第二週 • 週二
晨興餧養
創四26 塞特也生了一個兒子，起名叫以挪士。在那時候，人開始呼求耶和華的名。
五24 以諾與神同行，神將他取去，他就不在世了。
現在讓我們來看改變時代的生活。…這種生活總是承繼先祖敬虔的路。感謝神，挪亞從亞當算起是第十代，有許多好的先祖。以諾是第七代，瑪土撒拉是第八代，拉麥是第九代，而挪亞是第十代。挪亞的九位先祖，從亞當到拉麥，都是敬虔的人。雖然創世記記載人的墮落，但這不過是一個背景，向我們展示出敬虔之路的真實圖畫。
挪亞承繼了亞當救恩的路（三20~21）。…雖然亞當墮落了，但他得着了神救恩的路。如果你從未墮落過，你永遠不會嘗到神救恩的甜美。因為我們墮落過，又得救了，我們就能見證神救恩的甜美。讓我們歡然前來，從神救恩之泉取水（賽十二3）。亞當是從神救恩之泉取水的先驅者。他是那樣的喜樂，稱他的妻子為『活的』（創三20—『夏娃』意『活的』）。當他稱他的妻子為『活的』時，你想他是不是很喜樂？我深信他是從救恩之泉歡然取水。我也深信挪亞承繼了這救恩的路（創世記生命讀經，四七三至四七四頁）。
信息選讀
挪亞也承繼了亞伯獻祭的路（創四4）。亞當的路是使自己得救的路，但亞伯的路是藉着向神獻禮物，討神喜悅的路（來十一4）。你能想像墮落的人能討神喜悅麼？…他討神喜悅的路是將豫表基督的祭物獻給神。我也能用同樣的路討神喜悅。雖然我是個墮落的人，有墮落的性情，我卻能將基督獻給神作禮物，討神的喜悅。我不是誇口，但我可以向你們宣告，在這幾天之內我非常討神喜悅。…就是在今天早晨和今天下午我都很喜樂，因為我的神十分喜悅。我的神喜樂，我也喜樂。討神喜悅的路是甚麼？就是亞伯的路，也就是將基督獻給神，不僅使祂作我們的贖罪祭，也作我們討神喜悅的禮物。…當我們將基督獻給神，祂對我們的禮物也很喜樂。神所喜悅的乃是基督。挪亞必然採取了亞伯的路。…挪亞所承繼第三條敬虔的路，是以挪士呼求主名，享受主一切所是的路（創四26）。…這不僅僅是得救或討神喜悅，更是藉着呼求神的名，有分於並享受神的所是。我們可以藉着呼求主名有分於神的豐富。挪亞必定已經實行這個。
挪亞也承繼了活並生的路（五3~28）。挪亞像他的先祖一樣，不是閒懶的，而是有一個目的為神而活，並為人類正確的繁增，生兒生女，使神得以藉着人類在這地上達成祂的目的。…挪亞也承繼了第五條與神同行的路（22、24）。…看見墮落的人能得救，固然美妙，但我們必須進一步看見，這樣的人還能與神同行。在人類的第七代，以諾發現了與神同行的路。我們能得救，討神喜悅，呼求祂的名，活着並生養，且與神同行。我們還要甚麼？我們似乎已經完全滿足了。我們得救了；我們能討神喜悅，我們能呼求祂的名，享受祂對我們所是的一切；我們能有個目的而活，並為着神的繁增而生，就是結果子；我們且能與神同行。我們還缺少甚麼？沒有所缺的了。我們既快樂又滿足。但神還沒有得着滿足。這是主給我的負擔。只看見挪亞繼承先祖各樣敬虔的路還不彀。如果這職事只幫助你們看見這麼多，就誤了神的事。我們必須看見更多（創世記生命讀經，四七四至四七六頁）。
參讀：創世記生命讀經，第二十九篇。
WEEK 2 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 4:26 And to Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of Jehovah.
5:24 And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.
Let us now look into the life that changed the age. This life always inherits the godly ways of the forefathers. Thank God that Noah, the tenth generation from Adam, had many good forefathers. Enoch was the seventh generation, Methuselah the eighth, Lamech the ninth, and Noah the tenth. All of Noah’s nine forefathers from Adam to Lamech were godly men. Although Genesis gives us a record of man’s fall, that is only a background showing us the true picture of the godly ways.
Noah inherited Adam’s way of salvation (3:20-21)…Although Adam had fallen, he was given the way of God’s salvation. If you had never fallen, you would never be able to taste the sweetness of God’s salvation. Since we have been fallen and saved, we can testify of the sweet taste of God’s salvation. Let us come with rejoicing to draw water from the springs of God’s salvation (Isa. 12:3). Adam was the pioneer in drawing water from the springs of God’s salvation. He was so joyful that he called his wife’s name “Living” (Gen. 3:20— Eve means “living”)…I am quite sure that he drew water with rejoicing from the springs of salvation. I have no doubt that Noah inherited this way of
salvation. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 387-388)
Today’s Reading
Noah also inherited Abel’s way of offering (Gen. 4:4). Adam’s way was the way to get himself saved, but Abel’s was the way to please God by offering gifts to Him (Heb. 11:4). Can you imagine that a fallen man could please God?…His way of pleasing God was that of offering the type of Christ to God. I can please God in the same way. Although I am a fallen man with a fallen nature, I can please God by offering Christ to Him as a gift. I am not boasting, but I can declare to you that I have pleased God very much in these recent days…Even this morning and this afternoon I was happy because my God was pleased. My God was happy, and I was happy too. What is the way to please God? It is the way of Abel, which is to offer Christ to God, not only as the sacrifice for our sins but also as a gift for pleasing God…Whenever we bring Christ to God, He is very happy with our gift. God is pleased with Christ. Noah surely adopted Abel’s way. The third godly way that Noah inherited was Enosh’s way of calling on the name of the Lord to enjoy all that He is (Gen. 4:26)…It was not only a matter of being saved or of pleasing God but of participating in and enjoying what God is by calling on His name. We may partake of the riches of God by calling on the name of the Lord. Noah must have practiced this.
Noah also inherited the way of living and begetting (5:3-28). Noah, like his forefathers, was not idle but was living with a purpose for God and begetting children for man’s proper multiplication that God’s purpose might be fulfilled on this earth through mankind. Noah also inherited the fifth way, the way of walking with God (vv. 22, 24)…Although it is marvelous to see that a fallen man can be saved, we must further realize that such a person can walk with God. In the seventh human generation, Enoch discovered the way of walking with God. We can be saved, please God, call on His name, live and beget, and walk with God. What else do we want? It seems that we have been fully satisfied. We are saved; we can please God; we can call on His name to enjoy all that He is to us; we can live with a purpose and beget, that is, bear fruit, for God’s multiplication; and we can walk with God. What do we lack? Nothing. We are pleased and satisfied. However, God has not been satisfied. This is the burden that the Lord has shown me. It is inadequate simply to see that Noah inherited all the godly ways of his forefathers. If this ministry only helps you to see this much, it has failed God. We must see something more. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 388-390)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 29
