2004春季长老
总题：主恢复的独特（二）
第五篇　完全在基督复活的生命里
Message Five Being Absolutely in the Resurrection Life of Christ
读经：约十一25，林后一9，四10~12，14，太十六18，弗一19~23，民十七8
Scripture Reading: John 11:25; 2 Cor. 1:9; 4:10-12, 14; Matt. 16:18; Eph. 1:19-23; Num. 17:8
壹　今日基督教的工作，大部分都是天然的;是在天然的生命里，而不是在基督的生命里作的─林前二14，约十一25，林后一9，四12，14：
I.　Most of the work in today's Christianity is natural and is carried out in the natural life, not in the resurrection life of Christ—1 Cor. 2:14; John 11:25; 2 Cor. 1:9; 4:12, 14:
一　大部分的基督徒都在他们天然的生命里作工，这生命属于旧造，不在复活里。
A.　Most Christians work in their natural life, which belongs to the old creation, not in resurrection.
二　“主定罪基督教，因为基督教已经变成由人天然的力量和才干所作出的宗教，在其中神圣的元素没有发展的余地。”（事奉的基本功课，一七五页。）
B.　"The Lord condemns Christianity because it has become a religion carried out by man's natural strength and man's natural ability. There is no development of the divine element there" (Basic Lessons on Service, p. 153).
贰　作基督身体的召会，完全在复活里─彼前一3，弗二6，太十六18，参创二21~24：
II.　The church as the Body of Christ is absolutely in resurrection—1 Pet. 1:3; Eph. 2:6; Matt. 16:18; cf. Gen. 2:21-24:
一　召会是在基督复活里的一个新造，由复活的基督所创造─加六15，来二10~12。
A.　The church is a new creation in Christ's resurrection and created by the resurrected Christ—Gal. 6:15; Heb. 2:10-12.
二　“召会从神的眼睛看是耐死的。阴间的门向召会开着，但是阴间的门不能胜过她，不能把她关在里面，所以召会的性质就是复活的。”（教会的正统，二○页。）
B.　"God sees the church as a being that can endure death. The gates of Hades are open to the church, but the gates of Hades cannot prevail against her and cannot confine her; thus, the nature of the church is resurrection" (The Orthodoxy of the Church, pp. 21-22).
三　金灯台，表征作基督身体的召会，描绘基督这复活的生命生长、分枝、发芽、开花，而照出光来─出二五31~40，民十七8，启一11~12。
C.　The golden lampstand, typifying the church as the Body of Christ, portrays Christ as the resurrection life, growing, branching, budding, and blossoming to shine the light—Exo. 25:31-40; Num. 17:8; Rev. 1:11-12.
叁　我们要在基督身体的实际里，就需要完全在基督复活的生命里─约十一25，林前十五45下，林后一9：
III.　To be in the reality of the Body of Christ, we need to be absolutely in the resurrection life of Christ—John 11:25; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 1:9:
一　我们在天然的生命和旧造里，就不是身体;在凭基督复活的生命所带来新生起头的新造里，我们才是身体─五17，弗一19~23。
A.　In our natural life and in the old creation we are not the Body; we are the Body in the new creation germinated by Christ's resurrection life—5:17; Eph. 1:19-23.
二　基督的身体是在复活里，就是在那灵里，在那是灵的基督里，并在终极完成的神里─约七39，林后三17，太二八19。
B.　The Body of Christ is in resurrection, that is, in the Spirit, in the pneumatic Christ, and in the consummated God—John 7:39; 2 Cor. 3:17; Matt. 28:19.
三　复活的实际乃是基督作为赐生命的灵─约十一25，二十22，林前十五45下。
C.　The reality of resurrection is Christ as the life-giving Spirit—John 11:25; 20:22; 1 Cor. 15:45b.
四　如果我们作了任何不在复活里的工作，赐生命的灵不会认可;那灵只认可在复活里的事─45节下，58节。
D.　If we do any work which is not in resurrection, the life-giving Spirit will not honor it; the Spirit honors only what is in resurrection—vv. 45b, 58.
五　复活的原则乃是天然的生命被杀死，神圣的生命代之而兴起─林后一9。
E.　The principle of resurrection is that the natural life is killed and that the divine life rises up in its place—2 Cor. 1:9.
六　当我们不凭天然的生命，而凭我们里面神圣的生命而活，我们就在复活里，结果就是基督的身体─腓三10~11。
F.　When we do not live by our natural life but live by the divine life within us, we are in resurrection; the issue of this is the Body of Christ—Phil. 3:10-11.
七　在召会生活中，凡我们所说、所作和所是的，都必须在复活里。
G.　Everything we say, everything we do, and everything we are in the church life must be in resurrection.
肆　我们天然的力量和才干需要受十字架的对付，好在复活里成为有用的─10~11节：
IV.　Our natural strength and ability need to be dealt with by the cross to become useful in resurrection—vv. 10-11:
一　天然的力量和才干没有神圣的元素，是凭自己行事，不照着神的意愿而行，寻求自己的荣耀，并满足自己的愿望。
A.　The natural strength and ability have no divine element; they act on their own, not according to God's will; and they seek their own glory and satisfy their own desire.
二　我们的力量与才干需要借着十字架的对付，被带进复活里─10~11节。
B.　Our strength and ability need to be brought into resurrection through the dealing of the cross—vv. 10-11.
三　在复活里，有些神圣的元素被作到我们的才干里面，因此，我们“受过对付”的才干是满了神的。
C.　In resurrection something divine is wrought into our ability; thus, our "dealt-with" ability is full of God.
伍　我们在服事主时，必须拒绝我们天然的热心，并管制我们天然的情感─利十1~11，太十37~39：
V.　In our service to the Lord, we must reject our natural enthusiasm and control our natural affection—Lev. 10:1-11; Matt. 10:37-39:
一　我们必须在灵里火热，有神生命的火─罗十二11，路十二49~50。
A.　We must be burning in spirit with the fire of God's life—Rom. 12:11; Luke 12:49-50.
二　我们不该凭凡火事奉，凡火表征天然的热心，没有经过十字架的对付，也不是在复活里─出三2，利十1：
B.　We should not serve with strange fire, signifying the natural enthusiasm not dealt with by the cross and not in resurrection—Exo. 3:2; Lev. 10:1:
1　在祭司的事奉里，凡火是妄为的罪，导致在神面前的死亡─九24，十1~2。
1.　Strange fire in the priestly service, a sin of presumption, causes death before God—9:24; 10:1-2.
2　拿答和亚比户不是因他们没有为神作事而受审判;他们受审判，是因他们照着天然的生命行事，用天然的作法为神作事─1~2节。
2.　Nadab and Abihu were not judged because they did something that was not for God; they were judged because they acted according to the natural life, doing something for God in a natural way—vv. 1-2.
3　在我们祭司的事奉里，我们天然的热心该被拒绝，我们天然的情感也该受控制─6~9节，太十37~39。
3.　In our priestly service our natural enthusiasm should be rejected, and our natural affection should be controlled—vv. 6-9; Matt. 10:37-39.
4　我们都需要学习，不要用天然的生命来摸神圣别的事物;在我们里面一切的天然，都需要受对付。
4.　We all need to learn not to touch the holy things of God with the natural life; everything natural in us needs to be dealt with.
陆　被模成基督之死的模样，结果乃是我们能达到那从死人中杰出的复活─腓三11：
VI.　The result of being conformed to the mold of Christ's death is that we may attain to the out-resurrection from the dead—Phil. 3:11:
一　达到杰出的复活，意既我们全人已在逐渐不断的复活─帖前五23。
A.　To attain to the out-resurrection means that our entire being is gradually and continually resurrected—1 Thes. 5:23.
二　杰出的复活乃是从旧造进入新造的复活─林后五17，加六15~16。
B.　The out-resurrection is a resurrection out of the old creation into the new creation—2 Cor. 5:17; Gal. 6:15-16.
三　我们这些爱基督的人乃是借着基督复活的大能，定意否认己而背起十字架─歌二8~13，太十六24。
C.　It is by the power of Christ's resurrection that we, the lovers of Christ, determine to take the cross by denying our self—S. S. 2:8-13; Matt. 16:24.
四　我们乃是借着基督复活的大能，才能与祂的十字架成为一，成为留在磐石穴中，在陡岩隐密处的人─歌二14。
D.　It is by the power of Christ's resurrection that we are enabled to be one with His cross as those staying in the clefts of the rock, in the covert of the precipice—S. S. 2:14.
柒　发芽的杖表征我们经历复活的基督，使我们蒙神悦纳，在神所赐的职事上有权柄─民十七8：
VII.　The budding rod signifies our experience of Christ in His resurrection as our acceptance by God for authority in the God-given ministry—Num. 17:8:
一　发芽、开花、结果的杖表征基督复活的生命。
A.　The budding, blossoming, fruit-yielding rod signifies the resurrection life of Christ.
二　我们是不是权柄，只根据我们是否在死而复活里;我们并不是与别人有什么不同，才作属灵的权柄─林后一9，四10~12，十8，十三10。
B.　Whether or not we are an authority depends on whether we have passed through death and resurrection; there is nothing in ourselves that sets us apart as a spiritual authority—2 Cor. 1:9; 4:10-12; 10:8; 13:10.
三　复活就是说，不管自己如何，只信靠神所是的─一9，四14。
C.　Resurrection means that we ignore what we are and trust only in what God is—1:9; 4:14.
四　经过死而仍然存留的就是复活─腓三11：
D.　That which passes through death and still remains is resurrection—Phil. 3:11:
1　复活的事物乃是从死里出来，并在天然的范围之外。
1.　Resurrection is something that has come out of death and that is beyond the natural realm.
2　复活乃是我们事奉神的永远原则。
2.　Resurrection is an eternal principle in our service to God.
五　神子民中的领导，必须是基督自己作复活的生命，发芽，开花，结出熟杏，来喂养神的子民─民十七8。
E.　The leadership among God's people must be Christ Himself as the resurrection life which buds, blossoms, and bears almonds to feed God's people—Num. 17:8.