第一週 • 週一

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晨興餧養

太九9    耶穌從那裏往前走，看見一個人名叫馬太，坐在稅關上，就對他說，跟從我。他就起來，跟從了耶穌。

　十一29 我心裏柔和謙卑，因此你們要負我的軛，且要跟我學，你們魂裏就必得安息。

首先，信徒被稱為門徒。『門徒』一辭在福音書和使徒行傳裏常常使用，但在書信裏完全沒有用到。〔在〕馬太五章一節…基督在山上坐下，祂的門徒（不是那些群眾）到祂跟前來，作祂的聽眾。…聚集在祂周圍的群眾是外圈，但祂的門徒是內圈。這些門徒是猶太信徒。然而，當他們在山上聽國度憲法的頒佈時，不是猶太人的代表，乃是新約信徒的代表。馬太二十八章十九節，主耶穌告訴祂的門徒要去，使萬民，就是外邦人，作主的門徒。這就是說，萬民要悔改成為門徒。所以，猶太和外邦信徒都是門徒（新約總論第五冊，八○頁）。

信息選讀

門徒就是跟從基督的人。主耶穌在盡職事時，告訴人要悔改，因為神的國已經臨近了（可一15，太四17）。當有些人悔改了，或有意與祂同行，祂就對他們說，『跟從我。』（太四19，九9，十九21，路九59）

門徒也是學基督的人。在馬太十一章二十九節主耶穌說，『你們要負我的軛，且要跟我學。』跟從基督和學基督，都需要受管教。我們不能跟從祂或學祂，而不受管教。我們特別需要受管教，好學基督（新約總論第五冊，八一頁）。

我們正在從一個天然的人被訓練成為一個神人，照着基督這第一個神人的榜樣，否認我們天然的生命，而活神聖的生命（太二八19）。年輕人來到全時間訓練，不是按着人的領會來受訓，乃是按着神聖的領會來受訓。當我在幫助他們受訓練時，我也天天在許多方面受訓練，否認我天然的生命，而活神聖的生命。

我們應當照着基督這第一個神人的模型，過這樣的生活。當基督在地上時，祂否認祂天然的生命，就是祂自己。祂說，祂所說的，不是祂的話，乃是差祂來之父的話（約十四24）。祂絕不從自己作甚麼（五19、30）。祂作每一件事都是從差祂來的父，也是憑差祂來的父作的。祂不是差遣者，祂乃是受差遣者。祂不是活祂自己；祂乃是活差祂來的父（六57上）。這就是第一個神人的模型。

在人類歷史上，從未有過這樣一個人。…神成肉體之後，在地上就有一個特別的人，乃是神人。這神人並不活祂人性的生命；乃是否認祂人性的生命，而活神聖的生命，就是神自己。主呼召一些人來跟從祂，單單來看祂如何生活，好使祂能給他們看見一個神人的榜樣。有三年半之久，他們看見這個榜樣，並受這個榜樣的訓練。在召會生活中，我們也在受主的訓練。召會生活是一個訓練的生活，把我們從一個天然的人訓練成為一個神人。神不在乎你是好人還是壞人，因為一切出於我們天然人的東西，無論是好是壞，都必須上十字架。所有天然的人都應當受訓練上十字架，因為在我們裏面有另一個人。我們有另一個生命和性情，這生命和性情是神聖的，是我們必須照這生命和性情而活（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五冊，一二一至一二三頁）。

參讀：新約總論，第一百零五篇；以弗所書生命讀經，第四十六至四十七篇；活力排，第二至四、六、十至十一篇。

WEEK 1 — DAY 1

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Morning Nourishment

Matt. 9:9 And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man sitting at the tax office, called Matthew, and He said to him, Follow Me. And he rose and followed Him.

    11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

First, the believers are designated as disciples. The term disciples is often used in the Gospels and in Acts, but it is not used at all in the Epistles…[In Matthew 5:1], when Christ sat down on the mountain, His disciples, not the crowds, came to Him to be His audience…The crowds that gathered around Him were the outer circle, but His disciples were the inner circle. These disciples were Jewish believers. However, when they were on the mountain listening to the decree of the kingdom’s constitution, they were
representatives not of the Jewish people but of the New Testament believers. In Matthew 28:19 the Lord Jesus told His disciples to go and disciple the nations, that is, the Gentiles. This means that the nations would be converted into disciples. Therefore, both the Jewish and Gentile believers are disciples. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 1131)

Todays Reading

Disciples are those who follow Christ. In His ministry the Lord Jesus told people to repent, for the kingdom of God has drawn near (Mark 1:15; Matt. 4:17). When some repented, or had an inclination to go with Him, He said to them, “Follow Me” (Matt. 4:19; 9:9; 19:21; Luke 9:59).

Disciples are also those who learn of Christ. In Matthew 11:29 the Lord Jesus said, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me.” Discipline is required for both following Christ and learning of Him. We cannot follow Him or learn of Him without being disciplined. We especially need to be disciplined in order to learn of Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 1132)

We are being discipled from being a natural man to being a God-man, living the divine life by denying our natural life according to the model of Christ as the first God-man (Matt. 28:19). The young people have come to the full-time training not to be trained in the human understanding but to be discipled in the divine understanding. While I am helping them to be discipled, I am also being discipled day by day in many aspects to live the divine life by denying my natural life.

We should live such a life according to the model of Christ as the first God-man. When Christ was on this earth, He denied His natural life, Himself. He said that whatever He spoke was not His word but the word of the Father who sent Him (John 14:24). He never did anything out of Himself (5:19, 30). He did everything out of and by the sending Father. He was not the Sender but the sent One. He did not live Himself; instead, He lived the Sender, the Father (6:57a). This is the model of the first God-
man.

There has never been such a man in all of human history…After God’s incarnation there was a particular man on earth who was a God-man. This God-man did not live His human life. Instead, He lived the divine life, God Himself, by denying His human life. The Lord called some to follow Him just to see how He lived so that He could show them the pattern of a God-man. For three and a half years they saw and were discipled by this pattern. In the church life we are also being discipled by the Lord. The church life is a discipling life to disciple us from being a natural man to being a God-man. God does not care whether you are a good man or a bad man, because everything of your natural man, good or bad, must go to the cross. All the natural persons should be discipled to the cross because we have another person in us. We have another life and nature, both divine, according to which we must live. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 88-89)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 105; Life- study of Ephesians, msgs. 46—47; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” chs. 2—4, 6, 10—11