請我們先禱告 主，求你開我們的眼睛，叫我們真正認識你，你已經成為那靈，今天住在我們裡面，在我們裡面作特殊的工作，叫我們能成為神！主啊，求你叫我們看見！ 　 詩歌:154♫ 　 你曾是那惟一麥粒， 落到地里而死了； 　 　 借着死亡，並借復活， 顯出繁殖的榮耀。 　 　 你使我們由你得生， 變成許多的子粒； 　 　 眾人調和成為一餅， 作你豐滿的身體。 　 今日經節及註解： 約十二25～50 重點經節 約12:23約12:24 　 約12:25 耶穌回答說，人子得榮耀的時候到了。 我實實在在的告訴你們，一粒麥子不落在地里死了，仍舊是一粒；若是死了，就結出許多子粒來。 愛惜自己魂生命的，就喪失魂生命；在這世上恨惡自己魂生命的，就要保守魂生命歸入永遠的生命。 　 生命供應 ［主］是一粒麥子；要叫這粒麥子擴增，別無他途，除非讓它落在地里死了。這是生命繁增的路。 一粒麥子若不落在地里死了，仍舊是一粒，絕不會產生什麼。但是讚美主，麥粒死了又長起來，便成了許多子粒，或許多果實。這許多子粒或果實就是召會。這是產生召會的路，也是主叫召會擴增的路。這也必須是我們產生召會的路，並叫召會擴增的路。我們必須借着死，借着接受十字架來面對人的歡迎。產生並擴增召會的路，不是借着人的榮耀，乃是借着十字架的死。 在許多到中國的傳教士之中，有一位姊妹名叫和受恩，她是從英國來的。她曾被人誣告，因而被差會召回英國，後來蒙主表白。以後主給她負擔回到中國，但她不接受任何差會的打發，乃是憑着信心去中國，定居在一個名叫羅星塔的小鎮，非常接近倪柝聲弟兄的家鄉。她特意留在那裡，不去別處訪問。就一面說，主將她種在那裡，象一粒麥子一樣。她留在那裡多年，於一九二九年去世。 不要因為別人外面活動的短暫成功而感到困擾。給主一點時間，祂會表白祂在生命中的道路。…這樣的工作不是活動的事，乃是生命的事。這就是產生召會，並叫召會擴增之生命的工作。 我們可以用人造的假花作例證。你若僱人來造假花，短期內可以生產許多。然而，你若要栽花，那就費時了。你必須先播種，種子會生長並繁增。然後有更多種子會落到地里，一再的生長、繁增。這種繁增會持久。你盼望有怎樣的繁增？是借外面勞苦而得的假花，或是由生命產生的真花？（約翰福音生命讀經，三五二至三五四頁。） 　 問答: 1、 請說明生命的繁殖？（參讀 約十二24注1。） 2、 請說明生命繁殖的目的？（參讀 約十11注1。） 3、 我們如何成為光的兒子？（參讀 約十二36，約一12與注1。） 　 明天:我們也當彼此洗腳 The Grain of Wheat Bears Much Fruit ¡¡ Let's Pray: O Lord, we pray that You will open our eyes that we may really know You. You have become the Spirit, and today You live in us to make us God. O Lord, we pray that You will cause us to see. ¡¡ Hymn:203 ¡¡ Once Thou wast the only grain, Lord, Falling to the earth to die, That thru death and resurrection Thou in life may multiply. We were brought forth in Thy nature And the many grains became; As one loaf we all are blended, All Thy fulness to proclaim. ¡¡ Today's Verses and Footnotes: John 12:25-50 Key Verses: John 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. John 12:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. John 12:25 He who loves his soul-life loses it; and he who hates his soul-life in this world shall keep it unto eternal life. ¡¡ Life Supply: The Lord is a grain of wheat, and there is no other way for that grain of wheat to increase except for it to fall into the ground and die. This is the way to have the multiplication of life. Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it will simply remain one grain and will never produce anything. But, praise the Lord, after it dies and grows up, the one grain becomes the many grains or the much fruit. These many grains or much fruit are the church. This is the way for the church to come into being. This is also the way for the Lord to increase the church. This has to be the way for us to bring the church into existence and to increase it. We must face human welcome by death, by taking the cross. The way for the church to come into being and to increase is not by human glory; it is by the death of the cross. Among the many missionaries who went to China was a sister named Margaret E. Barber who was sent there by a British mission. She was accused falsely, called back to England, and later vindicated by the Lord. Then the Lord burdened her to return to China. She was not sent by any mission but went there by faith, settling in a little town named Pagoda, very close to Brother Watchman Nee's hometown. She stayed there purposely, not visiting other places. In a sense, the Lord sowed her there as a grain of wheat. She remained there for years, dying there in 1929. Do not be troubled by the temporary success of others' outward activities. Let the Lord have some time, and He will vindicate His way in life... Such a work is not a matter of activity, but of life. This is the work of life to produce and increase the church. We may use the illustration of making artificial flowers. If you were to hire people to make artificial flowers, a great number could be produced within a short time. However, if you are going to grow flowers, it will take a longer time. You must first sow the seed. The seed will grow and multiply. Then more seed will fall into the ground and grow and multiply again and again. This kind of multiplication will last for a long time. What kind of increase do you expect to have—artificial flowers produced by outward labor or genuine flowers produced by life? (Life-Study of John, pp. 313-315) ¡¡ Questions: 1. Please explain the multiplication of life? (See John 12:24 note 2) 2. What is the issue of the multiplication of life? (See John 10:11 note 1) 3. How can we become the sons of light? (See John 12:36, 1:12 note 1) ¡¡ Tomorrow: We Also Ought to Wash One Another's Feet