三 基督在神性里以祂胸间金带所表征的神圣之爱照顾众召会，以喂养众召会—启一13下： |
C Christ takes care of the churches in His divinity with His divine love, signified by the golden girdle on His breasts, to nourish the churches— Rev. 1:13b: |
１ 祂在祂三个时期的丰满职事中，以祂自己这包罗万有的基督来喂养我们，使我们在神圣的生命中长大成熟，成为祂的得胜者，以完成祂永远的经纶。 |
１ He nourishes us with Himself as the all-inclusive Christ in His full ministry of three stages so that we may grow and mature in the divine life to be His overcomers to accomplish His eternal economy. |
２ 作为行走的基督，祂知道每一个召会的情形；作为说话的灵，祂修剪灯台，并且用新油，就是那灵的供应，充满灯台—二1、7。 |
２ As the walking Christ, He gets to know the condition of each church, and as the speaking Spirit, He trims and fills the lampstands with fresh oil, the supply of the Spirit—2:1, 7. |
３ 我们要有分于祂的行动，并享受祂的照顾，就必须在召会中。 |
３ To participate in His move and enjoy His care, we must be in the churches. |
晨兴喂养
启二1 ……那右手中握着七星，在七个金灯台中间行走的，这样说。 7 那灵向众召会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听。得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。 基督这位大祭司在祂的神性里以祂神圣的爱（由祂胸间的金带所表征），照顾作为灯台的众召会，以喂养众召会（启一13下）。基督不仅是属人的，也是神圣的。祂是人子带着金带，表征祂的神性作祂的神圣力量。祂的神性作神圣的力量，多方喂养众召会。 一面，祂修剪召会的灯芯，剪掉写给七个召会的七封书信中所提的一切过错、短处、失败和缺点。基督在人性里作了最好的修剪工作，来顾惜众召会。另一面，在这七封书信中，我们在每一封书信里都看见基督的喂养（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，二一二页）。 |
Rev. 2:1 …These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, He who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands. 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. Christ, as the High Priest, takes care of the churches as the lampstands in His divinity with His divine love, signified by the golden girdle on His breasts, to nourish the churches (Rev. 1:13b). Christ is not only human but also divine. He is the Son of Man wearing a golden girdle, signifying His divinity as His divine energy. His divinity as the divine energy nourishes the churches in many ways. On the one hand, He trims the wicks of the church lamps, cutting away all the wrongdoings, shortages, failures, and defects mentioned in the seven epistles to the seven churches. Christ does the best trimming work in His humanity to cherish the churches. On the other hand, in each of these seven epistles, we see Christ’s nourishing. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 156-157) |
信息选读
我们可以说，〔启示录二章七节〕是指国度时代的预言，得胜者要在国度时代里，在神的乐园中享受基督作生命树。但我们今天在召会生活中若不享受基督作生命树，我们必不会在国度时代有分于生命树。……如果我在这里不吃基督，我就无法在国度时代吃祂。 在第七封书信里，主劝在老底嘉的召会，要买金子、白衣和眼药，好救他们免于不冷不热的堕落光景（三18）。祂应许要与那些给祂开门的人一同坐席（20）。我们可以看见，这乃 是基督在祂神性里的喂养，是由祂的爱并凭祂的爱所运行的。……祂在神性里喂养众召会，使众召会能在祂神圣的生命中长大成熟，而在祂七倍的加强里成为得胜者。 我们的基督今天是我们的大祭司。在祂的人性里，祂很容易同情我们的软弱。祂同情我们的软弱，因为祂在各方面受过试诱，与我们一样。祂乃是在人性里顾惜我们。同时，祂也在神性里，用启示录二至三章里写给七个召会的七封书信中所启示，祂人位里一切积极的方面，来喂养我们。……祂在人性里顾惜我们，使我们正确合宜，好叫我们快乐、愉快、舒适。祂在神性里喂养我们，使我们在神圣的生命中长大成熟，成为祂的得胜者，以完成祂永远的经纶（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，二一二至二一五页）。 正如一个孩子因他母亲的同在得了顾惜，我们也因主的同在得了顾惜。……主的同在产生一种柔和温暖的气氛，顾惜我们全人。 在你家里的交通不论有多享受，那里的气氛都不像在〔召会〕聚会里那样能顾惜人。……主乃是借着祂覆翼的同在所产生的气氛，来顾惜召会。在这种空气、这种气氛、这种环境里，我们就得着安息、安慰、医治、洁净和鼓励。……为这缘故，我不愿意漏掉任何一次召会的聚会。 保养和顾惜是并行的。借着保养，我们在内里享受生命的供应；借着顾惜，我们在外面经历抚慰、安慰的空气。每当我们在顾惜的气氛里，我们就能吸收职事的每一句话。这指明在顾惜之下，我们得着保养（以弗所书生命读经，五四四至五四五页）。 参读：以弗所书生命读经，第五十三篇。 |
We may say that [Revelation 2:7] is a prophecy referring to the kingdom age, in which the overcomers will enjoy Christ as the tree of life in God’s Paradise. But if we do not enjoy Christ as the tree of life in the church life today, surely we will not participate in the tree of life in the kingdom age…If I do not eat Christ here today, I will not eat Him in the kingdom age. In the seventh epistle the Lord counsels the church in Laodicea to buy gold, white garments, and eyesalve to be saved from their degradation in lukewarmness (Rev. 3:18). He promises to dine with the ones who would open the door to Him (v. 20). We can see that this is the nourishing of Christ in His divinity exercised by and with His love. His nourishing the churches in His divinity is so that the churches may grow and mature in His divine life and become the overcomers in His sevenfold intensification. Our Christ today is our High Priest. In His humanity He is easily touched with the feeling of our weaknesses. He sympathizes with our weakness because He was tempted in all respects like us. He is cherishing us in His humanity. Meanwhile, He is nourishing us in His divinity with all the positive aspects of His person revealed in the seven epistles to the seven churches in Revelation 2 and 3…In His humanity He is cherishing us to make us proper so that we may be happy, pleasant, and comfortable. In His divinity He is nourishing us so that we may grow and mature in the divine life to be His overcomers to accomplish His eternal economy. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 157-158) Just as a child is cherished by the very presence of his mother, so we are cherished by the Lord’s presence…The Lord’s presence produces an atmosphere of tenderness and warmth to cherish our very being. No matter how enjoyable the fellowship may be in your home, the atmosphere there is not nearly as cherishing as the atmosphere in the [church] meetings…It is by the atmosphere produced by the Lord’s brooding presence that the Lord cherishes the church. To be in this climate, this atmosphere, this environment, gives us rest, comfort, healing, cleansing, and encouragement… For this reason I do not want to miss even one meeting of the church. Nourishing and cherishing go together. Through the nourishing we enjoy the supply of life inwardly, and through the cherishing we experience the soothing, comforting atmosphere outwardly. Whenever we are in an atmosphere of cherishing, we can absorb every word of the ministry. This indicates that under the cherishing we receive nourishing. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 438) Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 53 |