2000夏季训练
总题:新耶路撒冷的结晶读经
第三篇 新耶路撒冷─神在复活里新造的终极完成
Message Three The New Jerusalem— the Consummation of God's New Creation in Resurrection
读经:启二一5上,1~2,三12,林后五17,加六15,罗十二2,弗四23,林后四16,启二一17,林前十五20,23,45,林后一9,腓三10~11
Scripture Reading: Rev. 21:5a, 1-2; 3:12; 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15; Rom. 12:2; Eph. 4:23; 2 Cor. 4:16; Rev. 21:17; 1 Cor. 15:20, 23, 45; 2 Cor. 1:9; Phil. 3:10-11
壹 神的圣城新耶路撒冷,是神从祂的旧造里,为着祂的新造而有的宇宙建造;新耶路撒冷乃是神新造的建造─启二一2,10,林后五17,加六15:
I. The New Jerusalem as God's holy city is God's universal building for His new creation out of His old creation; the New Jerusalem is the building of God's new creation—Rev. 21:2, 10; 2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15:
一 在圣经里有两个创造─旧造和新造─林后五17:
A. In the Bible there are two creations—the old creation and the new creation— 2 Cor. 5:17:
1 旧造没有神的生命和性情,但新造有神在其中为其生命、性情、外表和彰显。
1. The old creation does not have the divine life and nature, but the new creation has God within it as its life, nature, appearance, and expression.
2 旧造是空的器皿,没有神作内容,但新造是团体的器皿,有神为其内容─弗一22~23,三19下。
2. The old creation as an empty vessel has no content of God, but the new creation as a corporate vessel has God as its content—Eph. 1:22-23; 3:19b.
3 旧造是旧的,因为神不是其中的一部分;新造是新的,因为有神在其中─四22~24。
3. The old creation was old because God was not part of it; the new creation is new because God is in it—4:22-24.
4 神永远的定旨,不仅是要救赎、带回、重新拥有堕落的旧造,乃是要重生人,使人成为新造─约三3,一12~13,林后五17。
4. God's eternal purpose is not just to redeem, to bring back, to repossess, the fallen old creation, but to regenerate man to make him the new creation—John 3:3; 1:12-13; 2 Cor. 5:17.
5 神的目标是要从旧造产生出新造。
5. God's goal is to produce the new creation out of the old creation—Gal. 6:15.
6 新造乃是由神圣生命所变化过的旧造─加六15。
6. The new creation is the old creation transformed by the divine life—Gal. 6:15.
7 新造─神与人的调和,乃是当三一神在基督里作为那灵作到我们里面时产生的;这就是神人二性的调和─林前六17,弗三16~17上。
7. The new creation—the mingling of God with man—takes place when the Triune God in Christ as the Spirit is wrought into our being; this is the mingling of divinity with humanity—1 Cor. 6:17; Eph. 3:16-17a.
二 新耶路撒冷是神在旧造里四个时代中,一切新造工作的终极完成;这四个时代是法前时代、律法时代、恩典时代、和国度时代─启二一1~2。
B. The New Jerusalem is the consummation of all the works of God's new creation out of His old creation in four ages: the age before the law, the age of the law, the age of grace, and the age of the kingdom—Rev. 21:1-2.
三 作为新造,新耶路撒冷是新的,因为新耶路撒冷充满了神─启二一10,5上:
C. As the new creation, the New Jerusalem is new because it is full of God—vv. 10, 5a:
1 在新约中凡标明为“新”的事物,都指明或含示,神已经作到这些项目里面─太九16~17,西三10。
1. Everything designated new in the New Testament indicates or implies that God has been wrought into these items—Matt. 9:16-17; Col. 3:10.
2 新耶路撒冷是新的,因为新耶路撒冷作为神的新造,有神那新的性质─启二一2,5上。
2. The New Jerusalem is new because, as God's new creation, it has God's nature of newness—Rev. 21:2, 5a.
3 既然新就是神,所以成为新的就是成为神,有神作到我们里面─罗六4,七6,弗四24。
3. Since newness is God, to become new is to become God by having God wrought into us—Rom. 6:4; 7:6; Eph. 4:24.
4 新耶路撒冷乃是新(就是基督)这个范围的终极完成─林后五17。
4. The New Jerusalem will be the ultimate consummation of the realm of newness, which is Christ—2 Cor. 5:17.
四 我们乃是在彻底而完全被更新的过程中,使我们成为新耶路撒冷─四16,启三12:
D. We are in the process of being thoroughly and absolutely renewed to become the New Jerusalem—4:16; Rev. 3:12:
1 更新就是有神常新的素质分赐到我们里面,顶替并排除我们老旧的元素─罗十二2。
1. To be renewed is to have God's ever-new essence dispensed into us to replace and discharge our old element—Rom. 12:2.
2 调和的灵─更新的灵调着我们重生的灵─渐渐扩展到我们的心思里,好更新我们全人─弗四23。
2. The mingled spirit—the renewing Spirit mingled with our regenerated spirit—is spreading into our mind to renew our entire being—Eph. 4:23.
3 我们乃是从旧造转移到新造;我们正在通过一个隧道,从旧的进到新的。
3. We are in transit from the old creation to the new creation; we are passing through a tunnel out of the old into the new.
4 借着更新的过程,我们就从旧造的范围被迁移到新造的范围,而成为新耶路撒冷─西三10,启二一2。
4. Through the process of renewing, we are transferred from the realm of the old creation into the realm of the new creation to become the New Jerusalem—Col. 3:10; Rev. 21:2.
五 新造乃是借着复活产生的─林后五17,林前十五20,23,45:
E. The new creation comes into being by resurrection—2 Cor. 5:17; 1 Cor. 15:20, 23, 45:
1 林前十五章四十五节含示,旧造是以魂为中心,而新造是以那灵为中心。
1. First Corinthians 15:45 implies the old creation with the soul as the center and the new creation with the Spirit as the center.
2 新造新生起头的元素,乃是复活的基督成了赐生命的灵。
2. The germinating element of the new creation is the resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit.
3 赐生命的灵乃是新造的中心和生命线─林前十五45,林后五17。
3. The life-giving Spirit is the center and lifeline of the new creation—v. 45; 2 Cor. 5:17.
贰 在新耶路撒冷这新造的终极完成里,一切都是在复活里;整座城都是在复活里─启二一17:
II. In the New Jerusalem as the consummation of the new creation, everything will be in resurrection; the entire city will be in resurrection—Rev. 21:17:
一 复活的原则就是天然的生命被杀死,神圣的生命代之而起─加二20。
A. The principle of resurrection is that the natural life is killed and the divine life rises up to take its place—Gal. 2:20.
二 神自己就是复活,我们必须认识祂是复活的神─约十一25,林后一9,四14。
B. God Himself is resurrection, and we need to know Him as the God of resurrection—John 11:25; 2 Cor. 1:9; 4:14.
三 基督的复活就是祂改变形像成为赐生命的灵,进到祂的信徒里面;也是祂使新造有新生的起头,将神圣的生命分赐到祂的信徒里面,使他们得重生;也是祂的繁殖,以产生召会,作祂的复制─林前十五45下,彼前一3,约十二24:
C. Christ's resurrection is His transfiguration into the life-giving Spirit to enter into His believers, His germination of the new creation to impart the divine life into His believers for their regeneration, and His propagation to produce the church as His reproduction—1 Cor. 15:45b; 1 Pet. 1:3; John 12:24:
1 基督改变形像、带进新生的起头、以及繁殖的结果,乃是祂活在信徒里面─约十四19下~20,加二20。
1. The result of Christ's transfiguration, germination, and propagation is that He lives in His believers—John 14:19b-20; Gal. 2:20.
2 基督使新造有新生的起头,乃是祂的繁殖,祂的繁增;这个新生的起头就是那是灵之基督的复制─约十二24,十四17~18,二十22。
2. Christ's germination of the new creation is His propagation, His multiplication; this germination is the reproduction of the pneumatic Christ—John 12:24; 14:17-18; 20:22.
四 在复活里,意思就是我们天然的生命被钉死,神所创造我们的所是被拔高,在复活里与基督成为一─林前十五45下,林后三17上,林前六17。
D. To be in resurrection means that our natural life is crucified and that the God-created part of our being is uplifted to be one with Christ in resurrection— 1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17a; 1 Cor. 6:17.
五 我们应当渴望“达到那从死人中杰出的复活”─腓三11:
E. We should aspire "to attain to the out-resurrection from among the dead"—Phil. 3:11:
1 达到杰出的复活,指明我们的全人─灵、魂、体─是逐渐不断的在复活。
1. To arrive at the out-resurrection indicates that our entire being—spirit, soul, and body—is gradually and continually resurrected.
2 在杰出的复活里,就是离弃一切旧造的事物,而被带进神里面─林后五17,加六15。
2. To be in the out-resurrection is to leave everything of the old creation and to be brought into God—2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15.
六 赐生命的灵乃是复活的实际─林前十五45下:
F. The life-giving Spirit is the reality of resurrection—1 Cor. 15:45b:
1 我们若在赐生命的灵里,我们就在复活里。
1. If we are in the life-giving Spirit, we are in resurrection.
2 当我们凭着灵而行,我们就是在复活里行事为人─加五25。
2. When we walk according to the Spirit, we walk in resurrection—Gal. 5:25.