请我们先祷告 主，求你开我们的眼睛，叫我们真正认识你，你已经成为那灵，今天住在我们里面，在我们里面作特殊的工作，叫我们能成为神！主啊，求你叫我们看见！ 　 诗歌:154♫ 　 你曾是那惟一麦粒， 落到地里而死了； 　 　 借着死亡，并借复活， 显出繁殖的荣耀。 　 　 你使我们由你得生， 变成许多的子粒； 　 　 众人调和成为一饼， 作你丰满的身体。 　 今日经节及注解： 约十二25～50 重点经节 约12:23约12:24 　 约12:25 耶稣回答说，人子得荣耀的时候到了。 我实实在在的告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒；若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。 爱惜自己魂生命的，就丧失魂生命；在这世上恨恶自己魂生命的，就要保守魂生命归入永远的生命。 　 生命供应 ［主］是一粒麦子；要叫这粒麦子扩增，别无他途，除非让它落在地里死了。这是生命繁增的路。 一粒麦子若不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒，绝不会产生什么。但是赞美主，麦粒死了又长起来，便成了许多子粒，或许多果实。这许多子粒或果实就是召会。这是产生召会的路，也是主叫召会扩增的路。这也必须是我们产生召会的路，并叫召会扩增的路。我们必须借着死，借着接受十字架来面对人的欢迎。产生并扩增召会的路，不是借着人的荣耀，乃是借着十字架的死。 在许多到中国的传教士之中，有一位姊妹名叫和受恩，她是从英国来的。她曾被人诬告，因而被差会召回英国，后来蒙主表白。以后主给她负担回到中国，但她不接受任何差会的打发，乃是凭着信心去中国，定居在一个名叫罗星塔的小镇，非常接近倪柝声弟兄的家乡。她特意留在那里，不去别处访问。就一面说，主将她种在那里，象一粒麦子一样。她留在那里多年，于一九二九年去世。 不要因为别人外面活动的短暂成功而感到困扰。给主一点时间，祂会表白祂在生命中的道路。…这样的工作不是活动的事，乃是生命的事。这就是产生召会，并叫召会扩增之生命的工作。 我们可以用人造的假花作例证。你若雇人来造假花，短期内可以生产许多。然而，你若要栽花，那就费时了。你必须先播种，种子会生长并繁增。然后有更多种子会落到地里，一再的生长、繁增。这种繁增会持久。你盼望有怎样的繁增？是借外面劳苦而得的假花，或是由生命产生的真花？（约翰福音生命读经，三五二至三五四页。） 　 问答: 1、 请说明生命的繁殖？（参读 约十二24注1。） 2、 请说明生命繁殖的目的？（参读 约十11注1。） 3、 我们如何成为光的儿子？（参读 约十二36，约一12与注1。） 　 明天:我们也当彼此洗脚 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