第一週•週二

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晨興餧養

約三5〜6 『…我實實在在的告訴你，人若不是從水和靈生的，就不能進神的國。從肉體生的，就是

                    肉體；從那靈生的，就是靈。』

主〔在約翰三章三節和五節〕的話清楚的啓示，重生是進神的國惟一的入口。要進入神的國，我們必須重生。除此以外，我們再無別路可以進入神的國。神的國就是神的掌權。這是一個神聖的範圍，人必須有神的生命纔能進入。只有神的生命纔能領悟神的事物。因此，要看見或進入神的國，需要由神的生命所重生。

國度總是與生命有關。…只有人纔能有分於人的國度，因爲只有人纔有人的生命。因此，若無神的生命，我們怎能有分於神的國？(約翰福音生命讀經，一二一至一二二頁。)

信息選讀

神的國不單是神的掌權，也是神聖的領域或範圍。…因此，我們需要得着重生，好叫我們有神聖的生命，這生命能使我們進入神聖的範圍，並有分於神聖的國。卽或我們不是墮落或有罪的，我們還是需要重生；因為不論人的生命多善良，多純潔，仍然不能領悟神聖範圍的爭，也不彀資格進入神聖的國。…只有神的生命能滿足神國的要求，我們人的生命怎能知道神國中神聖的事呢？怎能與神聖的國相配呢？這是不可能的。我們需要神聖的生命，我們需要重生。重生是進入神的國惟一的路，惟一的入口。

神聖的生命把我們帶進神的國。我們都是生入人的國的。從無一人是歸化到人的國中的。比方一隻狗出生，就立刻在狗的國中。牠知暁一切狗的事，無需人敎導牠作狗，說，『小狗，你必須知道你是狗，你是在狗的國中，從今以後你必須天天吠叫。』狗是在狗的國中，從出生就知道一切狗的事。這就是何以主耶穌對尼哥底母說，他必須生入神的國。我們不能藉學習或歸化而進入神的國。你也許可以歸化爲某一國的公民，但你永遠不可能歸化進入一個國。

我們一重生，就被遷入神的國。歌羅西一章十三節說，神『拯救了我們脫離黒喑的權勢，把我們遷入祂愛子的國裏』。…當我們呼喊主的名，那神聖的靈就進到我們裏而，重生我們，把我們生入了神的國。雖然你對神國的事知道得很少，在你裏面的靈卻知道這國的事。在你靈裏神聖的生命認識神的國。

許多青年人到我這裏來問到吸煙、看電影、喫喝、穿着、婚姻的事。…每當青年人來問我這樣的問題，我總把這樣的問題轉過來問他說，『爲甚麼問我該不該吸煙？你比我更清楚。你不該來問我，因爲你已經曉得答案了。…告訴我實話，你豈不是已經知道該不該吸煙了麼？』一旦他承認他已經知道了，我就追問他，『你怎麼知道？你從那裏知道？』他們總是答說，他們裏面有個東西知道。我們所以知道，因爲我們已經生入了神的國。(約翰福音生命讀經，一二二至一二四頁。)

參讀：包羅萬有內住的靈，第三章：給在職聖徒的信息，第三篇。

WEEK 1 — DAY 2

Morning Nourishment 

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John 3:5-6 …Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

The Lord’s words in John 3:3 and 3:5 are a clear revelation that regeneration is the unique entrance into the kingdom of God. In order to enter into the kingdom of God, we need to be born again. There is no other way by which we can enter into the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is the reign of God. It is a divine realm to be entered into, a realm that requires the divine life. Only the divine life can realize the divine things. Hence, for one to see, or enter into, the kingdom of God requires that he be regenerated with the divine life.

A kingdom is always related to life …Only men can participate in the human kingdom because only they have a human life. So, without the life of God, how could we ever share the kingdom of God? (Life-study of John, pp. 105-106)

Today’s Reading

The kingdom of God is not only the reign of God but also the divine realm or sphere…Thus, we need to be regenerated that we may have the divine life, which enables us to enter into the divine realm and participate in the divine kingdom. Even if we were not fallen or sinful, we would still need to be born again, because regardless of how good, pure, and clean our human life might be, it is not able to realize the things of the divine realm, and it is not qualified to enter into the divine kingdom …Only the life of God meets the requirements of the kingdom of God. How can our human life know the divine things of the kingdom of God? How can it match the divine kingdom? It is impossible. We need the divine life. We need to be born again. Regeneration is the only way, the unique entrance, into the kingdom of God.

The divine life brings us into the kingdom of God. We were all born into the human kingdom. No one has ever been naturalized into the kingdom of man. For example, when a dog is born, he immediately finds himself in the dog kingdom. He knows everything about being a dog. There is no need for anyone to teach him to be a dog, saying, “Little dog, you must know that you are a dog, that you are in the dog kingdom, and that from now on you must bark every day.” A dog is in the dog kingdom and knows all about being a dog by birth. This is why the Lord Jesus told Nicodemus that he had to be born into the kingdom of God. We cannot enter into the kingdom of God by learning or by being naturalized. Although you may be naturalized to be a citizen of a particular nation, you can never be naturalized into a kingdom.

When we were regenerated, we were transferred into the kingdom of God. Colossians 1:13 says that God “delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.”…When we called on the name of the Lord, the divine Spirit came into us, regenerating us and causing us to be born into the kingdom of God. Although you may know very little about the kingdom of God, your spirit within you knows about the kingdom. The divine life in your spirit knows the kingdom of God.

Many young people have come to me, asking about such things as smoking, attending the movies, eating, dressing, and marrying…Whenever a young person comes to me with such a question, I always turn the question to him and say, “Why do you ask me whether or not you should smoke? You know better than I do. You shouldn’t come to ask me, for you already know the answer…Tell me the truth, don’t you already know whether or not you should smoke?” Once he admits that he already knows, I go a little further and ask him, “How do you know? Where do you know?” They always tell me that they have something within them that knows. We know because we have been born into the kingdom of God. (Life-study of John, pp. 106-107)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1982, vol. 1, “The All-inclusive Indwelling Spirit,” ch. 3; CWWL, 1988, vol. 2, “Messages Given to the Working Saints,” ch. 3