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晨興聖言-活在神國的實際裏(W3-1)
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第三週.週一

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晨興餧養

但二35『…打碎這像的石頭,變成一座大山,充滿全地。』

約三29~30『娶新婦的,就是新郎;…祂必擴增,我必衰減。』

[在]但以理二章三十五節下半…石頭擴增成為大山,表徵基督的擴增。基督是可以擴增的,這事實在約翰三章啟示出來。三十節論到基督說,『祂必擴增。』這節裏的擴增乃是二十九節所說的新婦:『娶新婦的,就是新郎。』所以,基督有一個擴增,這個擴增就是祂的新婦。就如夏娃是亞當的擴增,照樣,新婦乃是基督這新郎的擴增。

今天召會是基督在生命上的擴增,而神永遠的國乃是基督在行政上的擴增。在生命上,基督擴增成為召會;在行政上,基督擴增成為神永遠的國。因此,基督不僅是召會,基督也是神的國。召會和國度都是祂的擴增。

馬可四章二十六至二十九節種子的比喻,啟示神的國如何是基督的擴增。二十六節說,『神的國是這樣,如同人把種子撒在地上。』這種子就是基督作神聖生命的具體化身。按這比喻,這種子發芽、長大、結果、成熟並產生收成。(2729。)從基督來將自己種到人性這『泥土』裏,祂就一直長大並擴增。至終,這擴增要成為充滿全地的大山,作神永遠的國。(但以理書生命讀經,二二至二三頁。)

信息選讀

我們應當悔改,不僅是為著得赦免,不僅是為著得平安,不僅是為著得生命,乃是因著有諸天的國,所以我們必須悔改。我們必須悔改,好有分於這個國度。

不僅施浸者約翰開始傳福音時說,『你們要悔改,因為諸天的國已經臨近了。』[太三2。]主耶穌開始盡職時,也說了同樣的話。[四17。]在這新約時代,當神向人陳明福音時,乃是將國度當作福音的超絕目標。

有多少人看見重生的目的?我們的主說,『人若不重生,就不能見神的國。』(約三3。)…重生的目的,乃是使我們能彀進國度。…如果我要活在神的國裏,我就需要在我天然所得的生命之外,另得著一個生命。我必須再生一次。我必須接受神的生命,因為除非我得著祂的生命,我就不能活在祂的國裏。…福音總是著眼於神的國;因此福音稱為『國度的福音』。[太二四14。]…但甚麼是國度?(李常受文集一九五七年第三冊,三一一至三一二頁。)

神的國度就是神的生命,但召會不是生命,生命也不是召會。召會是生命的產物。神聖的生命就是國度,這生命產生了召會。新約的觀念是福音帶進國度。…福音帶進神的國度,福音也產生神的召會。這就是為何福音在新約裏稱為國度的福音。(太四23,九35,二四14。)…國度的福音生出並產生召會,因為國度就是生命本身,而召會是生命的結果、產物。…新約說到傳和平為福音。(弗二17。)這和平產生召會。…聖經也告訴我們要傳赦罪,(路二四47,)傳國度的福音,但從未說要傳召會,因為召會是所傳之事的產物。(李常受文集一九八四年第二冊,一五九頁。)

參讀:李常受文集一九五七年第三冊,國度與召會,第四章。

WEEK 3 — DAY 1

 
Morning Nourishment
 
Dan. 2:35 …The stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
 
John 3:29-30 He who has the bride is the bridegroom…He must increase, but I must decrease.
 
[In] Daniel 2:35b…this increase of the stone into a great mountain signifies the increase of Christ. The fact that Christ can increase is clearly revealed in John 3. Referring to Christ, verse 30 says, “He must increase.” The increase in this verse is the bride spoken of in verse 29: “He who has the bride is the bridegroom.” Christ, therefore, has an increase, and this increase is His bride. Just as Eve was the increase of Adam, the bride is the increase of Christ as the Bridegroom.
 
The church today is Christ’s increase in life, but the eternal kingdom of God is Christ’s increase in administration. In life Christ increases to become the church; in administration Christ increases to become the eternal kingdom of God. Hence, Christ is not only the church but also the kingdom of God. Both the church and the kingdom are His increase.
 
The parable of the seed in Mark 4:26-29 reveals how the kingdom of God is the increase of Christ. Verse 26 says, “So is the kingdom of God: as if a mancast seed on the earth.” This seed is Christ as the embodiment of the divine life. According to the parable, this seed sprouts, grows, bears fruit, matures, and brings forth a harvest (vv. 27-28). From the time Christ came to sow Himself into the “soil” of humanity, He has been growing and increasing. Eventually, this increase will become the great mountain that fills the whole earth to be the eternal kingdom of God. (Life-study of Daniel, p. 18)
 
Today’s Reading
 
We should repent, not merely to obtain pardon, not merely to obtain peace, not merely to obtain life but because there is a heavenly kingdom that requires our repentance. We must repent in order to become partakers in this kingdom.
 
It was not only John the Baptist who began his gospel preaching with the words, “Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near” (Matt. 3:2). These same words were also spoken by the Lord Jesus when He began His ministry (4:17). In the New Testament dispensation, when presenting the gospel to man, God presents the kingdom as its one transcendent object.
 
How many have seen the purpose of the new birth? Our Lord said, “Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3)…The purpose of the new birth is to enable us to enter the kingdom …If I am to live in the kingdom of God, I need to possess a life other than the life that I have by nature. I must be born again. I must receive the life of God, for unless I possess His life, I cannot live in His kingdom. The gospel always has the kingdom of God in view; it is therefore called “the gospel of the kingdom” [Matt. 24:14] … But what is the kingdom? (CWWL, 1957, vol. 3, “The Kingdom and the Church,” pp. 239-240) 
 
The kingdom of God is the life of God, but the church is not the life, nor is the life the church. The church is the product of life. The divine life is the kingdom, and this life produces the church. The New Testament concept is that the gospel brings in the kingdom …The gospel brings in the kingdom of God, and the gospel also brings forth the church of God. This is why the gospel is called the gospel of the kingdom …(Matt. 4:23; 9:35; 24:14)…The gospel of the kingdom brings forth, produces, the church because the kingdom is the life itself, and the church is the issue, the produce, of life …The New Testament refers to the preaching of the gospel of peace (Eph. 2:17). This peace produces the church …The Bible also tells us to preach forgiveness of sins (Luke 24:47) and to preach the gospel of the kingdom, but it never tells us to preach the church, because the church is the product of what is preached. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders’ Training, Book 2: The Vision of the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 121-122)
 
Further Reading: CWWL, 1957, vol. 3, “The Kingdom and the Church,” ch. 4
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