第六週 · 週四

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📖晨興餧養

約一29 『次日，約翰看見耶穌向他走來，就說，看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人之罪的！』

來九26 『…但如今祂在諸世代的終結顯明了一次，好藉着獻上自己為祭，把罪除掉。』

約翰一章啟示基督在時間起首時創造萬物（3）的事上。…基督也見於成為肉體的事上；祂是看不見的神，成了一個看得見的人（14），有分於人的血肉之體（來二14），為着救贖失落的宇宙，以帶進新約的時代。成了肉體的神有血。行傳二十章二十八節說，神用自己的血買了召會。神有分於人的血肉之體，為要救贖失落的宇宙。整個宇宙，包括諸天，都受到神所造卻背叛神的一個天使長撒但所污染。這第一個背叛者使整個宇宙失落了，所以在地上和諸天裏的萬有，都需要神的救贖（西一20）。

在祂成為羔羊，以救贖失落的世人的事上，基督向我們說出，神如何按祂的公義，藉祂的死作為手續，在法理方面完成了神的救贖（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四冊，四二二至四二三、四二七頁）。

📖信息選讀

基督藉着成為一個人，救贖了宇宙。新約時代開始於基督的成為肉體。…創造帶進宇宙，但這宇宙失落了。於是神就來成為一個具有人性、名叫耶穌的人，來贖回失落的宇宙，將其帶進一個新的時代，就是從基督出生那一天開始的新約時代。

基督也啟示在成為羔羊，為着新約在法理上除去世人（人類）之罪（約一29、36）的事上。這是宇宙歷史中第三件大事。

當祂在十字架上受死時，神看祂為除去世人之罪的神的羔羊。祂成為人，目的是要救贖失落的宇宙，但祂還需要更進一步地上十字架去受死，作羔羊在十字架上背負人類的罪（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四冊，四二三至四二四頁）。

基督是神的羔羊，除去世人之罪，以完成神的救贖。按照約翰一章二十九節，施浸者約翰宣告基督：『看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人之罪的！』…二十九節的『世人』（直譯，世界），事實上指人類。罪藉着撒但進到人裏面，因為撒但將罪注射到人類裏面；但基督作為神的羔羊，來將罪從人類除去。基督死在十字架上，對付了罪性（林後五21，來九26），也對付了罪行（林前十五3，彼前二24，來九28）。

在約翰福音裏，神的羔羊表徵在肉體裏的話，應驗舊約中一切的供物，以完成神完滿的救贖。這意思是，基督是一切供物的總和。祂不僅是贖罪祭，也是贖愆祭、燔祭、素祭、平安祭、搖祭、舉祭、甘心祭和奠祭。我們有基督作一切的供物，就有神完滿的救贖，就能經歷並享受這救贖。

藉着基督作神的羔羊，成了一切供物的應驗，現今我們就可以進入神裏面，有分於神聖的生命和性情（三14~15，彼後一4）。因着基督作神的羔羊，我們就得以進到神裏面。我們能坦然無懼的進到神裏面，知道祂無權拒絕我們，因為我們是藉着祂的羔羊來到祂面前。我們在作神羔羊的基督裏得享完滿的救贖，因此，我們能進到神裏面並享受祂一切的所是（新約總論第九冊，一一○至一一一頁）。

參讀：約翰福音結晶讀經，第二篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

John 1:29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

Heb. 9:26 …But now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested for the putting away of sin through the sacrifice of Himself.

John 1:3 reveals Christ in the creation of all things in the beginning of time…Christ is also seen in the incarnation of the invisible God to be a visible man (v. 14), partaking of man’s flesh and blood (Heb. 2:14), for the redemption of the lost universe to bring in the New Testament age. The incarnated God has blood. Acts 20:28 says that God purchased the church with His own blood. God partook of man’s flesh and blood for the redemption of the lost universe. The entire universe, including the heavens, was
contaminated by Satan, an archangel created by God, in his rebellion against God. This first rebel caused the entire universe to become lost, so all things on earth and in the heavens needed to be redeemed by God (Col. 1:20).

In His becoming the Lamb for the redemption of the lost world, Christ speaks to us how God accomplished His redemption judicially through His death as the procedure according to His righteousness. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” pp. 336, 339)

Today’s Reading

Christ redeemed the universe by becoming a man. The New Testament age began at the incarnation of Christ…Creation brought in a universe, but this universe became lost. Then God came to be a man by the name of Jesus with a human nature to redeem the lost universe back to a new age, the New Testament age, starting from the day that Christ was born.

Christ is also revealed in His becoming the Lamb to take away the sin of the world (mankind) judicially for the New Testament (John 1:29, 36). This is the third great event in the history of the universe. When He was put to death on the cross, God considered Him the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. He became a man for the purpose of redeeming the lost universe, yet He still needed to take a further step to go to the cross to die, bearing the sins of mankind on the cross as the Lamb. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” pp. 336-337)

According to John 1:29, John the Baptist declared concerning Christ, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! “…The phrase of the world in verse 29 actually means from mankind. Through Satan sin entered into man, for Satan injected sin into the human race. But Christ as the Lamb of God came to take away sin from mankind. Christ died on the cross to deal with sin (2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 9:26) and also with sins (1 Cor. 15:3; 1 Pet. 2:24; Heb. 9:28).

In the Gospel of John the Lamb of God signifies the Word in the flesh as the fulfillment of all the Old Testament offerings to accomplish God’s full redemption. This means that Christ is the totality of all the offerings. He is not only the sin offering but also the trespass offering, the burnt offering, the meal offering, the peace offering, the wave offering, the heave offering, the free-will offering, and the drink offering. With Christ as all the offerings we have God’s full redemption, and we may experience and enjoy this redemption.

Through Christ as the Lamb of God fulfilling all the offerings, we may now enter into God and participate in the divine life and nature (John 3:14- 15; 2 Pet. 1:4). Because of Christ as the Lamb of God, we are well able to enter into God. We may boldly come into God, knowing that He does not have the right to reject us, because we come through His Lamb. We have full redemption in Christ as the Lamb of God, and therefore we are enabled to enter into God to enjoy all that He is. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2846-2847)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” ch. 2