2001春季长老
总题:一个宇宙新人的实际与实行
第一篇 一个新人的异象
Message One The Vision of the One New Man
读经:弗一9,11,三9,罗八29,提后一9,创一26,弗二15~16,四22~24
Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:9, 11; 3:9; Rom. 8:29; 2 Tim. 1:9; Gen. 1:26; Eph. 2:15-16; 4:22-24
壹 在这世代末了的日子,在主能回来之前,我们必须看见一个身体和一个新人的异象─林前十二12,弗四4,二15,四24。
I. In the last days of this age, before the Lord will be able to return, we must see the vision of the one Body and the one new man—1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:4; 2:15; 4:24.
贰 召会─基督的身体─乃是一个新人,为着完成神永远的定旨─一9,11,三9,罗八29,提后一9,弗二15~16,四22~24:
II. The church, the Body of Christ, is the one new man to accomplish God's eternal purpose—1:9, 11; 3:9; Rom. 8:29; 2 Tim. 1:9; Eph. 2:15-16; 4:22-24:
一 召会是基督的身体,重在生命;而召会是一个新人,重在人位。
A. The emphasis on the church being the Body of Christ is on life, whereas the emphasis on the church being the one new man is on the person.
二 召会作为基督的身体,需要基督作生命;召会作为一个新人,需要基督作人位。
B. As the Body of Christ, the church needs Christ as its life; as the one new man, the church needs Christ as its person.
叁 神创造人的目的是要得着一个团体的人,以彰显祂并代表祂─创一26:
III. God's intention in His creation of man was to have a corporate man to express Him and to represent Him—Gen. 1:26:
一 创世记一章神创造人,这是一幅图画,描绘神新造中的新人;这就是说,旧造是新造的表号、预表─弗二15,四24。
A. God's creation of man in Genesis 1 is a picture of the new man in God's new creation; this means that the old creation is a figure, a type, of the new creation—Eph. 2:15; 4:24.
二 神照着祂自己的形像造人,并将祂的管治权给人─创一26:
B. God created man in His own image and then gave man His dominion—Gen. 1:26:
1 “形像”是指神积极一面的目的─使人能有神的形像以彰显祂。
1. Image refers to God's positive intention—that man would bear God's image for His expression.
2 “管治权”是指神消极一面的目的─使人能有神的管治权,以代表神对付祂的仇敌。
2. Dominion refers to God's negative intention—that man would have God's dominion to represent Him to deal with His enemy.
三 至终,召会作为一个新人,就是神心意中团体的人─弗二15,四24:
C. Eventually, the church as the one new man is the corporate man in God's intention—Eph. 2:15; 4:24:
1 这一个新人完成双重的定旨,就是彰显神并对付神的仇敌─创一26。
1. The one new man fulfills the twofold purpose of expressing God and dealing with His enemy—Gen. 1:26.
2 在新造中的新人有神的形像,为着神的彰显,并为着神的国度与神的仇敌争战─西三10~11,弗二15,四24,六10~20。
2. The new man in the new creation bears God's image for God's expression and fights against God's enemy for God's kingdom—Col. 3:10-11; Eph. 2:15; 4:24; 6:10-20.
肆 一个新人是借着基督在十字架上的死所创造的─二15~16:
IV. The one new man was created through Christ's death on the cross—2:15-16:
一 新人是基督用两种材料创造的─蒙救赎的受造之人,以及神圣的元素;基督在十字架上把这两种材料放在一起,产生一个新人。
A. The new man was created by Christ with two kinds of materials—the redeemed created man and the divine element; on the cross Christ put these materials together to produce a new man.
二 在新人的创造里,首先我们天然的人被基督钉死,然后借着除去旧人,基督将神圣的元素分赐到我们里面,使我们成为一个新的实体─罗六6,林后五17。
B. In the creating of the new man, first our natural man was crucified by Christ, and then through the crossing out of the old man, Christ imparted the divine element into us, causing us to become a new entity—Rom. 6:6; 2 Cor. 5:17.
三 借着基督创造的死所创造的一个新人,等于在基督复活并升天里所形成的身体;因此,“一个新人”与“身体”是同义词,并且可以交互使用─弗二15~16,西二19,三10~11。
C. The one new man created through the creating death of Christ equals the Body formed in Christ's resurrection and ascension; hence, the one new man and the Body are synonymous terms and may be used interchangeably—Eph. 2:15-16; Col. 2:19; 3:10-11.
伍 圣经启示一个新人乃是一个团体、宇宙的人─弗二15,四24,西三10~11:
V. The Bible reveals that the one new man is a corporate, universal man— Eph. 2:15; 4:24; Col. 3:10-11:
一 我们在基督里的信徒都与基督是一,成为这个新人;因此,我们众人乃是这一个团体新人的各部分,是新人的组成成分。
A. We, the believers in Christ, are all one with Christ to be the new man; thus, we all are parts, components, of the corporate one new man.
二 一个新人是团体的神人,是所有神人的集大成;我们把所有神人摆在一起,就是一个新人。
B. The one new man is a corporate God-man, the aggregate of all the God-men; when we put all the God-men together, we have the one new man.
陆 主恢复的目标是要产生一个新人─弗二15,四22~24,西三10~11:
VI. The goal of the Lord's recovery is to bring forth the one new man—Eph. 2:15; 4:22-24; Col. 3:10-11:
一 在旧人里分裂并分散的,在新人里得着恢复─创十一5~9,徒二5~12,西三10~11:
A. What was divided and scattered in the old man is recovered in the new man— Gen. 11:5-9; Acts 2:5-12; Col. 3:10-11:
1 在旧人里,人是分裂并分散的;但在新人里,人被聚集并被作成一。
1. In the old man, man was divided and scattered; in the new man, man is gathered and made one.
2 在世界上一个人越与众不同、越个人主义越好;这与神的经纶相违背,神的经纶是要聚集并作成一。
2. In the world the more different and individualistic a person is, the better; this is contrary to God's economy, which is to gather and to make one.
3 脱去旧人就是脱去分裂并分散的人;穿上新人就是穿上聚集并是一的新人─弗四22,24。
3. To put off the old man is to put off the divided and scattered man; to put on the new man is to put on the gathered and one new man—Eph. 4:22, 24.
二 主在祂恢复中一直在作,并祂现今正在作的,是产生一个新人,以祂自己为生命和人位,为着神的彰显─三17~19,西三4,10~11。
B. What the Lord has been doing and is now doing in His recovery is bringing forth the one new man with Himself as the life and the person for God's expression—3:17-19; Col. 3:4, 10-11.
三 这一个新人要引进神的国,并要将君王基督带回这地上─启十一15。
C. The one new man will usher in the kingdom of God and will bring Christ, the King, back to this earth—Rev. 11:15.
柒 现在是神完成祂的定旨,好成全新人的时候,这新人要在地上完全出现─弗四24:
VII. Now is the time for God to accomplish His purpose to perfect the one new man, who will come into full existence on earth—Eph. 4:24:
一 世界局势被兴起,目标乃是为着一个新人:
A. The world situation has been raised up for the goal of the one new man:
1 主在今时代所作的每一件事,都是要引进一个新人实际的出现。
1. Everything that the Lord is doing in the present age is to usher in the practical existence of the one new man.
2 因着科技的进步,在各地、各种环境情形中的圣徒们,现今有可能在实际并实行上成为一个新人。
2. Because of the advances in technology, there is now the possibility that the saints in every locality in their environmental circumstances will become the one new man in reality and in practicality.
二 当一个新人得着成全,那就是主回来的时候,并且这个得成全的新人要成为新妇─启十九7。
B. When the one new man is perfected, that will be the time for the Lord's coming, and the perfected new man will be the bride—Rev. 19:7.
三 “今天一切都成熟、准备就绪、预备好为着新人的产生。我们都必须看见我们在那里。我们处在末了的时刻,这是最珍贵的时刻;这是为着主恢复的正确时刻。我们必须开广我们的视野。”(一个新人,二五页。)
C. "Today everything is ripe, ready, and prepared for the new man to come forth. We all have to see where we are. We are at the end time, and this is the most golden time. This is the right time for the Lord's recovery. Our view must be broadened" (The One New Man, p. 27).
四 “主今天正在地上作这个工,这是主今日恢复的目标。全世界爱祂、追求祂、跟随祂的人,都要在这一个心思的灵里得以更新,而成为一个新人,以祂为我们的人位,凭祂活着。这是主今天所要的。”(一个身体一位灵一个新人,一一三页。)
D. "The Lord today is doing this work on the earth, and this is the goal of the Lord's recovery today. All those who love Him, pursue Him, and follow Him on the entire earth today must be renewed in the spirit of their mind to become the one new man, taking Him as their person and living by Him. This is what the Lord wants today" (One Body, One Spirit, and One New Man, p. 101).