第六週■週六

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晨興餧養

提後四2『務要傳道；無論得時不得時，都要豫備好，用全般的恆忍和教訓，叫人知罪自責，譴責人，勸勉人。』

提後一6 ～ 7『…將那…在你裏面神的恩賜，再如火挑旺起來。因爲神賜給我們的，不是膽怯的靈，乃是能力、愛、並清明自守的靈。』

無論得時不得時，我們必須每日都對各種人說基督。（徒五42，八4，提後四2。）我們應當對來自各支派、各方言、各民族、各邦國的人說基督。（啓五9。）在馬可十六章十五節，主耶穌吩咐我們要向一切受造之物傳揚福音。這指明我們應當拿起傳揚福音的負擔，到一個地步，叫我們會對在我們周圍的東西說話。我們應當對高山、樹木、河流、動物、和整個受造之物說話。我們若實行這個，就會在說話上練達。這會加強我們，使我們說話有能力。我們說話若笨拙，這會削弱我們的說話，甚至會削弱我們說話的內容。這就是爲甚麼我們應當一直練習說基督，甚至沒有人在場時也說。我們總是有一切的受造之物作說話的對象。我感謝主，當我是青年人時，我就這樣實行。

我們要作說話的人，就需要裏面的充滿；這樣我們纔有內容。我們也需要外面的充溢；這樣我們纔有能力和權柄。…當我們在聚會中說話，我們的說話必須滿有靈的操練。（李常受文集一九八八年第一册，二五○、二五七頁。）

信息選讀

很可惜的是，由於人的墮落，人不僅疏忽並忽畧人的靈，甚至拒絕承認人有靈。…今天的社會非常需要法律，因爲多數人忽畧他們靈的一部分，就是他們的良心。…在人類社會中最好的人不是守法的人，乃是那些顧到他們良心的人。

身爲基督徒，我們的靈已經得了重生。…神的生命和神的靈…已經加到我們靈裏了。我們有一個得重生並得加強的靈，這靈是剛強的靈，有一個同伴。這個同伴就是三一神。…我們所有的是何等豐富的靈！

我們已經看見我們靈的重要性，現在我們要來看我們靈的操練。我們必須建立操練靈的習慣。我早上起來的時候，自然而然會說的第一句話是：『哦，主。』藉着說『哦，主』而呼求主，乃是操練靈的習慣。你早上起來若立卽說，『哦，主，』這會有很大的不同。…當我們說『哦，主』的時候，我們就摸着主。這是操練靈的習慣。

提後一章六至七節指明，我們必須將我們的靈，如火挑旺起來。…有些人可能以爲，這兩節不是說我們應當將我們的靈挑旺起來，而是說將我們的恩賜挑旺起來。但你若深入這節經文，你就會看見，將我們的恩賜挑旺起來，就是將我們的靈挑旺起來。保羅在六節告訴我們：『將…神的恩賜，再如火挑旺起來。』到了七節他說，『因爲神賜給我們的…靈。』神所給我們的靈，是我們必須挑旺起來的。我們必須挑旺我們的靈。

我們得救的人有本錢過基督徒生活和召會生活。這本錢乃是神所賜的靈。按照神的命定，神所賜的這靈是被我們意志的能力、我們情感的愛、以及我們心思的清明自守所圍繞。這三個助手圍繞着我們的靈，不是來壓制我們，乃是來提高我們，並幫助我們。（李常受文集一九九三年第二册，二三九至二四二、二四五頁。）

參讀：那靈同我們的靈，第八章；爲着建造基督的身體講說基督，第三至四章。

WEEK 6 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

2 Tim. 4:2 Proclaim the word; be ready in season and out of season; convict, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and teaching.

      1:6-7...Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you...For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness.

We need to be those who speak Christ to all kinds of people daily in season and out of season (Acts 5:42; 8:4; 2 Tim. 4:2). We should speak Christ to those from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation (Rev. 5:9). In Mark 16:15 the Lord Jesus charged us to preach the gospel to all the creation. This indicates that we should pick up the burden for the preaching of the gospel to such an extent that we would speak to whatever is around us. We should speak to the mountains, the trees, the rivers, the animals, and the entire creation. If we practice this, we will become exercised in speaking. This will strengthen us to speak with power. If we speak awkwardly, that will weaken our speaking and even weaken the contents of our speaking. This is why we should practice speaking Christ all the time even though no person may be present. We always have the entire creation to speak to. I am grateful to the Lord that I practiced this when I was a young man.

To be a speaking one, we need the inward filling. Then we have the content. We also need the outward filling. Then we have the power and the authority.. When we speak in the meetings, our speaking should be full of the exercise of the spirit. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” pp. 179-180, 183-184)

Today’s Reading

Regretfully, due to the fall, men have not only overlooked and neglected the human spirit but also have even refused to admit that man has a spirit...Today’s society needs the law so much because most people neglect one part of their spirit— their conscience...The best people in human society are not the lawful ones but the ones who take care of their conscience.

As Christians, our spirit has been regenerated. To be regenerated is to be reinforced. Something stronger and richer has been added into our being...God’s life and God’s spirit...have been added into our spirit. We have a regenerated and reinforced spirit, a very strong spirit, with a companion. This companion is the Triune God...What an enriched spirit we have!

Now that we have seen the importance of our spirit, we want to see the exercise of our spirit. We must build up a habit of exercising our spirit. When I rise up in the morning, the first thing I spontaneously say is “O Lord.” To call on the Lord by saying, “O Lord” is a habit of exercising our spirit. To say “O Lord” as soon as you rise up in the morning makes a big difference...When we say, “O Lord,” we touch the Lord. This is the habit of exercising our spirit.

Second Timothy 1:6-7 indicates that we need to fan our spirit into flame...Some might think that these verses do not say that we should fan our spirit but that we should fan our gift. But if you get into these verses, you will see that the fanning of our gift into flame is the fanning of our spirit into flame. Paul tells us in verse 6 to “fan into flame the gift of God.” Then in verse 7 he says, “For God has not given us a spirit...” Our God-given spirit is what we must fan into flame. We have to fan our spirit.

We saved ones have the capital to live the Christian life and the church life. This capital is the God-given spirit. This God-given spirit, according to God’s ordination, is surrounded by the power of our will, by the love of our emotion, and by the sobermindedness of our mind. These three helpers are surrounding our spirit, not to depress us but rather to uplift us and help us. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” pp. 180-182, 184)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” ch. 8; CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” chs. 3-4