第九週 • 週三

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晨興餧養

啟三8    …我在你面前給你一個敞開的門，是無人能關的；因為你稍微有一點能力，也曾遵守我的話，沒有否認我的名。

　　12    得勝的，我要叫他在我神殿中作柱子…。

有一個召會是獨特的，非常受主稱讚—在非拉鐵非的召會。主非常稱讚他們，甚至珍賞他們，因為他們遵守主的話（啟三8）。那就是說，他們沒有離棄使徒正確的教訓。雖然他們軟弱，但主仍然非常稱讚他們，告訴他們說，他們稍微有一點能力，也曾遵守主的話。

離棄正確的教訓是可怕的事，會帶進墮落，並接受其他的教訓。…我盼望我們跟隨在非拉鐵非召會的榜樣—遵守主的話，即使我們只稍微有一點能力。讓我們遵守主的話，就是留在使徒的教訓裏，留在健康的話裏，留在主獨一的啟示同正確的帶領裏（李常受文集一九八六年第一冊，二一八頁）。

信息選讀

信徒由柱石所象徵〔啟三12〕。首先，柱石是在今天召會裏信徒當中特出的人。這由加拉太二章九節指明，那裏保羅說到，『那被視為柱石的雅各、磯法、約翰。』

柱石也是在來世和永世神殿中信徒當中的得勝者。〔在〕啟示錄三章十二節…我們看見，得勝者要成為建造在神殿中的柱子。他既建造在神的建築裏，就『絕不再從那裏出去』。這應許要在千年國裏得着成就，作得勝者的獎賞。

主藉着變化我們，就是藉着帶走我們天然的元素，並以祂神聖的素質頂替，叫我們作柱子。所以，十二節裏『叫』的意思，就是將我們構成一樣東西，以創造的方式建造我們。…主在召會裏的工作，乃是將自己作到我們裏面，作神聖的水流，帶走我們天然的所是，並以祂的本質頂替，使我們藉着祂變化的元素逐漸經過過程。因着這變化的工作，我們就成為神殿中的柱子。

十二節告訴我們，得勝者要在來世神的殿中作柱子。然而，二十一章二十二節說到來世和永世裏的新耶路撒冷：『我未見城內有殿，因主神全能者和羔羊為城的殿。』這裏我們看見，在新耶路撒冷裏，三一神自己要成為殿。這就是說，得勝者在殿中作柱子，意思就是他們要在三一神裏作柱子。這包含與三一神調和，並由祂構成。這是一個奧祕。

甚至在今天的召會生活中，得勝的聖徒也是在三一神裏的柱子。不僅如此，這些聖徒有時會感覺到召會實際上不是別的，乃是三一神。這事實由金燈臺是召會的象徵所指明（一12、20）。不僅如此，燈檯是三一神的具體化身和彰顯。燈檯的金表徵父的性情；形狀表徵基督是神的具體化身和形像；七燈表徵那靈是彰顯。…所以實際上，召會就是三一神，這樣說並不為過，因為燈檯是召會，也是三一神的具體化身。…在來世，這些得勝的信徒要在神殿中作柱子；神的殿就是神自己。由此我們看見，作成柱子包含三一神調和並構成到得勝者的裏面（新約總論第五冊，一八四至一八六頁）。

參讀：長老訓練第二冊，第八章。

WEEK 9 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 3:8 …I have put before you an opened door which no one can shut, because you have a little power and have kept My word and have not denied My name.

         12 He who overcomes, him I will make a pillar in the temple of My God…

One church was unique and was highly appraised by the Lord—the church in Philadelphia. The Lord highly appraised them and even appreciated them because they kept the word (Rev. 3:8). This means that they did not turn away from the apostle’s proper teaching. Although they were weak, the Lord still appraised them highly, telling them that they had a little power and that they had kept His word.

To turn away from the proper teaching is a terrible thing that will result in degradation and in picking up other teachings…I hope that we would follow the pattern of the church in Philadelphia—keeping the Lord’s word even though we only have a little strength. Let us keep the word of the Lord, which is to remain in the teachings of the apostle, to remain in the healthy words, to remain in the unique revelation from the Lord with the proper leadership. (CWWL, 1986, vol. 1, “Elders’ Training, Book 7: One Accord for the Lord’s Move,” pp. 173-174)

Todays Reading

The believers are symbolized by pillars [Rev. 3:12]. First, the pillars are the prominent ones among the believers in the church today. This is indicated in Galatians 2:9 where Paul speaks of “James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars.”

The pillars are also the overcomers among the believers in the temple of God in the coming age and in eternity. [In] Revelation 3:12…we see that the overcomer will be made a pillar built into the temple of God. Because he is built into God’s building, “he shall by no means go out anymore.” This promise will be fulfilled in the millennial kingdom as a prize to the overcomer.

The Lord makes us pillars by transforming us, that is, by carrying away our natural element and by replacing it with His divine essence. Therefore, the meaning of “make” in 3:12 is to constitute us into something, to construct us in a creative way…The Lord’s work in the church is to work Himself into us as the divine flow to carry away our natural being and replace it with His substance that we may be gradually processed by His transforming element. As the result of this transforming work, we become pillars in the temple of God.

Verse 12 tells us that the overcomers will be pillars in the temple of God in the coming age. However, 21:22, speaking of the New Jerusalem in the coming age and in eternity, says, “I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” Here we see that in the New Jerusalem the Triune God Himself will be the temple. This means that for the overcomers to be pillars in the temple means that they will be pillars in the Triune God. This involves being mingled with the Triune God and constituted of Him. This is a mystery.

Even in today’s church life, the overcoming saints are pillars in the Triune God. Furthermore, these saints sometimes have the consciousness that the church is actually nothing other than the Triune God. This fact is indicated by the golden lampstands as a symbol of the church (1:12, 20). Furthermore, the lampstand is the embodiment and expression of the Triune God. The gold of the lampstand signifies the nature of the Father; the form signifies Christ as the embodiment and image of God; and the seven lamps signify the Spirit as the expression…It is not too much to say that, in actuality, the church is the Triune God, because the lampstand is the church and also the embodiment of the Triune God…In the coming age these overcoming believers will be pillars in the temple of God, which is God Himself. From this we see that being made a pillar involves the Triune God being mingled with and constituted into the faithful overcomers. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1214-1216)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders’ Training, Book 2: The Vision of the Lord’s Recovery,” ch. 8