晨兴圣言-马太福音中所启示...(W6-3)

第六周 • 周三

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晨兴餧养

启四2　 我立刻就在灵里；看那，有一个宝座安置在天上，又有一位坐在宝座上。

太十一25 那时，耶稣回答说，父阿，天地的主，我颂扬你…。


天使的堕落和人类的堕落，影响宇宙有多大，给神的难处有多大，你们注意过么？神要受造之物接受祂的权柄，而这两类受造之物却都拒绝了神的权柄。…虽然如此，神却不肯撤退祂的权柄。…所以神一面维持权柄制度，一面建立祂的国。撒但虽然干犯神的权柄，人也天天干犯神的权柄，天天背叛神，神却不让这个背叛继续下去，祂要设立祂自己的国。

主在地上一切所行的，没有一样是不顺服的。…主完全顺服，完全让神的权柄通行，就在那个范围内设立了神的国，通行了神的权柄。照样今天召会也要因着顺服，而有神权柄的通行，有神国度的彰显（倪柝声文集第三辑第一册，一六二至一六三页）。

信息选读

宇宙中争执的中心，乃是谁该得着权柄；我们要和撒但争执，肯定权柄是属于神的。我们要存心顺服神的权柄，维持神的权柄。

保罗在未认识权柄之先，想要从地上铲除召会，但在大马色路上遇见主以后，看见用脚（人的能力）踢犁棒（神的权柄）是难的，他立刻倒下来，承认耶稣是主，就在大马色城内能顺服亚拿尼亚的指示〔徒九10〕。

人若未在大马色路上遇见权柄，就不会在大马色城里顺服一个无名的小弟兄。这给我们看见，凡遇见权柄的人就只和权柄发生关系，不和人发生关系。我们应该只想到权柄而不想到人，因为不是顺服那个人，乃是顺服他身上神的权柄。

我们这些自以为是（实在是瞎眼）的人总要有一次碰着神的权柄。…人必须遇见了神的权柄，然后纔能顺服神所设立的代表权柄。

在民数记十六章里有两个背叛：从一至四十节是首领们的背叛，从四十一至五十节是全会众的背叛。背叛的灵是会传染的。二百五十人被审判，不能使全会众受警戒。他们亲眼看见有火从神那里出来，烧灭了那献香的二百五十人，还是背叛，竟然说是摩西杀了他们。摩西、亚伦不能叫地开口，是神开的；摩西不能叫火烧人，是从耶和华神那里出来了火，施行审判。人的眼睛只看见人，没有认识权柄是出乎神。这样的人胆量很大，看见审判也不知害怕，因为他没有认识权柄的知识，这是很危险的。

有许多罪是神受得住，且是可原谅的；但一背叛，神就不能容忍，因为背叛是死亡的原则，是撒但的原则。所以背叛的罪比甚么罪都厉害。每当有人抵挡权柄，神立刻审判，这是何等严肃的事！（倪柝声文集第三辑第一册，一二○至一二二、一四七至一四八页）。

参读：倪柝声文集第三辑第一册，权柄与顺服上编，第一至三篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

Rev. 4:2 Immediately I was in spirit; and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and upon the throne there was One sitting.

Matt. 11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I extol You, Father, Lord of heaven and of earth…

Have you ever realized how much the universe was affected by the fall of the angels and man and how big a problem this made for God? God desired that His creatures would accept His authority; however, both kinds of creatures rejected His authority…Nevertheless, God did not call back His authority…On the one hand, God maintains His system of authority, and on the other hand, He establishes His kingdom. Although Satan rebelled against God’s authority, and although man daily violates His authority by rebelling against Him, God will not let this rebellion continue. He will establish His own kingdom.

Whatever the Lord did on earth was entirely based on submission … Everything was in submission, in perfect cooperation with the authority of God. In this realm the Lord set up the kingdom of God and executed His authority. The church today must also allow God’s authority to have a free way and manifest His kingdom through submission. (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” pp. 147-148)

Today’s Reading

The center of dispute in the whole universe relates to who has the authority. We have to contend with Satan by asserting that authority is with God. We have to set ourselves to submit to God’s authority and to uphold God’s authority.

Before Paul realized authority, he wanted to eradicate the church from the earth. But after he met the Lord on the way to Damascus, he realized that it was difficult to kick against the goads (God’s authority) with his feet (man’s energy). He immediately fell down, acknowledged Jesus as Lord, and submitted to the instruction of Ananias in Damascus [Acts 9:10].

Unless a man meets authority on the way to “Damascus,” he cannot submit to an insignificant, small brother in “Damascus.” This shows us that anyone who has met authority will deal with the authority alone; he will not deal with the person involved. We should only think of the authority, not of the person, because our submission is not to a person but to God’s authority in that person.

We who are so self-confident, but who are in reality so blind, have to come face-to-face at least once with God’s authority…Only when a man meets God’s authority will he submit to the deputy authority whom God appoints.

In Numbers 16 there are two rebellions. In verses 1 through 40 we have the rebellion of the leaders, whereas in verses 41 through 50 we have the rebellion of the whole assembly. A spirit of rebellion is contagious. The judgment on the two hundred fifty was not enough to warn the whole assembly. They saw with their own eyes fire coming forth from God to consume the two hundred fifty incense burners. Yet they still rebelled. They even accused Moses of killing them. Moses and Aaron could not open the earth; it was God who opened it. Moses could not consume people with fire; it was the fire that proceeded from Jehovah God that judged the people. Some men only see through their own eyes. They do not see that all authority is of God. Such people are very bold; they are not afraid even when they see judgment, because they do not have the knowledge of authority. This is a very dangerous matter.

God can bear many sins and can even pardon them. Once rebellion appears, however, God cannot tolerate it, for rebellion is according to the principle of death. It is according to the principle of Satan. For this reason, the sin of rebellion is more serious than any other kind of sin. Whenever someone opposes authority, God immediately comes in to judge. How solemn a matter this is! (CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” pp. 111-112, 134-135)

Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 47, “Authority and Submission,” chs. 1—3