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基督的好执事

第六篇 基督的好执事

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第六周 周六
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1捌 我们要作基督的好执事,就必须渴望有以下生机的特点:
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2一 我们必须爱主到极点,好被祂充满,而带着复活的基督作权柄将祂涌流到人里面——诗十八1九一14九七10一一六1~2一一九140约二一15~17林后五14~15约壹四1619民十七1~10太十九26
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3二 我们需要借着复兴的生活并牧养的劳苦维持我们在基督里的得胜——启三18~22何六1~3罗六4七6彼前二25五1~4
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4三 我们需要天天、时时住在与主的交通里——林前一9林后十三14
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5四 我们必须是祷告的人——西四2创四26哀三55~56罗十12~13
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6五 我们需要每日清早在主的话上享受主,使我们每天有新的起头——诗一一九147~148
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7六 我们必须凭着并照着我们那与神的灵调和的灵而行——加五1625罗八416林前六17
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8七 我们必须借着耶稣基督之灵全备的供应而活基督,以显大基督——腓一19
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9八 我们需要建立无论得时不得时,天天对各种人讲说基督的习惯——徒五42八4提后四2
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10九 我们必须彻底对付罪——约壹一79诗五一1~917
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11十 我们必须里面充满素质的灵,外面充溢经纶的灵——徒十三52弗五18徒四318十三9
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12十一 我们必须累积对基督的经历(腓三8~1012~14),并对主的话有丰富的积存(西三16诗一一九1115约八31十五7约壹二14)。
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13玖 每当我们供应神的话,主要的事是要操练我们的灵;基督的好执事建立一种操练灵以至于敬虔的习惯,好在日常生活中活基督——提前四6~815~16提后一6~7罗一9七6十二11约四23~24:
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14一 我们得救的人有本钱过基督徒的生活和召会生活;这本钱乃是神所赐给我们的灵——提后一6~7四22
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15二 敬虔是彰显神的生活,是为着神圣经纶之神圣分赐的结果;这分赐是在于操练我们的灵,在日常生活中活基督,使神在召会生活中得着团体的显出——提前一3~4三15~16四7~8提后一6~7,诗歌三七一首第五节。
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16三 “操练〞这辞含示勉强;我们基督徒若要刚强并在主里长大,就必须勉强自己用我们的灵,直到我们建立起操练灵的坚强习惯——提前四7
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17四 我们必须操练我们的灵,应用并享受整个可称颂的神圣三一,在圣灵里祷告,保守自己在神的爱中,等候我们主耶稣基督在祂得胜显现之日的怜悯,使我们成为永远生命的总和,就是新耶路撒冷——犹19~21
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
18提后四2 务要传道;无论得时不得时,都要预备好,用全般的恒忍和教训,叫人知罪自责,谴责人,劝勉人。
182 Tim. 4:2 Proclaim the word; be ready in season and out of season; convict, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and teaching.
19提后一6~7 ……将那……在你里面神的恩赐,再如火挑旺起来。因为神赐给我们的,不是胆怯的灵,乃是能力、爱、并清明自守的灵。
191:6-7...Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you...For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness.
20无论得时不得时,我们必须每日都对各种人说基督(徒五42八4提后四2)。我们应当对来自各支派、各方言、各民族、各邦国的人说基督(启五9)。在马可十六章十五节,主耶稣吩咐我们要向一切受造之物传扬福音。这指明我们应当拿起传扬福音的负担,到一个地步,叫我们会对在我们周围的东西说话。我们应当对高山、树木、河流、动物和整个受造之物说话。我们若实行这个,就会在说话上练达。这会加强我们,使我们说话有能力。我们说话若笨拙,这会削弱我们的说话,甚至会削弱我们说话的内容。这就是为什么我们应当一直练习说基督,甚至没有人在场时也说。我们总是有一切的受造之物作说话的对象。我感谢主,当我是青年人时,我就这样实行。
20We need to be those who speak Christ to all kinds of people daily in season and out of season (Acts 5:42; 8:4; 2 Tim. 4:2). We should speak Christ to those from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation (Rev. 5:9). In Mark 16:15 the Lord Jesus charged us to preach the gospel to all the creation. This indicates that we should pick up the burden for the preaching of the gospel to such an extent that we would speak to whatever is around us. We should speak to the mountains, the trees, the rivers, the animals, and the entire creation. If we practice this, we will become exercised in speaking. This will strengthen us to speak with power. If we speak awkwardly, that will weaken our speaking and even weaken the contents of our speaking. This is why we should practice speaking Christ all the time even though no person may be present. We always have the entire creation to speak to. I am grateful to the Lord that I practiced this when I was a young man.
21我们要作说话的人,就需要里面的充满;这样我们才有内容。我们也需要外面的充溢;这样我们才有能力和权柄。……当我们在聚会中说话,我们的说话必须满有灵的操练(李常受文集一九八八年第一册,二五○、二五七页)。
21To be a speaking one, we need the inward filling. Then we have the content. We also need the outward filling. Then we have the power and the authority.. When we speak in the meetings, our speaking should be full of the exercise of the spirit. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Speaking Christ for the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” pp. 179-180, 183-184)
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Today’s Reading
22很可惜的是,由于人的堕落,人不仅疏忽并忽略人的灵,甚至拒绝承认人有灵。……今天的社会非常需要法律,因为多数人忽略他们灵的一部分,就是他们的良心。……在人类社会中最好的人不是守法的人,乃是那些顾到他们良心的人。
22Regretfully, due to the fall, men have not only overlooked and neglected the human spirit but also have even refused to admit that man has a spirit...Today’s society needs the law so much because most people neglect one part of their spirit— their conscience...The best people in human society are not the lawful ones but the ones who take care of their conscience.
23身为基督徒,我们的灵已经得了重生。……神的生命和神的灵……已经加到我们灵里了。我们有一个得重生并得加强的灵,这灵是刚强的灵,有一个同伴。这个同伴就是三一神。……我们所有的是何等丰富的灵!
23As Christians, our spirit has been regenerated. To be regenerated is to be reinforced. Something stronger and richer has been added into our being...God’s life and God’s spirit...have been added into our spirit. We have a regenerated and reinforced spirit, a very strong spirit, with a companion. This companion is the Triune God...What an enriched spirit we have!
24我们已经看见我们灵的重要性,现在我们要来看我们灵的操练。我们必须建立操练灵的习惯。我早上起来的时候,自然而然会说的第一句话是:“哦,主。”借着说“哦,主”而呼求主,乃是操练灵的习惯。你早上起来若立即说,“哦,主,”这会有很大的不同。……当我们说“哦,主”的时候,我们就摸着主。这是操练灵的习惯。
24Now that we have seen the importance of our spirit, we want to see the exercise of our spirit. We must build up a habit of exercising our spirit. When I rise up in the morning, the first thing I spontaneously say is “O Lord.” To call on the Lord by saying, “O Lord” is a habit of exercising our spirit. To say “O Lord” as soon as you rise up in the morning makes a big difference...When we say, “O Lord,” we touch the Lord. This is the habit of exercising our spirit.
25提后一章六至七节指明,我们必须将我们的灵,如火挑旺起来。……有些人可能以为,这两节不是说我们应当将我们的灵挑旺起来,而是说将我们的恩赐挑旺起来。但你若深入这节经文,你就会看见,将我们的恩赐挑旺起来,就是将我们的灵挑旺起来。保罗在六节告诉我们:“将……神的恩赐,再如火挑旺起来。”到了七节他说,“因为神赐给我们的……灵。”神所给我们的灵,是我们必须挑旺起来的。我们必须挑旺我们的灵。
25Second Timothy 1:6-7 indicates that we need to fan our spirit into flame...Some might think that these verses do not say that we should fan our spirit but that we should fan our gift. But if you get into these verses, you will see that the fanning of our gift into flame is the fanning of our spirit into flame. Paul tells us in verse 6 to “fan into flame the gift of God.” Then in verse 7 he says, “For God has not given us a spirit...” Our God-given spirit is what we must fan into flame. We have to fan our spirit.
26我们得救的人有本钱过基督徒生活和召会生活。这本钱乃是神所赐的灵。按照神的命定,神所赐的这灵是被我们意志的能力、我们情感的爱以及我们心思的清明自守所围绕。这三个助手围绕着我们的灵,不是来压制我们,乃是来提高我们,并帮助我们(李常受文集一九九三年第二册,二三九至二四二、二四五页)。
26We saved ones have the capital to live the Christian life and the church life. This capital is the God-given spirit. This God-given spirit, according to God’s ordination, is surrounded by the power of our will, by the love of our emotion, and by the sobermindedness of our mind. These three helpers are surrounding our spirit, not to depress us but rather to uplift us and help us. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” pp. 180-182, 184)
27参读:那灵同我们的灵,第八章;为着建造基督的身体讲说基督,第三至四章。
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今日要点
28主题:作基督的好执事,在于操练生机的特点,并我们的灵
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291.作基督的好执事,在于操练生机的特点:
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30a. 我们要作基督的好执事,就必须渴望有以下生机的特点:1爱主到极点,2过复兴的生活并牧养的劳苦以维持在基督里的得胜,3活在与主的交通里,4操练成为祷告的人,5每天有新的起头。
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31b.6凭着并照着调和的灵生活行动,7而使我们借着耶稣基督之灵全备的供应活基督并显大基督,8对人讲说基督,9对付罪,10好里面充满素质的灵,并外面充溢经纶的灵,11累积对基督的经历,对主话有丰富的积存。
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322.作基督的好执事,在于操练我们的灵:
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33a.最后,每当我们供应神的话,主要的事是要操练我们的灵,基督的好执事建立一种操练灵以至于敬虔的习惯,在提后四2指出,基督的好执事得时不得时都预备好传道,对人讲说基督,而提后一6~7指出,我们的预备,最主要的就是操练我们的灵,因为挑旺恩赐,就是挑旺我们的灵。
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34b.当我们我们的本钱,也就是在日常生活中运用灵活基督,应用并享受整个可称颂的神圣三一,在圣灵里祷告,就得以保守自己在神的爱中,等候我们主耶稣基督在祂得胜显现之日的怜悯,使我们成为永远生命的总和,就是新耶路撒冷。
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