第二十六週．週六

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晨興餧養

腓二９～１１　『所以神將祂升為至高，又賜給祂那超乎萬名之上的名，叫天上的、地上的和地底下的，在耶穌的名裏，萬膝都要跪拜，萬口都要公開承認耶穌基督為主，使榮耀歸與父神。』

〔主耶穌〕現在能回去乃是因祂完全而單純的順服，一個苦難一個苦難加上去，祂都絕對的順服，絲毫沒有反抗和背叛。因此神把祂高舉，使祂進入神格為主。不是祂把以前倒空的又充滿了，乃是父神把這一個人帶到神格裏去—子神變作耶穌（人），又回到神格裏去。為著這個緣故，纔知道耶穌這名的寶貝，全宇宙沒有一個像祂的。當主在十字架上說『成了』，不只是救恩成了，更是祂所說出來的一切都成了。所以祂得著超乎萬名之上的名，天上地上在耶穌的名裏，無不屈膝，無不口稱耶穌為主。從此祂不只是神，又是主。祂為主是說出祂與神的關係…。祂為基督是說出祂與召會的關係。（倪柝聲文集第三輯第一冊，一五八至一五九頁。）

信息選讀

主耶穌離開神，不豫備以神格回去，乃豫備以人格的地位而得高升。神是這樣維持祂順服的原則。我們…應當完全順服權柄，這是大事。主耶穌回到天上乃是藉著作人，成為人的樣式而順服，被神升上去的。…全聖經難得有如此奧祕。〔腓二5～11。〕主向神格告別，不再憑神格回去，因祂已穿上肉身。祂裏面沒有一點不順服，纔在人格裏面被神高升。出去是放下榮耀，回來又得著榮耀。神成功了一切。所以我們裏面要思念基督耶穌裏面所思念的…。凡認識這〔順服〕原則的，就看見沒有一個罪比背叛更難看，沒有一件事比順服更緊要。惟有當我們看見了順服的原則，纔能事奉神；也惟有像主那樣順服，纔能維持神的原則。一有背叛，就是在撒但的原則裏。

主的順從是從苦難中學來的。〔來五8。〕…遇到苦難還能順從，纔是真順服。人的用處不在有無苦難，乃在因苦難學得了順從。順從神的人纔有用處。心不軟下來，苦難總不離開你。多有苦難是我們的路，貪安逸愛享受的人沒有用處。總要學習在苦難中能順從。因主到地上來，不是帶了順從來，乃是因所受的苦難而學了順從。

救恩不僅是為叫人喜樂，也是為叫人順服。…惟有順服的人纔能經歷救恩的豐滿，否則就把救恩的性質改變了。我們需要像主那樣的順服，主耶穌憑著順從便成了我們得救的根源。神拯救我們，盼望我們順服祂的旨意。人若碰著神的權柄，順服便很簡單，明白神的旨意也很簡單，因主一直順服，也把順服的生命賜給了我們。（倪柝聲文集第三輯第一冊，一五九至一六○頁。）

參讀：權柄與順服，第五篇。

WEEK 26 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Phil. 2:9-11 Therefore also God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

[The Lord Jesus] was able to return because He accomplished a perfect and pure submission. Suffering upon suffering was piled on Him, but He remained absolutely submissive. There was not the slightest reaction or rebellion. Therefore, God exalted Him and ushered Him back as Lord in the Godhead. This was not just a refilling of what had been emptied but the ushering of a man into the Godhead by the Father. The Son became Jesus (the man) and was received back into the Godhead. Now we know the preciousness of the name of Jesus. In the whole universe there is no one like Him. When the Lord declared “It is done” on the cross, He did not mean that just salvation had been secured but that everything that He said had been done. For this, He obtained a name that is above every name. At the name of Jesus every knee should bow and every tongue should openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. From that time forward, He was not only God but Lord as well. His lordship speaks of His relationship with God…His being the Christ speaks of His relationship with the church. (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” pp. 144-145)

Todays Reading

When the Lord came forth from God, He did not intend to return by His deity. Rather, He intended to return through His exaltation as a man. This is how God maintains His principle of submission…We should submit to authority completely. This is a great matter. The Lord Jesus’ return to heaven was through His being a man and being submissive in the form of a man. As a result He was exalted by God…In the whole Bible there is hardly any passage as mysterious as this one [Phil. 2:5-11]. The Lord bade farewell to His divine form. He did not return in just His divine form, because He had put on the flesh. In Him there was no trace of disobedience; consequently, He was exalted by God in His humanity. He stepped forth to give up His glory. He returned to reclaim His glory. All of this was accomplished by God. We need to have the mind in us which was in Christ Jesus…Whoever knows this principle [of submission] will realize that no sin is uglier than rebellion and that nothing is more important than submission. Only when we see the principle of submission can we serve God. God’s principle can be maintained only by submitting in the way that the Lord submitted. Once there is rebellion, we are in the principle of Satan.

The Lord’s obedience was learned through suffering [Heb. 5:8]…True submission is found when there is still obedience in spite of suffering. A man’s usefulness is not in whether he has suffered, but in whether he has learned obedience in suffering. Only those who are obedient to God are useful. If the heart is not softened, the suffering will not go away. Our way is the way of manifold sufferings. A man who yearns after ease and enjoyment is of no use. We must all learn to be obedient in sufferings. When the Lord came to the earth, He did not bring obedience with Him; rather, He learned it through sufferings.

Salvation not only brings joy; it also brings submission…Only submissive ones will experience the fullness of salvation. Otherwise, we change the nature of salvation. We need to be submissive, even as the Lord was submissive. The Lord became the source of our salvation through obedience. God saved us with the hope that we would submit to His will. When one meets God’s authority, submission is a simple matter, and knowing God’s will is also a simple matter, because the Lord, who was submissive throughout His life, has already given us His life of submission. (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” pp. 145-146)

Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” ch. 5