启二7　 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。

　　赛四九10 他们必不饥不渴；炎热和烈日必不伤害他们；因为怜恤他们的必引导他们，领他们到水泉旁边。

　　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。……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，是由祂的爱并带着祂的爱所运行的（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，二一二、二一四页）。

　　Rev. 2:7 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.

　　Isa. 49:10 They will not hunger or thirst; neither the scorching heat nor the sun will strike them; for He who has compassion on them will lead them and will guide them beside the springs of water.

　　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. 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 (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. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 157-158)

　　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。祂在两方面来照顾恢复中的众召会。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，作祂的得胜者，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，二一四至二一五页）。

　　我们的大祭司在众召会中尽职的结果，乃是产生出许许多多的得胜者。……我们如今就在这职事之下。基督忙着在众召会中间行走并说话。祂行走在众召会中间，向每一个召会说话。

　　祂的说话根据于祂的所是，也根据于召会的光景。在〔启示录〕每一封书信的开头，祂都说到祂是谁，以及祂的所是。然后每一次祂照着召会的所是来说话。祂的说话是实际的，也是装备人的。

　　祂行走的时候是基督，祂说话的时候乃是那灵。在七封书信的开头都是主说话（二1、8、12、18，三1、7、14），结束时都是那灵向众召会说话（二7、11、17、29，三6、13、22）。“那灵向众召会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听。”……你的经历能证实这一点。当基督来到你所在地的召会中间行走时，你就蒙光照，并受到责备。行走的基督成了说话的那灵。基督就是那灵。借着祂的说话，你得着生命树和隐藏吗哪的供应，然后你就有变化。泥巴渐渐被洗掉，你就变成一块白石，得神称义，蒙神悦纳、称许，以建造祂的居所，终极完成于新耶路撒冷。今天基督一直忙着尽祂天上的祭司职任（李文集一九八○年第二册，四八○至四八一页）。

　　我们自己永远不会作好，我们永远需要一位牧者来牧养我们。这是何等安息的享受。……我们如果相信神的话，我们就能在今天得着满足，有神的遮盖，并且有主的牧养（倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册，一五页）。

　　参读：倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册，一般的信息（卷一），第二篇。

　　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,” p. 158)

　　The outcome of our High Priest’s ministering in the churches is that a number of overcomers are brought forth…We are now under this ministry. Christ is busy walking through the churches and speaking. As He walks through the churches, He speaks to everyone.

　　His speaking is according to what He is and also according to the condition of the church. In every epistle He begins by saying who and what He is. Then He also speaks in every case according to what the church is. His speaking is both practical and equipping.

　　In His walking He is Christ. In His speaking He is the Spirit. At the beginning of each of the seven epistles it is the Lord who speaks (Rev. 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14). At the end it is the Spirit speaking to the churches (2:7,

　　11, 17, 29; 3:6, 13, 22). “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” Your experience will confirm this. When Christ came and walked through the church in your locality, you were enlightened and rebuked. The walking Christ became the speaking Spirit. Christ is the Spirit. By His speaking you are supplied with the tree of life and the hidden manna. Then you are transformed. Little by little the muddy things are washed away, and you become a white stone, justified, accepted, and approved by God for the building up of His dwelling place, which consummates in the New Jerusalem. Christ today is busy ministering His heavenly priesthood. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, “The Mending Ministry of John,” pp. 353-354)

　　We can never improve ourselves. We need a Shepherd to feed us all the time. What a restful enjoyment this is! If we believe in God’s word, we can be satisfied, and we can have God’s sheltering and the Lord’s shepherding. (CWWN, vol. 37, “General Messages (1),” pp. 10-11)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 37, “General Messages (1),” ch. 2