第五週   那地有葡萄樹

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詩歌：465

讀經：腓二17，創三五14，提後四6

【週一】

壹 葡萄樹豫表犧牲的基督，就是那位把自己一切全都犧牲的基督，並且從祂的犧牲中，產生出使神和人喜樂的新酒—申八8，士九13，詩一○四15 上：

一 基督是產酒者，祂犧牲自己，產生酒使神和人喜樂。

二 基督是葡萄樹，所產生的使神喜樂，也使人喜樂。

【週二】

貳 我們若接觸那由葡萄樹所豫表的基督，並經歷祂犧牲的生命，祂就加給我們力量，使我們過犧牲的生活，產生酒使別人和神喜樂—羅十二1，弗五2，林後一24：

一 在主的主宰權柄之下，我們也許被擺在某些處境中，需要我們犧牲自己，好使別人喜樂—羅十二1，弗五2：

1 我們若在這樣的處境中來接觸主，我們就要經歷祂是出產酒的葡萄樹，也就是那使神和人喜樂的一位—腓三1 上。

2 經歷基督作葡萄樹的結果，乃是我們在祂裏面、憑着祂、同着祂、並藉着祂，成爲葡萄樹，出產東西使神和人喜樂。

二 我們若在基督包羅萬有的這一面經歷祂，就必有多量的酒可以喝，我們要『喝醉』了，並因基督而『癲狂』，而在主裏被喜樂充滿—約十五11，徒五41，十三52，腓三1 上，四4。

【週三】

三 我們在自己裏面無法過犧牲的生活，因爲我們的生命是天然的生命，自私的生命—伯二4，太十六25：

1 只有基督的生命纔是犧牲的生命。

2 基督這犧牲的羔羊活在我們裏面，加給我們力量，使我們能爲人犧牲，而將歡樂帶給人，使他們喜樂—林後四12，弗五2。

3 我們若接觸主，經歷祂犧牲的生命，祂就要加給我們力量，加強我們，使我們爲神爲人犧牲—約一29，二十22，林前十五45 下，六17，腓四13，羅十二1，弗五2：

a 我們越經歷基督作葡萄樹連同祂犧牲的生命，我們就越得着加力，好犧牲自己，使神和人喜樂。

b 我們要被喜樂『灌醉』，看見最喜樂的人乃是最不自私的人。

c 我們要將喜樂帶給和我們接觸的人，我們也要將歡樂帶給神—林後一24，五13 上。

【週四】

叁 我們藉着經歷基督作產酒的葡萄樹，並藉着被祂這新酒所充滿，我們就得以在祂裏面並同着祂而成爲奠祭—創三五14，出二九40 ～ 41，腓二17，提後四6：

一 奠祭豫表基督是在神前作爲真酒傾倒出來，使神滿足的那一位—出二九40 ～ 41：

1 奠祭乃是在基本的祭物之外附加的，澆奠在一種基本祭物上—民十五1 ～ 10，二八7 ～ 10。

2 奠祭的酒是澆奠給神，使神滿足的；那是澆奠給神喝的—出二九40 ～ 41：

a 基督將祂的全人向神傾倒—賽五三12。

b 基督是屬天、屬靈的酒，向神傾倒，使神喜悅；祂將自己如同酒傾倒出來，叫神喜樂。

二 奠祭不僅豫表基督自己，也豫表這位基督以祂自己作屬天的酒浸透我們，直到祂與我們成爲一而被澆奠，爲着神的享受和滿足，並爲着神的建造—太九17，腓二17，提後四6：

1 奠祭豫表獻祭的人所享受的基督，祂這屬天的酒充滿獻祭的人，使他成爲獻給神的酒—腓二17：

【週五】

a 我們藉着經歷基督作祭物，就成爲被基督充滿並浸透的人—弗三17，加四19。

b 我們在主觀上所經歷那作祭物的基督，在我們裏面成了酒，使我們欣喜若狂—太九17，林後五13上。

c 至終，我們被基督這屬天的酒所浸透，而與這酒成爲一，甚至成爲酒；這樣，我們就有資格作奠祭—太九17，林後五13 上，弗五2，腓二17。

2 雅各在伯特利澆奠祭在柱子上，指明奠祭是爲着神的建造—創三五14：

a 在伯特利澆奠的酒，不是直接來自於酒醡，乃是間接來自於享受基督作酒，並被基督這酒浸透的人。

b 在伯特利，就是在神的家，在作基督身體的召會裏，我們至終需要作奠祭被澆奠—林後十二15 上。

【週六】

肆 使徒保羅成爲奠祭，澆奠在聖徒信心的祭物和供奉上—腓二17，提後四6：

一 在腓立比二章十七節和提後四章六節裏奠祭的酒，就是馬太九章十七節的基督（酒），浸透了保羅，使保羅成爲酒。

二 保羅爲召會成了奠祭，這指明奠祭不僅是爲着敬拜神，乃是特別爲着神的建造。

三 根據奠祭需要基本的祭物這個原則，保羅把信徒信心的祭物和供奉看作是基本的祭物，他能將自己作爲奠祭澆奠在其上—腓二17：

1 這裏的信心包括信徒對基督的一切經歷和享受；至終，這信心包括信徒自己的所是。

2 保羅能將自己作爲奠祭澆奠在其上的基本祭物，乃是腓立比信徒的信心：

a 作爲祭物的是信徒的信心，並非信徒本人。

b 信心、話與那靈乃是一—羅十17，八9。

3 腓立比二章十七節的信心，是我們所經歷、享受並贏得之基督的總和：

a 我們對基督的經歷、享受和贏得，成了獻給神的馨香祭物。

b 藉着享受基督，我們就經歷基督、贏得基督、並且據有基督，我們全人也由基督所構成；這樣，我們的信心就成爲能彀獻給神的祭物，可以讓奠祭澆奠在其上。

Week Five

A Land of Vines

Hymns: 635

Scripture Reading: Phil. 2:17; Gen. 35:14; 2 Tim. 4:6

§ Day 1

I. The vine typifies the sacrificing Christ, the Christ who sacrificed everything of Himself, and out of His sacrifice He produced new wine to cheer God and man—Deut. 8:8; Judg. 9:13; Psa. 104:15a:

A. Christ is the wine producer, sacrificing Himself to produce wine to cheer God and others.

B. As the vine, Christ produces happiness for God and happiness for others.

§ Day 2

II. If we contact the Christ typified by the vine and experience His sacrificing life, He will energize us to live a life of sacrifice, producing wine to make others and God happy— Rom. 12:1; Eph. 5:2; 2 Cor. 1:24:

A. Under the Lords sovereignty, we may be put into situations where we need to sacrifice ourselves to make others happy—Rom. 12:1; Eph. 5:2:

1. If in the midst of such a situation we contact the Lord, we will experience Him as the wine-producing vine, as the One who gives cheer to God and to others—Phil. 3:1a.

2. The issue of experiencing Christ as the vine is that in Him, by Him, with Him, and through Him we become a vine that produces something to cheer God and man.

B. If we experience Christ in this aspect of His all-inclusiveness, we will have much wine to drink, and we will be "drunken" and "mad" with Christ, filled with joy in the Lord—John 15:11; Acts 5:41; 13:52; Phil. 3:1a; 4:4.

§ Day 3

C. In ourselves we are not able to live a life of sacrifice, for our life is a natural life, a selfish life—Job 2:4; Matt. 16:25:

1. Only the life of Christ is a life of sacrifice.

2. Christ as the sacrificing Lamb lives in us, energizing us to sacrifice ourselves for others to bring them cheer and to make them happy—2 Cor. 4:12; Eph. 5:2.

3. If we contact the Lord and experience His sacrificing life, He will energize and strengthen us to sacrifice for God and for others—John 1:29; 20:22; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 6:17; Phil. 4:13; Rom. 12:1; Eph. 5:2:

a. The more we experience Christ as the vine with His sacrificing life, the more we will be energized to sacrifice ourselves to make God and others happy.

b. We will be "drunken" with happiness, realizing that the happiest person is the one who is the most unselfish.

c. We will bring happiness to those who contact us, and we will bring cheer to God—2 Cor. 1:24; 5:13a.

§ Day 4

III. By experiencing Christ as the wine-producing vine and by being filled with Him as the new wine, we may become a drink offering in Him and with Him—Gen. 35:14; Exo. 29:40- 41; Phil. 2:17; 2 Tim. 4:6:

A. The drink offering typifies Christ as the One poured out as the real wine before God for His satisfaction—Exo. 29:40-41:

1. The drink offering was in addition to the basic offerings, and it was poured out on one of the basic offerings—Num. 15:1-10; 28:7-10.

2. The wine of the drink offering was poured out for Gods satisfaction; it was poured out for God to drink—Exo. 29:40-41:

a. Christ poured out His being unto God—Isa. 53:12.

b. Christ is the heavenly, spiritual wine poured out to God for His pleasure; He poured Himself out as wine to make God happy.

B. The drink offering typifies not only Christ Himself but also the Christ who saturates us with Himself as heavenly wine until He and we become one to be poured out for Gods enjoyment and satisfaction and for Gods building—Matt. 9:17; Phil. 2:17; 2 Tim. 4:6:

1. The drink offering is a type of Christ as the heavenly wine who is enjoyed by the offerer, filling him and causing him to become wine to God—Phil. 2:17:

§ Day 5

a. By experiencing Christ as the offerings, we become persons who are filled and saturated with Christ—Eph. 3:17; Gal. 4:19.

b. The Christ whom we experience subjectively as the offerings becomes wine in us, causing us to be ecstatically happy and joyful—Matt. 9:17; 2 Cor. 5:13a.

c. Eventually, we are saturated with Christ as the heavenly wine and are one with the wine and even become wine; in this way we are qualified to be a drink offering—Matt. 9:17; 2 Cor. 5:13a; Eph. 5:2; Phil. 2:17.

2. Jacob poured out a drink offering on the pillar at Bethel, indicating that the drink offering is for Gods building—Gen. 35:14:

a. The wine poured out at Bethel is not the direct wine from the winepress; it is the indirect wine from those who enjoy Christ as wine and who are saturated with Christ as wine.

b. In Bethel, in Gods house, the church as the Body of Christ, we eventually need to be poured out as a drink offering—2 Cor. 12:15a.

§ Day 6

IV. The apostle Paul became a drink offering that was poured out upon the sacrifice and service of the saints faith—Phil. 2:17; 2 Tim. 4:6:

A. The wine of the drink offering in Philippians 2:17 and 2 Timothy 4:6 is the Christ (wine) of Matthew 9:17 who had saturated Paul and had made him wine.

B. Paul became a drink offering for the church; this indicates that the drink offering is not only for the worship of God but especially for Gods building.

C. Based upon the principle that the drink offering required a basic offering, Paul regarded the sacrifice and service of the believers faith as the basic offering upon which he could pour out himself as a drink offering—Phil. 2:17:

1. Faith here includes all that the believers have experienced and enjoyed of Christ; ultimately, it includes what the believers themselves are.

2. The basic offering upon which Paul could pour himself out as a drink offering was the faith of the believers in Philippi:

a. It is the believers faith, not the believers themselves, that is a sacrifice.

b. Faith, the word, and the Spirit are one—Rom. 10:17; 8:9.

3. Faith in Philippians 2:17 is the sum total of our experience, enjoyment, and gain of Christ:

a. Our experience, enjoyment, and gain of Christ become a sweet sacrifice offered to God.

b. Through the enjoyment of Christ, we experience Christ, gain Christ, and possess Christ, and our being is constituted of Christ; in this way our faith becomes a sacrifice, which can be offered to God and upon which the drink offering can be poured.