1997春季长老
总题：新耶路撒冷—使徒们生活与工作的最高点
第一篇　使徒们生活的最高点─活出新耶路撒冷（一）
Message One The Highest Point of the Apostles' Living—-to Live Out the New Jerusalem (1)
壹　使徒们生活的惟一目标乃是新耶路撒冷─神永远经纶终极的目标：
I.　The unique goal of the apostles' living being the New Jerusalem—the ultimate goal of God's eternal economy:
一　作得胜者，以神经纶的目标新耶路撒冷为他们生活惟一并终极的目标。
A.　Being overcomers who take the goal of God's economy, the New Jerusalem, as the unique and ultimate goal of their living.
二　新耶路撒冷之三一的生活，是他们正常的生活：
B.　The triune living of the New Jerusalem being their daily living:
1　活出在宝座上作生命源头的父─启二二1，约五26。
1.　Living out the Father as the source of life on the throne—Rev. 22:1; John 5:26.
2　活出作生命和生命供应的子，就是生命树─启二二2，约十四6。
2.　Living out the Son as the life and life supply, the tree of life—Rev. 22:2; John 14:6.
3　活出作经过过程并终极完成之三一神全备供应的灵，就是生命水─启二二1，腓一19。
3.　Living out the Spirit as the bountiful supply of the processed and consummated Triune God, the water of life—Rev. 22:1; Phil. 1:19.
4　使他们凭神的增长而在神圣生命上长大，以建造基督的身体，并终极完成生命的城，作三一神终极的扩展、扩大和彰显─西二19，弗四16。
4.　For their growth in the divine life by the growth of God to build up the Body of Christ and consummate the city of life for the ultimate expansion, enlargement, and expression of the Triune God—Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:16.
贰　看见新耶路撒冷是圣经中最大、终极的表号，表征经过过程之三一神与蒙祂重生、变化、荣化之三部分选民的生机构成，以及宇宙、扩大之神人二性的合并─启二一2，9~10：
II.　Seeing the New Jerusalem as the greatest and ultimate sign in the Scriptures, signifying the organic constitution and universal, enlarged, divine-human incorporation of the processed Triune God with His regenerated, transformed, and glorified tripartite elect—Rev. 21:2, 9-10:
一　借着住在三一神─他们的殿─里面，并借着祂住在他们─祂的帐幕─里面，而过一种与三一神合并的生活─启二一3，22，加二20，林后十二2，约十五5。
A.　Living a life of incorporation with the Triune God by their abiding in Him as their temple and by His abiding in them as His tabernacle—Rev. 21:3, 22; Gal. 2:20; 2 Cor. 12:2; John 15:5.
二　爱主，与祂有最亲近、最密切的交通，而作羔羊之妻的构成成分─彼前一8，林前二9，林后五14~15，约壹四19。　
B.　Loving the Lord in the closest and most intimate fellowship with Him as constituents of the wife of the Lamb— 1 Pet. 1:8; 1 Cor. 2:9; 2 Cor. 5:14-15; 1 John 4:19.
叁　使徒们渐渐成为神，而成为神完整救恩具体表现的新耶路撒冷，使他们在生命、性情并外表上成为神，但无分于神的神格：
III.　The apostles being deified to become the New Jerusalem, which is the embodiment of God's complete salvation, for them to become God in life, nature, and appearance but not in the Godhead:
一　借着神法理的救赎─启二二14上。　
A.　Through God's judicial redemption—Rev. 22:14a.
二　借着神生机的救恩─罗五10：
B.　Through God's organic salvation—Rom. 5:10:
1　重生，成为神的种类，神的儿女─约一12~13，启二一7，二二14下。
1.　Regeneration to become God's species, God's children—John 1:12-13; Rev. 21:7; 22:14b.
2　圣别，成为像圣城一样的圣─帖前五23，弗五26。
2.　Sanctification to be as holy as the holy city—1 Thes. 5:23; Eph. 5:26.
3　更新，成为像新耶路撒冷一样的新─林后四16，弗四23。
3.　Renewing to be as new as the New Jerusalem—2 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 4:23.
4　变化，以三一神为金、银（珍珠）、宝石所构成─林前三12，林后三18，罗十二2。
4.　Transformation to be constituted with the Triune God as gold, silver (pearl), and precious stones—1 Cor. 3:12; 2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 12:2.
5　模成神长子的形像，有新耶路撒冷显出的样子─罗八28~29。
5.　Conformation to the image of the firstborn Son of God to have the appearance of the New Jerusalem— Rom. 8:28-29.
6　得荣，完全充满新耶路撒冷的荣耀─罗八30，腓三21。
6.　Glorification to be completely permeated with the glory of the New Jerusalem—Rom. 8:30; Phil. 3:21.
三　借着神加强七倍的生机救恩，使他们得着七倍的加强，而胜过召会的堕落，使基督的身体得以建造，以终极完成新耶路撒冷─启一4，三1，四5，五6。
C.　Through God's sevenfold intensified organic salvation for them to be intensified sevenfold to overcome the degradation of the church that the Body may be built up to consummate the New Jerusalem—Rev. 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6.
肆　使徒们生活在基督宇宙身体的相调中，而被带进基督身体的实际，以终极完成新耶路撒冷─林前十二14，十17，利二4~5。
IV.　The apostles living in the blending of the universal Body of Christ to be ushered into the reality of the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem—1 Cor. 12:24; 10:17; Lev. 2:4-5.