第二十七週．週二

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晨興餧養

出三８　　『我下來要救他們…，領他們從那地出來，上到美好、寬闊、流奶與蜜之地…。』

約一２９　『…看哪，神的羔羊，除去世人之罪的！』

十二２４　『我實實在在的告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地裏死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。』

奶產自喫草的牛，蜜由蜜蜂採花蜜而成。因此，奶與蜜表徵基督的豐富來自祂生命的兩方面：動物生命所豫表祂救贖的生命，（約一29，）以及植物生命所豫表祂生產的生命。（十二24。）包羅萬有的基督極其豐富，為要給我們享受。（李常受文集一九六九年第三冊，五六九頁。）

每當我們來到主的桌子前享受基督這包羅萬有的一位，在我們的經歷中，我們就在美地享受那地的豐富。這就是說，美地成了桌子，筵席，給我們享受。在這桌子，這筵席前，我們得著滿足，神也得著滿足。我們若看見這點，就會領悟，進入美地就是來到主的桌子前。

這桌子是給我們享受的筵席。…我們領會來到這桌子前就是享受基督作美地，這是很要緊的。（哥林多前書生命讀經，五三一至五三二頁。）

信息選讀

保羅在歌羅西一章十二節說，父叫我們彀資格『在光中同得所分給眾聖徒的分』。許多人讀到這一節，也許沒有注意『在光中』這辭。我們的分—基督—乃是我們在光中所享受的。

在約翰八章十二節，主耶穌說，祂是世界的光，跟從祂的，就絕不在黑暗裏行，必要得著生命的光。…約壹一章五節說，神就是光。惟有祂是光的源頭。神的話、基督、基督的生命、信徒和召會都能彀是光，因為有神作其源頭。

詩篇一百一十九篇一百零五節說，神的話是我們腳前的燈，是我們路上的光；一百三十節說，神的言語一解開，就發出亮光。神的話是光，因為神的話包含了神。如果聖經不包含神，聖經的話就不能光照我們。聖經的源頭是神，而神就是光。所以，聖經的話乃是光的照耀。

在約翰九章五節，主耶穌說，『我在世界的時候，是世界的光。』神與基督原是一。神既是光，基督也就是光。基督以非常明確的方式作世界的光。五節的『世界』，乃是指社會、人類。因此，基督不是以籠統的方式，乃是以明確的方式，作社會、人類的光。

基督的生命也是光。〔一4。〕…我們接受基督作生命的時候，這生命就成了我們裏面的光，照耀我們，並且從裏面光照我們。

凡相信基督的人也是光。主耶穌論到信徒說，『你們是世上的光。』（太五14。）在腓立比二章十五節，保羅說，信徒『好像發光之體顯在世界裏』。發光之體，原文指返照太陽光的光體。光體本身沒有光，卻返照從別的光源而來的光。信徒們乃是發光之體。我們在自己裏面沒有光。光是從我們裏面焚燒的油（就是那靈）來的。我們的光源不是我們自己，乃是作為那靈的基督。

在啟示錄一章二十節，我們看見召會是燈臺，托住並支持焚燒的燈。這燈就是基督，有神在祂裏面作光。（二一23。）在宇宙中只有一種光，就是神自己。三一神乃是獨一的光。（歌羅西書生命讀經，六四至六八頁。）

參讀：哥林多前書生命讀經，第五十篇；歌羅西書生命讀經，第七篇。

WEEK 27 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

Exo. 3:8 And I have come down to deliver them,…to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey…

John 1:29 …Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

      12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

Milk is produced by cattle that feed on grass, and honey is made by bees from the nectar of flowers. Therefore, milk and honey signify the riches of Christ which come from the two aspects of His life: His redeeming life, typified by the animal life (John 1:29), and His generating life, typified by the vegetable life (12:24). The all-inclusive Christ is exceedingly rich for our enjoyment. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, p. 426)

Whenever we come to the Lord’s table to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive One, in our experience we are in the good land enjoying the riches of the land. This means that the good land has become a table, a feast, for our enjoyment. At this table, this feast, we are satisfied, and God is satisfied also. If we see this, we will realize that to enter into the good land is to come to the Lord’s table.

The table is a feast for our enjoyment…It is crucial for us to understand that to come to the table is to enjoy Christ as the good land. (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, pp. 448-449)

Todays Reading

In Colossians 1:12 Paul says that the Father has qualified us “for a share of the allotted portion of the saints in the light.” Many may read this verse without paying attention to the phrase in the light. Christ, our portion, is to be enjoyed by us in the light.

In John 8:12 the Lord Jesus said that He is the light of the world and that whoever follows Him will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life… First John 1:5 says that God is light. He alone is the source of light. The Word of God, Christ, the life of Christ, the believers, and the church can all be light because they have God as their source.

Psalm 119:105 says that the Word of God is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, and 119:130 says that the opening of God’s words gives light. The Word of God is light because it contains God. If the Bible did not contain God, the words of the Bible could not enlighten us. The source of the Bible is God, and God is light. Therefore, the words of the Bible are the shining of light.

In John 9:5 the Lord Jesus said, “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” God and Christ are one. Since God is light, Christ also is light. Christ is the light of the world in a very definite way. The world in John 9:5 denotes society, mankind. Thus, Christ is the light not just in a general way but in a definite way as the light of society, of mankind.

The life of Christ is also light [cf. 1:4]…When we receive Christ as life, this life becomes light in us, shining upon us and enlightening us from within.

Those who believe in Christ are also the light. Speaking of the believers, the Lord Jesus said, “You are the light of the world” (Matt. 5:14). In Philippians 2:15 Paul says that the believers “shine as luminaries in the world.” A luminary does not have light in itself; it reflects light that comes from another source. The believers are luminaries. In ourselves we have no light. The light comes from the oil, the Spirit, burning within us. The source of our light is not ourselves but Christ as the Spirit.

In Revelation 1:20 we see that the church is a lampstand, a stand that holds and supports a burning lamp. The lamp is Christ with God in Him as light (21:23). In the universe there is one light, God Himself. The Triune God is the unique light. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 55-57)

Further Reading: Life-study of 1 Corinthians, msg. 50; Life-study of Colossians, msg. 7