2001春季长老
总题：一个宇宙新人的实际与实行
第二篇　为着一个新人，劳苦的将各人在基督里成熟的献上
Message Two Laboring to Present Everyone Full-grown in Christ for the One New Man
读经：西一28~29，帖前一3，弗四11~16，24，西三10~11
Scripture Reading: Col. 1:28-29; 1 Thes. 1:3; Eph. 4:11-16, 24; Col. 3:10-11
壹　我们要在实际并实行上成为一个新人，就需要在一切事上长到基督里面─弗四15~16，24：
I.　In order to become the one new man in reality and practicality, we need to grow up into Christ in all things—Eph. 4:15-16, 24:
一　无论我们是谁，或从那里来，我们都需要在一切事上，就是在每一件事，无论大事、小事上，长到基督里面─15节：
A.　No matter who we are or where we are from, we all need to grow up into Christ in all things, that is, in every single thing, whether big or small—v. 15:
1　我们有基督在我们里面，但我们在很多事上，还没有长到基督里;在这些事上，我们不在基督里，乃在基督之外。
1.　We have Christ in us, but there are still many things in which we have not grown up into Christ; in these things we are not in Christ but are outside of Christ.
2　长到基督里，就是长到那灵里;我们需要在一切事上进入那灵里。
2.　To grow up into Christ is to grow up into the Spirit; we need to get into the Spirit in all things.
二　当我们都在一切事上长到基督里，我们大家在基督里就是一个了;这就是一个宇宙新人─24节：
B.　When we all grow up into Christ in all things, we all will be one in Christ; this is the universal one new man—v. 24:
1　我们在一切事上长到基督里，就不再是各种不同的人了─西三10~11。
1.　When we grow up into Christ in all things, we will no longer be different kinds of persons—Col. 3:10-11.
2　我们若这样长到基督里，我们自然而然就都接受基督作我们的人位─弗三17上：
2.　If we grow up into Christ in this way, spontaneously we all will take Christ as our person—Eph. 3:17a:
a　基督在一个新人里作人位，不是个人或地方的，乃是宇宙的。
a.　Christ as the person in the one new man is not individual or local but universal.
b　“如果在六大洲的弟兄姊妹都是以基督作人位，自然的，全地上的众弟兄姊妹在祂的恢复中就是一个新人。”（一个身体一位灵一个新人，一○一页。）
b.　"If all the brothers and sisters in all six continents take Christ as the person, then spontaneously all the brothers and sisters on the earth in His recovery will be the one new man" (One Body, One Spirit, and One New Man, p. 91).
贰　为着一个新人，我们需要劳苦，竭力奋斗，将众圣徒在基督里成熟的献上─西一28~29：
II.　For the one new man, we need to labor and struggle to present all the saints full-grown in Christ—Col. 1:28-29:
一　二十八节译为“成熟的”这个希腊字，也可译为“完全的”或“完整的”。
A.　The Greek word rendered full-grown in verse 28 may also be translated perfect, complete, or mature.
二　保罗的职事乃是将基督分赐到人里面，使他们借着在基督里长大成熟，得以完全并完整。
B.　Paul's ministry was to dispense Christ into others so that they would be perfect and complete by maturing in Christ unto full growth.
三　我们向罪人传福音，并与圣徒交通，其目标乃是将基督供应到他们里面，使他们在基督里成熟，并在祂里面完全长大而被献上;这是为着新人的长大─三10~11。
C.　Our goal in preaching the gospel to sinners and in fellowshipping with the saints is to minister Christ into them so that they may mature in Him and be presented full-grown in Him; this is for the growth of the new man—3:10-11.
四　我们若要将各人在基督里成熟的献上，就必须作以下的事：
D.　If we would present everyone full-grown in Christ, we must do the following:
1　将基督作众圣徒的分供应人─一12。
1.　Minister Christ as the portion of the saints—1:12.
2　将基督那追测不尽的丰富供应人，使召会得建造，以完成神永远的定旨─弗三8~11。
2.　Minister the unsearchable riches of Christ for the building up of the church to fulfill God's eternal purpose—Eph. 3:8-11.
3　用基督与召会完满的启示，完成神的话─西一25~27。
3.　Complete the word of God with the full revelation of Christ and the church—Col. 1:25-27.
4　将基督作神的奥秘供应人─二2。
4.　Minister Christ as the mystery of God—2:2.
5　将召会作基督的奥秘供应人─弗三3~4，一22~23。
5.　Minister the church as the mystery of Christ—Eph. 3:3-4; 1:22-23.
6　将基督作生命供应给祂的肢体，使他们能凭祂而活，并因祂而长大，以至于成熟─西三4，二19。
6.　Minister Christ as life to His members so that they may live by Him and grow with Him unto maturity—Col. 3:4; 2:19.
五　在基督里将人成熟的献上，是非常艰苦的工作;这工作惟有借着劳苦，照着神的运行竭力奋斗，才能成就─一29：
E.　Presenting others full-grown in Christ is a very difficult task; this task can be accomplished only by labor in which we struggle according to the operation of God—1:29:
1　创世记二章五节所立的原则，乃是人耕地，神降雨;我们若把这个原则应用于将信徒在基督里成熟的献上这件事，就会看见我们必须照着基督的运行劳苦。─引用经文
1.　The principle set up in Genesis 2:5 is that man tills the ground, and God sends the rain; if we apply this principle to the matter of presenting the believers full-grown in Christ, we will see that we must labor according to Christ's operation.
2　保罗竭力奋斗，要将别人在基督里成熟的献上;他所作的是一个劳苦的榜样，要成全圣徒，使基督的身体得建造。
2.　What Paul did in struggling to present others full-grown in Christ is an example of laboring to perfect the saints for the building up of the Body of Christ.
叁　主在祂的恢复里，渴望恢复基督身体一般肢体的成全─弗四11~16：
III.　In His recovery the Lord desires to recover the perfecting of the common members of the Body of Christ—Eph. 4:11-16:
一　“我们必须对抹煞或发展圣徒的功用负责。”（主今日恢复的进展，第二章。）
A.　"We have to bear the responsibility for the annulling or for the developing of the saints' functions" (The Advance of the Lord's Recovery Today, p. 43).
二　我们需要根除老路，栽植新路，新路给信徒同等的机会，作基督生机身体的生机肢体而尽功用─16节。
B.　We need to uproot the old way and plant the new way, which gives the believers equal opportunity to function as the organic members of the organic Body of Christ—v. 16.
三　保罗对于成全圣徒的思想乃是，神的心意是要使每一个信徒都能作有恩赐之人所作的事─11节。
C.　Paul's thought concerning the perfecting of the saints is that God's intention is to have every believer able to do the things that the gifted persons do—v.11.
四　“我们所缺的乃是实际的实行神命定的路。按照实际的实行，神命定的路顶替了教皇制度和圣品阶级与平信徒的制度。”（长老训练第十一册，长老职分与神命定之路（三），一○○页。）
D.　"Our lack is in the actual practice of the God-ordained way. According to the actual practice, the God-ordained way replaces the papal system and the clergy-laity system" (Elders' Training, Book 11, The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (3), p. 90):
1　照着主心意的恢复，乃是使祂的信徒脱离教皇制度，以及圣品阶级与平信徒的制度。
1.　The recovery according to the Lord's mind is to get His believers out of the papal system and the clergy-laity system.
2　“召会是基督的身体，也是新人。…在何处有这样一个团体人，由基督身体活泼、积极尽功用的肢体所构成…? ”（九八至九九页。）
2.　"The church is the Body of Christ and the new man….Where is such a corporate man, comprising the living, active, functioning members of the Body of Christ?" (p. 89).
3　主要恢复成全圣徒这件事，使基督身体的每一部分能依其度量而尽功用，作职事的工作，建造基督生机的身体─12，16节。
3.　The Lord wants to recover the perfecting of the saints so that each one part of the Body of Christ may do the work of the ministry by operating in its measure for the building up of the organic Body of Christ—vv.12, 16.
肆　神命定的路是借着劳苦走出来的─西一29，帖前一3：
IV.　The God-ordained way is carried out by labor—Col. 1:29; 1 Thes. 1:3:
一　我们基督徒的工作至终应当成为一种劳苦，这比工作更深、更难─西一29。
A.　Our Christian work should eventually become a labor, something that is deeper and harder than work—Col. 1:29.
二　爱心的劳苦包括竭力和奋斗─帖前一3。
B.　The labor of love involves endeavoring and struggling—1 Thes. 1:3.
三　“在主的恢复中，我们应当是劳苦者、奋斗者。任何需要劳苦或奋斗的事都不是速成的，或快速成长的。”（一九九○年秋全时间训练信息合辑，一一一页。）
C.　"We in the Lord's recovery should be laborers and strugglers. Anything that needs labor or struggling will not go very fast or grow very fast" (Messages to the Trainees in Fall 1990, p. 97).
四　“你不可按照你情感的起落实行新路。要走新路，你就必须实际的、确定而定时的劳苦。这样，你至终就会看见满有果子的结果。这个结果不是靠运气，乃是靠昼夜的劳苦。”（一一九至一二○页。）
D.　"You must not practice the new way according to the tide of your emotions. To take the new way, you must labor definitely and regularly in a practical way. Then eventually you will see the fruitful result. This result is not a matter of fortune; it is a matter of laboring day and night" (pp. 105-106).