第二週•週五

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晨興餧養

彼前一 8『你們雖然沒有見過祂，卻是愛祂，如今雖不得看見，卻因信入祂而歡騰，有說不出來、滿有榮光的喜樂。』

林後三 18『但我們眾人旣然以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，好像鏡子觀看並返照主的榮光，就漸漸變化成爲與祂同樣的形像，從榮耀到榮耀，乃是從主靈變化成的。』

耶穌…是信心的成終者〔來十二 2〕。成終者也可以譯爲完成者，完全者。…我們不斷的仰望〔耶穌〕，祂就完成並完全我們奔跑屬天賽程所需要的信心。…祂…必能完成並完全祂所起始並開創的信心（希伯來書生命讀經，六六三頁）。

信息選讀

罪人當然需要有信心，但他們怎樣得着信心？按天然說，我們沒有信心，只有不信。但是當罪人來到召會中，聽見正確的傳福音，就被神充滿。…因着神自己這樣灌輸到他們裏面，他們就發現自己有信心。這就是信心的恩賜，而信心的性質和元素，就是神自己。

我們若要有信心，就必須望斷以及於耶穌這信心的源頭。…祂就會把祂自己放射到我們裏面，以祂自己充滿我們。結果我們就自然而然的有了信心。信心不是起始於我們，乃是起始於祂。信心乃是基督自己非常主觀的替我們相信。祂把自己灌輸到我們裏面，作到我們裏面，直到祂自己在我們裏面成了信的成分。因此，不是我們信，乃是祂在我們裏面信。這樣，祂就使我們成了信的人。表面上，是我們的信；實際上，是祂的信。這就是真正的信心。

一旦基督在我們裏面起始了這個信心，祂就絕不會棄而不理；反而要完全、完成並成全這信心。不要以爲你靠自己可以成爲信心的偉人。不，我們連一點點的信心都沒有。我們所有的信心，就是基督自己在我們裏面相信，並且替我們相信。我們是因祂的信活着，憑祂作我們的信而活（加二 20）。

基督那信的成分，是藉着生命之律灌注到我們裏面的。我們越讓生命之律在裏面運行，就越能相信。我們若給生命之律充分的機會，一直在我們的心思、情感和意志裏運行，這運行就會在我們裏面產生極大的信心。

當生命之律在我們裏面運行，要產生神的彰顯和見證時，所產生的第一個結果就是我們的相信。最有信心的人，就是生命之律在他裏面運行最多的人。這樣的人有信心，對神全然相信，而沒有任何緊張或掙扎。他是自自然然的相信，因爲那是從他裏面生命之律的運行而來的。

希伯來八章裏的生命之律，產生出十一章裏的信心，就是信的功能。雖然我們只憑讀聖經還不能明白這些，但是藉着經歷就能明白。…按照生命來看，十一章乃是八章的結果，因爲信的能力乃是神生命之律運行的結果。當生命之律在我們裏面運行，使我們成爲神的反映、彰顯和見證時，我們就很容易相信。我們的相信是自然而然的。事實上，我們不能不信，因爲信的能力已經作到我們裏面了。…當我們望斷以及於祂〔這位信心的創始者與成終者〕，我們就給祂機會，讓祂自由的把祂自己作到我們裏面。這樣，生命之律就能在我們裏面每一部分運行，直到我們裏面被祂充滿。我們裏面越多充滿祂，就越容易相信。這就是得着信心的路。願我們都望斷一切以及於耶穌，而這樣主觀的經歷信心（希伯來書生命讀經，六六六至六六九頁）。

參讀：聖經要道，第四十八題。

WEEK 2 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

1 Pet. Whom having not seen, you love; into whom 1:8 though not seeing Him at present, yet believing, you exult with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory.

2 Cor. But we all with unveiled face, beholding and 3:18 reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.

The Greek word translated “Perfecter” [Heb. 12:2] may also be rendered “Finisher” or “Completer.”…If we look to [Jesus] continually, He will finish and complete the faith that we need for the running of the heavenly race. He will finish and complete what He has originated and inaugurated. (Life-study of Hebrews, 2nd ed., p. 539)

Today’s Reading

Sinners certainly need to have faith, but how can they have it? Naturally, we have no belief, only disbelief. But when the sinners come to the church and hear the proper preaching of the gospel, they are charged with God… Because God Himself is transfused into them in this way, they find that they have faith. This is the gift of faith, the nature and element of which is God Himself.

If we would have faith, we must look away unto Jesus, the source of faith…He will radiate Himself into us, charging us with Himself. As a result, spontaneously we will have faith. Faith does not originate with us; it originates with Him. Faith is Christ Himself believing for us in a very subjective way. He transfuses us with Himself, working Himself into us, until He, the very person, becomes the believing element in our being. Thus, it is not we who believe; it is He who believes within us. In this way He makes us a believing being. Apparently, it is our believing; actually, it is His believing. This is genuine faith.

Once Christ has originated this faith within us, He will never let it go. Rather, He will complete, finish, and perfect it. Do not think that you can be a giant of faith on your own. No, we do not have the slightest amount of faith. All the faith we have is just Christ Himself believing in us and for us. We live by His faith, by Him as our faith (Gal. 2:20).

Christ’s believing element is charged into our being through the law of life. The more we allow the law of life to work in our being, the more we are able to believe. If we give the law of life the opportunity to work continuously in our mind, emotion, and will, its working will produce great faith in us.

As the law of life works within us to bring about the expression and testimony of God, the first issue of its working is our believing. The most believing person is the one in whom the law of life has worked the most. Such a person will have the faith to believe God to the uttermost without any strain or strife. His believing is spontaneous because it comes from the working of the law of life within him.

The law of life in Hebrews 8 issues in the believing ability, the faith, in Hebrews 11. Although we cannot understand this simply by reading the Bible, we can know it by our experience…According to life, Hebrews 11 is the issue of Hebrews 8, for the believing ability results from the working of the law of the divine life. When the law of life operates within us to make us the very reflection, expression, and testimony of God, we find it easy to believe. Our believing is spontaneous. In fact, we are unable to disbelieve, because the believing ability has been wrought into us…When we look away unto Him, [the Author and Perfecter of our faith], we give Him the opportunity
and the freedom to work Himself into us. In this way the law of life can work in every inward part of our being until we are fully saturated with Him. The more we are saturated with Him, the easier it is to believe. This is the way to have faith. May we all experience faith in such a subjective way by looking away unto Jesus. (Life-study of Hebrews, 2nd ed., pp. 541-543)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1932-1949, vol. 4, “Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 5,” ch. 48