第一週•週二

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晨興餧養

徒二 42『他們都堅定持續在使徒的教訓和交通裏，持續擘餅和禱告。』

提前一 18『孩子提摩太，我照從前指着你所說的豫言，將這囑咐交託你，叫你憑這些豫言，可以打那美好的仗。』

在保羅第一次坐監期間，眾召會受試驗。這試驗顯示敗落和墮落開始了。這敗落全然是由於不同的教訓，就是與職事不同的教訓。這是保羅囑咐提摩太要打美好的仗的原因〔提前一 18〕。

歷世紀以來，召會的墮落和敗落有一個根源：與使徒的職事不同的教訓。在行傳二章四十二節我們看見，在召會生活一開始，信徒乃是持續在使徒的教訓裏。這些教訓就是那職事。使徒所教導、所傳講的，不外乎基督與召會。他們傳講那成爲肉體、釘十字架、復活並升天的基督，好叫祂這復活的生命，得以分賜到祂的信徒裏面，以產生召會。…在聖經中有關於許多事的教訓。然而，使徒職事的中心乃是成爲肉體、釘十字架、復活、升天並得榮的基督，作我們的救主、我們的生命和一切，使我們成爲祂的身體，就是召會。這是新約啓示極重要的中心，這也是神的經綸（提摩太前書生命讀經，二四頁）。

信息選讀

我們需要接觸主的話，並藉着主的話，憑着那靈接受神。然後我們會有信心。藉着來到話面前，我們就被神注入，並且信心自然而然在我們裏面運行，將我們帶進與神生機的聯結裏。我們越享受神的注入，就越與祂成爲一。然而，這重要的事已經失去了許多世紀。

一面，提摩太要與異議者不同的教訓打仗；另一面，他要照着使徒的職事完成神的經綸。我們若願完成神的經綸，就不可照着傳統的基督教，也不可照着系統的神學，而必須照着使徒的職事。…不僅如此，神的經綸是與恩典的福音和永遠的生命有關。…這福音是爲着可稱頌之神的榮耀，是爲着可稱頌之神的彰顯，顯現。

保羅第一次坐監時，異議者起來教導不同的事；這些不同的教訓是召會敗落的種子。…尤其在歌羅西書中我們看見，有些教派—猶太教、智慧派、禁慾主義—已經偷着進入召會生活。這些不同的教訓引起異議和敗落。因此，保羅囑咐他忠信的同工打那美好的仗，對抗不同的教訓，並爲着神的經綸爭戰。

歷世紀以來，召會被這樣的教訓毒害並敗壞了。我們若不儆醒，不同的教訓也可能對主的恢復造成破壞。已往我們見過以狡猾、隱藏的方式傳播不同的教訓所造成的破壞。這幫助了許多召會中的領頭人學習謹防不同教訓的重要功課。我們絕不允許任何不同的教訓進入主的恢復。這恢復完全是爲着執行這職事；這不是指我的職事，乃是由彼得開始的使徒職事，今天仍在執行。所有的真使徒都教導並傳講同樣的事，就是這一件事—神新約的經綸。我們傳講並教訓的中心是基督與召會。教導並傳講神關於基督與召會的經綸，就是打美好的仗（提摩太前書生命讀經，二四至二六頁）。

參讀：提摩太前書生命讀經，第二篇。

WEEK 1 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

Acts 2:42 And they continued steadfastly in the teaching and the fellowship of the apostles, in the breaking of bread and the prayers.

1 Tim. 1:18 This charge I commit to you, my child Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you might war the good warfare.

During Paul’s first imprisonment, the churches were tested. This test showed that decline and degradation had set in. This decline was altogether due to different teachings, teachings that were different from the ministry. This was the reason Paul charged Timothy to war a good warfare [1 Tim. 1:18].

Throughout the centuries the degradation and decline of the church has had one source: teachings that differ from the ministry of the apostles. In Acts 2:42 we see that at the beginning of the church life, the believers continued in the teachings of the apostles. These teachings were the ministry. What the apostles taught and preached was nothing other than Christ and the church. They preached a Christ who had been incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended in order that, as resurrection life, He might be imparted into His believers to produce the church…In the Bible there are teachings concerning many things. However, the focus of the ministry of the apostles was the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, ascended, and glorified Christ to be our Savior, our life, and everything to us so that we may become His Body, the church. This is the vital focus of the New Testament revelation,
and this is God’s economy. (Life-study of 1 Timothy, 2nd ed., p. 19)

Today’s Reading

We need to contact the Word and receive God by the Spirit through the Word. Then we will have faith. By coming to the Word, we are infused with God, and spontaneously, faith operates within us to bring us into an organic union with God. The more we enjoy God’s infusion, the more we become one with Him. However, this vital matter has been lost for centuries.

On the one hand, Timothy was to war against the different teachings of the dissenters. On the other hand, he was to carry out God’s economy according to the apostle’s ministry. If we wish to carry out God’s economy, we must do it not according to the teachings of traditional Christianity or according to systematic theology but according to the apostle’s ministry. Furthermore, God’s economy concerns the gospel of grace and eternal life…This gospel is for the glory of the blessed God; it is for the expression, the manifestation, of the blessed God.

When Paul was in prison the first time, dissenters rose up to teach different things. These different teachings were the seed of the church’s decline…Especially in Colossians we see that certain isms—Judaism, Gnosticism, and asceticism—had crept into the church life. These different teachings caused dissension and decline. Thus, Paul charged his faithful coworker to fight the good fight against the different teachings and fight for God’s economy.

Throughout the centuries the church has been poisoned and corrupted by such teachings. If we are not on guard, different teachings may also cause damage to the Lord’s recovery. In the past we have seen the damage caused by different teachings propagated in a subtle, hidden way. This has helped the leading ones in many churches to learn the important lesson of being watchful for different teachings. We must not allow any different teachings to come into the Lord’s recovery. The recovery is strictly for the carrying on of the ministry. By this I do not mean my ministry but the ministry of the apostles, which began with Peter and is still being carried on today. All true apostles teach and preach the same thing, even the one thing—God’s New Testament economy. The focus of our preaching and teaching is Christ and
the church. To teach and preach God’s economy concerning Christ and the church is to war a good warfare. (Life-study of 1 Timothy, 2nd ed., pp. 19-21)

Further Reading: Life-study of 1 Timothy, msg. 2