2011感恩节
总题:主恢复的中心点
总题:主恢复的中心点
第一篇 需要看见主恢复的中心点
Message One The Need to See the Focus of the Lord's Recovery
读经:弗三16~17上、19下,启一2、9、12、20,二5,提前三9、15~16
Scripture Reading: Eph. 3:16-17a, 19b; Rev. 1:2, 9, 12, 20; 2:5; 1 Tim. 3:9, 15-16
壹 我们需要有主恢复的异象─这异象会翻转我们,支配我们,管制我们,指引我们,保守我们,使我们留在真正的一里,叫我们放胆往前─箴二九18上,徒二六19:
I. We need to have a vision of the Lord's recovery-a vision that revolutionizes us, governs us, controls us, directs us, preserves us, keeps us in the genuine oneness, and gives us the boldness to go on-Prov. 29:18a; Acts 26:19:
一 我们若有主恢复的异象,就会受指引向着神的目标而去,我们的生活也会照着神的经纶受支配─提前一4。
A. If we have the vision of the Lord's recovery, we are directed toward God's goal, and our living is governed according to God's economy-1 Tim. 1:4.
二 关于主对祂的恢复心头的愿望,我们若没有清楚且刚强的异象,就不是内在的在主的恢复里,我们所作的也就徒然了─参罗二28~29,林前十五2、14、58,帖前三5。
B. If we do not have a clear and strong vision of what is on the Lord's heart concerning His recovery, we are not in the recovery intrinsically, and we are doing things in vain-cf. Rom. 2:28-29; 1 Cor. 15:2, 14, 58; 1 Thes. 3:5.
贰 主的恢复在每件事上都是独一的─弗四4~6:
II. The Lord's recovery is unique in everything-Eph. 4:4-6:
一 在主的恢复里,我们有独一的神、独一的计划、独一的经纶、独一的工作、独一的路、独一的职事、独一的中心点以及独一的目标─林前八6,弗一4~5、9~14,三9~11,四12~13、16。
A. In the recovery we have the unique God, the unique plan, the unique economy, the unique work, the unique way, the unique ministry, the unique focus, and the unique goal-1 Cor. 8:6; Eph. 1:4-5, 9-14; 3:9-11; 4:12-13, 16.
二 主的恢复乃是借着独一的职事,恢复独一的计划、独一的经纶、独一的路、独一的工作以及独一的中心点─罗八28~29,提前一4,林前十五58,十六10,林后三8,四1,五18。
B. The Lord's recovery is the recovery of the unique plan, the unique economy, the unique way, the unique work, and the unique focus by the unique ministry-Rom. 8:28-29; 1 Tim. 1:4; 1 Cor. 15:58; 16:10; 2 Cor. 3:8; 4:1; 5:18.
叁 主的恢复独一的中心点,乃是三一神的见证,就是三一神团体的彰显;这中心点就是耶稣的见证─弗三16~17上、19下,提前三9、15~16,启一9、12、20:
III. The unique focus of the Lord's recovery is the testimony of the Triune God- the corporate expression of the Triune God; this focus is the testimony of Jesus- Eph. 3:16-17a, 19b; 1 Tim. 3:9, 15-16; Rev. 1:9, 12, 20:
一 神原初的心意是要人接受祂的生命和性情,借此成为祂的彰显;主的恢复乃是恢复神团体的彰显─创一26,二7~9,西一15,林后三18,西三10。
A. God's original intention was that man would receive His life and nature and thereby become His expression; the Lord's recovery is to recover the corporate expression of God-Gen. 1:26; 2:7-9; Col. 1:15; 2 Cor. 3:18; Col. 3:10.
二 召会作为三一神团体的彰显,乃是神的丰满─弗一22~23,三19下:
B. As the corporate expression of the Triune God, the church is the fullness of God- Eph. 1:22-23; 3:19b:
1 召会最高的定义就是:召会是神的丰满,就是神团体的彰显─19节下。
1. The highest definition of the church is that the church is the fullness of God, the corporate expression of God-v. 19b.
2 在以弗所三章十六至十七节上半和十九节下半,保罗祷告,愿三一神在基督里得以安家在我们心里,使我们里面的人能被充满,直到满溢出三一神,使三一神得着团体的彰显;这就是今天神所要恢复的。─引用经文
2. In Ephesians 3:16-17a and 19b Paul prayed that the Triune God in Christ would make His home in our hearts so that our inner being would be filled unto the overflowing of the Triune God for the corporate expression of the Triune God; this is what God wants to recover today.
3 召会,就是基督的身体,作为三一神团体的彰显,乃是四而一的生机实体─父、子、灵与身体调和一起成为一─四4~6。
3. As the corporate expression of the Triune God, the church-the Body of Christ-is a four-in-one organic entity-the Father, the Son, the Spirit, and the Body mingled together as one-4:4-6.
三 以弗所四章四至六节四而一的生机实体,与启示录一章九、十二、二十节的金灯台,就是耶稣的见证相符;众召会作为金灯台,担负着耶稣的见证:─引用经文
C. The four-in-one organic entity in Ephesians 4:4-6 corresponds to the golden lamp- stands, the testimony of Jesus, in Revelation 1:9, 12, and 20; the churches as the golden lampstands bear the testimony of Jesus:
1 “耶稣的见证”是一个包罗万有的说法─2、9节:
1. The testimony of Jesus is an all-inclusive expression-vv. 2, 9:
a 耶稣的见证乃是子的见证,子同着父并凭着灵而来,在地上生活,死在十字架上,清理了宇宙,释放了神圣的生命,并从死人中复活,成为赐生命的灵;这赐生命的灵作为子同着父而来,复合着神性、人性、人性生活、钉十字架与复活─约一14,十四17~18、20,林前十五45下。
a. The testimony of Jesus is the testimony of the Son coming with the Father and by the Spirit to live on earth, to die on the cross to clear up the universe, to release the divine life, and to resurrect from the dead to become a life- giving Spirit, who comes as the Son with the Father compounded with divinity, humanity, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection-John 1:14; 14:17-18, 20; 1 Cor. 15:45b.
b 这样一个包罗万有的见证,就是耶稣的见证;这见证有一个象征─金灯台─启一2、9、12、20。
b. Such a compound testimony is the testimony of Jesus, and this testimony has a symbol-the golden lampstand-Rev. 1:2, 9, 12, 20.
2 金灯台作为耶稣的见证,乃是三一神的具体化身和彰显─12节:
2. As the testimony of Jesus, the golden lampstand is the embodiment and expression of the Triune God-v. 12:
a 金灯台有三个主要的因素:㈠ 整座灯台是金的;这灯台不只是金色的,更是金的本身,表征父神的神圣性情─彼后一4。㈡ 金的形状确定,其样子有意义,表征子基督是神格的具体化身,是父性情的具体化身─西二9,一15。㈢ 七盏灯,发光照耀为着彰显神,乃是神的七灵─启一4,三1,四5,五6。
a. In the golden lampstand there are three main factors: (1) The entire lampstand is gold; it is not only golden but gold itself, signifying God the Father's divine nature-2 Pet. 1:4. (2) The gold is in a definite form and a purposeful shape, signifying the Son, Christ, as the embodiment of the Godhead, the embodiment of the Father's nature-Col. 2:9; 1:15. (3) The seven lamps shining for God's expression are the seven Spirits of God-Rev. 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6.
b 在灯台我们看见父、子、灵,所以金灯台是三一神的具体化身和彰显。
b. In the lampstand we see the Father, the Son, and the Spirit; thus, the golden lampstand is the embodiment and expression of the Triune God.
c 这就是召会作耶稣的见证,就是三一神的见证,三一神的彰显─一12、20,二1、5。
c. This is the church as the testimony of Jesus, the testimony of the Triune God, the expression of the Triune God-1:12, 20; 2:1, 5.
d 在作为金灯台的召会里,我们有父的性情、子的具体化身和那灵的彰显;这该是召会照耀的素质─太五14~16,弗五8,腓二15~16:㈠ 召会照耀出来的光─召会照耀出来的见证─必须是三一神─弗三16~17上。㈡ 凡我们在召会生活和日常生活中所作的,都必须担负由父的性情、子的具体化身、那灵的彰显所构成之金灯台明亮、显著、刚强的见证─启一20。
d. In the church as the golden lampstand we have the Father's nature, the Son's embodiment, and the Spirit's expression; this should be the essence of the church's shining-Matt. 5:14-16; Eph. 5:8; Phil. 2:15-16: (1) The light that the church shines forth-the testimony that shines out from the church-must be the Triune God-Eph. 3:16-17a. (2) In everything we do in the church life and in our daily life, we must bear a clear, evident, strong testimony of a golden lampstand constituted with the Father's nature, the Son's embodiment, and the Spirit's expression- Rev. 1:20.
四 担负这样的见证,就是持守信仰的奥秘─提前三9:
D. To bear such a testimony is to hold the mystery of the faith-1 Tim. 3:9:
1 信仰乃是我们所相信之神新约经纶的内容─弗四13,多一1、4,犹3。
1. The faith is the content of God's New Testament economy, in which we believe- Eph. 4:13; Titus 1:1, 4; Jude 3.
2 保罗使用奥秘这辞,是指基督是神的奥秘,以及召会是基督的奥秘─西二2,弗三4~6。
2. In using the word mystery, Paul refers to Christ as the mystery of God and to the church as the mystery of Christ-Col. 2:2; Eph. 3:4-6.
3 按照提前三章九节的上下文,信仰的奥秘应该包含召会,因为召会是由神在基督里与基督作为赐生命的灵所构成的;这与灯台的构成相符─启一12、20:
3. According to the context of 1 Timothy 3:9, the mystery of the faith should include the church, because the church is constituted with God in Christ and with Christ as the life-giving Spirit; this corresponds to the constitution of the lampstand- Rev. 1:12, 20:
a 灯台怎样是由父、子、灵构成的,召会也照样是由神圣的三一构成的─弗四4~6。
a. As the lampstand is constituted with the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, so the church also is constituted with the Divine Trinity-Eph. 4:4-6.
b 召会乃是活神在祂神圣的三一里,所构成活的生机体,作神团体的显明;这不仅是召会,也是召会生活,就是召会的活出─提前三15~16。
b. The church is a living organism constituted with the living God in His Divine Trinity to be the corporate manifestation of God; this is not only the church but also the church life, the church's living-1 Tim. 3:15-16.
4 因此,召会是金灯台照耀出三一神团体的彰显;这就是主恢复的中心点─三一神的见证─启一2、9、12、20。
4. Thus, the church is a golden lampstand shining forth the corporate expression of the Triune God; this is the focus of the Lord's recovery-the testimony of the Triune God-Rev. 1:2, 9, 12, 20.