第七週 · 週一

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📖晨興餧養

約六33 『因為神的糧，就是那從天上降下來賜生命給世人的。』

     35 『耶穌對他們說，我就是生命的糧，到我這裏來的，必永遠不餓…。』

我們若仔細讀過約翰六章，應該對這章有深刻的印象。…第一，主是生命的糧（35、48）。第二，主把這生命的糧，就是祂的肉，賜給人喫（51下）。第三，主還把祂的血給人喝（53）。主說到肉和血時，乃是以猶太人過逾越節為背景。他們過節時，家家戶戶都殺一隻羊羔，要喫羊羔的肉，抹羊羔的血。正如羊羔必須經過死，主耶穌也必須經過死。第四，祂不僅死了，也復活了（56）。人只要喫祂的肉，喝祂的血，這位復活的主就進到他裏面，與他聯結並調和為一。第五，因着祂活在人裏面，使人也能因祂活着，且活在神面前（57）。第六，不是祂物質的肉，乃是祂的靈，能賜人生命並使人活着（63上）。第七，祂的靈就在祂所說的話—『雷瑪』裏面；祂的話就是靈，就是生命（63下）。人聽見並接受主的話時，主的靈就進到他裏面作他的生命。這生命就是『生命的糧』、『真糧』、『活糧』。人喫了這糧並加以消化，這糧就成為他的構成，他就與主聯結並調和為一。結果，他就能活在神面前（李常受文集一九五九年第一冊，三○七頁）。

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舊約的嗎哪雖是從天上降下的，但人喫了還是要死〔參約六49〕。相反的，主耶穌從天上降下作為生命的糧，叫凡喫祂的人就不死（50）。

主來到地上的目的，不是要行神蹟奇事或是叫人勞苦作工。祂乃是從天上降下來的糧要給人喫。到祂這裏來的，必永遠不餓；信入祂的，必永遠不渴（35）。主的話清楚的給我們看見，祂是以甚麼形式、甚麼身分來到地上，祂想要達到甚麼目的，以及祂要和世人有甚麼關係。                                      

主耶穌以食物的形式從天上來到地上；這是很特別的事。沒有任何聖賢曾有過這種思想。主說祂是生命的糧。我們不該以為這句話太淺顯。這是句非常深奧的話。凡有哲學思想的人都知道，這句話所包含的思想是何等深奧。…平常人絕對說不出這樣超凡的話。主是從天上降下來的糧，意思就是，祂以食物的形式來到地上。祂不要我們在祂面前跪拜或供奉祂。祂想要我們接受祂並把祂喫到裏面作生命。

在約翰六章裏，主的身分不是君王或天使長，祂乃是生命的糧。我們讀經常忽畧了這件事，因為我們沒有摸着主的思想。當我們摸着主的思想，就會覺得希奇，主乃是以食物的形式和身分來到地上。祂在地上的工作就是要給人喫到裏面成為人的生命。許多人讀聖經，只看到主耶穌到地上來遵行神的旨意並成功神的計畫。有人以為祂來是服務人羣，所以作了許許多多的事。嚴格的說，主耶穌到地上來是要作一件中心的事，就是把祂自己當作食物賜給人，叫人把祂喫到裏面，作屬靈的養分並消化成為人的構成。這纔是主從天上降下最主要的目的（李常受文集一九五九年第一冊，二九二至二九三頁）。

參讀：李常受文集一九五九年第一冊，從約翰福音看生命與建造的精意，第九章。

WEEK 7 — DAY 1

Morning Nourishment

John 6:33 For the bread of God is He who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

          35 Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall by no means hunger…

If we read John 6 carefully, we should have a deep impression of this chapter…First, the Lord is the bread of life (vv. 35, 48). Second, the Lord gives this bread of life, His flesh, for man to eat (v. 51). Third, the Lord also gives His blood for man to drink (v. 53). When the Lord spoke of flesh and blood, it was with the Jewish Passover as the background. During this feast every family killed a lamb, ate its flesh, and applied its blood. Just as the lamb had to die, the Lord Jesus also had to die. Fourth, He not only died but also resurrected (v. 56). The resurrected Lord will enter into whoever eats His flesh and drinks His blood to be joined and mingled with him as one. Fifth, because He lives in man, man lives because of Him and lives before God (v. 57). Sixth, His Spirit, not His physical flesh, gives man life and makes man live (v. 63). Seventh, His Spirit is in His spoken words—rhema. His words are spirit and are life (v. 63). When a person hears and receives the Lord’s words, the Lord’s Spirit enters into him to be his life. This life is “the bread of life,” “the true bread,” and “the living bread.” When a person eats this bread and digests it, it becomes his constitution, and he is joined and mingled with the Lord as one. As a result, he can live before God. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 1, p. 243)

Today’s Reading

The manna in the Old Testament came down out of heaven, but those who ate it still died [John 6:49]. In contrast, the Lord Jesus came down out of heaven to be the bread of life so that anyone who eats of Him would not die (v. 50).

The Lord’s purpose in coming to the earth was not to perform signs and wonders or to ask people to labor and work. He is the bread that came down out of heaven in order for man to eat. He who comes to Him will by no means hunger, and he who believes into Him will by no means ever thirst (v. 35). The Lord’s words clearly show the form in which He came to the earth, His status, the purpose He wanted to fulfill, and the relationship He wanted to have with people in the world.

The Lord Jesus came down out of heaven to earth in the form of food. This is a special matter. No sage has had this thought. The Lord said that He is the bread of life. We should not think that this word is shallow. This is a profound word. Those with a philosophical mind know the profoundness of the thought contained in this word…No ordinary man can speak such extraordinary words. The Lord being the bread that came down out of heaven means that He came to the earth in the form of food. He does not want us to prostrate ourselves before Him or to offer sacrifices to Him. He wants us to receive Him and take Him in as life.

In [John 6] the Lord did not have the status of a king or an archangel. His status was the bread of life. We often neglect this matter when we read the Bible because we have not touched the Lord’s thought. When we touch the Lord’s thought, we will marvel that the Lord came to the earth in the form and status of food. His work on the earth was for Him to be eaten by man to be man’s life. When some people read the Bible, they see that the Lord Jesus came to the earth to do God’s will and to accomplish God’s plan. Some people think that because He came to serve people, He did many things for them. Strictly speaking, the Lord Jesus came to the earth to accomplish one central matter, that is, to give Himself to man as food so that He could be eaten by man as spiritual nourishment and be digested to become man’s constitution. This is the primary purpose for which the Lord came down out of heaven. (CWWL, 1959, vol. 1, pp. 232-233)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1959, vol. 1, pp. 229-243