2011春季长老
总题：圣经的中心线
第四篇　以弗所书中所启示神的经纶
Message Four The Economy of God Revealed in the Book of Ephesians
读经：弗一17，二10、15，三16~19，四3~6、11~16，五2、8~9、26~27，六10~13、17~18
Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:17; 2:10, 15; 3:16-19; 4:3-6, 11-16; 5:2, 8-9, 26-27; 6:10-13, 17-18
壹　以弗所书中所启示神的经纶（照着祂心头愿望的家庭行政），是借着我们操练调和的灵，使三一神分赐到我们里面，以建造召会作基督的身体，而得以完成─提前一3~6，弗一5，三8~10，一10，三2，参提前三9，西二2，弗三4，五32。
I.　The economy of God (His household administration according to His heart's desire) revealed in the book of Ephesians is accomplished by the exercise of our mingled spirit for the dispensing of the Triune God into us unto the building up of the church as the Body of Christ—1 Tim. 1:3-6; Eph. 1:5; 3:8-10; 1:10; 3:2, 8; cf. 1 Tim. 3:9; Col. 2:2; Eph. 3:4; 5:32.
贰　以弗所书的每一章都启示调和的灵（我们那由复合、包罗万有、终极完成的灵所重生并内住之人的灵）;每当我们转向我们的灵，操练我们的灵，我们就摸着基督的身体，因为基督的身体是在我们的灵里：
II.　Each chapter of Ephesians reveals the mingled spirit (our human spirit regenerated and indwelt by the compound, all-inclusive, consummated Spirit); when we turn to our spirit and exercise our spirit, we touch the Body, because the Body is in our spirit:
一　以弗所一章十七节启示，我们必须祷告，好得着智慧和启示的灵，使我们看见神经纶的奥秘;神的经纶就是将基督这神的奥秘，分赐到神所拣选的人里，使他们成为作基督奥秘之基督身体的实际─18节，三9，五32，六19，西二2。
A.　Ephesians 1:17 reveals that we must pray for a spirit of wisdom and revelation to see the mystery of God's economy, which is to dispense Christ as the mystery of God into God's chosen people to make them the reality of the Body of Christ as the mystery of Christ—v. 18; 3:9; 5:32; 6:19; Col. 2:2.
二　以弗所二章二十二节启示，我们的灵是神的居所;我们乃是“同被建造，成为神在灵里的居所”。
B.　Ephesians 2:22 reveals that our spirit is the dwelling place of God; we are "being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit."
三　以弗所三章五节启示，基督与召会的启示，乃是借着调和的灵启示给使徒和申言者。
C.　Ephesians 3:5 reveals that the mingled spirit is the means by which the revelation of Christ and the church is revealed to the apostles and prophets.
四　以弗所三章十六节启示，我们的灵乃是我们里面的人，我们的新人位，我们的新灵，我们的新人;我们需要祷告，好为着身体生活的实际，凭大能得加强到里面的人里;身体生活的实际，就是内里的经历内住的基督作生命，使神在召会中得荣耀─16~21节。
D.　Ephesians 3:16 reveals that our spirit is our inner man, our new person, our new spirit, our new man; we need to pray to be strengthened with power into the inner man for the reality of the Body life, which is the inner experience of the indwelling Christ as life for God's glory in the church—vv. 16-21.
五　以弗所四章二十三节启示，我们必须让那更新人的灵，调和着我们重生的灵，成为我们心思的灵，使我们能天天得更新，成为与新耶路撒冷一样的新，而有基督身体这新人的实际─24节，多三5，林后四16，西三10~11。
E.　Ephesians 4:23 reveals that we must allow the renewing Spirit mingled with our regenerated spirit to become the spirit of our mind so that we can be renewed day by day to become as new as the New Jerusalem for the reality of the Body of Christ as the new man—v. 24; Titus 3:5; 2 Cor. 4:16; Col. 3:10-11.
六　以弗所五章十八节启示，我们必须被那美化、预备新妇并与我们灵调和的那灵充满，而预备好成为基督荣耀的召会，就是祂美丽的新妇和神荣美的殿，作神的彰显─26~27节，赛六十7、19，六二3，创一26。
F.　Ephesians 5:18 reveals that we must be filled with the beautifying, bride-preparing Spirit mingled with our spirit so that we can be prepared to be Christ's glorious church, His beautiful bride and the house of God's beauty, for God's expression—vv. 26-27; Isa. 60:7, 19; 62:3; Gen. 1:26.
七　以弗所六章十八节启示，我们必须时时在我们的灵里祷告，好经历那与我们灵调和之击杀的灵;如此就能杀死我们里面那出于神对头的一切，使我们能在属于那灵的神圣生命中，管治撒但、罪和死，施行神的管治权─17~18节。
G.　Ephesians 6:18 reveals that we must pray at every time in our spirit in order to experience the slaying Spirit mingled with our spirit; in this way everything of God's adversary can be killed within us, enabling us to rule in the divine life of the Spirit over Satan, sin, and death for God's dominion—vv. 17-18.
叁　以弗所书的各章，就着召会这基督身体的产生、存在、长大、建造和争战而言，都是由神圣的经纶，就是三一神分赐到基督身体的肢体里所组成的：
III.　Each chapter of Ephesians reveals that the producing, existing, growing, building up, and fighting of the church as the Body of Christ is composed of the divine economy, the dispensing of the Triune God into the members of the Body of Christ:
一　以弗所一章揭示父神如何在永远里拣选并预定这些肢体（3~6），子神如何救赎他们（7~12），灵神如何作凭质印他们（13~14），借此将祂自己分赐到祂的信徒里面，以形成召会，就是基督的身体，那在万有中充满万有者的丰满（18~23）。─引用经文
A.　Ephesians 1 unveils that God the Father chose and predestinated these members in eternity (vv. 3-6), that God the Son redeemed them (vv. 7-12), and that God the Spirit, as a pledge, sealed them (vv. 13-14), thus imparting Himself into His believers for the formation of the church, which is the Body of Christ, the fullness of the One who fills all in all (vv. 18-23).
二　以弗所二章给我们看见，在神圣的三一里，所有犹太和外邦的信徒，都在灵神里，借着子神，得以进到父神面前（18）;这指明甚至在成为肉体、为人生活、钉十字架和复活这一切的过程之后，三者仍是同时并存、互相内在的。─引用经文
B.　Ephesians 2 shows us that in the Divine Trinity all the believers, both Jewish and Gentile, have access unto God the Father, through God the Son, in God the Spirit (v. 18); this indicates that the three coexist and coinhere simultaneously, even after all the processes of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection.
三　以弗所三章说到使徒祷告父神，叫信徒借着灵神，得以加强到里面的人里，使基督（子神）安家在他们心里，也就是占有他们全人，使他们被充满成为神一切的丰满（14~19）;这是信徒经历并有分于神圣三一的极点。─引用经文
C.　Ephesians 3 speaks of the apostle's prayer that God the Father would grant the believers to be strengthened through God the Spirit into their inner man, that Christ, God the Son, may make His home in their hearts, that is, occupy their entire inner being, that they may be filled unto all the fullness of God (vv. 14-19); this is the climax of the believers' experience of and participation in God in His Divine Trinity.
四　以弗所四章描绘经过过程的神，就是灵、主、父，如何与基督的身体调和（4~6），使所有的肢体经历神圣的三一。─引用经文
D.　Ephesians 4 portrays how the processed God as the Spirit, the Lord, and the Father is mingled with the Body of Christ (vv. 4-6) so that all the members may experience the Divine Trinity.
五　以弗所五章劝勉信徒，要用灵神的歌赞美主（子神），并在我们主耶稣基督（子神）的名里感谢父神（19~20）;这就是在神圣三一里，赞美并感谢经过过程的神，使我们享受这位三一神。─引用经文
E.　Ephesians 5 exhorts the believers to praise the Lord, God the Son, with the songs of God the Spirit, and to give thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, God the Son, to God the Father (vv. 19-20); this is to praise and thank the processed God in His Divine Trinity for our enjoyment of Him as the Triune God.
六　以弗所六章指示我们，要在主（子神）里得着加力，穿戴父神全副的军装，并取用灵神的剑，从事属灵的争战;这就是我们甚至在属灵的争战中，也经历并享受三一神─10~11、17节。
F.　Ephesians 6 instructs us to fight the spiritual warfare by being empowered in the Lord, God the Son, putting on the whole armor of God the Father, and wielding the sword of God the Spirit; this is our experience and enjoyment of the Triune God even in spiritual warfare—vv. 10-11, 17.
肆　以弗所书的每一章都从特别的观点，揭示基督的身体这三一神生机体的奥秘：
IV.　Each chapter of the book of Ephesians unveils the mystery of the Body of Christ as the organism of the Triune God from a particular point of view:
一　以弗所一章启示，基督的身体乃是经过过程的神圣三一之分赐与超越基督之输供的结果：
A.　Ephesians 1 reveals that the Body of Christ is the issue of the dispensing of the processed Trinity and the transmitting of the transcending Christ:
1　父在祂拣选并预定中的分赐，产生出祂许多的儿子，在圣别中作祂的家室─3~6节。
1.　The Father's dispensing in His choosing and predestinating issues in His many sons as His house in sanctification—vv. 3-6.
2　子在祂救赎并拯救中的分赐，产生出信徒，在变化中作神的基业─7~12节。
2.　The Son's dispensing in His redeeming and saving issues in the believers as God's inheritance in His transformation—vv. 7-12.
3　灵在祂作印并作质中的分赐，担保神作信徒的基业，使他们得到完全的成全─13~14节。
3.　The Spirit's dispensing in His sealing and pledging issues in God as the believers' inheritance unto their perfection—vv. 13-14.
4　超越的基督在祂复起并升高里的输供，产生祂的身体作祂的彰显，使信徒达到终极的成就─19~23节。
4.　The transcending Christ's transmitting in His rising and ascending issues in His Body as His expression unto the believers' consummation—vv. 19-23.
二　以弗所二章启示，基督的身体乃是三一神的杰作，就是一个新人─10、15~16节：
B.　Ephesians 2 reveals that the Body of Christ is the masterpiece of the Triune God as the new man—vv. 10, 15-16:
1　基督在十字架上，在祂的肉体里废掉了那规条中诫命的律法，就是一切使人类分开之生活与敬拜的礼仪和方式，而在祂自己里面，创造了一个新人─14~15节。
1.　On the cross Christ created the new man in Himself by abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordinances, all the forms or ways of living and worship that divide mankind—vv. 14-15.
2　世人认为文化的差异乃是声望的源头，但在基督的身体这一个新人里，我们都失去了这个声望;现今我们惟一的声望乃是基督，以及真正的一─四3~4上。
2.　The worldly people regard cultural differences as a source of prestige, but in the Body of Christ as the one new man we have lost this prestige; now our only prestige is Christ and the genuine oneness—4:3-4a.
3　在一个新人里只有一个人位─包罗万有的基督;这一个新人只有一口，同心合意说一样的话─西一18下，三10~11，弗二15，罗十五6，林前一10。
3.　In the one new man there is only one person—the all-inclusive Christ; this one new man has one mouth to speak the same thing in one accord—Col. 1:18b; 3:10-11; Eph. 2:15; Rom. 15:6; 1 Cor. 1:10.
三　以弗所三章启示，基督的身体成了三一神的丰满，是借着我们得了基督丰富的供应，并借着基督安家在我们心里─8、14~19节：
C.　Ephesians 3 reveals that the Body of Christ is the fullness of the Triune God by our being supplied with the riches of Christ and by Christ's making His home in our hearts—vv. 8, 14-19:
1　神有一个经纶，要将基督追测不尽的丰富分配到我们里面，使我们成为神的丰满，神的彰显─2、7~9、19节。
1.　God has an economy to distribute the unsearchable riches of Christ into our being so that we become His fullness, His expression—vv. 2, 7-9, 19.
2　我们需要每天祷告，使我们得以加强到里面的人里，使三一神完成祂独一的工作，将祂自己在基督里建造到我们心里，使祂成为我们内在的构成，作神与人相互的住处─16~17节，约十四23。
2.　We need to pray daily to be strengthened into our inner man so that the Triune God may carry out His unique work to build Himself in Christ into our hearts for Him to become our intrinsic constitution for the mutual abode of God and man—vv. 16-17; John 14:23.
四　以弗所四章启示，基督的身体乃是经过过程的三一神与重生信徒的调和，并且这一个身体是由一个职事建造起来的：
D.　Ephesians 4 reveals that the Body of Christ is the mingling of the processed Triune God with the regenerated believers and that this one Body is built up by the one ministry:
1　一位灵、一主和一位神与父，与信徒调和在一起，成为一个实体，作基督生机的身体─4~6节。
1.　The one Spirit, one Lord, and one God the Father are mingled together with the believers into one entity to be the organic Body of Christ—vv. 4-6.
2　基督的身体是由一个职事建造起来的，这一个职事成全我们，使我们在凡事上长到元首基督里面，并且有本于元首的功用，以供应身体，使身体在爱里把自己建造起来─11~16节。
2.　The Body of Christ is built up by the one ministry, which perfects us to grow up into Christ, the Head, in all things and to function out from Him in order to supply the Body for its building up in love—vv. 11-16.
五　以弗所五章启示，基督的身体由光的儿女所组成，作基督的新妇，使基督得满足：
E.　Ephesians 5 reveals that the Body of Christ is composed of the children of light to be the bride of Christ for the satisfaction of Christ:
1　我们从前不仅是黑暗的，并且就是黑暗本身，因为那时我们与撒但是一;如今我们不仅是光的儿女，并且就是光本身，因为我们在主里与神是一─8节，太五14。
1.　We were once not only dark but darkness itself because we were one with Satan; now we are not only the children of light but light itself because we are one with God in the Lord—v. 8; Matt. 5:14.
2　灯台表征召会作三一神的复制，乃是活的金树，带着复活的生命开花，作照耀的光，就是光的果子，使三一神得着完满的彰显─出二五31~34，民十七8，启一11~12，弗五9，加五22。
2.　The lampstand signifies that the church as the reproduction of the Triune God is a living, golden tree, blossoming with resurrection life as the shining light, which is the fruit of the light for the full expression of the Triune God—Exo. 25:31-34; Num. 17:8; Rev. 1:11-12; Eph. 5:9; Gal. 5:22.
3　我们是光的儿女，在爱和光中行事为人，就被赐生命的灵圣化，并被话中之水的洗涤所洁净，而预备好成为基督荣耀的新妇─弗五2、8、18、26~27。
3.　As children of light, walking in love and light, we will be prepared to be Christ's glorious bride by the life-giving Spirit's sanctifying us, cleansing us by the washing of the water in the word—Eph. 5:2, 8, 18, 26-27.
六　以弗所六章启示，基督的身体是三一神团体的战士，为着击败神的仇敌：
F.　Ephesians 6 reveals that the Body of Christ is the corporate warrior of the Triune God for the defeating of God's enemy:
1　属灵的争战不是个人的事，乃是身体的事;召会作为身体乃是团体的战士，只有团体的战士才能穿戴神全副的军装─10~20节，参太十六18。
1.　Spiritual warfare is not an individual matter but a matter of the Body; the church as the Body is a corporate warrior, and only the corporate warrior can wear the whole armor of God—vv. 10-20; cf. Matt. 16:18.
2　一切的争战都源自撒但的意志与神的意志之间的冲突;我们必须借着苦难使我们的意志被基督降服并变化，以致我们的意志服从基督的元首权柄，拣选神的旨意，而在复活里富有基督防卫的能力─赛十四12~14，太六10，二六42，腓二13，歌四1、4，七4上、5。
2.　All warfare has its source in the conflict between Satan's will and God's will; we must have our will subdued and transformed by Christ through sufferings so that it is submitted to the headship of Christ to choose God's will and to be rich in the defending power of Christ in resurrection—Isa. 14:12-14; Matt. 6:10; 26:42; Phil. 2:13; S. S. 4:1, 4; 7:4a, 5.
3　祷告是惟一、不可或缺的凭借，叫我们借以应用神全副的军装，使神军装的每一项能供我们使用─弗六18。
3.　Prayer is the unique and vital means by which we apply the whole armor of God, making every item of the armor of God available to us—Eph. 6:18.