第六週 • 週三

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晨興餧養

羅一3~4　 論到祂的兒子，我們的主耶穌基督：按肉體說，是從大衛後裔生的，按聖別的靈說，是從死人的復活，以大能標出為神的兒子。

基督的身位有兩面。…在這一個人位裏，有神性也有人性…調和在一起。…讓我們來看基督的人性。…大衛的後裔是指基督的人性（太二二42~45）。

基督作大衛的後裔，乃是屬於神舊造（舊人—羅六6）的人性後裔（西一15下）。…基督在祂的人性裏，乃是按着肉體，就是有『罪之肉體』的樣式，卻沒有罪（羅八3下）。…撒但和罪（指我們性情中內裏的罪）都牽連於這肉體（來二14，約三14，羅八3下）。…罪現今既在我們的肉體裏，並且撒但也與罪相連，撒但與罪就都與肉體有了牽連，甚至與基督的肉體也有了間接的牽連。…藉着世界的王撒但，世界與這肉體也有了牽連（約十二31）。這位大衛後裔的肉體，是屬於舊造的舊人，與撒但、罪和世界有牽連。

當耶穌基督死在十字架上時，祂就帶着這一切專案，被釘死在那裏。祂包羅萬有的死，清除了整個宇宙（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一冊，二五八至二六○、二八五頁）。

信息選讀

希伯來九章十四節給我們看見，基督不僅僅是一個人死在十字架上，祂也藉着永遠的靈，將自己獻給神。永遠的靈與祂同在，並加給祂力量去受死。

耶穌在祂人性的那一部分裏，還不是神的兒子。祂是屬於舊造、舊人，祂有肉體，而這肉體牽連了撒但、罪和世界。所以這一部分必須成為神聖的，必須子化、標出，使其成為神兒子的一部分。

基督是一個奇妙的人位。祂有兩部分：人的部分和神的部分。人的部分是屬人的，神的部分是神聖的。屬人的部分是在肉體裏的，牽連了消極的事物，而神聖的部分是奇妙的。…基督乃是在祂的復活裏，使祂的人性成為神聖的。祂的復活將耶穌的人性提高到神性的水準。這裏就是基督身位的素質。這是非常非常深的。耶穌的神性就是聖別的靈，有神聖的能力和神聖的元素，能變化耶穌的人性，使其成為神聖的。這就是『標出』的意思，這也就是子化。

這是應驗撒下七章十二至十四節豫表中的豫言。我們在這應驗中看見，基督作大衛的後裔，在祂人性裏之身位的素質。…祂在肉體裏是人子，祂怎能成為這樣神聖的神的兒子？這乃是藉着在復活裏的標出。…這個標出乃是以大能，按着聖別的靈而標出。聖別的靈是在大衛後裔這個具有人性之人（羅五15、17下、19）裏的神性（九5）。羅馬九章五節給我們看見，基督乃是神。祂既是神，就在祂自己裏面有神性，卻成了大衛的後裔，一個具有人性的人。

基督的神性有大能提高祂被釘死的人性，叫那人性復活。當保羅說耶穌基督被標出為神的兒子，這意思是說，基督的復活提高了祂的人性，並將祂的神性放到這人性裏。所以藉着這復活，祂的人性生為神兒子的一部分。這就是為甚麼行傳十三章三十三節告訴我們，基督這位人子在復活裏生為神的兒子。身為神子帶着人性，祂乃是神人。這個神性與人性的組合，成了一個神人，而這神人乃是原型，為要產生一些東西（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一冊，二八五、二六○至二六二、二八七頁）。

參讀：羅馬書的結晶，第一至二篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

Rom. 1:3-4 Concerning His Son, who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh, who was designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.

The person of Christ is of two aspects…In this one person there is divinity and humanity…mingled together. Now let us consider Christ’s humanity…The seed of David refers to Christ’s humanity (Matt. 22:42-45).

Christ as the seed of David is a human seed belonging to the old creation (the old man—Rom. 6:6) of God (Col. 1:15b). In His humanity He was “according to the flesh,” “the flesh of sin” in its likeness but without sin (Rom. 1:3; 8:3b). Both Satan and sin (the inward sin in our nature) are involved with this flesh (Heb. 2:14; John 3:14; Rom. 8:3b)…Since sin is now in our flesh, and Satan is linked with sin, Satan and sin are involved with the flesh, even with the flesh of Christ indirectly. There is also the involvement of the world in this flesh through Satan, the ruler of the world (John 12:31). The flesh of this seed of David is an old man of the old creation involved with Satan, sin, and the world.

When Jesus Christ died on the cross, He brought all these items with Him to be crucified there. His all-inclusive death cleared up the entire universe. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” pp. 215-216, 235)

Todays Reading

Hebrews 9:14 shows that Christ did not die on the cross merely as a man. He also offered Himself to God by the eternal Spirit. The eternal Spirit was with Him and strengthened Him to die.

Jesus in His humanity, in that part, was not the Son of God. He was of the old creation, the old man, having the flesh, which is involved with Satan, sin, and the world. So this part had to be made divine, to be sonized, designated, that it might become a part of the Son of God.

Christ is a wonderful person. He has two parts: the man-part, the part of man, and the God-part, the part of God. The part of man is human. The part of God is divine. The human part is in the flesh, involved with the negative things, and the divine part is marvelous…It was in His resurrection that Christ made His humanity divine. His resurrection uplifted the humanity of Jesus into the level of divinity. Here is the essence of the person of Christ. This is very, very deep. Jesus’ divinity is the Spirit of holiness, having the divine power and the divine element to transform Jesus’ humanity, making it divine. This is what it means to designate, and this is to sonize.

This is the fulfillment of the prophecy in typology in 2 Samuel 7:12- 14. In this fulfillment we have seen the essence of Christ’s person as the seed of David in His humanity. He was the Son of Man in the flesh. How could He be the Son of God, so divine? It was by designation in resurrection. This designation was in power according to the Spirit of holiness. The Spirit of holiness is the divinity (Rom. 9:5) in the seed of David—a man of humanity (5:15, 17b, 19). Romans 9:5 shows that Christ is God. As God, He had divinity in Himself to be the seed of David, a man of humanity.

Christ’s divinity had the power to uplift His crucified humanity, to resurrect that humanity. When Paul says that Jesus Christ was designated the Son of God, this means that Christ’s resurrection uplifted His humanity and put His divinity into this humanity. So by this resurrection, His humanity was born to be a part of the Son of God. This is why Acts 13:33 tells us that in resurrection Christ as the Son of Man was born to be the Son of God. As the Son of God with humanity, He is the God-man. This composition of divinity and humanity becomes a God-man, and this God-man is a prototype to produce something. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” pp. 235, 216-217, 236)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” chs. 1—2