第四週 • 週四
晨興餧養
約七39 耶穌這話是指着信入祂的人將要受的那靈說的；那時還沒有那靈，因為耶穌尚未得着榮耀。
啟一4~5 …願恩典與平安，從那今是昔是以後永是的，從祂寶座前的七靈，…歸與你們。
在出埃及三十章，有調製好的膏油，這膏油稱為複合的膏油，因為是將油與四種不同的香料複合而成的（22~25）。這複合的膏油乃是複合之靈的豫表；複合之靈就是三一神，複合着人性、基督包羅萬有的死、基督大能的復活以及基督超越的升天。這複合的靈乃是終極完成的三一神（李常受文集一九九○年第一冊，三二五頁）。
信息選讀
最終，神的靈是那靈。那靈乃是神的靈種種名稱中一切元素的總和，集大成。因此，那靈是包羅萬有的靈。…這靈是聖靈、神的靈、父的靈、主的靈、神兒子的靈、耶穌的靈、基督的靈、耶穌基督的靈、主靈、活神的靈、賜生命的靈、生命之靈、恩典之靈、實際的靈、保惠師、能力的靈、榮耀的靈和神的靈、永遠的靈以及七靈。
約翰七章三十九節…說到那靈，告訴我們在主耶穌釘十字架並復活以前，還沒有那靈。神的靈從起初就有了（創一1~2），但那靈，就是耶穌基督包羅萬有的靈，在約翰七章三十九節的時候還沒有，因為主耶穌尚未得着榮耀。祂復活以後，就是祂得着榮耀以後，神的靈就成了那成為肉體、釘十字架、復活之耶穌基督的靈。即使在基督的死與復活以前，神的靈就是耶和華的靈和聖靈，卻還沒有那靈。…至終，神的靈乃是那靈。
關於豫先傳福音給亞伯拉罕，加拉太三章十四節說，『為叫亞伯拉罕的福，在基督耶穌裏可以臨到外邦人，使我們藉着信，可以接受所應許的那靈。』神在傳福音給亞伯拉罕的時候，應許他那靈。十四節也沒有神的靈、主的靈或聖靈；這節有那靈，因為那靈是神應許給亞伯拉罕之新約經綸惟一的福。…那靈是經過成為肉體、人性生活、釘十字架、復活和升天以後的三一神。三一神經過了這過程，如今是這完成的靈，作新約的福。
在啟示錄裏，只使用那靈的兩個名稱：七靈和那靈。一章四節，三章一節，四章五節，和五章六節有七靈。二、三章一再使用『那靈』這名稱。這名稱也見於十四章十三節，最後一次見於二十二章十七節，…啟示那靈作為經過過程之三一神的總和，已與如今完全成熟成為新婦的召會成為一。
我們可以對那靈下一完全的定義。那靈是經過過程、複合、包羅萬有、賜生命、內住、七倍加強、完成的靈，作經過過程之三一神終極的完成，成為祂所揀選、救贖、重生、聖別、變化並榮耀之三部分人永遠的分，作他們的生命、生命的供應和一切（新約總論第四冊，二一至二四頁）。
參讀：新約總論，第八十篇。
WEEK 4 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
John 7:39 But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed into Him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
Rev. 1:4 …Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne.
In Exodus 30 an ointment was prepared, and this ointment was called a compound ointment because it was made from oil compounded with four different spices (vv. 22-25). This compound ointment is a type of the compound Spirit, who is the Triune God compounded with humanity, the all-inclusive death of Christ, the all-powerful resurrection of Christ, and the transcending ascension of Christ. This compound Spirit is the consummated Triune God. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” p. 269)
Today’s Reading
Ultimately, the Spirit of God is the Spirit. The Spirit is the totality, the aggregate, of all the elements of the titles of the Spirit of God. Hence, the Spirit is the all-inclusive Spirit. This Spirit is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Father, the Spirit of the Lord, the Spirit of the Son of God, the Spirit of Jesus, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the Lord Spirit, the Spirit of the living God, the life-giving Spirit, the Spirit of life, the Spirit of grace, the Spirit of reality, the Comforter, the Spirit of power, the Spirit of glory and that of God, the eternal Spirit, and the seven Spirits.
John 7:39 speaks of the Spirit, telling us that before the Lord Jesus was crucified and resurrected, the Spirit was not yet. The Spirit of God was there from the beginning (Gen. 1:1-2), but the Spirit as the all-inclusive Spirit of Jesus Christ was “not yet” at the time of John 7:39, because the Lord Jesus had not yet been glorified. After His resurrection, that is, after He had been glorified, the Spirit of God became the Spirit of the incarnated, crucified, and resurrected Jesus Christ. Even though, before Christ’s death and resurrection, the Spirit of God was the Spirit of Jehovah and the Holy Spirit, the Spirit was not yet… Eventually and ultimately the Spirit of God is the Spirit.
With regard to the preaching of the gospel beforehand to Abraham, Galatians 3:14 says, “In order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” God, in preaching the gospel to Abraham, promised him the Spirit. Once again in Galatians 3:14 we do not have the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Lord, or the Holy Spirit. In this verse we have the Spirit because the Spirit was the unique blessing of the New Testament economy promised by God to Abraham. The Spirit is the Triune God after He has passed through the process of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. Having passed through this process, the Triune God is now this consummate Spirit as the blessing of the New Testament.
In the book of Revelation only two titles of the Spirit are used: the seven Spirits and the Spirit. In 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; and 5:6 we have the seven Spirits. In chapters 2 and 3 the title the Spirit is used again and again. It is also found in Revelation 14:13 and, for the last time, in Revelation 22:17,…[which] reveals that the Spirit as the totality of the processed Triune God has become one with the church, who is now fully matured to be the bride.
We may give a full definition of the Spirit. The Spirit is the processed, compound, all-inclusive, life-giving, indwelling, sevenfold intensified, consummated Spirit as the ultimate consummation of the processed Triune God to be the eternal portion of His chosen, redeemed, regenerated, sanctified, transformed, and glorified tripartite people as their life, life supply, and everything. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 868-870)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 80
