走享受基督作生命树的路
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走享受基督作生命树的路,为着成就神永远的经纶
Taking the Way of Enjoying Christ As the Tree of Life For the Accomplishing of God’s Eternal Economy
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晨兴:     
  
读经:创二7~9,启二7,二二14,约一4,十四6上,十10下,六35、57、63
壹 在创世记二章,我们看见在人面前的两个拣选—生命树和善恶知识树—7~9节:
 
一 两棵树表明在这宇宙中,有两个意志、两个源头和两种可能,让人运用自由意志来拣选—参申三十19~20。
Ⅰ In Genesis 2 we see two choices before man—the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—vv. 7-9:
二 生命树表征作三一神具体化身的基督,以食物的形态作人的生命,使人享受祂,并被祂构成,使祂得着荣耀,就是祂团体的彰显,因而成就神照着祂永远经纶之原初的心意—创一26,赛四三7,创二9,启二7,二二14,约一4,十四6上,十10下,六35、57、63,启二一10~11,参四3:
A The two trees show that in this universe there are two wills, two sources, and two possibilities for man to choose with his free will—cf. Deut. 30:19-20.
1 生命树,神的树,神树,乃是宇宙的中心。
B The tree of life signifies Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, as life to man in the form of food for man to enjoy Him and be constituted with Him for His glory, His corporate expression, thus accomplishing God's original intention according to His eternal economy—Gen. 1:26; Isa. 43:7; Gen. 2:9; Rev. 2:7; 22:14; John 1:4; 14:6a; 10:10b; 6:35, 57, 63; Rev. 21:10-11; cf. 4:3:
2 旧约开始于生命树(创二9),新约结束于生命树(启二二2、14);因此,神作人生命的思想,贯穿整个神圣的启示。
1 The tree of life, the tree of God, the God-tree, is the center of the universe.
3 神将人安置在生命树跟前,指明神要人借着生机地吃祂,并新陈代谢地吸收祂,而接受祂作人的生命,使神成为人之所是的构成成分—约六57、63,耶十五16,太四4。
2 The Old Testament begins with the tree of life (Gen. 2:9), and the New Testament ends with the tree of life (Rev. 22:2, 14); thus, the thought of God being man's life runs through the entire divine revelation.
三 善恶知识树表征撒但对人乃是死亡的源头—来二14:
 
1 这树也表征神以外一切的事物;任何不是神自己的事物,包括善的,甚至合乎圣经及宗教的事物,都会被那狡猾者撒但所利用,将死亡带给人—约五39~40,林后三6下。
C The tree of the knowledge of good and evil signifies Satan as the source of death to man—Heb. 2:14:
2 善与恶不是由两棵树所表征,乃是由一棵树,就是第二棵树所表征;因此,寻求神以外的善,乃是属于撒但。
1 It also signifies all things apart from God, for anything that is not God Himself, including good things and even scriptural things and religious things, can be utilized by Satan, the subtle one, to bring death to man—John 5:39-40; 2 Cor. 3:6b.
3 真正的善乃是神自己;因此,得着神就等于得着真正的善—太十九17上,可十17~18,诗十六2。
2 Good and evil are not signified by two trees but by one tree, the second tree; thus, seeking good other than God belongs to Satan.
四 生命树使人倚靠神(约十五5),但知识树使人悖逆神并向神独立(参创三5):
 
1 吃指明倚靠;神是我们的食物,由生命树所表征,意思就是我们必须不断倚靠神。
D The tree of life causes man to be dependent on God (John 15:5), but the tree of knowledge causes man to rebel against God and be independent from Him (cf. Gen. 3:5):
2 知识树指明独立;在神眼中,人第一次的罪和最大的罪就是独立。
1 Eating indicates dependence; that God is our food, signified by the tree of life, means that we must depend on God continually.
五 两棵树带进两条线,两条路—生命的路与死亡的路—贯穿整本圣经并结束于启示录:
2 The tree of knowledge indicates independence; in the eyes of God, man's first sin and the greatest sin is independence.
1 死亡开始于知识树(创二17),结束于火湖(启二十10、14)。
E The two trees issue in two lines, two ways—the way of life and the way of death—that run through the entire Bible and end in the book of Revelation:
2 生命开始于生命树,结束于新耶路撒冷,就是生命水的城—二二1~2。
1 Death begins with the tree of knowledge (Gen. 2:17) and ends with the lake of fire (Rev. 20:10, 14).
贰 我们必须借着享受基督作为生命树而留在生命之路、生命的线上,维持在生命中,使我们在生命上长大,为着神在生命里的建造—约十10下,启二二1~2,弗四16,二21~22,西二19:
 
一 我们留在生命之路上,乃是借着按照生命的原则生活与事奉,而不是按照是非的原则:
Ⅱ We must stay on the way of life, the line of life, in the maintenance of life by enjoying Christ as the tree of life for God's building in life by our growth in life—John 10:10b; Rev. 22:1-2; Eph. 4:16; 2:21-22; Col. 2:19:
1 我们必须不照着是非,只照着我们灵中内里生命的感觉,就是生命的引导而生活行事—罗八6,林后二13。
A We stay on the way of life by living and serving according to the principle of life, not according to the principle of right and wrong:
2 基督徒生活的标准乃是我们里面内住的基督;不是对或错的问题,乃是我们里面的神圣生命是否响应的问题—太十七3、5、8,参玛二15~16。
1 We must live and act according to the inner sense of life in our spirit, the leading of life, not according to right and wrong—Rom. 8:6; 2 Cor. 2:13.
二 我们留在生命之路上,乃是借着爱主到极点,吸引人快跑跟随祂—可十二30,歌一4上:
 
1 要享受基督作生命树,我们必须一直告诉祂:“主耶稣,我爱你”;如果我们向着主耶稣有火热的爱,让祂在一切事上居首位,我们就会享受祂一切的所是—启二4~5、7。
B We stay on the way of life by loving the Lord to the uttermost, drawing others to run after Him—Mark 12:30; S. S. 1:4a:
2 要享受基督作生命树,我们必须把人许配给祂,将他们带进对主耶稣这宝贵人位真实的珍赏、爱和享受里—林后十一2~3。
1 To enjoy Christ as the tree of life, we must tell Him all the time, “Lord Jesus, I love You”; if we have a burning love toward the Lord Jesus, giving Him the first place in all things, we will enjoy all that He is—Rev. 2:4-5, 7.
三 我们留在生命之路上,乃是借着祷读主的话,默想主的话而吃耶稣,并操练我们信心的灵而将是灵的话供应到别人里面—约六57、63,耶十五16,诗一一九15,太四4,二四45,林前二4~5、13:
2 To enjoy Christ as the tree of life, we must betroth people to Him, bringing them into the genuine appreciation, love, and enjoyment of the precious person of the Lord Jesus—2 Cor. 11:2-3.
1 我们必须清晨在话中享受祂,每日有新的起头,并且接受祂的话,谨慎地反复思想—诗一一九15、147~148,参利十一3。
C We stay on the way of life by eating Jesus through pray-reading the Word, musing on the word, and ministering the word as the Spirit into others by the exercise of our spirit of faith—John 6:57, 63; Jer. 15:16; Psa. 119:15; Matt. 4:4; 24:45; 1 Cor. 2:4-5, 13:
2 无论得时不得时,我们都必须每日对各种人讲说基督(徒五42,八4,提后四2),并且拼上一切,竭力建立在每一个聚会中说话的习惯(林前十四26、4~5、12、31)。
1 We must enjoy Him in the Word early in the morning to have a new start of each day, and we must receive His word with much and careful consideration—Psa. 119:15, 147-148; cf. Lev. 11:3.
四 我们留在生命之路上,乃是借着享受三一神作为生命之灵的律,同其神圣的性能—罗八2,耶三二39:
 
1 在伊甸园中的这两棵树里,我们看见生命、善与恶;我们是伊甸园的小影,在我们的灵里有生命之灵的律,在我们天然、独立的心思里有善的律,在我们的肉体里有恶的律—罗七23,八2、16。
D We stay on the way of life by enjoying the Triune God as the law of the Spirit of life with its divine capacity—Rom. 8:2; Jer. 32:39:
2 我们必须照着灵而行,并将我们的心思置于灵,借此“打开”生命之灵的律的“开关”,使那作生命的三一神得以分赐到我们三部分的人里—2、4、6、10~11节。
1 In the garden of Eden with the two trees, we see life, good, and evil; we are a miniature garden of Eden with the law of the Spirit of life in our spirit, the law of good in our natural, independent mind, and the law of evil in our flesh—Rom. 7:23; 8:2, 16.
五 我们留在生命之路上,乃是借着活在复活里,活在召会作基督身体的实际里;召会作基督的身体,乃是由金灯台这棵复活生命的树所表征;这是为叫我们成为新耶路撒冷这生命的城,有神的荣耀,作神的彰显—弗一22~23,出二五31~40,启一11~12,二一10~11。
2 We must “switch on” the law of the Spirit of life by walking according to the spirit and setting our mind on the spirit for the dispensing of the Triune God as life into our tripartite being—vv. 2, 4, 6, 10-11.
叁 我们成为得胜者独一的路,乃是借着吃并享受基督作生命树,使我们能在生命里变化而成为男孩子,为着展示基督的得胜,并使我们成为基督的新妇,使祂满足—二7、17,三20~21,十二5~12,十九7~9,二二2、14。
E We stay on the way of life by living in resurrection, in the reality of the church as the Body of Christ, signified by the golden lampstand as a tree of resurrection life; this is so that we may bear the glory of God for God's expression as the city of life, the New Jerusalem—Eph. 1:22-23; Exo. 25:31-40; Rev. 1:11-12; 21:10-11.
晨兴喂养  
  创二8~9 耶和华神……栽植了一个园子,把所塑造的人安放在那里。耶和华神使各样的树从地里长出来,可以悦人的眼目,也好作食物;园子当中有生命树,还有善恶知识树。

  神达成祂目的的路,首先是造人为器皿盛装祂自己作生命,然后是将人安置在园中生命树跟前,指明神的用意是要人吃这树的果子。然而,同着生命树的,还有创世记二章九节和十七节所提的善恶知识树。所以,我们需要仔细来看这两棵树的意义。

  神虽然要人吃生命树,却没有强迫人,也没有把生命树放到人里面。反之,神给人自由的意志,让人有选择的自由。……神创造人,给人有选择的自由。为什么?因为神是大的,不是小的。只有小的人才强迫别人接受他的意见。……你若是大的,就绝不会强迫别人接受(创世记生命读经,一九七页)。
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  神若不给人选择,那祂就是强迫人接受生命树了。神太大了,祂不作这样的事。神是尊贵且满有吸引的。为着显示祂的伟大,并且证明祂的吸引力,祂需要第二棵树。

  神今天仍是一样,祂从来不强制任何人接受祂。当主耶稣来的时候,祂不强制人跟从祂。祂将自己摆在人前,总是尊重人选择的自由。主似乎说,“你若喜欢我,就接受我;若不喜欢我,可以把我忘了。”也许有人觉得,我们是被主的怜悯所迫才相信祂的。在某种程度内我也这么觉得;祂的怜悯征服了我们,劝服我们来接受祂。

  神在伊甸园中,也是照着同样的原则,将亚当安置在指明两个源头的两棵树跟前。神要人选择作生命树的祂。……生命树是一个表号,表征神是那正确的源头(参诗三六9,约一4,十10下,十一25,十四6,约壹五12,西三4)。我们若只读创世记二章,就不会领会生命树的意义。然而约翰福音却把生命树所表明的生命,具体地启示出来。一章四节说,“生命在祂里面。”十五章五节告诉我们,主耶稣是葡萄树。我们把这两节摆在一起,就领会基督是生命树。主耶稣,神的具体表现,乃是生命树。因此,创世记二章的生命树,乃是神这生命源头的表号。

  除了这源头,在宇宙中还有另一棵树,另一个源头—死亡。然而,这树不叫死亡树,而叫善恶知识树。在宇宙中有这样一棵树。这两棵树彼此对抗;生命树指明神这生命的源头,知识树指明撒但这死亡的源头。正如神是生命的源头,撒但乃是死亡的源头。因此,在二章我们看到由两棵树所表征的两个源头(创世记生命读经,一九八至二○○页)。

  从创世记到启示录,神作人生命的思想贯穿了整本圣经。……神创造活物,指明神是生命的神。……神按着自己的形像造人(创一26~27),这个行动指明神要人得着祂自己作人的生命,使人能以彰显祂。……人唯有得着神作生命,才能彰显神。……生命树(二8~9)象征神是生命。……所以,我们接受生命树时,就将神接受到我们里面作我们的生命。……所以生命树也可以称为“神的树”(李文集一九九○年第一册,二八一至二八三页)。

  参读:历史与启示,第八篇。
  Gen. 2:8-9 And Jehovah God planted a garden…; and there He put the man whom He had formed. And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

  God’s way of accomplishing His purpose was first to create man as a vessel to contain Himself as life and then to place him in a garden before the tree of life, indicating that God’s intention was for man to partake of the fruit of this tree. However, along with the tree of life, Genesis 2:9 and 17 mention the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Therefore, we need to consider very carefully the significance of these two trees.

  Although God wanted man to eat of the tree of life, He did not force him to do it. Neither did God put the tree of life into him. Instead, God gave man free will. God created man with freedom of choice. Why did God do this? God is great. He is not small. Only a small man forces people to accept his opinion… If you are a great man, you will never force people to accept you. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 159)
晨兴喂养  
  创二16~17 耶和华神吩咐那人说,……善恶知识树上的果子,你不可吃,因为你吃的日子必定死。

  来二14  儿女既同有血肉之体,祂也照样亲自有分于血肉之体,为要借着死,废除那掌死权的,就是魔鬼。

  两个选择中,第一个……是生命树,这树指明神自己是生命。生命树的内容是生命,单单、纯粹、绝对是生命。这树的性质和结果也是生命。生命是内容、性质和结果。一切都是生命。……生命树的原则是什么?生命树的原则就是倚靠。我们必须倚靠。

  第二个选择是知识树(创二17),这树是和生命树相反的。要注意这棵树称为善恶知识树,而不仅是恶的知识树。善的知识和恶的知识都出自同一棵树。不管知识是善的或是恶的,只要是知识就不属于生命树,而属于知识树。

  虽然善恶知识树表征撒但,但不是直接表征。这树首先表征神以外的一切事物,然后间接表征撒但,因为撒但躲藏在一切神以外的事物背后。撒但喜欢隐藏自己。因此,知识树间接代表撒但(创世记生命读经,二○一、二○五页)。
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  神总是坦率的,且从正面而来;然而,撒但是狡猾的,总是躲在背后。撒但若要找你麻烦,他不会公开地、老实地作,乃是狡猾地借着你的妻子,或世界的一部分,譬如百货公司,来烦扰你。有的时候他甚至利用圣经,借着其中的字句困扰你。不要忘了犹太宗教徒,就是那些法利赛人和经学家,他们怎样用圣经把主耶稣定了死罪(约十九7)。因为撒但是狡猾的,知识树并不直接表征他,乃是表征神以外的一切事物,包括美好的事物、合乎圣经的事物以及宗教的事物。不管是好是坏,只要不是神自己,都会被撒但利用。

  在神之外,一切的事物可分为知识、善、恶这三类。假设你打算作一件好事,然而在你灵的深处却觉得不要碰,也不要作。……不要应用善恶的原则,乃要与生命的原则合作;你里面若没有平安,就表示生命之灵不赞同你的打算,你必须与祂合作。你若肯,就能得着生命。你过去没有一再重复这样的经历么?什么时候你照着善行动,你就被杀死,你就经历死。然而,你若照里面的生命行动,你就得着更丰盛的生命。

  因为生命树是生命的树,所以性质和结果都是生命;因为知识、善和恶都属于死,且带进死,所以善恶知识树的性质和结果都是死。……实际上,善恶知识树是死亡树;但是它不叫死亡树,却叫善恶知识树。死亡不仅在恶的背后,也在知识和善的背后。善恶知识树是个诡秘的称呼,因为撒但总是喜欢隐藏自己。撒但是掌死权的(来二14)。善恶知识树实际上是死亡树,所以这树表征撒但(创世记生命读经,二○五至二○七、二○九页)。

  参读:约伯记生命读经,第三十七篇;李文集一九六九年第三册,基督徒生活中的两棵树,第一、三章。
  Gen. 2:16-17 And Jehovah God commanded the man, saying,… Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, of it you shall not eat; for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.

  Heb. 2:14 …The children have shared in blood and flesh, He also Himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil.

  The first of…two choices was the tree of life, which denoted God Himself as life. The content of the tree of life is life. It is life, simply, purely, and absolutely. The nature of this tree and the result of this tree are also life. Life is the content, nature, and result. Everything is life…What is the principle of the tree of life? Its principle is dependence. We all must be dependent.

  The second choice was the tree of knowledge (Gen. 2:17), which was the opposite of the tree of life. Note that this tree was called the tree of knowledge of good and evil, not simply the knowledge of evil. Both the knowledge of good and the knowledge of evil come from the same tree. It does not matter whether knowledge is the knowledge of good or of evil. As long as it is knowledge, it does not belong to the tree of life. It belongs to the tree of knowledge.

  Although the tree of the knowledge of good and evil signifies Satan, it does not signify him directly. It first signifies everything apart from God, and then it signifies Satan indirectly, because Satan is hidden at the back of the things that are apart from God. Satan likes to conceal himself. Thus, the tree of knowledge represents him indirectly: (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 162, 165-166)
晨兴喂养  
  约十五5 我是葡萄树,你们是枝子;住在我里面的,我也住在他里面,这人就多结果子;因为离了我,你们就不能作什么。

  启二二2  在河这边与那边有生命树,生产十二样果子,每月都结出果子,树上的叶子乃为医治万民。

  在创世记一至二章里,几乎每件事都是神圣启示的种子。这两棵树也是这样的种子,……在圣经接下来的各卷中逐渐长大,并且在启示录里成熟收割。在启示录二十章十节和十四节,我们看到死亡被扔在火湖里;在二十二章二节,我们看见生命在新耶路撒冷里。在圣经起头我们看到死亡和生命,到了结尾再次看到死亡和生命。在圣经首尾之间有两条线—死亡线与生命线。这两条线都是始于创世记而终于启示录。死亡始于善恶知识树,终于火湖;生命始于生命树,终于新耶路撒冷。我们得救之前是在死亡线上,得救以后就被摆在生命线上(创世记生命读经,二○○至二○一页)。
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  生命树表征神对人乃是生命。……生命树产生倚靠的生命。……人若接受生命树,这会在人里面产生倚靠的生命。……凡与生命有关的事,都是倚靠的事。你无法从任何生命的事毕业。吃是倚靠的事。你不能说,你吃过上好的食物,你吃得太够了,所以你不需要再吃了。当然,喝与呼吸也是倚靠的事,是我们不能毕业的。

  这表明接受神作我们的生命,会产生倚靠的生命。另一面,知识产生独立。……神对我们不是知识,神对我们乃是生命。我们接受祂作我们的生命,这神圣的生命立刻就在我们里面产生一种倚靠。我们必须一直地倚靠祂。祂是葡萄树,我们是枝子。枝子必须住在葡萄树上(约十五5)。离了葡萄树,枝子就成为死的。……所有的枝子都倚靠葡萄树的生命。

  在我们得救以前,我们全然向神独立。但我们向神悔改并相信神,就成为倚靠的。每当我们独立,那就是我们凭知识而活的时候。每当我们凭着我们的灵,凭着生命而活,我们就全然倚靠神。因此,这乃是由两种生命所产生的两种原则。神圣的生命使我们倚靠,撒但的生命使我们独立。独立的意思就是背叛;背叛的意思就是向神独立。

  神要人借着吃的方式接受祂作生命。……吃是生机地接受养分唯一的路。……你所吃的,就成为你生机的养分。……吃是唯一的路,而神是人唯一的食物。……我们所吃一切物质的食物都是影儿。神是我们食物的实际〔参西二16~17〕。……借着吃接受神,就是新陈代谢地将神吸收到我们的所是里。……祂的新元素就顶替我们的所是,我们的旧元素就被排除(李文集一九七九年第一册,六五四至六五五、六五七至六五九页)。

  吃指明倚靠。神是我们的食物,由生命树所表征,意思就是我们必须不断倚靠神。我们必须来到神这里,好一再从祂得喂养。……我们若吃知识树,就不倚靠神,反倒使我们向神独立。在神眼中,最大的罪乃是独立。我们必须学习不断地倚靠神(李文集一九九○年第一册,二七七页)。

  参读:生命信息,第二十六至二十七章;享受基督,第一章。
  John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.

  Rev. 22:2 And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life, producing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.

  Nearly everything in Genesis 1 and 2 is a seed of the divine revelation. The two trees are such seeds…These seeds grow in the following books of the Bible and are reaped as a harvest in the book of Revelation. In Revelation 20:10 and 14 we see that death is cast into the lake of fire. In Revelation 22:2 we see that life abides in the New Jerusalem. At the beginning of the Bible we find death and life, and at the end of the Bible we again see death and life. Between the two ends of the Bible two lines are set forth—the line of death and the line of life. Both lines begin in the book of Genesis and end in the book of Revelation. Death begins with the tree of knowledge of good and evil and ends with the lake of fire. Life begins with the tree of life and ends at the New Jerusalem. Before we were saved, we were on the line of death. After we were saved, we were put on the line of life. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 162)
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  约十10  ……我来了,是要叫羊得生命,并且得的更丰盛。

  启二二1~2 天使又指给我看在城内街道当中一道生命水的河,明亮如水晶,从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。在河这边与那边有生命树……。

  生命树的原则和善恶知识树的原则,可在全本圣经中看到。圣经中一切消极的事物都在知识树的线上,一切积极的事物都在生命树的线上。我称第一条线为知识线,第二条线为生命线。我们若顺着这两条线,就贯通全本圣经。

  人受引诱去吃知识树,结果人堕落了。堕落之人的后裔全然不倚靠神,他们依赖自己的知识。……严格地说,生命线是由堕落而蒙救赎的亚当开始,再继续经过亚伯、以诺、挪亚、亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和许多以色列人。在这条生命线上有挪亚的帐棚、亚伯拉罕的帐棚、帐幕和圣殿。知识线是由该隐开始,继续经过所有不敬虔的人。在知识线上有以诺城、巴别城、所多玛城、法老的积货城以及将生命线上的事物掳去的巴比伦城(创世记生命读经,二一一至二一二页)。
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  在新约中我们看到同样的两条线。虽然旧约和律法原初是在生命线上,但是犹太宗教徒只把它们当作知识对待,将它们放在知识线上。……当主耶稣来时,那些宗教首领全都在知识线上,只有主耶稣自己是在生命线上。然后主把祂的门徒带到生命线上。在五旬节那天,祂的门徒把许多人带到生命线上。因此,在那时,犹太宗教是在知识线上,而召会是在生命线上。然而不久以后,召会堕落了,从活的基督落到死的圣经知识中,并且成了基督教。召会是在生命线上,基督教却是在知识线上。……历世历代基督徒中的得胜者,从未从生命线移到知识线。他们留在生命线上,直到末了;那时这条线要终结于新耶路撒冷。大巴比伦和一切神之外的事物要被火河(但七10)扫入火湖里(启二十10、14~15,二一8)。而历世历代圣经中一切积极的事物,都要被生命水的河(二二1)带进新耶路撒冷。……在启示录的末了,我们看到知识树和生命树这两粒种子的收成。

  基督徒的许多书籍给我们作事的作法和方法。……例如,关于与基督同钉十字架的事,这些书告诉我们要算自己是死的。如果我们只把这个当作一个作法或方法,这就属于知识树。……知识或宗教的意思就是作好人,行好事,敬拜神或为神作工,却没有神活的同在。一切为神所作的好事,若没有祂的同在,就是宗教。一件事情对我们可能是生命,也可能是知识。我们在作的时候,若是经历到活神的同在,那就是生命;若是没有神的同在,那就只是死的知识。一切的作法或方法,都不能帮助我们。我们需要活的神。

  生命就是神自己。……生命的原则就是在每一件事上倚靠神。你若倚靠神,就每一件事都是生命(创世记生命读经,二一二至二一三、二一六至二一七页)。

  参读:倪柝声文集第三辑第十册,两种生活的原则;生命长大的路线,第一篇;倪柝声文集第一辑第八册,人第一次的罪。
  John 10:10 …I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly.

  Rev. 22:1-2 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street. And on this side and on that side of the river was the tree of life…

  The principle of the tree of life and the principle of the tree of knowledge of good and evil are realized throughout the whole Bible. All the negative things in the Bible are on the line of the tree of knowledge, and all the positive things are on the line of the tree of life. I call the first line the line of knowledge and the second line, the line of life. If we follow these two lines, they carry us through the entire Scripture.

  Man was induced to eat of the tree of knowledge. As a result, man fell. The descendants of fallen man did not depend upon God at all. They relied upon their knowledge… Strictly speaking, the line of life began with Adam, who was fallen and redeemed, and continued through Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and so many Israelites. On this line of life we have the tent of Noah, the tent of Abraham, the tabernacle, and the temple. The line of knowledge began with Cain and continued through all the ungodly people. On the line of knowledge we have the city of Enoch, Babel, Sodom, the treasure cities of Pharaoh, and Babylon, which captured the things on the line of life. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 172)
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  林后十一2  我以神的妒忌,妒忌你们,因为我曾把你们许配一个丈夫,要将一个贞洁的童女献给基督。

  诗一一九147~148 我趁天未亮呼求;我仰望了你的言语。我趁夜更未换,将眼睁开,为要默想你的话语。

  主耶稣不是道理,也不是一些恩赐或一种能力;祂乃是一个人位,需要我们的爱、我们的珍赏和我们的感情。我们多么需要对主耶稣有甜美的感情和爱意。

  我们可能谈论基督是我们的生命,但我们若对祂没有真实的爱,祂是我们的生命就只是道理。……我们若要享受耶稣作生命,就必须爱祂。只要我们爱祂,即使我们不知道“生命”这辞,我们也会享受生命。我们不懂得道理,但我们会享受耶稣这活的人位作我们的生命。……我们也许有许多教训,有各样恩赐和能力,却不愿意接受基督的个性。主耶稣……需要一个像彼得那样爱祂的人,能对祂说,“哦,主耶稣,我爱你!我跟从你。我以你作我的人位。我接受你的个性作我的个性。我接受你的意愿作我的意愿。我接受你的愿望作我的愿望。我不在意教训、恩赐和能力,我只在意你自己。我爱你,我跟从你,接受你作我的人位。”(李文集一九七二年第一册,三○七至三一○页)
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  在约翰二十一章,主问彼得是否爱祂,彼得告诉主说,“你知道我爱你。”然后主回答说,“你喂养我的小羊。”“你喂养我的羊。”(15、17)说话不仅是造就或教导,也是喂养小羊和喂养羊。……我们要喂养主的羊,就必须爱主。我们应当告诉主:“主,我爱你。所以我喜欢向人述说你。”我们越爱祂,我们就越有资格,越受装备,甚至越受成全而说话。

  我们也必须每日清晨在话中享受主,有新的起头(诗一一九 147~148)。照着神在祂创造里的原则,祂命定有新的一年、新的一月和新的一日。每一年我们能有三百六十五个新的开始;我们若三百六十四天都失败了,仍有一次机会过成功的一天。今天我们可能失败了,但感谢主,明天仍然在这里等着我们。明天早晨我们将会有另一次机会,有一个新的开始。每二十四个小时就有一个新的机会,让我们有新的开始,并让我们得更新。

  有新的开始不是很困难,而是很容易的。只要早一点起床,说,“哦,主耶稣。哦,主耶稣。”你不必大声呼喊吵到别人。只要说,“哦,主耶稣。”这样说就会有很大的不同。有时我醒来后,忘记马上呼求主;这成为我的一个大亏损。我一发现这个,就说,“主耶稣,赦免我忘记了你。”……然后我们需要祷读一小段主的话,任何一处圣经,二节至四节。我们能借着祷读,用主的话并在祂的话里享受主。我们每天早晨应该这样作,好有美好的新起头。我们能对自己、对主,甚至对天使说主的话。我们能对我们的宠物,甚至对家具说主的话。当我们这样说主的话,我们将是第一个被我们的说话滋养的人。在清晨,我们不必花很长的时间在话中享受主。十到十五分钟就足够得滋养,在新的一天有新的起头。我们需要实行这个(李文集一九八八年第一册,二四二、二四六至二四七页)。

  参读:享受基督活而实际的路,第三章;李文集一九六九年第三册,享受并供应基督,以完成神的定旨,第一章。
  2 Cor. 11:2 For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.

  Psa. 119:147-148 I anticipated the dawn and cried out; I hoped in Your words. My eyes anticipated the night watches, that I might muse upon Your word.

  The Lord Jesus is not a doctrine; He is not a set of gifts or a power; He is a person who needs our love, our appreciation, and our affection. How we need the sweet affection and love toward the Lord Jesus!

  We may talk about Christ being our life, but if we do not have the real love toward Him, He is only life to us in doctrine…If we would enjoy Jesus as life, we must love Him. As long as we love Him, even if we do not know the term life, we will enjoy life. We will not know a doctrine, but we will enjoy Jesus, a living person, as our very life. We may have many teachings with all the gifts and power, and yet we would not take the personality of Christ. The Lord Jesus… needs someone like Peter to love Him, someone to tell Him, “O Lord Jesus, I love You! I follow You. I take You as my person. I take Your personality as my personality. I take Your will as my will. I take Your desire as my desire. I do not care for teachings, gifts, and power. I just care for You. I love You, and I follow You, taking You as my person.” (CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs,” pp. 234-236)
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  罗八2 因为生命之灵的律,在基督耶稣里已经释放了我,使我脱离了罪与死的律。

   6 因为心思置于肉体,就是死;心思置于灵,乃是生命平安。

  每一个真正的基督徒都是伊甸园的缩影。你魂的心思代表你自己,你肉体中的罪代表撒但〔这善恶知识树〕,而你灵中的那灵代表神〔这生命树〕。……在罗马八章……我们看到那两棵树的出现。六节说,“心思置于肉体,就是死;心思置于灵,乃是生命平安。”创世记二章的两棵树是客观的,罗马八章的两棵树是主观的。我们绝不能说,这两棵树不再同我们在一起了。甚至在你读这篇信息时,它们就在你里面。……二节说到生命之灵的律,释放我们脱离了罪与死的律。所以,在八章有两个律—生命的律和死的律。这两个律是在我们主观经历中两棵树的两个原则(创世记生命读经,二一八页)。
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  罗马八章二节……的“我”是谁呢?就是那个把开关打开的“我”。这节不是说生命之灵无条件地释放每个信徒,至少七章里的那个信徒就还没得着释放,他仍在挣扎。等到八章,保罗才点出这个律还无法成就一些事。律早已设立了,也在神的运作之下;然而,还需要保罗把开关打开。

  我们都重生了,我们有神的内住,也有调和的灵,这些都算是电力的装置。……装置已经完成,运转也在进行。现在就等你把开关打开,等你照着灵而行,等你将心思置于灵,等你治死身体的行为,等你被那灵引导,等你呼叫阿爸父,等你作见证,等你叹息(李文集一九八○年第一册,四二四、四二八至四二九页)。

  这棵金树〔出埃及二十五章的金灯台〕有许多杏花。……亚伦的杖结了熟杏,表征复活的生命。因此,灯台上的杏花指明它是一棵在复活里的树。复活乃是胜过死亡而且不被死亡毁坏、损伤的生命。死亡不能对复活的生命作什么。死亡能把各样的损害加在别种生命上,就是加在植物、动物以及人的生命上。唯有一种生命是死亡损伤不了的,就是复活的生命。……按照圣经完满的启示,神自己就是这复活的生命。

  灯台当然是发光的;然而,灯台的头一个意义不是光,乃是生命。光是在灯台的顶端,在这照耀的光底下乃是花苞。灯台是会生长的。每一对枝子下面的花萼,指明生命的生长,这些枝子是由生命的生长所产生的。因此,随着灯台我们还看见生命的分枝,这是在光的照耀之下产生的。生命生出光来,也长出光来。这意思是说,光实际上就是生命的开花。我们生长、开花时,光就照耀。我们的开花就是我们的照耀。我们因生命而长大,但我们照耀出光来。

  赞美主,我们〔这些相信基督的人〕在复活里,乃是这棵树的一部分,有神圣的性情、生命、那灵和照耀的光!……这棵活的树一直在生长、分枝、发苞并开花。……开花就是光的照耀。因此,光乃是生命的开花。事实上光就是生命。约翰一章一节和四节说,“太初有话,……话就是神。……生命在祂里面,这生命就是人的光。”这乃是三一神具体化身的基督,作生命的光照耀出来(出埃及记生命读经,一二四七至一二四九页)。

  参读:成全训练,第三十一、三十三章;神圣的经纶,第四章;出埃及记生命读经,第九十三篇。
  Rom. 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death.

  6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.

  Every genuine Christian is a miniature garden of Eden. The mind of your soul represents your self, sin in your flesh represents Satan [as the tree of knowledge], and the Spirit in your spirit represents God [as the tree of life]. In Romans 8…we see the outcrop of the two trees. Romans 8:6 says that the mind set on the flesh is death and that the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. In Genesis 2 the two trees were objective; in Romans 8 they are subjective. We should never say that these two trees are no longer with us. Even as you read this message, they are within you…Romans 8:2 mentions the law of the Spirit of life, which sets us free from the law of sin and death. Therefore, in Romans 8 we have two laws—the law of life and the law of death. These two laws are the two principles of the two trees in our subjective experience. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 177-178)
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