第五週■週五

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晨興餧養

弗六 17 ～ 18『還要藉着各樣的禱告和祈求，接受救恩的頭盔，並那靈的劍，那靈就是神的話；時時在靈裏禱告，並盡力堅持，在這事上儆醒，且爲眾聖徒祈求。』

話就是聖經。但如果這話只是印出來的字句，就不是那靈，也不是劍。以弗所六章十七節的『話』，原文是 rhema，雷瑪，就是那靈在一切情況下，所說卽時的話。當 logos，婁格斯，聖經中常時的話，成了卽時的『雷瑪』時，這『雷瑪』就是那靈。成爲那靈的『雷瑪』，就是砍碎仇敵的劍。譬如，我們也許對某一節經文一讀再讀，它仍然是『婁格斯』—字句的話。這樣的話不能殺死任何東西。但有一天這經節對我們成了『雷瑪』，就是應時、卽時、活的說話，那時這『雷瑪』就成了那靈。因此，主耶穌在約翰六章六十三節說，『我對你們所說的話，就是靈，就是生命。』原文在這裏也用『雷瑪』。卽時、應時的話乃是那靈；這樣的話就是劍。因此，劍、那靈和話，三者乃是一。不僅如此，使用這劍擊殺仇敵的，不是那靈，乃是我們（以弗所書生命讀經，六五八頁）。

信息選讀

在屬靈的爭戰裏，我們不僅需要對付客觀的仇敵，更需要對付主觀的對頭。撒但不只是我們外面的仇敵，也是我們裏面的對頭。…因着仇敵的元素是在我們裏面，所以我們需要話的殺死能力，主觀的應用到我們的所是裏。因着仇敵把他自己注射到我們的所是裏，我們所需要的，乃是話的殺死能力應用到我們身上，來對付仇敵在我們裏面的元素。

大多數火燒的箭，不是從外面的仇敵來的，乃是從裏面的對頭來的。…由此我們看見，我們必須同時面對仇敵和對頭。在我們的經歷中，最終我們會明白，最棘手的仇敵乃是己。己是我們最厲害的仇敵。我們許多次受試誘，都不是由於客觀的仇敵，乃是由於己，就是我們自己內裏的所是。

因着己是最大的仇敵，所以我們需要經歷神話語的殺死能力。當我們禱讀時，我們一面得着滋養，一面某些元素就被殺死。也許你受到疑惑、忌恨、嫉妒、驕傲以及自私的困擾。你知道這些東西能藉着禱讀主話而被殺死麼？…藉着禱讀，裏面的對頭就被除滅。我們禱讀主話一段時間後，就會發覺攻擊我們的對頭消失了。就着非常實際的意義說，我們的對頭被接受到我們裏面的話殺死了。…一個弟兄正與妻子發生難處，也許禱讀到保羅所說丈夫要愛妻子的話。他越禱讀這一節，就越感覺到對他妻子的愛實際的分賜到他裏面，吞滅了他裏面這難處消極的元素。

我們越在靈裏藉着各樣的禱告接受神的話，我們裏面消極的東西也就越被治死。因此，禱讀不僅是享受筵席，也是爭戰的路。當我們禱讀主話時，爭戰正在兇猛進行，把我們裏面消極的元素除滅。至終，最厲害的仇敵—己，要被治死。當我們裏面消極的元素藉着禱讀被治死時，主就得勝。因着祂是得勝的，我們就也是得勝的。

禱讀是殺死我們裏面對頭的路。每一天，無論在何種環境裏，你都應該禱讀。每當你被自己裏面某些消極的東西困擾時，你要藉着在靈裏的禱告接受神的話。你這麼作，消極的元素就會被殺死（以弗所書生命讀經，九八七至九九○頁）。

參讀：羅馬書的結晶，第八篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 5

Morning Nourishment

Eph. 6:17-18 And receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit and watching unto this in all perseverance and petition concerning all the saints.

The Word is the Bible. But if this Word is only printed letters, it is neither the Spirit nor the sword. The Greek for word in Ephesians 6:17 is rhema, the instant word spoken at the moment by the Spirit in any situation. When the logos, the constant word in the Bible, becomes the instant rhema, this rhema will be the Spirit. This rhema, which becomes the Spirit, is the sword that cuts the enemy to pieces. For example, we may read a particular verse again and again, only to have it remain the logos, a word in letters. Such a word cannot kill anything. But one day this verse becomes the rhema to us, the present, instant, living speaking. At that time this rhema becomes the Spirit. For this reason, in John 6:63 the Lord Jesus said, “The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” Here the Greek text also uses rhema. The instant, present word is the Spirit. This kind of word is the sword. Therefore, the sword, the Spirit, and the word are three that are one. Furthermore, we, not the Spirit, are the ones to use this sword to kill the enemy. (Life-study of
Ephesians, 2nd ed., pp. 533-534)

Todays Reading

In spiritual warfare we must deal not only with the objective enemy but even the more with the subjective adversary. Satan is not only the enemy outside us; he is also the adversary inside us…Because the enemy’s elements are within us, we need the killing power of the word to be applied to our being subjectively. Since the enemy has injected himself into our being, what we need is for the killing power of the word to be applied to us to deal with the elements of the enemy within us.

Most of the flaming darts come not from the enemy without but from the adversary within…By this we see that we must face the adversary as well as the enemy. In our experience we eventually come to realize that the most difficult foe is the self. The self is our worst enemy. Many times we are tempted not by an objective enemy but by the self, our own inner being.

Because the self is the greatest enemy, we need to experience the killing power of God’s word. As we pray-read, we are nourished on the one hand, but certain elements are killed on the other hand. Perhaps you are troubled by doubts, hatred, jealousy, pride, or selfishness. Do you realize that these things can be killed through pray-reading the Word?…By pray-reading, the inward adversary is slain. After a time of pray-reading the Word, we may discover that the adversary who was attacking us has disappeared. In a very practical sense, he has been slain by the word we have taken into us. A brother who is having a problem with his wife may pray-read Paul’s word about husbands loving their wives. The more he pray-reads this verse, the more he senses that love for his wife is imparted into him in a practical way that swallows up the negative element of his problem.

The more we take the word of God by means of all prayer in spirit, the more the negative things within us will be put to death. Thus, pray-reading is not only feasting; it is also a way of fighting. As we pray-read the Word, the battle is raging as the negative elements in our being are slain. Eventually, the self, the worst foe of all, will be put to death. When the negative things in us are killed through pray-reading, the Lord is victorious. Because He is victorious, we are victorious also.

Pray-reading is the way to kill the adversary within us. Every day and in every kind of situation, you should pray-read. Whenever you are troubled by something negative within you, take the word of God by means of prayer in spirit. As you do this, the negative element will be killed. (Life-study of Ephesians, 2nd ed., pp. 797-799)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” ch. 8