第九週■週五

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晨興餧養

太七21 ～ 22『不是每一個對我說，主阿，主阿的人，都能進諸天的國，惟獨實行我諸天之上父旨意的人，纔能進去。當那日，許多人要對我說，主阿，主阿，我們不是在你的名裏豫言過，在你的名裏趕鬼過，並在你的名裏行過許多異能麼？』

馬太七章二十一節…不是指今天諸天之國的實際，乃是指將來國度的實現。我們要進諸天的國，需要作兩件事：呼求主，並實行天父的旨意。呼求主彀叫我們得救，（羅十13，）但要進諸天的國，還需要實行天父的旨意。因此，不是每一個說，主阿，主阿的人，都能進諸天的國，惟獨那些呼求主，且實行天父旨意的人，纔能進去。

進諸天的國，旣然還要實行天父的旨意，就顯然與藉着重生進神的國不同。（約三3，5。）進神的國是藉着神聖生命的出生，進諸天的國是藉着神聖生命的生活。（馬太福音生命讀經，三三六頁。）

信息選讀

〔在馬太七章〕二十二節…『那日』一辭是指基督審判臺的日子。（林前三13，四5，林後五10。）在審判的日子，所有的信徒都要站在基督的審判臺前，許多人要對主說，他們在主的名裏豫言過、趕鬼過、並且行過異能，但他們要被主拒絕。

馬太七章二十三節說，『那時，我要向他們宣告：我從來不認識你們，你們這些行不法的人，離開我去罷。』這裏的認識，意思是稱許。羅馬七章十五節將同一字譯爲認可。在這一節保羅說，『因爲我所行出來的，我不認可。』主從來不稱許那些在祂的名裏，卻不照着天父的旨意（太七21）豫言、趕鬼、並行許多異能的人。（22。）主不否認他們作了那些事，但祂認爲那些事是不法的，因爲不是照着天父的旨意作的，與神聖的旨意不一致。主似乎說，『你們在我的名裏豫言過，在我的名裏趕鬼過，並在我的名裏行過許多異能，但我從來不認可你們作那些事。我從來不稱許你們，因爲你們不法的作那一切的事。你們在己裏，在自己的慾望裏，照着自己的心意，不照着我父的旨意作那些事。』因此，他們卽使在主的名裏作了那些事，也不能進諸天的國，卻要『離開』主，就是在來世被拒於國度的實現之外，不能得國度的賞賜。

有些工作也許是在主的名裏作的，卻不是照着神的旨意作的。…我們談了許多去校園的事，但我們去那裏是作一種工作，還是實行我們天父的旨意？青年弟兄姊妹們，你們要怎麼回答這問題？…我們無論作甚麼，都必須確信我們在實行天父的旨意。否則，主耶穌會對我們說，『行不法的人。』甚至在主的名裏，卻不照着父的旨意豫言，也是一種不法。不僅如此，在主的名裏，卻不照着神的旨意趕鬼、行異能，在屬天的王眼中也視爲不法。

你也許跑得比別人快，但你若跑出你跑道的線外，你就不被承認了。這種賽跑會被視爲不法。你必須在跑道上賽跑，這就是說，你必須跑在狹路上。（馬太福音生命讀經，三三八至三三九頁。）

參讀：馬太福音生命讀經，第二十四篇。

WEEK 9 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

Matt. 7:21-22 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father who is in the heavens. Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, was it not in Your name that we prophesied, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name did many works of power?

Matthew 7:21…does not refer to the reality of the kingdom of the heavens today but to the coming manifestation of the kingdom in the future. To enter into the kingdom of the heavens we need to do two things: call on the Lord and do the will of the heavenly Father. To call on the Lord suffices for us to be saved (Rom. 10:13), but to enter into the kingdom of the heavens we also need to do the will of the heavenly Father. Hence, not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord,” will enter into the kingdom of the heavens; but those who call on the Lord and do the will of the heavenly Father will enter in.

Since entering into the kingdom of the heavens also requires doing the will of the heavenly Father, it is clearly different from entering into the kingdom of God through regeneration (John 3:3, 5). This latter entrance is gained through being born of the divine life; the former, through the living of that life. (Life-study of Matthew, p. 284)

Todays Reading

[In] Matthew 7:22…the words that day refer to the day of the judgment seat of Christ (1 Cor. 3:13; 4:5; 2 Cor. 5:10). On the day of judgment, when all the believers will stand before the judgment seat of Christ, many will say to the Lord that they prophesied, cast out demons, and did works of power in His name, but they will be rejected by the Lord.

Matthew 7:23 says, “Then I will declare to them: I never knew you. Depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness.” Here the word knew means “approved.” The same Greek word in Romans 7:15 is translated “acknowledge.” In this verse Paul says, “What I work out, I do not acknowledge.” The Lord never approved those who, in His name, prophesied, cast out demons, and did many works of power, but did those things not according to the will of the heavenly Father (Matt. 7:21). The Lord did not deny that they did those things, but He considered those things lawlessness because they were not done in line with the will of the heavenly Father. They were not done in the line of the divine will. The Lord seemed to be saying, “You prophesied in My name, you cast out demons in My name, and you did many works of power in My name, but I never allowed you to do them. I never approved you, because you did all those things in a lawless way. You did them in yourself, in your own desire, and according to your own intention, not according to the will of My Father.” Thus, those who do such things, even in the Lord’s name, will not enter into the kingdom of the heavens but will depart from the Lord, that is, be excluded from the manifestation of the kingdom in the coming age.

Certain works may be done in the Lord’s name and yet not be done according to the will of God…We have talked a great deal about going to the campuses, but are we going there to do a certain work or to do the will of our heavenly Father? Young brothers and sisters, how would you answer this question?…We must have the assurance in whatever we do that we are doing the will of the heavenly Father. Otherwise, the Lord Jesus will say to us, “Workers of lawlessness.” Even prophesying in the Lord’s name, but not according to the will of the Father, is a type of lawlessness. Moreover, casting out demons in the Lord’s name and doing works of power in the name of the Lord, but not according to the will of God, are also considered in the eyes of the heavenly King as lawlessness.

Although you may run faster than others, your running will not be recognized if you run outside the lines of your lane. Rather, that type of running will be considered lawlessness. You must run the race between the lines; that is, you must run in a constricted way. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 285-287)

Further Reading: Life-study of Matthew, msg. 24