2002国际华语
总题:神的杰作—新人
第一篇 新人的创造
Message One The Creation of the New Man
读经:弗二10,14~17,四22~24,一9,三9~11
Scripture Reading: Eph. 2:10, 14-17; 4:22-24; 1:9; 3:9-11
壹 神的经纶乃是要将祂自己在基督里作到祂所拣选的人里面,使他们成为祂的杰作,就是新人,以彰显祂无穷的智慧和神圣的设计─弗二10,一9,三9~11:
I. God's economy is to dispense Himself in Christ into His chosen people that they may become His masterpiece, the new man, to express His infinite wisdom and divine design—Eph. 2:10; 1:9; 3:9-11:
一 神创造的诸天、地和人,不是神的杰作。
A. The heavens, the earth, and man created by God are not God's masterpiece.
二 新人才是神的杰作,是借着神与人的调和,由基督所创造的─二14~15:
B. Only the new man is God's masterpiece, which was created by Christ through the mingling of God and man—2:14-15:
1 基督将神的性情作到人性里,创造了一个新人:
1. Christ created the one new man with God's nature wrought into humanity:
a 在旧造里,神并没有将祂的性情作到祂的造物里,甚至也没有作到人里面。
a. In the old creation God did not work His nature into any of His creatures, not even into man.
b 在创造一个新人时,神的性情却作到人里面,使神的性情与人性成为一个实体。
b. In the creating of the one new man, however, God's nature was wrought into man to make His nature one entity with humanity.
2 召会作为基督的身体,那在万有中充满万有者的丰满,(一23,)团体和宇宙的新人,(二15,)乃是这样的杰作─10节。
2. The church, the Body of Christ, the fullness of the One who fills all in all (1:23), the corporate and universal new man (2:15), is a masterpiece—v. 10.
贰 这新人是在基督这神圣元素里面创造的─15节:
II. The new man was created in Christ as the divine element—v. 15:
一 基督是一个新人的创造者:
A. Christ is the Creator of the one new man:
1 基督是这新人得以创造的范围和凭借。
1. Christ is the sphere in which and the means by which the one new man was created.
2 基督也是这新人的元素,使神性与人性成为一个实体。
2. Christ is the element of the new man, making God's divine nature one entity with humanity.
二 旧人的素质是有罪的;但是在基督里面有奇妙的素质,新人就在其中被创造:
B. The essence of the old man was sinful, but in Christ there is a wonderful essence in which the one new man has been created:
1 当我们是旧人的时候,我们有属人的元素,而没有神圣的元素。
1. When we were the old man, we had the human element but did not have the divine element.
2 基督已将神自己分赐到我们里面,如今我们里面有了神圣的元素。
2. Since Christ has imparted God Himself into us, we now have the divine element in us.
叁 这新人是借着基督在十字架上的死所创造的─15~16节:
III. The new man was created through the death of Christ on the cross—vv. 15-16:
一 新人是基督用两种材料创造的─蒙救赎的受造之人(包括犹太人和外邦人),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 (including the Jews and the Gentiles) and the divine element; on the cross Christ put these materials together to produce a new man.
二 首先我们天然的人与基督同钉十字架,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. First our natural man was crucified with 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:
1 基督在钉十字架时,在祂的肉体里了结了我们,然后在祂的复活中,把我们放在祂自己里面,为要用神圣的素质将我们创造成一个新人。
1. In His crucifixion Christ terminated us in His flesh; then in resurrection He put us in Himself to create us into the one new man with His divine essence.
2 我们惟有在神圣的素质里,并因着神圣的素质,才被创造成一个新人。
2. Only in and by the divine essence can we be created into the one new man.
肆 这新人乃是为着基督的身体─16,四12~16:
IV. The new man is for the Body of Christ—Eph. 2:16; 4:12-16:
一 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”是同义辞,并且可以交互使用─二15~16,西二19,三10~11:
A. 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—2:15-16; Col. 2:19; 3:10-11:
1 基督创造的死不是创造身体,乃是创造新人;身体是在基督的复活和升天里形成的。
1. The creating death of Christ created not the Body but the new man; the Body was formed in Christ's resurrection and ascension.
2 由基督创造的死所创造的新人,至终就等于在基督复活和升天里所形成的身体。
2. Eventually, the new man created by the creating death of Christ equals the Body formed in Christ's resurrection and ascension.
二 新人不是个别的,乃是团体的:
B. The new man is not an individual but a corporate man:
1 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。
1. 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.
2 那组成新人的许多神人,必须借着长大而受到培植,(弗四15,)好建造基督的身体一12,16节。─引用经文
2. The many God-men as the constituents of the new man must be raised up by growing up (Eph. 4:15) to build up the Body of Christ—vv. 12, 16.
三 基督的身体乃是一个新人,为着完成神永远的定旨─弗一9,11,三9,罗八29,提后一9,弗二15~16,四22~24。
C. The Body of Christ is the one new man for the accomplishment of God's eternal purpose—1:9, 11; 3:9; Rom. 8:29; 2 Tim. 1:9; Eph. 2:15-16; 4:22-24.