第一週 • 週一

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晨興餧養

結十四14 其中雖有挪亞、但以理、約伯這三人，他們只能因他們的義救自己的性命，這是主耶和華說的。

詩三六8~9 他們必因你殿裏的肥甘得以飽足，你也必叫他們喝你樂河的水。因為在你那裏，有生命的源頭；在你的光中，我們必得見光。

正確的召會乃是家，在那裏有基督的肥甘使人飽足，有那靈湧流成為神的樂河，並且能給人找着生命和光的源頭。

我們能這樣解釋詩篇三十六篇八至九節，惟一的路是藉着管治的異象—三一神將自己作到祂所揀選並救贖的人裏面，成為他們的生命和生命的供應，以神聖的三一，就是父作源頭，子作肥甘，靈作河流，來浸透他們的全人。

全本聖經都是照着這原則寫的，就是三一神作到祂的贖民裏面，作他們的享受、他們的飲料，以及生命和光的源頭。應用這原則來解釋新約的任何一段話，都是無窮無盡的（李常受文集一九八四年第二冊，二九五至二九六頁）。

信息選讀

神所立在雲中作約之記號的虹…（創九12~17）…表徵神的信實。…祂不能否定自己（提後二13）。祂一旦說了話，就信守祂的話。祂自己就是信實。林前一章九節說，『神是信實的，你們乃是為祂所召，進入了祂兒子我們主耶穌基督的交通。』約壹一章九節說，『我們若認自己的罪，神是信實的，是公義的，必要赦免我們的罪，洗淨我們一切的不義。』神是信實的！

神對祂的話信實，祂的話就是遺命，就是約。約就是神的話。…每當烏雲起來，你必須將神的信實呼求出來，那就是將虹呼求出來。每當你感覺輭弱，你必須呼求神的信實說，『神阿，你是信實的。我輭弱，但你必須照你的話使我剛強。』我們都活在約下，這約有神的信實作為確定的記號：洪水不再來臨。這就是召會生活（創世記生命讀經，五三三頁）。

虹雖然有許多顏色，但只有紅、黃、藍三種主色。…這三色照耀相映，就成了一道虹。…藍表徵寶座。…公義是神寶座的根基〔詩八九14〕。這指明藍色的寶座表徵神的公義。火表徵聖別、分開和銷毀的火。這意思是說，這裏的紅色是指神的聖別。黃色表徵在閃耀金銀合金裏神的榮耀。因此，這裏有藍、紅、黃三色所表徵神的公義、聖別和榮耀。

主耶穌來死在十字架上，滿足了神公義、聖別和榮耀的要求，然後祂復活了，如今祂乃是我們的公義、聖別和救贖（林前一30）。祂如今也是我們的榮耀。我們在自己裏面，虧缺了神的榮耀（羅三23），落在神公義的審判之下，也被神的聖別隔開。但如今我們這些信徒是在基督裏。…因着我們在基督裏，在神眼中我們看起來就是公義、聖別和榮耀。

我們必須這樣經歷基督，使別人在接觸我們的時候，能感覺到公義、聖別和榮耀。…這樣，我們就有虹的樣子，讓天使、鬼魔和撒但都能看見。…每處地方召會都該有這樣一道虹的見證。…甚至新耶路撒冷也像一道虹。…（啟二一19~20）（以西結書生命讀經，一六六至一六七頁）。

參讀：長老訓練第二冊，第十三章。

WEEK 1 — DAY 1

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Morning Nourishment

Ezek. 14:14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in the midst of it, they would deliver only their own souls by their righteousness, declares the Lord Jehovah.

Psa. 36:8-9 They are saturated with the fatness of Your house, and You cause them to drink of the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.

The proper church is a house where the fatness of Christ is saturating people, where the Spirit flows as the river of God’s pleasures, and where the fountain of life and light can be found.

The only way we could interpret Psalm 36:8-9 in this way is by the governing vision—the Triune God is working Himself into His chosen and redeemed people to be their life and life supply, to saturate their entire being with the Divine Trinity, that is, with the Father as the fountain, the Son as the fatness, and the Spirit as the river.

The entire Bible was written according to the principle of the Triune God wrought into His redeemed people as their enjoyment, their drink, and their fountain of life and light. The application of this principle in interpreting any portion of the New Testament is endless. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders’ Training, Book 2: The Vision of the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 229-230)

Today’s Reading

The rainbow that God set in the cloud as a sign of the covenant (Gen. 9:12-17)…signifies God’s faithfulness…He cannot deny Himself (2 Tim. 2:13). Once He has spoken, He keeps His word. He Himself is faithfulness. First Corinthians 1:9 says, “God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord,” and 1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” God is faithful.

He is faithful to His word, and His word is the testament, the covenant. The covenant is simply God’s word…Whenever a cloud comes, you must call God’s faithfulness to come. That means that you call out the rainbow. Whenever you feel that you are weak, you must call for God’s faithfulness, saying, “O God, You are faithful. I am weak, but You must make me strong according to Your word.” We are all living under the covenant with God’s faithfulness as the sure sign that the flood will not come. This is the church life. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 436-437)

In the rainbow there are several different colors, but the basic colors are only three—red, yellow, and blue…By their shining and refracting, these three colors combine to make a rainbow. Blue signifies the throne…The foundation of God’s throne is righteousness [Psa. 89:14]. This indicates that the blue throne signifies the righteousness of God. Fire signifies the sanctifying, separating, and consuming fire. This means that red here refers to God’s holiness. Yellow signifies God’s glory in the glowing electrum. Therefore, here we have God’s righteousness, holiness, and glory, signified by the colors blue, red, and yellow.

The Lord Jesus came, died on the cross to satisfy the requirements of God’s righteousness, holiness, and glory, and was resurrected, and He is now our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption (1 Cor. 1:30). He is also now our glory. In ourselves we are short of God’s glory (Rom. 3:23), we are under God’s righteous judgment, and we are kept away by God’s holiness. But now, as believers, we are in Christ…Because we are in Christ, in the sight of God we look like righteousness, holiness, and glory.

We need to experience Christ in such a way that when others contact us, they can sense righteousness, holiness, and glory…Then we will have the appearance of a rainbow, and the angels, the demons, and Satan will be able to see it…Every local church should bear the testimony of such a rainbow. Even the New Jerusalem has the appearance of a rainbow…(Rev. 21:19-20). (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 134-135)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders’ Training, Book 2: The Vision of the Lord’s Recovery,” ch. 13