第二週 • 週三
晨興餧養
太十六24 於是耶穌對門徒說，若有人要跟從我，就當否認己，背起他的十字架，並跟從我。
羅八13 因為你們若照肉體活着，必要死；但你們若靠着那靈治死身體的行為，必要活着。
肉體、己和天然，這三者都是舊人的表現，所以它們所受的對付，原則也都是同樣的，一面是客觀的事實，一面是主觀的經歷。客觀的事實，是基督把我們的舊人釘死了；主觀的經歷，是靠着聖靈，把基督的釘死，執行到我們身上來。如果執行到我們的肉體上，那就是對付肉體；如果執行到我們的意見上，那就是對付己；如果執行到我們的幹才、能力上，這就是對付天然（生命的經歷下冊，三○五頁）。
信息選讀
經歷對付天然的過程，和對付己也很相近。〔第一，我們要〕看見舊人已經與基督同釘死。這個屬靈的看見，乃是經歷對付天然的頭一步。我們必須看見舊人與基督同死的事實，纔能產生以下的對付。
〔然後我們要〕看見天然是舊人厲害的表現。這也是一個屬靈的看見。當然在這個看見裏面，也就包括看見天然到底是指着甚麼，以及我們身上有哪些是天然的表現。
我們有了前兩個看見，自然就會接受基督的釘死到天然上，也就是靠着聖靈的能力，把基督的釘死，執行到我們天然的表現上。這樣一接受，一執行，那些天然的能力，就有了死的印記，而枯萎下來了。這個接受，在我們身上乃是一個屬靈的大關口。也許這就是我們的毗努伊勒〔參創三二22~32〕。在這裏，我們
天然的能力和幹才，被神摸了一下，我們的大腿筋，就是全身最有力量的那個東西，就扭了，以後再要使用，就不能像從前那樣隨意了。這就是我們在對付天然上，過了一個關，有了一次主觀的經歷。
對付天然經歷應用的第一點，還是在聖靈的交通裏。無論是對付己，或是對付天然，我們若要有繼續不斷的經歷，總得活在聖靈的交通裏。這些經歷的應用，都是靠着聖靈，執行十字架的死。若不活在聖靈的交通裏，我們要靠聖靈就靠不着，要執行十字架的死也執行不來。
我們若活在聖靈的交通裏，就要讓聖靈把基督的死，執行到每一點所發現的天然上。換句話說，我們每一次發現自己還有手腕、辦法和能力，就要立即把十字架的死應用到上面，在這些天然具體的表現上，打上十字架死的印記。這不光是一次的接受，並且是日常的應用，天天時時都將十字架擺在我們的天然上。從接受十字架的時候起，我們就學習在聖靈的交通裏，讓神摸我們天然的每一點表現。我們可能是一個有思路的人，是一個有幹才的人，但我們是一個接受十字架的人，也是一個背十字架的人，在我們身上有一個十字架，一直作破碎的工作。若是主憐憫，過一段時候，我們身上那些天然的東西，就要逐漸有死而復活的光景了（生命的經歷下冊，三○六至三○八頁）。
參讀：生命的經歷，第九至十篇。
WEEK 2 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
Matt. 16:24 "Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me."
Rom. 8:13 "For if you live according to the flesh, you must die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live."
Flesh, self, and the natural constitution—all three—are the expressions of the old man. Therefore, the principle in dealing with them is the same: on one hand, we have the objective fact, and on the other hand, we need the subjective experience. The objective fact is that Christ has already crucified our old man, whereas the subjective experience is the applying of the death of Christ through the Holy Spirit to ourselves. If we apply it to the flesh, it is the dealing with the flesh; if we apply it to our opinion, it is the dealing with self; and if we apply it to our ability and capability, it is the dealing with the natural constitution. (The Experience of Life, pp. 250-251)
Today's Reading
The process of the experience of dealing with the natural constitution closely resembles that of dealing with self. [First, we see] that our old man has been crucified with Christ. This spiritual seeing is the first step toward our experience in dealing with the natural constitution. We must see that our old man has been crucified with Christ; then we shall experience the dealing that follows.
[Then we realize] that the natural constitution is a very strong expression of the old man. This also is a spiritual seeing. Of course, this also includes seeing what the natural constitution refers to and what its expressions are.
After we have seen the first two points, we will automatically receive the crucifixion of Christ upon our natural constitution. This also means that we apply the crucifixion of Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit to our natural expression. Once we receive and apply this, all our natural ability will be stamped with the mark of death and will gradually become withered. This receiving is a great spiritual crisis in our life; it may perhaps become our Penuel in experience. It is here that our natural ability and capability are touched by God, and the socket of our hip, wherein lies the strength of our body, becomes limp. Hereafter, we can no longer as before use our ability and capability as we wish. Thus, we pass a crisis in our dealing with the natural constitution; we gain an experience in a subjective way.
In order to experience dealing with the natural constitution, we must first be in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Whether we are dealing with self or with the natural constitution, if we desire to have a continual experience,we must live in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. In order to apply this
experience, we need to apply the death of the cross through the Holy Spirit. If we do not live in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, we cannot live in dependence upon the Holy Spirit, nor can we apply the death of the cross.
If we live in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, we need to let the Holy Spirit execute the crucifixion of Christ upon every area of our natural constitution that we discover. In other words, every time we discover our cleverness, wiles, and capability, we must immediately apply the death of the cross to
them. In this way the stamp of the death of the cross is applied to all the practical expressions of the natural constitution. This is not merely a oncefor-all acceptance; it must also be a daily application. We must apply the cross to our natural constitution daily and moment by moment. From the very beginning, when we accept the working of the cross, we must allow God to touch every expression of our natural constitution in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. We may be rich in thinking and very capable, yet we must be one who receives the cross and bears the cross; the cross must continually do the work of breaking us; then after a certain period of time, all that is of our natural constitution will gradually be in the state of having passed through death to resurrection. (The Experience of Life, pp. 251-252)
Further Reading: The Experience of Life, chs. 9-10
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