第五週•週五

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晨興餧養

提後四18『主必救我脫離各樣兇惡的事，也必救我進入祂屬天的國。願榮耀歸與祂，直到永永遠遠。阿們。』

太七21『不是每一個對我說，主阿，主阿的人，都能進諸天的國，惟獨實行我…父旨意的人，纔能進去。』

十三43『那時，義人在他們父的國裏，要發光如同太陽。…』

在提後四章十八節…這屬天的國是『他們父的國』（太十三43），『我父的國』（二六29），『基督和神的國』（弗五5），以及『我們主和救主耶穌基督永遠的國』（彼後一11）。這國是給得勝聖徒的賞賜，等於提後四章八節公義的冠冕，作信徒奔跑屬天賽程的激勵。…保羅有把握得勝的宣告，他必得救進入這屬天的國（提摩太後書生命讀經，八三頁）。

信息選讀

我們要進諸天的國，需要作兩件事：呼求主，並實行天父的旨意。呼求主彀叫我們得救（羅十13），但要進諸天的國，還需要實行天父的旨意。因此，不是每一個說主阿，主阿的人，都能進諸天的國，惟獨那些呼求主，且實行天父旨意的人，纔能進去（聖經恢復本，太七21 註1）。

諸天之國有三方面： 實際〔太五～ 七〕、外表〔十三〕和實現。…諸天之國的實現，乃是諸天之國在大能裏實際的來臨，這是主耶穌在馬太二十四、二十五章所啓示的。…當主耶穌再來時，諸天之國就要實現。…惟有得勝的信徒纔在諸天之國的實際裏。在主耶穌回來之後，這些得勝的信徒要有分於諸天之國的實現。

今天信徒像燈發光照耀，但來世得勝者要發光如同太陽〔十三43 上〕。

那些發光如同太陽的，乃是義人，國度之子（38）。按照五章二十節，這些國度之子有超凡的義。他們是義的，到一個地步，他們的全人會發光照耀。這義是內住的基督從我們裏面活出來，使我們今天活在國度的實際裏，將來進入國度的實現裏。

我們乃是父神的眾子，而父是光（約壹一5，提前六16）。這神聖的光，就是神自己，當然比太陽光強得多。得勝的信徒在千年國裏享受父作光時，也要在他們父的國裏發光如同太陽。

在千年國屬天的部分，得勝信徒要再同他們的主喝新約的杯。在馬太二十六章二十九節主耶穌說，『從今以後，我絕不喝這葡萄樹的產品，直到我在我父的國裏，同你們喝新的那日子。』這是主在設立祂的筵席時所說的話（26 ～ 30）。主藉着這話，說明從祂設立祂的筵席起，祂要離開信徒，並且絕不喝這葡萄樹的產品，直到在父的國裏，同他們喝新的那日子。主回來之後，要再同得勝的信徒喝新約的杯。所以，主在二十九節的應許，要在諸天之國的實現時，在父的國裏，同着得勝者得着應驗（新約總論第六册，四九九至五○一頁）。

參讀：享受基督活而實際的路，第四章。

WEEK 5 — DAY 5

Morning Nourishment

2 Tim. 4:18 The Lord will deliver me from every evil work and will save me into His heavenly kingdom, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Matt. 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father…

      13:43 Then the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father…

In 2 Timothy 4:18…the heavenly kingdom is “the kingdom of their Father” (Matt. 13:43), “the kingdom of My Father” (26:29), “the kingdom of Christ and of God” (Eph. 5:5), and “the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Pet. 1:11), which will be a reward to the overcoming saints. It equals the crown of righteousness in 2 Timothy 4:8 and is an incentive to the believers to run the heavenly race…Paul had the assurance to make the triumphant declaration that he would be saved into this heavenly kingdom. (Life-study of 2 Timothy, 2nd ed., pp. 68-69)

Today’s Reading

To enter into the kingdom of the heavens, we need to do two things: call on the Lord and do the will of the heavenly Father. To call on the Lord suffices for us to be saved (Rom. 10:13), but to enter into the kingdom of the heavens, we also need to do the will of the heavenly Father. Hence, not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord,” will enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but those who call on the Lord and do the will of the heavenly Father will enter in. (Matt. 7:21, footnote 1)

With the kingdom of the heavens there are three aspects: the reality [Matt. 5—7], the appearance [Matt. 13], and the manifestation…The manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens will be the practical coming of the kingdom of the heavens in power, as revealed by the Lord Jesus in Matthew 24 and 25… When the Lord comes back, the kingdom of the heavens will be manifested… Only the victorious, overcoming believers are in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens. After the Lord Jesus comes back, these overcoming believers will participate in the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens.

Today the believers shine as lamps, but in the coming age the overcomers will shine as the sun [Matt. 13:43a] .

Those who will shine as the sun are the sons of the kingdom (13:38) as the righteous. According to 5:20, these sons of the kingdom will have the surpassing righteousness. They will be righteous to such an extent that their entire being will shine. This righteousness is the indwelling Christ lived out of us that we may live in the reality of the kingdom today and enter into its manifestation in the future.

We are sons of God the Father, and God is light (1 John 1:5; 1 Tim. 6:16). The divine light, which is God Himself, is, of course, much greater than the light of the sun. When in the millennium the overcoming believers enjoy the Father as light, they will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father.

In the heavenly part of the millennium the overcoming believers will drink the cup of the new covenant anew with their Lord. In Matthew 26:29 the Lord Jesus said, “I shall by no means drink of this product of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of My Father.” This word was spoken when the Lord was establishing the table (Matt. 26:26-30). By speaking this word, He made it clear that from the time He established the table He would be physically away from the believers and not drink the product of the vine with them until He drinks anew with them in the Father’s kingdom. After His coming back, the Lord will drink the cup of the new covenant anew with the overcoming believers. Therefore, the Lord’s promise in Matthew 26:29 will be fulfilled with the overcomers in the kingdom of the Father during the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2009-2011)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “The Living and Practical Way to Enjoy Christ,” ch. 4