第五週■週三

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晨興餧養

提後三 16『聖經都是神的呼出，對於教訓、督責、改正、在義上的教導，都是有益的。』

弗三 9『…將那歷世歷代隱藏在創造萬有之神裏的奧祕有何等的經綸，向眾人照明。』

在神一面，聖經都是神的呼出。在我們一面，聖經是叫我們在四件事上得着益處—教訓、督責、改正和教導。這裏的次序很有意義。爲甚麼第一是教訓，不是教導？爲甚麼改正在教導之前，督責在改正之前？爲甚麼第一是教訓？（李常受文集一九八四年第一册，五三一至五三二頁）。

信息選讀

我們若有正確、充分的屬靈經歷，就會領悟提後三章十六節的教訓等於啓示。教訓實際上一點不差就是神聖的啓示。…啓示就是揭開帕子。你教導青年人時，該除去帕子，使他們看見關於三一神的事。…這就是教訓。

聖經對於教訓是有益的，意思是聖經對於揭示、捲去帕子是有益的。…你需要一次一次的，一堂一堂的，逐漸捲去帕子。你若這樣作，你的教導方式就是揭示。這樣的教導總是向人陳明啓示。在這樣教導之下受教的人，就能看見關於三一神的事。…這種對教訓的領會，不但適用於在暑期真理學校施教的人，也適用於爲主說話的人。你在召會的聚會中說話時，你的說話該是捲去帕子。這就是說，你的說話該陳明啓示。

在提後三章十六節裏，教訓之後是督責，這是很有意義的。這個原因是，沒有人能在看見神的事之後，而不受所看見之事督責的。每當我們看見神的事，我們就看見自己的錯誤、過錯、缺點和罪。結果我們就受督責，受責備。這個督責來自我們所接受的啓示。…每當我們讀聖經得着啓示時，這啓示就會督責我們，責備我們。

在督責之後是改正。教訓或啓示，帶來督責，而督責產生改正。改正就是矯正錯誤，使人轉到正路，恢復到正直的情形。

我們受改正以後，就會得着正確的教導—在義上的教導。這裏保羅題到教訓、督責和改正時，沒有使用任何形容詞，題到教導時卻使用形容詞，說到在義上的教導。義就是對的意思。因此，這裏的教導，是要我們成爲對的。…我們受督責並受責備，原因是我們在許多不同方式和方面都是錯誤的。我們也許對神，對基督，並對那靈是錯誤的。我們也許對召會，對弟兄姊妹，對我們的丈夫或妻子，對我們的父母，對我們的兒女，對我們的鄰居，甚至對我們自己，也是錯誤的。我們也許在用錢的方式上，在用時間的方式上，在穿着的方式上，或在梳理頭髮上，都是錯誤的。因着我們也許在許多不同的事上是錯誤的，我們就在讀聖經時受所得的啓示責備。

我們從經歷中知道，常常我們得着啓示以後，立刻就受責備。我能見證，我一再被來自讀聖經或來自教訓的啓示所責備。你沒有過這樣的經歷麼？因爲我們是有罪、不義的，我們就需要來自教訓的責備（李常受文集一九八四年第一册，五三二至五三五頁）。

參讀：教師訓練，第二章。

WEEK 5 — DAY 3

Morning Nourishment

2 Tim. 3:16 All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

Eph. 3:9 …Enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things.

On God’s side the Bible is God’s breathing. On our side the Bible is for us to receive profit in four matters—teaching, conviction or reproof, correction, and instruction. The order here is significant. Why does teaching and not instruction come first? Why does correction come before instruction, and conviction before correction? And why does teaching come first? (CWWL, 1984, vol. 1, “Teachers’ Training,” p. 421)

Todays Reading

If we have the proper and adequate spiritual experience, we will realize that in 2 Timothy 3:16 teaching equals revelation. Teaching is actually nothing less than a divine revelation. A revelation is the opening of a veil. As you are teaching the young people, you should be taking away a veil so that they may see something of the Triune God…This is teaching.

For the Bible to be profitable for teaching means that it is profitable for unveiling, for rolling away the veil…Time after time and in session after session, you need to gradually roll away the veil. If you do this, your way of teaching will be an unveiling. This kind of teaching always presents a revelation to others. Those who are under such teaching will be able to see something concerning the Triune God. This understanding of teaching applies not only to those who teach in the summer school of truth but to all those who speak for the Lord. When you speak something in the church meeting, your speaking should be the rolling away of the veil. This means that your speaking should present a revelation.

It is significant that in verse 16 teaching is followed by conviction, or reproof. The reason for this is that no one can see something of God without being convicted by what he sees. Whenever we see something of God, we realize our mistakes, wrongdoings, shortcomings, and sins. The result is that we are convicted; we are rebuked. This conviction comes from the revelation we receive…When in our reading of the Scriptures we receive a revelation, the revelation will convict us and rebuke us.

Conviction is followed by correction. Teaching, or revelation, brings us conviction, and conviction produces correction. Correction is a matter of setting right what is wrong, turning someone to the right way, and restoring to an upright state.

After we have been corrected, we will receive the proper instruction—the instruction in righteousness. Whereas Paul here does not use any modifiers for teaching, conviction, and correction, he does use a modifier for instruction and speaks of the instruction in righteousness. Righteousness is a matter of being right. Hence, the instruction here is for us to be right. The reason we are convicted and rebuked is that we are wrong in many different ways and aspects. We may be wrong with God, with Christ, and with the Spirit. We may be wrong with the church, with the brothers and sisters, with our husband or wife, with our parents, with our children, with our neighbors, and even with ourselves. We may be wrong in the way we spend our money, in the way we spend our time, in the way we dress, or in the way we style our hair. Because we may be wrong in so many different things, we are rebuked by the revelation we receive when we read the Scriptures.

From our experience we know that often we are rebuked immediately after receiving a revelation. I can testify that time after time I have been rebuked by a revelation that came from reading the Bible or from a teaching. Have you not had such an experience? Because we are sinful and unrighteous, we need the rebuking that comes through teaching. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 1, “Teachers’ Training,” pp. 421-423)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1984, vol. 1, “Teachers’ Training,” ch. 2