2010国殇节
总题:过为着完成神永远定旨的生活
总题:过为着完成神永远定旨的生活
第三篇 凭恩典而活并认识身体
Message Three Living by Grace and Knowing the Body
读经:林前十五10,林后十二9,十三14,启二二21,罗十二4~5,林前十二12
Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 12:9; 13:14; Rev. 22:21; Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12
壹 我们要过为着完成神永远定旨的生活,就需要在神的经纶中凭神的恩典而活─林后十二9,十三14:
I. In order to live a life for the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose, we need to live by the grace of God in the economy of God-2 Cor. 12:9; 13:14:
一 恩典就是三一神在祂父、子、灵三方面化身里的显现─14节,民六22~27,诗三六8~9:
A. Grace is the manifestation of the Triune God in His embodiment in three aspects-the Father, the Son, and the Spirit-v. 14; Num. 6:22-27; Psa. 36:8-9:
1 恩典乃是三一神在祂的成为肉体里,由作源头的父、作元素的子、以及作应用的那灵,分赐到信徒里面─林后十三14:
1. Grace is the Triune God in His incarnation to be dispensed into the believers by the Father as the source, by the Son as the element, and by the Spirit as the application-2 Cor. 13:14:
a 恩典的源头、恩典的元素、和恩典的应用,乃是神圣三一的三个身位,作我们的一切─太二八19。
a. The source of grace, the element of grace, and the application of grace are the three persons of the Divine Trinity to be our everything-Matt. 28:19.
b 在神圣的分赐里,恩典称为神的恩典、基督的恩典、和那灵所属的恩典─林前十五10,林后一12,八1,9,九14,十二9,十三14,来十29。
b. In the divine dispensing, grace is called the grace of God, the grace of Christ, and the grace of which the Spirit is-1 Cor. 15:10; 2 Cor. 1:12; 8:1, 9; 9:14; 12:9; 13:14; Heb. 10:29.
2 三一神若没有经过过程,就不能作我们的恩典;父神化身在子里,子实化成为赐生命的灵,这灵进到我们里面,来作我们享受的恩典─约一14,林前十五45下,来十29。
2. Without being processed, the Triune God could not be grace to us; God the Father is embodied in the Son, the Son is realized as the life-giving Spirit, and the Spirit enters into us as grace for our enjoyment-John 1:14; 1 Cor. 15:45b; Heb. 10:29.
3 恩典乃是基督进到我们里面,来作我们完满的享受─约一16,腓四23。
3. Grace is Christ coming into us to be our full enjoyment-John 1:16; Phil. 4:23.
4 恩典的意思是:神是一切,神作一切,神给一切─彼前五10。
4. Grace means God is everything, God does everything, and God gives everything- 1 Pet. 5:10.
5 恩典是复活的基督作为赐生命的灵,将经过过程的三一神带到我们里面,作我们的生命和生命的供应,使我们能在复活里活着─林前十五10。
5. Grace is the resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit bringing the processed Triune God into us to be our life and life supply so that we may live in resurrection-1 Cor. 15:10.
二 新约信徒在神经纶中之恩典下的生活,乃是一个经历经过过程并终极完成之三一神作恩典之整体的生活─加六18,来四16,启二二21:
B. The New Testament believers' living under the grace in God's economy is a total living of experiencing the processed and consummated Triune God as grace- Gal. 6:18; Heb. 4:16; Rev. 22:21:
1 整体的生活就是我们整个的生活,都是三一神经过过程在我们里面作恩典的生活─林后十三14。
1. A total living means that our entire living is a living of the Triune God processed to be grace in us-2 Cor. 13:14.
2 基督徒的生活必须是恩典的生活,就是对恩典的经历;我们基督徒的生活,就是以神作我们恩典的生活─一12。
2. The Christian living must be the living of grace, the experience of grace; our Christian life is a life of having God as our grace-1:12.
3 主的恩必须在我们日常生活的每一方面,与我们每一个人同在─启二二21。
3. The grace of the Lord should be with each one of us in every aspect of our daily life-Rev. 22:21.
4 我们需要学习享受主自己作恩典─林后十二9。
4. We need to learn to enjoy the Lord Himself as grace-2 Cor. 12:9.
三 信徒在神的经纶中经历神恩典的终极完成,就是召会作基督的身体─弗一6~8,22~23:
C. The consummation of the believers' experience of the grace of God in His economy is the church as the Body of Christ-Eph. 1:6-8, 22-23:
1 我们在生活中并在言语行为中对神恩典的经历,就产生出基督的身体─6~8,22~23节,二8,三2,四4,16,29。
1. Our experience of the grace of God in our living and in our words and actions issues in the Body of Christ-vv. 6-8, 22-23; 2:8; 3:2; 4:4, 16, 29.
2 惟有出于对基督作神恩典的享受,才能产生基督身体实际的生活─林前十二27,十五10,林后八9,十二9,十三14。
2. The practical life of the Body of Christ comes forth only out of the enjoyment of Christ as the grace of God-1 Cor. 12:27; 15:10; 2 Cor. 8:9; 12:9; 13:14.
3 基督这生机的身体,每一部分都是我们经历神经纶中的恩典所产生的─约一16,罗五21,十二3~8。
3. Every part of the organic Body of Christ is an issue of our experience of the grace of God in the economy of God-John 1:16; Rom. 5:21; 12:3-8.
贰 我们要过为着完成神永远定旨的生活,就需要认识身体─4~5节,林前十二12~13,20,27,弗一22~23:
II. In order to live a life for the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose, we need to know the Body-vv. 4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12-13, 20, 27; Eph. 1:22-23:
一 神经纶的目标,乃是要为祂的儿子产生一个身体;这身体实现神的心愿,就是彰显神,以及毁坏撒但─罗十二4~5,林前十二12,27,弗一22~23,四4,16,西一18,二19,创一26~28。
A. The goal of God's economy is to produce a Body for His Son; this Body fulfills God's desire for His expression and for the destruction of Satan-Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12, 27; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4, 16; Col. 1:18; 2:19; Gen. 1:26-28.
二 主急切需要基督身体的实际在众地方召会出现;除非这个身体有相当的出现,否则主耶稣不会回来─罗十二4~5,十六16,林前一2,十二27,弗一23,四16,五27,30,启十九7。
B. The Lord urgently needs the reality of the Body of Christ to be expressed in the local churches; unless there is a substantial expression of the Body, the Lord Jesus will not return-Rom. 12:4-5; 16:16; 1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27; Eph. 1:23; 4:16; 5:27, 30; Rev. 19:7.
三 基督在祂自己里面是头,基督在我们众人里面是身体─罗八10,十二4~5,林后十三5,林前十二27,弗三17,四15~16,西一18,27,二19。
C. Christ in Himself is the Head, and Christ in all of us is the Body-Rom. 8:10; 12:4-5; 2 Cor. 13:5; 1 Cor. 12:27; Eph. 3:17; 4:15-16; Col. 1:18, 27; 2:19.
四 三一神在我们里面的工作,是要产生并建造基督的身体─弗三16~21,罗八11,十二4~5。
D. The work of the Triune God in us is to produce and build up the Body of Christ-Eph. 3:16-21; Rom. 8:11; 12:4-5.
五 身体乃是神儿女生活与工作管制的定律─弗四4,16,林前十二4~6,12~13,27。
E. The Body is the governing law of the life and work of the children of God- Eph. 4:4, 16; 1 Cor. 12:4-6, 12-13, 27.
六 今天召会一切的问题,都是由于不认识基督的身体─弗一17~23:
F. All the problems of the church today are due to ignorance concerning the Body of Christ-Eph. 1:17-23:
1 最大的难处就是不认识身体,不顾到身体─17~23节。
1. The biggest problem is not knowing the Body and not caring for the Body- vv. 17-23.
2 我们在召会、职事、和工作中如何行事,乃在于我们看见身体到什么程度─徒二二10,二六18~19。
2. The way that we behave ourselves in the church, the ministry, and the work depends upon the degree of our seeing the Body-Acts 22:10; 26:18-19.
七 我们需要在生命里认识身体─约壹五11~12,西三4,二19,罗八2,6,10~11,十二4~5:
G. We need to know the Body in life-1 John 5:11-12; Col. 3:4; 2:19; Rom. 8:2, 6, 10-11; 12:4-5:
1 基督的身体是藉着基督在我们里面作生命形成的;这生命与我们调和,而成为基督的身体─约壹五11~12,西三4,一18,二19。
1. The Body of Christ is formed by Christ as life in us; this life mingles with us to become the Body of Christ-1 John 5:11-12; Col. 3:4; 1:18; 2:19.
2 在生命里认识身体,是我们经历生命和属灵长大的结果─约壹二12~14。
2. Knowing the Body in life is the result of our experience of life and spiritual growth-1 John 2:12-14.
3 我们要认识身体,就需要对付肉体、己、和天然的构成;惟有当肉体受了对付、己被弃绝、天然的构成受了破碎,我们才能摸着身体的实际─加二20,五24,太十六24,弗四4~6。
3. Knowing the Body requires that we deal with the flesh, the self, and the natural constitution; only when the flesh has been dealt with, the self has been abandoned, and the natural constitution has been broken can we touch the reality of the Body-Gal. 2:20; 5:24; Matt. 16:24; Eph. 4:4-6.
4 认识身体对于单独是一种对付;所有不认识身体的人,都是单独的人─林前十二14~22。
4. Knowing the Body is a dealing with individualism; those who do not know the Body are individualistic-1 Cor. 12:14-22.
八 我们需要在实行上认识身体─20,27节,十五58:
H. We need to know the Body in practice-vv. 20, 27; 15:58:
1 在一地的召会乃是基督身体在那一地的彰显;一个宇宙召会─基督的身体─成为许多地方召会,就是基督身体在各地方的彰显─一2,十32下,十二12~13,20,27,罗十二4~5,十六1,启一11,二二16上。
1. A local church is an expression of the Body of Christ in a particular locality; the one universal church-the Body of Christ-becomes the many local churches-the local expressions of the Body of Christ-1:2; 10:32b; 12:12-13, 20, 27; Rom. 12:4-5; 16:1; Rev. 1:11; 22:16a.
2 我们若认识身体,在我们的考量里,基督的身体应当是第一,地方召会应当是第二─罗十二4~5,十六1,4,16。
2. If we know the Body, in our consideration the Body will be first and the local churches will be second-Rom. 12:4-5; 16:1, 4, 16.