第九週 • 週四

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晨興餧養

啟三8    …你稍微有一點能力，也曾遵守我的話，沒有否認我的名。

弗六24   願恩典與一切在不朽壞之中，愛我們主耶穌基督的人同在。

在啟示錄三章八節主又說，在非拉鐵非的召會沒有否認祂的名。…話是主的發表，名是主自己。背道的召會偏離了主的話，成了異端。雖然改革的召會多少有點恢復到主的話上，但他們否認了主的名，以許多別的名稱呼自己，如路德會、衛斯理會、聖公會、長老會、浸信會等。恢復的召會不但完全回到主的話上，也棄絕了主耶穌基督之外一切的名。…召會如同貞潔的童女許配基督（林後十一2），除了她丈夫的名以外，不該有別的名。…在恢復的召會生活裏，沒有巴蘭的教訓（啟二14），沒有尼哥拉党的教訓（15），沒有耶洗別的教訓（20），也沒有撒但深奧之事（24），惟有主純正的話。…從主的話偏離到各種異端，並在基督的名以外高舉許多的名，是墮落的基督教最顯著的記號；從一切的異端、傳統回到純正的話，並棄絕一切別的名，高舉主的名，是恢復的召會中最感人的見證。這就是為何主恢復中的召會，有主的啟示和同在，並且活潑地彰顯主，滿了亮光和生命的豐富（啟示錄生命讀經，二二三至二二四頁）。

信息選讀

在非拉鐵非的召會，就是恢復中的召會（啟三7~13）。非拉鐵非，原文意弟兄相愛。…正如在撒狄的召會所豫表改革的召會，是對在推雅推喇的召會所豫表背道天主教的反應，照樣，弟兄相愛的召會，也是對死的、改革的召會的反應（啟示錄生命讀經，二一五頁）。

我們可以告訴新人：『每當你呼求祂的名：「哦，主耶穌」，你裏面就感覺甜美。…你若呼求別人的名，不會有這樣的感覺；但你呼求主耶穌，說，「耶穌，我愛你」，就會留意到有所不同。不但如此，你的呼求越深、越高、越豐富，你裏面這感覺就越加強。呼求主名使你喜樂，甚至狂喜。你甚至會因喜樂而跳躍。這證明基督又真又活。每當你有難處、問題、艱難或困苦，可以呼求：「哦，主耶穌。」』這樣我們就能將一篇信息傳給新受浸的人，説明他們認識耶穌基督這位活的靈。我們若這樣登門訪人，給他們施浸，並教導他們耶穌的事，我們就會真正得復興。

不但如此，這復興是在愛裏。『在愛裏』這辭在以弗所書裏用了六次（一4，三17，四2、15~16，五2）。這是原先在神裏的愛，成了屬基督並在基督裏的愛，並且已灌注到我們這人裏面，成為我們對祂的愛。神的愛不是靜默的愛，而是運行的愛，在我們裏面作工，將我們挑旺起來愛祂。…神先愛我們，將祂的愛注入我們裏面，並在我們裏面生發我們用以愛祂和愛弟兄們的愛（約壹四19~21）。我們愛主，不僅因為祂愛我們，也因着祂永遠的定旨、心頭的喜悅和美意。我們愛耶穌，因為祂有一個計畫，要得着召會作祂的身體。今天我們的愛比已往我們所有的愛更高、更深且更豐富。從前，我們用自私的愛來愛耶穌，但如今我們愛祂，是因為祂已賜下使徒、申言者、傳福音者，以及牧人和教師來成全眾聖徒，作他們所作同樣的事（李常受文集一九八八年第一冊，六七○至六七二頁）。

參讀：新約總論，第二百三十八篇。

WEEK 9 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 3:8 …You have a little power and have kept My word and have not denied My name.

Eph. 6:24 Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ in incorruptibility.

In Revelation 3:8 the Lord…said that the church in Philadelphia did not deny His name…The word is the Lord’s expression, and the name is the Lord Himself. The apostate church has deviated from the Lord’s word and become heretical. The reformed church, though recovered to the Lord’s word to some extent, has denied the Lord’s name by denominating herself, taking many other names, such as Lutheran, Wesleyan, Anglican, Presbyterian, and Baptist. The recovered church has not only returned to the Lord’s word in a full way but has also abandoned all names other than that of the Lord Jesus Christ…The church, as the pure virgin espoused to Christ (2 Cor. 11:2), should have no name other than her Husband’s…In the recovered church life there are no teachings of Balaam (Rev. 2:14), no teachings of the Nicolaitans (v. 15), no teachings of Jezebel (v. 20), and no mysterious doctrines of Satan (v. 24); there is only the pure word of the Lord…The deviation from the word to heresies and the exalting of many names other than that of Christ are the most striking signs of degraded Christianity. The return to the pure word from all heresies and traditions and the exalting of the Lord’s name by abandoning every other name constitute the most inspiring testimony in the recovered church. This is why the church in the Lord’s recovery has the revelation and presence of the Lord and expresses the Lord in a living way, full of light and with the riches of life. (Life-study of Revelation, p. 181)

Todays Reading

The church in Philadelphia [is] the church in recovery (Rev. 3:7-13). In Greek Philadelphia means “brotherly love.”…Just as the reformed church, prefigured by the church in Sardis, was a reaction to the apostate Catholic Church, prefigured by the church in Thyatira, so the church of brotherly love was a reaction to the dead reformed church. (Life-study of Revelation, p. 175)

We can tell [a] new one, “Whenever you call on His name, ‘O Lord Jesus,’ you sense something sweet within you…If you call on anyone else’s name, you will not have this kind of sense, but when you call on the Lord Jesus and say, ‘Jesus, I love You,’ you will notice the difference. Moreover, the deeper, higher, and richer your calling is, the more this sense within you will intensify. Calling on the name of the Lord will make you happy, even ecstatic. You may even jump for joy. This proves that Christ is real and living. Whenever you have problems, questions, difficulties, or hardships, you can call, ‘O Lord Jesus.’” In this way we can pass on a message to the newly baptized one, helping him to know Jesus Christ as the living Spirit. If we visit people in their homes, baptize them, and teach them concerning Jesus in this way, we will truly be revived.

Moreover, this revival is in love. The phrase in love is used six times in Ephesians (1:4; 3:17; 4:2, 15-16; 5:2). This is the love that originally was in God, that became the love of Christ and in Christ, and that has been transfused into our being to become our love toward Him. The love of God is not a silent love. Rather, it is an operating love, working in us to stir us up to love Him…God first loved us in that He infused us with His love and generated within us the love with which we love Him and the brothers [1 John 4:19-21]. We love the Lord not only because He loves us but also because of His eternal purpose, heart’s delight, and good pleasure. We love Jesus because He has a plan to gain the church as His Body. Our love today is higher, deeper, and richer than the love that we had in the past. Previously, we loved Jesus with a selfish love, but now we love Him because He has given apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers to perfect all the saints to do the same things that they do. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, p. 495)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 238