2006国际华语
总题:基督生机的牧养,为着建造基督的身体
第二篇 基督生机的牧养
Message Two The Organic Shepherding of Christ
读经:约十11,16,来十三20~21,彼前五4,二25,启七17
Scripture Reading: John 10:11, 16; Heb. 13:20-21; 1 Pet. 5:4; 2:25; Rev. 7:17
壹 基督是好牧人─约十9~18:
I. Christ is the good Shepherd—John 10:9-18:
一 主耶稣作好牧人,来使我们得生命,并且得的更丰盛─10~11节:
A. As the good Shepherd, the Lord Jesus came that we might have life and have it abundantly—vv. 10-11:
1 祂领祂的羊出羊圈,进入祂自己这草场,就是得喂养的地方,使他们可以自由的吃祂,得着祂的喂养─9节。
1. He led His sheep out of the fold into Himself as the pasture, the feeding place, where they may eat freely of Him and be nourished by Him—v. 9.
2 好牧人舍了祂属人的生命,为祂的羊成功救赎,使他们能有分于祂神圣的生命─11,15,17节。
2. The good Shepherd laid down His human life to accomplish redemption for His sheep that they may share His divine life—vv. 11, 15, 17.
二 “成为一群,归一个牧人”,乃是在基督这好牧人的牧养之下成就的─16节:
B. Under the shepherding of Christ as the good Shepherd, "there shall be one flock, one Shepherd"—v. 16:
1 主使犹太信徒和外邦信徒在祂的牧养下合为一群。
1. The Lord has formed the Jewish believers and the Gentile believers into one flock under His shepherding.
2 “一群”表征一个召会,基督的一个身体,(弗二14~16,三6,) 就是主借着祂的死,把祂永远、神圣的生命分赐到众肢体里面所产生的─约十9~18。
2. The one flock signifies the one church, the one Body of Christ (Eph. 2:14-16; 3:6), brought forth by the Lord's eternal, divine life, which He imparted into His members through His death—John 10:9-18.
贰 基督是大牧人─来十三20~21:
II. Christ is the great Shepherd—Heb. 13:20-21:
一 神使我们的主耶稣从死人中复活,叫祂成为大牧人,好照着神的永约,终极完成新耶路撒冷。
A. God raised up our Lord Jesus from the dead to be the great Shepherd to consummate the New Jerusalem according to God's eternal covenant.
二 神的永约是要借着牧养,终极完成新耶路撒冷。
B. The eternal covenant is to consummate the New Jerusalem by shepherding.
三 永约就是新约,为要得着群羊,就是召会,结果带进基督的身体,并终极完成新耶路撒冷。
C. The eternal covenant is the covenant of the new testament to gain a flock, which is the church issuing in the Body of Christ and consummating the New Jerusalem— Rev. 21:2.
叁 基督是牧长─彼前五4:
III. Christ is the Chief Shepherd—1 Pet. 5:4:
一 基督作牧长,借着众召会的长老来牧养祂的羊群─1~2节。
A. As the Chief Shepherd, Christ shepherds His flock through the elders of the churches—vv. 1-2.
二 长老的头一个职责是牧养神的群羊,召会;没有长老的牧养,召会就无法建造起来。
B. The first responsibility of the elders is to shepherd God's flock, the church; without the elders' shepherding, the church cannot be built up.
三 长老的牧养,该是基督借着他们来牧养。
C. The elders' shepherding should be Christ's shepherding through them.
四 长老牧养召会,必须学习不在旧造里,也不凭着自己,乃在复活里凭着基督作牧长来牧养─3~4节。
D. The elders must learn to shepherd the churches not by themselves or by the old creation but by Christ the Chief Shepherd in resurrection—vv. 3-4.
肆 基督是我们魂的牧人─二25:
IV. Christ is the Shepherd of our souls—2:25:
一 是灵的基督作我们魂的牧人,监督我们里面的光景,顾到我们内里所是的情形:
A. As the Shepherd of our souls, the pneumatic Christ oversees our inward condition, caring for the situation of our inner being:
1 基督生机的牧养,主要的是照顾我们的魂─诗二三3。
1. Christ's organic shepherding primarily takes care of our soul—Psa. 23:3.
2 祂是借着顾到我们魂的益处,并借着监督我们内里所是的光景,而牧养我们─参来十三11。
2. He shepherds us by caring for the welfare of our soul and by exercising His oversight over the condition of our inner being—cf. Heb. 13:11.
3 这种牧养是内里、内在、生机的安慰。
3. This kind of shepherding is an inward, intrinsic, organic comforting.
二 因为我们的魂很复杂,所以我们需要那在我们灵里是赐生命之灵的基督,在我们的魂里牧养我们,照顾我们的心思、情感和意志,并顾到我们的难处、需要和创伤─约十四16~17,林前十五45下,六17:
B. Because our soul is very complicated, we need Christ, who is the life-giving Spirit in our spirit, to shepherd us in our soul, to take care of our mind, emotion, and will and to take care of our problems, needs, and wounds—John 14:16-17; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 6:17:
1 基督作为那是灵的牧人,从我们的灵里照顾我们:
1. As our pneumatic Shepherd, Christ takes care of us from within our spirit:
a 祂的牧养开始于我们的灵,扩展到我们魂的每一部分。
a. His shepherding begins from our spirit and spreads to every part of our soul.
b 基督从我们的灵达到我们魂的所有部分,并以柔细、生机、周全的方式照顾我们。
b. From our spirit Christ reaches all the parts of our soul and takes care of us in a tender, organic, all-inclusive way.
2 这是经过过程并终极完成之三一神内在的牧养,祂乃是与祂所重生的信徒联结、调和且合并。
2. This is the inward shepherding of the processed and consummated Triune God, who is united, mingled, and incorporated with His regenerated believers.
伍 在将来的永远,基督将是我们永远的牧人,领我们到生命水的泉,使我们得到永远的满足─启七17。
V. In eternity future Christ will be our eternal Shepherd guiding us to springs of waters of life for our eternal satisfaction—Rev. 7:17.
陆 主耶稣把使徒的职事与祂天上的职事合并,以照顾神的群羊,就是召会,产生基督的身体─约二一15~17:
VI. The Lord Jesus incorporated the apostolic ministry with His heavenly ministry to take care of God's flock, which is the church, issuing in the Body of Christ—John 21:15-17:
一 约翰二十一章是约翰福音的总结,给我们看见基督在天上的职事与使徒在地上的职事合作,以完成神新约的经纶:
A. John 21 consummates the Gospel of John by showing that Christ's heavenly ministry and the apostles' ministry on earth cooperated to carry out God's New Testament economy:
1 主耶稣复活之后,在祂一次的显现里,托付彼得,当祂不在这里而在诸天之上时,要喂养祂的小羊,并牧养祂的羊─15~17节。
1. In one of His appearings after His resurrection, the Lord Jesus commissioned Peter to feed His lambs and to shepherd His sheep in His absence, while He is in the heavens—vv. 15-17.
2 这是把使徒的职事与基督天上的职事合并,以照顾神的群羊。
2. This is to incorporate the apostolic ministry with Christ's heavenly ministry to take care of God's flock.
二 关于牧养,使徒的职事与基督天上的职事合作:
B. Regarding shepherding, the apostolic ministry cooperates with Christ's heavenly ministry:
1 基督天上的职事主要的是牧养神的召会作祂的群羊─来十三20~21,徒二十28。
1. The heavenly ministry of Christ is mainly to shepherd the church of God as His flock—Heb. 13:20-21; Acts 20:28.
2 祂在诸天之上所作的,使徒就在地上作,以完成祂天上的职事。
2. What He was doing in the heavens, the apostles did on earth to carry out His heavenly ministry.
三 使徒职事与基督天上职事合并的主要目的和目标,乃是要建造基督的身体,终极完成于新耶路撒冷,以成就神永远的经纶─弗四16,启二一2。
C. The main purpose and goal of the apostolic ministry incorporated with Christ's heavenly ministry are to build up the Body of Christ, which will consummate in the New Jerusalem for the accomplishment of the eternal economy of God—Eph. 4:16; Rev. 21:2.