於2022-06-26發佈

 

DAY 4

雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
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神說:要有光,就有了光。(創世記1:3)

沒有光,我們就不能看。光使萬物顯明。在聖靈感動之後,祂的第一個偉大任務就是帶來光。光代表真理,一旦主開始在我們的生活中運行,祂的第一個任務就是將祂的真理之光照進我們的生活。

值得注意的是,光是在太陽、月亮和星星之前被創造的,太陽、月亮和星星地創造則在第四天才發生。光是在表現它的太陽、月亮和星星之前被創造的。耶穌是世界之光,祂在世界之前就與上帝一體存在。我們在約翰福音的開頭對耶穌的偉大解釋中看到了這一點:

太初有道,道與神同在,道就是神。
這道太初與神同在。
萬物是藉著他造的;凡被造的,沒有一樣不是藉著他造的。
生命在他裡頭,這生命就是人的光。
那光是真光,照亮一切生在世上的人。
他在世界,世界也是藉著他造的,世界卻不認識他。
他到自己的地方來,自己的人倒不接待他。
凡接待他的,就是信他名的人,他就賜他們權柄,作神的兒女。
(約翰福音1:1-4,9-12)。

耶穌從起初就是神的計畫。祂是使天父的心喜悅的兒子。在一切被造物中,天父尋找祂兒子的影子,在一切被創造的事物中都有關於兒子的信息,正如保羅在歌羅西書1:16-17中解釋的那樣:

因為萬有都是靠他造的,無論是天上的,地上的;能看見的,不能看見的;或是有位的,主治的,執政的,掌權的;一概都是藉著他造的,又是為他造的。
他在萬有之先;萬有也靠他而立。

"萬有也靠他而立"揭示了祂是所有創造中的約束力量。光被創造在太陽、月亮和星星之前,作為永恆的見證,祂在一切事物中必須被放在首位。每個新信徒都需要在注意力轉向所有其他信仰教義,或理解他們在教會中的地位之前,先被耶穌是誰的啟示所淹沒。光,即耶穌,必須在所有的事情上佔據優先地位。祂是首先的,也是末後的。耶穌是神的光,所有的事情都將在祂身上得到總結。我們必須先認識祂。

正如我們之前在《約翰一書》1:7中讀到的,"我們若在光明中行,如同神在光明中,就彼此相交 "。這段經文說得很清楚,如果我們離開了團契,我們也就離開了祂的光。如果我們破壞了與祂的人的關係,我們也將破壞與祂的關係。沒有團契的基督教不是真正的基督教。主創造了祂的教會,所以我們都需要彼此。沒有人會單獨在基督裡到達他們的目的地。

教會生活可能是我們能擁有的最光榮、最困難的經歷之一。阿摩司書3:3說:"二人若不同心,豈能同行呢?" 這並不意味著我們必須在所有事情上達成一致才能同行,但我們在我們達成一致的事情上同行。每個基督徒都同意耶穌基督是主,所以每個基督徒都可以在某種程度上同行。所有堅持信仰基本真理的人之間至少應該有某種程度的交情。

當我們同行時,理解和共識會越來越多。要有團契,我們必須從尋找我們同意的事情開始,而不是那些我們不同意的事情。這將使我們能夠保持在光中,這要求我們 "彼此相交"(約翰一書1:7)。同樣,當我們開始與神的子民斷絕關係時,我們將開始在黑暗中行走。我們不能與耶穌基督結合而不與祂的身體--教會結合。 


DAY 4
The Light
Rick Joyner

Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light (Genesis 1:3).

Without light, we could not see. Light makes all things manifest. After the Spirit moved, His first great task was to bring forth light. Light represents truth, and as soon as the Lord begins to move in our lives, His first task will be to shine the light of His truth into our lives.

It is interesting to note that light was created before the sun, moon, and the stars, and did not take place until the fourth day of creation. Light was created before the vessels that were to manifest it. Jesus is the Light of the world, and He existed as One with God before the world. We see this in John's great explanation of Jesus at the beginning of his gospel:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
There was the true light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God,
even to those who believe in His name (John 1:1-4, 9-12).

Jesus was the plan of God from the beginning. He is the Son who makes His Father's heart glad. In everything that was created the Father looks for the reflection of His Son, and in everything that was created there is a message about the Son, as Paul explained in Colossians 1:16-17:

For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible,
whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created by Him and for Him.

And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.

"In Him all things hold together" reveals that He is the binding force in all of creation. The light was created before the sun, moon, and stars as an eternal testimony that He must be given first place in everything. Every new believer needs to be saturated with the revelation of whom Jesus is before their attention is turned to all of the other doctrines of the faith, or an understanding of their place in the church. The Light, Jesus, must have preeminence in all things. He is the first, and He is the last. Jesus is the Light of God, and all things will be summed up in Him. We must know Him first.

As we read before in I John 1:7, "but if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another." This Scripture makes clear, if we depart from fellowship, we also depart from His light. If we break fellowship with His people, we will also be breaking fellowship with Him. Christianity without fellowship is not true Christianity. The Lord created His church so we would all need one another. No one will get to their destination in Christ alone.

Church life can be one of the most glorious, and most difficult, experiences we can have. Amos 3:3 states, "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" (KJV) This does not imply that we must agree on everything to walk together, but we walk together in the things upon which we do agree. Every Christian agrees that Jesus Christ is Lord, so every Christian can walk together to some degree. There should be at least some level of fellowship between all who hold to the basic truths of the faith.

As we walk together, understanding and agreement will grow. To have fellowship, we must start by looking for things upon which we agree, rather than those upon which we disagree. This will enable us to stay in the light, which requires that we "have fellowship with one another" (I John 1:7). Likewise, when we start breaking off fellowship with God's people, we will start walking in darkness. We cannot be joined to Jesus Christ without also being joined to His body, the church.