2001冬季训练
总题：以弗所书结晶读经
第五篇　神永远的定旨，祂永远的经纶
Message Five God's Eternal Purpose, His Eternal Economy
读经：弗三3~5，8~11，林前一30
Scripture Reading: Eph. 3:3-5, 8-11; 1 Cor. 1:30
壹　神永远的定旨就是祂永远的经纶，祂行政的计划，要将祂自己分赐到祂所拣选的人里面，使他们在生命和性情上与祂一式一样，只是无分于祂的神格，使祂得着扩大并扩展的彰显─弗三2，8~11：
I.　God's eternal purpose is His eternal economy, His administrative plan, to distribute Himself into His chosen people to make them the same as He is in life and nature but not in the Godhead for His enlarged and expanded expression—Eph. 3:2, 8-11:
一　约伯记的四十二章经文，留给我们一个双重的问题，就是神创造人的目的是什么，神对付祂选民的目的是什么─伯一1，十13，十三3~4：
A.　The forty-two chapters of the book of Job leave us with a twofold question concerning the purpose of God in creating man and the purpose of God in dealing with His chosen people—Job 1:1; 10:13; 13:4:
1　对这个大问题的重大答案，乃是神永远的经纶，就是神永远的目的和祂的心愿，要把祂自己在祂神圣的三一里，就是父在子里，借着灵，分赐到祂所拣选的人里面，作他们的生命和性情，使他们能够与祂一样，好成为祂的丰满，祂的彰显─弗三9，创一26，提前一3~4，弗一22~23，三19。
1.　The great answer to this great question is the eternal economy of God, which is God's eternal intention with His heart's desire to dispense Himself in His Divine Trinity as the Father in the Son by the Spirit into His chosen people to be their life and nature that they may become the same as He is for His fullness, His expression—Eph. 3:9; Gen. 1:26; 1 Tim. 1:3-4; Eph. 1:22-23; 3:19.
2　神对付爱祂的人，甚至使他们遭受损失，目的是要他们得着祂到最完满的地步，使祂能借着他们得以彰显，好完成神创造人的永远目的─罗八28~29，林后四16，参耶四八11。
2.　God's purpose in dealing with His lovers, even in the way of loss, is that they may gain Him to the fullest extent, that He might be expressed through them for the fulfillment of His eternal purpose in His creation of man—Rom. 8:28-29; 2 Cor. 4:16; cf. Jer. 48:11.
二　神创造万有（包括人）的目的，乃是要人与神调和，以产生召会作基督的身体，终极完成新耶路撒冷，作祂荣耀的彰显─亚十二1，启四11，十九7，二一2：
B.　God's intention in His creation of all things, including man, was that man would be mingled with God to produce the church as the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem for His glorious expression—Zech. 12:1; Rev. 4:11; 19:7; 21:2:
1　召会是基督的奥秘，历世历代隐藏在创造万有的神里面─弗三4，9，西二2，一27，提前三16。
1.　The church as the mystery of Christ was hidden in God, who created all things, throughout the ages—Eph. 3:4, 9; Col. 2:2; 1:27; 1 Tim. 3:16.
2　召会，这个特别隐藏在神里面的奥秘，在别的世代中未曾给人知道，如今借着新约时代的启示，已经在灵里启示给使徒和申言者─弗三3~5，一17。
2.　The church, something particular hidden in God as a mystery, which was not made known to men in other generations, has been revealed to the apostles and prophets in their spirit by revelation in the New Testament age—Eph. 3:3-5; 1:17.
贰　借着将基督这从神给我们的智慧，分赐到我们整个三部分所是里，我们就被祂所构成，成为召会，作基督一切所是的智慧展示─林前一24，30，弗三10：
II.　By the dispensing of Christ, as wisdom to us from God, into our entire tripartite being, we become constituted with Him to be the church as the wise exhibition of all that Christ is—1 Cor. 1:24, 30; Eph. 3:10:
一　基督成了从神给我们的智慧，作为在我们救恩里三件重要的事物：
A.　Christ became wisdom to us from God as three vital things in our salvation:
1　基督是我们的公义，为着我们的已往，藉此我们已经得神称义，使我们能在灵里重生，得着神的生命─罗五18，八10。
1.　Christ is our righteousness (for our past), by which we have been justified by God, that we might be reborn in our spirit to receive the divine life—Rom. 5:18; 8:10.
2　基督是我们的圣别，为着我们的现在，藉此我们在魂里渐渐被圣别，也就是在我们的心思、情感和意志里，因祂神圣的生命渐渐被变化─六19，22，八6。
2.　Christ is our sanctification (for our present), by which we are sanctified in our soul, that is, transformed in our mind, emotion, and will, with His divine life—6:19, 22; 8:6.
3　基督是我们的救赎，为着我们的将来，就是我们的身体得赎，藉此我们的身体要因祂神圣的生命改变形状，有祂荣耀的样式─23节，腓三21。
3.　Christ is our redemption (for our future), that is, the redemption of our body, by which we will be transfigured in our body with His divine life to have His glorious likeness—8:23; Phil. 3:21.
4　我们能有分于这样完整且完全的救恩，使我们的全人─灵、魂、体─在生机上与基督成为一，并使基督成为我们的一切，这全是出于神─约壹三2。
4.　It is of God that we participate in such a complete and perfect salvation, which makes our entire being—spirit, soul, and body—organically one with Christ and makes Christ everything to us—1 John 3:2.
二　当神所拣选的人有分于并享受基督那追测不尽的丰富时，这些丰富就把他们构成召会;借着召会，诸天界里执政和掌权的天使，就得知神万般的智慧─弗三8，10。
B.　When God's chosen people partake of and enjoy the unsearchable riches of Christ, they are constituted with those riches to be the church, through which God's multifarious wisdom is made known to the angelic rulers and authorities in the heavenlies—Eph. 3:8, 10.
三　神照着祂心头愿望的永远定旨，乃是要得着召会作基督生机的身体，以显明祂万般的智慧─一9~11，22~23，三9~11。
C.　God's eternal purpose, the purpose of eternity, according to the desire of His heart, is to have the church to be the organic Body of Christ for the manifestation of His multifarious wisdom—1:9-11, 22-23; 3:9-11.
叁　召会是基督的身体，乃是神永远定旨─祂永远经纶─的中心;召会是神的目标，也是仇敌的箭靶─弗三4，9~11节，太十六18：
III.　The church as the Body of Christ is the center of God's eternal purpose, His eternal economy; the church is the goal of God and the target of the enemy—3:4, 9-11; Matt. 16:18:
一　身体乃是召会内在的意义─弗一22~23：
A.　The Body is the intrinsic significance of the church—Eph. 1:22-23:
1　基督的身体是召会生机的素质，正如苹果是苹果树这个架构的生机素质一样。
1.　The Body of Christ is the organic essence of the church, just as apples are the organic essence of an apple tree as the frame.
2　基督的身体是三一神与在基督里之信徒的神圣构成─四4~6。
2.　The Body of Christ is the divine constitution of the Triune God with the believers in Christ—4:4-6.
二　召会是基督的身体，是神用以完成祂的定旨并解决祂一切难处的惟一凭借─参创一26：
B.　The church as the Body of Christ is the unique means used by God to fulfill His purpose and settle all His problems—cf. Gen. 1:26:
1　在神的经纶里，召会是在神圣儿子名分里，有父的生命和性情，作父神的彰显，荣耀─弗一4~5，约十七22~24：
1.　The church in the economy of God is for the expression, the glory, of God the Father in the divine sonship with the Father's life and nature—Eph. 1:4-5; John 17:22-24:
a　父将祂圣别的性情分赐到我们里面，使我们像祂一样的圣别，而成为圣城─彼后一4，彼前一15~16，来二10~11，启二一2。
a.　The Father imparts His holy nature into us to make us as holy as He is to be the holy city—2 Pet. 1:4; 1 Pet. 1:15-16; Heb. 2:10-11; Rev. 21:2.
b　父将祂神圣的生命分赐到我们里面，使我们成为祂的众子，有基督作我们的生命，好叫我们在这生命里长大，达到生命的成熟，而成为生命的城─弗四15~16，来六1，启二二1~2。
b.　The Father imparts His divine life into us to make us His sons, having Christ as our life, that we may grow in this life unto the maturity of life to be the city of life—Eph. 4:15-16; Heb. 6:1; Rev. 22:1-2.
2　在神的经纶里，召会是神最大的夸耀，使执政和掌权的天使，得知神万般的智慧，好羞辱并击败祂的仇敌，带进祂的国度─弗三10，罗十六20：
2.　The church in the economy of God is God's greatest boast in making known to the angelic rulers and authorities His multifarious wisdom for the shame and defeat of His enemy to bring in His kingdom—Eph. 3:10; Rom. 16:20:
a　惟有借着难处，神智慧的各方面才能得着显明─参创一1~3，林后四6，罗十一30~36。
a.　Only through problems can all the aspects of God's wisdom be manifested—cf. Gen. 1:1-3; 2 Cor. 4:6; Rom. 11:30-36.
b　甚至我们的失败、错误、挫折、过犯，也都给神机会展示祂的智慧─参诗五一，约十八17，25，27。
b.　Even our failures, mistakes, defeats, and wrongdoings have given God opportunities to display His wisdom—cf. Psa. 51; John 18:17, 25, 27.
3　在神的经纶里，召会是借着基督将祂自己作为生命作到我们里面，使我们满了光，而使万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下─弗一10，22~23：
3.　The church in the economy of God is for the heading up of all things in Christ through the working of Himself into us as life that we may be full of light—Eph. 1:10, 22-23:
a　当我们享受基督作生命，召会就被这生命建造起来，我们也受生命之光的管制，使我们在基督元首的权柄下成为一─四15，约八12，西一13。
a.　When we enjoy Christ as life, the church is built up by this life, and we are under the control of the light of life for our oneness under Christ's headship—Eph. 4:15; John 8:12; Col. 1:13.
b　当万有都在基督里归一于一个元首之下，就有完全的平安与和谐，（赛二4，十一6，五五12，诗九六12~13，）完全从宇宙性崩溃的混乱得着拯救。─引用经文
b.　When everything is headed up in Christ, there will be absolute peace and harmony (Isa. 2:4; 11:6; 55:12; Psa. 96:12-13), a full rescue out of the heap of the universal collapse.