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活在神的主宰权柄之下并照着神的怜悯而活

第五篇　活在神的主宰权柄之下并照着神的怜悯而活

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第五周　周四
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1三 我们若要在神新约的经纶里事奉神，就需要认识这完全在于神主宰的怜悯——罗九15～16，来四16：
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21 我们若认识神的主宰权柄，就会为着祂的怜悯感谢祂，领悟我们乃是在祂主宰的怜悯之下——罗九15：
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3a “主宰的怜悯”一辞，意思是神的怜悯完全在于神主宰的权柄。
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4b 作蒙怜悯的器皿不是我们选择的结果，乃是起源于神的主宰权柄——18节。
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5c 神对我们的怜悯是在于祂主宰的权柄；要解释神对我们的怜悯，我们只能说这是在于祂主宰的权柄，祂已选择要向我们施怜悯——15～16、23节。
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62 在神主宰的怜悯里，我们的心倾向于祂；因着祂给我们的怜悯，我们天天寻求祂——耶二九13，申四29，赛五五6。
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73 我们越看见与我们有关的每件事都在于神的怜悯，就会越在主面前背负我们的责任；然而，甚至我们乐意背负责任也是出于神的怜悯。
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84 因着神的怜悯，我们对福音有反应而别人没有反应，我们接受关于基督是生命的话而别人拒绝接受，我们走主恢复的路而别人退后不走这条路。
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95 就着神的恢复来说，神向祂所要施怜悯的人施了怜悯。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
10罗九15~16 因为祂对摩西说，“我要向谁施怜悯，就向谁施怜悯；要对谁动怜恤，就对谁动怜恤。”这样看来，这不在于那定意的，也不在于那奔跑的，只在于那施怜悯的神。
10Rom. 9:15-16 For to Moses He says, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion.” So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
11我们需要为着神的主宰权柄敬拜祂。我们应当说，“主，为着你的主宰权柄，我敬拜你，因你的主宰权柄反映出你的怜悯。主，我既软弱又有罪，有时候甚至是悖逆的。但是主，我感谢你，我的心已被软化，总是愿意悔改。主，我感谢你给我这样一颗柔软的心。”……如果你知道神的主宰权柄，你会为着祂的怜悯感谢祂。你会看见，连你来参加召会的聚会，也是在神主宰的怜悯之下。想一想，多少人被罪恶的事或世界的事所缠累，但我们渴望在主的同在中聚集一起，听祂的话语，寻求祂的心意，并实行与祂是一。……赞美神，我们是在祂主宰的怜悯之下（出埃及记生命读经，二八四至二八五页）。
11We need to worship God for His sovereignty. We should say, “Lord, I worship You for Your sovereignty because Your sovereignty reflects Your mercy. Lord, I am weak and sinful. Sometimes I am even rebellious. But I thank You, Lord, that my heart has been softened and is always willing to repent. Lord, I thank You for giving me such a soft heart.”…If you know God’s sovereignty, you will thank Him for His mercy. You will realize, even as you come to the meetings of the church, that you are under the Lord’s sovereign mercy. Consider how many people are involved with sinful things or with worldly things. But we desire to come together in the Lord’s presence, to listen to His word, to seek what is on His heart, and to practice being one with Him …Praise Him that we are under His sovereign mercy! (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 243-244)
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12我们能参加召会的聚会乃是由于主的怜悯。我们很多人能作见证，一周中最喜乐的晚上就是聚会的晚上。……赞美主，因着祂主宰的怜悯，我们能来在一起聚会！
12It is of the Lord’s mercy that we can attend the church meetings. Many of us can testify that the happiest nights of the week are the meeting nights …Praise the Lord that, according to His sovereign mercy, we can come together in the meetings!
13我们越认识神的主宰权柄，就越会为祂的怜悯感谢祂。阿利路亚，神的怜悯主宰地临到我们！……有时候我们或许是顽梗的，但在神主宰的恩典中，我们只能顽梗片时。然后我们向主或者向我们所冒犯的人悔改。这个愿意悔改就是主给我们的怜悯。
13The more we recognize God’s sovereignty, the more grateful we shall be for His mercy. Hallelujah, God’s mercy has been sovereignly bestowed upon us! … Sometimes we may be stubborn, but in the Lord’s sovereign grace, we can be stubborn only for a short while. Then we repent, either to the Lord or to one we have wronged. This desire to repent is the Lord’s mercy to us.
14早晨是我们向主悔改认罪最好的时间。我感谢主，每天早晨我们都能有一个新的开始。当我们花时间与祂同在，就会发觉我们犯了不少错误。然后我们悔改、认罪，并经历真正属灵的洁净。我们愿意悔改、认罪并被主洁净，这是何等的怜悯！
14The morning is an excellent time for us to repent and make confession to the Lord. I thank the Lord that every morning we can have a new beginning. As we spend time with Him, we may realize that we have made mistakes. Then we repent, confess, and experience a genuine spiritual cleansing. What a mercy that we are willing to repent, to confess, and to be cleansed by the Lord!
15当许多人沉缅于属世的享乐，我们却渴慕追求主，并在祂的同在中聚在一起。在神主宰的怜悯里，我们的心倾向于祂（出埃及记生命读经，二八五至二八六页）。
15In a time when so many are given to worldly entertainments, we have the desire to seek the Lord and to meet together in His presence. In God’s sovereign mercy, our hearts have been inclined to Him. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 244245)
16我们若回顾已往，就会敬拜主。……在我们出生以前，祂就拣选了我们，预定了我们，并安排每一件与我们有关的事，包括我们出生的时间和地点。不仅如此，祂还定好我们所有的年日，以及我们所在的地方。按着神的安排，我生在二十世纪。再者，我还生在一个很容易接触到基督徒的地区。这完全是出乎神。……临到我们的每一件事，都是在于神圣的怜悯。
16If we look back upon our past, we will worship the Lord …Before we were born, He selected us and predestinated us and arranged everything related to us, including the time and place of our birth. Moreover, He appointed all our days and all the places where we are to be. According to God’s arrangement, I was born in the twentieth century. Furthermore, I was born in an area where it was easy to have contact with Christians. This was altogether of God … Everything that happens to us is a matter of divine mercy.
17我们若要在神儿子的福音上正确地事奉神，就必须认识，这福音包含了恩典的拣选。福音完全是一件神主宰怜悯的事。……多年的经历使我强烈且深刻地相信，每件发生在我们身上的事，都是出于神。一切都在于神的怜悯。我们越看见这个，就越自然地在主面前背负我们的责任。
17If we would properly serve God in the gospel of His Son, we must know that the gospel includes the selection of grace. The gospel is wholly a matter of God’s sovereign mercy…Through many years of experience, I have become strongly and deeply convinced that everything that happens to us is of God. All is a matter of God’s mercy. The more we see this, the more we will spontaneously bear our responsibility before the Lord.
18为什么有些信徒愿意背负他们的责任，有些却不愿意？答案就在于神的怜悯。保罗在罗马九章十五节引用主的话：“我要向谁施怜悯，就向谁施怜悯。”由于神在祂恩典拣选里的怜悯，当别人对福音没有反应的时候，我们有反应；当别人拒绝接受关于基督是我们的生命的话时，我们却接受了；当别人退却，不接受今天主恢复的路时，我们却走在这条路上。有些人能作见证，他们今天虽然在主的恢复里，但那些带他们走这条路的人，自己却不走这条路了（罗马书生命读经，七二○至七二三页）。
18Why is it that some believers are willing to bear their responsibility and that others are not? The answer lies in God’s mercy. In Romans 9:15 Paul quotes the Lord’s words, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy.” Because of God’s mercy in His selection of grace, we responded to the gospel when others did not respond; we received a word about Christ as our life when others refused to receive it; and we took the way of the Lord’s recovery today when others drew back from taking this way. Some can testify that although they are in the Lord’s recovery today, those who brought them to this way did not come this way themselves. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 591-593)
19参读：新约总论，第一百一十篇。
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今日要点
20主题：认识神的怜悯，使我们在神新约的经纶里有真正的事奉
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21引经：罗九15~16
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221.神的怜悯在于祂的主宰权柄：
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23A. 在罗马九章这段经文中，不仅说到神的主宰权柄，也说到神的怜悯，在15~16节说，『因为祂对摩西说，「我要向谁施怜悯，就向谁施怜悯；要对谁动怜恤，就对谁动怜恤。」这样看来，这不在于那定意的，也不在于那奔跑的，只在于那施怜悯的神』，我们越认识神的主宰权柄，就越会对祂的怜悯感谢祂。
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24B.我们能参加召会的聚会，乃是由于主的怜悯，想想有多少人被罪恶的事或世界的事所缠累，但我们渴望在主的同在中聚集一起，听祂的话语，寻求祂的心意，实行与祂是一，这完全是神主宰的怜悯，或许我们是顽梗又悖逆的，我们很快就悔改了，这说出我们乃是在神主宰的怜悯之下。
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252.认识神的怜悯，使我们在神新约的经纶里有真正的事奉：
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26A.我们若回顾以往，看看圣灵在我们身上的轨迹，我们就会低头敬拜，在我们出生以前，祂就拣选了我们，预定了我们，并安排每一件与我们有关的事，包括出生的时间和地点，甚至使我们能够接触基督徒，听见福音，这完全跟我们的努力无关，完全在于神的怜悯。
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27B.我们若要在神儿子的福音上正确的事奉神，就必须认识，这福音包含了恩典的拣选，这福音完全出于神主宰的权柄，当我们看见这一切与我们有关的每一件事都在于神的怜悯，我们就会越发让主背负着我们，使我们能背负我们的责任，甚至，我们的背负责任，在神新约经纶里事奉，也完全在于神的怜悯。
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28应用：我们若看见神主宰的怜悯，就要学习祷告说，「主，为着你的主宰权柄，我敬拜你，因你的主宰权柄反映出你的怜悯。主，我既软弱又有罪，有时候甚至是悖逆的。但是主，我感谢你，我的心已被软化，总是愿意悔改。主，我感谢你给我这样一颗柔软的心。」
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