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
第六篇　新约的职事
Message Six The Ministry of the New Covenant
壹　新约职事是独一无二的─林后四1：
I.　The uniqueness of the ministry of the new covenant—2 Cor. 4:1:
一　新约的职事乃是在新约中惟一的职事─徒一17。
A.　The ministry of the new covenant being the unique ministry of the New Testament—Acts 1:17.
二　众使徒共有一个职事，就是新约惟一的职事，为着完成神新约的经纶。
B.　All the apostles having one ministry, the unique ministry of the new covenant for the accomplishment of God's New Testament economy.
三　使徒的工作是要完成这惟一的职事，供应基督，为着建造基督的身体。
C.　The work of the apostles being to carry out the unique ministry, the ministering of Christ for the building up of the Body.
贰　新约职事的中心：
II.　The focus of the ministry of the new covenant:
一　那灵的职事─那灵就是那赐生命之活的灵─林前三8，6。
A.　The ministry of the Spirit—the living Spirit, who gives life—2 Cor. 3:8, 6.
二　义的职事─义就是那是灵、作我们生命之基督的活出与真正的彰显─三9。
B.　The ministry of righteousness—the living out and genuine expression of Christ, who as the Spirit is our life—3:9.
叁　新约职事的形成：
III.　The formation of the ministry of the new covenant:
一　使徒经过受苦和消耗的压力，得着基督的丰富─一8，四8~12。
A.　The apostles gaining the riches of Christ through sufferings and consuming pressures—1:8; 4:8-12.
二　使徒一直在十字架的杀死工作之下，结果带进对复活之神的经历和享受─四10，一9。
B.　The apostles undergoing the killing work of the cross, which issue in the experience and the enjoyment of the God of resurrection—4:10; 1:9.
三　使徒经历那灵的膏抹、印涂和作质─一21~22。
C.　The apostles experiencing the Spirit's anointing, sealing and pledging—1:21-22.
肆　新约职事的托付：
IV.　The commission of the ministry of the new covenant:
一　代表基督完成的定旨─五20。
A.　To represent Christ to accomplish God's purpose—5:20.
二　成就和好职事的两步─五18~20：
B.　To fulfill the ministry of reconciliation in two steps—5:18-20:
1　第一步─使罪人脱离罪与神和好。
1.　The first step—to reconcile sinners to God from sin.
2　第二步─使活在天然生命中的信徒脱离肉体与神和好。
2.　The second step—to reconcile the believers living in the natural life to God from the flesh.
三　使在基督里是新造的信徒，在祂里面成为神的义─五17，21：
C.　For the believers as the new creation in Christ to become the righteousness of God in Him—5:17, 21:
1　信徒成为在基督里的新造，是借着神在他们心里的光照，（四6，）照着神生命的新性情，并因着有神的生命与性情作到他们里面。─引用经文
1.　The believers becoming a new creation in Christ according to the new nature of the divine life through God's shining in their hearts (4:6) and by having the life and nature of God wrought into them.
2　信徒在基督的复活里与祂是一，而在祂里面成为神的义。
2.　The believers being one with Christ in His resurrection to be made the righteousness of God in Him.
伍　新约职事的功用─四1：
V.　The function of the ministry of the new covenant—4:1:
一　将生命分赐给人─四12。
A.　To impart life to others—4:12.
二　将恩典供应给圣徒─一15，四15，六1。
B.　To supply grace to the saints—1:15; 4:15; 6:1.
三　将经过过程并终极完成之三一神分赐到信徒里面─十三14。
C.　To dispense the processed and consummated Triune God into the believers—13:14.
四　用赐生命的灵为素质，写基督的活信─三1~6：
D.　To write living letters of Christ with the life-giving Spirit as the essence—3:1-6:
1　这些信是用基督为内容所写，以传输并表现基督。
1.　The letters being composed of Christ as the content to convey and express Christ.
2　使徒将基督这赐生命的灵写在圣徒心上，使他们成为基督的信。
2.　The apostles inscribing Christ as the life-giving Spirit in the hearts of the saints to make them letters of Christ.
陆　新约职事的目标：
VI.　The goal of the ministry of the new covenant:
一　使信徒在生命、性情和彰显上与神完全一样─三3，6，五21，三18。
A.　To make the believers the same as God in life, nature and expression—3:3, 6; 5:21; 3:18.
二　建造基督的身体，以终极完成新耶路撒冷。
B.　To build up the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem.
三　将信徒合并到基督里，为着完成神人二性的宇宙合并：
C.　To incorporate the believers into Christ for the consummation of the universal divine-human incorporation:
1　信徒坚固的联于基督，以经历那灵的膏抹、印涂和作质─一21~22。
1.　The believers being firmly attached unto Christ to experience the Spirit's anointing, sealing, and pledging—1:21-22.
2　信徒与神完全和好，成为新耶路撒冷，就是扩大和终极的至圣所─五20，启二一16。
2.　The believers being fully reconciled to God to become the New Jerusalem, the enlarged and consummate Holy of Holies—5:20; Rev. 21:16.