将基督献给神，由献祭所表征，经过十字架，由祭坛所表征
那些复活的人走出方舟，开始新生活之后，作些甚么？他们走出方舟后所作的第一件事是筑坛，献祭给神。（创八20～22。）教会生活里的第一件事不该是工作，必须是藉着十字架将基督献给神。挪亚筑坛，献祭给神。（创八20。）祭坛与祭物都是豫表：祭坛是基督十字架的豫表，祭物是基督各方面的豫表。我们必须在各方面将基督献给神，我们必须将我们所经历的基督献给神。我们若经历基督是燔祭，我们就要将这样的基督带来献给神。神要我们把基督带来给祂。当我们经历基督，并把所经历的基督带给神，这是讨神喜悦的。我们必须把基督献给神，使神得着满足。在教会生活中，我们必须注意这事。我们需要学习怎样经历基督，把祂带给神，与神同享，这是神所悦纳的。
我们是藉着十字架把基督献给神。不要作工－要就近十字架。不要想要有甚么作为或行动─要就近十字架。十字架要怎样对付你？它只作一件事：把你除去。在你为主作任何事之先，你应当就近十字架，让它把你除去。你要去为神作工么？在为祂作工之先，你必须就近十字架并被除去。至终，就没有天然的工作、事奉和行为。你在经过十字架之后，就只留下基督。这样的基督就是献给神的馨香之气。
满足神
当我们藉十字架把我们所经历的基督献给神，神就得着满足。我们都必须在祭坛那里被除去，使我们能把我们日常生活所经历的基督献上。我们都一直被除去，也一直经历基督，把祂带给神，并在神面前彼此同享基督。每当我们这样聚集，我们确信神得着了满足。我们怎么知道神得着了满足？因为我们得着满足了。当你饥饿的时候，神必定也在饥饿。当你不快乐的时候，神也不快乐。你越凭自己作工，就越得不着满足；你越想自己作好，就越感觉饥渴。然而，一旦你在十字架上被除去，并且完满的经历了基督，你就饱足、喜乐、满足了。你会说，“阿利路亚！我饱足了，我满足了，我平安了，我有吃有喝。我甚么都有。”这就是神得着了满足的标示。
信息重点：教会生活首先不是为神作事，乃是藉着十字架经历基督，并把所经历的基督献给神。十字架除去我们天然的人和能力，使基督成为献给神的馨香之气。我们越经历并献上基督，神越得满足，我们也越有喜乐和平安。
应用祷告：主耶稣，求你使我更多经历十字架，不凭天然的能力为你作事。让我每天经历并享受基督，将基督献给神，使神得满足，我也满有喜乐和平安。阿们。
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The Type of the Burnt Offering (1) — Gen. 8:20
Offering Christ to God Is Signified by the Sacrifice; Passing through the Cross Is Signified by the Altar
After those who had experienced resurrection stepped out of the ark to begin a new life, what did they do? The first thing they did after leaving the ark was to build an altar and offer sacrifices to God (Gen. 8:20-22). The first thing in the church life should not be work, but offering Christ to God through the cross. Noah built an altar and offered sacrifices to God (Gen. 8:20). Both the altar and the offering are types: the altar is a type of the cross of Christ, and the offering is a type of the various aspects of Christ. We must offer Christ to God in every aspect; we must offer to God the Christ we have experienced. If what we experience of Christ is a burnt offering, we need to bring this very Christ and offer Him to God. God wants us to bring Christ to Him. When we experience Christ and bring the Christ we have experienced to God, this I what pleases Him. We must offer Christ to God so that God may be satisfied. In the church life, we must pay attention to this matter. We need to learn how to experience Christ, bring Him to God, and enjoy Him together with God — this is what God will accept.
We offer Christ to God through the cross. Do not work – go to the cross. Do not try to do anything or to behave – go to the cross. What will the cross do with you? It does only one thing: it will cross you out. Before you do anything for the Lord, you should go to the cross and let it cross you out. Do you want to work for God? Before working for Him, you must come to the cross and be crossed out. In the end, there is no natural work, service or behavior. After you have passed through the cross, only Christ remains. Such a Christ is the a sweet savor offered to God.
Satisfying God
When we, through the cross, offer to God the Christ we have experienced, God is satisfied. We must all be cross out at the altar so that we can offer up the Christ we experience in our daily life. We are continually being crossing out, and we are continually experiencing Christ, bringing Him to God, and sharing Him with one another in the presence of God. Whenever we gather in this way, we are assured that God is satisfied. How do we know that God is satisfied? Because we are satisfied. When you are hungry, God is surely hungry too. When you are unhappy, God is also unhappy. The more you work by yourself, the less satisfied you become; the more you try to do well on your own, the more thirsty and hungry you feel. However, once you have been crossed out on the cross and have fully experienced Christ, you become full, joyful and satisfied. You will say, “Hallelujah! I am full, I am satisfied, I have peace, I have food and drink. I have everything”. This is the sign that God has been satisfied.
Message Main Points: The church life is not a matter of working for God, but of experiencing Christ through the cross and offering the Christ we have experienced to God. The cross crosses out our natural man and ability, so that Christ becomes the sweet savor offered to God. The more we experience and offer Christ, the more God is satisfied, and the more joy and peace we have.
Daily Prayer: Lord Jesus, make me to experience the cross more, and not to work for You by my natural ability. Let me experience and enjoy Christ every day, offering Christ to God so that He may be satisfied, and that I too may be full of joy and peace. Amen.