第七週 • 週四
晨興餧養
約壹一2~3 （這生命已經顯現出來，我們也看見過，現在又作見證，將原與父同在，且顯現與我們那永遠的生命傳與你們）；我們將所看見並聽見的，也傳與你們，使你們也可以與我們有交通；而且我們的交通，又是與父並與祂兒子耶穌基督所有的。
新約中所啟示神聖生命的交通，是抽象的、奧祕的，非常難以解釋。約壹一章三節裏『交通』一辭，希臘原文意『一同參與，共同分享』。
用來說明交通最好的例子就是電。電雖奧祕，卻很真實。當電流通過燈泡或日光燈管時，電就被顯明。…燈泡和燈管是由電流連接的。…這電流就是交通的例子。交通就是所有已經接受並得着神聖生命之信徒裏面永遠生命的流。藉着電流，所有的家被維繫在一裏。照樣，藉着永遠生命的流通，就是交通，所有的信徒得以保守在一裏（李常受文集一九九○年第一冊，四三七至四三八頁）。
信息選讀
約壹一章二至三節及六至七節啟示，神聖生命的交通有垂直的一面，也有平面的一面。垂直的一面是指我們與三一神的交通，平面的一面是指我們彼此之間的交通。
這交通垂直的一面，是由第一班使徒們起首建立的。然後，使徒們將永遠的生命傳給罪人，好使他們能與使徒們有交通。在使徒們將永遠的生命傳給罪人以前，使徒們自己已經與父並與祂的兒子耶穌基督有垂直的交通了（3）。使徒們起首的經歷是垂直的，但是當使徒們將永遠的生命傳與別人時，他們就經歷神聖交通平面的一面。
六至七節也指明了神聖交通垂直與平面的兩面。六節說，『我們若說我們與神有交通，卻在黑暗裏行，就是說謊話，不行真理了。』這是交通垂直的一面。七節說，『但我們若在光中行，如同神在光中，就彼此有交通。』這是交通平面的一面。神聖交通的兩面是密切相關的，所以，很難說先有那一面。如果你與主沒有正確的交通，就很難與同作信徒的人有交通。同樣，你若與同作信徒的人沒有正確的交通，就很難與主有交通。
我們與主之間垂直的交通，受到我們與別人平面的交通所影響。…原因是神聖的交通乃是惟一的交通。每一天，我們都該在這一個有垂直與平面兩面的神聖交通裏。我們許多人可能以為，每一天我們是照着垂直的一面開始這交通，接着纔有平面的一面。然而，許多時候這不是我們的經歷。因着我們大多數人都與配偶、家人或室友住在一起，所以我們的交通常常開始於平面的一面。我們若在晚上與妻子、丈夫或室友爭吵，早上就很難開始與主有垂直的交通。我們必須維持垂直與平面兩面的交通，纔能在屬靈上健康。
我們應當盡可能的，與同作信徒的人有交通。這神聖的交通不只改正我們，也塑造我們，甚至將我們重新構成。這交通將神聖的構成成分，帶進我們屬靈的所是裏，使我們這人裏面有所改變（李常受文集一九九○年第一冊，四三八至四四二頁）。
參讀：三一神作三部分人的生命，第十七至十九章。
WEEK 7 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
1 John 1:2-3 (And the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us); that which we have seen and heard we report also to you that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.
The fellowship of the divine life revealed in the New Testament is abstract, mysterious, and very difficult to define. The Greek word rendered “fellowship” in 1 John 1:3 is koinonia, which means “joint participation” or “common participation.”
One of the best illustrations of fellowship is electricity. Electricity is mysterious yet very real. Electricity is manifested in light bulbs or fluorescent lamps when the current of electricity flows through them…The bulbs and lamps are connected by the current of electricity…This current of electricity is an example of fellowship. The fellowship is the flow of the eternal life within all the believers who have received and possess the divine life. By the flow of electricity all the homes are kept in oneness. Similarly, by the flow of the eternal life, the fellowship, all the believers are kept in oneness. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” p. 353)
Todays Reading
First John 1:2-3 and 6-7 reveal that the fellowship of the divine life has both a vertical aspect and a horizontal aspect. The vertical aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with the Triune God. The horizontal aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with one another.
The vertical aspect of fellowship was initially established with the first apostles. The apostles then reported to sinners the eternal life in order that they might have fellowship with the apostles. Before the apostles reported the eternal life to them, the apostles themselves already had the vertical fellowshipwith the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (v. 3). The initial experience of the apostles was vertical, but when the apostles reported the eternal life to others, they experienced the horizontal aspect of the divine fellowship.
Verses 6 and 7…also indicate the vertical and horizontal aspects of the divine fellowship. Verse 6 says, “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and are not practicing the truth.” This is the vertical aspect of fellowship. Verse 7 says, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another.” This is the horizontal aspect of fellowship. Both aspects of the divine fellowship are closely related; therefore, it is difficult to say which aspect comes first. If you do not have the proper fellowship with the Lord, it is difficult to have fellowship with your fellow believers. In the same way, if you do not have the proper fellowship with your fellow believers, it is difficult to have fellowship with the Lord.
Our vertical fellowship with the Lord is affected by our horizontal fellowship with others…The reason for this is that the divine fellowship is one fellowship. Each day we should be in the divine fellowship, vertically and horizontally. Most of us may think that we daily start this fellowship according to its vertical aspect, followed by its horizontal aspect. Most of the time, however, this is not our experience. Since most of us have spouses, other family members, or roommates living with us, our fellowship usually begins in a horizontal manner. If we have a quarrel with our wife, husband, or roommate in the evening, we will find it difficult to start our vertical fellowship with the Lord in the morning. We must maintain both the vertical and horizontal aspects of the fellowship in order to be healthy spiritually.
We should try to have fellowship with our fellow believers as much as possible. This divine fellowship not only corrects us; it also molds us and even reconstitutes us. This fellowship brings the divine constituent into our spiritual being, causing a change in our being. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” pp. 354-357)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” chs. 17—19
