第二週■週六

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晨興餧養

太七13 ～ 14『你們要進窄門；因爲引到毀壞的，那門寬，那路闊，進去的人也多；引到生命的，那門窄，那路狹，找着的人也少。』

有些工作也許是在主的名裏作的，卻不是照着神的旨意作的。你在作這樣的工作，還是在實行神的旨意？…我們無論作甚麼，都必須確信我們在實行天父的旨意。否則，主耶穌會對我們說，『行不法的人。』〔太七23〕甚至在主的名裏，卻不照着父的旨意豫言，也是一種不法。不僅如此，在主的名裏，卻不照着神的旨意趕鬼、行異能，在屬天的王眼中也視爲不法（馬太福音生命讀經，三三九頁）。

信息選讀

無論那一種賽跑，跑者必須跑在正確的跑道上。你也許跑得比別人快，但你若跑出你跑道的線外，你就不被承認了。…今天許多基督教工人的工作，不受屬天跑道的約束。在他們自己眼中，他們在主的名裏，並爲着主作了許多的事。然而在主眼中，他們的工作是一種過犯，違犯了屬天的跑道。因此他們的工作是不法。在馬太七章二十一至二十三節，主的話對我們眾人是有力的警告，叫我們不該只看重豫言、趕鬼或行異能。我們必須顧到屬天的跑道。…在主的恢復裏，有限制的跑道，我們奔跑時必須受限制。我們若跑在跑道上，沒有跑出去，我們就要蒙主稱許。

諸天之國憲法的總結是要引我們進窄門，走狹路。…我們不該看重豫言、趕鬼或行異能。我們只該顧到實行我們天父的旨意。…我們憑着我們裏面父的生命和性情，就能知道父的旨意。父的性情總是會告訴我們『是』或『不是』。你若照着神聖的性情，並且在跑道內奔跑，神聖的性情就會指明：『是，不錯，繼續往前。』但你若不照着神聖的性情奔跑，或跑出線外，神聖的性情就會說，『別跑這邊。』不需要任何人告訴你要作甚麼，因爲規律、限制、神聖的性情就在你裏面。這性情告訴你，你在那裏。在賽跑時，因爲跑者能看見跑道，就不需要別人告訴他是否跑在線內。同樣的，我們裏面也有限制的跑道，就是神聖生命和神聖性情的跑道，我們能說出我們在那裏。照着我們裏面神聖的性情，我們不能在聚會中使用搖滾樂。你也許嘗試各種屬世的方法，但神聖的性情不同意這一切方法，並且指明你犯規了。所有國度的子民，所有父所重生的人，他們裏面都有祂的生命和性情。父的生命和性情指明我們是否在狹路上。讓我們都照着父的性情來賽跑。

在二十四節王說，『所以，凡聽見我這些話就實行的，好比一個精明人，把他的房子蓋在磐石上。』這裏的磐石不是指基督，乃是指基督智慧的話—那啓示祂諸天之上父旨意的話。國度子民的生活和工作，必須建立在新王的話上，以成就天父的旨意。這就是進窄門，走那引到生命的狹路（馬太福音生命讀經，三三九至三四一頁）。

參讀：聖經要道，第二十六題。

WEEK 2 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Matt. 7:13-14 Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter through it. Because narrow is the gate and constricted is the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

Certain works may be done in the Lord’s name and yet not be done according to the will of God. Are you doing this kind of work, or are you doing God’s will?…We must have the assurance in whatever we do that we are doing the will of the heavenly Father. Otherwise, the Lord Jesus will say to us, “Workers of lawlessness.” Even prophesying in the Lord’s name, but not according to the will of the Father, is a type of lawlessness. Moreover, casting out demons in the Lord’s name and doing works of power in the name of the Lord, but not according to the will of God, are also considered in the eyes of the heavenly King as lawlessness. (Life-study of Matthew, 2nd ed., pp. 286-287)

Todays Reading

The runners in any race must run in the proper lanes. Although you may run faster than others, your running will not be recognized if you run outside the lines of your lane…Today the work of many Christian workers is not restricted by the heavenly lines. In their own eyes they have done a great deal in the Lord’s name and for the Lord. In the eyes of the Lord, however, their work is a kind of transgression, a violation of the heavenly lines. Hence, their work is lawlessness. The Lord’s word in Matthew 7:21-23 is a strong word of warning to us all that we should not care only for prophesying, for casting out demons, or for works of power. We must take care of the heavenly lines…There are constricting lines in the Lord’s recovery, and we must be constricted in our running. If we run between the lines, not outside of them, we will be approved by the Lord.

The consummation of the constitution of the kingdom of the heavens is to usher us in through the narrow gate and onto the constricted way…We should not care for prophesying, for casting out demons, or for works of power. Instead, we should care only for doing the will of our heavenly Father…We can know [the Father’s will] by the Father’s life and nature within us. The Father’s nature will always tell us yes or no. If you are running according to the divine nature and within the constricted lines, the divine nature will indicate, “Yes, you are right; go on.” But if you are not running according to the divine nature or if you step outside the lines, the divine nature will say, “Don’t go this way.” There is no need for anyone to tell you what to do, for the regulating, constricting, divine nature is within you. This nature tells you where you are. Because a runner in a race can see the lines, he needs no one to tell him whether or not he is inside the boundaries. Likewise, we have the constricting lines within us, the lines of the divine life and the divine nature, and we can tell where we
are. According to the divine nature within us, we cannot use rock music in our meetings. Although you may try various worldly methods, the divine nature would disagree with them all and indicate that you are transgressing the lines. All those who are the kingdom people, all those who have been regenerated by the Father, have His life and nature within them. The Father’s life and nature indicate whether or not we are on the constricted way. Let us all run the race according to the Father’s nature.

In verse 24 the King said, “Everyone therefore who hears these words of Mine and does them shall be likened to a prudent man who built his house upon the rock.” Rock here does not refer to Christ but to His wise word, the word that reveals the will of His Father who is in the heavens. The living and work of the kingdom people must be founded on the word of the new King for the accomplishing of the will of the heavenly Father. This is to enter in through the narrow gate and walk on the constricted way that leads to life. (Life-study of Matthew, 2nd ed., pp. 287-288)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1932-1949, vol. 3, “Crucial Truths in the Holy Scriptures, Volume 2,” ch. 26