studying the Old Testament to get wonderful concepts or thoughts]. First of all, they were built up in the church life, and all the churches were composed as materials for that breastplate upon their heart. In their heart they were so much concerned about all the churches of all the saints. They had the church life, and they had Christ as their light and perfection. In the presence of the Lord they received the fresh light to read the situation in all the churches. All the saints simply became the letters for them to compose the Epistles.

To know the Lord’s will and judgment about His people, we need the redemption, the nourishment, the enlightening, and the building up. Then among us and with us there will be the breastplate, which is the building up of the Body life and the means for us to know God’s will concerning His people. Then we will receive the Lord’s judgment of what we have to do or what we must not do. We will know the Lord’s way. Then the whole church will go on according to the judgment given by the Lord. (CWWL, 1966, vol. 1, “The Priesthood,” pp. 586-589)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1989, vol. 3, “The Exercise and Practice of the Godordained
Way,” ch. 23; CWWL, 1966, vol. 1, “The Priesthood,” ch. 18