第四十三週　向眾召會說話的那靈，拿著大衛的鑰匙者，以及要與得勝者一同坐席者

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讀經：啟三7～22

【週　一】

壹　在啟示錄二、三章，基督是向眾召會說話的那靈：

一　在啟示錄二、三章，那無限、釋放生命、七倍加強、是靈的基督，在每封書信開頭向七個召會個別的說話，（二1，8，12，18，三1，7，14，）成了七倍加強、包羅萬有、賜生命之靈，在每封書信末了向七個召會普遍的說話。（二7，11，17，29，三6，13，22。）

二　因此，說話的基督成了說話的那靈，就是向眾召會說話的那靈；基督是向特定的地方召會說話，而那靈是向宇宙的身體說話。

三　這不僅指明那靈就是主，主就是那靈，並且強調在召會墮落的黑暗中，那靈是極其重要的，就如一章四節之七倍加強的靈所指明的。

四　啟示錄二、三章裏的七封書信是主耶穌所說的話，但我們今天讀到這兩章時，神的七靈為著神經綸的緣故，就在我們的靈裏向我們說這些話；主在每封書信開頭的話是對某個地方召會說的，但歷世歷代的人讀的時候，就成了那靈對眾召會的說話。

【週　二】

五　那靈的說話總是把我們轉向基督的注入；那靈的說話就是基督的注入—參林後三16～18：

1　甚麼時候我們聽神的七靈向眾召會的說話，我們立刻就在一種寶貴、甜美、親切的傳輸之下；這種注入會改變我們，變化我們，使我們成為合式的材料，將我們建造到神的建造裏。

2　凡必須到火湖去的，都被七燈（啟四5）燒掉了，現今我們是在七眼（五6）的注視之下，被基督一切的所是注入，好成為新耶路撒冷的一部分。

六　雖然在眾召會中的信徒有地位來聽見那靈說話，因而很容易有能聽的耳，但未必個個都能緊緊跟隨祂的說話；所以纔有得勝者的呼召。

七　那靈向眾召會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽；聽了就要成為得勝者：

1　主總是願意開通我們的耳朵，好聽見祂的聲音，使我們能照著祂的經綸看事物—伯三三14～16，賽五十4～5，出二一6。

2　發沉的耳朵需要受割禮—耶六10，徒七51。

3　罪人的耳朵需要用救贖的血潔淨，並用那靈膏抹—利十四14，17，28。

4　我們要作祭司事奉主，耳朵就必須用救贖的血潔淨—出二九20，利八23～24。

5　那靈向眾召會說話時，我們的耳朵都必須被開通、受割禮、得潔淨、且被膏抹，好聽見那靈說話。

【週　三】

八　那靈的說話是關於召會歷史中的七類召會：初期的召會（以弗所）、受苦的召會（士每拿）、屬世的召會（別迦摩）、背道的召會（推雅推喇）、改革的召會（撒狄）、恢復的召會（非拉鐵非）、以及恢復後又墮落的召會（老底嘉）：

1　後四類召會都要存留到主回來。

2　無疑的，惟有恢復的召會能成就神永遠的定旨，也惟有她是主所要的；我們必須接受主的選擇。

3　老底嘉是變相的非拉鐵非，不冷不熱並有屬靈的驕傲—啟三14～17：

ａ　老底嘉，就是說起來樣樣都知道，事實上沒有一樣是熱切的；說起來，樣樣都有，但是沒有一樣是能彀把命拚上的；記得已往時候的光榮，卻忘記了今天在神面前的光景。

ｂ　我們如果要繼續走非拉鐵非的路，就必須記得在神面前謙卑—參7～22節，賽五七15，六六1～2。

【週　四】

貳　在恢復的召會（非拉鐵非）裏，基督乃是肩頭上放著神家（由為著建造神國的大衛家所豫表）之（寶庫的）鑰匙的一位—二二22，啟三7：

一　對於恢復的召會，基督是那拿著大衛的鑰匙，就是國度的鑰匙，有權柄開關的；主給同心合意之恢復的召會一個敞開的門，無人能關—8節，參詩一三三。

二　大衛的鑰匙為我們開門，使我們變化成為白石，並被建造到神的殿中作柱子，有神的名，新耶路撒冷的名，並主的新名—啟二17，三12：

1　我們要被建造到神裏面，成為新耶路撒冷的構成成分，並成為新的基督的一部分，就人說是不可能的，但我們裏面生命之靈的律包含一個元素，能對付不可能—羅八2，啟三7～13，參創二八12～19，約一51。

2　基督有支配神寶庫之門的鑰匙，在這寶庫中，有神在基督裏的豐富作我們的享受；我們經歷到祂將這些豐富向我們打開，也向我們關閉—弗四30，帖前五17，約壹一7，9：

ａ　我們要享受祂的豐富作寶藏，就需要留在與主的接觸裏，照著生命的感覺，靈裏貧窮並清心的保持與主有接觸—林後二10，羅八6，十12～13，西三16，太五3，8。

ｂ　我們要享受祂的豐富作寶藏，就需要學習運用否認己、背起十字架、並喪失魂生命的鑰匙；我們眾人都是『舍伯那』，該被基督除去並頂替，使祂在我們裏面成為我們的一切，也經過我們並為著我們作一切—賽二二15～19，太十六24～25。

【週　五】

參　在恢復後又墮落的召會中，基督是那位要與得勝者一同坐席，賜得勝者在寶座上與祂同坐的，就如祂得了勝，在祂父的寶座上與父同坐一樣—啟三20～21：

一　『看哪，我站在門外叩門；若有聽見我聲音就開門的，我要進到他那裏，我與他，他與我要一同坐席』—20節：

1　這裏的門不是個人的心門，乃是召會的門；主是召會的元首，祂站在墮落召會的門外叩門。

2　這門是召會的門，但需要個別的信徒打開；在老底嘉的召會有知識，卻沒有主的同在。

3　在主眼中，那恢復後又墮落的召會是：（一）困苦，因為她誇口她在道理上虛空知識的豐富，而實際上她在對基督之豐富的經歷上是極其貧窮的；（二）可憐，因為她是赤身、瞎眼、滿了羞恥和黑暗的；（三）貧窮，因為她在經歷基督上，並在神經綸的屬靈實際上是貧窮的；（四）瞎眼，因為她在真實屬靈的事上，缺少真實屬靈的內在眼光；（五）赤身，因為她不憑基督活著，不活基督作她主觀的義，作她在日常生活中的第二件衣服—15～17節，參詩四五1，9～14。

4　主是在對付整個召會，但接受主的對付，必須是個人主觀的事。

5　與主一同坐席不單是喫一種食物，乃是喫豐盛的筵席；這可指以色列人喫迦南美地豐富出產之豫表的應驗—書五10～12。

6　藉著享受基督作生命樹、隱藏的嗎哪和筵席，我們將在構成上與祂調和，成為一個實體，作新耶路撒冷以彰顯祂—啟二7，17，三20。

【週　六】

二　『得勝的，我要賜他在我寶座上與我同坐，就如我得了勝，在我父的寶座上與祂同坐一樣』—21節：

1　在主的寶座上與主同坐，乃是給得勝者的賞賜，使他在要來的千年國有分於主的權柄，與主同王，管理全地—路十九11～27，太二五21，23。

2　神的心意是要將祂自己作到人裏面，並在人身上作工，使人能在寶座上；祂的心願是要使我們成為屬寶座的人—啟二26～27，三21，二二5，參賽十四12～14。

3　主耶穌經過了釘十字架、復活並升天，就被帶到寶座；一位名叫耶穌的真人，如今坐在寶座上；（結一26；）如今，天地的主，宇宙的主，乃是一個人；這就是為甚麼我們宣告『耶穌是主』，並呼喊『哦，主耶穌』。

4　主耶穌領頭到達寶座；祂是開拓者，是先鋒，（來六20，二6～9，）開了到寶座的路；祂開了路，又領頭使我們能跟隨。（10～12。）

5　如今我們正邁向寶座，因為神的心意是要領我們進榮耀裏去，並使我們坐在寶座上；神渴望藉著人顯明祂自己，並藉著人掌權、管理；神的心意是要將撒但摔下，並救贖許多曾被撒但擄掠的人，將他們帶到神的寶座去。

6　我們已經蒙召成為神的兒子，且命定要作王，但我們需要神在我們裏面並在我們身上作工，使我們彀資格作王—羅五17，21，參結一22，26，太八9。

Week Seven

The Spirit Speaking to the Churches, the One Who Has the Key of David, and the One Who Will Dine with the Overcomers

Hymns: E1275

Scripture Reading: Rev. 3:7-22

§ Day 1

I. In Revelation 2 and 3 Christ is the Spirit who speaks to all the churches:

A. In Revelation 2 and 3 the speaking of the unlimited, life-releasing, sevenfold intensified, pneumatic Christ to the seven churches at the beginning of each epistle respectively (2:1, 8,12,18; 3:1, 7,14) becomes the speaking of the sevenfold intensified, all-inclusive life-giving Spirit to all the seven churches at the end of each epistle universally (2:7, 11, 17,  29; 3:6, 13, 22).

B. Thus, the speaking Christ becomes the speaking Spirit, the Spirit who speaks to all the churches; Christ speaks to a particular local church, and the Spirit speaks to the universal Body. 

C. This not only indicates that the Spirit is the Lord and that the Lord is the Spirit, but it also emphasizes that in the darkness of the churchs degradation the Spirit is vitally important, as indicated by the sevenfold intensified Spirit in 1:4.

D. The seven epistles in Revelation 2 and 3 are words spoken by the Lord Jesus, but today when we read them, the seven Spirits of God speak these words to us in our spirit for the purpose of Gods economy; the Lords word at the beginning of each epistle is to a certain local church, but when the people from all the ages read it, it becomes the Spirits speaking to all the churches.

§ Day 2

E. The speaking of the Spirit always turns us to the infusing of Christ; the Spirits speaking is Christs infusing—cf. 2 Cor. 3:16-18:

1. Whenever we listen to the speaking of the seven Spirits of God to the churches, we are immediately under a precious, sweet, and dear transfusing, an infusing that changes us, transforms us, makes us the proper material, and builds us into Gods building.

2. Whatever must go to the lake of fire is burned away by the seven lamps (Rev. 4:5), and now we are under the seven eyes (5:6), being infused with all that Christ is in order that we may become a part of the New Jerusalem.

F. Even though the believers in the churches are in a position to hear the Spirits speaking and thus can easily have ears to hear, not all of them will closely follow His speaking; hence, there is the call for the overcomers.

G. Those who have an ear to hear what the Spirit says to the churches should hear, and those who hear will be overcomers:

1. The Lord always wants to open our ears to hear His voice so that we may see things according to His economy—Job 33:14-16; Isa. 50:4-5; Exo. 21:6.

2. The heavy ears need to be circumcised—Jer. 6:10; Acts 7:51.

3. The sinners ears need to be cleansed with the redeeming blood and anointed with the Spirit—Lev. 14:14, 17, 28.

4. To serve the Lord as priests, we must have our ears cleansed with the redeeming blood—Exo. 29:20; Lev. 8:23-24.

5. As the Spirit is speaking to the churches, we all need an opened, circumcised, cleansed, and anointed ear to hear the Spirits speaking.

§ Day 3

H. The Spirits speaking is regarding the seven kinds of churches in church history: the initial church (Ephesus), the suffering church (Smyrna), the worldly church (Pergamos), the apostate church (Thyatira), the reformed church (Sardis), the recovered church (Philadelphia), and the degraded recovered church (Laodicea):

1. The last four kinds of churches will all remain until the Lord comes back.

2. Undoubtedly, only the recovered church can fulfill Gods eternal purpose, and only she is what the Lord is after; we must take the Lords choice.

3. Laodicea is a distorted Philadelphia, having lukewarmness and spiritual pride—Rev. 3:14-17:

a. Laodicea means to know everything but in reality to be fervent about nothing; in name it has everything, but it cannot sacrifice its life for anything; it remembers its former glory but forgets its present condition before God.

b. If we want to continue in the way of Philadelphia, we must remember to humble ourselves before God—cf. vv. 7-22; Isa. 57:15; 66:1-2.

§ Day 4

II. In the recovered church (Philadelphia), Christ is seen as the One upon whose shoulder the key of (the treasury of) the house of God (typified by the house of David for the building up of the kingdom of God) is set—22:22; Rev. 3:7:

A. To the recovered church, Christ is the One who has the key of David, the key of the kingdom, with authority to open and to shut; the Lord has given the recovered church in the one accord an opened door that no one can shut—v. 8; cf. Psa. 133.

B. The key of David opens the door for us to be transformed into a white stone and built into the house of God as a pillar with the name of God, the name of the New Jerusalem, and the new name of the Lord—Rev. 2:17; 3:12:

1. For us to be built into God, become a constituent of the New Jerusalem, and become a part of the new Christ is humanly impossible, but the law of the Spirit of life within us contains an element that deals with impossibility— Rom. 8:2; Rev. 3:7-13; cf. Gen. 28:12-19; John 1:51.

2. Christ has the key to control the door of Gods treasury, in which are the riches of God in Christ for our enjoyment; we have experienced both His opening and His shutting up of these riches to us—Eph. 4:30; 1 Thes. 5:17; 1 John 1:7, 9:

a. In order to enjoy His riches as the treasure, we need to remain in the touch with the Lord, staying in contact with the Lord according to the sense of life, to be poor in spirit and pure in heart—2 Cor. 2:10; Rom. 8:6; 10:12-13; Col. 3:16; Matt. 5:3, 8.

b. In order to enjoy His riches as the treasure, we need to learn to exercise the keys of denying the self, taking up the cross, and losing the soul-life; all of us are "Shebnas," who should be removed and replaced by Christ for Him to be everything in us and to us and do everything through us and for us—Isa. 22:15-19; Matt. 16:24-25.

§ Day 5

III. In the degraded recovered church, Christ is seen as the One who will dine with the overcomers and give the overcomers to sit with Him on His throne, as He overcame and sat with His Father on His throne—Rev. 3:20-21:

A. "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, then I will come in to him and dine with him and he with Me"—v. 20:

1. The door is not the door of the hearts of individuals but the door of the church; the Lord as the Head of the church is standing outside the degraded church, knocking at her door.

2. The door is the door of the church, but the door is opened by individual believers;
the church in Laodicea has knowledge but does not have the Lords presence.

3. In the eyes of the Lord the degraded recovered church is ⑴ wretched because she is proud of being rich in the vain knowledge of doctrine but in reality is sorely poor in the experience of the riches of Christ; ⑵ miserable because she is naked, blind, and full of shame and darkness; ⑶ poor because she is poor in the experience of Christ and in the spiritual reality of Gods economy; ⑷ blind because she lacks true spiritual insight in the genuine spiritual things; and ⑸ naked because she does not live by Christ or live Christ as her subjective righteousness, as the second garment in her daily walk—vv. 15-17; cf. Psa. 45:1, 9-14.

4. The Lord is dealing with the whole church, but the acceptance of the Lords dealing must be a personal and subjective matter.

5. To dine with the Lord is not merely to eat one item of food but to partake of the riches of a meal, a feast; this may imply the fulfillment of the type of the children of Israel eating the rich produce of the good land of Canaan—Josh. 5:10-12.

6. Through our enjoyment of Christ as the tree of life, the hidden manna, and the
feast, we will be mingled with Him in our constitution as one entity in order to express Him as the New Jerusalem—Rev. 2:7, 17; 3:20.

§ Day 6

B. "He who overcomes, to him I will give to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne"—v. 21:

1. To sit with the Lord on His throne will be a prize to the overcomer, that he may participate in the Lords authority and be a co-king with Him in ruling over the whole earth in the coming millennial kingdom—Luke 19:11-27; Matt. 25:21, 23.

2. Gods intention is to work Himself into man and to work on man in order that man can be on the throne; His desire is to make us people of the throne—Rev. 2:26-27; 3:21; 22:5; cf. Isa. 14:12-14.

3. Through His crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, the Lord Jesus was brought to the throne; a real man whose name is Jesus is on the throne (Ezek. 1:26); now today the Lord of heaven and earth, the Lord of the universe, is a man; this is why we declare, "Jesus is Lord," and this is why we call, "O Lord Jesus."

4. The Lord Jesus led the way to the throne; He was the Pioneer, the Forerunner (Heb. 6:20; 2:6-9), cutting the path to the throne; He has cut the path and taken the lead so that we may follow (vv. 10-12).

5. Now we are marching to the throne, for God intends to bring us into glory and to set us on the throne; God desires to manifest Himself through man, and He desires to reign, to administrate, through man; Gods intention is to cast Satan down and to redeem many of those taken captive by Satan and bring them to His throne.

6. We have been called to be sons of God, and we are destined to be kings, but we need God to work in us and on us to qualify us for kingship—Rom. 5:17, 21; cf. Ezek. 1:22, 26; Matt. 8:9.