2005夏季训练
总题:帖前帖后雅歌七八章结晶读经
第六篇 蒙召进入神的国和荣耀
Message Six Called into God's Kingdom and Glory
读经:帖前二12,帖后一5,可一14~15,约三3,5,启一9
Scripture Reading: 1 Thes. 2:12; 2 Thes. 2:5; Mark 1:14-15; John 3:3, 5; Rev. 1:9
壹 神已召我们进入祂的国和荣耀─帖前二12:
I. God has called us to enter into His kingdom and glory—1 Thes. 2:12:
一 神的国乃是我们在神圣的管治下,带着进入神荣耀的指望,敬拜并享受神的范围─太六13下。
A. The kingdom of God is the sphere for us to worship God and enjoy God under the divine ruling with a view of entering into God's glory—Matt. 6:13b.
二 保罗在初信者身上的工作,乃是乳养、顾惜、抚育他们,使他们行事为人配得过神,可以进入神的国,并有分于神的荣耀─帖前二12。
B. Paul's work with the new believers nourished them, cherished them, and fostered them to walk worthily of God so they might be able to enter into His kingdom and participate in His glory—1 Thes. 2:12.
贰 新约是一本神国的书;整本新约乃是论到国度─太三2,四17,启十一15,十二10:
II. The New Testament is a book of the kingdom of God; the entire New Testament is on the kingdom—Matt. 3:2; 4:17; Rev. 11:15; 12:10:
一 神的国是神圣的范围,使神能成就祂的计划;也是神执行祂权柄,达到祂心意的领域─太六10。
A. The kingdom of God is a divine sphere for God to work out His plan; it is a realm where God can exercise His authority to accomplish what He intends—Matt. 6:10.
二 神的国不仅是神一般的掌权,借着祂的权柄和能力管理宇宙,也是神在生命上特别的掌权─约三5,15,罗十四17,八2,6,10~11。
B. The kingdom of God is not only God's reign over the universe in a general way by His authority and power but also God's reign in a particular way in the sense of life—John 3:5, 15; Rom. 14:17; 8:2, 6, 10-11.
三 主耶稣是神成为肉体,来建立神的国,建立一个范围,使神能在其中执行祂的权柄,以完成祂的定旨─约一1,14,三3,5,十八36。
C. As God incarnate, the Lord Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God, to establish a realm in which God can carry out His purpose through the exercise of His authority—John 1:1, 14; 3:3, 5; 18:36.
四 新约传扬福音是说到国度;福音是为着国度,宣扬福音是叫背叛的罪人得救、合格且被装备,好进入国度─可一14~15,太四17,徒八12。
D. The New Testament preaches the gospel in the way of the kingdom; the gospel is for the kingdom, and the gospel is proclaimed so that rebellious sinners might be saved, qualified, and equipped to enter into the kingdom—Mark 1:14-15; Matt. 4:17; Acts 8:12.
五 在新约里,神的国与祂的救恩并行,神的救恩与国度并行─弗二8,19,启十二10。
E. In the New Testament, the kingdom of God goes with His salvation, and God's salvation goes with the kingdom—Eph. 2:9, 19; Rev. 12:10.
六 悔改主要是为着我们进入神的国;除非我们悔改─就是改变观念─否则我们不能进入国度─可一15,太三2,四17。
F. Repentance is mainly for us to enter into the kingdom of God; unless we repent—that is, have a change of concept—we cannot enter into the kingdom—Mark 1:15; Matt. 3:2; 4:17.
七 神的国就是神自己;神是生命,有神圣生命的性质、能力和形状,形成神掌权的范围─可一15:
G. The kingdom of God is God Himself, and God is life, having the nature, ability, and shape of the divine life, which forms the realm of God's ruling—Mark 1:15:
1 神的国临近,就是神自己临近了。
1. The drawing near of the kingdom of God is the drawing near of God Himself.
2 神国的性质是神圣的,因为它是“神”的国,带着爱、光、圣、义的神圣属性─约壹四8,16,一5,二29,彼前一15~16。
2. The nature of the kingdom of God is divine because it is the kingdom of God with the divine attributes of love, light, holiness, and righteousness—1 John 4:8, 16; 1:5; 2:29;1 Pet. 1:15-16.
3 只有凭着神圣的生命,我们才能进入神圣的范围。
3. Only by having the divine life can we enter into the divine realm.
4 进入神国惟一的路,乃是接受神作生命并得着神自己─约一1,14,三15,约壹五11~12。
4. The only way to enter into the kingdom of God is to receive God as life and to gain God Himself—John 1:1, 14; 3:15; 1 John 5:11-12.
5 借着重生我们接受神圣的生命,神的生命,所以重生乃是进国度的惟一入口─约三3,5,15。
5. Because through regeneration we receive the divine life, the life of God, regeneration is the unique entrance into the kingdom—John 3:3, 5, 15.
八 借着重生我们被迁入神爱子可喜悦的国里─我们在爱里带着生命受管治的范围─西一13。
H. Through regeneration we have been transferred into the delightful kingdom of the Son of God's love—a realm where we are ruled in love with life—Col. 1:13.
九 神的国是神圣种类的范围;我们要进入这神圣的范围,就需要从神而生,得着神圣的生命和性情,因而成为神国里的神人─约一12~13,三3,5。
I. The kingdom of God is a realm of the divine species; in order to enter into this divine realm, we need to be born of God to have the life and nature of God, thereby becoming God-men in the kingdom of God—1:12-13; 3:3, 5.
十 神的国乃是主耶稣作生命的种子,撒到祂的信徒里面,并发展为一个范围,就是祂的国,使神在祂神圣生命里,能在其中掌权─路十七20~21,可四3,26。
J. The kingdom of God is the Lord Jesus as the seed of life sown into His believers and developing into a realm over which God can rule as His kingdom in His divine life—Luke 17:20-21; Mark 4:3, 26.
十一 神永远的国是基督在行政上的扩增─但二34~35,44,可四26~29。
K. The eternal kingdom of God is the increase of Christ in administration—Dan. 2:34-35, 44; Mark 4:26-29.
十二 今天信徒在召会中是过国度的生活,因为召会就是神在今世的国─太十六18~19,林前六10,弗五5:
L. Today the believers live the kingdom life in the church, for the church is the kingdom of God in this age—Matt. 16:18-19;1 Cor. 6:10; Eph. 5:5:
1 召会生活乃是国度的发展阶段,初期阶段─启一9。
1. The church life is the kingdom in a developmental stage, a preliminary stage—Rev. 1:9.
2 当神国的权柄在我们身上施行,我们的日常生活就会有公义、和平与喜乐的特征─罗十四17。
2. When the authority of God's kingdom is allowed to operate in us, righteousness, peace, and joy will characterize our daily life—Rom. 14:17.
3 召会的工作乃是带进神的国─太十三43,六10,十二22~28,启十一15,十二10。
3. The work of the church is to bring in the kingdom of God—Matt. 13:43; 6:10; 12:22-28; Rev. 11:15; 12:10.
4 神的目标乃是要我们过一种会引导我们进入国度的召会生活;这意思是我们应当过一种初期阶段的国度生活,这会引导我们进入国度完满的实现─太十三43。
4. God's goal is that we live a church life that will usher us into the kingdom; this means that we should live in the preliminary stage of the kingdom that will lead us into the full manifestation of the kingdom—Matt. 13:43.
十三 新约强调十字架、召会和国度;十字架产生召会,召会引进国度─十六18~19,24。
M. The New Testament emphasizes the cross, the church, and the kingdom; the cross produces the church, and the church ushers in the kingdom—Matt. 16:18-19, 24.
十四 要进入神的国,我们必须经历苦难;要“可算配得神的国”,我们的信心需要增长,我们的爱心需要增加,我们的忍耐需要维持─徒十四22,帖后一5。
N. To enter into the kingdom of God, we need to pass through sufferings, and to be "accounted worthy of the kingdom of God," we need our faith to grow, our love to increase, and our endurance to be maintained—Acts 14:22; 2 Thes. 2:5.
十五 我们借着重生进入神的国之后,我们需要往前,借着经历神圣生命完满的发展,丰富的进入我们主和救主耶稣基督永远的国,如彼后一章五至十一节所启示的。─引用经文
O. After we have entered into the kingdom of God through regeneration, we need to go on to have a rich entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by experiencing the full development of the divine life as revealed in 2 Peter 1:5-11.
十六 神圣生命长大并发展以至成熟,以及在今天的召会生活中活在国度的实际里,结果乃是我们承受神的国─参林前十五50,加五21。
P. As a result of the growth and development of the divine life to maturity and of living in reality of the kingdom today in the church life today, we will inherit the kingdom of God—1 Cor. 15:50; Gal. 5:21.
叁 神的荣耀与神的国并行,并在神国的范围里得彰显─太六10,13下,诗一四五11~13:
III. God's glory goes with His kingdom and is expressed in the realm of His kingdom—Matt. 6:10, 13b; Psa. 145:11-13:
一 国度是神施行祂权能的范围,使祂能彰显祂的荣耀─启五10,13。
A. The kingdom is the realm for God to exercise His power so that He may express His glory—Rev. 5:10, 13.
二 国度的照耀乃是为着父的得荣─太五16。
B. The shining of the kingdom is for the glorification of the Father—Matt. 5:16.
三 神的国乃是神借着我们得彰显;神从我们里面得彰显,就是国度─14~15节,林前四20,十31。
C. The kingdom of God is God being manifested through us; the expression of God from within us is the kingdom—vv. 14-15; 1 Cor. 4:20; 10:31.
四 帖前二章十二节指明,我们进入神的国,同时也进入神的荣耀。─引用经文
D. First Thessalonians 2:12 indicates that we enter into the kingdom of God and into the glory of God simultaneously.
五 神的国就是神为祂神圣的行政,在祂的荣耀里带着祂的权柄的显出;因此,进入神的国和进入神彰显出来的荣耀,是同时发生的一件事─来二10,太五20,启二一9~11,二二1,5。
E. The kingdom of God is God's manifestation in His glory with His authority for His divine administration; hence, to enter into the kingdom of God and to enter into the expressed glory of God take place at the same time as one thing—Heb. 2:10; Matt. 5:20; Rev. 21:9-10; 22:1, 5.