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在基督耶稣里的恩典上得着加力，成为教师、精兵、竞赛者、农夫和工人

第三篇　在基督耶稣里的恩典上得着加力，成为教师、精兵、竞赛者、农夫和工人

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第三周　周五
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1四 召会是神的农场，神的耕地；我们是神的同工，借着适应一切的生命与神同工，如同农夫将生命的种子撒在人里面，并借着祂健康的话，以生命的灵浇灌他们——提后二6，林前三6、9，林后六1上，路八11，约七38，六63：
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21 神的话像麦粒，将神作为生命分赐到我们里面，滋养我们；神的话也像火和大锤，炼净我们，打碎我们的己、天然生命、肉体、情欲和观念——耶二三28～29。
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32 神已经打发祂的话如同雨雪来滋润祂的子民，好圣化他们，变化他们，并将他们模成祂的形像，使基督的身体得以建造起来——赛五五8～11，约十七17，弗五26。
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43 我们与圣徒接触，应该只有一个动机——供应基督给他们，使他们在主里长大——提前五1～2。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
5提后二6~7 劳力的农夫，理当先分享果实。我所说的你要思想，因为凡事主必给你领悟力。
52 Tim. 2:6-7 The laboring farmer must be the first to partake of the fruit. Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in all things.
6林前三9 因为我们是神的同工，你们是神的耕地，神的建筑。
61 Cor. 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s cultivated land, God’s building.
7〔在提后二章六节〕保罗把提摩太比作农夫。当兵的必须赢得胜利，运动员必须得着华冠，农夫理当分享果实—粮食。这需要忍耐。作为运动员，我们该迅速；但作为农夫，我们需要忍耐。农夫若因没有忍耐，要揠苗助长，他的作物就会被毁坏。照样，他若过于驱策他的牛，也许会伤了它们。对农作物和牲畜，农夫必须学习有忍耐（提摩太后书生命读经，二九页）。
7[In 2 Timothy 2:6] Paul likens Timothy to a farmer. Just as a soldier must win the victory and an athlete must receive the crown, so a farmer must partake of the fruit, the food. This requires patience. As athletes, we should be quick, but as farmers, we need to be patient. If out of impatience a farmer would pluck up the tiny sprouts, his crop would be ruined. Likewise, if he drives his cattle too much, he may hurt them. With both crops and livestock, farmers must learn to have patience. (Life-study of 2 Timothy, 2nd ed., p. 24)
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8当我们到前线去打仗时，我们必须勇敢，然后才能赢得争战。但是当我们来建造时，我们必须有智慧。我们必须领悟，我们正在建造的建筑，完全是生命里的事。……智慧的工头和神的建筑都是生命和生命里的事。首先，保罗的职事是栽种的职事。保罗说，“我栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，唯有神叫他生长。”（林前三6）这不是争战的事，乃是在生命里长大的事。然后保罗接着说，我们是神的耕地，神的农场（9）。这农场不是荒芜或未耕种的，乃是神所耕种为要生长基督的农场。农场也是生命的事。然后保罗说，我们不仅是神的农场，也是神的建筑（9）。这建筑当然是生命里的建筑（李常受文集一九八六年第一册，一七六至一七七页）。
8When we go to the front to fight the battle, we have to be bold. Then we can win the war. But when we come to build, we have to be wise. We have to realize that the building which we are building is altogether a matter in life…The wise master builder and the building of God are both matters of life and in life. First, Paul’s ministry was a matter of planting. Paul says, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth” (1 Cor. 3:6). This is not a matter of fighting, but a matter of the growth in life. Then Paul goes on to say that we are God’s cultivated land, or God’s farm (v. 9). This farm is not wild or uncultivated, but it is a farm cultivated by God to grow Christ. A farm is also a matter of life. Then Paul says that we are not only God’s farm but also God’s building (v. 9). This building is surely a building in life. (CWWL, 1986, vol. 1, “Elders’ Training, Book 7: One Accord for the Lord’s Move,” p. 143)
9彼前二章二节说到话就是奶。“像才生的婴孩一样，切慕那纯净的话奶，叫你们靠此长大。”圣经有些地方我们很容易吸取，那就是奶，也称为“美善的话”（来六5），以及“恩典的话”（徒十四3，二十32）。当我们读某段主的话时，觉得就像一个小孩享受一杯令人舒畅的牛奶一样。然而还有些主的话，虽然比较有分量，但吸取起来却像吃牛排一样。这些比较有分量的话，在希伯来书里叫作干粮（五12），和公义的话（13）。如果我们能够接受它，它就使我们有成熟的分量。这样看来，我们吸取主话的路就是：尝它、吸它、吃它像奶一样以及接受它像干粮一样。
9In 1 Peter 2:2 the word is referred to as milk: “As newborn babes, long for the guileless milk of the word in order that by it you may grow unto salvation.” The portions of the Bible that are easy for us to take in are milk. They are also called “the good word” (Heb. 6:5) and the word of grace (Acts 14:3; 20:32). When we read some parts of the Word, we feel like a child enjoying a refreshing glass of milk. Other portions of the Word, though, have more weight to them; taking them in is like eating a steak. These weightier portions are referred to in Hebrews as solid food (5:12) and as the word of righteousness (v. 13). When we can receive them, they give us the weight of maturity. These, then, are the life ways to take the word: taste it, breathe it, eat it, drink it as milk, and take it in as solid food.
10请注意以赛亚五十五章十至十一节如何描述主的话：“就如雨雪从天而降，并不返回，却滋润地土，使地发芽结实，使撒种的有种，使要吃的有粮；我口所出的话也必如此，绝不徒然返回，却要成就我所喜悦的，在我所打发去成就的事上必然亨通。”主的话好比夏天的雨，冬天的雪，浇灌我们，产生种子，好结出果实，并产生粮食作我们的满足。这在我们吸取主话的经历上，是一幅奇妙的图画。
10Notice how the word is described in Isaiah 55:10-11: “Just as the rain comes down / And the snow from heaven, / And does not return there, / Until it waters the earth / And makes it bear and sprout forth, / That it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater; / So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; / It will not return to Me vainly, / But it will accomplish what I delight in, / And it will prosper in the matter to which I have sent it.” The word is likened to rain in summer and snow in winter, watering us to produce the seed for fruit-bearing and the bread for our satisfaction. This is a marvelous picture of our experience in taking the word.
11神的话甚至使我们的身体健康。箴言四章二十至二十二节说，“我儿，要留心听我的言语，侧耳听我的讲论。都不可使这些离你的眼目；要持守在你心中。因为对寻得的人，这些乃是生命，又是全身的医治。”神的话如何能使我们的身体健康呢？疾病常常由忧虑或怒气引起。人若是能喜乐，他们的疾病常常会消踪。当我们进到主的话里，喜乐就进来医治。主的话杀死烦恼人的事，并且带来复活。这时我们自然吃得好，消化得好，我们的身体就健康了（李常受文集一九七八年第二册，三三一至三三三页）。
11The word of God even brings health to our body. Proverbs 4:20-22 says, “My son, be attentive to my words; / Incline your ear to my sayings. / Do not let them depart from your sight; / Keep them in the midst of your heart. / For they are life to those who find them, / And healing to all their flesh.” How can God’s word make us physically healthy? Illness is often caused by anxiety or anger. If people are made happy, their sickness often disappears. When we get into the Word, joy comes in to heal. The word kills the bothering things and brings in resurrection. Then we can eat and digest our food well, and our body becomes healthy. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 2, “Life Messages, Volume 1,” pp. 242-244)
12参读：提摩太前书生命读经，第九篇；为着基督身体的一经历神人调和，第五章。
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今日要点
13主题：在基督耶稣的恩典上得着加力，好成为农夫
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14引经：提后二6~7，林前三9
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151.成为劳力的农夫，借着忍耐等候生命的长大：
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16A.在提后二6~7，保罗把提摩太比作农夫，当兵的必须赢得胜利，运动员必须得着华冠，而农夫要得着什么呢？经文告诉我们，农夫里当分享果实，就是粮食，作为运动员，要操练迅速，但作为农夫，我们需要劳力和忍耐，农夫若因失去耐性，就会揠苗助长，作物就会不按生命的原则生长，至终遭受毁坏，为此劳力的农夫，需要忍耐。
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17B.在林前三章，保罗把栽种的事联于召会的建造，首先，保罗的职事是栽种的职事，他在六节说，我栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，惟有神叫他生长，接着9节又说，因为我们是神的同工，你们是神的耕地，神的建筑，说到耕地，联于前面农夫的栽种，这农场不是荒芜或休耕的，乃是神所耕种要生长基督的农场。
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182.生命的长大，带进召会作基督身体的建造：
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19A.召会是神的农处，神的耕地，我们是神的同工，借着适应一切的生命与神同工，如同农夫将生命的种子撒在人里面，并借着祂健康的话，以生命的灵浇灌他们，神的话要向麦粒，将神作为生命分赐到人里面，滋养人，好圣化、变化人，将祂们模成祂的形像，使生命在人里面长大成熟。
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20B.在林前三9，说完神的耕地之后，保罗说到你们是神的建筑，这样生命的长大，结果乃是建造，带进基督身体这生机体的建造，召会的建造不是组织，而是生命的长大所带来的结果，拆毁基督身体的，乃是非生命的事物，惟有生命才能带来真实的建造，这也就是保罗要提摩太成为预防者，成为农夫，好抵挡召会败落的原因。
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21应用：我们不仅要接受话奶，就是美善、恩典的话，更要学习借着一年七次特会训练的信息，以祷、研、背、讲的方式接受干粮的话，公义的话，并带到祷告里，使主暴露、光照、医治、拯救我们，而使我们生命得以长大，而吞灭一切仇敌死亡的攻击。
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