第五週 • 週三

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晨興餧養

結四七8~10   …這水往東方一帶流出，下到亞拉巴，直到海；…這河所到之處，凡滋生有生命的動物都必生活，並且這水到了那裏，就有極多的魚。…必有漁夫站在海邊，從隱基底直到隱以革蓮，都作曬網之處…。

以西結四十七章八節說到河下到亞拉巴。這裏的專有名詞亞拉巴，意思是曠野、旱地、乾焦的不毛之地；因此是曠野。這地需要滋潤。河是為着滋潤旱地，並醫治死海。亞拉巴靠近死海。…因着河流入海裏，海中的鹽水就得醫治。現今海成為淡水，因為鹽被吞沒了。河先來滋潤不長東西的旱地，並醫治死水。這滋潤和醫治的目的是為着產生生命（李常受文集一九六九年第二冊，五七四至五七五頁）。

信息選讀

河水所到之處，百物都必生活，且滿了生命（結四七9）。這河乃是生命的河，惟有生命能使百物得活。僅有教訓和恩賜並不重要，因為教訓和恩賜不能分賜生命。

在這流裏，必生長樹木，每月結出佳美、可口的果子（12）。這水也帶來極多的魚（9）。隱基底和隱以革蓮這兩城的名字（10），含示牲畜。隱基底的意思是，『山羊羔的泉源』；隱以革蓮的意思是，『二牛犢的泉源』。這些泉源乃是給年幼的牲畜，就是給山羊羔、牛犢的。從這一切我們看見，河流產生樹木、魚和牲畜。

在正當的召會生活中，有許多結果子的樹木，因此不缺果子。…有結果子的樹，表示在你的召會中有水流。樹是長在活水旁。在你所在地的召會中若有水流，就必定有樹，結出豐盈的果子。

隨着河的流，也有漁夫（10）。打魚表徵人數擴增。在你所在的地方召會，一年過一年人數若沒有擴增，這表示沒有打魚，而沒有打魚表示沒有水流。我們若要打魚，就必須有水流。…我們需要打魚，好使人數擴增。

在召會生活中，我們也需要有山羊羔的泉源和牛犢的泉源，好得着餧養。因此，我們需要食物，需要人數的擴增，也需要餧養。這就帶進補網，就是建造。…這一切都在於一件事，就是…神的河來湧流（以西結書生命讀經，三七九至三八○頁）。

河流產生樹木、魚和牲畜。漁夫在地上曬網，從隱基底直到隱以革蓮。他們在這兩個源泉之間的地上曬網。以西結四十七章的樹木、魚和牲畜，是照着創世記一章的次序題起的。在一章，植物生命在先，魚其次，牲畜第三。

我們需要隱基底，我們也需要隱以革蓮，就是山羊羔和牛犢的泉源。我們必須領悟，主恢復的潛力是在青年人身上。我很喜樂，看見有這麼多『山羊羔』和『牛犢』在召會生活裏。我是年長的聖徒，為着我們中間年長的聖徒，我也滿了感謝。所有的『山羊羔』都需要年長聖徒的照顧。雖然我喜愛並珍賞所有年長的聖徒，但我裏面深處領悟，主行動的將來、興盛和潛力，是在年輕人，在山羊羔和牛犢身上。我們中間許多滿了生命的青年人，證明地方召會是山羊羔的泉源，和牛犢的泉源（李常受文集一九六九年第二冊，五七五至五七六頁）。

參讀：聖經中關於生命的重要啟示，第五章。

WEEK 5—DAY 3

Morning Nourishment

Ezek. 47:8-10 …This water flows out toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah and goes to the sea…And every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes shall live, and there will be very many fish when this water comes there…And fishermen will stand beside the sea from En-gedi even to En-eglaim; it will be a place for the spreading of nets…

The river in Ezekiel 47:8 goes down into the Arabah, [which] means the wilderness, the dry land, the parched land that grows nothing; hence, the desert. This land needs the watering. The river is for watering the dry land and healing the Dead Sea. The Arabah is close to the Dead Sea…Because of the flow of the river into the sea, the salt water in the sea is healed. The sea now becomes fresh water because the salt has been swallowed up. The river comes first to water the dry land that grows nothing and to heal the death waters. This watering and healing are for the purpose of producing life. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 2, “The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” p. 435)

Today’s Reading

Where the river flows, everything shall live and be full of life (Ezek. 47:9). This river is the river of life, and only life can cause things to live. Mere teachings and gifts are not important here, because they cannot impart life.

In this flow the trees live and bear sweet, delicious fruit every month (v. 12). Also, the water brings forth an abundance of fish (v. 9). Cattle are implied by the names of two cities—En-gedi and En-eglaim (v. 10). En-gedi means “the fountain of the kid,” and En-eglaim means “the fountain of the two calves.” These fountains are for the young cattle, the kids and the calves. From all this we see that the flow of the river produces trees, fish, and cattle.

In the proper church life there are many trees producing fruit, and thus there is no lack of fruit…Trees producing fruit are an indication that there is a flow in your church. The trees grow by the living water. If there is a flow in your local church, there surely will be the trees bearing an abundance of fruit.

With the flowing of the river, there is also fishing (v. 10). Fishing signifies the increase in numbers. If the number of people in your local church does not increase year after year, this means that there is no fishing, and no fishing means that there is no flow. If we would have fishing, we must have the flow… We need fishing in order to have an increase in numbers.

In the church life we also need some fountains of kids and fountains of calves for feeding. Thus, we need food, we need the increase in numbers, and we need the feeding. This will bring in the mending, the building up…All these matters depend on one thing—the flow of the river…of God. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 309-310)

The flow of the river produces trees, fish, and cattle. The fishermen spread their nets on the land from En-gedi to En-eglaim. They spread their nets on the land between these two fountains. The trees, the fish, and the cattle in Ezekiel 47 are mentioned according to the order in Genesis 1. In Genesis 1 the plant life is first, the fish are second, and the cattle are third.

We need En-gedi, and we need En-eglaim, the fountains of the kids and the calves. We must realize that the potential with the Lord’s recovery is with the young people. I am happy to see so many “kids” and “calves” in the church life. I am an older saint, and I am also very thankful for all the older saints among us. All the “kids” need the care of the older saints. Although I love and appreciate all the older saints, deep within me I realize that the future, the prosperity, and the potential of the Lord’s move is with the young ones, with the kids and with the calves. The many young people among us who are full of life are evidence that the local church is the fountain of the kids and the fountain of the calves. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 2, “The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” pp. 435-436)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1969, vol. 2, “The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” ch. 5