1997冬季训练
总题:哥林多前后书结晶读经/基督的神性结晶读经
第三篇 神的同工用宝贵的材料建造召会,以终极完成新耶路撒冷
Message Three God's Fellow Workers Building the Church with Precious Materials to Consummate the New Jerusalem
壹 作基督执事的信徒是神的同工,为着神的耕地,神的建筑─林前三9,林后一24:
I. The believers as the ministers of Christ being God's fellow workers for God's cultivated land, God's building—1 Cor. 3:9; 2?Cor. 1:24:
一 在神的耕地上与神同工,生长基督:
A. Working together with God on His cultivated land to grow Christ:
1 信徒乃是神所耕种的田地,神新造里的农场,生长基督。
1. The believers being God's cultivated land, a farm in God's new creation to grow Christ.
2 栽种乃是借着将生命的本质分赐到那些灵里死了的人里面,使他们成为活的植物,也是借着将他们放进适合的土壤里,就是放进召会生活中的基督里─林前三6,四15。
2. Planting by imparting the substance of life into those who are spiritually dead to make them living plants and by putting them into the proper soil, Christ in the church life—1 Cor. 3:6; 4:15.
3 浇灌别人乃是借着用生命的话,将生命的供应供给他们,使他们在生命上长大─林前三2,6,约六63,徒五20。
3. Watering others by ministering the life supply with the words of life for their growth in life—1 Cor. 3:2, 6; John 6:63; Acts 5:20.
4 惟有神叫人生长─林前三6下~7。
4. Only God causing the growth—1 Cor. 3:6b-7.
5 基督在信徒里面生长,以产生金、银、宝石这些宝贵的材料,为着建造神在地上的居所─林前三12,弗三16~17。
5. Christ growing in the believers to produce the precious materials of gold, silver, and precious stones for the building of God's habitation on earth—1 Cor. 3:12; Eph. 3:16-17.
二 建造召会以终极完成新耶路撒冷,乃是用变化过的材料,而不是用天然的东西─林前三12,启二一18~21:
B. Building the church to consummate the New Jerusalem with transformed materials, not with natural things—1 Cor. 3:12; Rev. 21:18-21:
1 要谨慎的用我们在三一神的美德和属性上,对基督的各种经历来建造:
1. Taking heed to build with the various experiences of Christ in the virtues and attributes of the Triune God:
a 金表征父的神圣性情及其一切属性。
a. Gold signifying the divine nature of the Father with all its attributes.
b 银表征救赎的基督,及其身位与工作的一切美德和属性。
b. Silver signifying the redeeming Christ with all the virtues and attributes of His person and work.
c 宝石表征那灵变化的工作,及其一切属性。
c. Precious stones signifying the transforming work of the Spirit with all its attributes.
2 要谨慎,不可用只适合于被焚烧的天然东西损伤、污秽、毁灭、败坏神的殿─林前三12~17:
2. Taking heed not to mar, defile, ruin, or corrupt the temple of God with natural things, which are fit only to be burned—1?Cor. 3:12-17:
a 木与金相对,表征人天然的性情。
a. Wood, in contrast to gold, signifying the nature of the natural man.
b 草与银相对,表征堕落的人,属肉体的人,(彼前一24,)未被基督救赎而重生的人。─引用经文
b. Grass, in contrast with silver, signifying the fallen man, the man of the flesh (1 Pet. 1:24), who has not been redeemed or regenerated by Christ.
c 禾秸与宝石相对,表征出自属地的源头,未被圣灵变化的工作与生活。
c. Stubble, in contrast to precious stones, signifying the work and living that issue from an earthen source and have not been transformed by the Holy Spirit.
贰 爱是神的同工在召会中生活并作每一件事的极超越之路。为着召会生机的建造─林前八1,十二31:
II. Love being the most excellent way for God's fellow workers to live and do everything in the church for its organic building up—1 Cor. 8:1; 12:31:
一 神就是爱;我们爱,因为神先爱我们─约壹四8,19。
A. God is love; we love because He first loved us—1 John 4:8, 19.
二 爱是不嫉妒,不轻易发怒,不计算人的恶,凡事包容,凡事忍耐,是永不败落,也是最大的─林前十三4~8,13。
B. Love is not jealous, is not provoked, does not take account of evil, covers all things, endures all things, never falls away, and is the greatest—1 Cor. 13:4-8, 13.
叁 申言是给神同工超越的恩赐,使他们借着将基督的丰富分赐到人里面,而生机的建造召会─太十六18,林前十四4下,12,26,31:
III. Prophesying being the excelling gift for God's fellow workers to organically build up the church by dispensing the riches of Christ into others—Matt. 16:18; 1 Cor. 14:4b, 12, 26, 31:
一 申言乃是为主说话,说出主,并将主说到人里面,将主供应(分赐)给人─林前十四3~5。
A. Prophesying being to speak for the Lord, speak forth the Lord, and speak the Lord into others, ministering (dispensing) the Lord to others—1 Cor. 14:3-5.
二 申言的构成元素:
B. The constituting elements of prophesying:
1 借着对圣言的认识,得着有关神与神的事的正确认识─属人学习的元素。
1. Gaining the proper knowledge concerning God and the things of God through the knowledge of the holy Word—the human element of learning.
2 有那灵即时的感动─神圣感动的元素。
2. Having the instant inspiration of the Spirit—the divine element of inspiration.
3 对神的权益和经纶、对召会是基督的身体、对地方召会、对世界、对个别的圣徒、甚至对我们自己,有清楚的异象─借着神圣之光的光照而有的观点。
3. Having a clear vision concerning God's interest and economy, concerning the church as the Body of Christ, concerning the local churches, concerning the world, concerning the individual saints, and even concerning ourselves—the view through the enlightening of the divine light.
4 申言是用那灵感动之下的这生命的活话,并用祂的光照,讲说我们所看见的─徒五20,六4。
4. Prophesying by speaking what we see with the living words of this life under the inspiration of the Spirit and with His enlightenment—Acts 5:20; 6:4.
三 过申言的生活:
C. Living a prophesying life:
1 晨晨复兴─箴四18,哀三22~24,诗一一九147~148。
1. Being revived every morning—Prov. 4:18; Lam. 3:22-24; Psa. 119:147-148.
2 日日得胜的生活:
2. Living an overcoming life every day:
a 爱主,每时刻与祂有最亲近、最密切的交通─林前二9~10,约壹一6,林后十三14。
a. Loving the Lord in the closest and most intimate fellowship with Him moment by moment—1 Cor. 2:9-10; 1 John 1:6; 2 Cor. 13:14.
b 照着调和的灵而行─罗八4。
b. Walking according to the mingled spirit—Rom. 8:4.
c 积蓄对基督的经历─腓三8~10,12~14。
c. Accumulating the experiences of Christ—Phil. 3:8-10, 12-14.
d 持有主话语丰富的储存─西三16,约十五7,约壹二14。
d. Keeping a rich storage of the Lord's word—Col. 3:16; John 15:7; 1 John 2:14.
e 无论得时不得时,每日向各种人讲说基督─徒五42,八4,提后四2。
e. Speaking Christ to all kinds of people daily in season and out of season—Acts 5:42; 8:4; 2 Tim. 4:2.