第一週■週四

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晨興餧養

彼前四14『你們若在基督的名裏受辱罵，便是有福的，因爲榮耀的靈，就是神的靈，安息在你們身上。』

      三4『乃要重於那以溫柔安靜的靈爲不朽壞之妝飾的心中隱藏的人，這在神面前是極有價値的。』

彼得在他的著作裏所論到的頭一個基本項目乃是三一神。彼得指明我們所相信的神乃是三一神。在彼得前書開頭的話裏，我們能看見三一神：『就是照着父神的先見被揀選，藉着那靈得聖別，以致順從耶穌基督，並蒙祂血所灑的人。』（一2。）這裏有父神的先見、那靈的聖別、以及順從耶穌基督並蒙祂血所灑。父神重生了我們，（3，）基督用祂的寶血成功了救贖，而那靈將神完全的救恩實施在祂所揀選的人身上。這裏我們看見三一神成功了完全的救恩。

彼得也向我們揭示，這三一神是我們的分。這事實由彼後一章四節裏『有分於』一辭所指明。按照這節，我們已得有分於神的性情。…神若不是我們的分，我們就無法有分於祂的性情。（猶大書生命讀經，三二頁。）

信息選讀

彼得在他的著作中，也啓示我們有分於三一神作我們之分的路。這條路與心中隱藏的人有關，這隱藏的人就是我們的靈。（彼前三4。）論到我們的靈，保羅在他的書信中說得很多，但他沒有用『心中隱藏的人』一辭。這隱藏的人，就是我們人的靈，乃是我們享受三一神作我們之分的憑藉。

〔在彼前四章十四節〕這裏原文直譯是『榮耀的靈和神的靈』。榮耀的靈就是神的靈。彼得也說到基督的靈。（一11。）我們人的靈作爲心中隱藏的人，以及神的靈作爲榮耀的靈和基督的靈，乃是我們有分於神作我們之分的憑藉。

彼得前後書的結構乃是三一神，祂經過了種種過程，成爲我們的分，使我們可以藉着祂的靈，就是基督的靈和榮耀的靈，並藉着運用我們的靈，來有分於祂並享受祂。…我們享受祂，乃是藉着運用我們的靈，與神聖的靈合作並回應這靈。…我們研讀彼得著作中其他各點的時候，若緊緊抓住基本思想和基本結構，就會得着豐富，且會非常豐富、完全並細緻的經歷三一神。

彼得和猶大都有力的指明，三一神經過了一個過程，爲要替我們作許多事並成爲我們的一切，使我們能有分於祂作我們的享受。

〔彼得〕在第二封書信的開頭論到神聖的供備。他告訴我們，神的神能已將一切關於生命和敬虔的事賜給我們，甚至分賜給我們，爲要叫我們得有分於神的性情。不僅如此，按照彼後一章，神聖的供備不僅賜給我們神聖的生命，也賜給我們神聖的光。（19。）

彼得在他第二封書信的末了說，『你們卻要在我們的主和救主耶穌基督的恩典和知識上長大。』（三18。）這裏我們主的知識等於真理，就是祂一切所是的實際。…雖然彼得在他的書信裏說到許多的事，但他著作的基本結構乃是三一神成爲我們的恩典，使我們能享受祂，在生命裏長大，並藉着在生命裏長大而在三一神裏得着成全、堅固、加強、並立定根基。（猶大書生命讀經，三二至三五頁。）

參讀：神聖三一的神聖分賜，第九章。

WEEK 1 — DAY 4

Morning Nourishment

1 Pet. 4:14 If you are reproached in the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

3:4 But the hidden man of the heart in the incorruptible adornment of a meek and quiet spirit, which is very costly in the sight of God.

The first basic matter covered by Peter in his writings is the Triune God. Peter indicates that the God in whom we believe is the Triune God. In the opening words of Peter’s first Epistle, we can see the Triune God: “Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father in the sanctification of the Spirit unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ” (1:2). Here we have the foreknowledge of God the Father, the sanctification of the Spirit, and the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. God the Father has regenerated us (v. 3), Christ has accomplished redemption with His precious blood, and the Spirit applies God’s full salvation to His chosen people. Here we see the Triune God in the accomplishment of full salvation. Peter also unveils to us the fact that this Triune God is our portion. This fact is indicated by the word partakers in 2 Peter 1:4. According to this verse, we have become partakers of the divine nature…If God were not our portion, we could not partake of His nature. (Life-study of Jude, p. 26)

Today’s Reading

In his writings Peter also reveals the way for us to partake of the Triune God as our portion. The way involves the hidden man of the heart, and this hidden man is our spirit (1 Pet. 3:4). In his Epistles Paul has much to say concerning our spirit, but he does not use the expression the hidden man of the heart. This hidden man, our human spirit, is the means by which we enjoy the Triune God as our portion.

Literally, the Greek [1 Peter 4:14] means “the Spirit of glory and that of God.” The Spirit of glory is the Spirit of God. Peter also speaks concerning the Spirit of Christ (1:11). Our human spirit as the hidden man of the heart and God’s Spirit as the Spirit of glory and as the Spirit of Christ are the means for us to partake of God as our portion.

The structure of 1 and 2 Peter is the Triune God, who has been processed to become our portion so that we may participate in Him, partake of Him, and enjoy Him through His Spirit, who is the Spirit of Christ and the Spirit of glory, and by the exercise of our spirit. We enjoy Him by exercising our spirit to cooperate with and respond to the divine Spirit…If we hold firmly to the basic thought and the basic structure as we study all the other points in the writings of Peter, we will be enriched, and we will experience the Triune God in a very rich, absolute, and detailed way.

Both Peter and Jude indicate strongly that the Triune God has passed through a process in order to do many things for us and to become everything to us that we may partake of Him for our enjoyment.

At the beginning of his second Epistle Peter speaks concerning the divine provision. He tells us that the divine power has granted to us and even imparted to us all things related to life and godliness in order that we may partake of the divine nature. Furthermore, according to chapter 1 of 2 Peter, the divine provision gives us not only the divine life but also the divine light (v. 19).

At the end of his second Epistle Peter says, “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (3:18). Here the knowledge of our Lord is equal to the truth, the reality of all that He is…Although Peter covers many matters in his Epistles, the basic structure of his writings is the Triune God becoming our grace that we may enjoy Him, grow in life, and through the growth in life be perfected, established, strengthened, and grounded in the Triune God. (Life-study of Jude, pp. 26-28)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” ch. 9