第六週■週六

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晨興餧養

弗六17 ～ 18『還要藉着各樣的禱告和祈求，接受救恩的頭盔，並那靈的劍，那靈就是神的話；時時在靈裏禱告，並盡力堅持，在這事上儆醒，且爲眾聖徒祈求。』

尼八10『…今日是我們主的聖日。你們不要憂愁，因耶和華的喜樂是你們的力量。』

根據啓示錄十九章，召會旣是呈獻給基督的新婦，也是和祂一同與神的仇敵爭戰的戰士。十九章十四節的眾軍，就是十七章十四節蒙召被選的信徒。他們也是新婦，以及被請赴羔羊婚筵的客人。（十九7 ～ 9。）…在婚禮之後，所有的客人都要成爲軍隊。作爲新婦，我們必須是美麗的，毫無斑點和皺紋，並且穿着細麻衣。作爲戰士，我們必須裝備好與神的仇敵爭戰。

在十九章十四節，我們看見得勝者作爲天上的眾軍以及騎着白馬跟隨祂的人，『穿着細麻衣，又白又潔。』…『明亮潔淨的細麻衣』〔8〕這婚禮的禮服，將是爭戰的軍裝。得勝者作爲天上的眾軍，乃是基督新婦的構成分子。換句話說，基督的新婦將要作祂的軍隊跟隨祂爭戰，毀壞敵基督和他的軍隊。那些勝了每一種攔阻的人，在對敵基督的最後爭戰中，要成爲與基督一同爭戰的人。這些人就是祂的新婦；因着祂把豐富生命的供應服事給他們，他們就成爲與祂一同爭戰的人。（新約總論第十四册，二六八至二六九頁。）

信息選讀

得勝的聖徒有兩件衣服，一件爲救恩，另一件爲獎賞。這裏的細麻衣是第二件衣服。得勝者這第二件衣服使他們有資格參加羔羊的婚筵，（啓十九8 ～9，）並與主一同爭戰抵擋祂的仇敵。因此，婚筵的禮服就變成了征衣。這第二件衣服使我們不僅有資格參加婚禮，也彀資格參加軍隊。…這件衣服就是基督從我們活出，成了我們日常的義。就在今天，我們也是藉基督作我們的衣服來爭戰。以弗所六章指明，神全副的軍裝就是基督。

屬靈的爭戰不是個人的事，乃是基督身體這團體的實體，與神仇敵爭戰的事。在現代的軍隊中，沒有一個士兵會單獨作戰。他乃是作爲訓練精良、裝備齊全之軍隊的一分子來爭戰。我們團體的形成軍隊之後，就能與神的仇敵爭戰。…所以，脫離軍隊而孤立是非常危險的。惟有留在軍隊裏，我們纔得着必需的保護。

在以弗所五章，話是爲着滋養，使新婦美麗；但在六章，話是爲着殺死，使召會能作團體的戰士，從事屬靈的爭戰。禱讀神的話是殺死我們裏面對頭的路。每一天，並在各種處境裏，我們都應該禱讀。每當我們被自己裏面某些消極的東西困擾時，我們該藉着在靈裏的禱告接受神的話。我們這麼作，消極的元素就會被殺死。

在六章十七節，保羅囑咐我們要接受『那靈的劍，那靈就是神的話』。這就是說，我們需要取用聖經的話作爲劍，來與仇敵爭戰。照着保羅在本節的話，神的話不是直接的劍，乃是間接的劍。…劍不直接是話；劍直接是那靈，然後那靈就是話。這指明我們若要對付仇敵撒但，聖經的話就必須成爲那靈。我們若要用聖經的話作爲劍擊殺仇敵，在我們的經歷中，話必須是那靈。（新約總論第十四册，二六九至二七二頁。）

參讀：啓示錄生命讀經，第五十四篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Eph. 6:17-18 And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints.

Neh. 8:10 …This day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

According to Revelation 19, the church is both the bride who is presented to Christ and the warrior who fights with Him against God’s enemy. The armies in Revelation 19:14 are the called and chosen believers in 17:14. They are also both the bride and the guests called to the marriage dinner of the Lamb (19:7- 9)…After the wedding, all the guests will become the army. As the bride, we must be beautiful, without spot or wrinkle, and be clothed in fine linen. As the warrior, we must be equipped to fight against God’s enemy.

In Revelation 19:14 we see that the overcomers, as the armies which are in heaven and the ones who followed Him on white horses, are “dressed in fine linen, white and clean.”…The wedding garment of “fine linen, bright and clean” [v. 8] will be the armor for fighting. The overcomers who are the heavenly armies are those who constitute the bride of Christ. In other words, it will be the bride of Christ who will follow Him as His army to fight and destroy Antichrist and his army. Those who have overcome every obstacle will be Christ’s co-fighters in the final battle against Antichrist. These are His bride. They have become His co-fighters by His ministering the rich life supply to them. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4339-4340)

Today’s Reading

The overcoming saints have two garments, one for salvation and the other for reward. The fine linen here is the second garment. This second garment of the  overcomers qualifies them both to attend the marriage dinner of the Lamb
(Rev. 19:8-9) and to fight with the Lord against His enemy. Thus, the wedding garment becomes the fighting garment. The second garment qualifies us not only to attend the wedding but also to join the army…This garment is Christ lived out of us to be our daily righteousness. Even today, we are fighting by Christ as our garment. Ephesians 6 indicates that the whole armor of God is Christ.

Spiritual warfare is not an individual matter; it is a matter of the Body, a corporate entity to fight the battle against God’s enemy. No soldier in a modern army would enter into battle by himself. Rather, he would fight as part of a well-trained and fully equipped army. After we have been formed corporately into an army, we will be able to fight against God’s enemy…Therefore, it is very dangerous to be isolated from the army. Only by remaining in the army will we have the necessary protection.

In Ephesians 5 the word is for nourishment that leads to the beautifying of the bride, but in Ephesians 6 the word is for killing that enables the church as the corporate warrior to engage in spiritual warfare. Pray-reading the Word of God is the way to kill the adversary within us. Every day and in every kind of situation, we should pray-read. Whenever we are troubled by something negative within us, we should take the Word of God by means of prayer in spirit. As we do this, the negative element will be killed.

In Ephesians 6:17 Paul charges us to receive “the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God.” This means that we need to take the word of the Bible as a sword for fighting the enemy. According to Paul’s word in this verse,the word of God is the sword not directly but indirectly…The sword is not the word directly. Rather, the sword is the Spirit directly, and then the Spirit is the word. This indicates that if we would deal with the enemy Satan, the word of the Bible must become the Spirit. If we would use the word of the Bible as a sword to kill the enemy, in our experience the word must be the Spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 4340-4342)

Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msg. 54