第五週•週四

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晨興餧養

詩四五 13 ～ 14『王女在君尊的住處，極其榮華；她的衣服是用金線交織成的。她要穿刺繡的衣服，被引到王前…。』

詩篇四十五篇十三節上半說，『王女在君尊的住處，極其榮華。』王女就是王后，表徵召會；她在君尊的住處極其榮華，表徵榮耀的召會以基督爲君尊的住處。…這裏的『住處』，指召會以基督爲其住處。首先，我們這些基督的信徒以基督爲我們的住處；然後我們又成爲祂的住處。…當我們以基督爲我們的住處，住在祂裏面，因而在祂裏面成爲祂的住處時，基督就成爲住處。關於這點，主耶穌說，『你們要住在我裏面，我也住在你們裏面。』（約十五 4 上）…我們若以祂爲我們的住處，我們就成爲祂的住處。這樣，住處就成爲住處（詩篇生命讀經，三二一至三二二頁）。

信息選讀

『她的衣服是用金線交織成的。』（詩四五 13 下）這表徵藉着死與復活而受了對付的基督，成爲召會的義，滿足神義的要求，使召會在神面前得稱義。因此，『用金線交織成的』，…指召會的第一層遮蓋—就是基督作我們的義，我們藉祂得稱義。

『她要穿刺繡的衣服，被引到王前。』（14 上）這刺繡的衣服，另一件衣服，是她的第二層遮蓋，表徵召會要穿着聖徒所行的義，被引到作王的基督面前，以滿足基督的要求，使基督與召會成爲婚配。

啓示錄十九章八節說，『又賜她〔作爲羔羊妻子的得勝者〕得穿明亮潔淨的細麻衣，這細麻衣就是聖徒所行的義。』這裏的『義』指基督作我們主觀的義，就是從我們活出的基督。我們所接受，使我們得救的義（就是基督—林前一 30）是客觀的，使我們滿足公義之神的要求；而得勝聖徒的義是主觀的（腓三 9），使他們滿足得勝基督的要求。…因此，詩篇四十五篇的王后有兩件衣服（詩篇生命讀經，三二二至三二三頁）。

這兩件衣服也見於詩篇四十五篇。在這詩篇裏，王后有兩件衣服（13 ～ 14）：一件相當於客觀的義，使我們得救；另一件相當於主觀的義，使我們得勝。後者等於馬太二十二章十一、十二節裏的婚筵禮服。詩篇四十五篇的王后表徵召會，她的第一件衣服是『用金線交織成的』，第二件是『刺繡的衣服』。在聖經裏，金表徵神的神聖性情。在我們得救的時候，我們接受了一件金的衣服，使我們能到神面前。除此之外，我們還需要另一件衣服，就是刺繡的衣服。這刺繡表徵聖靈變化的工作。…雖然我們已經有了第一件衣服，但現在聖靈正在作刺繡的工作，以準備第二件衣服，這衣服要使我們有資格在基督的審判臺前見祂。一天過一天我們在聖靈的針刺，聖靈的變化之下。我們何等需要這第二件的衣服！這是一件嚴肅的事。

這件事儘管嚴肅，大部分基督徒還是只注意第一件衣服。有人甚至說，『只要我們被稱義，蒙救贖，並且得救了，一切就都好了。』不要聽這種話。就救恩而論，你可能很好了，但就獎賞而論，你如何？你不僅需要稱義，你也需要得稱許。當你顯在基督審判臺前的時候，祂會稱許你麼？馬太二十二章十四節非常清楚的說，有些人要被選上，別的人卻沒有。只有那些穿着藉聖靈刺繡的工作所產生之第二件衣服的人纔被選上，纔有資格參加羔羊的婚筵（啓示錄生命讀經，七三二至七三三頁）。

參讀：啓示錄生命讀經，第十六、五十四篇；詩篇中所啓示並豫表的基督與召會，第七章。

WEEK 5 — DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

Psa. 45:13-14 The king’s daughter is all glorious within the royal abode; her garment is a woven work inwrought with gold. She will be led to the King in embroidered clothing…

In Psalm 45:13a…the king’s daughter is the queen signifying the church, and her being all glorious within the royal abode signifies the glorious church taking Christ as her royal abode. The word abode here refers to the church’s taking Christ as her abode. First we, the believers of Christ, take Christ as our abode, and then we become His abode…Christ becomes an abode when we take Him as our abode, abiding in Him, and thus become His abode in Him. Concerning this, the Lord Jesus said, “Abide in Me and I in you” (John 15:4a)…If we take Him as our abode, we become His abode. In this way the abode becomes the abode. (Life-study of the
Psalms, p. 264)

Today’s Reading

“Her garment is a woven work inwrought with gold” (Psa. 45:13b). This signifies that the Christ who has been dealt with through death and resurrection is the righteousness of the church to meet the righteous requirement of God for her to be justified before God. Thus “woven work inwrought with gold” again refers to the first layer of her covering—Christ as our righteousness through whom we are justified.

“She will be led to the King in embroidered clothing” (v. 14a). This embroidered clothing, another garment, the second layer of her covering, signifies that the church will be led to Christ at their marriage clothed with the righteousnesses of the saints to meet the requirement of Christ for their marriage.

Revelation 19:8 says, “It was given to her [the overcomers as the Lamb’s wife] that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.” The word “righteousnesses” refers to Christ as our subjective righteousness, Christ lived out of us. The righteousness (Christ) that we received for our salvation (1 Cor. 1:30) is objective and enables us to meet the requirement of the righteous God, whereas the righteousnesses of the overcoming believers are subjective (Phil. 3:9) and enable them to meet the requirement of the overcoming Christ…Thus, the queen in Psalm 45 has two garments. (Life-study of the Psalms, pp. 265-266)

These two garments are also seen in Psalm 45. In this psalm the queen has two garments (vv. 13-14): one corresponds to the objective righteousness for our salvation and the other to the subjective righteousness for our victory. The latter is equivalent to the wedding garment in Matthew 22:11 and 12. The queen in Psalm 45 signifies the church. Her first garment is “inwrought with gold,” and her second is “embroidered clothing.” In the Bible gold signifies the divine nature of God. At the time of our salvation, we received a golden garment that enabled us to be in the presence of God. In addition to this, we need another garment, a garment of embroidery. This embroidery signifies the transforming work of the Holy Spirit…Although we have the first garment, our second garment is now being prepared under the embroidering work of the Holy Spirit. This garment will qualify us to see Christ at His judgment seat. Day by day we are under the needle, the transformation, of the Holy Spirit. How we need this second garment! This is a serious matter.

However serious this matter may be, most Christians care only for the first garment. Some even say, “As long as we are justified, redeemed, and saved, everything is all right.” Do not listen to this. You may be all right as far as salvation is concerned, but what about the reward? You not only need justification—you also need approval. When you appear before the judgment seat of Christ, will He approve of you? Matthew 22:14 says very clearly that some will be chosen and not others. Only those who have the second garment produced by the embroidering work of the Holy Spirit will be chosen and qualified to attend the wedding feast of the Lamb. (Life-study of Revelation, 2nd ed., pp. 608-609)

Further Reading: Life-study of Revelation, msgs. 16, 54; CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, “Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms,” ch. 7