享受基督而构成的信心（接上篇）
我们已经指出，保罗认为由信徒对基督的经历和享受所构成的这信心，乃是献给神的祭物。在主的恢复里，圣徒们中间有一种信心，是他们对基督经历与享受的构成与总和。在主的恢复里，各地的教会都可见到这样的信心。圣徒们有这样的信心，这信心是他们多年来经历基督、享受基督所构成的。这表明这职事不是徒然的。这职事的结果，乃是产生一种出自圣徒对基督之享受和经历的构成。在二章十七节，保罗称这个构成为信心。
旧约的原则是，奠祭需要与基本的祭一同献上；基于这原则，保罗以信徒对基督的经历所构成的信心为基本的祭，好叫他能将自己作为奠祭浇奠在其上。天上的神必定会因这种光景非常喜乐。当祂看见信心作基本的祭，又看见奠祭，必定非常喜乐！在信徒这面有信心，在使徒这面有奠祭，这是何等美妙的景象！难怪保罗能说，他与他们众人一同喜乐！保罗乐于流血成为奠祭，浇奠在信徒信心的祭物上。他不仅喜乐，还与众圣徒一同喜乐。与别人一同喜乐，意指同他们分享喜乐。使徒在为腓立比人的信心殉道的事上，与他们分享他的喜乐。因此，这含示向他们庆贺之意。我相信三一神看见这种欢乐、喜乐的情景，也与保罗一同喜乐。
作为基本祭的信徒的信心，以及奠祭，都是经过一段时间构成的。信心不是突然长大、突然发展出来的，因为信心乃是由信徒对基督的享受以及属灵的经历所构成的。照样，惟有从我们对主的经历中，才能产生奠祭。我们要成为奠祭，就必须被主充满，被主浸透。惟有如此，我们才能有属灵的构成，使我们成为奠祭。像我们这样的罪人，竟能构成为属天的酒，让神心满意足，这是何等不得了的事！
信息重点：信徒的信心是祭物，使徒被基督构成而成为奠祭；这两面都不是突然产生的，乃是经过长期经历基督而逐渐构成，使神得着满足和喜乐。
应用祷告：主耶稣，求你使我在经历你的事上不断往前，不停留在肤浅的光景中。愿你天天把自己更多构成到我里面，使我的信心成为祭物，也使我的一生成为可以浇奠给你的奠祭。阿们！
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The Drink Offering and Sacrifice (3) — Phil. 2:17
Faith Constituted by the Enjoyment of Christ (Continued)
We have pointed out that Paul considered this faith — constituted of the believers’ experience and enjoyment of Christ — to be a sacrifice offered to God. In the Lord’s recovery, there is a faith among the saints that is the constitution and totality of their experience and enjoyment of Christ. Such faith can be seen in the churches everywhere. The saints have this kind of faith, constituted by their years of experiencing Christ and enjoying Christ. This shows that this ministry has not been in vain. The result of this ministry is a constitution produced from the saints’ enjoyment and experience of Christ. In 2:17 Paul calls this constitution faith.
The Old Testament principle is that the drink offering needed to be offered together with the basic offering. Based on this principle, Paul took the faith constituted by the believers’ experience of Christ as the basic offering, so that he could pour himself out as a drink offering upon it. God in heaven must surely be very joyful over such a scene. When He sees faith as the basic offering, and also sees the drink offering, He must be joyful! On the believers’ side there is faith, and on the apostle’s side there is the drink offering — what a wonderful sight this is! No wonder Paul could say that he rejoiced together with them all! Paul was glad to have his blood shed as a drink offering, poured out upon the sacrifice of the believers’ faith. He not only rejoiced, but also rejoiced together with the saints. To rejoice together with others means to share their joy. In his martyrdom for the sake of the Philippians’ faith, the apostle shared his joy with them. Thus, this therefore implies a sense of congratulating them. I believe that the Triune God, seeing this scene of joy and rejoicing, also rejoiced together with Paul.
Both the believers’ faith as the basic offering and the drink offering are constituted over a period of time. Faith does not suddenly grow or suddenly develop, because faith is constituted of the believers’ enjoyment of Christ and their spiritual experience. Likewise, the drink offering can only be produced out of our experience of the Lord. In order to become a drink offering, we must be filled with the Lord and saturated with the Lord. Only in this way can we have the spiritual constitution that makes us a drink offering. That sinners like us could actually be constituted the heavenly wine, satisfying God’s heart — what a tremendous thing this is!
Message Main Points: The believers’ faith is the sacrifice, and the apostle, constituted by Christ, became the drink offering; neither of these two aspects arises suddenly, but is gradually constituted through a long period of experiencing Christ, so that God is satisfied and made joyful.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, I ask You to cause me to keep pressing on in experiencing You, not remaining in a shallow condition. May You constitute Yourself into me more and more every day, so that my faith may become a sacrifice, and my whole life may become a drink offering that can be poured out to You. Amen!