第六週 • 週四

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晨興餧養

彼前一3  我們主耶穌基督的神與父是當受頌贊的，祂曾照自己的大憐憫，藉耶穌基督從死人中復活，重生了我們，使我們有活的盼望。

羅八29　  因為神所豫知的人，祂也豫定他們模成神兒子的形像，使祂兒子在許多弟兄中作長子。

在〔基督〕的復活裏，祂所有的信徒都與祂一同出生，重生，作祂成千上萬的『同胎弟兄』，使所有這些同胎弟兄都與祂一樣（彼前一3）。…原型是神的長子，複製品是神的眾子。…當耶穌這位人子藉着死與復活生為神的長子時，成千上萬神所揀選的人也在同一個出生裏出生了。

這許許多多的神人乃是大量的複製品，與耶穌基督這奇妙的一位是完全一樣的。這原型的大量複製品，成了原型的肢體，作祂的身體，就是基督的身體，而這基督的身體終極完成於新耶路撒冷，就是那在基督裏經過過程並終極完成且成為賜生命之靈的三一神團體的彰顯（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一冊，二八七至二八八頁）。

信息選讀

身為神的獨生子，祂在復活裏成了賜生命的靈（林前十五45下）。…這賜生命的靈乃是給與新生起頭的能力，使神新造的每一部分都有新生的起頭。神的新造就是基督的身體，而基督的身體要終極完成於新耶路撒冷，就是神自己與人調和的獨一彰顯，直到永遠。這給我們看見，基督的神性在祂奇妙身位裏那包羅萬有並延展無限的講究。

賜生命的靈乃是三一神的終極完成，也是使作為基督身體的三部分人得着終極完成的那一位；這身體要終極完成於新耶路撒冷（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一冊，二八八頁）。

神並不要我們失去我們的人性。相反的，我們要帶着我們的人性直到永遠；但我們在永世裏的人性不是天然的，乃是復活、得榮、拔高的人性。…今天我們這物質的身體就像一粒種子；但是有一天，這粒『種子』要復活並得榮。

基督藉着成為肉體穿上了人性，因此祂有兩種性情—神性和人性。基督藉着復活並作為那靈進到我們裏面，就將神性帶到我們裏面。因此，我們也有兩種性情—人性與神性。我們因着從那靈而生，就有分於神的性情（彼後一4）。我們能說，『主，你如何有兩種性情，我們也照樣有兩種性情。你有神性也有人性，我們有人性也有神性。阿利路亞，我們和你一樣！…你是身體的頭，我們是你身體上的肢體。主，你是神的兒子，我們也是神的兒子。』當我們這樣向主說的時候，主會珍賞這話。當我們宣告，神不再只有一個兒子（獨生子），乃是有許多的兒子，其中基督是長子，我們是神的眾子這個事實的時候，主會享受這話。基督已經被標出為神的兒子，但我們還在被標出的過程中。有一天，這個過程要完成，我們就要和神的長子基督畢像畢肖，直到永遠。羅馬一章三至四節包含許多關鍵的辭句。三節有『按肉體』，四節有『按聖別的靈』。保羅在八章四節說到『照着靈』而不『照着肉體』生活行動。這是保羅在這卷書後面，再次使用一章三至四節中這些關鍵辭的一個例子（羅馬書生命讀經，六五○至六五一頁）。

參讀：羅馬書的結晶，第三篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

1 Pet. 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has regenerated us unto a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

Rom. 8:29 Because those whom He foreknew, He also predestinated to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the Firstborn among many brothers.

In [Christ’s] resurrection all His believers were born, regenerated, with Him as His millions of “twins” to make all these twins the same as He is (1 Pet. 1:3)…The prototype is the firstborn Son of God, and the reproduction is the many sons of God…When Jesus as the Son of Man through death and resurrection was born to be the firstborn Son of God, the millions of God’s chosen people were born in the same birth…

These millions of God-men are the mass reproduction who are exactly the same as the wonderful person Jesus Christ. This mass reproduction of the prototype becomes the members of the prototype to be His Body, the Body of Christ, and this Body of Christ consummates in the New Jerusalem, which is the corporate expression of the Triune God, processed and consummated in Christ and becoming the life-giving Spirit. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” pp. 236-237)

Todays Reading

As the only begotten Son of God, in His resurrection He became the lifegiving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b)…This life-giving Spirit is the very germinating power to germinate every part of the new creation of God. The new creation of God is the Body of Christ, and the Body of Christ will consummate in the New Jerusalem, which is the unique expression of God’s mingling Himself with man for eternity. This shows the all-inclusive and all-extensive involvement of Christ’s divinity in His wonderful person.

The life-giving Spirit is the consummation of the Triune God and the Consummator of the tripartite man as Christ’s Body, which ultimately consummates in the New Jerusalem. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” p. 237)

God does not intend that we lose our humanity. On the contrary, we will bear our humanity for eternity. But our humanity in eternity will not be natural; it will be resurrected, glorified, and uplifted…Today our physical body is like a seed. But one day this “seed” will be resurrected and glorified.

Through incarnation Christ put humanity upon Himself and thereafter had two natures—the divine nature and the human nature. Through His resurrection and through coming into us as the Spirit, Christ has brought divinity into us. Therefore, we also have two natures—the human nature and the divine nature. By being born of the Spirit, we have become partakers of the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). We can say, “Lord, just as You have two natures, so we have two natures also. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine. Hallelujah, we are the same as You!…You are the Head of the Body, and we are the members of the Body. Lord, You are the Son of God, and we are sons of God also.” The Lord appreciates it when we speak to Him in this way. He enjoys it when we declare the fact that God no longer has just one Son, the only begotten Son, but many sons, Christ as the Firstborn and us as the many sons of God. Christ has already been designated the Son of God, but we are still in the process of designation. One day this process will be completed, and for eternity we will be the same as Christ, God’s firstborn Son. Romans 1:3 and 4 contain many key words. Verse 3 has the phrase according to the flesh, and verse 4, the phrase according to the Spirit. In 8:4 Paul speaks about walking “according to the spirit” and not “according to the flesh.” This is one example of how the key words in 1:3 and 4 are used again by Paul later in this book. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 535-536)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” ch. 3