1998感恩节
总题：持守身体的原则
第一篇　身体的异象
Message One The Vision of the Body
读经：弗三3~4，徒二十六19，九1~19，林前十二2，西三10~11。
Scripture Reading: Eph. 3:3-4; Acts 26:19; 9:1-19; 1 Cor. 12:12; Col. 3:10-11
壹　“照着启示使我知道这奥秘，正如我前面略略写过的，你们念了，就能借此明了我对基督的奥秘所有的领悟”─弗三3~4：
I.　“By revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I have written previously in brief, by which, in reading it, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ”—Eph. 3:3-4:
一　惟有从神得着启示的人，能看见基督的身体，也惟有他们能进入身体的实际里。
A.　Only those who have received revelation from God will see the Body of Christ, and only they will enter into the reality of the one Body.
二　我们需要启示，好认识基督身体的实际，并引我们进入基督身体的范围里，惟有这样，基督的身体才成为我们的经历─弗一17，三5，太十一25，箴二九18上。
B.　We need revelation to know the reality of the Body of Christ, and to usher us into the realm of the Body, and only then will the Body of Christ become our experience—Eph. 1:17; 3:5; Matt. 11:25; Prov. 29:18a.
三　基督身体的异象要破碎我们;我们需要在身体的异象下被破碎，使我们能过一种照着神的心和意愿而有的生活─弗一9~11，三9~11。
C.　The vision of the Body will break us; we need to be broken under the vision of the Body so that we may live a life according to God's heart and will—Eph. 1:9-11; 3:9-11.
贰　“我…没有违背那从天上来的异象”─徒二六19，九1~19，二二6~16：
II.　“I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision”—Acts 26:19; 9:1-19; 22:6-16:
一　大数的扫罗在往大马色的路上，天上的异象临到他，这异象使他有了极大的改变─徒九1~5：
A.　While Saul of Tarsus was on the way to Damascus, a heavenly vision came to him, and this vision revolutionized him—Acts 9:1-5:
1　他看见异象之后，眼睛就瞎了，不能看见什么，并且软弱无能，不能作什么─8节。
1.　After he saw the vision, he became blind, unable to see anything, and impotent, unable to do anything—v. 8.
2　凡遇见从天上来的异象的人，就有一种蒙福的眼瞎临到他们：
2.　A blessed blindness comes upon those who are met by the heavenly vision:
a　这种眼瞎临到我们之后，就有一种内里的膏油涂抹，和内里的照耀，就是内里的光照。
a.　After this blindness comes upon us, there will be the inner anointing, and the inner shining, the inner enlightening.
b　这个内里的异象会越过越加增，并彻底改变我们事奉主的方式。
b.　The inner vision will increase more and more and will revolutionize the way we serve the Lord.
3　扫罗三天之久，不能看见，也不吃不渴;他所能作的就是祷告─徒九9，1：
3.　For three days Saul did not see anything, and he did not eat or drink anything; all he could do was pray—Acts 9:9, 11:
a　在素质的灵的感动之下，他惟一的兴趣就是祷告，为要明白他所看见所听见之事的意义─徒二二14~15。
a.　Under the inspiration of the essential Spirit, his only interest was to pray in order to know the significance of what he had seen and heard—Acts 22:14-15.
b　当扫罗祷告的时候，可能一个异象又一个异象，一个启示又一个启示的临到他，给他看见基督是神的具体化身，就是神的奥秘，以及召会是基督的身体，就是基督的奥秘─西二2，弗三4，五32。
b.　It is likely that as Saul was praying, vision after vision and revelation after revelation came to him concerning Christ as the embodiment of God, the mystery of God, and the church as the Body of Christ, the mystery of Christ—Col. 2:2; Eph. 3:4; 5:32.
c　行传九章所记载保罗异象的每一重要的点，都不该对我们只是教训而已;反之，每一点都该是我们在属天电视上所看见的异象。
c.　Each crucial point of Paul's vision recorded in Acts 9 should not merely be a teaching to us; rather, every point should be a vision that we see on the heavenly “television.”
二　我们读行传九章时，必须看见关于“我”（4）、“耶稣”（5）和“所拣选的器皿”（15）这三项的天上异象：─引用经文
B.　In our reading of Acts 9 we need to see the heavenly vision concerning three items—“Me” (v. 4), “Jesus” (v. 5), and the “chosen vessel” (v. 15):
1　“扫罗，扫罗，你为什么逼迫我?”─徒九4：
1.　“Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?” (v. 4):
a　这是团体的“我”，包括主耶稣和他所有的信徒。
a.　This is a corporate “Me” comprising Jesus the Lord and all His believers.
b　保罗开始看见，主耶稣和他的信徒是一个伟大的人─奇妙的“我”─林前十二12，西三10~11。
b.　Saul began to see that the Lord Jesus and his believers are one great person—the wonderful “Me”—1 Cor. 12:12; Col. 3:10-11.
c　这必定使他印象深刻，影响他将来关于基督与召会是神极大奥秘的职事，（弗五32），并为他独特的职事立下了稳固的根基。─引用经文
c.　This must have impressed and affected him for his future ministry concerning Christ and the church as the great mystery of God (Eph. 5:32) and laid a solid foundation for his unique ministry.
d　保罗是新约里惟一使用“基督的身体”这词的作者─罗十二4~5，林前十二12~27，弗一22~23，二16，四4，12，16。
d.　Paul is the only writer of the New Testament to use the term the Body of Christ (Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12-27; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:16; 4:4, 12, 16.
e　他非常强调基督的身体，因为在他悔改的时候，听到一篇论到团体的我的信息，就是一篇论到基督的身体的信息。
e.　He placed great emphasis on the Body because at the time of his conversion he heard a message concerning the corporate Me, a message concerning the Body of Christ.
f　扫罗得救以后，主立刻开始以基督身体的事教育他─徒九6，17~18，24~25，二二14~16。
f.　Immediately after Saul was saved, the Lord began to educate him concerning the Body of Christ—Acts 9:6, 17-18, 24-25; 22:14-16.
2　“他说，主阿，你是谁?主说，我就是你所逼迫的耶稣。”─徒九5：
2.　“And he said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, whom you persecute”—9:5:
a　“耶稣”这名具体包含了完备的福音信息。
a.　The same Jesus embodies the full message of the gospel.
b　扫罗看见耶稣就是耶和华救主，祂现今是在诸天之上的一位，曾经过成为肉体、人性生活、死、复活和升天的种种过程，为着产生并建造基督的身体。
b.　Saul saw that Jesus is Jehovah the Savior and that as the One who is now in the heavens, He has passed through the process of incarnation, human living, death, resurrection, and ascension for the producing and building up of the Body of Christ.
c　保罗看见耶稣就是神，祂经过了种种过程，并终极完成为升天的主，身体的头，和赐生命的灵，分赐到祂所有的肢体里─罗十12~13，西一18上，林前十五45下。
c.　Paul saw that Jesus is the very God who has been processed and consummated to be the ascended Lord, the Head of the Body and the life-giving Spirit to be dispensed into all His members—Rom. 10:12-13; Col. 1:18a; 1 Cor. 15:45b.
3　“这人是我所拣选的器皿”─徒九15：
3.　“This man is a chosen vessel to Me”—Acts 9:15:
a　神拯救大数扫罗的心意，是要以祂自己将他充满，因而使他成为特出的器皿─西一25，弗三8~9。
a.　God's intention in saving Saul of Tarsus was to fill him with Himself and thereby make him an outstanding vessel—Col. 1:25; Eph. 3:8-9.
b　我们在保罗的著作里，看见“器皿”一词属灵意义的发展：
b.　In Paul's writings we see the development of the spiritual significance of the word vessel:
（一）　保罗看见人是一个器皿，为要盛装基督作生命并被祂充满，好建造基督的身体─罗九21，23，林后四7，提后二20~21。
(1).　Paul saw that man is a vessel to contain and be filled with Christ as life for the building up of the Body of Christ—Rom. 9:21, 23; 2 Cor. 4:7; 2 Tim. 2:20-21.
（二）　基督的身体是神极大的团体器皿，为要盛装祂并被祂充满，好作祂的彰显─弗三16~19。
(2).　The Body of Christ is God's great corporate vessel to contain Him and be filled with Him for His expression—Eph. 3:16-19.