生命的經歷(三): 聖靈垂直的交通
林後十三14 願主耶穌基督的恩，神的愛，聖靈的交通，與你們眾人同在。
腓二1~2 所以在基督里若有甚麼鼓勵，若有甚麼愛的安慰，若有甚麼靈的交通，若有甚麼慈心、憐恤，你們就要使我的喜樂滿足…。
神聖交通平面的一面是憑著人的靈。神聖交通垂直的一面是憑著神聖的靈，就是聖靈（林後十三14，提後四22）。…那靈不是僅僅與交通有關，聯於或調和於交通里。那靈本身就是交通，因為交通就是那靈的流。
這就好比說，電流就是電的本身。電流就是流動的電。當電中止，電流也中止。同樣的，林後十三章十四節所說『聖靈的交通』，就是那靈在運行。
基督的恩典是我們所享受的基督自己，神的愛是我們所嘗到的神自己，而那靈的交通就是那靈自己在我們裡面運行（三一神作三部分人的生命，一七五頁）。
我們需要憑著人的靈，進入神聖交通平面的一面（腓二1，啟一10）。我們若要彼此有真實平面的交通，就需要操練我們的靈。我們若操練我們的靈，就絕不會以世俗的方式談話，也不會消極地說到聖徒或教會。
如果某處地方教會中，有許多聖徒常常說到其他聖徒或教會的消極話，那個地方教會就會受到嚴重的破壞。這種談論在聖徒中間散布閒話和死亡。
保羅在腓立比二章一至二節說，『所以在基督里若有甚麼鼓勵，若有甚麼愛的安慰，若有甚麼靈的交通，若有甚麼慈心、憐恤，你們就要使我的喜樂滿足…。』
保羅的意思是說，『弟兄們，你們若與我有甚麼靈里的交通，你們的交通會成為我的鼓勵和安慰。這樣，你們就會使我的喜樂滿足。』
我們操練靈，我們談話的性質就會改變，因為我們的靈是聖別的（參林後六6）。某個教會若有難處，我們可能只是想談論一下局面如何，但我們裡面的靈會催促我們禱告。我們的靈不容許我們閒聊別人的錯誤與失敗。
我們惟有借着操練我們的靈，才有平面交通的實際。
有時，我們可能假藉交通聖徒的近況為名，而談論他們，但我們的談話實際上是閒聊。之後我們通常不能禱告，因為我們禱告的靈被我們的閒話銷滅了。但我們借着操練靈而有真正的交通時，我們會渴望禱告並接觸主。
這表明在垂直與平面這兩面的交通之間，關係何等密切。平面的交通把我們引進垂直的交通中。如果兩位弟兄操練他們的靈，有真正、正確、平面的交通，他們至終會被引進非常誠懇、真摯的代求里。
當他們一同禱告時，神聖交通的兩方面就交織在一起了。平面的交通與垂直的交通交織在一起。這種交織的交通乃是真實的交通。
你若沒有平面的交通，就無法有垂直的交通。你若花充分的時間與主有垂直的交通，就會急切想見別的聖徒，好與他們有交通。你一旦借着禱告而與聖徒有了交通，你就再次被帶進與主垂直的交通里。
你與聖徒們平面的交通，帶你進入與主垂直的交通里。然後，你與主的交通就把你帶進與聖徒們平面的交通里。因此，這兩面總是交織在一起的，也就是說，兩面總是互相交錯進行的（三一神作三部分人的生命，一七七至一八○頁）。
參讀：聖經要道卷二，第二十二題。
English Version
2 Cor. 13:14 "The grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be
with you all."
Phil. 2:1-2 "If there is
therefore any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any
fellowship of spirit, if any tenderheartedness and compassions, make my joy
full..."
The horizontal aspect of the divine fellowship is by the human spirit.
The vertical aspect of the divine fellowship is by the divine Spirit, the Holy
Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14; 2 Tim. 4:22)....The Spirit is not merely involved,
wrapped up, or mingled with the fellowship. The Spirit Himself is the
fellowship because
the fellowship is the flow, the
current, of the Spirit. This is like saying that the current of electricity is
just the electricity itself. The current of electricity is electricity in
motion. When the electricity stops, the current of electricity also stops. In
the same way, the fellowship of the Holy Spirit mentioned
in 2 Corinthians 13:14 is the Spirit
moving. The grace of Christ is Christ Himself enjoyed by us; the love of God is
God Himself tasted by us; and the fellowship of the Spirit is the Spirit
Himself moving within us. (The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man, pp.
149-150)
Today's Reading
We need to enter into the horizontal aspect of the divine fellowship by
the human spirit (Phil. 2:1; Rev. 1:10). If we are going to have real
fellowship horizontally with one another, we need to exercise our spirit. If we
exercise our spirit, we will never talk in a worldly manner or speak negatively
about the saints or the churches. A local church can be severely damaged if
many of the saints in that locality spend time speaking negative things about
other saints and other churches. Such discussions spread gossip and death....In
Philippians 2:1-2 Paul said, “If there is therefore any encouragement in
Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any
tenderheartedness and compassions, make my joy full....” Paul seemed to be
saying, “Brothers, if you have any fellowship with me in spirit, your fellowship
will be my encouragement and consolation. Then you will make my joy full.”par
When we exercise our spirit, the nature of our conversation will change
because our spirit is holy (cf. 2 Cor. 6:6). If there are problems in a certain
church, we may have a desire to merely talk about the situation, but our spirit
within will urge us to pray. Our spirit will not allow us to gossip about
others’ mistakes and failures. The only way to have the reality of horizontal
fellowship is by exercising our spirit.
Sometimes, we may talk about
other saints under the pretense of having fellowship about their situation, but
our conversation is actually gossip. Afterwards, we often cannot pray, because
our praying spirit is quenched by our gossip. But when we fellowship in a
genuine way by exercising our spirit, we are eager to pray and contact the
Lord. This shows how close the relationship is between the vertical and
horizontal aspects of fellowship. The horizontal fellowship ushers us into the
vertical fellowship. If two brothers exercise their spirit to have genuine,
proper, horizontal fellowship, they will eventually be ushered into a very
honest and sincere intercession. When they pray together, the two aspects of
the divine fellowship are interwoven. The horizontal fellowship is interwoven
with the vertical fellowship. This interwoven fellowship is the real
fellowship.
You cannot have the vertical fellowship without the horizontal
fellowship.If you have a good time with the Lord in vertical fellowship, you
will be eager to see the other saints in order to have fellowship with them.
Once you have fellowship with the saints through prayer, you are brought into
vertical
fellowship with the Lord again. Your
horizontal fellowship with the saints brings you into vertical fellowship with
the Lord. Then your fellowship with the Lord brings you into horizontal
fellowship with the saints. Thus, these two aspects are always interwoven, that
is, they are always crisscrossing each
other. (The Triune God to Be Life to
the Tripartite Man, pp. 152-153)
Further Reading: Crucial Truths in the
Holy Scriptures, vol. 2, ch. 22
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生命的經歷(四): 聖徒們平面的相交
