叁 主的恢复乃是恢复用起初的爱,上好的爱,来爱主耶稣,并恢复吃主耶稣作生命树,为着建造基督生机的身体,就是建造那作神永远经纶之目标的新耶路撒冷—弗四15~16,启二二14: |
Ⅲ The Lord's recovery is a recovery of loving the Lord Jesus with the first love, the best love, and of eating the Lord Jesus as the tree of life for the building up of the organic Body of Christ, which is the building up of the New Jerusalem as the goal of God's eternal economy—Eph. 4:15-16; Rev. 22:14: |
一 我们要享受基督作生命树,就必须一直告诉祂:“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—二4~5、7,林前二9。 |
A 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—2:4-5, 7; 1 Cor. 2:9. |
二 信主就是接受祂作生命,爱主就是享受祂作生命,享受我们所接受的这人位;信是神所赐我们的,要我们用以接受基督作生命;爱是由这美妙的信所发出来的,叫我们在作我们生命的基督里,能活出三一神的一切丰富—彼后一1,来十二1~2上,林后四13,加五6,约一12~13,二一15~17,西三4。 |
B To believe in the Lord is to receive Him as life, and to love the Lord is to enjoy Him as life, to enjoy the very person whom we have received; faith is given to us by God so that by it we may receive Christ as our life; love issues out of such a wonderful faith and enables us to live out all the riches of the Triune God in Christ as our life—2 Pet. 1:1; Heb. 12:1-2a; 2 Cor. 4:13; Gal. 5:6; John 1:12-13; 21:15-17; Col. 3:4. |
三 我们信主耶稣时所接受的生命乃是一个人位,我们应用并享受这人位唯一的路,乃是用起初的爱来爱祂;作我们生命的主耶稣既是一个人位,我们就必须与祂有新鲜的接触,此时此刻并天天享受祂现今的同在—约十一25,十四5~6,提前一14,林后五14~15,启二4~7,西一18下,罗六4,七6。 |
C The very life that we received when we believed in the Lord Jesus is a person, and the only way to apply and enjoy this person is by loving Him with the first love; since the Lord Jesus as our life is a person, we need a new contact with Him to enjoy His present presence at this very moment and day by day—John 11:25; 14:5-6; 1 Tim. 1:14; 2 Cor. 5:14-15; Rev. 2:4-7; Col. 1:18b; Rom. 6:4; 7:6. |
四 “你当献上自己来爱主。没有别的路如此有效,也没有别的路如此稳妥、丰富,如此满了享受。你只要爱祂,不要在乎别的事”—雅歌中所描绘的生命与建造,二三页。 |
D “Give yourself to love the Lord. No other way is so prevailing, and no other way is so safe, so rich, and so full of enjoyment. Just love Him. Do not care for anything else”—Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs, pp. 23-24. |
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歌一2~4 愿他用口与我亲嘴!因你的爱情比酒更美。你的膏油馨香;你的名如同倒出来的香膏,所以众童女都爱你。愿你吸引我,我们就快跑跟随你……。 林后五14 原来基督的爱困迫我们,因我们断定:一人既替众人死,众人就都死了。 生命是一个人位;除了爱,没有别的路可以应用并享受这人位。我们必须爱祂。在已过诸世纪中,有些圣徒常祷告说,“主啊,给我看见你的爱,使我能爱你。”我们需要有同样的祷告。一旦我们看见耶稣的爱,我们就会深深地被困迫、被抓住、受吸引。我们会自然而然地爱祂。然后借着爱祂,我们会享受祂。这是生命;这生命既是一个人位,我们除了爱祂,就没有别的路可以经历祂。我们唯有借着爱耶稣,才能享受祂。 如果我们要对待这个人位,我们就必须有一颗火热、满了爱的心,一颗满了感情的心,使我们一直接触祂。……雅歌说明主耶稣是怎样全然可爱。这卷书给我们看见,主如何富有吸引,也给我们看见,我们如何是一班爱祂的人。……我们能说一千次:“主耶稣,你是全然可爱!哦,主耶稣,你是全然可爱!”(李文集一九七二年第一册,三○七至三○八页) |
S. S. 1:2-4 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. Your anointing oils have a pleasant fragrance; your name is like ointment poured forth; therefore the virgins love you. Draw me; we will run after you… 2 Cor. 5:14 For the love of Christ constrains us because we have judged this, that One died for all, therefore all died. Life is a person, and there is no other way to apply and enjoy this person but by love. We need to love Him. Some of the saints in past centuries used to pray, “Lord, show me Your love that I may love You.” We need to pray the same prayer. Once we see the love of Jesus, we will be so constrained, so captured, and so attracted. We will spontaneously love Him. Then by loving Him, we will enjoy Him. This is life, and since this life is a person, there is no other way for us to experience Him but by love. Only by loving Jesus can we enjoy Him. If we are going to deal with this person, we must have a hot and loving heart, a heart so full of affection that we would contact Him all the time…The Song of Songs illustrates how the Lord Jesus is altogether lovely. This book shows how the Lord is so attractive and how we are those who love Him…We can say a thousand times, “Lord Jesus, You are altogether lovely! O Lord Jesus, You are altogether lovely!” (CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs,” pp. 234-235) |
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你当献上自己来爱主。没有别的路如此有效,也没有别的路如此稳妥、丰富,如此满了享受。你只要爱祂,不要在乎别的事。教训、道理、恩赐和能力,都不是很重要。我们必须不断地告诉主:“主啊,保守我在你的爱里!求你以你自己吸引我!保守我一直在你可爱的同在里!”如果我们这样祷告,我们会发现我们对主会有怎样的爱,我们会过怎样的生活。我们会只凭主自己而活。只要我们从全人的最深处来爱祂,一切就都好了。我们若需要智慧,祂就是我们的智慧。我们若需要能力,祂就是能力。我们若需要正确且充分的知识,祂对我们甚至也是知识。我们需要什么,祂就是什么。不要试着去得任何别的东西,只要仰望祂,求祂向你启示祂的爱。雅歌一章四节说,“愿你吸引我,我们就快跑跟随你。”我们必须求主吸引我们,然后别人才会与我们一同快跑跟随祂。我们要接受祂作我们的生命,就必须这样来爱祂。 在启示录二章,我们看见召会的堕落开始于失去对主耶稣起初的爱。在以弗所的召会有许多好行为,信心也坚固,但主责备她说,“然而有一件事我要责备你,就是你离弃了起初的爱。”(4)他们失去了对主那新鲜、上好的爱。这是众召会堕落的开始。当我们失去对主的爱时,我们就开始退后。我们必须转向主,跟祂办交涉说,“主啊,怜悯我,除了你可爱的自己,我不需要任何事或任何人。只求你给我看见你自己!吸引我,使我快跑跟随你。主啊,给我看见你的爱,叫我被你的爱所困迫!主,我不要为你作什么,我只要来爱你。我只要接受你作我的人位。我要接受你的个性作我的个性,你的意愿作我的意愿,你的愿望作我的愿望。我要你的一切作我的一切。” 因此我们看见,这不仅仅是相信的事,更是爱的事。我们必须学习爱主耶稣。如果我们对主耶稣有这种火热的爱,我们就会享受祂的一切所是。……你应当到主面前,求祂吸引你,使你能快跑跟随祂。你必须看见,“奏厄(永远的)生命”乃是这样一位可爱、奇妙的人位,而爱乃是对待这人位的路(李文集一九七二年第一册,三一一至三一三页)。 参读:圣经中最大的预言及其应验,第八章。 |
Give yourself to love the Lord. No other way is so prevailing, and no other way is so safe, so rich, and so full of enjoyment. Just love Him. Do not care for anything else. Teachings, doctrines, gifts, and power do not mean much. We must continually tell the Lord, “Lord, keep me in Your love! Attract me with Yourself! Keep me all the time in Your loving presence!” If we will pray in this way, we will see what love we will have toward the Lord and what kind of life we will live. We will simply live by the Lord Himself. As long as we love Him from the deepest part of our being, everything will be all right. If we need wisdom, He will be the wisdom to us. If we need power, He will be the power. If we need the proper and adequate knowledge, He will even be that to us. Whatever we need, He is. Do not try to get anything else; just look to Him that He would reveal His love to you. Song of Songs 1:4 says, “Draw me; we will run after you.” We must ask the Lord to draw us, and then others will run after Him with us. To take Him as our life, we must love Him in such a way. In Revelation 2 the degradation of the church began with the loss of the first love toward the Lord Jesus. The church in Ephesus had many good works and was even strong in faith, but the Lord rebuked her by saying, “I have one thing against you, that you have left your first love” (v. 4). They had lost the fresh and best love toward the Lord. This started the degradation of the churches. When we lose our love for the Lord, we start to backslide. We must go to the Lord and make a deal with Him: “Lord, be merciful to me! I do not need anything or anyone else but Your loving self. Simply show me Yourself! Draw me that we may run after You. O Lord, show me Your love that I might be constrained by Your love! I do not want to do anything for You, Lord. I just want to love You. I just want to take You as my person. I want Your personality as my personality, Your will as my will, Your desires as my desires. I want Your everything as my everything.” Thus, we see that it is not simply a matter of believing but also a matter of loving. We must learn to love the Lord Jesus. If we have such a burning love toward the Lord Jesus, we will enjoy all that He is…Go to the Lord and ask Him to draw you that you may run after Him. You must realize that the zoe life is such a loving, wonderful person and that love is the way to deal with Him. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “Life and Building as Portrayed in the Song of Songs,” pp. 237-238) Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 3, “The Greatest Prophecy in the Bible and Its Fulfillment,” ch. 8 |

