第六週•週六

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晨興餧養

來四16『所以我們只管坦然無懼的來到施恩的寶座前，爲要受憐憫，得恩典，作應時的幫助。』

       2『…所聽見的話與他們無益，因爲這話在聽見的人裏面，沒有與信心調和。』

弗六17『還要藉着各樣的禱告和祈求，接受…那靈的劍，那靈就是神的話。』

〔希伯來四章十六節〕所說的寶座，毫無疑問，是指天上神的寶座。（啓四2。）…這也是神和羔羊的寶座。（二二1。）當我們還活在地上時，怎能來到天上神和羔羊（基督）的寶座前？祕訣在於希伯來四章十二節所說我們的靈。那在天上坐在寶座上的基督，（羅八34，）現今也在我們裏面，（10，）就是在我們的靈裏，（提後四22，）這靈就是神居所的所在。（弗二22。）伯特利是神的家，神的居所，也是天的門；在那裏基督是梯子，把地聯於天，並把天帶到地。（創二八12 ～ 17，約一51。）我們的靈今天旣是神居所的所在，這靈就是天的門，在這裏基督是梯子，把我們在地上的人聯於天，並把天帶給我們。因此，每當我們轉到靈裏，就能進入天的門，藉着基督作天梯，摸着天上施恩的寶座。（聖經恢復本，來四16 註1。）

信息選讀

希伯來四章十二節…開頭的『因爲』，把本節與上一節連接起來。爲何著者突然題起神的話？因爲〔七節所引用〕詩篇九十五篇中的應許，乃是神的話。每當我們讀聖經時，神的話對我們都該是活的、有能力的，並且鋒利到一個地步，足以把我們裏面所有的東西剖開並辨明。…聖經中的每一個字，都必須是神那活的、有功效的話。我們怎麼知道所摸着的是神的話，而不是字句？我們之所以知道，是因爲我們摸着的話乃是活的，有能力的，並且使我們的靈與魂分開。這是一個重要的原則。

著者似乎是說，『希伯來的弟兄們，你們很寶愛舊約，特別是詩篇。其中有一篇說，「你們今日若聽見祂的聲音。」這處經節你們不知讀了多少遍，爲何在你們身上不起作用？現在我要用這一篇詩爲基礎，與你們談論。這篇神的話必定是活的、有功效的，能剖開我們的魂與靈。弟兄們，…你們現在爲甚麼徘徊、猶豫；因爲你們的魂與靈混在一起。當你們平靜的時候，在你們最深處，你們的靈告訴你們，要起來跟隨基督，就是今日的彌賽亞往前。雖然在靈裏你們對這事很清楚，但你們卻從靈裏轉到魂裏。你們魂裏的心思就起了疑惑，叫你們的魂飄蕩不定。因爲你們的魂與靈混在一起，我就引用神活的話；這話比兩刃的劍更鋒利，能刺入混淆之處，把魂與靈分開，叫你們看見自己的愚昧。你們不該再在魂裏飄蕩，要從魂轉到靈。…你們談論考慮越多，就越落在飄蕩的心思裏。』

神活的話必須刺入我們裏面，剖開魂與靈一切的混雜。…惟有神的話，能把我們的魂與靈分開。我們的魂好像捕蠅紙一樣，是有黏性的，很容易黏住我們的靈。爲此，我們需要神活的話來刺入剖開。…惟有當憐憫、信實的神，帶着祂那活的、刺入的話臨到我們，我們纔會從遊蕩的心思中蒙拯救。這就是爲甚麼我們需要聖經。我們讀經的時候，如果聖經不是活的，也沒有能力，那必定是有甚麼不對了。雖然很多基督徒只把聖經當作一本印出來的書，但我們必須天天以活的方式取用這本聖經。（希伯來書生命讀經，三二三至三二五頁。）

參讀：人的破碎與靈的出來，第七篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Heb. 4:16 Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help.

            2 …The word heard did not profit them, not being mixed together with faith in those who heard.

Eph. 6:17-18 And receive…the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition…

Undoubtedly, the throne mentioned [in Hebrews 4:16] is the throne of God, which is in heaven (Rev. 4:2)…This throne is the throne of both God and the Lamb (Rev. 22:1). How can we come to the throne of God and the Lamb, Christ, in heaven while we still live on earth? The secret is our spirit, referred to in Hebrews 4:12. The very Christ who is sitting on the throne in heaven (Rom. 8:34) is also now in us (v. 10), that is, in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22), where the habitation of God is (Eph. 2:22). At Bethel, the house of God, the habitation of God, which is the gate of heaven, Christ is the ladder that joins earth to heaven and brings heaven to earth (Gen. 28:12-17; John 1:51). Since today our spirit is the place of God’s habitation, it is now the gate of heaven, where Christ is the ladder that joins us, the people on earth, to heaven, and brings heaven to us. Hence, whenever we turn to our spirit, we enter through
the gate of heaven and touch the throne of grace in heaven through Christ as the heavenly ladder. (Heb. 4:16, footnote 1)

Today’s Reading

The word for at the beginning of Hebrews 4:12 connects it with the preceding verse…The writer here suddenly speaks of the word of God because the promise in Psalm 95 [quoted in Hebrews 4:7] is the word of God. Whenever we read the Bible, it must be living, energizing, and sharp enough to divide and discern all the things within us…Every word in the Bible must be the living and operative word of God. How do we know that we have touched the word of God and not just the printed matter? We know it when the word we have touched is living, energizing, and dividing our soul from our spirit. This is an important principle.

The writer seemed to be saying, “You Hebrew brothers cherish the Old Testament, especially the book of Psalms. One of the psalms says, ‘Today, if you hear His voice.’ You have read this verse again and again without anything happening to you. Now I am using this psalm as a base for my talk with you. This word of God must be living and operative and must divide our soul from our spirit. Brothers,…you are staggering and hesitating…because your soul is mixed with your spirit. Sometimes, when you are calm, deep within, your spirit is telling you to go on and follow Christ as today’s Messiah. Although you may be clear about this in your spirit, you turn from your spirit to your soul. Your mind in your soul begins to wonder, and this causes your soul to wander. Because your soul and spirit are mixed together, I have quoted the living word of God, which is sharper than a two-edged sword. It will pierce your mixture, divide your spirit from your soul, and show you how foolish you are. You should no longer wander in your soul; you must turn from your soul to your spirit…The more you talk and hesitate, the more you are in your wondering mind.”

The living word of God must pierce into our being and separate all the mixture of soul and spirit…Only the word of God can divide our soul from our spirit. Our soul, like flypaper, is sticky. Thus, it is easy for our spirit to be stuck to our soul. Because of this, we need the piercing and dividing of God’s living word…Only when the merciful and faithful God comes in with the piercing of the living word of God do we find deliverance from our wandering mind. This is why we need the Bible. If the Bible is not living and energizing whenever we read it, something is wrong. Although many Christians take the Bible only as a printed book, day by day we must take it in a living way. (Lifestudy of Hebrews, second edition, pp. 263-265)

Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 54, “The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit,” ch. 7