2013-07-26 17:35:52
Joshuachang
晨興聖言─創世記結晶讀經（一）(11)
第一週 ‧ 週一
晨興餧養
創一 26『神說，我們要按着我們的形像，照着我們的樣式造人，使他們管理…全地…。』
二 9 『耶和華神使各樣的樹從地裏長出來，可以悅人的眼目，也好作食物；園子當中有生命樹，還有善惡
知識樹。』
神的願望和定旨是要得着一個團體人，有祂的形像彰顯祂，並有祂的權柄代表祂。現在我們必須問：人怎能有祂的形像彰顯祂，並有祂的權柄代表祂？（創世記生命讀經，一四六頁）
人被造以後，一面，神安息了；但另一面，神的工作尚未完成，因為人還沒有得着神聖的生命。那時，人有神的形狀和外表，卻沒有神的生命和性情（本質）。創世記一章有不同程度的受造生命，但在二章有獨一、最高的生命，神聖的生命，非受造的生命，由生命樹所表徵。亞當被造，在受造生命當中是最高的生命，但他在被造的時候沒有神聖的生命。神的心意是要亞當接受神作他的生命。神聖的生命沒有被人接受、得着、實化並經歷，人就絕不能成為神的彰顯和代表（神中心的思想，二二至二三頁）。
信息選讀
創世記一章關於創造的記載，雖然啓示神創造人的目的，卻沒有告訴我們達成這目的的路。所以需要〔創世記二章裏關於創造〕第二次的記載，以啓示神所採取來達成祂目的之路與手續。
神是要藉着祂自己的生命來達成祂的目的。…我們若要彰顯神，就需要神的生命。我們若有神的生命，就會自自然然、不知不覺的彰顯祂。我們有了神的生命，就會彰顯祂的形像。生命乃是達成神目的的路。這生命不是我們天然的生命，乃是神那神聖、永遠的生命。
權柄也與生命有關。…你越有生命，就越有權柄。…你的年齡給你這權柄。為了有神的權柄代表神，我們需要祂的生命。
人雖然是按着神的形像創造的，但只像一張照片稍稍表明神，並沒有神的生命。人雖然有神的形像，卻沒有神的生命。神要人有分於生命樹所指明的生命。
創世記一章啓示神永遠的目的，就是藉着人彰顯祂自己，並與人一同管治。人被造是為着彰顯神並代表神。…神有了目的，但祂必須有路達成祂的目的。神的路是甚麼？我們已經看過，祂的路乃是生命。神要進到人裏面作生命。為了達成祂的目的，神要進到人裏面作人的生命和生命的供應。此外，二章啓示神的手續包含三個步驟。第一步是神造人為器皿，好盛裝神作生命。人既被造為器皿盛裝神，就能憑神而活，彰顯祂並代表祂。第二步是神將人擺在生命樹跟前。…神將人擺在生命樹跟前，就是指明神要人將祂接受到裏面，使人為着召會的建造，變化成為寶貴的材料。…第一步是造器皿，第二步是將這器皿擺在生命樹跟前，第三步是將神作到人裏面作生命（創世記生命讀經，一四六至一四九、二六四頁）。
參讀：神建造的異象，第一章；創世記生命讀經，第六至八、十篇；神中心的思想，第三章；神聖啓示的中心路線，第五至六篇。
WEEK 1 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 1:26 "And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let
them have dominion...over all the earth..."
2:9 "And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the
sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil."
God's desire and purpose are to have a corporate man to express Him in His image and to represent Him with His authority. Now we must ask a question: how can man express God in His image and represent Him with His authority? (Life-study of Genesis, p. 117)
After man was created, on the one hand, God rested, but on the other hand, God's work was not completed because man did not yet have the divine life. Up to that point, man had the form and the appearance of God but not the life and nature, the substance, of God. In Genesis 1 there are the created lives in different degrees, but in Genesis 2 there is the unique and highest life, the divine life, the uncreated life, signified by the tree of life. Adam was made as the highest life among the created lives, but he did not have the divine life at the time of creation. God's intention was that Adam would take God as his life. Without the divine life being accepted, received, realized, and experienced by man, man can never be the expression and representative of God. (The Central Thought of God, p. 26)
Today's Reading
Although the record of creation in Genesis 1 reveals God's purpose in creating man, it does not show us the way to fulfill this purpose. Therefore, we need the second record [of creation in Genesis 2] to reveal the way, the procedure, God takes to fulfill His purpose.
God is going to accomplish His purpose by means of His own life....If we are going to express God, we need the life of God. If we have the life of God, we will express Him spontaneously and unconsciously. Once we have His life, we will express His image. Life is the way to fulfill God's purpose. This life is not our natural life, but the divine and eternal life of God.
Authority is also related to life....The more life you have, the more authority you have....Your age assigns you the authority. In order to represent God with His authority, we need His life.
Man was created in the image of God, but he was like a photograph showing something of God
without having the life of God. Although man was in the image of God, he did not have the life of God. God intended that man should partake of the life indicated by the tree of life.
Genesis 1 reveals God's eternal purpose, which is to express Himself through man and to exercise His dominion with man. Man was created to express God and to represent God....Although God has a purpose, He must have a means of fulfilling it. What is God's divine way of accomplishing His purpose? As we have seen, His way is life. God desires to come into us as life. In order to accomplish His purpose, God wants to come into man to be man's life and life supply. Furthermore, Genesis 2 reveals that God's procedure involves three steps. The first step was for God to create man as a vessel to contain Him as life. Since man was made as a vessel to contain God, man can live by Him, express Him, and represent Him. As the second step, God placed man in front of the tree of life....In placing man before the tree of life, God was indicating that He wanted man to take Him into his being that he might be transformed into the precious materials for the building up of the church.
The first step was to make the vessel, the second was to put this vessel in front of the tree of life, and the third is to work God into man as life. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 117-120, 215-216)
Further Reading: The Vision of God's Building, ch. 1; Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 6-8, 10; The Central Thought of God, ch. 3; The Central Line of the Divine Revelation, msgs. 5-6
晨興餧養
創一 26『神說，我們要按着我們的形像，照着我們的樣式造人，使他們管理…全地…。』
二 9 『耶和華神使各樣的樹從地裏長出來，可以悅人的眼目，也好作食物；園子當中有生命樹，還有善惡
知識樹。』
神的願望和定旨是要得着一個團體人，有祂的形像彰顯祂，並有祂的權柄代表祂。現在我們必須問：人怎能有祂的形像彰顯祂，並有祂的權柄代表祂？（創世記生命讀經，一四六頁）
人被造以後，一面，神安息了；但另一面，神的工作尚未完成，因為人還沒有得着神聖的生命。那時，人有神的形狀和外表，卻沒有神的生命和性情（本質）。創世記一章有不同程度的受造生命，但在二章有獨一、最高的生命，神聖的生命，非受造的生命，由生命樹所表徵。亞當被造，在受造生命當中是最高的生命，但他在被造的時候沒有神聖的生命。神的心意是要亞當接受神作他的生命。神聖的生命沒有被人接受、得着、實化並經歷，人就絕不能成為神的彰顯和代表（神中心的思想，二二至二三頁）。
信息選讀
創世記一章關於創造的記載，雖然啓示神創造人的目的，卻沒有告訴我們達成這目的的路。所以需要〔創世記二章裏關於創造〕第二次的記載，以啓示神所採取來達成祂目的之路與手續。
神是要藉着祂自己的生命來達成祂的目的。…我們若要彰顯神，就需要神的生命。我們若有神的生命，就會自自然然、不知不覺的彰顯祂。我們有了神的生命，就會彰顯祂的形像。生命乃是達成神目的的路。這生命不是我們天然的生命，乃是神那神聖、永遠的生命。
權柄也與生命有關。…你越有生命，就越有權柄。…你的年齡給你這權柄。為了有神的權柄代表神，我們需要祂的生命。
人雖然是按着神的形像創造的，但只像一張照片稍稍表明神，並沒有神的生命。人雖然有神的形像，卻沒有神的生命。神要人有分於生命樹所指明的生命。
創世記一章啓示神永遠的目的，就是藉着人彰顯祂自己，並與人一同管治。人被造是為着彰顯神並代表神。…神有了目的，但祂必須有路達成祂的目的。神的路是甚麼？我們已經看過，祂的路乃是生命。神要進到人裏面作生命。為了達成祂的目的，神要進到人裏面作人的生命和生命的供應。此外，二章啓示神的手續包含三個步驟。第一步是神造人為器皿，好盛裝神作生命。人既被造為器皿盛裝神，就能憑神而活，彰顯祂並代表祂。第二步是神將人擺在生命樹跟前。…神將人擺在生命樹跟前，就是指明神要人將祂接受到裏面，使人為着召會的建造，變化成為寶貴的材料。…第一步是造器皿，第二步是將這器皿擺在生命樹跟前，第三步是將神作到人裏面作生命（創世記生命讀經，一四六至一四九、二六四頁）。
參讀：神建造的異象，第一章；創世記生命讀經，第六至八、十篇；神中心的思想，第三章；神聖啓示的中心路線，第五至六篇。
WEEK 1 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Gen. 1:26 "And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let
them have dominion...over all the earth..."
2:9 "And out of the ground Jehovah God caused to grow every tree that is pleasant to the
sight and good for food, as well as the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil."
God's desire and purpose are to have a corporate man to express Him in His image and to represent Him with His authority. Now we must ask a question: how can man express God in His image and represent Him with His authority? (Life-study of Genesis, p. 117)
After man was created, on the one hand, God rested, but on the other hand, God's work was not completed because man did not yet have the divine life. Up to that point, man had the form and the appearance of God but not the life and nature, the substance, of God. In Genesis 1 there are the created lives in different degrees, but in Genesis 2 there is the unique and highest life, the divine life, the uncreated life, signified by the tree of life. Adam was made as the highest life among the created lives, but he did not have the divine life at the time of creation. God's intention was that Adam would take God as his life. Without the divine life being accepted, received, realized, and experienced by man, man can never be the expression and representative of God. (The Central Thought of God, p. 26)
Today's Reading
Although the record of creation in Genesis 1 reveals God's purpose in creating man, it does not show us the way to fulfill this purpose. Therefore, we need the second record [of creation in Genesis 2] to reveal the way, the procedure, God takes to fulfill His purpose.
God is going to accomplish His purpose by means of His own life....If we are going to express God, we need the life of God. If we have the life of God, we will express Him spontaneously and unconsciously. Once we have His life, we will express His image. Life is the way to fulfill God's purpose. This life is not our natural life, but the divine and eternal life of God.
Authority is also related to life....The more life you have, the more authority you have....Your age assigns you the authority. In order to represent God with His authority, we need His life.
Man was created in the image of God, but he was like a photograph showing something of God
without having the life of God. Although man was in the image of God, he did not have the life of God. God intended that man should partake of the life indicated by the tree of life.
Genesis 1 reveals God's eternal purpose, which is to express Himself through man and to exercise His dominion with man. Man was created to express God and to represent God....Although God has a purpose, He must have a means of fulfilling it. What is God's divine way of accomplishing His purpose? As we have seen, His way is life. God desires to come into us as life. In order to accomplish His purpose, God wants to come into man to be man's life and life supply. Furthermore, Genesis 2 reveals that God's procedure involves three steps. The first step was for God to create man as a vessel to contain Him as life. Since man was made as a vessel to contain God, man can live by Him, express Him, and represent Him. As the second step, God placed man in front of the tree of life....In placing man before the tree of life, God was indicating that He wanted man to take Him into his being that he might be transformed into the precious materials for the building up of the church.
The first step was to make the vessel, the second was to put this vessel in front of the tree of life, and the third is to work God into man as life. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 117-120, 215-216)
Further Reading: The Vision of God's Building, ch. 1; Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 6-8, 10; The Central Thought of God, ch. 3; The Central Line of the Divine Revelation, msgs. 5-6