2002秋季长老
总题：认识身体（二）
第二篇　我们工作的内在元素
Message Two The Intrinsic Element of Our Work
读经：太十六18，弗二22，三17上，四4，12，16，林前三9~10，12，腓二13。
Scripture Reading: Matt. 16:18; Eph. 2:22; 3:17a; 4:4, 12, 16; 1 Cor. 3:9-10, 12; Phil. 2:13
壹　神永远的定旨是要将祂自己在基督里作到我们里面，作我们的生命和一切，使我们活祂并彰显祂;这是神心头的愿望，也是圣经的中心点─弗一9，三11，腓一20~21上，二13。
I.　God's eternal purpose is to work Himself in Christ into us as our life and our everything that we may live Him and express Him; this is the desire of God's heart and the focal point of the Bible—Eph. 1:9; 3:11; Phil. 1:20-21a; 2:13.
贰　神的心意乃是要将祂自己在基督里作到我们里面，并以祂自己将我们重新构成，使我们成为祂团体的彰显，就是基督的身体，终极完成于新耶路撒冷─弗三17上，四4，启二一2。
II.　God's desire is to work Himself in Christ into us and to reconstitute us with Himself that we may become His corporate expression—the Body of Christ consummating in the New Jerusalem—Eph. 3:17a; 4:4; Rev. 21:2.
叁　神中心的工作乃是将祂自己在基督里作到祂所拣选并救赎的人里面，使祂自己与他们成为一，并使他们与祂成为一─加一15~16，二20，四19：
III.　The central work of God is to work Himself in Christ into His chosen and redeemed people, making Himself one with them and making them one with Him—Gal. 1:15-16; 2:20; 4:19:
一　神创造我们，又救赎我们，为要将祂自己作到我们里面─创一27，二7，罗八10下，6，11：
A.　God created us and redeemed us for the purpose of working Himself into us— Gen. 1:27; 2:7; Rom. 8:10b, 6, 11:
1　正确的优先次序不是我们为神作工，乃是让神将祂自己作到我们里面─弗二10，三17上，腓二13。
1.　The proper priority is not for us to work for God but for God to work Himself into us—Eph. 2:10; 3:17a; Phil. 2:13.
2　神作工的原则乃是要得着人，藉着得着他们，神就有路往前─徒九15。
2.　The principle in God's work is to gain persons and by gaining them to have a way to go on—Acts 9:15.
二　圣经是照着这原则写的，就是三一神作到祂的赎民里面，作他们的享受、他们的饮料，以及生命和光的源头;我们需要被这原则所构成，使这原则管制我们所述说、所教导、所传讲的─诗三六8~9，箴二九18上，徒二六19。
B.　The Bible was written according to the principle of the Triune God wrought into His redeemed people as their enjoyment, their drink, and their fountain of life and light; we need to be constituted with this principle so that it governs whatever we speak, teach, and preach—Psa. 36:8-9; Prov. 29:18a; Acts 26:19.
肆　我们工作的内在元素，是将建造和被建造的神供应到人里面，使基督的身体得着建造─太十六18，弗三17上，四4，12，16：
IV.　The intrinsic element of our work is that we minister the building and builded God into others for the building up of the Body of Christ—Matt. 16:18; Eph. 3:17a; 4:4, 12, 16:
一　我们工作的目标，应该是要将建造和被建造的神供应到人里面;这是我们在主的恢复里作工很重要的事─太十六18，弗二22。
A.　The goal of our work should be to minister the building and builded God into others; this is the crucial matter in our work in the Lord's recovery—Matt. 16:18; Eph. 2:22.
二　我们应当重新考量我们为主所作的工，问一个问题：在我们带来归主的人中，有多少基督作三一神的具体化身作到他们里面─西二9，一28，加四19。
B.　We should reconsider the work we are doing for the Lord and ask how much of Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God has been wrought into those whom we have brought to the Lord—Col. 2:9; 1:28; Gal. 4:19.
三　我们需要祷告，求主教导我们藉着将经过过程并终极完成的三一神供应到人里面而作工─林后十三14，林前三9~10，12。
C.　We need to pray that the Lord will teach us to work in the way of ministering the processed and consummated Triune God into others—2 Cor. 13:14; 1 Cor. 3:9-10, 12.
四　当我们竭力实行神命定之路的四个步骤─生、养、成全和建造时，我们的工作必须建立在经过过程并终极完成之三一神的基础上;这位三一神正将祂自己建造到祂所救赎的人里面，并将他们建造到祂里面。
D.　As we endeavor to carry out the God-ordained way in the four steps of begetting, nourishing, perfecting, and building, our work must be based upon the processed and consummated Triune God, who is building Himself into His redeemed people and building them into Him.