第三週•週六

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晨興餧養

約十一25『耶穌對她說，我是復活，我是生命；信入我的人，雖然死了，也必復活。』

腓四13『我在那加我能力者的裏面，凡事都能作。』

當一個弟兄來看你的時候，要記得基督在你裏面是大麥。你必須把祂應用在你和這位弟兄的交通中。有的時候你就忘了這個。當你遇見弟兄時，你們談到…世界的局勢，或談到天氣。…當他離開時你覺得飢餓了，而且…因着沒有應用基督而病了。你必須抓住每個處境作爲應用基督的機會。…然後當你來到聚會中，你就很容易發出讚美，或作見證；你就有許多大麥餅可獻給主。

有一些青年同工來到聚會的時候，他們就四周觀看有沒有年長弟兄們在那裏，若是沒有，而所有赴會的人都是初信者，他們就有膽量禱告，展覽他們的所有。但他們若看見有年長弟兄在那裏，他們就懼怕而退縮了。…若是你有復活的基督，卽使是使徒保羅在這裏，你也要說，『讚美主，我的弟兄有復活的基督，我也有。弟兄也許有五百個餅，但我至少有一個餅。阿利路亞！』只要你有一點點復活的基督，你就綽綽有餘，能應付每一個局面。祂就是那大麥餅，祂是復活的一位；沒有甚麼能攔阻祂，沒有甚麼能限制祂。（李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册，三一二頁。）

信息選讀

當你和弟兄姊妹們來到聚會中的時候，你必須看見你的責任。你必須在聚會中和別人分享。你必須獻上一些感謝和讚美；你必須獻上一些禱告。這是你的責任。你說，『哦，我太輭弱了！』在你自己裏面你是輭弱的，但是在基督裏你不是輭弱的。你說，『我一無所有。』是的，你一無所有，但是在基督裏你甚麼都有。…請記得，基督是在你裏面的大麥。當你來到聚會中，你必須藉着禱告或見證應用祂作大麥餅，來叫所有的人喫飽。試試看！…藉着操練你就變豐富了。千萬不要說聚會不是你的事；…你必須學習應用基督，你必須應用你所有的基督。

耶穌對祂的門徒說，『你們給他們喫罷。』（太十四16。）門徒說，『這裏有一個孩童，他有五個大麥餅、兩條魚，只是供給這麼多人，還算甚麼？』（約六9。）…只要是大麥餅，只要是屬於復活基督的，那就彀了；那就彀應付局面，並且還有餘剩。

弟兄姊妹們，若是你肯接受我的話，相信復活的基督，並且應用祂，你就要發現所餘剩存留在你裏面的，比你起先的還多。這就是大麥，這不是僅僅一個教訓，這是要我們每天在每個處境去經歷並應用的。應用復活的基督，就是那無限的、取用不盡的一位。告訴祂：『主，我不能應付需要，我不能面對這局面；但我何等讚美你，你能。我完全信靠你而往前，完全倚靠你。』

那位在家裏經歷基督作小麥的姊妹，見證另外一個經歷。這一次是基督作大麥。她見證說，她的婆婆和她的許多親戚，都因她而信了主。她變成一個大麥餅，使許多人喫飽。她經歷了在復活裏的基督。

這一種的經歷不僅使你在裏面認識基督作小麥和大麥，而且因着這個經歷你變成一粒小麥，你變成一個大麥餅，你就成了別人的食物。你就能用你所經歷的去餧養別人。（李常受文集一九六一至一九六二年第四册，三一三至三一四頁。）

參讀：包羅萬有的基督，第七章。

WEEK 3 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live.

Phil. 4:13 I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me.

When a brother comes to see you, remember that Christ is within you as the barley. You have to apply Him in your fellowship with this brother. Sometimes you just forget this. When you meet the brother, you talk about… the world situation or about the weather…When he leaves, you feel hungry and…sick from not applying Christ. You have to grasp every situation as an opportunity to apply Christ…Then when you come to the meeting, it will be very easy for you to give praise or a testimony; you will have many loaves of barley to offer to the Lord.

When some young co-workers come to a meeting, they look around to see if any senior brothers are there. If not, if all the attendants are new believers, they have the boldness to pray and exhibit what they have. But if they see some senior brothers there, they shrink back with fear…If you have the resurrected Christ, even if the apostle Paul were there, you will say, “Praise the Lord, my brother has the resurrected Christ, and I have Him too. He may have five hundred loaves, but I have at least one loaf. Hallelujah!” As long as you have a little bit of the resurrected Christ, you have more than enough to meet every situation. He is the loaf of barley; He is the resurrected One. Nothing can hinder Him; nothing can limit Him. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” p. 237)

Today’s Reading

When you come to the meeting with the brothers and sisters, you must realize your responsibility. You must share in the meeting with others. You must give some thanks and praise; you must offer some prayer. This is your responsibility. You say, “Oh, I am too weak!” In yourself you are weak, but in Christ you are not weak. You say, “I have nothing.” Yes, you have nothing, but in Christ you have everything…Remember that Christ is the barley in you. When you come to the meeting, apply Him as the one loaf of barley to feed all the others by your prayer or by your testimony. Try it… You will be enriched by practice. Never say that the meetings are not your business…You must learn to apply Christ; you must make use of the Christ you have.

Jesus said to His disciples, “You give them something to eat” (Matt. 14:16). The disciples said, “There is a little boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish; but what are these for so many?” (John 6:9)…As long as they are barley loaves, as long as they are something of the resurrected Christ, that is good enough; that will meet the situation, and there will be a surplus.

Brothers and sisters, if you will take my word, believe in the resurrected Christ, and apply Him, you will find that the remainder abiding in you is more than that with which you started. This is the barley. This is not just a teaching but something for us to experience and apply every day in every situation. Apply the resurrected Christ, the unlimited, inexhaustible One. Tell Him, “Lord, I cannot meet the need; I cannot face the situation. But how I praise You, You can. I go ahead trusting wholly in You, counting wholly upon You.”

The sister who experienced Christ as a grain of wheat in her family testified of another experience. This time it was Christ as the barley. She testified that her mother-in-law and many of her relatives were brought to the Lord through her. She had become a barley loaf to feed many people. She had experienced Christ in resurrection.

This kind of experience not only causes you to know Christ inwardly as the wheat and as the barley, but by this experience you become a grain of wheat; you become a loaf of barley. Then you are food for others. You are able to feed others by what you have experienced. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” pp. 237-238)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” ch. 7