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第二篇 借着过隐藏的生活而过国度的生活

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第二周 周五
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1肆 诗篇四十二篇七节说,“深渊就与深渊响应”:
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2一 别人的深处只能与从我们深处出来的响应;凡不是从深处出来的,就永远不能达到别人的深处。
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3二 国度的生活是深处的生活,是能“往下扎根,向上结果”的生活——赛三七31,参徒六7十二24十九20
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4三 我们已经被栽种到基督这美地的实际里,需要花时间(特别是早晨与主同在的时间)来吸取祂:
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51 看不见的生命叫作根,看得见的生命叫作叶子;许多基督徒的难处就在于看得见的生命虽然有许多,看不见的生命却少得很;换句话说,就是缺少隐藏的生活。
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62 如果你所有的经历都是显露的,那你所有的都是往上长的,不是往下长的;这样,你就是只有叶子没有根的人,你就是土浅的人。
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73 基督徒的美德只有显在人面前,没有隐藏在深处的,这样的人是没有根的,经不起试炼和试诱;求神作工在我们身上,使我们能往下扎根——太十三20~21路八13
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
8诗四二7 你的瀑布发声,深渊就与深渊响应;你的波浪洪涛,都漫过我身。
8Psa. 42:7 Deep calls unto deep at the sound of Your water spouts; all Your waves and Your billows pass over me.
9赛三七31 犹大家所逃脱余剩的,仍要往下扎根,向上结果。
9Isa. 37:31 And the remnant of those who have escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
10所有的深处,只能因着深处的呼喊才能有响应〔诗四二7〕。浅的东西,永远摸不着深的;在外面的,也永远摸不着里面的。深处只能与深处响应。……别人的深处,只能与你的深处响应。……如果深处没有东西出来,你得着的帮助就不过是浮浅的。……我们要看见深处的紧要。凡不是从深处出来的,就永远不能达到深处。你如果不从深处得着益处,得着帮助,你就不能从深处有东西出来。因此,我们如果要在属灵的事上帮助人,就必须从深处有东西出来。你在神面前如果不往深处去,你就没有法子得着别人。你的发表如果不是从深处出来的,尽管你能得着别人的情感,你能得着别人的理想,你能使人流泪,你能使人快乐,你能使人一时兴奋,但是,你不能摸着人的深处。是深处才能与深处响应(倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册,五一至五二页)。
10Only a call from the depths can provoke a response from the depths [Psa. 42:7] . Nothing shallow can ever touch the depths, nor can anything superficial touch the inward parts. Only the deep will respond to the deep …Others can respond deep within to only what issues from deep within us …If nothing comes from the depths, the help we receive is just superficial. We have to see the importance of the depths. Anything that is not from the depths will never reach the depths of others. If we have never received help or benefit in our depths, we will never have anything issuing from our depths. If we want to render spiritual help to others, something must issue from our depths. If we do not dig deep, we can never gain others. Unless our utterance is from the depths, we will not touch the depths in others, even though we gain their emotions and thoughts and make them cry or be happy or excited for a while. Only deep calls unto deep. (CWWN, vol. 37, p. 37)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
11传道、听道有一个原则,这原则就在主耶稣所说的那一个撒种的比喻里面。撒种的时候,有落在路旁的,有落在土浅石头地上的,有落在荆棘里的,有落在好土里的;这给我们看见,传神话语的时候,人的接受,有四种不同的态度。主耶稣告诉我们,在这几种不同的情形中,有一种叫作土浅石头地,上面是土,下面是石头。种子落在这一种的地上,长得顶快,但是,日头出来一晒,因为没有根,就枯干了。
11One principle in preaching and receiving the word is found in the Lord’s parable of the sower. While the sower sowed, some seeds fell beside the way, some on the rocky place, some into the thorns, and some into the good earth. This shows us four different ways for man to receive the word. The Lord Jesus tells us that among these different conditions, one is the rocky place. There is a little earth on the surface, but underneath there are rocks. When the seed falls into this kind of ground, it springs up quickly, but as soon as the sun comes out, it withers because of the lack of root.
12什么是根呢?根是长在下面的。什么是叶子呢?叶子是长在上面的。换句话说,看不见的生命叫作根,看得见的生命叫作叶子。许多基督徒的难处就在这里:看得见的生命虽然有,但是看不见的生命却少得很。换句话说,人缺少隐藏在深处的生活。……你所有属灵的经历如果都是人所知道的,你就没有根。……如果你所有的经历都是显露的,那你所有的都是往上长的,不是往下扎根的。这样,你就是光有叶子没有根的人,你就是土浅的人。
12What is a root? It is growth that occurs beneath the soil. What are the leaves? They are growth that occurs above the soil. In other words, roots are the hidden life, whereas leaves are the manifest life. The trouble with many Christians is that, while there is much apparent life, there is very little secret life. In other words, there is the lack of a hidden life…If all your spiritual life is exposed, you do not have any root…If all your experiences are manifested, then all your growth is upward; there is no downward growth. If this is the case, you are a person who has only leaves without root, and you are on shallow ground.
13在属灵的生命中,一面我们要看见什么叫作基督的身体,就是说,我们要有一个身体的生命;另一面我们也要看见,我个人从主得着来作肢体的那一分是顶个人的,那一点是我个人在神面前得着的,那一点是我在神面前应当守着的。如果不守着,我就失去我作肢体的特点,我在神的面前就没有特别的用处。神所给你的那一个特点,一显露,就要枯干了。
13In our Christian life it is necessary that we learn the meaning of the Body of Christ; we must learn to have a life of the Body. On the other hand, we must learn that the life given to each member of His Body by the Lord is distinctly individual. The measure that has been given to you personally by Him needs to be guarded; otherwise, it will lose its specific character and will be of no particular use to God. If that which has been specially committed to you is exposed, it will wither.
14主耶稣在山上的教训是很特别的,一面祂说,“你们是世上的光。城立在山上,是不能隐藏的”〔太五14〕,是公开的;另一面,祂说,“你施舍的时候,不要让左手知道右手所作的,好叫你的施舍可在隐密中,……你祷告的时候,要进你的密室,关上门,祷告你在隐密中的父。”〔六3~46〕一面,……要作基督徒就公开地作基督徒,公开宣告说,我是基督徒;另一面,基督徒有许多的美德,是应当隐藏,不应当显露的。只有显在人面前的,没有隐藏在深处的,这样的人,是没有根的,是经不起试炼、经不起试探的。……求神作工在我们身上,使我们能往下扎根(倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册,五二至五四页)。
14The discourse of the Lord Jesus on the Mount was most remarkable. On the one hand, He said, “You are the light of the world. It is impossible for a city situated upon a mountain to be hidden” (Matt. 5:14). It is open. On the other hand, He said, “When you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your alms may be in secret;…when you pray, enter into your private room, and shut your door and pray to your Father who is in secret” (6:3-4, 6). On the one hand, if you are a Christian, you must come right out into the open and make a public profession; on the other hand, there are Christian virtues that you should preserve from the public gaze. The Christian who parades all his virtues before men and who does not have anything in the depth of his being has no root; he will not be able to stand in the day of trial and temptation …May God work in us so that we can take root downward. (CWWN, vol. 37, pp. 37-39)
15参读:倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册,第七篇;第二辑第十八册,第六十五篇。
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今日要点
16主题:向下扎根,好向上结果,经历深渊与深渊响应
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17引经:诗四二7赛三七31
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181.要有深的经历,才能与深渊响应:
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19a. 诗篇四十二篇七节说,『深渊与深渊响应』,别人的深处只能与从我们深处出来的响应,凡不是从深处出来的,就永远不能达到别人的深处,我们若要在属灵的事上帮助别人,外面的安慰鼓励是不够的,需要从深处有东西出来,我们就需要在神面前往深处去,先有深处的经历。
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20b. 这也说出,国度的生活是深处的生活,就像是赛三七31所说,『…往下扎根,向上结果』的生活,根扎的有多深,向上发展才有多高,我们就像植物,已经被栽种到基督这美地的实际里,需要花时间来吸取祂,好使我们深深扎根吸取美地的养分,而使我们向上结果。
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212.除去一切石头,而能向下扎根,向上结果:
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22a.另一面,从主撒种的比喻中,我们也可以看见,当神话语作种子撒播时,我们人的接受,有四种不同的态度,有一种叫作「土浅石头地」,上面是一层浅浅的土,下面布满石头,种子落在这种土,长得顶快,但日头出来,『因为没有根』,烈日之下就枯干了。
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23b.从植物的发展,我们可以看见,有长在土上面的部分,是显露看得见的,也有长在土下面的部分,是隐藏看不见的,看得见的生命叫叶子,看不见的生命叫根,基督徒的难处在于虽有看得见的生命,却没有多少看不见的生命,光有叶子却没有根,经不起试炼和试探,惟有除去石头,好成为好土,能够结实百倍。
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24应用:我们对主,向着召会的服事,不能仅停留在得着人的情感,使人流泪、快乐或兴奋,却不能摸着人的深处,为此我们需要自己操练到主面前,让主光照、暴露我们心土里面一切的石头,使里面隐藏的罪、个人的欲望、自私和自怜都被除去,而使我们能够深深扎根,吸取主的一切丰富,而能供应生命给人。
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