第八週•週六

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晨興餧養

林前一24『但對那蒙召的，無論是猶太人、或希利尼人，基督總是神的能力，神的智慧。』

        30『但你們得在基督耶穌裏，是出於神，這基督成了從神給我們的智慧：公義、聖別和救贖。』

作爲神聖的供備，基督對我們是神的能力，（林前一24 下，）以執行且完成祂所計畫並定意的。…基督也是從神給我們的智慧。（24 下，30 下。）一天又一天，我們需要基督作我們的智慧。基督作智慧，該不斷的從神流到我們，作我們經歷上現實和實際的智慧。

基督是我們的公義。（30 下。）…我們藉此得神稱義，使我們在我們靈裏得重生，得着神聖的生命。不僅如此，基督作我們主觀的義，乃是住在我們裏面的一位，爲我們過一種能得神稱義，一直蒙神悅納的生活。…基督自己是我們的聖別。（30 下。）這就是說，基督是產生變化的元素。祂這元素一加到我們這人裏面，就產生新陳代謝的改變；在祂以外，我們無法得着這樣的元素。照着林前一章三十節，基督甚至是我們的救贖；這是指我們的身體得贖。（羅八23。）基督是那作我們救贖的一位，要『將我們這卑賤的身體改變形狀，使之同形於祂榮耀的身體』。（腓三21。）（李常受文集一九九○年第二册，七二四至七二五頁。）

信息選讀

基督是召會身體的頭。〔西一18。〕…基督…也是頭的身體。（林前十二12。）因着祂是包羅萬有的一位，祂是頭，也是身體。…基督是召會的根基。（三11。）祂是召會活的根基，托住、支持神建造的每一部分，並將祂自己分賜到神建造的每一部分裏面。…基督也是神居所（召會）的房角石。（弗二20。）祂是神建造的房角石，將猶太信徒和外邦信徒聯結在一起。

在新人裏，基督是一切，又在一切之內。〔西三10 ～ 11。〕這就是說，祂是新人一切的肢體，又在一切肢體之內。我們也許想，召會作基督的身體，怎能是基督，基督又怎能是新人一切的肢體。在我們的經歷中，這在於是誰活着。我們若單憑自己活，我們就不是基督。…召會若活基督，召會就是基督。我們若都活基督，我們就是基督。基督徒的生活該是這樣。（李常受文集一九九○年第二册，七二五至七二七頁。）

耶穌這名包括耶和華的名。在希伯來文裏，神這名的意思是大能者，全能神；耶和華這名的意思是我是—我是那我是。（出三14。）動詞『是』在希伯來文裏不僅指現在，也包括過去和未來。因此，耶和華的正確意義是『我是那我是』，今是昔是以後永是的一位。這就是耶和華的名。惟有神是永遠者。從已過的永遠到將來的永遠，祂都是我是。…我們必須領悟，耶穌是那偉大的我是，並且相信祂是那偉大的我是。

我們需要甚麼，主就是甚麼。我們若需要救恩，祂自己就是我們的救恩。我們有一張金額欄空白的簽名支票，我們可以填寫我們所需要的一切。我們若需要一元，可以填寫一元。…我們若覺得需要十億，就可以填入這個數額。這支票包括我們所需要的一切。你需要甚麼，耶穌就是甚麼。你需要光、生命、能力、智慧、聖別或公義麼？耶穌自己就是光、生命、能力、智慧、聖別和公義。我們所需要的一切，都可在耶穌的名裏找到。這奇妙的名是何等高超，何等豐富！（馬太福音生命讀經，七七至七八頁。）

參讀：一九九○年秋全時間訓練信息合輯，第
十八篇。

WEEK 8 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

1 Cor. 1:24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.

            30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption.

As the divine provision, Christ is God’s power to us (1 Cor. 1:24a) for carrying out and accomplishing what He has planned and purposed…Christ is also wisdom to us from God (vv. 24b, 30b). Day by day we need Christ to be wisdom to us. Christ as wisdom should unceasingly flow from God to us to be our present and practical wisdom in our experience.

Christ is our righteousness (v. 30b)…by which we have been justified by God so that we may be reborn in our spirit to receive the divine life. Furthermore, as our subjective righteousness, Christ is the One dwelling in us to live for us a life that can be justified by God and that is always acceptable to God. Christ Himself is our sanctification (v. 30b). This means that Christ is the element that produces transformation. Apart from Him we cannot have the element that, when added to our being, produces a metabolic change. According to 1 Corinthians 1:30, Christ is even our redemption, that is, the redemption of our body (Rom. 8:23). As the One who is our redemption, Christ “will transfigure the body of our humiliation, to be conformed to the body of His glory” (Phil. 3:21). (CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “Messages to the Trainees in Fall 1990,” pp. 567-568)

Today’s Reading

Christ is the Head of the Body, the church (Col. 1:18)…Christ is…also the Body of the Head (1 Cor. 12:12). Because He is the all-inclusive One, He is the Head and He is the Body. Christ is the foundation of the church (3:11). As the church’s living foundation, He holds, supports, and dispenses Himself into every part of God’s building. Christ is also the cornerstone of the house of God, the church (Eph. 2:20). As the cornerstone of God’s building, He joins together the Jewish believers and the Gentile believers.

In the new man Christ is all and in all (Col. 3:10-11). This means that He is all the members of the new man and in all the members. We may wonder how the church as the Body of Christ can be Christ and how Christ can be all the members of the new man. In our experience, this depends upon who lives. If we live alone by ourselves, we are not Christ…If the church lives Christ, the church is Christ. If we all live Christ, we are Christ. The Christian life should be like this. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “Messages to the Trainees in Fall 1990,” pp. 568-569)

The name Jesus includes the name Jehovah. In Hebrew the name God means “the Mighty One,” God the Almighty; and the name Jehovah means “I Am”—I Am Who I Am (Exo. 3:14). The verb to be in Hebrew not only refers to the present but also includes both the past and the future. Hence, the correct meaning of Jehovah is “I Am Who I Am,” the One who is now in the present, who was in the past, and who will be in the future and in eternity forever. This is the name of Jehovah. Only God is the eternal One. From eternity past to eternity future, He is the I Am…We must realize that Jesus is the great I Am and believe in Him as the great I Am.

The Lord is whatever we need. If we need salvation, He Himself will be salvation to us. We have a signed check with the space for the amount left blank, and we may fill in whatever we need. If we need one dollar, we may insert one dollar…If we feel that we need one billion, we simply fill in this amount. The check covers whatever we need. Whatever you need, Jesus is. Do you need light, life, power, wisdom, holiness, or righteousness? Jesus Himself is light, life, power, wisdom, holiness, and righteousness. Everything we need is found in the name of Jesus. How high and how rich is this wonderful name! (Life-study of Matthew, second edition, pp. 59-60)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “Messages to the Trainees in Fall 1990,” ch. 18