第十一週•週三

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晨興餧養

申十二11『那時你們要將我所吩咐你們的燔祭和別的祭，十分取一之物，和手中的舉祭，並向耶和華許願所獻一切上好的還願祭，都奉到耶和華你們神所選擇給祂名居住的地方。』

弗三18『使你們滿有力量，能和眾聖徒一同領畧何爲那闊、長、高、深。』

每當我們來在一起，無論是甚麼聚會，我們都該帶着所經歷的基督而來。…這樣，基督的富餘就得以獻上給神，並向全宇宙展示。然後我們的聚會就會得以豐富並加強，因爲其中滿了基督。…基督將要藉着我們得彰顯，不但彰顯在召會的建造中，也彰顯在召會的生活中，在召會一切的聚會中。那時我們會有一個見證：我們在基督裏聯結並建造起來，成爲基督的彰顯。

在一切聚會中，我們該有出於基督的東西獻上。這在於我們每天在基督身上的勞苦。我們若每天在基督身上勞苦，就會有出於基督的東西帶到我們召會的聚會中，貢獻給別人，並且獻給神，使我們能同神享受基督，以展覽並高舉基督。這樣，基督就會顯爲召會生活豐富的內容。（李常受文集一九六五年第二册，四九六至四九七頁。）

信息選讀

神告訴祂的百姓，他們一年至少要三次來在一起敬拜祂：就是在逾越節的時候、五旬節的時候、以及住棚節的時候。祂又告訴他們，每逢他們來在一起，他們…必須…帶着美地的出產，來獻給祂。

我們必須看見，每逢我們來到聚會中，每逢我們來敬拜神，我們不該空手而來。我們來的時候，必須雙手滿帶着基督的出產。…我們不能僅僅有一點點的基督來滿足自己的需要。我們必須出產祂彀多，纔能有富餘留給別人，給窮人，給缺乏的人。『原來那地上的窮人必不斷絕，所以我吩咐你說，總要向你地上困苦窮乏的弟兄鬆手。』（申十五11。）並且也應該有富餘來應付祭司和利未人的需要：『祭司從百姓所當得的分乃是這樣：凡獻牛或羊爲祭的，要把前腿…給祭司。初收的五穀、新酒和新油，並初剪的羊毛，也要給他。』（十八3 ～ 4。）並且在這一切之上，富餘中最好的必須保留給神。…他們收割田地的出產時，要把初熟的果子保留給神。當牛羊生產時，頭生的要歸給神。我們必須殷勤經營，不僅出產彀自己的需用，還有富餘可應付別人的需要，更把最好的保留給神。這樣我們就在神面前蒙悅納，祂也必喜悅我們。

這就是在美地上的生活。這是一個一直不斷經營基督的生活，是一個把祂大量出產的生活。我們收割了那麼多的基督，使我們得着完全的飽足；並且在這以外，我們尚有富餘可與別人分享，並用以敬拜神。帶着基督來敬拜神，並不是說我們個別的敬拜祂，乃是與所有神的兒女集體的敬拜祂，彼此分享並與神同享基督。…每一個人都從他在基督身上所經營的帶來一分的基督，所以不只所有的聖徒都能豐富的享受基督，神更能有所享受，而且那上好的是獻給神的。（李常受文集一九六五年第二册，四六三至四六四頁。）

參讀：主恢復的道路，第二、四篇；實行召會生活的生命與道路，第十四章。

WEEK 11 — DAY 3

Morning Nourishment

Deut. 12:11 Then to the place where Jehovah your God will choose to cause His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I am commanding you, your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the heave offering of your hand and all your choice vows which you vow to Jehovah.

Eph. 3:18 …Be full of strength to apprehend with all the saints what the breadth and length and height and depth are.

Whenever we come together, regardless of the kind of meeting we have, we should come with the Christ experienced by us…In this way the surplus of Christ is offered to God and exhibited to the whole universe. Then our meetings will be enriched and strengthened because they are full of Christ. Christ will be expressed through us not only in the building up of the church but also in the church life, in all the meetings of the church. Then we will bear a testimony of being united and built up in Christ to be an expression of Christ.

In all the meetings we should have something of Christ to offer. This depends on our daily labor on Christ. If we daily labor on Christ, we will have something of Christ to bring to our church meetings to contribute to others and offer to God so that we can enjoy Christ with God for the exhibition and exaltation of Christ. Then Christ will be expressed as the rich content of the church life. (CWWL, 1965, vol. 2, “Christ as the Content of the Church and the Church as the Expression of Christ,” p. 379)

Today’s Reading

The Lord told His people that they must come together to worship Him at least three times a year: at the time of the Passover, at the time of Pentecost, and at the Feast of Tabernacles. And He told them that whenever they come together,…they must bring…to Him something of the produce of the good land.

We must realize that whenever we come to the meetings, whenever we come to worship the Lord, we should not come with our hands empty. We must come with our hands full of the produce of Christ…We need more than just a little of Christ to satisfy our own needs. We must produce enough of Him so that there will be a surplus remaining for others, for the poor and for the needy: “You must open your hand to your brother, to the poor one with you and to the needy one with you in your land” (Deut. 15:11). There must also be a surplus to meet the needs of the priests and the Levites: “This shall be the priests’ rightful due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether an ox or a sheep: They shall give the priest the shoulder…You shall give him the firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your fresh oil,
and the first shearing of your sheep” (18:3-4). And above all, the best of the surplus must be reserved for the Lord…When they harvested the field, they were to reserve the firstfruits for the Lord. When the cattle were brought forth, the firstborn were for the Lord. We must labor diligently, not only to bring forth enough to satisfy our own needs but also to acquire a surplus to meet the needs of others, with the best reserved for the Lord. Then we will be acceptable to the Lord, and He will be pleased with us.

This is the life in the good land. It is a life in which we are continually laboring on Christ, in which we are producing Him in a mass way. We are reaping so much of Christ that we are fully satisfied, and beyond that we have a surplus to share with others and to worship God. To worship God with Christ does not mean to worship Him individually but to worship Him collectively with all the children of God by enjoying Christ with one another and with God…Everyone brings a portion of Christ from his laboring on Him, and there is a rich enjoyment of Christ, not only by all the saints but most of all by God, to whom the best is offered. (CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The Allinclusive Christ,” pp. 344-345)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1965, vol. 4, “The Way of the Lord’s Recovery,” chs. 2, 4; CWWL, 1963, vol. 4, “The Life and Way for the Practice of the Church Life,” ch. 14