2003秋季长老
总题:主恢复的独特(一)
总题:主恢复的独特(一)
第九篇 产生得胜者
Message Nine To Produce the Overcomers
读经:启二7,11,17,26~28,三5,12,21,十二11,十四1
Scripture Reading: Rev. 2:7, 11, 17, 26-28; 3:5, 12, 21; 12:11; 14:1
壹 主需要得胜者,以完成神的经纶,得着一个身体,并毁坏祂的仇敌─弗一10,三9,提前一4,启十二11:
I. The Lord needs the overcomers to carry out the economy of God to have a Body and to destroy His enemy—Eph. 1:10; 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Rev. 12:11:
一 启示录是一卷关于得胜者终极完成神经纶的书─10~11节。
A. Revelation is a book on the overcomers who consummate God's economy— vv. 10-11.
二 主的恢复是主帮助我们成为得胜者的路。
B. The recovery is the Lord's way to help us to be overcomers.
三 得胜者乃是为着建造基督的身体,以终极完成新耶路撒冷─弗四16,启二7下,三12,21:
C. The overcomers are for the building up of the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem—Eph. 4:16; Rev. 2:7b; 3:12, 21:
1 神的旨意是要为基督得着一个身体,作祂的丰满,就是祂的彰显─罗十二2,5,弗一5,9,11,22~23,五17,30。
1. The will of God is to obtain a Body for Christ to be His fullness, His expression—Rom. 12:2, 5; Eph. 1:5, 9, 11, 22-23; 5:17, 30.
2 主恢复的最高峰,能完成神经纶的,不是叫神以有形的作法产生许多地方召会,乃是让神产生生机的身体作祂的生机体─林前十二12,27,弗四16。
2. The highest peak of the Lord's recovery that can carry out God's economy is for God to produce not many local churches in a physical way but an organic Body to be His organism—1 Cor. 12:12, 27; Eph. 4:16.
3 若没有得胜者,基督的身体就无法建造起来;基督的身体若不建造起来,基督就无法回来得着祂的新妇─启十九7~9。
3. Without the overcomers the Body of Christ cannot be built up, and unless the Body of Christ is built up, Christ cannot come back for His bride—Rev. 19:7-9.
4 基督身体的建造,乃是借着基督作七倍加强赐生命的灵所产生的得胜者─一4,四5,五6,三1,12。
4. The building up of the Body of Christ is by the overcomers produced by Christ as the sevenfold intensified life-giving Spirit—1:4; 4:5; 5:6; 3:1, 12.
5 得胜者在今世建造基督的身体,乃是为着在国度时期新耶路撒冷起初的完成,至终是为着在新天新地新耶路撒冷完满的完成─二7,二一2。
5. The building up of the Body of Christ by the overcomers in this age is for the initial consummation of the New Jerusalem in the kingdom age and eventually for the full consummation of the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth—2:7; 21:2.
四 得胜者看见身体,认识身体,并且顾到身体─罗十二4~5,林前十二12,18,24下~27,弗二16,四4,16,西二19。
D. The overcomers see the Body, know the Body, and care for the Body—Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12, 18, 24b-27; Eph. 2:16; 4:4, 16; Col. 2:19.
五 得胜者胜过任何反对基督,或顶替基督的事物─约壹二18,22,腓三7~11。
E. The overcomers overcome anything that is against Christ or that replaces Christ—1 John 2:18, 22; Phil. 3:7-11.
六 在胜过召会堕落的事上,我们需要胜过三个“教”─属撒但的犹太教、属鬼魔的天主教、以及死沉而没有基督的更正教─启二9~10,24~28,三1~5,20~21。
F. In overcoming the degradation of the churches, we need to overcome three "isms"—satanic Judaism, demonic Catholicism, and dead and Christless Protestantism—Rev. 2:9-10, 24-28; 3:1-5, 20-21.
七 主受了迟延,因为祂还需要一些人愿意付代价作祂的得胜者─18节,太二五9:
G. The Lord has been delayed because He still needs some who will pay the price to be His overcomers—v. 18; Matt. 25:9:
1 得胜者立志成为有活力的人─士五15,启三19下。
1. The overcomers make a resolution to be vitalized ones—Judg. 5:15; Rev. 3:19b.
2 得胜者乃是顾到神的权益过于一切(包括自己必需之物)的人─太六33。
2. The overcomers are those who care for God's interests above everything, including their necessities—Matt. 6:33.
3 得胜者定意否认自己,付主所要求的代价,好为着主,为着恢复,并为着基督的身体成为得胜者─十六24,启三18,十二11,十四1,4。
3. The overcomers resolve to deny themselves and to pay the price required by the Lord to be the overcomers for the Lord, for the recovery, and for the Body—16:24; Rev. 3:18; 12:11; 14:1, 4.
4 得胜者乃是基督回来的路─二二20。
4. The overcomers are the way for Christ to come back—22:20.
八 得胜的秘诀─成为得胜者的路─就是吃主耶稣─二7,17,三20。
H. The secret of overcoming—the way to be an overcomer—is to eat the Lord Jesus—2:7, 17; 3:20.
九 神正在等待得胜者击败祂的仇敌,毁坏撒但─十二10~11:
I. God is waiting for the overcomers to defeat His enemy, to destroy Satan— 12:10-11:
1 基督教无法为神完成这工作,甚至例常进行的召会生活也无法成就神的愿望;祂需要得胜者。
1. Christianity cannot fulfill this work for God, and even the church life carried out in a routine way cannot accomplish God's desire; He needs the overcomers.
2 作为基督身体上的肢体,我们都当渴慕作得胜者,就是与那独一大能者相配的众大能者,与基督一同回来对付敌基督,并在千年国与祂一同作王─珥三11。
2. As members of the Body, we all should aspire to be overcomers, the mighty ones who match the unique mighty One and who will return with Christ to deal with Antichrist and be His co-kings in the millennium—Joel 3:11.
贰 主的恢复乃是要建造锡安─召会中的得胜者,基督身体的实际─启十四1,弗四16:
II. The Lord's recovery is to build up Zion—the overcomers in the church, the reality of the Body of Christ—Rev. 14:1; Eph. 4:16:
一 在新约里,得胜者被比作锡安─启十四1:
A. In the New Testament the overcomers are likened to Zion—Rev. 14:1:
1 在启示录十四章一节,十四万四千得胜者不仅在耶路撒冷─他们乃是在锡安的高峰。
1. In Revelation 14:1 the 144,000 overcomers are not just in Jerusalem— they are on the peak of Zion.
2 在启示录这卷书中,主所要的并主所要建造的,乃是锡安,就是得胜者。
2. In the book of Revelation what the Lord wants and what the Lord will build up is Zion, the overcomers.
二 召会生活就是今日的耶路撒冷,在召会中必须有一班得胜者;这些得胜者就是今日的锡安:
B. The church life is today's Jerusalem, and in the church there must be a group of overcomers; these overcomers are today's Zion:
1 锡安是圣城的华美;(诗四八2,五十2;)照样,得胜者乃是地方召会的华美。─引用经文
1. Zion is the beauty of the holy city (Psa. 48:2; 50:2); likewise, the overcomers are the beauty of a local church.
2 诗篇一百三十二篇十三至十八节是耶和华论到锡安的话;这是最高召会生活的一幅图画,说到锡安得胜者的光景。─引用经文
2. Psalm 132:13-18 is Jehovah's speaking concerning Zion; this is a picture of the top church life—the situation of the overcomers in Zion.
3 诗篇一百三十四篇指明,那些在锡安的,是最高的人,他们能祝福各人,也能教导各人;祝福乃是来自锡安,来自最高峰,来自那些已经达到最高点,达到得胜者之地位的人。─引用经文
3. Psalm 134 indicates that those who are in Zion, the highest people, can bless everyone and teach everyone; the blessing comes from Zion, from the highest peak, from the ones who have attained to the top, the position of the overcomers.
三 锡安─神经纶中的最高峰─乃是基督身体的实际,终极完成于新耶路撒冷─弗一22~23,四16,启二一2,10~11:
C. Zion—the highest peak in God's economy—is the reality of the Body of Christ consummating in the New Jerusalem—Eph. 1:22-23; 4:16; Rev. 21:2, 10-11:
1 我们也许有美好的召会生活,但在我们中间几乎没有身体生活的实际、实现和实行;这就是今天主恢复中的需要。
1. We may have a good church life, but among us there is almost no reality, actuality, and practicality of the Body life; this is the need in the recovery today.
2 我们的目标是要得着锡安,好完成神永远的经纶。
2. Our goal is to have Zion for the fulfillment of God's eternal economy.
3 主恢复中的召会生活必须一直往前,直到我们有些人(即使不是全部)达到锡安─诗八四4,7。
3. The church life in the Lord's recovery must go on and on until some of us, if not all, reach Zion—Psa. 84:4, 7.
叁 “要服事主,要作一个同工,第一个条件是不但对主、也对祂的恢复忠信:
III. "To serve the Lord, to be one of the co-workers, the first requirement is faithfulness not only to the Lord but also to His recovery:
一 “我们必须看重主的恢复,不要认为这恢复是任何个人的工作。
A. "We must regard the Lord's recovery and not consider it as anyone's personal work.
二 “仅仅对主忠信并不够;我们也必须对主的恢复忠信。
B. "Merely to be faithful to the Lord is not adequate. We must also be faithful to the Lord's recovery.
三 “要表明我们对这恢复的忠信,我们必须看自己是已经嫁给这恢复。
C. "To show our faithfulness to the recovery, we must consider ourselves married to the recovery.
四 “我们都需要使自己嫁给主的恢复。
D. "We all need to get ourselves married to the Lord's recovery.
五 “愿主怜悯我们众人。”(新约的职事以及使徒的教训和交通,三三页。)
E. "May the Lord have mercy on us all." (The Ministry of the New Testament and the Teaching and Fellowship of the Apostles, pp. 32-33).