第五週 · 週二

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📖晨興餧養

路四18~19 『主的靈在我身上，因為祂膏了我，叫我傳福音給貧窮的人，差遣我去宣揚被擄的得釋放，瞎眼的得復明，叫那受壓制的得自由，宣揚主悅納人的禧年。』

         21 『…今天這經應驗…了。』

禧年就是狂喜年代。甚麼叫作新約時代？新約時代就是狂喜時代。甚麼叫作基督徒？基督徒就是狂喜的人。五十多年前我聽倪柝聲弟兄講道，他講到一個地步，說，『你作基督徒若沒有作到癲狂的地步，你就作得不彀資格。』他還說我們在神面前應當癲狂，在人面前就要謹守。…我們一面是喜樂歡呼的，一面卻是謹守、適可而止的。…若是你從來沒有在神面前狂喜過，你就不彀格，因為這表明你對神的享受不彀。…你裏頭若是沒有喜樂，你會癲狂麼？你若一直享受神，到一個地步，你就沒有辦法不癲狂（李常受文集一九八四年第四冊，一九至二○頁）。

📖信息選讀

政治家和哲學家盡全力想辦法應付人的需要；然而他們發明的主義越多，人們所受的苦也越多。聖經比任何學說主義都好，任何學說主義也比不上聖經的教訓。我們所需要的不是任何學說主義，我們需要的乃是主耶穌來到人類中間。祂來乃是主耶和華膏祂，叫祂傳福音給貧窮的人，差遣祂宣揚被擄的得釋放，瞎眼的得複明，叫那受壓制的得自由，宣揚神悅納人的禧年，就是神悅納人的恩年。禧年的時期乃是神赦免人、悅納人的時期。

『禧』這個字，在中文裏的意思，就是『一切應心，萬事如意』。應心如意就是禧。禧就是無憂無慮、無牽無掛、無缺無乏、無病無災，甚麼難處都沒有，甚麼都是好處，乃是一切應心，萬事如意。…人生不是應心的，環境也不是如意的。只有當這位包羅萬有的基督給你得着了，給你享受了，你纔可能一切應心，萬事如意。保羅在腓立比四章說，他認識基督，經歷基督，達到一個地步，是一切應心，萬事如意。他說，『我已經學會了，無論在甚麼景況，都可以知足。我知道怎樣處卑賤，也知道怎樣處富餘；或飽足、或饑餓、或富餘、或缺乏，在各事上，並在一切事上，我都學得祕訣。我在那加我能力者的裏面，凡事都能作。』（11下~13）不是外面的人、事、物，乃是裏面的基督，能叫我們安穩無憂地面對各樣的環境。

基督已經來了，因此現今乃是禧年的時代。可是就人來說，你若不讓基督進到你裏面，你裏面就還沒有禧年。…即使你信了基督，讓基督進到你裏面，你卻不讓基督在你裏面活着，也不憑基督活着，你就還沒有實際地活在禧年裏。你在甚麼事上憑基督活着，在甚麼事上讓基督活着，你在那件事上就有祂作你的禧年。這樣，你在那件事上就一切應心，萬事如意。你若在婚姻生活中讓基督活着，憑基督活着，你的婚姻就一切應心，萬事如意。不應心的應心了，不如意的也如意了。讀書、教書、作生意也都是這樣。你若讓基督在你裏面活着，憑祂活着，一切就都應心，一切就都如意；…換句話說，基督來了，禧年就來了。…你甚麼時候憑基督活着，那時基督就是你的禧年。你甚麼時候不憑基督活着，那時候就沒有基督作你的禧年（李常受文集一九八四年第四冊，九、一三至一五頁）。

參讀：禧年，第二篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 2

Morning Nourishment

Luke 4:18-19 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to announce the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away in release those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, the year of jubilee.”

               21 …Today this Scripture has been fulfilled…

The jubilee is an age of ecstasy. The New Testament age is an age of ecstasy, and a Christian is a person in ecstasy. Over fifty years ago, Brother Nee said, “If, as a Christian, you have never reached the point of being beside yourself, you are not up to the standard.” He added that we should be beside ourselves before God but soberminded before men…On the one hand, we rejoice and make a joyful noise, but on the other hand, we are soberminded, exercising restraint…If we have never been in ecstasy before God, we are not up to the standard. Rather, this shows that we do not have a sufficient enjoyment of God…If there is no joy in us, we cannot be beside ourselves, but if we are always enjoying God, we will reach a point where we cannot help but be beside ourselves. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 4, “The Jubilee,” p. 15)

Today’s Reading

Politicians and philosophers have been trying their best to find ways to meet the needs of people, but the more “isms” they invent, the more people suffer. What the Bible teaches is far better than any theory or “ism.” What we need is not a theory or an “ism” but the coming of the Lord Jesus into mankind. In His coming He was anointed by Jehovah to announce the gospel to the poor, and He was sent to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away in release those who are oppressed, and to proclaim the year of God’s acceptance of man, the year of jubilee, which is the year of grace. The year of jubilee is the time when God forgives and accepts man.

Jubilee means having no worry or anxiety, no concern or care, no lack or shortage, no sickness or calamity, and no problems whatsoever but, rather, having all benefits; hence, everything is to our satisfaction…Our human life is not always satisfying, and our environment is not always gratifying. Everything can be satisfying to us only after we have gained the all-inclusive Christ as our enjoyment. In Philippians 4 Paul indicates that he knew Christ and experienced Him to such an extent that everything was to his satisfaction. He says, “I have learned, in whatever circumstances I am, to be content. I know also how to be abased, and I know how to abound; in everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to hunger, both to abound and to lack. I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me” (vv. 11b-13). It is not outward persons, matters, or things but Christ within who enables us to be calm and free of worries as we face all kinds of situations.

Christ has already come, so the age of jubilee is here, but we do not have the jubilee in us unless we have allowed the Lord Jesus to come into us…Even if we have believed into Christ and have allowed Him to come into us, unless we allow Him to live in us and unless we live by Him, we are not practically living in the jubilee. If we live by Christ in a certain matter and allow Him to live in us, we enjoy jubilee in that matter. In this way everything pertaining to that particular matter is to our satisfaction. In our married life, for example, if we allow Christ to live in us and we also live by Christ, then everything in our marriage will be to our satisfaction. Whatever is unpleasant becomes pleasant, and whatever is not satisfying becomes satisfying. The same is true in going to school, in teaching school, and in doing business. If we allow Christ to live in us and if we live by Him, everything is to our satisfaction…In other words, when Christ comes into us, jubilee comes into us…Christ is our jubilee whenever we live by Him, but He is not our jubilee when we do not live by Him. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 4, “The Jubilee,” pp. 7, 10-11)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1984, vol. 4, “The Jubilee,” ch. 2