第五週•週六

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晨興餧養

腓二17『然而，卽使我成爲奠祭，澆奠在你們信心的祭物和供奉上，也是喜樂，並且與你們眾人一同喜樂。』

提後四6『我現在被澆奠，我離世的時候到了。』

我們若把關於奠祭的經文像七巧板一樣拼在一起，就要看見奠祭主要的是爲着召會。創世記三十五章第一次題到奠祭。在聖經裏，第一次題到一件事，就決定了那件事的原則。聖經第一次題到奠祭，乃是與神的建造有關，因爲奠祭是澆在柱子上。若沒有創世記三十五章十四節作基礎，我們讀到出埃及記、利未記、和民數記中的奠祭，就不會認識奠祭是爲着神的建造。但我們必須回到第一次題到奠祭的地方，在那裏我們看見，奠祭不僅是爲着敬拜神，也是爲着建造伯特利。聖經最後一次題到奠祭是在提後四章六節，在那裏奠祭也是爲着召會，爲着伯特利。因此，從第一次所題，到末一次所題，奠祭主要的乃是爲着神的建造，而不是爲着敬拜神。表面看來，奠祭是爲着敬拜，實際上乃是爲着神的家，爲着柱子的建造。這柱子乃是神殿的告示牌。（創世記生命讀經，一三六八至一三六九頁。）

信息選讀

保羅以舊約的豫表爲根據，將自己視爲奠祭，澆奠在信徒信心的祭物和供奉上。多年來，保羅一直飲於基督、享受基督，以致被基督充滿，被基督浸透；至終，基督這屬天的酒使保羅這人裏面被酒所構成。這就是爲甚麼保羅認爲自己是酒，如同奠祭澆奠在信徒的信心這獻給神的祭物上。

在腓立比二章十七節，…『你們信心的祭物和供奉』…意思是說，保羅認爲腓立比信徒的信心作了他們獻給神的祭物，也成了他們對神的供奉。保羅的職事所產生的結果，乃是信徒的信心。十七節的信心是包羅一切的，所包含的比相信的行動豐富得多。這信心是信徒所領受、經歷、並享受於基督之一切的構成與總和的表現…。保羅的職事產生信徒這包羅一切的信心。信徒將這信心當作祭物獻給神。

舊約的原則是，奠祭需要與基本的祭一同獻上；基於這原則，保羅以信徒對基督的經歷所構成的信心爲基本的祭，好叫他能將自己作爲奠祭澆奠在其上。天上的神必定會因這種光景非常喜樂。當祂看見信心作基本的祭，又看見奠祭，必定非常喜樂！在信徒這面有信心，在使徒這面有奠祭，這是何等美妙的景象！難怪保羅能說，他與他們眾人一同喜樂！保羅樂於流血〔殉道〕成爲奠祭，澆奠在信徒信心的祭物上。他不僅喜樂，還與眾聖徒一同喜樂。與別人一同喜樂，意指同他們分享喜樂。使徒在爲腓立比人的信心殉道的事上，與他們分享他的喜樂。因此，這含示向他們慶賀之意。我相信三一神看見這種歡樂、喜樂的情景，也與保羅一同喜樂。

我們要成爲奠祭，就必須被主充滿，被主浸透；惟有如此，我們纔能有屬靈的構成，使我們成爲奠祭。像我們這樣的罪人，竟能構成爲屬天的酒，讓神心滿意足，這是何等不得了的事！（腓立比書生命讀經，一三七至一三八、一四○頁。）

參讀：腓立比書生命讀經，第五十篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Phil. 2:17 …Even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with you all.

2 Tim. 4:6 For I am already being poured out, and the time of my departure is at hand.

If we fit together the verses concerning the drink offering like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, we will see that the drink offering is mainly for the church. The first mention of the drink offering is in Genesis 35. The first mention of a matter determines the principle of that matter in the Scriptures. The drink offering is first mentioned in relation to God’s building, for this offering was poured out upon the pillar. If we read about the drink offering in Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers without having Genesis 35:14 as a basis, we will not realize that the drink offering is for the building of God. But we must return to the first mention of the drink offering, where we see that it was not only for the worship of God but also for the building of Bethel. The last mention of the drink offering is 2 Timothy 4:6. Here the drink offering is also for the
church, for Bethel. Therefore, from the first mention to the last, the drink offering is mainly for God’s building, not mainly for the worship of God. Apparently, the drink offering is for worship; actually, it is for the house of God, for the building of the pillar, the signboard of God’s temple. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 1150)

Today’s Reading

With the typology in the Old Testament as a basis, Paul came to regard himself as a drink offering poured out upon the sacrifice and service of the believers’ faith. For years Paul had been drinking of Christ and enjoying Him so that he came to the point that he was filled with Christ and saturated with Him. Eventually, Christ as the heavenly wine caused Paul to become a constitution of wine in his very being. This was the reason Paul could consider himself wine poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice he offered to God as a priest.

In Philippians 2:17…the sacrifice and service of your faith means that the faith of the Philippian believers was a sacrifice offered to God and also became their service to God. The issue, the result, of Paul’s ministry was the faith of the believers. Faith in 2:17 is all-inclusive. It refers to much more than the act of believing. Faith here includes all that the believers have received and enjoyed. Ultimately, it includes what the believers themselves are. This faith was the result of Paul’s ministry. Paul’s ministry resulted in the all-inclusive faith of the believers, the faith that Paul offered to God as a sacrifice.

Based upon the principle in the Old Testament that the drink offering required a basic offering, Paul regarded the faith constituted of the believers’ experience of Christ as the basic offering upon which he could pour out himself as a drink offering. God in heaven must have been very happy with this situation. How pleased He must have been to see the faith as the basic offering and also to see the drink offering! On the side of the believers, there was faith; on the side of the apostle, there was the drink offering. What a marvelous scene! No wonder Paul could say that he rejoiced with them all! Paul rejoiced to have his blood [of martyrdom] shed as a drink offering
upon the sacrifice of the believers’ faith. He not only rejoiced, but he rejoiced together with all the saints. To rejoice together with others is to share joy with them. The apostle shared his joy with the Philippians in his martyrdom over their faith. This implies that he was congratulating them. I believe that the Triune God was also rejoicing with Paul at such a happy, joyful scene.

In order to become a drink offering, we need to be filled with the Lord and saturated with Him. Only in this way can we have the spiritual constitution that makes us a drink offering. What a tremendous matter that sinners such as we can be constituted into heavenly wine for God’s satisfaction! (Life-study of Philippians, second edition, pp. 114-116)

Further Reading: Life-study of Philippians, msg. 50