第三週 • 週四

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晨興餧養

出三十26  要用這膏油抹會幕和見證的櫃。

　　　30  要膏亞倫和他的兒子們，使他們分別為聖，可以作祭司事奉我。

羅十五16  …作基督耶穌的僕役，作神福音勤奮的祭司，叫所獻上的外邦人，在聖靈裏得以聖別，可蒙悅納。

出埃及三十章裏的複合膏油，是用以抹帳幕和帳幕所有的器具，並膏事奉的祭司，使這些物與人成為聖的、分別的、聖別的，歸給神，為着神聖的定旨（26~30）。…由複合膏油所表徵的複合之靈，乃是為着膏抹與敬拜並事奉神有關的事物，以及事奉神的人（約壹二20、27）。當我們在那靈的塗抹之下，我們就能盡我們的本分，為着主的權益負起責任。

我們必須按着這膏油的塗抹行動、行事、工作並行事為人。這膏油的塗抹乃是那靈的作工和運行。因此，羅馬八章四節說，我們應當照着靈而行。然後加拉太五章告訴我們，我們要憑着靈活着，並憑着靈而行（16、25）（李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第二冊，五七○至五七一頁）。

信息選讀

新約清楚的啟示，並且有力的強調，這樣一位終極完成的靈就在我們的靈裏。羅馬八章十六節說，『那靈自己同我們的靈見證我們是神的兒女。』提後四章二十二節啟示，主作為那靈乃是與我們的靈同在。我們若要過基督徒的生活，就必須轉向我們的靈，並留在那裏。

基督的死乃是藉着這複合的靈應用在我們身上，基督的復活也是藉着這靈應用在我們身上。我們越照着靈行動、生活、行事、活動並說話，我們就越在基督徒的生活中。

日復一日，這膏油時時刻刻都在我們裏面作工、運行、行動並說話，這膏油的運行，就是膏油的塗抹，在凡事上教導我們。膏油的塗抹就是這膏油的作工、運行、行動並說話，而這膏油就是三一神的終極完成。我們現在能看見，出埃及三十章裏這複合膏油的豫表是多麼奇妙。

基督徒的生活就是複合膏油所豫表之終極完成的神的行動、運行、作工和說話。在這生命裏，神和人都應用在我們身上。我們是可憐的人，低下的人，但在這膏油塗抹裏有拔高的人，就是神聖標準的人。在這膏油塗抹裏，也有基督的死以及祂的死非常甜美的功效。藉着祂的死，我們已經得了赦免、稱義並與神和好，使我們能重生成為神的兒子。肉桂所豫表基督之死的功效，是何等的甜美！

在這膏油塗抹裏，我們也有基督的復活應用在我們身上。基督的復活是非常有能力的，特別是在抵抗並驅除仇敵和一切消極事物這一面。這是由桂皮所豫表的，桂皮在古時用來驅除昆蟲和蛇。基督的復活抵抗一切從仇敵來的反對和攻擊，並驅除一切邪惡的『昆蟲』和『蛇』。基督的復活驅除了所有的鬼、邪靈，特別是它們的首領，那蛇，就是古蛇魔鬼。

基督徒的生活不是活出我們天然的人性美德。這些美好的事同邪惡的事，都屬於善惡知識樹。惟有聖經所啟示的基督徒生活，就是內住、複合之靈的運行和工作，纔屬於生命樹（李常受文集一九九一至一九九二年第二冊，五七一至五七四頁）。

參讀：基督徒的生活，第八篇。

WEEK 3—DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

Exo. 30:26 And with it you shall anoint the Tent of Meeting and the Ark of the Testimony.

           30 And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them that they may serve Me as priests.

Rom. 15:16 …A minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, a laboring priest of the gospel of God, in order that the offering of the Gentiles might be acceptable, having been sanctified in the Holy Spirit.

The compound ointment in Exodus 30 was used to anoint the tabernacle, all the utensils of the tabernacle, and the serving priests to make all these things holy, separated, sanctified, unto God for God’s divine purpose (vv. 26-30)…The compound Spirit typified by the compound ointment is for the anointing of the things related to the worship and service of God and His serving ones (1 John 2:20, 27). When we are under the anointing of the Spirit, we can fulfill our duty to bear responsibility for the Lord’s interest.

We have to walk, act, work, and have our being according to this anointing. This anointing is the working and the moving of the Spirit. Thus, Romans 8:4 says that we should walk according to the spirit. Then in Galatians 5 we are told to live and walk by the Spirit (vv. 16, 25). (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Christian Life,” p. 430)

Today’s Reading

The New Testament reveals clearly and emphasizes very strongly that such a consummated Spirit is right in our spirit. Romans 8:16 says that the Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God. Second Timothy 4:22 reveals that the Lord as the Spirit is with our spirit. If we are going to live the Christian life, we must return to our spirit and remain there.

It is by this compound Spirit that the death of Christ is applied to us. It is… by this Spirit that the resurrection of Christ is applied to us. The more we walk, live, move, act, and speak according to the spirit, the more we are in the Christian life.

Day after day and moment after moment this ointment is working, moving, acting, and speaking within us. This moving of the ointment, this anointing, teaches us concerning all things. The anointing is the working, moving, acting, and speaking of the ointment, and the ointment is the consummation of our Triune God. We can see now that this type of the compound ointment in Exodus 30 is marvelous.

The Christian life is the acting, moving, working, and speaking of the consummated God who is typified by the compound ointment. In this life both God and man are applied to us. We are a poor man, a low man, but we have an uplifted man, a man of the divine standard, in this anointing. In this anointing we also have Christ’s death and His death’s effectiveness, which is so sweet. We have been forgiven, justified, and reconciled to God through His death so that we could be regenerated to be sons of God. How sweet is the effectiveness of His death as typified by the cinnamon!

Then in this anointing we have Christ’s resurrection applied to us. Christ’s resurrection is so powerful, especially in the sense of resisting and repelling the enemy and all the negative things. This is typified by cassia, which was used in ancient times to repel insects and snakes. Christ’s resurrection resists all the opposition and attacks from the enemy, and it repels all the evil “insects” and “snakes.” Christ’s resurrection is repelling all the demons, evil spirits, and especially their leading one, the snake, the old serpent, the devil.

The Christian life is not the living out of our natural human virtues. These good things, along with the evil things, belong to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Only the Christian life that is revealed in the Scriptures as the moving and working of the indwelling compound Spirit belongs to the tree of life. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Christian Life,” pp. 430-432)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Christian Life,” ch. 8