第五週■週六

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晨興餧養

啓一 16『…從祂口中出來一把兩刃的利劍…。』

來四 12『因爲神的話是活的，是有功效的，比一切兩刃的劍更鋒利，能以刺入、甚至剖開魂與靈，骨節與骨髓，連心中的思念和主意都能辨明。』

我不是從來不被得罪的『大理石』人。我在召會生活中，或在我的家庭生活中，也常被人得罪。對一切得罪的事，我怎能過得去呢？我乃是藉着接受話作那靈而過去。我所接受作那靈的話成爲劍，擊殺仇敵。表面看來，那靈的劍擊殺我的情感；實際上，它擊殺那利用我情感的空中邪靈。我的情感直接被擊殺，邪靈間接被擊殺。這樣，我對得罪的事就能過得去（李常受文集一九八四年第一册，五四四至五四五頁）。

信息選讀

假定晚上我被一位長老得罪。因着我敬畏主，我就不敢與別人談論這事。次日早晨我起來在話中接觸主。我沒有讀任何論及我情感之事的經文，我不過開始運用靈讀聖經。…我讀…時，以活的方式接受話作爲那靈，那是話的靈，就成爲劍，直接擊殺我的情感，間接擊殺邪惡的勢力。自然而然的，得罪的事消失了，對召會沒有造成損害。然而，得罪的事若留着，就會對召會生活造成嚴重的損害。

沒有那是靈的話作擊殺的劍，多年來我們就無法蒙保守在召會生活裏。半個多世紀以來，我旅行、探訪眾召會，並接觸千萬的聖徒。若沒有話作爲那靈擊殺一切仇敵，我就無法仍在這裏盡職事。我若允許自己被某處召會或某個聖徒得罪，我的職事就了了。我藉着話作爲那靈的擊殺，蒙保守在召會生活和職事裏。

假定一位弟兄對他所在地的召會不高興。他遷到另一個城市，假定他喜歡那裏的召會。然而，過了一小段時間之後，他又不高興這個地方的召會，所以他就遷到另一個地方。…這樣的人不能有分於召會的建造。反之，因着沒有擊殺他裏面的仇敵，他會使召會遭損害。

照着保羅在以弗所書這卷論到召會的書末了的話，我們需要以活的方式接受神的話，就是接受話作爲那靈。然後那靈會成爲擊殺的劍。這話首先直接擊殺我們，然後間接擊殺空中黑暗的權勢。…我們以活的方式所接受作爲那靈的話，乃是擊殺我們裏面『病菌』的屬靈抗生素。病菌被擊殺，空中邪惡的勢力就無法利用我們。然後我們就能過健康的身體生活，健康的召會生活。

這是我多年來蒙保守在召會生活和職事裏的路。沒有藉着話作爲那靈的擊殺，我的職事就了結了。我要再強調，我們需要以活的方式接受神的話；這樣，在我們的經歷中那靈就成爲擊殺的劍。話成爲那靈，而那靈成爲劍—那靈的劍，擊殺我們裏面的病菌和空中的邪靈。這樣，基督的身體、召會生活和我們的職事就蒙拯救。這使我們的職事能長命。然而，某些弟兄的職事不持久。在他們的情形裏，被擊殺的是他們的職事，不是仇敵（李常受文集一九八四年第一册，五四五至五四七頁）。

參讀：以弗所書生命讀經，第九十七篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Rev. 1:16 …Out of His mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword…

Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is living and operative and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

I am not a “marble” person who cannot be offended. I have often been offended by others in the church life or in my family life. How have I been able to get through all the offenses? I get through by receiving the word as the Spirit. The word I receive as the Spirit then becomes the sword to slay the enemy. Apparently, the sword of the Spirit kills my emotion; actually, it kills the evil spirit in the air who takes advantage of my emotion. Whereas my emotion is killed directly, the evil spirit is killed indirectly. In this way I have been able to get through the offenses. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 1, “Teachers’ Training,” pp. 431-432)

Todays Reading

Suppose in the evening I am offended by one of the elders. Because I fear the Lord, I do not dare to talk about this with others. The next morning I rise up to contact the Lord in the Word. I do not read any verses that touch the matter of my emotion. Instead, I simply begin to read the Bible with the exercise of the spirit…As I read…, I receive the word in a living way as the Spirit, and the Spirit, which is the word, becomes the sword that kills my emotion directly and kills the evil force indirectly. Spontaneously, the offense is gone, and no damage is done to the church. However, if the offense were allowed to remain, it wouldcause serious damage to the church life.

Without the word as the Spirit to be the killing sword, there would be no way for us to be kept in the church life over the years. For more than half a century I have been traveling, visiting the churches, and contacting thousands of saints. Without the word as the Spirit to kill all the enemies, I would not still be here ministering. If I had allowed myself to remain offended with a certain church or saint, I would have been finished with the ministry. I have been kept in the church life and in the ministry through the killing of the word as the Spirit.

Suppose a particular brother is not happy with the church in his locality. He moves to another city, supposing that he will like the church there. However, after a short period of time, he becomes unhappy with this local church, so he moves to another place…Such a person cannot participate in the building up of the church. On the contrary, because there is no killing of the enemy within him, he causes the church to suffer damage.

According to Paul’s word toward the end of Ephesians, a book concerning the church, we need to receive the word of God in a living way, that is, receive the word as the Spirit. The Spirit will then become the killing sword. This sword first kills us directly and then kills the power of darkness in the air indirectly…The word that we receive in a living way as the Spirit is a spiritual antibiotic that kills the “germs” within us. When the germs are killed, the evil forces in the air have no way to take advantage of us. Then we can live a healthy Body life, a healthy church life.

This is the way I have been preserved in the church life and in my ministry for so many years. Apart from the killing of the word as the Spirit, my ministry would have been terminated. Once again I would emphasize that we need to receive the word of God in a living way so that in our experience the Spirit becomes the killing sword. When the word becomes the Spirit, the Spirit becomes the sword— the sword of the Spirit that kills the germs in us and the evil spirits in the air. In this way the Body, the church life, and our ministry are saved. This will enable our ministry to have a long life. However, the ministry of certain brothers has not lasted long. In their situation it was their ministry and not the enemy that was killed. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 1, “Teachers’ Training,” pp. 432-433)

Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 97