2003感恩节
总题：主对生命的恢复并借生命的恢复
第二篇　生命─完成神定旨的路
Message Two Life—the Way to Fulfill God's Purpose
读经：创二9，启二7，二二2，14，约一4，十10下，十四6上，七38，十二24
Scripture Reading: Gen. 2:9; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14; John 1:4; 10:10b; 14:6a; 7:38; 12:24
壹　按照神的经纶，神原初的心意是要人吃生命树─创二9，16，启二7：
I.　God's original intention according to His economy was that man should eat of the tree of life—Gen. 2:9, 16; Rev. 2:7:
一　生命树预表将生命分赐给人、叫人喜悦满足的基督─创二9，约十四6上，十10下，参十五1，出十五25。
A.　The tree of life typifies Christ who imparts life to man and who pleases and satisfies man—Gen. 2:9; John 14:6a; 10:10b; cf. 15:1; Exo. 15:25.
二　在创世记里生命树的表号，在约翰福音里得着解释和应验：
B.　The symbolism in Genesis of the tree of life finds its explanation and fulfillment in the Gospel of John:
1　约翰福音启示基督是生命树之表号的应验;基督是生命，祂也是树，是葡萄树;因此，祂是生命树─十四6，十五5。
1.　The Gospel of John reveals Christ as the fulfillment of the figure of the tree of life; Christ is the life, and He is a tree, a vine tree; hence, He is the tree of life—14:6; 15:5.
2　基督在约翰六章说祂是生命的粮，这事实指明祂以食物的形态，作生命树临到我们─35，57，63节。
2.　The fact that Christ said in John 6 that He is the bread of life indicates that He has come to us as the tree of life in the form of food—vv. 35, 57, 63.
三　基督这生命树是宇宙的中心，也是整本圣经的中心点：
C.　Christ as the tree of life is the center of the universe and the focal point of the entire Bible:
1　按照神的定旨，地是宇宙的中心，伊甸园是地的中心，而生命树又是伊甸园的中心;因此，宇宙乃是以生命树为中心─亚十二1，创二7~9。
1.　According to the purpose of God, the earth is the center of the universe, the garden of Eden is the center of the earth, and the tree of life is the center of the garden of Eden; hence, the universe is centered on the tree of life— Zech. 12:1; Gen. 2:7-9.
2　旧约开始于生命树，（创二9，）新约结束于生命树;（启二二2，14;）因此，神是人的生命这个思想，贯穿整个神圣的启示。─引用经文
2.　The Old Testament begins with the tree of life (Gen. 2:9), and the New Testament ends with the tree of life (Rev. 22:2, 14); thus, the thought of God being man's life runs through the entire divine revelation.
四　神的愿望是要人在祂的形像上彰显祂，并有祂的管治权在祂里面施行管治，这愿望惟有借着神的生命才能实现;生命是完成神定旨的路─创二7~12，22：
D.　God's desire for man to express Him in His image and rule in Him with His dominion can be realized only by God's life; life is the way to fulfill God's purpose—Gen. 2:7-12, 22:
1　生命将信徒模成神长子基督的形像，并将我们带进荣耀里─罗八2，6，29，西三4。
1.　Life conforms the believers to the image of Christ as the firstborn Son of God and brings us into glory—Rom. 8:2, 6, 29; Col. 3:4.
2　复活的生命赋与权柄─民十七8，启二十4。
2.　Resurrection life gives authority—Num. 17:8; Rev. 20:4.
五　吃生命树，就是享受基督作我们生命的供应，该是召会生活中首要的事─二7。
E.　Eating the tree of life, that is, enjoying Christ as our life supply, should be the primary matter in the church life—2:7.
六　召会今天所需要的，乃是生命的职事;生命是召会得建造惟一的凭借，惟一的路─罗八10，6，11，约壹五16上。
F.　What the church needs today is the ministry of life; life is the only means, the only way, for the church to be built up—Rom. 8:10, 6, 11; 1 John 5:16a.
贰　今天主的恢复是在约翰修补职事的时期，借着生命的职事修补召会中的裂口，为着神在生命中的建造─太四21，约一4，十10下，十四6上，一51，二19~22，十四2~3，23：
II.　The Lord's recovery today is in the time of the mending ministry of John, mending the rents in the church by the ministry of life for God's building in life—Matt. 4:21; John 1:4; 10:10b; 14:6a; 1:51; 2:19-22; 14:2-3, 23:
一　约翰福音启示生命的原则、生命的目的、以及生命应付人各种情况的需要，结果带进筵宴之家，为着神的建造：
A.　The Gospel of John reveals life's principle, life's purpose, and life meeting the need of every man's case, issuing in a house of feasting for God's building:
1　生命的原则是变死亡为生命;约翰福音所记载一切事例的意义，总是符合生命树带来生命，知识树带来死亡的原则─二1~11。
1.　Life's principle is to change death into life; the meaning of all the cases recorded in this Gospel corresponds with the principle that the tree of life results in life and the tree of knowledge results in death—2:1-11.
2　生命的目的是建造神的家─12~22节。
2.　Life's purpose is to build the house of God—vv. 12-22.
3　生命应付人各种情况的需要：
3.　Life meets the need of every man's case:
a　道德人的需要是生命的重生─二23~三36。
a.　The need of the moral is life's regenerating—2:23—3:36.
b　不道德人的需要是生命的满足─四1~42。
b.　The need of the immoral is life's satisfying—4:1-42.
c　垂死人的需要是生命的医治─43~54节。
c.　The need of the dying is life's healing—vv. 43-54.
d　软弱人的需要是生命的点活─五1~47。
d.　The need of the impotent is life's enlivening—5:1-47.
e　饥饿人的需要是生命的喂养─六1~71。
e.　The need of the hungry is life's feeding—6:1-71.
f　干渴人的需要是生命的解渴─七1~52。
f.　The need of the thirsty is life's quenching—7:1-52.
g　为罪奴役之人的需要是生命的释放─七53~八59。
g.　The need of those under the bondage of sin is life's setting free—7:53— 8:59.
h　宗教中瞎眼人的需要是生命的视力与生命的牧养─九1~十42。
h.　The need of the blind in religion is life's sight and life's shepherding— 9:1—10:42.
i　死人的需要是生命的复活─十一1~57。
i.　The need of the dead is life's resurrecting—11:1-57.
4　生命的结果是召会生活作为筵宴之家，为着神的建造，作为父的家、子的宇宙葡萄树、和那灵的新人─十二1~11，十四2~3，23，十五1~8，16，十六13 ~15，21。
4.　Life's issue is the church life as a house of feasting for God's building as the house of the Father, the universal vine tree of the Son, and the new man of the Spirit—12:1-11; 14:2-3, 23; 15:1-8, 16; 16:13-15, 21.
二　约翰福音启示，我们能享受主作我们丰盛的生命，而成为生命的人─十10下：
B.　The Gospel of John reveals that we can enjoy the Lord as our abundant life to be men of life—10:10b:
1　我们能吸入基督作生命的气─二十22。
1.　We can breathe in Christ as the breath of life—20:22.
2　我们能喝基督作生命的水─七37~39，四10，14。
2.　We can drink Christ as the water of life—7:37-39; 4:10, 14.
3　我们能吃基督作生命的粮─六35，57，63，68。
3.　We can eat Christ as the bread of life—6:35, 57, 63, 68.
4　我们能行在基督这生命的光中─八12。
4.　We can walk in Christ as the light of life—8:12.
5　我们能住在基督这葡萄树，就是生命树里─十五5，十四6上。
5.　We can abide in Christ as the vine tree, the tree of life—15:5; 14:6a.
三　约翰福音启示，我们需要不凭工作的路，乃凭生命的路，成就神永远经纶的启示：
C.　The Gospel of John reveals that we need to carry out the revelation of God's eternal economy, not in the way of work but in the way of life:
1　主耶稣将祂自己当作生命的种子撒播，而作为一粒麦子落在地里，使祂里面的生命得以释放出来，产生许多子粒;我们需要这样来事奉祂并跟随祂─太十三3，约十二23~26，十11，约壹三16。
1.　The Lord Jesus sowed Himself as a seed of life and fell into the ground as a grain of wheat so that the life within Him might be released to bring forth many grains; we need to serve Him and follow Him in this way—Matt. 13:3; John 12:23-26; 10:11; 1 John 3:16.
2　主使召会产生并扩增所需要的工作，不是外面活动的努力，乃是里面生命的涌流和流出─约七37~39，四10，14：
2.　The work that the Lord needs to produce and increase the church is the overflow and outflow of the inner life, not the endeavor of outward activity— John 7:37-39; 4:10, 14:
a　对我们的工作而言，重要的事不是量，乃是质;金、银、宝石总是量少而质高，木、草、禾秸则是量多而质低─林前三12~15：（一）　金象征神的性情，银象征基督救赎的工作，宝石象征那灵变化的工作。─引用经文（二）　木表征人性，草表征在肉体里的人，禾秸表征没有生命。─引用经文
a.　The important thing regarding our work is not its quantity but its quality; gold, silver, and precious stones are always small in quantity but high in quality, whereas wood, grass, and stubble are always high in quantity but low in quality—1 Cor. 3:12-15: (1) Gold symbolizes God's nature, silver symbolizes Christ's redemptive work, and precious stones symbolize the Spirit's transforming work. (2) Wood signifies human nature, grass signifies man in the flesh, and stubble signifies lifelessness.
b　我们将来在基督的审判台前受审判，不是看我们工作的量有多少，乃是看我们工作的质如何，“是那一种的”─13节。
b.　We will be judged at the judgment seat of Christ not according to the quantity but according to the quality of our work, "of what sort it is"— v. 13.
c　“因着倪弟兄不在意外面的工作，他职事生命的结果已经流遍全地。…在我一生所认识的人中，他是唯一注重生命过于工作的。”（倪柝声─今时代神圣启示的先见，八八页。）
c.　"Because Watchman Nee was not interested in the outward work, the life-issue of his ministry has flowed throughout the whole earth….In my whole life, he is the only person I have known who paid more attention to life than to work" (Watchman Nee—A Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age, by Witness Lee, p. 87).