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第五週．週四 晨興餧養 羅九１５～１６『因為祂對摩西說，「我要向誰施憐憫，就向誰施憐憫；要對誰動憐恤，就對誰動憐恤。」這樣看來，這不在於那定意的，也不在於那奔跑的，只在於那施憐憫的神。』 我們需要為着神的主宰權柄敬拜祂。我們應當說，『主，為着你的主宰權柄，我敬拜你，因你的主宰權柄反映出你的憐憫。主，我既輭弱又有罪，有時候甚至是悖逆的。但是主，我感謝你，我的心已被輭化，總是願意悔改。主，我感謝你給我這樣一顆柔輭的心。』…如果你知道神的主宰權柄，你會為着祂的憐憫感謝祂。你會看見，連你來參加召會的聚會，也是在神主宰的憐憫之下。想一想，多少人被罪惡的事或世界的事所纏累，但我們渴望在主的同在中聚集一起，聽祂的話語，尋求祂的心意，並實行與祂是一。…讚美神，我們是在祂主宰的憐憫之下。（出埃及記生命讀經，二八四至二八五頁。） 信息選讀 我們能參加召會的聚會乃是由於主的憐憫。我們很多人能作見證，一週中最喜樂的晚上就是聚會的晚上。…讚美主，因着祂主宰的憐憫，我們能來在一起聚會！我們越認識神的主宰權柄，就越會為祂的憐憫感謝祂。阿利路亞，神的憐憫主宰的臨到我們！…有時候我們或許是頑梗的，但在神主宰的恩典中，我們只能頑梗片時。然後我們向主或者向我們所冒犯的人悔改。這個願意悔改就是主給我們的憐憫。 早晨是我們向主悔改認罪最好的時間。我感謝主，每天早晨我們都能有一個新的開始。當我們花時間與祂同在，就會發覺我們犯了不少錯誤。然後我們悔改、認罪，並經歷真正屬靈的潔淨。我們願意悔改、認罪、並被主潔淨，這是何等的憐憫！ 當許多人沉緬於屬世的享樂，我們卻渴慕追求主，並在祂的同在中聚在一起。在神主宰的憐憫裏，我們的心傾向於祂。（出埃及記生命讀經，二八五至二八六頁。） 我們若回顧已往，就會敬拜主。…在我們出生以前，祂就揀選了我們，豫定了我們，並安排每一件與我們有關的事，包括我們出生的時間和地點。不僅如此，祂還定好我們所有的年日，以及我們所在的地方。按着神的安排，我生在二十世紀。再者，我還生在一個很容易接觸到基督徒的地區。這完全是出乎神。…臨到我們的每一件事，都是在於神聖的憐憫。 我們若要在神兒子的福音上正確的事奉神，就必須認識，這福音包含了恩典的揀選。福音完全是一件神主宰憐憫的事。…多年的經歷使我強烈且深刻的相信，每件發生在我們身上的事，都是出於神。一切都在於神的憐憫。我們越看見這個，就越自然的在主面前背負我們的責任。 為甚麼有些信徒願意背負他們的責任，有些卻不願意？答案就在於神的憐憫。保羅在羅馬九章十五節引用主的話：『我要向誰施憐憫，就向誰施憐憫。』由於神在祂恩典揀選裏的憐憫，當別人對福音沒有反應的時候，我們有反應；當別人拒絕接受關於基督是我們的生命的話時，我們卻接受了；當別人退卻，不接受今天主恢復的路時，我們卻走在這條路上。有些人能作見證，他們今天雖然在主的恢復裏，但那些帶他們走這條路的人，自己卻不走這條路了。（羅馬書生命讀經，七二○至七二三頁。） 參讀：新約總論，第一百一十篇。 WEEK 5 — DAY 4 Morning Nourishment
Rom. 9:15-16 For to Moses He says, “I will have mercy on whomever will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
We need to worship God for His sovereignty. We should say, “Lord, I worship You for Your sovereignty because Your sovereignty reflects Your mercy. Lord, I am weak and sinful. Sometimes I am even rebellious. But I thank You, Lord, that my heart has been softened and is always willing to repent. Lord, I thank You for giving me such a soft heart.”…If you know God’s sovereignty, you will thank Him for His mercy. You will realize, even as you come to the meetings of the church, that you are under the Lord’s sovereign mercy. Consider how many people are involved with sinful things or with worldly things. But we desire to come together in the Lord’s presence, to listen to His word, to seek what is on His heart, and to practice being one with Him …Praise Him that we are under His sovereign mercy! (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 243-244)
Today’s Reading
It is of the Lord’s mercy that we can attend the church meetings. Many of us can testify that the happiest nights of the week are the meeting nights …Praise the Lord that, according to His sovereign mercy, we can come together in the meetings!
The more we recognize God’s sovereignty, the more grateful we shall be for His mercy. Hallelujah, God’s mercy has been sovereignly bestowed upon us! … Sometimes we may be stubborn, but in the Lord’s sovereign grace, we can be stubborn only for a short while. Then we repent, either to the Lord or to one we have wronged. This desire to repent is the Lord’s mercy to us.
The morning is an excellent time for us to repent and make confession to the Lord. I thank the Lord that every morning we can have a new beginning. As we spend time with Him, we may realize that we have made mistakes. Then we repent, confess, and experience a genuine spiritual cleansing. What a mercy that we are willing to repent, to confess, and to be cleansed by the Lord!
In a time when so many are given to worldly entertainments, we have the desire to seek the Lord and to meet together in His presence. In God’s sovereign mercy, our hearts have been inclined to Him. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 244- 245)
If we look back upon our past, we will worship the Lord …Before we were born, He selected us and predestinated us and arranged everything related to us, including the time and place of our birth. Moreover, He appointed all our days and all the places where we are to be. According to God’s arrangement, I was born in the twentieth century. Furthermore, I was born in an area where it was easy to have contact with Christians. This was altogether of God … Everything that happens to us is a matter of divine mercy.
If we would properly serve God in the gospel of His Son, we must know that the gospel includes the selection of grace. The gospel is wholly a matter of God’s sovereign mercy…Through many years of experience, I have become strongly and deeply convinced that everything that happens to us is of God. All is a matter of God’s mercy. The more we see this, the more we will spontaneously bear our responsibility before the Lord.
Why is it that some believers are willing to bear their responsibility and that others are not? The answer lies in God’s mercy. In Romans 9:15 Paul quotes the Lord’s words, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy.” Because of God’s mercy in His selection of grace, we responded to the gospel when others did not respond; we received a word about Christ as our life when others refused to receive it; and we took the way of the Lord’s recovery today when others drew back from taking this way. Some can testify that although they are in the Lord’s recovery today, those who brought them to this way did not come this way themselves. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 591-593)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 110
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