2004国殇节
总题：恢复召会作神的家与神的国极重要的因素
第四篇　以斯拉的职事─洁净、教育和重新构成
Message Four The Ministry of Ezra—Purification, Education, and Reconstitution
读经：拉七1~5，九1~十14，尼八1~4，6，8，13~18，十三1~30上
Scripture Reading: Ezra 7:1-5; 9:1—10:14; Neh. 8:1-4, 6, 8, 13-18; 13:1-30a
壹　我们都需要清楚三种情形：世界的局势，基督教的局面，以及我们在主恢复里的情形─启四2，十七1~3，十八4，二一2，10，一12。
I.　We need to be clear concerning three situations: the world situation, the situation of Christianity, and our situation in the Lord's recovery—Rev. 4:2; 17:1-3; 18:4; 21:2, 10; 1:12.
贰　以斯拉记含有主今日恢复很强的内在意义;我们今天所处的情形，是以斯拉时代的情形所预表的─尼八1~2，8。
II.　The book of Ezra bears a strong intrinsic significance for the Lord's recovery today; we are in a situation that is typified by the situation at Ezra's time—Neh. 8:1-2, 8.
叁　主兴起以斯拉，加强并充实了祂的恢复─拉七6~10：
III.　The Lord raised up Ezra to strengthen and enrich His recovery—Ezra 7:6-10:
一　以斯拉是祭司，也是经学家，就是精通神律法的人;以斯拉是这样的人，所以有能力应付需要─21节：
A.　Ezra was a priest and also a scribe, one who was skilled in the law of God; as such a person, Ezra had the capacity to meet the need—v. 21:
1　祭司是与主调和、并被主浸透的人;以斯拉就是这种人─八21~23。
1.　A priest is one who is mingled with the Lord and saturated with the Lord; Ezra was this kind of person—8:21-23.
2　以斯拉是信靠神的人，他与神是一，精通神的话，并认识神的心、神的渴望和神的经纶─七27~28，十1。
2.　Ezra was a man who trusted in God, who was one with God, who was skilled in the Word of God, and who knew God's heart, God's desire, and God's economy—7:27-28; 10:1.
3　以斯拉不断与主接触，而与主是一;因此，他不是一位字句经学家，乃是一位祭司经学家─尼八1~2，8~9。
3.　Ezra was one with the Lord by contacting Him continually; thus, he was not a letter-scribe but a priestly scribe—Neh. 8:1-2, 8-9.
4　以斯拉没有说什么新的东西，他是说摩西所已经说过的─拉七6，尼八14。
4.　Ezra spoke nothing new; what he spoke had been spoken already by Moses—Ezra 7:6; Neh. 8:14.
二　在主的恢复里我们需要许多以斯拉，他们是祭司教师，就是那些与神接触，被神浸透，与神是一，并被神充满，精通神话语的人;只有这种人才够资格在主恢复里作教师─太十三52，林后三5~6，提前二7。
B.　In the Lord's recovery we need Ezras, priestly teachers who contact God, who are saturated with God, who are one with God and filled with God, and who are skillful in the Word of God; this is the kind of person who is qualified to be a teacher in the Lord's recovery—Matt. 13:52; 2 Cor. 3:5-6; 1 Tim. 2:7.
肆　以斯拉洁净恢复，使“圣别的种类”从任何外邦的东西分别出来─拉九1~十14：
IV.　Ezra purified the recovery by causing "the holy seed" to be separated from anything heathen—Ezra 9:1—10:14:
一　在主的恢复里，绝不该有任何掺杂;这恢复必须是绝对纯净、单纯并圣别的─九1~2。
A.　In the Lord's recovery there should never be any mixture; the recovery must be absolutely pure, single, and holy—9:1-2.
二　以斯拉来到之先，就有了搀杂，因为一些以色列人娶了外邦的妻子，并且从这混杂生了孩子;这是一个预表，我们该在属灵一面应用，而不该在字面上应用。
B.　Before Ezra arrived, there was mixture because some of the Israelites had married heathen wives and had children born of this mixture; this is a type which we should apply spiritually, not literally.
三　在主的恢复里需要洁净，把“圣别的种类”从任何外邦的东西中分别出来─2节：
C.　In the Lord's recovery there is the need of purification to separate "the holy seed" from anything that is heathen—v. 2:
1　主的恢复是圣别的种类;我们必须纯净到一个地步，使圣别的种类不与任何外邦的东西所混合。
1.　The Lord's recovery is the holy seed; we must be so pure that the holy seed will never be mingled with anything heathen.
2　当恢复是圣别的，我们就要看见主的祝福─结三四26。
2.　When the recovery is holy, we will see the Lord's blessing—Ezek. 34:26.
四　在主恢复的一切步骤中，需要有洁净─拉九1~2，十1~14，尼十三1~30上：
D.　In all the steps of the Lord's recovery, there is the need of purification—Ezra 9:1-2; 10:1-14; Neh. 13:1-30a:
1　在建殿之后，我们需要洁净;在建城之后，我们需要再被洁净。
1.　After the building up of the house, we need purification, and after the building up of the city, we need to be purified again.
2　在众地方召会中，我们必须彻底的从一切搀杂中得洁净。
2.　In the local churches we must be thoroughly purified of all mixture.
3　任何俗物，任何与主恢复属天性质相背的东西，都必须除净─提后二19~22。
3.　Anything common and anything contradictory to the heavenly nature of the Lord's recovery must be purged out—2 Tim. 2:19-22.
伍　以斯拉用属天的真理教育以色列人，把他们重新构成，使以色列能成为神的见证─尼八1~4，8：
V.　Ezra reconstituted the people of Israel by educating them with the heavenly truths that Israel could become God's testimony—Neh. 8:1-4, 8:
一　神对以色列的心意，是要在地上得着一班神圣构成的子民，作祂的见证;神的子民要作祂的见证，就必须被神的话重新构成─赛四九6，六十1~3。
A.　God's intention with Israel was to have on earth a divinely constituted people to be His testimony; in order for God's people to be His testimony, they had to be reconstituted with the word of God—Isa. 49:6; 60:1-3.
二　百姓从被掳归回之后仍是任性的，因为他们生在并长在巴比伦，有了巴比伦的构成：
B.　After the return from captivity, the people were still unruly, for they had been born and raised in Babylon and had become Babylonian in their constitution:
1　巴比伦的元素已经作到他们里面，构成到他们全人里面─亚三3~5。
1.　The Babylonian element had been wrought into them and constituted into their being—Zech. 3:3-5.
2　他们返回列祖之地，成为以色列国的公民后，需要被重新构成。
2.　After they returned to the land of their fathers to be citizens of the nation of Israel, they needed a reconstitution.
三　神的子民需要教导和重新构成，好被带进照着神的文化，就是彰显神的文化中;这种文化需要许多教育─尼八8：
C.　There was the need of teaching and reconstitution to bring the people of God into a culture that was according to God, a culture that expressed God; this kind of culture requires a great deal of education—Neh. 8:8:
1　以斯拉在这一点上非常有用，因为他有属天、神圣之构成和文化的总和，并且借着他，百姓得以被神的话重新构成─1~2节。
1.　Ezra was very useful at this point, for he bore the totality of the heavenly and divine constitution and culture, and he was one through whom the people could be reconstituted with the word of God—vv. 1-2.
2　以斯拉能帮助百姓认识神，不是仅仅一般的认识，乃是照着神所说的话而有的认识─8节。
2.　Ezra could help the people to know God not merely in a general way but according to what God had spoken—v. 8.
四　要重新构成神的百姓，需要用神口里所出、并彰显神的话，教育他们─诗一一九2，9，105，130，140：
D.　In order to reconstitute the people of God, there was the need to educate them with the word which comes out of the mouth of God and which expresses God—Psa. 119:2, 9, 105, 130, 140:
1　重新构成神的百姓，就是教育他们，把他们摆进神的话里，使他们被神的话浸透─西三16。
1.　To reconstitute the people of God is to educate them by putting them into the word of God that they may be saturated with the word—Col. 3:16.
2　当神的话在我们里面作工，神的灵，就是神自己，自然而然的就借着话将神的性情同神的元素分赐到我们里面;这样，我们就被重新构成─提后三16~17。
2.　When the word of God works within us, the Spirit of God, who is God Himself, through the word spontaneously dispenses God's nature with God's element into our being; in this way we are reconstituted—2 Tim. 3:16-17.
五　借着以斯拉的职事，以色列人（在预表上）被重新构成，结果成为特别的国，就是圣别、分别归神、彰显神的国─赛四九6，六十1~3，亚四2：
E.　As a result of being reconstituted through the ministry of Ezra, Israel (in type) became a particular nation, a nation sanctified and separated unto God, expressing God—Isa. 49:6; 60:1-3; Zech. 4:2:
1　他们被神的思想、神的考量、并神的一切所是灌输，使他们成为神的复制。
1.　They were transfused with the thought of God, with the considerations of God, and with all that God is; this made them God's reproduction.
2　借着这种神圣的构成，人人都在生命和性情上成为神;结果，他们成为神圣的国，彰显神圣的特性─彼前二9。
2.　By this kind of divine constitution, everyone became God in life and in nature; as a result, they became a divine nation expressing the divine character—1 Pet. 2:9.
3　被掳归回的人，是个别的并团体的被重新构成，成为神的见证。
3.　The returned captives were reconstituted personally and corporately to become God's testimony.
六　今天在主的恢复里，我们需要许多以斯拉作洁净的工作，用神圣的真理教育百姓，藉此构成他们，使他们成为神在地上的见证，祂团体的彰显─提后二2，15，提前三15。
F.　In the Lord's recovery today, we need Ezras to do a purifying work and to constitute God's people by educating them with the divine truths so that they may be God's testimony, His corporate expression, on earth—2 Tim. 2:2, 15; 1 Tim. 3:15.