第三週 • 週三

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晨興餧養

約壹二20  你們有從那聖者來的膏油塗抹，並且你們眾人都知道。

　　　27  你們從祂所領受的膏油塗抹，住在你們裏面，並不需要人教導你們，乃有祂的膏油塗抹，在凡事上教導你們；這膏油塗抹是真實的，不是虛謊的，你們要按這膏油塗抹所教導你們的，住在祂裏面。

基督…是神的受膏者，經過了出生、人性生活、釘十字架、復活和升天。…我們已經看見，一種物質的精粹就是從這物質提煉出來的東西。把這原則應用到基督的靈上，我們就可以說，基督的出生、生活、死、復活和升天的精粹，如今乃是基督之靈一切的元素。因此，在這一位靈裏，有基督出生、生活、釘死、復活和升天的功效。

我們照着靈生活行動，就有基督的成為肉體和人性生活。我們不是僅僅模仿基督的生活方式。此外，我們還有祂的釘死、復活和升天（出埃及記生命讀經，一九五五至一九五六頁）。

信息選讀

領受膏油塗抹就是領受神聖的油漆。…在我們對那靈的經歷中，我們需要被『漆了再漆』。最終，我們也許上了幾百層的漆。

今天神主要是藉着膏油的塗抹默默地教導我們。譬如，你也許為着某件事求問主，祂就會藉着膏油塗抹教導你這事。…按照約壹二章，我們裏面的膏油塗抹，在凡事上教導我們。許多時候我們知道自己錯了，並不需要人告訴我們這事；我們裏面膏油塗抹的運行教導我們說，我們錯了。我相信我們對膏油塗抹這樣的教導多少有些經歷。

沒藥五百舍客勒表徵完全負責任的單位。在聖經裏，五這數字象徵負責任。我們可用人的手加以說明。我們的手有四個手指和一個大拇指。因此，手能作許多事情，也能負責任。…四這數字…表徵受造之物，一這數字表徵神。因此，五這數字表徵神加上人，為要賜給我們負責任的能力。

五是負責任的數字，這事實在聖經裏有清楚的例證。十條誡命是寫在兩塊石版上，每塊石版上有五條誡命。馬太二十五章裏的十個童女也分為兩組，每組五人。在十誡和十個童女的事例中，五這數位都表徵負責任。沒藥五百舍客勒是由一百乘五構成的，表徵完全負責任的單位。

按照出埃及三十章二十三節，香肉桂的分量是『一半，就是二百五十舍客勒，香菖蒲二百五十舍客勒』。二百五十舍客勒表徵完全負責任的半個單位。肉桂二百五十舍客勒和菖蒲二百五十舍客勒合在一起形成一個單位，表徵神聖三一的第二者藉着死裂開了。香料有三個完整的單位，而中間的單位分為兩半，這不是偶然的。神記載這件事，為要表徵神的兒子如何在十字架上受切割。

二十四節說，『桂皮五百舍客勒，都按着聖所的舍客勒，又取橄欖油一欣。』桂皮五百舍客勒也表徵完全負責任的單位。…四種香料裏的三個五百舍客勒單位，表徵三一神在復活裏與人性調和，為要擔負完全的責任。我能見證，在話語職事裏，在復活裏的三一神自己與說話者調和，為要負責將神的話服事給祂的子民（出埃及記生命讀經，一九三九至一九四二頁）。

參讀：出埃及記生命讀經，第一百五十九篇。

WEEK 3—DAY 3

Morning Nourishment

1 John 2:20 And you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know.

             27 And as for you, the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone teach you; but as His anointing teaches you concerning all things and is true and is not a lie, and even as it has taught you, abide in Him.

As God’s anointed One, Christ passed through birth, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension…We have seen that the spirit of a substance is the extract of that substance. Applying this principle to the Spirit of Christ, we may say that the extracts of Christ’s birth, living, death, resurrection, and ascension are now all elements of the Spirit of Christ. Therefore, in this one Spirit we have the effectiveness of Christ’s birth, living, death, resurrection, and ascension.

When we walk according to spirit, we have Christ’s incarnation and His human living. We do not have merely an imitation of the way Christ lived. Furthermore, we also have His death, resurrection, and ascension. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1705-1706)

Today’s Reading

To receive the anointing is to receive the divine painting…In our experience of the Spirit, we need to be “painted” again and again. Eventually, we may receive hundreds of layers.

Today God mainly teaches us silently by the anointing. For example, you may ask the Lord about something, and He will teach you concerning it by anointing you. According to 1 John 2, the anointing within us teaches us in everything. Many times we know that we are wrong. No one needs to tell us this. But the moving of the anointing within us teaches us that we are wrong. I believe that we all have had some amount of experience of this teaching of the anointing.

The five hundred shekels of myrrh signify one unit of full responsibility. The number five in the Bible symbolizes responsibility. We may use the human hand as an illustration. On our hand we have four fingers and a thumb. Because of this, the hand can do many things and bear responsibility. The number four signifies the creature, and the number one signifies God. Therefore, the number five signifies God added to man to give us the ability to bear responsibility.

In the Bible there are clear illustrations of the fact that five is the number of responsibility. The Ten Commandments were written on two tablets, five on each tablet. Also, the ten virgins in Matthew 25 are divided into two groups, five in each. In the cases both of the commandments and of the virgins, the number five signifies responsibility. The five hundred shekels of myrrh is composed of one hundred times five, signifying one unit of full responsibility.

According to Exodus 30:23, the measurement of the cinnamon was “half as much, two hundred fifty shekels, and of fragrant calamus two hundred fifty shekels.” Two hundred fifty shekels signify a half unit of full responsibility. The two hundred fifty shekels of cinnamon and the two hundred fifty shekels of calamus together form one unit and signify that the second of the Divine Trinity was split through death. It is no accident that with the spices there are three complete units and that the middle unit is divided in half. This was written by God with the view of signifying how the Son of God would be cut on the cross.

Verse 24 says, “And of cassia five hundred shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.” The five hundred shekels of cassia also signify one unit of full responsibility. The three units of five hundred shekels each, in four spices, signify the Triune God in resurrection mingled with humanity to bear the full responsibility. I can testify that in the ministry of the Word the Triune God in resurrection mingles Himself with the speaker to bear the responsibility to minister the Word to His people. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1692-1693)

Further Reading: Life-study of Exodus, msg. 159