第八週•週五

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晨興餧養

約八12『於是耶穌又對眾人講論說，我是世界的光，跟從我的，就絕不在黑暗裏行，必要得着生命的光。』

四14『…我所賜的水，要在他裏面成爲泉源，直湧入永遠的生命。』

基督是神。『太初有話，話與神同在，話就是神。』（約一1。）…約翰一章中的話乃是基督。基督就是這位神。…讚美祂，祂不僅是神，祂還是人。提前二章五節說到『那人基督耶穌』。祂不僅是真神，祂也是真人。（譯自英文『水流報』合訂本第一册，五五八、五六二頁。）

信息選讀

作爲人，基督乃是『申言者』。行傳三章二十二至二十三節告訴我們，基督是最大的申言者。申言者從神而來，以造就我們，指示我們關於神的事，並將神未來的計畫告訴我們。…基督作成了這一切，祂是神的申言者。…作爲人，基督乃是『策士』。以賽亞九章六節也題到這事；祂稱爲『策士』。我們必須一直以祂爲策士。如果我們有甚麼事不明白，或不知道該怎麼辦，我們只要以祂爲我們的策士。祂是我們的策士。作爲人，基督〔也〕是『教師』。我們需要正確的教訓。當我們轉向正確的教訓時，就會發現基督乃是教師。今天祂乃是藉着膏油的塗抹教導我們。

作爲人，基督乃是『帥領者』。…祂一直帥領着我們，我們若真心跟隨祂，祂必會成爲我們的帥領者。…作爲人，基督乃是『僕人』。…一面，祂是主人；另一面，祂是僕人。祂監管我們，祂也服事我們。祂同時是主人和僕人。這事見於以賽亞四十二章一節。

作爲人，基督乃是『中保』。希伯來八章六節說祂是神和我們之間的中保。我們可以說是遠離神，神也遠離我們，但基督是新約的中保。祂爲我們與神交涉每一件事。…作爲人，基督乃是『保證人』。在希伯來七章二十二節，我們看見祂是保證，就是我們與神之間交涉的擔保者。我們在諸天之上的保證是基督。祂是擔保者，祂是保證人。

作爲人，基督乃是『新郎』。約翰三章二十九節給我們看見，祂是爲着新婦而來的新郎。在林後十一章二節中，祂是丈夫。（譯自英文『水流報』合訂本第一册，五六二至五六三頁。）

基督是每一種需要和一切的享受。…約翰八章十二節說，祂是世界的光，跟從祂的，就絕不在黑暗裏行，必要得着生命的光。…基督也是我們的食物。在六章祂告訴我們，祂是活糧，我們若喫祂，就要因祂活着。（51，57 下。）…照着林前十章四節，基督是我們的靈水。在基督徒的賽程裏，在包羅萬有的基督這包羅萬有的飲料以外，我們不該喝甚麼。…基督是我們的氣息。約翰二十章二十二節表明，基督將祂自己吹入門徒裏面。我們需要每時每刻藉着呼求祂的名吸入祂。…基督甚至是我們的衣服。加拉太三章二十七節說，『你們凡浸入基督的，都已經穿上了基督。』穿上基督就是穿上基督作我們的衣服。…基督也是我們的居所，我們的住處。（約十五7 上。）…基督是我們的享受和安息。（西二16 ～ 17，太十一28。）照着歌羅西二章十六至十七節，祂是我們的食物、我們的飲料、我們的節期、我們的月朔、和我們的安息日。祂是一切影兒的實體，是宇宙中一切正面事物的實際，給我們享受。（李常受文集一九九○年第二册，七二二至七二四頁。）

參讀：李常受文集一九六八年第一册，新約中在那靈時期的基督，第一至四章。

WEEK 8 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

John 8:12 Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

       4:14 …The water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life.

Christ is God. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1)…The Word in John 1 is Christ. Christ is the very God. Praise Him, He is not only God, but He is also man. First Timothy 2:5 says, “The man Christ Jesus.” He is not only the very God, but He is also the real man. (The Stream Magazine—Book 1, pp. 558, 562)

Today’s Reading

As man, [Christ] is the Prophet. Acts 3:22 and 23 tell us that Christ is the greatest Prophet. A prophet is one who comes from God to edify and instruct us about God and tell us something about God’s future plan. Christ did all these things. He is the Prophet of God. As man, Christ is the Counselor. This is also mentioned in Isaiah 9:6; He is called “Counselor.” We must always consider Him as the Counselor. We must take Him as our Counselor for anything we do not understand or for anything for
which we do not know what to do. He is our Counselor…As man, Christ is [also] the Teacher. We do need the proper teachings. When we turn to the proper teachings, we will find that Christ is the Teacher. And He teaches us today by the anointing.

As man, Christ is the Leader…He is always leading us. If we would have a sincere heart to follow Him, He will be our Leader. As man, Christ is the Servant…On one hand He is the Master, and on the other hand He is the Servant. He masters us, and He also serves us. He is the Master as well as the Servant. This is seen in Isaiah 42:1.

As man, Christ is the Mediator. In Hebrews 8:6, He is spoken of as the Mediator between God and us. In a sense we are far from God, and God is far from us, but Christ is the Mediator of the new covenant. He negotiates everything for us with God. Christ as man is the Guarantor. In Hebrews 7:22, we see that He Himself is the Guarantor, the surety for what He negotiates between God and us. Our reference in the heavens is Christ. He is the surety; He is the Guarantor.

As man, He is the Bridegroom. John 3:29 shows us that He is the Bridegroom who comes for the bride. And in 2 Corinthians 11:2, He is the Husband. (The Stream Magazine—Book 1, pp. 562-563)

Christ is every necessity and all the enjoyment…John 8:12 says that He is the light of the world and that everyone who follows Him shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life…Christ is also our food. In John 6 He told us that He is the living bread and that if we eat Him, we shall live because of Him (vv. 51, 57b)…According to 1 Corinthians 10:4, Christ is our spiritual drink. In the Christian race, we should not drink anything other than the all-inclusive Christ as our all-inclusive drink…
Christ is our very breath. John 20:22 shows that Christ breathed Himself into the disciples. We need to breathe Him in moment by moment by calling on His name…Christ is even our clothing. Galatians 3:27 says, “As many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” To put on Christ is to wear Christ as our clothing…Christ is also our dwelling place, our abode (John 15:7a)…Christ is our enjoyment and rest (Col. 2:16- 17; Matt. 11:28). According to Colossians 2:16-17, He is our food, our drink, our feast, our new moon, and our Sabbath. He is the body of all the shadows, the reality of every positive thing in the universe for our enjoyment. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “Messages to the Trainees in Fall 1990,” pp. 566-567)

Further Reading: The Stream Magazine—Book 1, pp. 234-239, 558-570