第八週 • 週一
晨興餧養
士九13 葡萄樹對他們說，我豈可停止生產我那使神和人喜樂的新酒，去飄搖在眾樹之上呢？
羅十二1 所以弟兄們，我藉着神的憐恤勸你們，將身體獻上，當作聖別並討神喜悅的活祭，這是你們合理的事奉。
葡萄樹代表甚麼呢？在士師記九章十三節，葡萄樹說，『我豈可停止生產我那使神和人喜樂的新酒。』從一面來說，這是描寫那位犧牲的基督，那位把自己一切全都犧牲的基督。但這並不是主要的點。最重要的意義乃是說，本於祂的犧牲，祂產生出一樣東西來使神和人歡喜—新酒（包羅萬有的基督，六○頁）。
信息選讀
你有沒有這樣經歷過基督？我相信我們大部分的人都有過一點類似的經歷，但是大概我們未加以注意。有的時候神主宰的權柄，把我們擺在某一種處境中，需要我們犧牲自己好使別人喜樂，也使神喜樂。當我們在這樣的處境中來接觸主，就在那時我們經歷祂作出產酒的葡萄樹；我們經歷基督作使神喜樂，並使人喜樂的一位。從這經歷我們就變成了葡萄樹；我們便成了一種能使人和神喜樂之物的出產者。我知道你們有這樣的經歷。基督許多不同的方面，能應付每一處境中的每一個需要。基督是太豐富了。祂不僅是小麥和大麥餅，祂也是所有的樹木，而〔葡萄樹〕乃是出產喜樂給神和給人的。若是所有的弟兄姊妹都對你覺得愉快，我確信你多多少少是在這一方面經歷了基督，你是經歷基督作一個產酒者。基督作犧牲的羊羔活在你裏面，加給你力量，使你犧牲自己為着別人，好叫別人喜樂。
好幾年前當我在臺灣臺北的時候，有相當多的弟兄姊妹來和我們住在一起，接受一些屬靈的幫助。其中有一位姊妹總是發牢騷，不斷發怨言。她洗澡時，嫌水不彀熱，她喫飯時，又嫌飯太冷。她終日就是說，『為甚麼這樣？』『為甚麼那樣？』她叫所有與她同住的人頭痛。沒有一個對她感到愉快，因為她根本沒有學過如何犧牲自己。她從來沒有學過如何在她的處境中應用作犧牲的基督。她自己是一個不快樂的人，她也不能叫任何人快樂，她缺少酒。她沒有經歷基督作產酒者，犧牲祂自己，產出酒來給人並給神。
你若是在這一方面經歷基督，你自己必有多量的酒可喝，而且你要喝醉了。你就要因基督而癲狂。你能說，『我真是快樂，主，我真是快樂。我不知道自私是甚麼，那對我像外國話一樣。一天過一天我都在喝基督的酒。』
最快樂的人乃是最不自私的人。最自私的人都是最痛苦的人。他們不斷呼喊：『可憐我罷；待我好一點！』他們就像討飯的人，一直求乞。犧牲的人乃是快樂的人。我們怎能犧牲呢？我們沒有力量犧牲，因為我們的生命是天然的生命、自私的生命。只有基督的生命纔是犧牲的生命。你若是接觸這位基督，經歷祂犧牲的生命，祂就要加給你力量，剛強你，使你為神為人而犧牲。你就要成為最快樂的一個人；你要被喜樂灌醉了。這就是經歷基督作葡萄樹。因着這經歷，對別人你就變成了一棵葡萄樹，所有和你接觸的人都要因你覺得快樂，你也要將喜樂帶給神（包羅萬有的基督，六一至六二頁）。
參讀：腓立比書生命讀經，第五十篇；包羅萬有的基督，第五章。
WEEK 8 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Judg. 9:13 "But the vine said to them, Shall I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave over the trees?"
Rom. 12:1 "I exhort you therefore, brothers, through the compassions of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service."
What does the vine represent? In Judges 9:13 the vine said, “Shall I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men?” In one sense it depicts the sacrificing Christ, the Christ who has sacrificed everything of Himself. But this is not the main point. The main significance is that out of His sacrifice He produced something to cheer God and man—new wine. (The All-inclusive Christ, p. 58)
Today's Reading
Have you had such an experience of Christ? I believe most of us have had some experience of this kind, but probably we have not paid much attention to it. Sometimes under the Lord’s sovereignty we are put into a certain situation in which we must sacrifice ourselves to make others happy and the Lord happy. When in this situation we come to contact the Lord, it is then that we experience Him as the wine-producing vine; we experience Christ as the One who gives cheer to God and cheer to others. Out of this experience we become the vine; we become the producer of something which cheers both man and God. I know you have had this kind of experience. There are different aspects of Christ to meet every need in every situation. Christ is so rich. He is not only the grain of wheat and the loaf of barley, but He is also all the trees, and the [vine tree] is one which produces happiness for God and happiness for others. If all the brothers and sisters are happy with you, I am sure that to a greater or lesser degree you are experiencing Christ in this aspect; you are experiencing Christ as a wine producer. Christ as the sacrificing lamb lives in you, energizing you to sacrifice yourself for others to bring them cheer.
Several years ago when I was in Taipei, Formosa, a good number of brothers and sisters came and stayed with us to receive some spiritual help. One sister among them was always murmuring, always complaining. When she took a bath, the water was not hot enough; when she ate a meal, the food was too cold. All day long it was “Why this?” and “Why that?” She gave all those who were living with her a headache. No one was happy with her because she simply had not learned to sacrifice herself. She had never learned how to apply the sacrificing Christ to her situation. She herself was not a happy person, and she did not make anyone else happy. She was short of wine. She had no experience of Christ as the wine producer, sacrificing Himself to produce wine for others and for God.
If you experience Christ in this aspect, you yourself will have much wine to drink, and you will be drunken. Then you will be mad with Christ. You should be a person who is drunken and mad with Christ. You should be able to say, “I am so happy, Lord, I am so happy. I don’t know what selfishness means; that is a foreign language to me. day by day I am drinking the wine of Christ.”
The most happy person is the most unselfish one. The most selfish people are always the most miserable. They are always crying, “Have pity on me; treat me a little better!” They are just like beggars, begging all the time. The sacrificing one is the happy one. How can we sacrifice? We have no energy to sacrifice, for our life is a natural life, a selfish life. Only the life of Christ is a life of sacrifice. If you contact this Christ and experience His sacrificing life, He will energize you, He will strengthen you to sacrifice for God and for others. Then you will be the most happy person; you will be drunken with happiness. This is the experience of Christ as the vine tree. By this experience you will become a vine to others. All those who contact you will be happy with you, and you will bring cheer to God. (The All-inclusive Christ, pp. 58-59)
Further Reading: Life-study of Philippians, msg. 50; The All-inclusive Christ, ch. 5
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