1999夏季训练
总题:启示录结晶读经
第七篇 得胜者(一)主需要得胜者
Message Seven The Overcomers (1) The Lord's Need for the Overcomers
读经:启二7,11,17,26,三5,12,21,十二11,十四1
Scripture Reading: Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12, 21; 12:11; 14:1
壹 基督徒的生活和召会的生活,完全是得胜的生活─约壹五4~5,启二一7,十二11:
I. The Christian life plus the church life is altogether an overcoming life—1 John 5:4-5; Rev. 21:7; 12:11:
一 在雅歌中所描绘的得胜:
A. Overcoming as portrayed in Song of Songs:
1 爱基督的人为基督所吸引,胜过了世界─一2~4。
1. The lover of Christ overcomes the world by being attracted by Christ—1:2-4.
2 爱基督的人与基督的十字架是一,胜过了己─二8~9,14。
2. The lover of Christ overcomes the self by being one with the cross of Christ—2:8-9, 14.
3 爱基督的人活在升天里,胜过了旧造─四8。
3. The lover of Christ overcomes the old creation by living in ascension—4:8.
4 爱基督的人活在幔内,胜过了肉体、天然人和旧人─六4上。
4. The lover of Christ overcomes the flesh, the natural man, the old man, by living within the veil—6:4a.
二 在约翰一书里所陈明的得胜:
B. Overcoming as presented in 1 John:
1 信徒藉着信神的儿子,胜过了世界─五4~5。
1. The believers overcome the world through faith in the Son of God—5:4-5.
2 刚强的信徒藉着得神话语的喂养、加强和维持,胜过了那恶者─二13~14。
2. The strong believers overcome the evil one by being nourished, strengthened, and sustained by the word of God—2:13-14.
3 信徒藉着内住的基督,胜过了敌基督的─四3~4。
3. The believers overcome the antichrists through the indwelling Christ—4:3-4.
三 在启示录里所揭示的得胜:
C. Overcoming as unveiled in Revelation:
1 在二十一章七节里的得胜,使所有的信徒够资格有分于新耶路撒冷,连同其中一切的享受,作神永远救恩共同的分。
1. The overcoming in 21:7 qualifies all believers for participation in the New Jerusalem with all its enjoyment as a common portion of God's eternal salvation.
2 在启示录二、三章的得胜,使得胜的信徒够资格有分于千年国的享受,作神时代行政里特别的赏赐。
2. The overcoming in chapters two and three qualifies the overcoming believers for participation in the enjoyment of the millennial kingdom as a particular reward in God's dispensational administration.
贰 启示录是一本论到得胜者的书:
II. The book of Revelation is a book on the overcomers:
一 虽然启示录是一本预言的书,但这本书的中心目的不是说到预言,乃是说到得胜者─一3,二二18~ 19,十二11。
A. Although Revelation is a book on prophecy, the central purpose of this book is concerned not with prophecy but with the overcomers—1:3; 22:18-19; 12:11.
二 启示录给我们看见五类的得胜者:
B. Revelation shows us the overcomers in five categories:
1 第一类包含旧约和新约一直到大灾难之前这段时间的殉道者─六9~11。
1. The f irst category consists of the martyrs of the Old Testament and the New Testament up to the time before the great tribulation— 6:9-11.
2 第二类是被提到神和祂宝座那里的男孩子─十二5。
2. The second category is the man-child caught up to God and to His throne—12:5.
3 第三类是初熟的果子─十四1~5。
3. The third category is the firstfruits—14:1-5.
4 第四类包括那些站在玻璃海上的人,就是受敌基督的逼迫而被杀的得胜者─十五2~4。
4. The fourth category is composed of those standing on the glassy sea, the overcomers who are killed under the persecution of Antichrist— 15:2-4.
5 这四类构成第五类,就是预备好了的新妇─十九7~9。
5. These four categories constitute the f ifth category— the prepared bride—19:7-9.
三 新耶路撒冷是所有得胜者的总和:
C. The New Jerusalem is the totality of the overcomers:
1 得胜者要成为来世,就是国度时代里的新耶路撒冷,作新耶路撒冷的前身─二7,三12。
1. The overcomers will be the New Jerusalem in the coming age, the age of the millennial kingdom, as the precursor of the New Jerusalem— 2:7; 3:12.
2 在永世的新耶路撒冷里,所有的信徒都要成为得胜者─二一7。
2. In the New Jerusalem in eternity, all the believers will be overcomers—21:7.
四 在启示录这本书里,主所要的,主所要建造的,乃是锡安,就是得胜者─十四1。
D. In the book of Revelation what the Lord wants and what the Lord will build up is Zion, the overcomers—14:1.
叁 主需要得胜者征服撒但破坏的混乱,并在独一建造的神圣经纶里得胜─提前一4,启十二4:
III. The Lord needs the overcomers to conquer the destructive satanic chaos and to triumph in the unique constructive divine economy— 1 Tim. 1:4; Rev. 12:4:
一 与神经纶并行的,一直有撒但的混乱,结果带进了三个累积的东西:犹太教、天主教和更正教,这三重的混乱─启二9,三9,二20,三1~2:
A. Alongside God's economy, there has been the satanic chaos, which has resulted in three accumulations: Judaism, Catholicism, and Protestantism— a threefold chaos—2:9; 3:9; 2:20; 3:1-2:
1 在主的眼中,这三个“教”,比罪、世界和己更为邪恶。
1. In the eyes of the Lord, these three "isms" are more evil than sin, the world, and the self.
2 得胜者征服了犹太教、天主教和更正教中的每一样事物─二14 ~15,20,24,三1 ~2,9。
2. The overcomers conquer everything of Judaism, Catholicism, and Protestantism—2:14-15, 20, 24; 3:1-2, 9.
二 主需要得胜者来完成神圣的经纶,好得着基督的身体,并毁灭祂的仇敌─提前一4,弗一10,三9,启十二11:
B. The Lord needs the overcomers to carry out the divine economy to have the Body and to destroy His enemy—1 Tim. 1:4; Eph. 1:10; 3:9; Rev. 12:11:
1 得胜者乃是为着建造基督的身体,终极完成新耶路撒冷─弗四16,启二一2,10。
1. The overcomers are for the building up of the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem— Eph. 4:16; Rev. 21:2, 10.
2 得胜者看见身体,认识身体,顾到身体,并尊重身体─罗十二4~5,林前十二12,18,24下~27。
2. The overcomers see the Body, know the Body, care for the Body, and honor the Body—Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12, 18, 24b-27.
3 得胜者顾到神的权益,过于别的一切,包括他们日常的需要─太六33,西一24。
3. The overcomers care for God's interests above everything, including their necessities—Matt. 6:33; Col. 1:24.
肆 在启示录二、三章里,主对得胜者有七重的呼召:
IV. In Revelation 2 and 3 the Lord has a sevenfold calling for overcomers:
一 在写给以弗所召会的书信中,得胜就是恢复对主起初的爱,并恨恶尼哥拉党的行为─二4~6。
A. In the epistle to the church in Ephesus, to overcome is to recover the f irst love toward the Lord and to hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans—2:4-6.
二 在写给士每拿召会的书信中,得胜就是胜过逼迫,至死忠信─10节。
B. In the epistle to the church in Smyrna, to overcome is to overcome persecution by being faithful unto death—v. 10.
三 在写给别迦摩召会的书信中,得胜就是胜过召会与世界的联合、拜偶像与淫乱的教训、和阶级制度的教训─12~15节。
C. In the epistle to Pergamos, to overcome is to overcome the church's union with the world, the teaching of idolatry and fornication, and the teaching of hierarchy—vv. 12-15.
四 在写给推雅推喇召会的书信中,得胜就是胜过罗马天主教─20,24节。
D. In the epistle to Thyatira, to overcome is to overcome Roman Catholicism—vv. 20, 24.
五 在写给撒狄召会的书信中,得胜就是胜过死沉的更正教─三1。
E. In the epistle to Sardis, to overcome is to overcome dead Protestantism—3:1.
六 在写给非拉铁非召会的书信中,得胜就是持守我们在恢复的召会中所有的─11节。
F. In the epistle to Philadelphia, to overcome is to hold fast what we have in the recovered church—v. 11.
七 在写给老底嘉召会的书信中,得胜就是胜过恢复后又堕落之召会的不冷不热和骄傲,付代价买所需要的东西,并打开门,使主能够进来─15~20节。
G. In the epistle to Laodicea, to overcome is to overcome the lukewarmness and pride of the degraded recovered church, to pay the price to buy the needed items, and to open the door so that the Lord can come in—vv. 15-20.
伍 得胜者乃是由七倍加强的灵,也就是由基督在祂加强的时期中,藉着神加强的生机拯救而产生的─一4,三1,四5,五6。
V. The overcomers are produced through the intensification of God's organic salvation by the sevenfold intensified Spirit, that is, by Christ in the stage of His intensification—1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6.