第九週 • 週五

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晨興餧養

腓二15~16 使你們無可指摘、純潔無雜，在彎曲悖謬的世代中，作神無瑕疵的兒女；你們在其中好像發光之體顯在世界裏，將生命的話表明出來，叫我在基督的日子，好誇我沒有空跑，也沒有徒勞。

〔在腓立比二章十五節〕繙作『發光之體』的希臘字，原文指返照太陽光的光體。像發光之體照耀，指明我們盡功用的能力。讚美主，我們能彀照耀！我們不僅是神的兒女，更是發光之體，有返照基督這真太陽的屬天功能。…每一種生命都有其特殊的功能。…我們既是神的兒子，有神聖的生命，我們就有照耀的功能。在日常生活中，我們不該僅僅遵照某種標準來行事為人，我們應當發光照耀（腓立比書生命讀經，四八八至四八九頁）。

信息選讀

信徒好像發光之體，照耀在這彎曲悖謬世代的世人中間。實際上，我們本身沒有光；我們乃是返照基督這太陽之光的光體。基督乃是獨一的太陽，而召會是返照祂的月亮。這裏的『世界』，指撒但所霸佔黑暗敗壞的世界（約壹五19，二15~17）。世界裏，也可譯作宇宙間。

生命的話〔腓二16〕與死的字句道理大不相同。生命的話是神活的呼出（提後三16），是賜人生命的靈（約六63）。我們有主耶穌作我們的榜樣（腓二6~11），我們有神在裏面運行（13），我們是神的兒女，有神的生命和神的性情（15），我們是發光之體，有資格返照基督神聖的光（15），我們還有生命的話向人表明、陳明出來。何等神聖、豐富的供備！藉此我們足能完成神的救恩到頂點。

我們所表明出來的生命的話，實際上就是基督自己（約一1、14）。將生命的話表明出來，就是藉着活出基督，向世人應用、陳明並供獻生命的話。為要經歷腓立比書所啟示的基督，我們必須有基督作我們的榜樣，有三一神在我們裏面運行；我們必須成為神的兒女，有神的生命和性情；我們還需要作發光之體在合式的地位上返照基督。

我們應當讓基督的話豐豐富富的住在我們裏面，安家在我們裏面〔參西三16〕。這樣，我們就有生命的話可以照耀。要將生命的話表明出來，首先我們裏面必須有神聖的生命。…我們越喫生命的話，越消化、吸收這話而得着滋養，我們裏面所積存的話就越多。這樣，我們自然因着領受到我們裏面生命的話而照耀。這樣的照耀就是將奇妙的生命的話向人表明、陳明出來。…如果我們每天消化基督作為生命的話，主觀、生機的積存話中的豐富，我們就有活的、生機的東西可與人分享。這是正確的傳福音與宣揚真理。正如我們所指出的，這是顯大基督並活基督的路。

當我們接觸話與靈的時候，願我們都從各種的捆綁裏得着釋放。我們若運用靈禱讀、歌唱並頌詠腓立比二章十四至十六節，我們就要讚美主說，我們是神的兒女，也是發光之體，藉着將生命的話表明出來而照耀。如果我們操練逐字逐辭的禱讀這些經節，也操練歌唱神的話，我們就要被活話裏豐富的供應所彌漫並浸透。這樣，我們裏面的人就要被基督的豐富所充滿。我們會自然而然、不知不覺甚至在無意之中，就過着一種彰顯基督，並將生命的話表明出來的生活（腓立比書生命讀經，一三四至一三五、四八九至四九○頁）。

參讀：腓立比書生命讀經，第十二至十三、二十一、二十三、二十九、四十六篇。

WEEK 9 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

Phil. 2:15-16 That you may be blameless and guileless, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world, holding forth the word of life, so that I may have a boast in the day of Christ that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain.

The Greek word rendered “luminaries” [in Philippians 2:15] refers to luminaries that reflect the light of the sun. The matter of shining as luminaries indicates our ability to function. Praise the Lord that we are able to shine! We are not only children of God but are also luminaries with the heavenly function of reflecting Christ as the real sun. Every kind of life has its particular function…As sons of God with the divine life, we have the function of shining. In our daily living we should not merely behave ourselves according to a certain standard—we should shine. (Life-study of Philippians, p. 399)

Todays Reading

As luminaries, the believers shine among those in this crooked and perverted generation [Phil. 2:15]. Actually, we have no light in ourselves; we are luminaries reflecting the light of the sun, Christ. Christ is the unique sun, and the church is the moon reflecting Him…. World here refers to the dark, corrupt world, which is usurped by Satan (1 John 5:19; 2:15-17). In the world can be rendered “in the universe.”

The word of life [Phil. 2:16] is very different from doctrine in dead letters. The word of life is the living breath of God (2 Tim. 3:16), the Spirit who gives life (John 6:63). We have the Lord Jesus as our pattern (Phil. 2:6-11), we have God operating in us (v. 13), we are God’s children possessing God’s life and the divine nature (v. 15), we are luminaries qualified to reflect the divine light of Christ (v. 15), and we have the word of life to hold forth, to present to others…By such [a divine and rich provision] we are well able to carry out God’s salvation to the full extent.

The word of life we are holding forth is actually Christ Himself (John 1:1, 4). To hold forth the word of life is to apply it, to present it, and to offer it to the world by living out Christ. In order to have the experience of Christ revealed in the book of Philippians, we need to have Christ as our pattern, we need to have the Triune God operating in us, we need to be children of God with the divine life and nature, and we need to be luminaries positioned to reflect Christ.

We should allow the word of Christ to dwell in us, to inhabit us, richly [Col. 3:16]. Then we will have the word of life with which to shine. In order to hold forth the word of life, we must first have the divine life within us…The more we are nourished by feeding on the word of life, digesting and assimilating this word, the greater will be the accumulation of the word within us. Then spontaneously, we will shine with the very word of life we have taken into us. This shining will then be our holding forth, our presenting, the wonderful word of life to others…If we daily digest Christ as the word of life, accumulating the riches of the Word in a subjective, organic way, we will have something living and organic to share with others. This is the proper gospel preaching and proclamation of the truth…This is the way to magnify Christ and live Him.

May we be liberated from every kind of bondage in our dealing with the Word and the Spirit. If we exercise our spirit to pray-read, sing, and psalm Philippians 2:14-16, we will praise the Lord that we are children of God and luminaries shining by holding forth the word of life. If we practice pray- reading these verses word by word and also exercise to sing the Word of God, we will be permeated and saturated with the rich supply from the living Word. Then our inner being will be filled with the riches of Christ. Spontaneously, unconsciously, and even unintentionally, we will live a life that expresses Christ and holds forth the word of life. (Life-study of Philippians, pp. 111-112, 400)

Further Reading: Life-study of Philippians, msgs. 12—13, 21, 23, 29, 46