第二週 · 週一

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📖晨興餧養

太九20~22 『看哪，有一個女人，患了十二年血漏，來到耶穌背後，摸祂的衣服繸子；因為她心裏說，我只要摸着祂的衣服，就必得拯救。耶穌轉過來，看見她，就說，女兒，放心，你的信救了你。從那時候，那女人就得了拯救。』

馬太九章二十至二十二節啟示，基督的行為受屬天的管治—祂的衣服繸子。

按照民數記十五章三十八至四十節，以色列的男丁必須在衣服邊上作繸子，在繸子上釘一根藍細帶子（藍色表徵屬天）。這意思是，他們的生活、行事受到屬天限制的約束。他們受屬天規範所管治、控制並限制。…衣服象徵人行為的美德。主的衣服象徵祂在人性裏的完美行為，就是祂人性美德的完全。在主耶穌人性的美德裏，有醫治的能力。因此，當那有病的女人摸祂的衣服繸子，祂美德的能力就出來臨到她，她便得了醫治。基督受屬天管治的行為所生出的美德，成了醫治的能力（太十四36）（新約總論第九冊，四四至四五頁）。

📖信息選讀

摸主的衣服繸子，就是摸那在祂人性裏的主自己；神是具體化在祂的人性裏（西二9）。藉着這樣一摸，祂神聖的能力就藉着祂人性的完全，傳輸到摸的人裏面，成為她的醫治。神住在不能靠近的光中（提前六16），但在基督裏，藉着祂的人性成了那可摸的，叫那女人得救並給她享受。

作為令人喜悅的一位，基督…是在人性美德的美麗裏，有醫治大能的一位。我們這些相信祂、愛祂並讀祂話語的人，已經被祂的人性美德所醫治。我們越在禱告中接觸祂，我們就越被醫治。…當我們看見這位在祂受屬天管治的行為和行動中的基督，並且接觸祂，我們就得醫治，被變化。這就是我們摸主衣服繸子時的經歷。這繸子就是主一切人性美德的總和，而這總和產生醫治的能力。在這醫治的能力中，有變化的元素，能改變我們的性格。

這個女人藉着信得着醫治。今天我們藉以得醫治的信，乃是藉着那因祂的吸引力而注入我們裏面的信（新約總論第九冊，四五至四六頁）。

『〔那女人〕說，我只要摸着祂的衣服，就必得拯救。於是她血漏的源頭立刻乾了，她便覺得身上的災病得了醫治。』〔可五28~29〕…疾病是魔鬼對病人所施行的壓制。因此，奴僕救主的醫治，對這受苦的病人乃是一種拯救的服事，使她得享舒暢，並從惡者的壓制之下得着釋放（徒十38）。

因着眾人擁擠奴僕救主，真正的尋求者很難摸到祂。雖然如此，這女人卻想摸祂，她一摸着，就得了拯救。…主裏面有感覺，覺得祂的美德，就是祂的能力，從祂身上出去，傳輸到一個人裏面。為這緣故，祂查問誰摸了祂的衣服。…擁擠的群眾從救主一無所得，但摸祂的女人卻得了醫治。

〔那女人〕的疾病表徵漏掉生命。…自從人墮落以來，每一個亞當的後裔都患了這種疾病。我們都是墮落的罪人，都患了漏掉生命素質的災病。因着這災病，每一個亞當的後裔，每一個墮落的罪人，都天天在死。…你看看今天的社會，就會曉得每一個罪人都患漏掉生命素質的疾病（馬可福音生命讀經，一八○至一八二頁）。

參讀：新約總論，第二百六十九至二百七十篇。

WEEK 2 — DAY 1

Morning Nourishment

Matt. 9:20-22 And behold, a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years approached from behind and touched the fringe of His garment, for she said within herself, If only I touch His garment, I will be healed. And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said, Take courage, daughter; your faith has healed you. And the woman was healed from that hour.

In Matthew 9:20-22 Christ is revealed as the One with heavenly-ruled deeds—the fringe of His garment.

According to Numbers 15:38-40, Israelite males had to wear a blue fringe on their garments, a ribbon in the color of blue. (Blue signifies heavenliness.) This meant that their lives, their walk, were restricted by a heavenly limitation. They were ruled, governed, and restricted by heavenly regulations…Garments signify virtue in human behavior. The Lord’s garments signify His perfect behavior in His humanity, His human virtuous perfection. In the human virtue of the Lord Jesus there was healing power. Therefore, when the sick woman touched the fringe of His garment, the power of His virtue went out to her, and she was healed. Out of Christ’s heavenly-ruled deeds comes the virtue that becomes the healing power (Matt. 14:36). (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2789-2790)

Today’s Reading

To touch the fringe of the Lord’s garment was to touch the Lord Himselfin His humanity, in which God was embodied (Col. 2:9). By such a touch His divine power was transfused into the touching one through the perfection ofHis humanity and became her healing. God, who dwells in unapproachable light (1 Tim. 6:16), became touchable in Christ through His humanity for her salvation and enjoyment.

As a pleasant person, Christ is…the One with healing power in the beauty of His human virtues. We who believe in Him, love Him, and read His word have been healed by His human virtue. The more we contact Him in prayer, the more we are healed…As we see Christ in His heavenly-ruled deeds and activities and contact Him, we are healed, transformed. This is our experience when we touch the fringe of the Lord’s garment. This fringe is the totality of all the Lord’s human virtues, and this totality issues in healing power. In this healing power there is a transforming element that changes our character.

This woman was healed through faith. Today the faith through which we are healed is the faith that is infused into us by Christ’s attractiveness as we behold Him. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 2790)

[The woman said], “If I touch even His garments, I will be healed. And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was cured of the affliction.” [Mark 5:28-29]…Sickness is an oppression exercised over the sick by the devil. Hence, the Slave-Savior’s healing was a saving service rendered to the suffering victim so that she might enjoy relief and release from the evil one’s oppression (Acts 10:38).

Because a crowd was pressing upon the Slave-Savior, it was difficult for the genuine seekers to touch Him. Nevertheless, this woman found a way to touch Him, and when she did so, she was healed…The Lord had the inner sense that His virtue, His power, had gone out of Him and had been transfused into someone else. This was the reason He asked who it was that had touched His garments…The pressing crowd received nothing from the Savior, but the woman who touched Him was healed.

Her disease signifies the leaking out of life…From the time of man’s fall, every descendant of Adam has been sick in this way. As fallen sinners, we all are afflicted with the leaking out of our life essence. Because of this affliction, every descendant of Adam, every fallen sinner, is dying day by day…If you consider today’s society, you will realize that with every sinful person there is the illness of the leaking out of the life essence. (Life-study of Mark, 2nd ed., pp. 152-153)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msgs. 269—270