2004秋季长老
总题：主恢复的独特（三）
第一篇　恢复保罗完成职事的中心异象
Message One The Recovery of the Central Vision of Paul's Completing Ministry
读经：徒二六19，西一25，二2，林后四7，弗三4，五32
Scripture Reading: Acts 26:19; Col. 1:25; 2:2; 2 Cor. 4:7; Eph. 3:4; 5:32
壹　“不要因为你如今已在主的恢复里，就理所当然的以为，你会很稳妥的在恢复里，而绝不可能制造分裂。我们是不是稳妥的在主的恢复里，蒙保守不至于制造分裂，全在于我们所看见的异象。”（哥林多前书生命读经，六四页。）
I.　"Do not take for granted that because you are now in the Lord's recovery, you are secure in the recovery and that it is not possible for you ever to be divisive. Whether or not we are secure in the recovery and protected from divisiveness depends on the vision we have seen" (Life-study of First Corinthians, p. 54).
贰　主今日的恢复乃是恢复保罗完成职事的中心异象─徒二六13~19，西一25，弗五32：
II.　The Lord's recovery today is the recovery of the central vision of Paul's completing ministry—Acts 26:13-19; Col. 1:25; Eph. 5:32:
一　保罗所顺从的，不是道理、学说、宗教信经、或任何神学，乃是从天上来的异象─徒二六19：
A.　Paul was obedient not to a doctrine, a theory, a religious creed, or any theology but to a heavenly vision—Acts 26:19:
1　在这异象中，保罗看见关于三一神的神圣事物如何分赐到祂所拣选、救赎、变化的人里面。
1.　In this vision Paul saw the divine things concerning the dispensing of the Triune God into His chosen, redeemed, and transformed people.
2　保罗在使徒行传里所传讲，以及他在书信里所写的，都是他所看见这从天上来之异象的详细描述─16节，二二15，弗三3~6。
2.　Paul's preaching in Acts and his writing in his Epistles are a detailed description of the heavenly vision seen by him—v. 16; 22:15; Eph. 3:3-6.
二　保罗的职事乃是完成的职事─西一25：
B.　Paul's ministry was a completing ministry—Col. 1:25:
1　在新约里，使徒们，特别是使徒保罗，完成了神的话，就是神圣的启示，论到神是我们的内容，基督是神的奥秘，以及召会是基督的奥秘，因而给我们关于神经纶的完满启示─林后四7，西二2，弗三4。
1.　In the New Testament the apostles, especially the apostle Paul, completed the word of God, the divine revelation, regarding God as our content, Christ as the mystery of God, and the church as the mystery of Christ, thereby giving us a full revelation of God's economy— 2 Cor. 4:7; Col. 2:2; Eph. 3:4.
2　没有保罗完成的职事，基督天上的职事就无法执行;没有基督天上的职事，保罗的职事也没有根据─来七26，九24，徒二十24，林后四1：
2.　Without Paul's completing ministry there is no way for Christ's heavenly ministry to be carried out, and without Christ's heavenly ministry Paul's ministry would have no ground—Heb. 7:26; 9:24; Acts 20:24; 2 Cor. 4:1:
a　这两个职事是并行的─一个在诸天之上，另一个在我们里面─来八2，西一25~27。
a.　These two ministries work together—the one in the heavens and the other within us—Heb. 8:2; Col. 1:25-27.
b　保罗的职事返照出基督在诸天之上所尽的职事。
b.　Paul's ministry reflected what Christ was ministering in the heavens.
3　主恢复的目标乃是完成神的话;神的话若没有完成，神的定旨就无法成就，基督也无法为着祂的国得着祂的新妇─弗三10~11，启十九7~9。
3.　The goal of the Lord's recovery is the completion of the word of God; without the completion of the word of God, God's purpose cannot be fulfilled, and Christ cannot obtain His bride for His kingdom—Eph. 3:10-11; Rev. 19:7-9.
三　在保罗的职事，就是在完成的职事里，有一个中心的异象：
C.　In Paul's ministry, the completing ministry, there is a central vision:
1　这异象就是：作神彰显的基督，已经成了赐生命的灵，使祂能将祂自己分赐到我们里面，作我们的生命，使我们成为祂身体的活肢体，生机的彰显祂─林前十五45下：
1.　This is the vision that Christ, the expression of God, has become the life-giving Spirit so that He may impart Himself into us as our life to make us living members of His Body to express Him organically—1 Cor. 15:45b:
a　在主的恢复里，祂正极力恢复包罗万有的基督将自己分赐到信徒里面，使他们成为祂活的身体─罗八10，十二4~5，弗三17上，四16。
a.　In His recovery the Lord is seeking to recover the all-inclusive Christ who imparts Himself into the believers and makes them His living Body—Rom. 8:10; 12:4-5; Eph. 3:17a; 4:16.
b　主正在恢复基督作我们的生命和一切，并恢复召会作祂的身体，祂的丰满─西三4，11，16，二19。
b.　The Lord is recovering Christ as life and everything to us and the church as His Body, His fullness—Col. 3:4, 11, 16; 2:19.
c　保罗完成职事的中心异象乃是：神在我们里面作我们的内容，基督是神的奥秘，以及召会是基督的奥秘─罗九23~24，林后四7，西二2，弗三4。
c.　The central vision of Paul's completing ministry is God in us as our contents, Christ as the mystery of God, and the church as the mystery of Christ—Rom. 9:23-24; 2 Cor. 4:7; Col. 2:2; Eph. 3:4.
d　主恢复的中心乃是基督与召会：基督是神的具体化身，是神的奥秘;召会是基督的彰显，是基督的奥秘─西二9，弗三19下，提前三15~16。
d.　The center of the Lord's recovery is Christ and the church: Christ as the embodiment of God—the mystery of God—and the church as the expression of Christ—the mystery of Christ—Col. 2:9; Eph. 3:19b; 1 Tim. 3:15-16.
e　主要得着一个由那些被祂自己灌注、充满并浸透之信徒所组成的召会，作祂的身体，使祂得着彰显;至终，这活的身体要成为基督心爱的新妇，为着祂的回来预备道路─弗一22~23，启十九7~9。
e.　The Lord wants a church composed of believers who are infused, filled, and saturated with Himself to be His Body for His expression; eventually, this living Body will become Christ's loving bride, who will prepare the way for His coming back—Eph. 1:22-23; Rev. 19:7-9.
f　我们不该注意无关重要的事物，也不该受道理或作法所打岔;乃该注意借着让三一神分赐到我们里面，使我们成为祂生机身体的肢体以彰显祂，好成为祂活的见证─弗三6，19下，21。
f.　We should not care for insignificant things or be distracted by doctrines or practices; instead, we should care to become a living testimony by having the Triune God dispensed into us to make us members of His organic Body to express Him—Eph. 3:6, 19b, 21.
2　我们需要看见主今日恢复里中心事物的异象─箴二九18上：
2.　We need to see a vision of the central matter in the Lord's recovery today—Prov. 29:18a:
a　神要我们看见，三一神─父、子、灵─在基督里，已经经过成为肉体、人性生活、钉死、复活与升天的过程：（一）　借着成为肉体，基督将无限的神带到有限的人里面─约一14。（二）　在祂的人性生活里，主耶稣在人性里彰显神性─十四9~11。（三）　借着钉十字架，耶稣基督了结了旧造─西一15。（四）　借着复活，祂使我们有新生的起头而成为新造─彼前一3。（五）　借着升天，祂得了荣耀、被高举、登宝座、被立为主、并受委派施行神圣的行政─徒二33，36。（六）　之后，祂作为包罗万有、赐生命的灵降临在召会身上─一8，二4。
a.　God wants us to realize that in Christ the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—has passed through a process involving incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension: (1) By incarnation Christ brought the infinite God into the finite man—John 1:14. (2) In His human living the Lord Jesus expressed divinity in humanity—14:9-11. (3) By crucifixion Jesus Christ terminated the old creation—Col. 1:15. (4) By resurrection He germinated us as the new creation—1 Pet. 1:3. (5) By ascension He was glorified, exalted, enthroned, appointed Lord, and commissioned with the divine government—Acts 2:33, 36. (6) Following this He came down upon the church as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit—1:8; 2:4.
b　作为赐生命的灵，主正等待人借着信入祂而接受祂─林前十五45下，林后三17，约一12~13，三15：（一）　人一呼求主耶稣的名，基督就立刻进到人里面，重生他的灵，住在他的灵里，并使祂自己与人重生的灵调和，使人真正与祂成为一─6节，林前六17。（二）　初信者必须认识这二灵─他重生的灵和赐生命的灵，使他得以变化，并与别人建造一起成为身体，就是彰显三一神的生机体，以完成祂的定旨─林后三18，弗二21~22，四16。
b.　As the life-giving Spirit, the Lord is waiting for people to receive Him by believing into Him—1 Cor. 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17; John 1:12-13; 3:15: (1) As soon as a person calls on the name of the Lord Jesus, Christ will immediately come into him, regenerate his spirit, indwell his spirit, and mingle Himself with his regenerated spirit to cause him to become truly one with Him—v. 6; 1 Cor. 6:17. (2) A new believer must come to know the two spirits—his regenerated spirit and the life-giving Spirit—that he may be transformed and built up with others to be the Body, the organism to express the Triune God for the fulfillment of His purpose—2 Cor. 3:18; Eph. 2:21-22; 4:16.
四　“何等的怜悯，我们能看见这异象!何等的恩典，何等的希奇，我们被带进对这异象的领悟!我们有负担，主恢复里所有的圣徒都会看见一样的异象，并说一样的话，有一样的心思同一样的意见”（哥林多前书生命读经，二二三页）─林前一10，罗十五5~6，腓二2，5，三15。
D.　"What a mercy that we can see this vision! What a grace and what a wonder that we may be brought into the realization of this vision! We are burdened that all the saints in the Lord's recovery will see the same vision and then speak the same thing, having the same mind with the same opinion" (Life-study of First Corinthians, p. 185)—1 Cor. 1:10; Rom. 15:5-6; Phil. 2:2, 5; 3:15.