2011秋季长老
总题：主恢复中的四大支柱
第四篇　第二大支柱─生命（一）生命树
Message Four The Second Great Pillar—Life (1) The Tree of Life
读经：创二9，三24，启二7，二二2、14、19
Scripture Reading: Gen. 2:9; 3:24; Rev. 2:7; 22:2, 14, 19
壹　我们必须有异象，看见圣经向我们陈明一幅图画，显示神在基督里乃是生命树，好作我们的食物;这就是为什么在圣经的开始和末了都提到生命树─创二9，启二二2、14、19：
I.　We need a vision to see that the Bible presents to us a picture of God in Christ as the tree of life to be our food; this is why the tree of life is mentioned both at the beginning and the end of the Bible—Gen. 2:9; Rev. 22:2, 14, 19:
一　神按着祂的形像，照着祂的样式造人，目的是要人接受祂作生命，并彰显祂一切的属性─创一26~27，二9。
A.　God's purpose in the creation of man in His image and according to His likeness was that man would receive Him as life and express Him in all His attributes—Gen. 1:26-27; 2:9.
二　生命树表征钉十字架并复活的基督，祂将生命分赐给人，并以可吃的形态使人喜悦、满足─9节。
B.　The tree of life signifies the crucified and resurrected Christ, who imparts life to man and pleases and satisfies man in an edible form—v. 9.
三　生命树是神经纶的中心;神经纶的实施在于生命树，因为生命树是完成神经纶的路─提前一4，弗三9。
C.　The tree of life is the center of God's economy; the carrying out of God's economy depends on the tree of life, for it is the way to fulfill God's economy—1 Tim. 1:4; Eph. 3:9.
四　生命树是宇宙的中心：
D.　The tree of life is the center of the universe:
1　按着神的定旨，地是宇宙的中心，伊甸园是地的中心，生命树又是伊甸园的中心;因此，宇宙乃是以生命树为中心。
1.　According to the purpose of God, the earth is the center of the universe, the garden of Eden is the center of the earth, and the tree of life is the center of the garden of Eden; hence, the universe is centered on the tree of life.
2　没有什么比生命树对神和人更中心、更重要─创三22，启二二14。
2.　Nothing is more central and crucial to both God and man than the tree of life—Gen. 3:22; Rev. 22:14.
五　新约启示基督是生命树之表号的应验：
E.　The New Testament reveals that Christ is the fulfillment of the figure of the tree of life:
1　约翰一章四节论到基督说，“生命在祂里面;”这是指创世记二章由生命树所表征的生命。─引用经文
1.　John 1:4, speaking of Christ, says, "In Him was life"; this refers to the life signified by the tree of life in Genesis 2.
2　创世记二章所展示的生命，就是具体化身在基督里的生命─约壹五11~12。
2.　The life displayed in Genesis 2 was the life incarnated in Christ—1 John 5:11-12. Gen 2 (be omitted)
3　我们若将约翰一章四节和十五章五节放在一起，就会领悟基督自己是生命，也是葡萄树，因此祂就是生命树。─引用经文
3.　If we put together John 1:4 and 15:5, we will realize that Christ, who Himself is life and also a vine tree, is the tree of life.
六　享受生命树乃是所有蒙神救赎之人永远的分─启二二1~2：
F.　The enjoyment of the tree of life will be the eternal portion of all God's redeemed—Rev. 22:1-2:
1　生命树实现了神原初对人的心意，直到永远─创一26，二9。
1.　The tree of life fulfills for eternity what God intended for man from the beginning—Gen. 1:26; 2:9.
2　生命树结十二样果子，意思是生命树的果子是丰富的，足以完成神永远的行政。
2.　The fact that the tree of life bears twelve fruits means that the fruit of the tree of life is rich and sufficient for the carrying out of God's eternal administration.
贰　主要把召会恢复到起初─恢复到吃生命树─启二7：
II.　The Lord wants to recover the church back to the beginning—to the eating of the tree of life—Rev. 2:7:
一　一般说来，基督徒忽略了吃生命树，没有看见自己有吃主的权利─二二14。
A.　In general, Christians have neglected the eating of the tree of life and have lost sight of the fact that they have the right to eat the Lord—22:14.
二　神把人摆在生命树跟前，指明神要人借着生机地吃祂并新陈代谢地吸收祂，接受祂作生命，使神能成为人所是的构成成分─创二9、16~17：
B.　God's placing man in front of the tree of life indicates that God wanted man to receive Him as life by eating Him organically and assimilating Him metabolically so that God might become the constituent of man's being—Gen. 2:9, 16-17:
1　神不仅渴望人作祂的器皿盛装祂，也要人吃、消化并吸收祂─罗九21、23，约六57。
1.　God not only desires that man be His vessel to contain Him; He also wants man to eat, digest, and assimilate Him—Rom. 9:21, 23; John 6:57.
2　神要我们消化、吸收祂，好使祂能成为我们里面之人的构成，也使我们与祂成为一，在生命和性情上与祂一样─约壹五11~12，彼后一4。
2.　God wants to be digested and assimilated by us so that He can become the constitution of our inward being and that we will be one with Him and the same as He is in life and in nature—1 John 5:11-12; 2 Pet. 1:4.
三　生命树的素质是在生命水里;我们若要享受基督作生命树，作生命的元素，就必须喝祂作生命水，作生命的素质─赛十二3~4，约四14，启二二1~2。
C.　The essence of the tree of life is in the water of life; if we would enjoy Christ as the tree of life, as the element of life, we must drink Him as the water of life, the essence of life—Isa. 12:3-4; John 4:14; Rev. 22:1-2.
四　吃生命树，就是享受基督作我们的生命供应，该是召会生活中首要的事─二7，约六57。
D.　Eating the tree of life, that is, enjoying Christ as our life supply, should be the primary matter in the church life—2:7; John 6:57.
叁　借着基督的救赎，接触生命树（就是神自己在基督里作人生命）的路再次打开─来十19~20，启二二14：
III.　Through the redemption of Christ, the way by which man could touch the tree of life, which is God Himself in Christ as life to man, has been opened again—Heb. 10:19-20; Rev. 22:14:
一　亚当这堕落的人，是与神的生命隔绝，不准接触神这生命树─创三1~6、11~13、22~24：
A.　As a fallen man, Adam was separated from the life of God and was not permitted to contact God as the tree of life—Gen. 3:1-6, 11-13, 22-24:
1　撒但试诱人接受善恶知识树，指明撒但要使人不得接受神作人的生命─1~6节。
1.　Satan's tempting man to take the tree of the knowledge of good and evil indicates that Satan wants to keep man from taking God as his life—vv. 1-6.
2　人堕落的重大意义，在于人与神的生命隔绝了─弗四17~18。
2.　The significance of man's fall is that man was estranged from the life of God—Eph. 4:17-18.
3　神用基路伯和发火焰的剑禁止人接受生命树，指明神的荣耀（由基路伯所表征）、圣别（由火焰所表征）和公义（由剑所表征），不许可罪人滥用神的生命─来九5，十二29，罗二5。
3.　God's prohibiting man by the cherubim and the flaming sword from taking the tree of life indicates that God's glory (signified by the cherubim), holiness (signified by the flame), and righteousness (signified by the sword) do not allow sinful man to abuse the life of God—Heb. 9:5; 12:29; Rom. 2:5.
二　当基督的肉体钉十字架时，幔子就裂开了（来十20，太二七51），因此为我们这些与神（由生命树所表征）隔绝的人，开了一条路，可以进入至圣所接触祂，并接受祂作生命树，给我们享受。─引用经文
B.　When Christ's flesh was crucified, the veil was rent (Heb. 10:20; Matt. 27:51), thus opening the way for us, those who were alienated from God, who is signified by the tree of life, to enter into the Holy of Holies to contact Him and take Him as the tree of life for our enjoyment.
三　“那些洗净自己袍子的有福了，可得权柄到生命树那里”─启二二14：
C.　"Blessed are those who wash their robes that they may have right to the tree of life"—Rev. 22:14:
1　借着基督那满足神一切荣耀、圣别、公义之要求的救赎，通往生命树的路就重新向信徒开启。
1.　Through Christ's redemption, which fulfilled all the requirements of God's glory, holiness, and righteousness, the way to the tree of life was opened again to the believers.
2　凡用基督救赎的血洗净自己袍子的人，在永世里都有权利在圣城，就是在神的乐园中，享受生命树作他们永远的分─14节。
2.　Those who wash their robes in the redeeming blood of Christ have the right to enjoy the tree of life as their eternal portion in the holy city, the Paradise of God, in eternity—v. 14.
肆　在神的经纶里，我们不仅是吃生命树的人，不断的享受新鲜的果子，我们也是这树的枝子，住在基督这生命树里，享受生命的汁浆─2节，约十五5：
IV.　In God's economy we are not only the eaters of the tree of life, enjoying the continually fresh fruit, but we are also the branches of this tree, abiding in Christ, the tree of life, to enjoy the life-juice—v. 2; John 15:5:
一　圣经启示神渴望与人有一个关系，就是祂与人成为一─林前六17：
A.　The Bible reveals that the relationship that God desires to have with man is that He and man become one—1 Cor. 6:17:
1　神渴望与人成为一，因此按着祂的形像，照着祂的样式造人，并且给人造灵，使人接触、接受并盛装祂─创一26，二7。
1.　In His desire to be one with man, God created man in His image and according to His likeness and with a spirit to contact, receive, and contain Him—Gen. 1:26; 2:7.
2　神渴望神圣的生命与属人的生命能联结为一个生命。
2.　God desires that the divine life and the human life be joined to become one life.
3　这一乃是生机的联结，生命的联结─接枝的生命─约十五4~5：
3.　This oneness is an organic union, a union in life—a grafted life—John 15:4-5:
a　接枝的生命不是替换的生命，乃是把属人的生命与神圣的生命调和在一起。
a.　The grafted life is not an exchanged life—it is the mingling of the human life with the divine life.
b　为使我们接枝到基督里，祂就必须经过成为肉体、钉十字架和复活的过程，成为赐生命的灵─一14，林前二2，十五45。
b.　In order for us to be grafted into Christ, He had to pass through the processes of incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection to become the lifegiving Spirit—1:14; 1 Cor. 2:2; 15:45.
c　我们这些重生的人，已经接枝到基督里，应当过接枝的生活，就是两方联结而一同生机生长的生活：㈠　我们既已接枝到基督里，就要让那是灵的基督活在我们里面─加二20。㈡　我们应当凭调和的灵（就是神圣的灵与人重生之灵的调和），过接枝的生活─林前六17，罗八4。
c.　As regenerated ones who have been grafted into Christ, we should live a grafted life, a life in which two parties are joined to grow together organically: (1) Since we have been grafted into Christ, we should allow the pneumatic Christ to live in us—Gal. 2:20. (2) We should live a grafted life by the mingled spirit—the divine Spirit mingled with the regenerated human spirit—1 Cor. 6:17; Rom. 8:4.
d　在接枝的生命里，属人的生命并未除去，乃是得着神圣生命的加强、拔高并充实;枝子保有它素质的特征，但因着接枝在较高的生命上，枝子的生命就被拔高并变化─加二20，四19，弗三16~17上。
d.　In the grafted life, the human life is not eliminated but is strengthened, uplifted, and enriched by the divine life; the branch retains its essential characteristics, but its life is uplifted and transformed by being grafted into a higher life—Gal. 2:20; 4:19; Eph. 3:16-17a.
二　基督作为生命树，乃是神的具体化身作我们的生命（西二9），我们与祂有生机的联结;我们不仅吃基督作生命树─我们乃是与祂联结，与祂是一，并且成为祂的一部分─约十五1、4~5，林前六17。
B.　Christ as the tree of life is the embodiment of God as life to us (Col. 2:9), and we are united with Him organically; we not only eat Christ as the tree of life—we are united with Him, we are one with Him, and we are part of Him—John 15:1, 4-5; 1 Cor. 6:17.