生命的经历(三): 圣灵垂直的交通
林后十三14 愿主耶稣基督的恩，神的爱，圣灵的交通，与你们众人同在。
腓二1~2 所以在基督里若有甚么鼓励，若有甚么爱的安慰，若有甚么灵的交通，若有甚么慈心、怜恤，你们就要使我的喜乐满足…。
神圣交通平面的一面是凭著人的灵。神圣交通垂直的一面是凭著神圣的灵，就是圣灵（林后十三14，提后四22）。…那灵不是仅仅与交通有关，联於或调和於交通里。那灵本身就是交通，因为交通就是那灵的流。
这就好比说，电流就是电的本身。电流就是流动的电。当电中止，电流也中止。同样的，林后十三章十四节所说『圣灵的交通』，就是那灵在运行。
基督的恩典是我们所享受的基督自己，神的爱是我们所尝到的神自己，而那灵的交通就是那灵自己在我们里面运行（三一神作三部分人的生命，一七五页）。
我们需要凭著人的灵，进入神圣交通平面的一面（腓二1，启一10）。我们若要彼此有真实平面的交通，就需要操练我们的灵。我们若操练我们的灵，就绝不会以世俗的方式谈话，也不会消极地说到圣徒或教会。
如果某处地方教会中，有许多圣徒常常说到其他圣徒或教会的消极话，那个地方教会就会受到严重的破坏。这种谈论在圣徒中间散布闲话和死亡。
保罗在腓立比二章一至二节说，『所以在基督里若有甚么鼓励，若有甚么爱的安慰，若有甚么灵的交通，若有甚么慈心、怜恤，你们就要使我的喜乐满足…。』
保罗的意思是说，『弟兄们，你们若与我有甚么灵里的交通，你们的交通会成为我的鼓励和安慰。这样，你们就会使我的喜乐满足。』
我们操练灵，我们谈话的性质就会改变，因为我们的灵是圣别的（参林后六6）。某个教会若有难处，我们可能只是想谈论一下局面如何，但我们里面的灵会催促我们祷告。我们的灵不容许我们闲聊别人的错误与失败。
我们惟有借着操练我们的灵，才有平面交通的实际。
有时，我们可能假藉交通圣徒的近况为名，而谈论他们，但我们的谈话实际上是闲聊。之后我们通常不能祷告，因为我们祷告的灵被我们的闲话销灭了。但我们借着操练灵而有真正的交通时，我们会渴望祷告并接触主。
这表明在垂直与平面这两面的交通之间，关系何等密切。平面的交通把我们引进垂直的交通中。如果两位弟兄操练他们的灵，有真正、正确、平面的交通，他们至终会被引进非常诚恳、真挚的代求里。
当他们一同祷告时，神圣交通的两方面就交织在一起了。平面的交通与垂直的交通交织在一起。这种交织的交通乃是真实的交通。
你若没有平面的交通，就无法有垂直的交通。你若花充分的时间与主有垂直的交通，就会急切想见别的圣徒，好与他们有交通。你一旦借着祷告而与圣徒有了交通，你就再次被带进与主垂直的交通里。
你与圣徒们平面的交通，带你进入与主垂直的交通里。然后，你与主的交通就把你带进与圣徒们平面的交通里。因此，这两面总是交织在一起的，也就是说，两面总是互相交错进行的（三一神作三部分人的生命，一七七至一八○页）。
参读：圣经要道卷二，第二十二题。
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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生命的经历(四): 圣徒们平面的相交
