第十二週■週一

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晨興餧養

徒二32 ～ 33『這位耶穌，神已經叫祂復活了，我們都是這事的見證人。祂旣被高舉在神的右邊，又從父領受了所應許的聖靈，就把你們所看見所聽見的，澆灌下來。』

聖經告訴我們，基督升到天上；（弗四8 ～ 9，來九24；）聖經也說，祂被帶到天上，並且被神高舉。（可十六19，路二四51，腓二9。）神高舉祂以後，聖靈就澆灌在門徒身上。子升天，父高舉祂，那靈澆灌下來。三一神—父、子、靈—完全包含在〔子的〕升天和那靈的澆灌裏。三一神包含在子的死裏，三一神包含在子的復活裏，三一神也包含在子的升天和高舉裏。父、子、靈是與子的升天和那靈的澆灌調在一起的。（李常受文集一九八四年第三册，二六六至二六七頁。）

被高舉的基督接受聖靈的應許，實際上就是接受聖靈自己。基督在素質一面，爲着祂在人性裏的所是，由聖靈成孕；（路一35，太一18，20；）基督在經綸一面，爲着祂在人間的職事，被那靈所膏。（三16，路四18。）祂復活升天以後，仍然需要在經綸一面再次接受那靈，使祂能將自己澆灌在祂的身體上，以在地上完成祂天上的職事，成就神新約的經綸。（聖經恢復本，徒二33 註1。）

信息選讀

在行傳二章十五節彼得…說，『這些人並不是像你們所想的喝醉了，因爲時候不過是上午九時。』…十六至十八節接着說，『這正是藉着申言者約珥所說的，「神說，在末後的日子，我要將我的靈澆灌
在一切屬肉體的人身上；你們的兒女要說豫言，你們的青年人要見異象，你們的老年人要作異夢。在那些日子，我要將我的靈澆灌在我的奴僕和婢女身上，他們就要說豫言。」』十七節所說末後的日子是指今世結束的時期，（彼後三3，猶18，）開始於基督的第一次來臨，（彼前一20，）一直持續到基督的第二次來臨。（見提後三1 註2。）

那靈澆灌在一切屬肉體的人身上，與基督在復活後，從祂口中將聖靈吹進門徒裏面不同。（約二十22。）神的靈是在基督的升天裏，從諸天之上澆灌下來。〔約翰二十章〕是那靈在素質一面，爲着門徒的生活，吹進他們裏面作生命；〔行傳二章〕是那靈在經綸一面，爲着門徒的工作，澆灌在他們身上作能力。同一位靈就素質說，是在他們裏面；就經綸說，是在他們身上。

那靈在基督的升天裏澆灌下來，就是復活升天的基督成爲包羅萬有的靈降下來，要爲着神新約的經綸，在地上執行祂天上的職事，建造祂的召會，（太十六18，）作祂的身體。（弗一23。）

聖靈經綸的充溢，實際上乃是聖靈的澆灌。這澆灌與聖靈的吹氣不同。我們也需要看見，在五旬節那天澆灌下來的聖靈，實際上就是復活升天的基督自己。

在行傳二章二十一節彼得接着說，『那時，凡呼求主名的，就必得救。』呼求主名不是新約的新作法。這件事開始於創世記四章二十六節，人類的第三代以挪士。（使徒行傳生命讀經，七五至七七頁。）

參讀：使徒行傳生命讀經，第九、十四篇。

WEEK 12 — DAY 1

Morning Nourishment

Acts 2:32-33 This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are witnesses. Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.

The Bible tells us that Christ ascended into heaven (Eph. 4:8-9; Heb. 9:24), but it also says that He was taken up and exalted by God (Mark 16:19; Luke 24:51; Phil. 2:9). After God exalted Him, the Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples. The Son ascended, the Father exalted Him, and the Spirit was poured out. The Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—was fully involved with the ascension and the pouring out of the Spirit. In the Son’s death the Triune God was involved, in the Son’s resurrection the Triune God was involved, and in the Son’s ascension and exaltation the Triune God was also involved. The Father, the Son, and the Spirit were wrapped up with the Son’s ascension and the pouring out of the Spirit. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 3, “God’s New Testament Economy,” pp. 192-193)

The exalted Christ’s receiving of the promise of the Holy Spirit was actually His receiving of the Holy Spirit Himself. Christ was conceived of the Spirit essentially for His existence in humanity (Luke 1:35; Matt. 1:18, 20) and was anointed with the Spirit economically for His ministry among men (Matt. 3:16; Luke 4:18). After His resurrection and ascension, He still needed to receive the Spirit economically again that He might pour Himself out upon His Body to carry out His heavenly ministry on earth for the accomplishing of God’s New Testament economy. (Acts 2:33, footnote 1)

Today’s Reading

In Acts 2:15 Peter [said]…”These men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is the third hour of the day.” The third hour of the day was nine o’clock in the morning. Verses 16 through 18 continue: “This is what is spoken through the prophet Joel: ‘And it shall be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream things in dreams; and indeed upon My slaves, both men and women, I will pour out of My Spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.’ “ The last days mentioned in verse 17 denote the closing period of the present age (2 Pet. 3:3; Jude
18), which began from Christ’s first coming (1 Pet. 1:20) and will last until Christ’s second coming (see footnote 2 on 2 Tim. 3:1).

The pouring out of the Spirit upon all flesh differs from the breathing of the Spirit into the disciples out of the mouth of Christ after His resurrection (John 20:22). The pouring out of God’s Spirit was from the heavens after Christ’s ascension. The former is the essential aspect of the Spirit in His being breathed into the disciples as life for their living; the latter is the economical aspect of the Spirit in His being poured upon them as power for their work. The same Spirit is within them essentially and upon them
economically.

The pouring out of the Spirit after Christ’s ascension was the descension of the resurrected and ascended Christ as the all-inclusive Spirit to carry out His heavenly ministry on earth to build up His church (Matt. 16:18) as His Body (Eph. 1:23) for God’s New Testament economy.

The economical filling of the Holy Spirit was actually the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This outpouring was different from the breathing of the Holy Spirit. We also need to see that the Holy Spirit poured out on the day of Pentecost was actually the resurrected and ascended Christ Himself.

In Acts 2:21 Peter went on to say, “ ‘And it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’ “ Calling on the name of the Lord is not a new practice that began with the New Testament. Rather, it began with Enosh, the third generation of mankind, in Genesis 4:26. (Life-study of Acts, 2nd ed., pp. 66-67)

Further Reading: Life-study of Acts, msgs. 9, 14