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作贵重的器皿，同那清心呼求主的人，竭力追求公义、信、爱、和平

第六篇 作贵重的器皿，同那清心呼求主的人，竭力追求公义、信、爱、和平

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第六周　周二
1读经：提后二20～22，罗九21、23，林后四7
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纲目
2壹 保罗在提后二章二十至二十一节说到，有贵重的器皿，也有卑贱的器皿：
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3一 贵重的器皿是由神性，以及蒙救赎得重生的人性所构成；卑贱的器皿是由堕落的人性所构成——弗二2～3，彼后一4。
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4二 保罗在罗马九章二十一节说到贵重的器皿，在二十三节又说到蒙怜悯、预备得荣耀的器皿。
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5三 我们是预备得荣耀的贵重器皿，意即我们是被设计来盛装神作我们的尊贵和荣耀。
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6四 神拣选我们，乃是要我们作被经过过程并终极完成之三一神充满的贵重器皿——21～23节，林后十三14。
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7五 神要得着敞开的器皿——罗九23，林后四7：
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81 神的心意乃是要造一个器皿来盛装祂、彰显祂，因此神只要器皿是敞开的——提后二21，罗十一24。
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92 如果器皿是敞开的，神就能完成祂的定旨；但如果器皿是关闭的，神的定旨就会受到拦阻——西四3。
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103 神不要我们作什么；祂只要我们成为一个活的器皿，一个洁净、倒空并敞开的器皿。
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114 保罗的十四封书信可用一个辞来表达——“敞开的器皿”。
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12六 我们若洁净自己，脱离卑贱的器皿，就必成为贵重的器皿——提后二21：
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131 洁净自己指离开不义（19），这是内在神圣性质的外在证据。
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142 我们不但该洁净自己，脱离任何不义的事，也该脱离卑贱的器皿；这就是说，我们必须远离他们。
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153 我们若洁净自己，脱离这些消极的事和消极的人，就必成为贵重的器皿。
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164 在提后二章二十一节，“贵重”是性质的问题，“分别为圣”是地位的问题，“合乎······使用”是功用的问题，“预备”是训练的问题。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
17罗九23 且要在那些蒙怜悯、早预备得荣耀的器皿上，彰显祂荣耀的丰富。
17Rom. 9:23 In order that He might make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He had before prepared unto glory.
18林后四7 但我们有这宝贝在瓦器里，要显明这超越的能力，是属于神，不是出于我们。
182 Cor. 4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us.
19保罗的十四封书信……总归可用一个辞来表达：“敞开的器皿”。神要一个敞开的器皿。保罗在罗马九章二十三节告诉我们，神把我们造成“蒙怜悯、早预备得荣耀的器皿”。然后在林后四章七节说，“我们有这宝贝在瓦器里。”这两处经文可视为我们经历基督与召会的基本秘诀。……如果你不晓得你必须是一个敞开的器皿，基督与召会〔就〕没有路。……敞开的器皿就是不作什么，只是一直敞开，好得着充满。经过种种过程的神—三一神、包罗万有的灵、复合的灵—在这里等候得着一个入口，好进到你里面去。祂进到你里面有多少，在于你向祂敞开有多少（李常受文集一九八○年第一册，三二六页）。
19The summary of [Paul’s] fourteen Epistles may be expressed in just two words: open vessel. God wants an open vessel. In Romans 9:23 Paul tells us that God created us as vessels of mercy unto glory. Then in 2 Corinthians 4:7 he says that “we have this treasure in earthen vessels.” These two verses may be considered as a basic secret to our experience of Christ and the church…If you do not realize that you have to be an open vessel, Christ and the church…have no way…An open vessel is doing nothing but keeping itself open to the filling up. The processed God—the Triune God, the all-inclusive Spirit, the compound Spirit—is here waiting for an opening to get into you. How much He would enter into you depends upon how much opening you would give Him. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” p. 241)
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Today's Reading
20主所要的乃是我们爱祂，保守自己一直敞开。不要作什么，只要让祂进来。……如果你爱召会，却不把自己完全敞开，你就仍然喜爱为主作些什么。……这就是天然的生命带着堕落的性情。正当的光景乃是：我不需要作什么，但我需要爱主爱到极点，一直向祂大大的敞开。这完全启示在新约里。……倘若你以此为秘诀，再去读保罗所写的书信，你就会看见这是他书信里真正的本质。
20What the Lord wants is that we love Him, that we keep ourselves open. Do not do anything. Let Him in. If you love the church but do not open yourself up absolutely, you will still love to do something for the Lord…This is the natural life with the fallen nature. The proper situation is that I do not need to do anything, yet I need to love the Lord to the uttermost, keeping myself wide open all the time to Him. This is what is fully revealed in the New Testament…If you take this as a key and read once again the Epistles written by Paul, you will see that this is the genuine substance in his Epistles.
21当你进到我所交通的经历里，你会跪下来敬拜主，说，“主，现在我晓得了，我必须爱你，必须尽力事奉你，我必须有一颗敞开的心，向着你是一个敞开的人。主啊，因着你的怜悯和说话，你不要我作什么。主啊，我在这里。”这真是美妙，这正是主今天所要的，主的见证就在这一个点上。器皿只能盛装东西，灯台只能为着添油把自己敞开。口一封闭，油就无法再添进来了。这意思是说，不再继续有油了。灯台什么也不作，只是把自己敞开，接受油并照耀。它接受了加添的油，就有所彰显，发出光来。事实上，灯台就是真正盛装油的器皿。
21When you enter into the experience of my fellowship, you will kneel down and worship the Lord. You would say, “Lord, now I know. I must love You. I must serve You to the uttermost. I must have an open heart with an open being to You. O Lord, by Your mercy and Your speaking, You do not want me to do anything. Lord, I am here.” This would be wonderful. This is what the Lord wants today. The Lord’s testimony is just here at this point. A vessel can only contain something, and the lampstand can only keep itself open for the refilling of the oil. When the opening is shut, there is no more refilling. That means there will be no continuation of the oil. The lampstand does not do anything. It just opens itself to receive the oil and to shine. It receives the filling oil, and then it expresses something; it shines. Actually, a lampstand is a real vessel containing oil.
22现在你就能明白马太二十五章里十个童女的比喻了，那就是器皿有额外的油。器皿盛装油是为着照耀并焚烧，这就是童女。童女在主眼中不是一个忙忙碌碌、活跃有所作为的人，而是一个敞开自己来接受油的人；然后油会从里面焚烧而照耀出去。
22Now you can understand the parable of the ten virgins in Matthew 25. That is just the vessel with an extra portion of oil. There the vessel contains the oil for shining and burning. This is a virgin. A virgin in the eyes of the Lord is not one who is so busy and so active in doing but one who keeps himself open to receive the oil. Then the oil may burn from within to shine out.
23你爱主，你保守自己一直向祂敞开，然而你不作什么，祂要作成一切。这不但是可能的，也是主所要求的。主要求你停下你的作为，但祂不要你打盹或漠不关心；祂要你非常儆醒。要爱祂，把自己一直向祂敞开，天天告诉祂说，“主，我爱你。主，我在这里向你敞开。主，怜悯我，因着你的恩典，我不喜欢我的全人有哪一部分向你是关闭的，我喜欢完完全全地向你敞开。”
23You love the Lord, and you keep yourself open to Him all the time. Yet you would not do anything, but He would do everything. Not only is this possible, but this is also required by the Lord. The Lord requires you to stop your doing. But He does not want you to be sleepy or indifferent; He wants you to be very alert. Love Him and keep yourself open to Him. Tell Him every day, “Lord, I love You. Lord, I am here open to You. Lord, have mercy upon me, and by Your grace I do not like to have any part of my being closed to You. I like to keep myself entirely and thoroughly open to You.”
24真正的基督徒生活就是爱主，保守自己一直向主敞开，并停下自己的作为。然后主就来作成一切，这器皿便单单盛装主，享受主的充满，并享受主的作为。这就是正当且真实的基督徒生活（李常受文集一九八○年第一册，三二七至三三○、三三三、三三五页）。
24A genuine Christian life is one that loves the Lord and keeps itself open to the Lord and stops its doing. Then the Lord comes in and the Lord does everything and this vessel just contains the Lord and enjoys the Lord’s filling up and enjoys the Lord’s doing. This is the proper and genuine Christian life. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” pp. 242-244, 246-247)
25参读：成全训练，第二十二章。
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今日要点
26主题：作敞开的器皿，盛装并彰显尊贵荣耀的神
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27引经：罗九23，林后四7
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281.作敞开的器皿，盛装尊贵荣耀的神：
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29A.保罗的十四封书信，总归可用一个词来表达，就是敞开的器皿，从保罗得救，神就告诉亚拿尼亚，保罗是主所拣选的器皿，神要一个敞开的器皿，在罗九21节说到贵重的器皿，接着在23节，又说到神把我们造成『蒙怜悯、早预备得荣耀』的器皿，然后再林后四7，保罗说，『我们有这宝贝在瓦器里』，这两处圣经可视为我们经历基督与召会的基本秘诀。
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30B.我们乃是预备得荣耀的贵重器皿，神这样设计并造了我们，乃是为着盛装神作我们的尊贵和荣耀，事实上，我们乃是瓦器，但瓦器里有宝贝，就是这位尊贵和荣耀的神自己，祂是经过过程并终极完成的三一神，当祂充满器皿，就要把器皿作成贵重的器皿，好盛装祂、彰显祂，以完成神的心意。
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312.作敞开的器皿，彰显尊贵荣耀的神：
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32A.敞开的器皿，顾名思义，就是不作什么，只是一直敞开，好得着充满，主所要的就是要我们爱祂，保守自己一直敞开，不作工具，只作器皿，不作什么，只让祂进来，以弗所召会有许多好行为，却失去了对主起初的爱，马太二五章十个童女，其中五个有额外的油，他们敞开自己来接受油，而不是忙东忙西，活跃有许多作为。
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33B.当我们成为敞开的器皿，接受圣灵作为油，油就会从里面焚烧而照耀出去，这也就是召会作为金灯台，灯台只能为着添油把自己敞开，口一封闭，油就无法再添进去，这意思是，灯台就无法焚烧，无法照耀了，今天召会要作金灯台发光照耀，就必须是一个真正敞开的团体器皿。
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34应用：我们要建立每天早晨一起床，就跟主说，主，我爱你。主，我在这里向你敞开。主，怜悯我，因着你的恩典，我不喜欢我的全人有哪一部分是向你关闭的，求你加强我，使我每一部分都向你敞开，而使我们作敞开的器皿，不断地让尊贵荣耀的神充满占有我们，使我们成为尊贵的器皿，得荣耀的器皿。
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