2009国殇节
总题：在主的行动中与祂是一，为着召会作耶稣见证的宇宙扩展
第三篇　经历并享受基督作生命树，生长基督作生命树，并栽种召会树，使作生命的三一神得着团体的彰显
Message Three Experiencing and Enjoying Christ as the Tree of Life, Growing Christ as the Tree of Life, and Planting Church Trees for the Corporate Expression of the Triune God as Life
读经：创二9，约十一25，十五1，弗四15，西二19，启一11~12、20
Scripture Reading: Gen. 2:9; John 11:25; 15:1; Eph. 4:15; Col. 2:19; Rev. 1:11-12, 20
壹　为着召会作耶稣见证的宇宙扩展，我们需要经历并享受基督作生命树─创二9，启二7：
I.　For the universal spreading of the church as the testimony of Jesus, we need to experience and enjoy Christ as the tree of life—Gen. 2:9; Rev. 2:7:
一　创世记二章九节里的生命树表征三一神具体化身在基督里，以食物的形态作人的生命。─引用经文
A.　The tree of life in Genesis 2:9 signifies the Triune God embodied in Christ as life to man in the form of food.
二　我们可以在我们重生的灵里经历基督作生命树;召会、国度、新耶路撒冷以及一切属灵和属天的事物，都是经历生命树而有的结果─约十一25，十五1。
B.　We may experience Christ as the tree of life in our regenerated spirit; the church, the kingdom, the New Jerusalem, and all spiritual and heavenly things issue from the experience of the tree of life—John 11:25; 15:1.
三　吃生命树，就是享受基督作我们生命的供应，该是召会生活首要的事─启二7：
C.　Eating the tree of life, that is, enjoying Christ as our life supply, should be the primary matter in the church life—Rev. 2:7:
1　为着召会生活，我们需要吃基督作生命树─约六57下。
1.　For the church life we need to eat Christ as the tree of life—John 6:57b.
2　约翰福音所启示包罗万有之基督的各面，都是生命树的结果─一51，三29上，六32~35，八12，十11，十四6。
2.　All the aspects of the all-inclusive Christ revealed in the Gospel of John are the outcome of the tree of life—1:51; 3:29a; 6:32-35; 8:12; 10:11; 14:6.
3　召会生活的内容在于享受基督;我们越享受基督，召会生活的内容就越丰富─弗三16~19。
3.　The content of the church life depends on the enjoyment of Christ; the more we enjoy Him, the richer the content will be—Eph. 3:16-19.
4　我们要享受基督作生命树，就必须用起初的爱爱祂;让主在凡事上居首位，就是用起初的爱，上好的爱来爱祂─启二4，西一18。
4.　To enjoy Christ as the tree of life requires that we love Him with the first love; to give the Lord the first place in all things is to love Him with the first love, the best love—Rev. 2:4; Col. 1:18.
四　在启示录二十二章一至二节里有生命水的河与生命树：─引用经文
D.　In Revelation 22:1-2 there is the river of water of life and the tree of life:
1　因着生命树在生命水里，所以享受生命树的路乃是饮于生命水─约四14，赛十二2~6。
1.　Because the tree of life is in the water of life, the way to enjoy the tree of life is to drink the water of life—John 4:14; Isa. 12:2-6.
2　生命树的素质是在生命水里;因此我们要享受基督作生命树，就必须喝生命水的河─约四14，七37，林前十4，启二二1~2、17下。
2.　The essence of the tree of life is in the water of life; thus, in order to enjoy Christ as the tree of life, we must drink of the river of water of life—John 4:14; 7:37; 1 Cor. 10:4; Rev. 22:1-2, 17d.
五　生命树的原则是倚靠神;经历并享受生命树使我们倚靠神─约十五5。
E.　The principle of the tree of life is dependence on God; the experience and enjoy?ment of the tree of life causes us to be dependent on God—John 15:5.
六　主要将召会恢复到起初─吃生命树─创二9，启二7，二二14。
F.　The Lord wants to recover the church back to the beginning—to the eating of the tree of life—Gen. 2:9; Rev. 2:7; 22:14.
贰　为着召会作耶稣见证的宇宙扩展，我们需要生长在我们里面作生命树的基督─西二19，约十一25，十五1：
II.　For the universal spreading of the church as the testimony of Jesus, we need to grow Christ as the tree of life within us—Col. 2:19; John 11:25; 15:1:
一　作神具体化身的基督乃是生命树，这树正在我们里面生长─西一27，二9、19，三4。
A.　Christ as the embodiment of God is our tree of life, and this tree is growing in us—Col. 1:27; 2:9, 19; 3:4.
二　神在基督里把自己当作生命的种子种到我们灵里，为要长出一棵树，这棵树就是生命树的缩影─可四2~8、26~29。
B.　God in Christ has sown Himself into our spirit as the life seed to grow a tree, a miniature of the tree of life—Mark 4:2-8, 26-29.
三　在创世记二章九节，生命树只有一棵，但是今天，生命树长在我们众人里面，叫我们每一个人都成为一棵小小的生命树;作为小小的生命树，我们需要在生命里长大─林前三6~7，弗四15~16，彼后一5~11。
C.　In Genesis 2:9 the tree of life was unique, but today the tree of life grows in all of us, causing each one of us to be a small tree of life; as small trees of life, we need to grow in life—1 Cor. 3:6-7; Eph. 4:15-16; 2 Pet. 1:5-11.
叁　为着召会作耶稣见证的宇宙扩展，我们需要栽种“召会树”，使作生命的三一神得着团体的彰显─约五26，十一25，约壹五11~12，罗八2，林前一2，启一11~12、20：
III.　For the universal spreading of the church as the testimony of Jesus, we need to plant “church trees” for the corporate expression of the Triune God as life—John 5:26; 11:25; 1 John 5:11-12; Rom. 8:2; 1 Cor. 1:2; Rev. 1:11-12, 20:
一　在神的眼中，宇宙召会，就是基督的身体已经形成了;现在，这个宇宙召会形成为一个完整的实体之后，就需要扩展出去─徒八1，九31：
A.　In the eyes of God the universal church, the Body of Christ, has been formed; now, after the formation of this universal church as a complete entity, there is the need for the spreading of the church—Acts 8:1; 9:31:
1　众地方召会是建立起来的，不是形成的;使徒保罗能栽种召会，亚波罗能浇灌，但惟有神能形成召会，给她生命，并且叫她生长─林前三6~7。
1.　The local churches are established, not formed; the apostle Paul could plant a church, and Apollos could water it, but it was God alone who formed it and gave it life, and it is God who gives it growth—1 Cor. 3:6-7.
2　扩展召会并建立召会的路，乃是把召会带到一个地方，栽种在那里─罗十六5上，西四15。
2.　The way to spread the church and to establish a church is to bring it to a certain locality and plant it—Rom. 16:5a; Col. 4:15.
二　我们虽然不能形成召会，却有地位、权利、机会甚至使命，到地极去建立地方召会─徒一8，十三1~3，加一2，启一11。
B.　Although we cannot form the church, we have the position, the right, the oppor?tunity, and even the commission to go to the uttermost part of the earth to establish local churches—Acts 1:8; 13:1-3; Gal. 1:2; Rev. 1:11.
三　我们今天所作的，不过是在不同的地方，借着栽种“召会树”建立众召会;这召会树的栽种，就是召会的建立─林前一1~2，帖前一1。
C.　What we are doing today is simply establishing churches in different localities by planting “church trees”; this planting of church trees is the establishing of the church—1 Cor. 1:1-2; 1 Thes. 1:1.
四　众地方召会作为召会树乃是金灯台;金灯台实际上乃是活的金树─启一11~12、20：
D.　The local churches as church trees are golden lampstands, which are actually living, golden trees—Rev. 1:11-12, 20:
1　金灯台表征众地方召会是基督的复制和那灵的翻版─出二五31~40，亚四2、6、10，启五6，一11、20。
1.　The golden lampstands signify the local churches as the reproduction of Christ and the reprint of the Spirit—Exo. 25:31-40; Zech. 4:2, 6, 10; Rev. 5:6; 1:11, 20.
2　按着表号，金灯台表征召会是三一神的具体表现和彰显─11~12节。
2.　In figure, the golden lampstand signifies the church as the embodiment and the expression of the Triune God—vv. 11-12.
3　作为在众地方召会里的众圣徒，我们乃是这奇妙金树的一部分。
3.　As saints in the local churches, we all are parts of a wonderful golden tree.
4　金灯台的表号指明三一神乃是一棵活的树，生长、发苞并开花;灯台的描述传达生长的思想─出二五31~32，弗四14~16：
4.　The symbol of the golden lampstand indicates that the Triune God is a living tree, growing, budding, and blossoming, and the description of the lampstand conveys the idea of growth—Exo. 25:31-32; Eph. 4:14-16:
a　灯台借着枝子并在枝子里面长大;这指明基督在我们里面长大─西二19，约三29上、30上。
a.　The lampstand is growing through the branches and within them; this indicates that Christ is growing in us—Col. 2:19; John 3:29a, 30a.
b　所有的枝子都给灯台一条自由的通路，好在它们里面并借着它们长大，这是顶重要的─弗四15~16。
b.　It is crucial for all the branches to give the lampstand a free way to grow in them and through them—Eph. 4:15-16.
c　灯台越在枝子里面长大，就越开花、照耀，也越有光─15节，五8~9。
c.　The more the lampstand grows in the branches, the more it will blos?som and shine, and the more light there will be—v. 15; 5:8-9.
5　栽种召会树就是建立地方召会作为金灯台。
5.　To plant a church tree is to establish a local church as a golden lampstand.
五　我们的负担乃是要把召会这棵树带到每一城镇、乡村，把召会栽种在那里─徒八1，十三1，西四15~16：
E.　Our burden is to bring the church as a tree to every city, town, and village and plant a church there—Acts 8:1; 13:1; Col. 4:15-16:
1　我们都需要忠信实行这负担，借着栽种召会树建立地方召会─罗十六16下，加一2，帖前一1，二14。
1.　We all need to be faithful to carry out the burden to establish local churches by planting church trees—Rom. 16:16b; Gal. 1:2; 1 Thes. 1:1; 2:14.
2　结了婚的夫妇应该象百基拉和亚居拉一样，不论到哪里，都栽种召会树;无论他们在哪里，他们都愿意借着打开他们的家，背负召会实行的担子─罗十六3~5上，林前十六19。
2.　The married couples should be like Prisca and Aquila, who planted a church tree wherever they went; wherever they were, they were willing to bear the burden of the practice of the church by opening up their home—Rom. 16:3-5a; 1 Cor. 16:19.
3　我们若都有心愿借着栽种召会树建立召会，众召会的建立就会非常快速，非常普及─徒十九20。
3.　If we all have the desire to establish churches by planting church trees, the establishing of the churches will be very fast and prevailing—Acts 19:20.