第三週•週五

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晨興餧養

來十三12 ～ 13『所以耶穌爲要藉自己的血聖別百姓，也就在城門外受苦。這樣，我們也當出到營外就了祂去，忍受祂所受的凌辱。』

讚美主，隨着小麥的就是大麥。墳墓並不是主的終結，祂復活了！…小麥是死亡谷，但大麥是復活山。何時你有基督作小麥的經歷，就保證必有基督作大麥的經歷隨之而來。

事實上，爲着要經歷基督作小麥，作受限制的耶穌，我們必須應用祂作大麥，作復活的基督。那活在我們裏面的，乃是復活的基督。這位復活基督所有的生命乃是一個經過成爲肉體、釘死和埋葬的生命，但祂自己今日乃是那復活的一位。基督在肉體裏總是受限制的，但基督在復活裏卻是不受限制的，是釋放出來的。乃是這一位無限的基督活在我們裏面，纔使我們能跟隨受限制的耶穌。今天我們是跟隨受限制的耶穌，但我們作這事乃是在無限基督的能力裏。（李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册，三○九至三一○頁。）

信息選讀

讓我問你，當你在家或在工作的地方，你的行動是像復活的基督呢，或是像受限制的耶穌？你若是耶穌的跟隨者，你就必須受限制。當耶穌在地上時，祂總是受限制：受祂肉體的限制，受祂家庭的限制，受祂肉身母親以及肉身兄弟們的限制。祂總是受限制的。祂受空間的限制，也受時間的限制；祂受一切的限制。我們若要活出耶穌的生命，我們必須受限制。我們若跟隨祂的腳蹤，我們就沒有自由，不能放肆。我們能爲耶穌的緣故受限制，是何等的有福！

但那使我們能受限制的力量是甚麼？那使我們能受限制的能力一定是很大的。生氣是容易的，但是忍耐需要力量。發脾氣是容易的，但是長久忍耐需要天上的能力。那使我們能受限制的能力乃是祂復活的能力。爲使我能有一點點忍耐，我需要復活的基督活在我裏面來加強我。應用復活的基督作我的忍耐，就是經歷基督作大麥。

也許你要對我說，『弟兄，我知道我需要時時受限制，我需要受妻子的限制，受孩子們的限制，受上司、弟兄們、尤其是某某弟兄的限制。我受這個限制，受那個限制，我終日都受限制。並且我豫期明天、後天，還要更糟。我怎能應付這局面呢？我知道復活的基督是活在我裏面，但是祂在我裏面的成分太少了。我連五個餅都沒有；我只有一個餅。』是的，你可能只有一個餅，但是請記得，這一個是大麥餅，是一個永不受限制之復活基督的餅。好像你只有一點點，但這是無妨的。因爲祂是無限的，一點就足彀應付局面。你說你不能應付局面，對！你實在不能。但有一位能—就是作大麥的那一位。有一個大麥餅在你裏面；有一點點復活的基督在你裏面，那就彀了。復活的基督是無限的。要把祂應用在處境中，祂是取用不竭的。藉着復活基督的大能，你就能跟隨成爲肉體之耶穌的腳步。靠着復活基督的生命，你就能活出受限制之耶穌的生活。…有時一位弟兄說，『我覺得有負擔作個見證，但我是這麼輭弱！』好像那個需要是要給五千人喫飽，但是供應卻只有五個大麥餅。雖然如此，你必須因信往前。雖然你所有的好像是那麼小，而需要是那麼大，你卻必須知道，你所有的不是別的，乃是復活的基督。你在那加你能力者的裏面，凡事都能作，因爲祂是復活且無限的。要應用祂！（李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册，三一○至三一二頁。）

參讀：包羅萬有的基督，第六章。

WEEK 3 — DAY 5

Morning Nourishment

Heb. 13:12-13 Therefore also Jesus, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. Let us therefore go forth unto Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

Praise the Lord, following the wheat is the barley. The tomb was not the end of the Lord. He was resurrected…Wheat is the valley of death, but barley is the mountain of resurrection. Whenever you experience Christ as the wheat, be assured that an experience of Christ as the barley will follow.

Actually, in order to experience Christ as the grain of wheat, the limited Jesus, we must apply Him as the barley, as the resurrected Christ. It is the resurrected Christ who is living in us. This resurrected Christ possesses a life that has passed through incarnation, crucifixion, and burial, but He Himself today is the resurrected One. Christ in the flesh is always limited, but Christ in resurrection is unlimited and released. It is this unlimited Christ living in us that causes us to follow the limited
Jesus. Today we are following the limited Jesus, but we do it in the power of the unlimited Christ. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” pp. 235-236)

Today’s Reading

Let me ask you, when you are in your home or at your job, do you act as the resurrected Christ or as the limited Jesus? If you are a follower of Jesus, you have to be limited. When Jesus was on earth, He was always limited, limited by His flesh, limited by His family, limited by His mother in the flesh, and even by His brothers in the flesh. He was always limited. He was limited by space and limited by time; He was limited by everything. If we would live out the life of Jesus, we must also be limited. If we follow His steps, we will have no freedom, no liberty. What a blessing it is that we can be limited for the sake of Jesus.

But what is the energy for us to be limited? The strength enabling us to be limited must indeed be great. It is easy to be angry, but patience requires strength. It is easy to lose our temper, but long-suffering demands the energy of heaven. The power that enables us to be limited is the power of His resurrection. I need the resurrected Christ living in me in order to be strengthened for just a little patience. To apply the resurrected Christ as my patience is to experience Christ as the barley.

Perhaps you will say to me, “Brother, I know I have to be limited all the time. I must be limited by my wife, by my children, by my boss, by the brothers, and especially by a certain brother. I am limited by this, and I am limited by that; all day I am limited. And I expect tomorrow and the next day to be worse. How can I meet the situation? I realize that the resurrected Christ is living in me, but I have so little of Him. I don’t even have five loaves; I have just one loaf.” Yes, you may have only one loaf, but remember, it is a barley loaf; it is a loaf of the resurrected Christ who can never be limited. It seems that you just have a little, but it does not matter, because He has no
limitation. A little is more than adequate to meet the situation. You say that you cannot meet the situation. This is right. You surely cannot. But there is One who can—the One who is the barley. A barley loaf is within you; a little bit of the resurrected Christ is in you—that is good enough. The resurrected Christ is unlimited. Apply Him to the situation. He can never be exhausted. By the power of the resurrected Christ you can follow the steps of the incarnated Jesus. With the life of the resurrected Christ, you can live out the life of the limited Jesus. Sometimes a brother says, “I feel burdened to give a testimony, but I am so weak.” It seems that the need is for five thousand people to be fed, but the supply is only five loaves of barley. Nevertheless, you have to go ahead by faith. Although your portion is seemingly so small and the demand is so great, you must realize that what you have is nothing less than the resurrected Christ. You can do all things in Him who empowers you, because He is resurrected and knows no limit. Apply Him. (CWWL, 1961- 1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” pp. 236-237)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” ch. 6