第一週•週三

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晨興餧養

徒二六18『…叫他們的眼睛得開，從黑暗轉入光中，從撒但權下轉向神，又因信入我，得蒙赦罪，並在一切聖別的人中得着基業。』

林後四4『在他們裏面，這世代的神弄瞎了他們這不信者的心思，叫基督榮耀之福音的光照，不照亮他們；基督本是神的像。』

以弗所二章指明，諸天界裏有好幾層。基督是在最高的一層，就是三層天上，作我們的一切，就是我們的美地。但諸天界裏還有較低的一層，就是空中，在那裏撒但是空中掌權者的首領，阻撓地上的人接觸神並接受基督。（2。）這就是那些阻撓以色列人進入美地的迦南人所豫表的。（約書亞記生命讀經，二○頁。）

信息選讀

我們…應該記得，在諸天界裏有邪惡的勢力，我們必須與仇敵爭戰。雖然我們是在享受包羅萬有之基督的一分，但是仇敵和他在諸天界裏的邪惡勢力仍然霸佔那地。…當我們這樣享受基督的時候，我們在靈中就能體會到諸天界裏實在有邪惡的勢力。這些邪惡的勢力仍然將基督的包羅萬有向神的兒女們蒙蔽起來。…直到今天，那些邪惡的勢力還是一直蒙蔽着基督的包羅萬有；…在這裏有一場非常真實的屬靈爭戰，是我們需要參與的。藉着對包羅萬有的基督有所享受，我們就有負擔去打這場仗，我們就有負擔爲着這個爭戰。就是爲這緣故，我們被編組成軍。爭戰就在我們前面。（李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册，四五一頁。）

以色列人進入美地之後，必須擊敗迦南人，就是霸佔那地的仇敵。這些仇敵豫表空中執政的和掌權的，企圖攔阻我們享受包羅萬有的基督。在我們裏面有己和肉體的攪擾，在我們上面，在空中，有黑暗的邪惡權勢。當我們埋葬了己並割去肉體時，空中的黑暗權勢就要被暴露。己和肉體幫助邪惡的權勢。…一旦我們對付己和肉體，黑暗的權勢就要出來與我們交戰。然後，我們必須學習如何打屬靈的仗。屬靈的爭戰乃是在美地上，有基督豐富的出產作支援。

今天我們的美地乃是三一神，經過過程成了包羅萬有的靈。…藉着成爲肉體、人性生活、釘十字架與復活，基督這位三一神的具體化身，經過了過程，成爲賜生命的靈，住在祂所揀選的人裏面。因此，今天三一神乃是作爲賜生命的靈臨及我們。

這位奇妙的靈現今在我們的靈裏。（ 羅八16。）…『與主聯合的，便是與主成爲一靈。』〔林前六17。〕所以，新約吩咐我們要在靈裏行事爲人。（加五16，25，羅八4。）…你若不在基督裏行事爲人，卽使你很有道德，也是背叛。

我們都曾向主承認我們的罪、失敗和缺點。但你曾求主赦免你沒有憑基督而活麼？很少基督徒這樣禱告：『主，赦免我今天沒有接受你作我的生命。我的行爲很好，但我沒有憑你而活，沒有接受你作我的人位。主，赦免我在背叛你的光景裏。你要從我活出來，但我反而照着你以外的事物而活。我憑着我的意見而活，卻不憑你的啓示而活。根據這啓示，我該在你裏面行事爲人。但是在這一整天內，主，我完全沒有在你裏面行事爲人。』我能作見證，尤其在最近，我幾乎天天向主這樣認罪。（出埃及記生命讀經，一六九至一七○頁。）

參讀：約書亞記生命讀經，第六篇。

WEEK 1 — DAY 3

Morning Nourishment

Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance…

2 Cor. 4:4 In whom the god of this age has blinded the thoughts of the unbelievers that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine on them.

Ephesians 2 indicates that in the heavenlies there are different layers. Christ is in the highest layer, the third heaven, to be our everything as our good land. But there is a lower layer of the heavenlies—the air, where Satan as the ruler of the authority of the air is frustrating the people on earth from contacting God and from receiving Christ (v. 2). This is typified by the Canaanites, who were frustrating Israel from entering into the good land. (Life-study of Joshua, p. 14)

Today’s Reading

We must…remember that there are evil powers in the heavenlies. We must fight the battle with the enemy. We are enjoying a portion of the all-inclusive Christ, yet the enemy and his evil forces in the heavenlies are still usurping and occupying the land…As soon as we enjoy Christ in such a way, we realize in our spirit the reality of the evil forces in the heavenlies. These evil forces are veiling the all-inclusiveness of Christ from the Lord’s children…To this very day the evil forces are still veiling the all-inclusiveness of Christ…There is an exceedingly real spiritual warfare in which we must engage. By enjoying something of the all-inclusive Christ, we will be burdened for this fighting; we will be burdened for this battle. That is why we have been formed as an army. The conflict is before us. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” p. 336)

After the children of Israel entered into the good land, they had to defeat the Canaanites, the enemies that were occupying the land. These enemies typify the principalities and powers in the air that seek to keep us from enjoying the all-inclusive Christ. Within us we are troubled by the self and the flesh, and above us, in the air, there are the evil powers of darkness. When we bury the self and circumcise the flesh, the powers of darkness in the air will be exposed. The self and the flesh help the evil powers…As soon as we deal with the self and the flesh, the powers of darkness will come forth to war against us. Then we must learn how to fight the spiritual warfare. The spiritual warfare is fought in the good land with the support of the rich produce of Christ.

The good land for us today is the Triune God processed to become the all-inclusive Spirit…Through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection, Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, has been processed to become the life-giving Spirit to indwell His chosen people. Thus, the Triune God reaches us today as the life-giving Spirit.

This wonderful Spirit is now in our spirit (Rom. 8:16)…He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit [1 Cor. 6:17]. Therefore, in the New Testament we are commanded to walk in spirit (Gal. 5:16, 25; Rom. 8:4)…If you do not walk in Christ, you are rebellious, even though you may be very virtuous.

We all have confessed our sins, failures, and shortcomings to the Lord. But have you ever asked the Lord to forgive you for not living by Christ? Not many Christians have prayed in this way: “Lord, forgive me for not taking You as my life today. My behavior was very good, but I did not live by You or take You as my person. Lord, forgive me for being in rebellion against You. You wanted to be lived out of me, but instead I lived according to something other than Yourself. I lived by my opinion, not by Your revelation. According to this revelation, I should walk in You. But during the whole day, Lord, I didn’t walk in You at all.” I can testify that, especially recently, I have made this kind of confession to the Lord almost every day. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 142-143)

Further Reading: Life-study of Joshua, msg. 6