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晨興聖言-活在神國的實際裏(W5-5)
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第五週.週五

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晨興餧養

羅九18『這樣看來,神願意向誰施憐憫,就向誰施憐憫;願意叫誰剛硬,就叫誰剛硬。』

        23『且要在那些蒙憐憫、早豫備得榮耀的器皿上,彰顯祂榮耀的豐富。』

說到主的恢復,神要向誰施憐憫,就向誰施憐憫。我們在主的恢復裏,並不是因着我們比別人聰明,或是比別人更追求主。我們在這裏,完全是由於神的憐憫。你若思想主怎樣將你帶進主恢復裏的召會生活,你就會為着祂的憐憫敬拜祂。我相信我們這些在主恢復裏的人,乃是照着祂恩典的揀選所剩下的餘數。(羅十一5。)說到福音、生命的職事、以及主恢復裏的召會生活,神都向我們施了憐憫。為着神主宰的憐憫,我們該何等的讚美祂!(羅馬書生命讀經,七二三頁。)

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我們不該信靠自己,也不該以為我們在這裏,是因着我們算得了甚麼,或是因着我們作了甚麼。…我們能彀得救,並且願意走主的道路,這是何等的憐憫!不僅如此,我們願意從現今這邪惡的世代中分別出來,也是主的憐憫。世界是可愛的,也是吸引人的。然而,我能作見證,我對世界的事物一點胃口也沒有。我被一種神聖的絕緣體所遮蓋,使我脫離這世界的系統。這是神憐憫的另一面。

我們若要服事主,就必須認識那靈、那靈裏的生命、以及神的義。不僅如此,我們還必須認識神在祂恩典揀選裏的憐憫。…我仰望主,使我們對祂揀選我們的憐憫這件事有深刻的印象。不要信靠你能作甚麼,或是你計畫要作甚麼。反之,要在主面前俯伏,為着祂的憐憫敬拜祂。你越為着主的憐憫敬拜祂,你就越被拔高。不要掙扎努力去背負責任;你會發現在主的憐憫裏,乃是主在背負你。我們都需要這樣來認識主。主揀選我們、豫定我們、呼召我們,並且把我們擺在祂的恢復裏,這是何等的憐憫!對於我們的將來,我們不信靠自己,我們乃是信靠祂,以及祂奇妙的憐憫。每一件與我們有關的事,都是主發起的。一切都在於祂,沒有一件事是出於我們的。我能作見證,我們越為着神的憐憫敬拜祂,我們就越深入祂的心,也越與祂是一。

不要掙扎着想背負甚麼責任,反要為着神的揀選敬拜祂。你若這樣作,祂就要背負着你來負責任。我們越想憑自己來負責任,我們裏面就越受苦,並且滿了苦味。但我們若為着主的憐憫敬拜祂,並經歷祂背負着我們來負責任,我們裏面就滿了甜如蜜的味道。我天天喜樂的原因之一,就是我學會信靠主的憐憫,並且為此敬拜祂。多年前,我常求主為我作許多事,但現在我的禱告則是為着祂的憐憫感謝祂。祂說,祂要向誰施憐憫,就向誰施憐憫,要對誰動憐恤,就對誰動憐恤。我們若享受主的憐憫,為着祂的揀選敬拜祂,我們就要在諸天界裏了。

我們同主前行,並不在於我們的定意或奔跑,乃在於神的憐憫。我們的定意是無益的,我們的奔跑是徒然的。然而,神的憐憫卻奇妙的運行。我們是善變的,總是刻變時翻。我們屬靈的光景有如不穩定的天氣。因此,我們需要看見,恩典的揀選並不在於我們,乃在於神在創立世界以前,就揀選了我們。我們今天所經歷的,與神在已過永遠裏的揀選有關。我們若看見這個,就會轉眼不看自己,不看我們的環境,只定睛注視祂。(羅馬書生命讀經,七二三至七二五頁。)

參讀:神的福音,第二篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 5

 
Morning Nourishment
 
Rom. 9:18 So then He has mercy on whom He wills, and He hardens whom He wills.
 
            23 In order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He had before prepared unto glory.
 
Regarding His recovery, God has mercy on whomever He will have mercy. We are not in the Lord’s recovery because we are more intelligent than others or because we seek the Lord more than others do. Our being here is altogether due to the mercy of God. If you consider how the Lord brought you into the church life in the Lord’s recovery, you will worship Him for His mercy. I believe that we in the Lord’s recovery are among the remnant according to the selection of grace (Rom. 11:5). Regarding the gospel, the ministry of life, and the church life in the Lord’s recovery, God has had mercy upon us. How we must praise Him for His sovereign mercy! (Life-study of Romans, p. 593)
 
Today’s Reading
 
We should have no trust in ourselves, and we should not think we are here because of anything that we are or that we have done…What a mercy that we are saved and that we are willing to take the Lord’s way! Furthermore, it is a mercy that we are willing to be separated from today’s evil age. The world is both attractive and attracting. Nevertheless, I can testify that I simply have no appetite for the things of the world. I am covered with a kind of divine insulation, an insulation that keeps me from the world system. This is another aspect of God’s mercy.
 
If we would serve the Lord, we must know the Spirit, the life in the Spirit, and the righteousness of God. Furthermore, we must know God’s mercy in the selection of grace…I look to the Lord that He will deeply impress us with the matter of His mercy in selecting us. Do not put your trust in what you are able to do or in what you plan to do. Rather, bow down before the Lord and worship Him for His mercy. The more you worship the Lord for His mercy, the more you will be uplifted. Instead of striving to bear responsibility, you will find that, in His mercy, the Lord is bearing you. We all need to know the Lord in this way. What a mercy that He has selected us, predestinated us, called us, and placed us in His recovery! For our future we trust not in ourselves but in Him and in His marvelous mercy. Everything regarding us has been initiated by the Lord. All is of Him; nothing is of us. I can testify that the more we worship God for His mercy, the more we are deeply in His heart and the more we are one with Him.
 
Do not strive to bear responsibility. Instead, worship God for His selection. If you do this, He will bear you in the bearing of responsibility. The more we try in ourselves to be responsible, the more we will suffer inwardly. Our inward taste will be that of bitterness. But if we worship the Lord for His mercy and experience Him bearing us in bearing the responsibility, our inward taste will be as sweet as honey. One reason I am happy day by day is that I have learned to trust in the Lord’s mercy and to worship Him for it. Years ago I used to ask the Lord to do so many things for me. But now I pray by thanking Him for His mercy. He said that He will have mercy on whomever He will have mercy and compassion on whomever He will have compassion. If we enjoy the Lord’s mercy and worship Him for His selection, we will be in the heavenlies.
 
Our going on with the Lord is a matter not of our willing or running but of God’s mercy. Our willing is of no avail, and our running is in vain. God’s mercy, however, works in a wonderful way. We are changeable, constantly fluctuating. It seems that, as far as we are concerned, our spiritual condition is like weather that is unstable. Hence, we need to see that the selection of grace does not depend on us but depends on God’s selection of us before the world began. What we are experiencing today is related to God’s selection in eternity past. If we see this, we will turn our eyes away from ourselves and from our circumstances and gaze steadfastly upon Him. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 593-594)
 
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 28, “The Gospel of God,” ch. 2
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