第一週 • 週五
晨興餧養
林前一2 寫信給在哥林多神的召會，就是給在基督耶穌裏被聖別，蒙召的聖徒，同着所有在各處呼求我們主耶穌基督之名的人…。
帖後二13 主所愛的弟兄們，我們應當常為你們感謝神，因為祂從起初揀選了你們，叫你們藉着那靈的聖別，並你們對真理的信，可以得救。
『聖徒』一辭指那些被分別且聖別歸神的人。…在基督裏的信徒乃是蒙召的聖徒〔林前一2〕，並不是蒙召作聖徒。這是地位上的事，是地位上的聖別，為了達到性質上的聖別。
按照文法，在林前一章二節，『給…神的召會』與『給在基督耶穌裏被聖別〔的人〕』是同位語，指明『給…神的召會』等於『給在基督耶穌裏被聖別，蒙召的聖徒』。這有力的指明，召會是眾聖徒的組合，眾聖徒是召會的構成分子。…就個別說，我們是聖徒；就團體說，我們是召會（新約總論第五冊，九二至九三頁）。
信息選讀
當我們信入基督時，就是當我們藉着相信祂，被帶進與祂生機的聯結時，基督乃是那將我們分別歸神，使我們聖別歸神的元素與範圍。…聖別實際上就是神自己，而神又具體化身在基督裏。所以，基督是我們的聖別。…藉着基督的救贖，神已將我們放在基督裏。既然我們在那是聖別之範圍與元素的基督裏，我們就被聖別，成為聖別。
我們聖徒是在地位上，藉基督憑祂救贖的血所聖別的。…基督的身體在城門外受十字架的死，祂的血被帶進至聖所裏聖別我們（來十三11~12）。希伯來書揭示，神屬天的呼召是要使我們成為聖別的子民（三1），就是聖別歸神的人。基督是那聖別人的（二11），祂在十字架上受死，流出血來，又帶着祂的血進入至聖所（九12），使祂能藉着祂屬天祭司職分（七26）的天上職事（八2、6），作聖別人的工作；並使我們藉着祂的血進入幔內（六19），有分於祂這屬天的聖別人者。…基督救贖的血是在地位上聖別我們。
我們聖徒也在性質上，藉着聖靈用神聖別的性情所聖別。聖靈不斷的使我們的性質與神聖別的性質調和，藉此改變我們的性質。這是主觀的聖別。…這是一個漫長的過程，開始於重生（彼前一2~3，多三5），經過整個基督徒的生活（帖前四3，來十二14，弗五26），並在被提的時候，在生命成熟時達到完成（帖前五23）。
說到性質上聖別的另一處經文是帖後二章十三節。…我們蒙神揀選，叫我們得救，這是那靈的拯救和聖別。我們乃是藉着那靈的聖別而得救。當聖靈聖別我們的時候，神就拯救我們。所以，我們是藉着那靈的聖別而得救。那靈的聖別實際上就是神聖的變化。藉此我們徹底得救脫離一切老舊和消極的事物，成為新造，好得着主的榮耀。
每天我們都在被聖別；那聖別我們的一位，乃是那靈。…那靈終日在聖別我們，將父所計畫的和子所成就的，應用到我們身上。那靈受託付要聖別我們；神將那靈賜給我們，目的是為着完成聖別的工作。我們聖徒有這樣一位實際的、活的並主觀的聖別人者（新約總論第五冊，九四至九八頁）。
參讀：新約總論，第一百零六篇。
WEEK 1 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
1 Cor. 1:2 To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place…
2 Thes. 2:13 But we ought to thank God always concerning you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning unto salvation in sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
The term saints denotes those who have been separated and made holy unto God…The believers in Christ are “the called saints” [1 Cor. 1:2]; they are not called to be saints. This is a positional matter, a sanctification in position with a view to sanctification in disposition.
According to grammar,…”to the church of God” is in apposition to “to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus” [v. 2]. This indicates that “to the church of God” equals “to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus.” This strongly indicates that the church is a composition of the saints and that the saints are the constituents of the church…Individually, we are the saints; corporately, we are the church. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1141-1142)
Todays Reading
Christ is the element and sphere that separated us unto God, made us holy unto Him, when we believed in Him, that is, when we were brought into an organic union with Him through our faith in Him. Holiness is actually God Himself, and God is embodied in Christ. Therefore, Christ is our holiness…Through Christ’s redemption, God has put us into Christ. Now that we are in Christ, who is the sphere and element of holiness, we
are sanctified, made holy.
As saints, we have been sanctified by Christ with His redeeming blood positionally…Christ’s body suffered the death of the cross outside the gate, and His blood was brought into the Holy of Holies for our sanctification (Heb. 13:11-12). The book of Hebrews unveils that God’s heavenly calling is to make us a heavenly people (3:1), a people who are sanctified unto God. Christ is the Sanctifier (2:11). He suffered the death of the cross, shed His blood on it, and entered the Holy of Holies with His blood (9:12) that He might be able to do the sanctifying work by the heavenly ministry (8:2, 6) of His heavenly priesthood (7:26) and that we might enter “within the veil” (6:19) by His blood to participate in Him as the heavenly Sanctifier. Christ’s redeeming blood sanctifies us positionally.
As saints, we are also being sanctified dispositionally by the Holy Spirit with God’s holy nature. The Holy Spirit is changing our disposition by causing it to be mingled with the holy disposition of God. This is subjective sanctification…This is a matter of a long process, beginning with regeneration (1 Pet. 1:2-3; Titus 3:5), passing through the whole Christian life (1 Thes. 4:3; Heb. 12:14; Eph. 5:26), and reaching completion at the time of rapture, at the maturity of life (1 Thes. 5:23).
Another verse that speaks of dispositional sanctification is 2 Thessalonians 2:13…The salvation unto which we were chosen by God is salvation and sanctification of the Spirit…While the Holy Spirit is sanctifying us, God is saving us. Therefore, we are being saved in sanctification of the Spirit. This sanctification of the Spirit is actually the divine transformation. By this we are thoroughly saved from all old and negative things and made a new creation to obtain the Lord’s glory.
Every day we are being sanctified, and the One who sanctifies us is the Spirit… All day long the Spirit is sanctifying us, applying to us what the Father has planned and what the Son has accomplished. The Spirit has been commissioned to sanctify us; He has been given to us for the purpose of completing the work of sanctification. As saints, we have such a practical, living, and subjective Sanctifier. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1142-1146)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 106
