第十一週■週四

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晨興餧養

約十四21『有了我的誡命又遵守的，這人就是愛我的；愛我的必蒙我父愛他，我也要愛他，並且要親自向他顯現。』

        23『耶穌回答說，人若愛我，就必遵守我的話，我父也必愛他，並且我們要到他那裏去，同他安排住處。』

約翰十四章主要的是啓示三一神如何將祂自己分賜到我們裏面，好使祂和我們，我們和祂，能在神性與人性的調和裏建造起來。這章揭示父子靈三一神，將祂自己分賜到在耶穌基督裏的信徒裏面，使這位神與信徒得以建造在一起，就是神性與人性的建造；至終這個建造成了相互的住處：神住在人裏面，人住在神裏面。這就是主在十五章四節所說之話的根據：『你們要住在我裏面，我也住在你們裏面。』這是相互的居住，因爲我們住在祂裏面，祂也住在我們裏面。（約翰福音生命讀經，四二三頁。）

信息選讀

在約翰十四章二十三節主耶穌不是說，『父與我要與他同住，』祂乃是說，『我們要到他那裏去，同他安排住處。』『與他同住』和『同他安排住處』，這兩種說法是不同的。…說『父與我要到他那裏去，與他同住』，就語法說是正確的；但是說『父與我要到他那裏去，同他安排住處』，是更有意義的。如何更有意義？因爲父與子要以愛耶穌的人作祂們的住處，信徒要成爲祂們的住處。主似乎說，『我們要同他安排住處，使他與我們能有一個住處。他要成爲我們的住處，我們要成爲他的住處。』

我們能住在祂裏面，祂也能住在我們裏面。在這樣一種局面裏，就沒有罪、世界、撒但、舊人或肉體的地位。這一切東西都被趕出去了。

你們已過沒有這種經歷麼？在你深處對主耶穌有甜美的珍賞，你說，『主，我愛你。』主就說，『你旣愛我，我命令你不要作這作那。』你說，『阿們，主耶穌。』也許你是含着淚說阿們，但你立刻覺得祂在你裏面顯現了。你真是在祂的同在中。那時你覺得祂以自己充滿你，你也被吸引到祂裏面。你住在祂裏面，祂也住在你裏面。你是祂的住處，祂也是你的住處。…我們需要終日有這種經歷。

三一神同信徒安排祂的住處，乃是爲着建造祂的居所。每當你甘甜的覺得你在主的同在中，並且主極其豐滿的住在你裏面，那時你也覺得你愛所有的信徒。按照你當時的領悟，你與任何信徒都沒有問題，你也可以隨時赦免每位弟兄姊妹的過錯。…這就是爲着神的建造切望與信徒是一。…今天神在地上人間居所的建造，完全根據這個經歷。也許有兩位弟兄彼此有問題，有甚麼辦法可以解決？不容易。有一天，他們二人都開始愛主，並且對祂有深切甘甜的珍賞。主給他們誡命，他們也接受了。他們立刻都在主的同在中，問題就過去了。這就是主在我們中間作神聖建造工作的方法。這不是組織、規條或外面教導的事，這完全是愛主、經歷祂顯現、並經歷祂同住的事。（約翰福音生命讀經，四三一至四三三頁。）

參讀：約翰著作中帳幕和祭物的應驗，第三十六至四十五篇。

WEEK 11 — DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

John 14:21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, he is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will manifest Myself to him.

            23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.

John 14 reveals mainly how the Triune God is dispensing Himself into us in order that He and we, we and He, might be built together in the mingling of divinity with humanity. This chapter unfolds that the Triune God—the Father, Son, and Spirit—is dispensing Himself into the believers in Jesus Christ; that this very God and the believers are being built together, a building of divinity with humanity; that eventually, this building becomes a mutual abode; and that God dwells in man and man in God. This is the basis for the Lord’s word in 15:4: “Abide in Me and I in you.” This is a mutual abiding, for we abide in Him and He abides in us. (Life-study of John, 2nd ed., p. 361)

Today’s Reading

In John 14:23 the Lord Jesus did not say, “The Father and I will abide with him,” but He said, “We will come to him and make an abode with him.” There is a difference between the two expressions abide with and make an abode with…To say “The Father and I will come to abide with him” is correct as far as language is concerned. But to say “The Father and I will come to him and make an abode with him” is more meaningful. In what way is it more meaningful? In the way that the Father and the Son will take the lover of Jesus as Their abode and that the believer will be an abode to Them. The Lord seemed to be saying, “We will make an abode with him that he and We may have an abiding place. He will be Our abode, and We will be his abode.”

We can abide in Him, and He can abide in us. In such a situation there is no place for sin, the world, Satan, the old man, or the flesh. All such things have been chased away.

Have you not had this experience in the past? Deep within you there was a sweet appreciation toward the Lord Jesus, and you said, “Lord, I love You.” Then the Lord said, “Since you love Me, My commandment is that you do not do this and that.” You said, “Amen, Lord Jesus.” Perhaps you said Amen with tears in your eyes. Immediately, you had the sense of His manifestation within you. You were so much in His presence. At that time you had the sense that He was filling you up with Himself and that you were being drawn into Him. You were abiding in Him, and He was abiding in you. You were His abode, and He was yours…We need to have this experience all day long.

The Triune God’s making His abode with the believers is for the building of His habitation. Whenever you have had the sweet sensation that you were in the presence of the Lord and that the Lord was indwelling you to the fullest, you also had the feeling that you loved all the believers. According to your realization at the time, you had no problem with any believer, and you were ready to forgive every brother’s or sister’s fault…This is the desire to be one with the believers for God’s building…The building of God’s habitation among men on earth today is altogether dependent upon this experience. Perhaps two brothers have a problem with each other. What can solve it? It is not easy to do. One day they both begin to love the Lord, and they have a deep and sweet appreciation of Him. The Lord gives them a commandment, and they take it. Immediately, they are both in the Lord’s presence, and the problem is over. This is the way in which the Lord does the divine work of building among us. It is not a matter of organization, regulation, or outward teaching. It is absolutely a matter of our loving the Lord and experiencing His manifestation and His abiding with us. (Life-study of John, 2nd ed., pp. 367-369)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1982, vol. 2, “The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John,” chs. 36—45