2001春季长老
总题：一个宇宙新人的实际与实行
第三篇　一个新人的更新
Message Three The Renewing of the One New Man
读经：弗二15，四22~24，西三10，罗十二2
Scripture Reading: Eph. 2:15; 4:22-24; Col. 3:10; Rom. 12:2
壹　歌罗西三章十节说到新人的创造和新人的更新;新人的创造在十字架上已经完成，但新人的更新仍然在进行。
I.　In Colossians 3:10 are the creation of the new man and the renewal of the new man; the creation of the new man was completed on the cross, but the renewal of the new man is still going on.
贰　新人是基督所创造的，但信徒需要有分于这创造─弗二15，西三10：
II.　The new man was created by Christ, but the believers need to partake of this creation—Eph. 2:15; Col. 3:10:
一　要产生新人，首先需要基督在十字架上创造的工作，这已经完成了─弗二15。
A.　To bring forth the new man, first Christ's creating work on the cross was needed, and this has been accomplished—Eph. 2:15.
二　为要有分于这创造，我们需要每天借着更新，脱去旧人并穿上新人─四22~24，西三10。
B.　In order to partake of this creation, every day we need to put off the old man and put on the new man through the renewing—4:22-24; Col. 3:10.
叁　以弗所二章十五节说到新人已经被创造了，但歌罗西三章十节说到新人“渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识”：
III.　Ephesians 2:15 says that the new man was created, but Colossians 3:10 says that the new man is "being renewed unto full knowledge":
一　新人原是用我们属于旧造的人创造的，所以新人需要更新;这更新主要的发生在我们的心思里，如“以致有充足的知识”所指明的─10节。
A.　Because the new man was created with us who belong to the old creation, he needs to be renewed; this renewing takes place mainly in our mind, as indicated by the phrase "unto full knowledge"—v. 10.
二　当新造借着重生发生在我们灵里的时候，圣灵带着神圣的生命就加到我们里面─林后五17，加六15：
B.　When the new creation took place in our spirit through regeneration, the Holy Spirit with the divine life was added into our being—2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15:
1　那灵与神圣的生命加进来，产生了一个新的所是，就是新人。
1.　This addition of the Spirit and the divine life produced a new being, a new man.
2　灵的重生（约三6）实际上就是新人的创造;因此，我们可以说，新人在我们的灵里已经被创造了。─引用经文
2.　The regeneration of the spirit (John 3:6) is actually the creation of the new man; for this reason, we can say that in our spirit the new man has already been created.
三　我们的魂，甚至我们的身体，需要更新─罗十二2，腓三21：
C.　There is the need for renewing in our soul and even in our body—Rom. 12:2; Phil. 3:21:
1　虽然我们的灵已经重生，但我们的魂连同魂里心思、情感、意志的功能仍在旧造里，还需要得更新─罗十二2，弗四23。
1.　Although our spirit has been regenerated, our soul with its faculties of mind, emotion, and will remains in the old creation and still needs to be renewed—Rom. 12:2; Eph. 4:23.
2　借着这更新的过程，新人就从我们的灵扩展到我们的魂里，并且实际的在我们里面扩增。
2.　Through this process of renewing, the new man spreads from our spirit into our soul and actually increases within us.
肆　以弗所四章二十四节指明，新人是直接照着神创造的，但歌罗西三章十节启示，新人是“照着创造他者的形像”渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识─创造者是指基督作神的像─一15，来一3：
IV.　Ephesians 4:24 indicates that the new man was created according to God directly, but Colossians 3:10 reveals that the new man is being renewed unto full knowledge "according to the image of Him who created him"— Christ, as the image of God—1:15; Heb. 1:3:
一　因着新人是照着神创造的，所以实在说来，新人是与神一样─弗四24。
A.　Because the new man was created according to God, in a very real sense the new man is the same as God—Eph. 4:24.
二　新人照着神被创造，这已经完成;但在我们的经历中，新人正一点一点的渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识：
B.　The creation of the new man according to God has already been completed, but in our experience the new man is being renewed unto full knowledge little by little:
1　这样，我们所经历的新人，就成为神的彰显。
1.　In this way the new man experienced by us becomes the expression of God.
2　我们越穿上新人，就越照着神的所是被更新，也越有祂的形像，就是祂所是的彰显─西三10。
2.　The more we put on the new man, the more we are renewed according to what God is, and the more we bear His image, the expression of what He is—Col. 3:10.
伍　得更新就是得着神的元素加到我们里面，以顶替并排除我们老旧的元素─启二一5上，林后五17，罗十二2，林后四16：
V.　To be renewed is to have God's element added into our being to replace and discharge our old element—Rev. 21:5a; 2 Cor. 5:17; Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 4:16:
一　新就是神;所以，成为新的就是成为神─罗六4，七6：
A.　Newness is God; therefore, to become new is to become God—Rom. 6:4; 7:6:
1　神永远是新的，祂将祂常新的素质灌注到我们里面，以更新我们全人─十二2，西三10。
1.　God is forever new, and He infuses His ever-new essence into our being to renew our entire being—12:2; Col. 3:10.
2　神的灵借着把神的属性灌注到我们内里各部分，而更新我们，这些属性常新不旧，永存不变─启二一5上。
2.　The Spirit of God renews us by infusing our inward parts with God's attributes, which are forever new, can never become old, and are ever-lasting and unchanging—Rev. 21:5a.
二　更新的灵将新人的神圣素质分赐到我们里面，使我们成为新造─多三5。
B.　The renewing Spirit imparts the divine essence of the new man into our being to make us a new creation—Titus 3:5.
三　神安排我们的环境，使我们外面的人一天过一天，一点一点的被销毁，我们里面的人得着更新─林后四16。
C.　God arranges our environment so that little by little and day by day our outer man will be consumed and our inner man will be renewed—2 Cor. 4:16.
四　我们乃是借着神圣生命在复活里更新的性能而得着更新─约十一25，林后一9，四14，腓三10。
D.　We are renewed by the renewing capacity of the divine life in resurrection— John 11:25; 2 Cor. 1:9; 4:14; Phil. 3:10.
五　我们重生的信徒是新人的一部分，应当在复活里，在神圣生命的新样中生活行动─罗六4：
E.　We, the regenerated believers, as parts of the new man, should walk in newness of the divine life in resurrection—Rom. 6:4:
1　基督的复活是全新事物的彰显;所以，活在基督复活的生命里就是活在生命的新样中。
1.　The resurrection of Christ is the expression of something new; therefore, to live in the resurrection life of Christ is to live in the newness of life.
2　我们日常生活中的救恩，就是在生命新样中的生活行动;在生命的新样中生活行动，就是过在复活里的生活。
2.　Our salvation in our daily life is a walk in newness of life, and to walk in newness of life is to live a life in resurrection.
陆　新人的更新在于我们寻求在上面的事─西三1~2：
VI.　The renewing of the new man depends on our seeking the things which are above—Col. 3:1-2:
一　就着实行说，一个新人是借着我们寻求在上面的事而得以出现─1，10节。
A.　In a very practical sense, the one new man comes into existence through our seeking the things which are above—vv. 1, 10.
二　我们越将我们的心思置于在上面的事─就是基督和祂天上的职事─我们灵里神圣的元素就越浸透并更新我们的魂。
B.　The more we set our mind on the things above—on Christ and His heavenly ministry—the more the divine elements in our spirit will saturate and renew our soul.
三　我们若转向属天的基督连同祂一切的活动，并将我们的心思置于这些事，新人的更新就会自然而然的发生─来八1~2，罗十二2，西三2。
C.　If we turn to the heavenly Christ with all His activities and set our mind on these things, the renewing of the new man will take place spontaneously— Heb. 8:1-2; Rom. 12:2; Col. 3:2.
柒　我们要脱去旧人，并穿上新人，就需要敞开我们的灵，让基督的灵充满、浸透、渗透我们的灵，直到那灵满溢到我们的心思、情感和意志里;乃是借着这满溢的灵，我们就能为着一个新人得更新─罗八11，林前十二13，弗五18，四22~24，三16~19。
VII.　In order to put off the old man and to put on the new man, we need to open our spirit and allow the Spirit of Christ to fill, saturate, and permeate our spirit until the Spirit overflows into our mind, emotion, and will; it is by this overflowing Spirit that we can be renewed for the one new man—Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 5:18; 4:22-24; 3:16-19.