第三週■週二

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晨興餧養

提後二1 ～ 2『所以，我的孩子，你要在基督耶穌裏的恩典上得着加力，你在許多見證人面前從我所聽見的，要託付那忠信、能教導別人的人。』

提摩太後書的主題是對召會敗落的豫防劑。…〔在二章一至十五節裏有〕給豫防者的五個特別稱呼。…我們若仔細讀這些經文，就會看見，保羅認爲提摩太和他其他的同工該是教師、精兵、競賽者、農夫和工人。…基於保羅〔在一章〕…所寫給提摩太的，他現今接着鼓勵提摩太要在基督耶穌裏的恩典上得着加力。保羅在這裏不是囑咐提摩太要在知識或恩賜上得着加力，乃是囑咐他要在恩典上得着加力。…這恩典是神在生命中的供備，使我們活出祂的定旨。保羅卽使在監獄中也不沮喪，反而在恩典上得着加力（提摩太後書生命讀經，二五至二六頁）。

信息選讀

〔保羅〕體認恩典一點不差就是經過過程的三一神—父具體化身在子裏，子實化爲內住的靈。林後十三章十四節指明，恩典就是三一神自己：『願主耶穌基督的恩，神的愛，聖靈的交通，與你們眾人同在。』恩典不是一樣東西，乃是獨一的人位，三一神活的、神聖的人位，經過過程成爲包羅萬有、賜生命、內住的靈。這靈現今住在我們裏面作我們的恩典。

我們越在這恩典上得着加力， 就越能教導別人。…保羅在〔提後二章二節〕裏所指的是一章十三節的健康話語。健康話語託付忠信的人以後，就成了那美好的託付（14）。這話指明，在地方召會中，人若有主所託付健康的話，他就該訓練那些忠信的人，可信託的人，使他們也從主得着美好的託付，能以教導別人。

保羅知道提摩太領受了美好的託付，他受了教導，並得了恩典之豐富的餧養。所以，他囑咐提摩太將這些事交託其他忠信能施行同樣職事的人。這指明施行神新約經綸的豐富，不只需要一個人。我盼望藉着這一切生命讀經的信息，在主恢復裏成千的聖徒，會得着關於神新約經綸之恩典豐富的美好託付。然後，領受了這些豐富的人，能將這些事託付別人。想想看，主若得着一萬個被祂美好的託付充滿的聖徒，將祂經綸的豐富擴展到全地，那是何等的光景。毫無疑問，這會催促祂榮耀顯現的時候來到。

只有一位神，一位基督，一位靈，和一個召會。因爲神是一，祂的路也必定是一。…神的路是在祂的恢復裏。…許多聖徒能用清潔的良心從他們全人深處見證，他們若不走今天恢復的路，就沒有別的路。主的恢復就是這路。…有些成了有異議並離開的人發現，他們無法回到公會裏。在有些事例中，公會甚至不願接納他們。這表明我們若摸着這恢復然後離開，就是屬靈的自殺，因爲我們離棄了神惟一的路。

在提後二章一至二節，保羅有負擔囑咐領受了這樣美好託付的提摩太，要將恩典的豐富傳遞給別人。這樣，就會有許多教師，許多基督的執事，擴展神新約經綸的豐富（提摩太後書生命讀經，二六至二七頁）。

參讀：提摩太後書生命讀經，第三篇；聖經中管制並支配我們的異象，第三篇。

WEEK 3 — DAY 2

Morning Nourishment

2 Tim. 2:1-2 You therefore, my child, be empowered in the grace which is in Christ Jesus; and the things which you have heard from me through many witnesses, these commit to faithful men, who will be competent to teach others also.

The subject of 2 Timothy is inoculation against the decline of the church… [There are] five specific titles given to the inoculator in 2:1-15…If we read these verses carefully, we will see that Paul regarded Timothy and his other coworkers as those who should be teachers, soldiers, contenders, farmers, and workmen…Based upon what he has just written to Timothy [in chapter 1], Paul now goes on to encourage him to be empowered in the grace which is in Christ Jesus [2:1]. Paul did not charge Timothy here to be empowered in knowledge or in gifts. He charged him to be empowered in grace…This grace is God’s provision in life given to us that we may live out His purpose. Instead of being discouraged, Paul was empowered in grace, even though he was in prison. (Life-study of 2 Timothy, 2nd ed., p. 21)

Todays Reading

[Paul] realized that grace is nothing less than the processed Triune God— the Father embodied in the Son and the Son realized as the indwelling Spirit. Second Corinthians 13:14 indicates that grace is the very Triune God Himself: “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” Grace is not a thing; it is a unique person, the living, divine person of the Triune God processed to be the all-inclusive, life-giving, indwelling Spirit. This Spirit now dwells in us as our grace.

The more we are empowered in this grace, the more able we will be to teach others…The things to which Paul refers [in 2 Timothy 2:2] are the healthy words in 1:13. The healthy words, after being committed to faithful men, become the good deposit in them (v. 14). This word indicates that if someone in a local church has a deposit of the Lord’s healthy words, he should train the faithful ones, the trustworthy ones, that they too may have a good deposit from the Lord and be competent to teach others.

Paul realized that Timothy had received a good deposit, that he had been taught and nourished with the riches of grace. Therefore, he charged Timothy to commit these things to others who would be faithful and competent to carry on the same ministry. This indicates that more than one person is needed to carry on the riches of God’s New Testament economy. My hope is that through all these Life-study messages thousands of saints in the Lord’s recovery will receive a good deposit of the riches of grace concerning God’s New Testament economy. Then those who have received these riches will be able to commit these things to others. Imagine what the situation would be if the Lord had ten thousand saints filled with His good deposit, spreading the riches of His economy throughout the earth. No doubt, this would hasten the time of His glorious appearing.

There is one God, one Christ, one Spirit, and one church. Because God is one, His way must also be one…God’s way is in His recovery…Many saints can testify with a pure conscience from the depths of their being that if they do not take the way of the recovery today, they have no other way. The Lord’s recovery is the way…Some who became dissenting and left discovered that they had no way to go back to the denominations. In certain cases the denominations might not even be willing to accept them. This shows that if we touch the recovery and then leave it, we commit spiritual suicide, for we turn away from God’s unique way.

In 2:1 and 2 Paul was burdened to charge Timothy, one who had received such a good deposit, to pass on the riches of grace to others. Then there would be many teachers, many ministers of Christ, to spread the riches of God’s New Testament economy. (Life-study of 2 Timothy, 2nd ed., pp. 21-23)

Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Timothy, msg. 3; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 2, “The Governing and Controlling Vision of the Bible,” ch. 3