第十二週 • 週六

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晨興餧養

弗六10~11 末了的話，你們要在主裏，靠着祂力量的權能，得着加力。要穿戴神全副的軍裝，使你們能以站住，抵擋魔鬼的詭計。

啟十一15  …世上的國，成了我主和祂基督的國，祂要作王，直到永永遠遠。

〔以弗所書〕前五章在多方面描繪召會在積極一面成就神永遠的定旨。在六章可以看見召會在消極一面是戰士，擊敗神的仇敵—魔鬼。要作這事，召會必須穿戴神全副的軍裝。

一九二八年倪弟兄召開第一次得勝者特會，說到屬靈的爭戰。在那次特會裏，那惡者撒但被暴露到極點。倪弟兄指出，在宇宙中有三個意志：神的意志、撒但的意志以及人的意志。…神的意志是自有永有的，是永遠的、非受造的。作為受造之物的天使也有意志。眾天使中的一位，就是天使長，受神指派管理亞當被造之前的宇宙。這天使長因着自己的高位和美麗，就變得驕傲起來。這驕傲使他興起邪惡的意願，這就成了撒但的意志。因此，在神的意願，神的意志之外，還有第二個意願，第二個意志；因為撒但的意志如今是對抗神的意志的。…一切爭戰都源自這兩個意志的衝突（以弗所書生命讀經，六三四頁）。

信息選讀

我們不知道撒但背叛和亞當受造之間相隔有多久。我們只知道在某個時候，神造了人，並且賦與他自由的意志。因着神的偉大，祂給人自由的意志。…神給人自由的意志，指明祂不勉強人順從祂。

我們在創世記二章看見，人可以自由的運用他的意志，或喫生命樹，或喫善惡知識樹。這兩棵樹分別代表神的意志和撒但的意志。因此，在園子裏有一個三角的局面：生命樹代表神的意志，善惡知識樹代表撒但的意志，亞當代表人的意志。實際上，生命樹是指神自己，善惡知識樹是指撒但。所以，有三個人位—神、撒但和人—各有一個意志。

藉着悔改，人能從撒但的意志轉向神的意志，從撒但那一邊轉到神這一邊。…任何盼望得救的罪人，必須聽從這三個吩咐。他必須向神悔改，相信主耶穌，並在水裏受浸。悔改乃是有一個轉，從撒但的意志轉向神的意志。

從我們得救那天起，我們基督徒的生活就是爭戰的生活。以色列人出埃及之後也是一樣。…他們是在爭戰的氣氛下得救的。他們一出埃及，爭戰就開始了。法老和他的軍兵追趕以色列人，但是神進來為他們爭戰。以色列人過了紅海，法老軍隊被淹沒之後，神的子民就得勝地讚美祂勝了仇敵。以色列人前進，為着通過曠野而爭戰，並且在美地繼續爭戰。因此，他們的歷史啟示，得救者的生活乃是爭戰的生活。

召會作新人應該照着實際、憑着恩典行事，…召會作新婦應當活在愛和光中。然而，不僅神永遠的定旨必須成就，基督的心願必須得到滿足，神的仇敵也必須被擊敗。為此，召會必須是戰士（以弗所書生命讀經，六三五至六三七頁）。

參讀：神聖三一的神聖分賜，第二十章。

WEEK 12 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Eph. 6:10-11 Finally, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil.

Rev. 11:15 …The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.

On the positive side, in the first five chapters [of Ephesians] the church is portrayed in many ways for the fulfilling of God’s eternal purpose. On the negative side, the church is seen in chapter 6 as a warrior for the defeating of God’s enemy, the devil. To do this, the church must put on the whole armor of God.

In 1928 Brother Nee held his first overcomer conference on spiritual warfare. In that conference Satan, the evil one, was exposed to the uttermost. Brother Nee pointed out that in the universe there are three wills: the divine will, the satanic will, and the human will…God’s will, being self-existing, is eternal, uncreated. As created beings, the angels also have a will. One of these angels, an archangel, was appointed by God to rule the universe that existed before the creation of Adam. Because of his high position and his beauty, this archangel became proud. This pride gave rise to an evil intention, which became the satanic will. Therefore, in addition to God’s intention, God’s will, there is a second intention, a second will, for now the satanic will is set against God’s will. All warfare has its source in this conflict of wills. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 515)

Todays Reading

We do not know how much time elapsed between the rebellion of Satan and the creation of Adam. We simply know that at a particular time, God created man and endowed him with a human will that was free. It is because of God’s greatness that He gave man a free will…By giving man a free will, God was indicating that He would not force man to obey Him.

In Genesis 2 we see that man was free to exercise his will to eat either of the tree of life or of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. These two trees represent the divine will and the satanic will, respectively. Hence, in the garden there was a triangular situation, with the tree of life representing the divine will, the tree of knowledge representing the satanic will, and Adam representing the human will. Actually, the tree of life denotes God Himself, and the tree of knowledge denotes Satan. Therefore, there were three persons—God, Satan, and man—each one with a will.

Through repentance man can turn from the satanic will to the divine will, from Satan’s side to God’s side…Any sinner who desires to be saved must obey these three commandments: he must repent to God, believe in the Lord Jesus, and be baptized in water. To repent is to have a turn from the satanic will to the divine will.

From the day we were saved, our Christian life has been a life of warfare. The same was true of the children of Israel after they made their exodus from Egypt…They were saved in an atmosphere of warfare. As soon as they came out of Egypt, the fighting began. Pharaoh and his chariots pursued the children of Israel, but God came in to fight for them. After the children of Israel had passed through the Red Sea and Pharaoh’s army had been overthrown, God’s people triumphantly praised Him for His victory over the enemy. The Israelites proceeded to fight their way through the wilderness, and they continued fighting in the good land. Their history thus reveals that the life of a saved one is a life of warfare.

As the new man the church should walk according to reality and by grace and…as the bride the church should live in love and in light. However, not only must God’s eternal purpose be fulfilled and the desire of Christ’s heart be satisfied, but God’s enemy must be defeated. For this, the church must be a warrior. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 515-517)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1983, vol. 2, “The Divine Dispensing of the Divine Trinity,” ch. 20