第十二週■週四

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晨興餧養

羅八9『但神的靈若住在你們裏面，你們就…在靈裏了；然而人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的。』

腓一19 ～ 20『…這事藉着你們的祈求，和耶穌基督之靈全備的供應，終必叫我得救。這是照着我所專切期待並盼望的，…無論是生，是死，總叫基督在我身體上，現今也照常顯大。』

我們爲主作那一種工，在於我們受那一種靈的引導、指引、教導並構成。保羅不是由神的靈或耶和華的靈所構成，而是由聖靈與耶穌的靈所構成。保羅是盛裝三一神的器皿，完全由聖靈（涵括了主的成爲肉體和出生），與耶穌的靈（涵括了主的人性、爲人生活、包羅萬有的死、分賜生命的復活和升天）所構成。保羅乃是由這包羅萬有的靈所構成的人。因此，他出來傳講的時候，能真實的傳講耶穌基督。

這靈應當成爲我們的構成，然後我們的工作就要成爲這靈的彰顯。譬如，你認爲以利亞可能受聖靈引導麼？他可能爲耶穌這帶着人性、爲人生活、死、復活和升天的成爲肉體者作工麼？不，以利亞…只有神的靈與耶和華的靈。以利亞可能有能力的靈，卻沒有由耶穌的靈所構成。因這緣故，他絕不能傳講耶穌是那包羅萬有者，或將祂這樣的一位傳輸給人。（使徒行傳生命讀經，四四○頁。）

信息選讀

正如基督的靈是基督的實際，耶穌的靈乃是耶穌的實際。我們若沒有耶穌的靈，耶穌對我們就不真實。然而，今天耶穌對我們是真實的，因爲我們有耶穌的靈作爲耶穌的實際、實化。耶穌在地上時，是個一直遭受強烈逼迫的人。因此，『耶穌的靈』乃是有極大受苦能力之人的靈。祂是人的靈，也是受苦能力的靈。

身爲傳福音者，保羅出去傳道也受了苦。在苦難中，他需要耶穌的靈；因爲在耶穌的靈裏，有受苦的元素和忍受逼迫的受苦力量。今天我們傳福音時，也需要耶穌的靈以面對反對和逼迫。耶穌的靈不只是神的靈，在祂裏面有神性，使我們能活神聖的生命；也是那人耶穌的靈，在祂裏面有人性，使我們能過正確的人性生活，也能忍受其中的痛苦。（新約總論第九册，二八七至二八八頁。）

羅馬十章十二節說，萬有的主對一切呼求祂的人是豐富的。主是豐富的，祂對一切呼求祂的人是豐富的。享受主豐富的方法是呼求祂。主不但是豐富的，而且同章八節說，祂也是相近且便利的，因爲祂是賜生命的靈。祂是靈，所以是無所不在的。隨時隨地，我們都可以呼求祂的名。當我們呼求祂，祂這靈就臨到我們，我們就享受祂的豐富。當你呼求耶穌，那靈就來到。

哥林多前書是一卷享受基督的書。在十二章，保羅告訴我們如何享受祂。享受祂的方法就是呼求祂的名。（3，一2。）每當我們說『主耶穌』，我們就飲於祂這賜生命的靈。（十二13。）十五章四十五節告訴我們，主現在就是那賜生命的靈。每當我們呼喊『主耶穌』，祂這靈就臨到我們。我若呼喊一個人的名字，他若是真的、活的，又在旁邊，就必到我這裏來。主是真的、活的、同在的，祂對我們總是便利的。所以每當我們呼求，祂就來了。（創世記生命讀經，四二○頁。）

參讀：創世記生命讀經，第二十五篇；基督包羅萬有的靈，七五二至七六○頁。

WEEK 12 — DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 8:9 But you are…in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Yet if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him.

Phil. 1:19-20 …This will turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, according to my earnest expectation and hope that…Christ will be magnified in my body, whether through life or through death.

The kind of work we do for the Lord depends on the kind of Spirit by whom we are guided, directed, instructed, and constituted. Paul was not constituted of the Spirit of God or of the Spirit of Jehovah but of the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Jesus. As a vessel containing the Triune God, Paul was fully constituted of the Holy Spirit, who was involved with the Lord’s incarnation and birth, and of the Spirit of Jesus, who was involved with the Lord’s humanity, human living, all-inclusive death, life-imparting resurrection, and ascension. Paul was a person constituted of this all-inclusive Spirit. Thus, when he came out to preach, he could truly preach Jesus Christ.

This Spirit should become our constitution. Then our work will be the expression of this Spirit. For example, do you think it would have been possible for Elijah to be led by the Holy Spirit or for him to do a work for Jesus as the incarnated One with humanity, human living, death, resurrection, and ascension? No, Elijah…had only the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Jehovah. Elijah may have had a powerful Spirit, but he was not constituted of the Spirit of Jesus. For this reason he could never do the work of ministering Jesus as the all-inclusive One or convey Him as such a One to others. (Life-study of Acts, 2nd ed., p. 374)

Today’s Reading

Just as the Spirit of Christ is the reality of Christ, so the Spirit of Jesus is the reality of Jesus. If we do not have the Spirit of Jesus, Jesus will not be real to us. But today Jesus is real to us because we have the Spirit of Jesus as the reality, the realization, of Jesus. Jesus was a man who continually suffered intense persecution while He was on earth. Therefore, the Spirit of Jesus is the Spirit of a man with abundant strength for suffering. He is the Spirit of a man as well as the Spirit of suffering strength.

As an evangelist, Paul went out to preach, and he also suffered. In that suffering he needed the Spirit of Jesus because in the Spirit of Jesus there is the suffering element and the suffering strength to withstand persecution. In our preaching today we also need the Spirit of Jesus to face the opposition and persecution. The Spirit of Jesus is not only the Spirit of God with divinity in Him that we may live the divine life but also the Spirit of the man Jesus with humanity in Him that we may live the proper human life and endure its sufferings. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 2999)

Romans 10:12 says that the Lord of all is rich to all who call upon Him. The Lord is rich and rich to all who call upon Him. The way to enjoy the riches of the Lord is to call upon Him. The Lord is not only rich, but also nigh and available as mentioned in verse 8 of the same chapter because He is the life-giving Spirit. As the Spirit, He is omnipresent. At any time and in any place we may call on His name. When we call on Him, He comes
to us as the Spirit, and we enjoy His riches. When you call on Jesus, the Spirit comes.

First Corinthians is a book on the enjoyment of Christ. In chapter 12 Paul tells us how to enjoy Him. The way to enjoy the Lord is to call on His name (12:3; 1:2). Whenever we say, “Lord Jesus,” we drink of Him, the life-giving Spirit (12:13). In 15:45 we are told that the Lord is now the life-giving Spirit. Whenever we call, “Lord Jesus,” He comes as the Spirit. If I call a person’s name, and if he is real, living, and present, then that person will come to me. The Lord Jesus is real, living, and present. He is always available. Whenever we call on Him, He comes. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 343)

Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 25; CWWL, 1965, vol. 1, “The All-inclusive Spirit of Christ,” pp. 562-567