第六週 • 週四

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晨興餧養

林後三18  但我們眾人既然以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，好像鏡子觀看並返照主的榮光，就漸漸變化成為與祂同樣的形像，從榮耀到榮耀，乃是從主靈變化成的。

羅八29　  因為神所豫知的人，祂也豫定他們模成神兒子的形像，使祂兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。

使徒…作所有信徒的榜樣和代表，乃是基督的執事。林後三章八至九節所說的榮光與新約的職事有關，〔十八節〕這裏的榮光與使徒，新約的眾執事有關。這表明新約的職事，不只是新約眾執事的行動，更是他們的所是。他們與他們的職事是一，因為那看不見的榮光，同樣浸透並充滿他們的工作和他們自己，以致二者並無不同（聖經恢復本，林後三18註2）。

沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，意即我們的心既轉向主，帕子就除去了，並且主是那靈，已經釋放我們脫離律法的轄制、遮蔽，因此我們與主之間就不再有隔絕了（林後三18註3）。

信息選讀

觀看〔主的榮光〕是我們自己看主，返照〔主的榮光〕是叫別人經過我們看主（聖經恢復本，林後三18註5）。

我們就像鏡子，觀看並返照主的榮光。既是這樣，我們的臉就當完全沒有帕子遮蔽，叫我們看得清楚，返照得正確（林後三18註4）。

我們以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，觀看並返照主的榮光，祂就用祂的所是及所作的元素，灌注我們。因此，我們就藉着祂生命的大能，憑祂生命的素質，漸漸新陳代謝的變化，而有祂生命的形狀；並且主要的藉着我們心思的更新（羅十二2），漸漸變化形像，成為祂的形像。漸漸變化，指明我們是在變化的過程中（林後三18註7）。

變化成為與祂同樣的形像，意即我們漸漸被模成復活並得榮的基督，使我們與祂一樣（羅八29）（林後三18註8）。

從一種程度的榮耀，到另一種程度的榮耀，…指明在復活裏，在生命裏往前的過程（林後三18註9）。

主靈…這辭…有力的證明並證實，主基督就是那靈，那靈就是主基督。林後三章啟示這靈是書寫的靈（3），叫人活的靈（6），盡職的靈（8），使人自由的靈（17），以及變化的靈（18）。這樣一位包羅萬有的靈，對於基督的眾執事，以及他們為着神新約經綸的職事，是極其重要的。…使徒說過新約的職事以後，繼續說到新約的眾執事。從十二至十八節，他首先描述新約的眾執事乃是心轉向主的人，他們的臉沒有帕子遮蔽，他們享受是靈的主，使他們脫離律法的轄制，並且他們觀看並返照主，漸漸變化成為主的形像。藉着這變化的過程，他們就給那靈用基督身位和工作的元素，構成基督的眾執事。因此，他們的所是乃是出於基督，並用基督所構成；他們的職事乃是將基督供應人，用包羅萬有的基督這內住、賜生命的靈，灌注他們。所有的信徒都該效法他們，成為同樣的人，並且完成同樣的職事（林後三18註11）。

參讀：哥林多後書生命讀經，第三十篇。

WEEK 6—DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

2 Cor. 3:18 But we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.

Rom. 8:29 Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers.

The apostles,…as the examples and representatives of all believers, are the ministers of Christ. In 2 Corinthians 3:8-9 the glory is related to the ministry of the new covenant. [In verse 18] the glory is related to the apostles, the ministers of the new covenant. This shows that the ministry of the new covenant is not merely an activity carried out by the new covenant ministers; rather, it is what the new covenant ministers are. They are one with their ministry, for the same invisible glory saturates and pervades both their work and their being, so that there is no difference between the two. (2 Cor. 3:18, footnote 2)

That our face is unveiled means that our heart has turned to the Lord, so that the veil has been taken away, and the Lord as the Spirit has freed us from the bondage, the veiling, of the law, so that there is no more insulation between us and the Lord. (2 Cor. 3:18, footnote 3)

Today’s Reading

To behold the glory of the Lord is to see the Lord ourselves; to reflect the glory of the Lord is to enable others to see Him through us. (2 Cor. 3:18, footnote 4)

We are like mirrors beholding and reflecting the glory of the Lord. This being the case, our face should be fully unveiled that we may see well and reflect properly. (2 Cor. 3:18, footnote 5)

When we with unveiled face are beholding and reflecting the glory of the Lord, He infuses us with the elements of what He is and what He has done. Thus we are being transformed metabolically to have His life shape by His life power with His life essence; that is, we are being transfigured, mainly by the renewing of our mind (Rom. 12:2), into His image. Being transformed indicates that we are in the process of transformation. (2 Cor. 3:18, footnote 7)

To be transformed into the same image is to be conformed to the resurrected and glorified Christ, to be made the same as He is (Rom. 8:29). (2 Cor. 3:18, footnote 8)

From one degree of glory to another…indicates an ongoing process in life in resurrection. (2 Cor. 3:18, footnote 9)

[The expression] the Lord Spirit…strongly proves and confirms that the Lord Christ is the Spirit and the Spirit is the Lord Christ. In 2 Corinthians 3, this Spirit is revealed as the inscribing Spirit (v. 3), the Spirit who gives life (v. 6), the ministering Spirit (v. 8), the freeing Spirit (v. 17), and the transforming Spirit (v. 18). Such an all-inclusive Spirit is crucial to the ministers of Christ and to their ministry for God’s new covenant economy. After speaking about the ministry of the new covenant, the apostle spoke about the ministers of the new covenant. From verse 12 through verse 18 he depicted the new covenant ministers as persons whose hearts have turned to the Lord, whose faces are unveiled, who are enjoying the Lord as the Spirit, freeing them from the bondage of the law, and who are being transformed into the image of the Lord by beholding and reflecting Him. Through such a process of transformation they are constituted ministers of Christ by the Spirit with the elements of Christ’s person and work. Hence, their person is constituted of and with Christ, and their ministry is to minister Christ to others, infusing them with the all-inclusive Christ as the indwelling, life-giving Spirit. All believers should imitate such ministers to be the same kind of person and to accomplish the same kind of ministry. (2 Cor. 3:18, footnote 11)

Further Reading: Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msg. 30