第七週■週六

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晨興餧養

弗四29『敗壞的話一句都不可出口，只要按需要說建造人的好話，好將恩典供給聽見的人。』

林後一12『我們所誇的，是我們的良心見證我們憑着神的單純和純誠，在世爲人，…靠神的恩典，對你們更是這樣。』

我們對神經綸中之恩典的經歷，也是盡神所託付之神恩典的管家職分—將基督的豐富，就是神的恩典，分賜給神所揀選的人，以產生並建造召會。

不僅使徒這些管家的職分把恩典分賜與人，我們也應當在生活中說建造人的話，將恩典分給人〔參弗四29〕。在以弗所四章二十八節保羅說，我們應當親手作正經事，好有所分給需要的人。我們基督徒應當在生活中，在物質上和屬靈上，都有所分給人的（李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第二册，四一二頁）。

信息選讀

保羅在林後一章十二節說到神的單純和純誠。神的純誠是一種神聖的美德，神之所是的美德。憑這樣的美德爲人，意卽經歷神自己。因此，憑這樣的美德爲人，等於…『靠神的恩典』。

神是智慧的，又是全能的。但一面來說，神也是單純的，祂非常簡單。當主耶穌在地上的時候，祂很有智慧；但祂也是簡單而單純的。我接觸主耶穌的時候非常有享受，因爲祂是單純而簡單的。…當你跟某些弟兄談話的時候，你發現他們非常複雜。但我們的神是簡單的；每當我們與祂交談，會發現祂並不複雜。當祂說是，祂就真是；當祂說不，就真的是不。照樣，當祂說白色或黑色的時候，就是指白色或黑色，而不是指灰色。不論神在那一個時刻對我們有甚麼感覺，祂總是單純的。祂對我們也許滿意，也許不滿意，但祂自己總是簡單的。

只有單純的人纔是慷慨的人。…神對我們是豐富施與的，因爲祂是單純的。如果神不單純，如果神對我們的想法複雜，想想看我們會有甚麼樣的遭遇；祂也許就不管我們了。你願意讓神考量你的光景，細細的察驗你麼？你願意神把你從頭看到腳，考量你裏裏外外的所是麼？如果神這樣來察驗我們，沒有一個人能蒙神的恩眷。但是因着神的單純和慷慨，我們就從祂領受了許多的福分。

保羅就像簡單的神，哥林多人卻極其複雜。…保羅的良心見證，他和他的同工們向着哥林多人的爲人，乃是憑着神的單純。因此，他們向着哥林多人是慷慨的，願意把一切都給他們。保羅和他的同工們，向着那些信徒是慷慨且豐富施與的（哥林多後書生命讀經，一四至一五頁）。

恩典不僅是啓示錄的結束，也是整本聖經的結束。啓示錄二十二章二十一節說，『願主耶穌的恩與眾聖徒同在。阿們。』聖徒包括我們所有信入基督的人。…主的恩必須在我們日常生活的每一方面，與我們每一個人同在，因爲我們是聖徒。這恩典終極完成於新耶路撒冷，作神之喜悅的終極完成，就是神使祂自己與人聯結調和，作祂榮耀的擴大和永遠的彰顯（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册，五八五至五八六頁）。

參讀：神在祂經綸中的律法與恩典，第二至四篇；哥林多後書生命讀經，第二篇；創世記生命讀經，第一百零九篇。

WEEK 7 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Eph. 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, according to the need, that it may give grace to those who hear.

2 Cor. 1:12 For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in singleness and sincerity of God,…in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.

In our experience of the grace in God’s economy, we carry out the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted by Him—dispensing the riches of Christ as the grace of God to His chosen people for the producing and building up of the church.

Not only the apostles as stewards dispensed grace into people, but we also, in our living, should speak words for building up and thus give grace to people [cf. Eph. 4:29]…In verse 28 Paul says that we should labor, working with our own hands in that which is respectable, that we may have something to share with him who has need. As Christians, we should have something in our living, both materially and spiritually, to minister to others. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Law and Grace of God in His Economy,” p. 314)

Todays Reading

In 2 Corinthians 1:12 Paul speaks of the singleness and sincerity of God. The sincerity of God is a divine virtue, a virtue of what God is. To conduct ourselves in such a virtue means to experience God Himself. Hence, to conduct ourselves in such a virtue is to be in the grace of God.

God is wise and almighty. But in a sense He is also single; He is very simple. When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He was wise; yet He was also simple and single. I very much enjoy having contact with the Lord Jesus because of His singleness and simplicity. However, when you talk to certain brothers, you find that they are extremely complicated. But our God is simple. Whenever we talk to Him, we find that He is not full of complications. When He says yes, He means yes, and when He says no, He means no. Likewise, when He says white or black, He means white or black, not gray. No matter how God may feel about us at a particular time, He is always single. He may be unhappy with us or He may be happy, but He Himself is simple.

Only a person so single is a generous person…Our God is bountiful toward us because He is single. Imagine what would happen to us if God were not single and if He thought about us in a complicated way. Probably He would not care for us. Would you like God to consider your situation and examine you in detail? Would you like Him to look at you from head to toe and consider what you are inwardly and outwardly? None of us would be favored by God if He examined us in this way. But because of God’s singleness and generosity, we have received blessing from Him.

Paul was like the simple God, but the Corinthians were extremely complicated…Paul’s conscience testified that toward the Corinthians he and his co-workers conducted themselves in the singleness of God. Therefore, they could be generous toward the Corinthians and be willing to give them anything. Toward those believers Paul and his co-workers were generous and full of bounty. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, 2nd ed., pp. 12-13)

Grace is not only the end of the book of Revelation but also the end of the entire Bible. Revelation 22:21 says, “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen.” The saints include all of us who have believed into Christ…The grace of the Lord must be with each one of us in every aspect of our daily life because we are saints. This grace consummates in the New Jerusalem as the consummation of God’s good pleasure in joining and mingling Himself with man for His glorious enlargement and eternal expression. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” p. 462)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Law and Grace of God in His Economy,” chs. 2-4; Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msg. 2; Life-study of Genesis, msg. 109