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晨興聖言-活在神國的實際裏(W6-5)
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第六週.週五

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晨興餧養

太二四45『這樣,誰是那忠信又精明的奴僕,為主人所派,管理他的家人,按時分糧給他們?』

林前十四31『因為你們都能一個一個的申言,為要使眾人有學習,使眾人得勉勵。』

我們要怎樣在服事上忠信?…馬太二十四章四十五至五十一節清楚的告訴我們,主託付我們照顧祂的家人。祂的家人是指信徒,(弗二19,)就是召會。(提前三15。)今天召會乃是主的家,也是主的家人,就是我們所說的家屬。…主囑咐我們,託付我們,要供應祂的家人,就是供應召會裏的信徒。

按照馬太二十四章四十五節,我們所供應的乃是食物。…我們必須按時分糧,就是分配生命的供應給主的子民。不要說別人有教導的恩賜,能教導你神的話,供應你屬靈的食物,但你沒有那樣的恩賜。…所有主的僕人都為着他們的使命,領受了恩賜。(李常受文集一九八五年第五冊,六三二頁。)

信息選讀

主升天之前,將祂的召會連同所有的信徒交給我們。…祂給了我們兩類的東西:一類是祂的家業,一類是銀子。今天我們有召會連同所有的信徒作家業,這是我們的分,我們能供應給他們,我們也有銀子作屬靈的恩賜。你不能說你沒有恩賜;事實上,你很有恩賜。為此,我總是鼓勵你要盡功用。有些人也許以為這只是我的實行。他們也許說,在整個基督教裏,他們只看到好的教師向大會眾講道。他們從來沒有看過一個聚會有這麼多人站起來說話。有些人甚至說這是『爆玉米花』聚會。一個接一個站起來,好像爆玉米花一樣。…這正是我們所盼望有的。這不是我的教訓,這是聖經的教訓。(林前十四24262932。)我們都必須學習盡功用。…不要黏在椅子上。…你必須跳起來說話。你說話就是按時分糧給主的家人。

供應食物的人知道要按時供餐。你若每天供應食物,你就必須作早餐、午餐和晚餐。泡杯咖啡、買一個甜甜圈作早餐,乃是懶惰的方式。在屬靈的範圍裏,我們若是像這樣,我們就不是好僕人,沒有按時將生命的供應供給主人的家人。早晨應當按時供應早餐。還有,好妻子總是會豫備最好的三明治給丈夫帶到辦公室,作為按時的午餐,並習慣為家人豫備豐盛的晚餐。

每當我們聚在一起,這就是你按時供應合式的食物給主的家屬的時間。然而,如果我懶惰,沒有讀主的話;如果我在主的話上沒有彀多的殷勤勞苦,就來對你們說話,我就只能供應你們『一杯咖啡和幾個甜甜圈』。烹煮一頓滋養、美味的早餐,需要你的殷勤。照馬太二十五章十四至三十節這個比喻的上下文,忠信的人就是殷勤的人。忠信在此等於殷勤,懶惰等於怠惰。我們必須殷勤尋求主的話,使我們豫備好,來到聚會時能供應美好的食物。喫的時候就是『按時』;聚會的時候就是『按時』。在主日上午、主日晚上、週二晚上、週五晚上,我們都有指定的時候。聚會的時間,就是指定的時候,我們眾人必須將一些生命的供應,供給神家的人,供給同作信徒的人,就是供給我們的家業。

主將召會給了我們,作為我們服事的對象,祂也給了我們才能、技巧、恩賜,來顧到我們的職責。(李常受文集一九八五年第五冊,六三三至六三五頁。)

參讀:實行主當前行動之路,第八至九章。

WEEK 6 — DAY 5

 
Morning Nourishment
 
Matt. 24:45 Who then is the faithful and prudent slave, whom the master has set over his household to give them food at the proper time?
 
1 Cor. 14:31 For you can all prophesy one by one that all may learn and all may be encouraged.
 
In what way should we be faithful in the service?…In Matthew 24:45-51… the Lord commissioned us to take care of His household. His household refers to the believers (Eph. 2:19), who are the church (1 Tim. 3:15). The church today is the Lord’s house and also the Lord’s household, what we refer to as the folks …The Lord charged us, commissioned us, to minister something to His household, that is, to the believers in the church.
 
According to Matthew 24:45, what we minister is food …At the proper time we have to minister food, the life supply, to the Lord’s people. Do not say that others have a gift of teaching to teach you the Word of God and minister spiritual food to you but that you do not have such a gift …All of the Lord’s servants received the gift for their commission. (CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “The Way to Practice the Lord’s Present Move,” pp. 514-515)
 
Today’s Reading
 
The Lord, before going to the heavens, delivered to us His church with all the believers…He gave us two categories of things: one is His possessions, the other is the talents. Today we have the church with all the believers as the possession, the portion to us, to which we can give something, and we have the talents as the spiritual gifts. You cannot say that you are not gifted. Actually, you are much gifted. For this reason I have always encouraged you to function. Some may consider this merely to be my practice. They may say that in all of Christianity they only saw the practice of good preachers speaking to a crowd. They never saw a meeting with so many standing up to speak. Some have even called this a “popcorn” meeting. One after another stands up like popcorn popping…This is altogether what we expect to have. This is not my teaching; this is the Bible’s teaching (1 Cor. 14:24, 26, 29-32). We all have to learn to function…Do not just be stuck to your chair…You have to jump up to say something. For you to speak is to minister food to the Lord’s household at the proper time.
 
Whoever serves food knows the proper time. If you are serving food every day, you have to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner. To buy a cup of coffee and a doughnut for breakfast is the lazy way. If we are like this in the spiritual realm, we will be poor slaves to minister the life supply to the master’s folks at the proper time. The proper time in the morning is breakfast. Also, good wives prepare the best sandwiches for their husbands to bring to the office for lunch at the proper time and are accustomed to preparing a big dinner for their family.
 
Whenever we meet together, this is one of the proper times, the appointed times, for you to minister the proper food to the Lord’s folks. Suppose, however, that I was sloppy, not reading the Word. If I did not labor adequately in the Word and came to speak to you, I would just be ministering to you “a cup of coffee and some doughnuts.” To cook a nourishing, good breakfast requires your diligence. According to the context of this parable, the faithful one is the diligent one. Faithful here equals diligent, and slothful equals lazy. We must be diligent in seeking the Word so that we could prepare to serve good food when we come to the meeting. The eating time is the proper time, and the meeting time is the proper time. We have the proper time on the Lord’s Day morning, on the Lord’s Day evening, Tuesday evening, and Friday evening. The meeting times are the proper times when we all have to minister some portion of the life supply to our folks, to our fellow believers, to our possessions.
 
The Lord has given us the church as the object for us to serve, and He has also given us the ability, the skill, the gift, to care for our obligation. (CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “The Way to Practice the Lord’s Present Move,” pp. 515-516)
 
Further Reading: CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “The Way to Practice the Lord’s Present Move,” chs. 8—9
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