第五週 • 週六
晨興餧養
啟二7 那靈向眾召會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽。得勝的，我必將神樂園中生命樹的果子賜給他喫。
賽四九10 他們必不飢不渴；炎熱和烈日必不傷害他們；因為憐恤他們的必引導他們，領他們到水泉旁邊。
我們可以說，〔啟示錄二章七節〕是指國度時代的豫言，得勝者要在國度時代裏，在神的樂園中享受基督作生命樹。但我們今天在召會生活中若不享受基督作生命樹，我們必不會在國度時代有分於生命樹。…在第七封書信裏，主勸在老底嘉的召會，要買金子、白衣和眼藥，好救他們免於不冷不熱的墮落光景（三18）。祂應許要與那些給祂開門的人一同坐席（20）。我們可以看見，這乃是基督在祂神性裏的餧養，是由祂的愛並帶着祂的愛所運行的（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊，二一二、二一四頁）。
信息選讀
祂在神性裏餧養眾召會，使眾召會能在祂神聖的生命中長大成熟，而在祂七倍的加強裏成為得勝者。
我們的基督今天是我們的大祭司。在祂的人性裏，祂很容易同情我們的輭弱。祂同情我們的輭弱，因為祂在各方面受過試誘，與我們一樣。祂乃是在人性裏顧惜我們。同時，祂也在神性裏，用啟示錄二至三章裏寫給七個召會的七封書信中所啟示，祂人位裏一切積極的方面，來餧養我們。祂在兩方面來照顧恢復中的眾召會。祂在人性裏顧惜我們，使我們正確合宜，好叫我們快樂、愉快、舒適。祂在神性裏餧養我們，使我們在神聖的生命中長大成熟，作祂的得勝者，以完成祂永遠的經綸（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊，二一四至二一五頁）。
我們的大祭司在眾召會中盡職的結果，乃是產生出許許多多的得勝者。…我們如今就在這職事之下。基督忙着在眾召會中間行走並說話。祂行走在眾召會中間，向每一個召會說話。
祂的說話根據於祂的所是，也根據於召會的光景。在〔啟示錄〕每一封書信的開頭，祂都說到祂是誰，以及祂的所是。然後每一次祂照着召會的所是來說話。祂的說話是實際的，也是裝備人的。
祂行走的時候是基督，祂說話的時候乃是那靈。在七封書信的開頭都是主說話（二1、8、12、18，三1、7、14），結束時都是那靈向眾召會說話（二7、11、17、29，三6、13、22）。『那靈向眾召會所說的話，凡有耳的，就應當聽。』…你的經歷能證實這一點。當基督來到你所在地的召會中間行走時，你就蒙光照，並受到責備。行走的基督成了說話的那靈。基督就是那靈。藉着祂的說話，你得着生命樹和隱藏嗎哪的供應，然後你就有變化。泥巴漸漸被洗掉，你就變成一塊白石，得神稱義，蒙神悅納、稱許，以建造祂的居所，終極完成於新耶路撒冷。今天基督一直忙着盡祂天上的祭司職任（李常受文集一九八○年第二冊，四八○至四八一頁）。
我們自己永遠不會作好，我們永遠需要一位牧者來牧養我們。這是何等安息的享受。…我們如果相信神的話，我們就能在今天得着滿足，有神的遮蓋，並且有主的牧養（倪柝聲文集第二輯第十七冊，一五頁）。
參讀：倪柝聲文集第二輯第十七冊，一般的信息（卷一），第二篇。
WEEK 5 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
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)
Today’s Reading
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
