2012国际华语
总题:神圣启示的心脏
第一篇 加拉太、以弗所、腓立比、歌罗西四卷中心书的概论
Message One An Overview of the Four Focal Books— Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians
读经:加四19,弗三8、17上,腓一19~21上,西一27
Scripture Reading: Gal. 4:19; Eph. 3:8, 17a; Phil. 1:19-21a; Col. 1:27
壹 加拉太、以弗所、腓立比和歌罗西,四书合成一组,构成新约神圣启示的心脏;这些著作很简短,却深奥难测、无穷无尽:
I. The books of Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians form a cluster of Epistles that make up the heart of the divine revelation in the New Testament; these writings are brief, but they are profound, unfathomable, and inexhaustible:
一 加拉太书启示基督与宗教及其律法相对(三15~29),以弗所书启示召会是基督的身体(一22~23),腓立比书论到经历并活出基督(一19~21上),歌罗西书揭示包罗万有和延展无限的基督是身体的头(一18)。─引用经文
A. Galatians reveals that Christ is versus religion with its law (3:15-29); Ephesians reveals the church as the Body of Christ (1:22-23); Philippians concerns the experience, the living out, of Christ (1:19-21a); and Colossians unveils the all-inclusive, extensive Christ as the Head of the Body (1:18).
二 在加拉太、以弗所、腓立比、歌罗西书中,保罗揭去帕子,给我们看见基督是谁,以及基督的所是:
B. In Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians, Paul lifts the veil to show us who Christ is and what Christ is:
1 在歌罗西书里我们看见,基督是包罗万有的,也是延展无限的,是宇宙中一切正面事物的实际─一15,二16~17,三4、10~11。
1. In Colossians we see that Christ is all-inclusive and all-extensive, the reality of every positive thing in the universe—1:15; 2:16-17; 3:4, 10-11.
2 加拉太书启示基督与宗教相对─一15~16。
2. Galatians reveals that Christ stands in opposition to religion—1:15-16.
3 腓立比书的信息是说到“在我,活着就是基督”,甚至不是按照人类的最高美德和成就活着─21上。
3. The message of Philippians is "to me, to live is Christ," not to live according to even the highest human virtues and attainments—1:21a.
4 以弗所书启示,基督活在我们里面以及我们活基督的结果,乃是作为基督身体的召会─一22~23,四16。
4. Ephesians reveals that the result of Christ living in us and of our living Him is the church as the Body of Christ—1:22-23; 4:16.
5 因此,这四卷书乃是关于神永远经纶之新约启示的心脏,给我们看见,基督与召会乃是神圣启示的中心点─五32。
5. Thus, these four books are the heart of the New Testament revelation concerning God's eternal economy, showing us that Christ and the church are the focal point of the divine revelation—5:32.
贰 加拉太书启示基督与宗教及其律法相对─二16、20:
II. Galatians reveals that Christ is versus religion with its law—2:16, 20:
一 加拉太书厉害地对付因回到律法而偏离基督─五1~2、4:
A. The book of Galatians deals strongly with deviation from Christ by going back to the law—5:1-2, 4:
1 惟有我们与基督同在,并让基督活在我们里面、成形在我们里面,神心头的愿望才能得着满足─二20,四19。
1. The desire of God's heart can be satisfied only if we remain with Christ and allow Him to live in us and to be formed in us—2:20; 4:19.
2 在基督来到以后还持守律法,乃是违反神新约经纶的基本原则;基督必须在我们的生活里顶替律法,以成就神永远的定旨─21节,五4,三23~25。
2. To hold to the law after Christ has come is against the basic principle of God's New Testament economy; Christ must replace the law in our life for the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose—v. 21; 5:4; 3:23-25.
3 加拉太一章的中心思想是宗教与基督的对比;从基督的异象分赐给保罗起,他开始看见基督,并且基督成了他的一切─13~16节。
3. The central thought of Galatians 1 is the contrast between religion and Christ; from the time that a vision of Christ was imparted to Paul, he began to see Christ, and Christ became everything to him—vv. 13-16.
二 保罗在加拉太书里的负担是要启示基督到一个地步,祂成为神经纶的中心点,也成为我们日常生活行动的中心点─15~16节,二20。
B. Paul's burden in Galatians was to reveal Christ in such a way that He would be the focal point of God's economy and of our daily walk—vv. 15-16; 2:20.
叁 在以弗所三章,就是这卷书信的心脏里,保罗说到基督那追测不尽的丰富,以及基督安家在我们心里─8、17节上:
III. In Ephesians 3, the heart of this Epistle, Paul speaks of the unsearchable riches of Christ and of Christ making His home in our hearts—vv. 8, 17a:
一 当神所拣选的人有分于并享受基督那追测不尽的丰富时,这些丰富就把他们构成召会;借着召会,诸天界里执政和掌权的天使,就得知神万般的智慧─8、10节。
A. When God's chosen people partake of and enjoy the unsearchable riches of Christ, they are constituted with those riches to be the church, through which God's multifarious wisdom is made known to the angelic rulers and authorities in the heavenlies—vv. 8, 10.
二 保罗祷告,使我们得以加强到里面的人里,结果基督就能安家在我们心里,因而用祂自己占有、据有、渗透并浸透我们里面的全人─17节上:
B. Paul prayed that we would be strengthened into the inner man with the result that Christ could make His home in our hearts and thereby occupy, possess, permeate, and saturate our whole inner being with Himself—v. 17a:
1 安家在我们心里的基督,乃是无限且无法测度的基督─18节。
1. The Christ who is making His home in our hearts is an unlimited, immeasurable Christ—v. 18.
2 当基督安家在我们心里,我们就被充满,成为神一切的丰满,就是基督的身体,作三一神团体的彰显─19节。
2. When Christ makes His home in our hearts, we will be filled unto all the fullness of God—the Body of Christ as the corporate expression of the Triune God—v. 19.
3 真正的召会生活乃是无限且无法测度的基督亲自安家在我们心里的结果─17节上,四16。
3. The genuine church life is the issue of the unlimited and immeasurable Christ personally making His home in our hearts—v. 17a; 4:16.
肆 腓立比书的主题是:在各种情况中经历基督;这卷书给我们看见,无论我们的环境如何,难处多少,基督必须成为我们的经历─四11~13:
IV. The subject of the book of Philippians is the experience of Christ in every kind of circumstance; this book shows us that Christ must be our experience regardless of our circumstances and difficulties—4:11-13:
一 我们经历基督时,就以祂为我们的生活(一19~21上)、彰显(19~26,四22)、榜样(二5~11)、常时的救恩(12~16)、奠祭(17)、活出的义(三9)、目标(4~14)、美德(四5~9)、秘诀(11~12)、能力(13)和期待(三20~21)。─引用经文
A. As we experience Christ, we may take Him as our living (1:19-21a), our expression (vv. 19-26; 4:22), our pattern (2:5-11), our constant salvation (vv. 12-16), our drink offering (v. 17), our lived-out righteousness (3:9), our goal (vv. 4-14), our virtues (4:5-9), our secret (vv. 11-12), our power (v. 13), and our expectation (3:20-21).
二 我们以基督为目标时,就将万事看作亏损,因我们以认识基督为至宝(4~11);我们就认识基督并祂复活的大能以及同祂受苦的交通(10);我们就模成祂的死,使我们可以达到那从死人中杰出的复活(10~11)。─引用经文
B. When we take Christ as our goal, we count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ (vv. 4-11); we know Christ, the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings (v. 10); and we are conformed to His death to attain to the out-resurrection from the dead (vv. 10-11).
三 腓立比书不仅是一卷论到经历基督的书,更是一卷论到活基督的书;基督徒的生活是一种活基督的生活,为着构成并建造基督的身体─一19~21上,弗四12、16,西一24,二19。
C. Philippians is a book not only on the experience of Christ but also on living Christ; the Christian life is a life of living Christ for the constitution and building up of the Body of Christ—1:19-21a; Eph. 4:12, 16; Col. 1:24; 2:19.
伍 歌罗西书专讲基督是头,启示基督的深奥、包罗和无限,比圣经其他各卷都更完全─一15~19,二9:
V. The book of Colossians concentrates on Christ as the Head, revealing the profoundness, all-inclusiveness, and unlimitedness of Christ to a fuller degree than any other book in the Bible—1:15-19; 2:9:
一 歌罗西书中所揭示的基督,乃是包罗万有、延展无限、居首位者,是神经纶的中心与普及─一27,二16~17,三4、11。
A. The Christ unveiled in Colossians is the all-inclusive, extensive, preeminent One, the centrality and universality of God's economy—1:27; 2:16-17; 3:4, 11.
二 神的旨意是要包罗万有、延展无限的基督成为我们的分─一9、12。
B. The will of God is that the all-inclusive, extensive Christ be our portion—1:9, 12.
三 包罗万有、延展无限的基督住在我们里面,作我们荣耀的盼望,祂是我们的生命,是一个新人独一的构成成分─27节,三4、10~11。
C. The all-inclusive, extensive Christ dwells in us as our hope of glory, He is our life, and He is the unique constituent of the one new man—v. 27; 3:4, 10-11.
四 我们应当照着包罗万有、延展无限的基督,来评断、衡量一切事物─二8。
D. We should estimate and evaluate everything according to the all-inclusive, extensive Christ—2:8.
五 我们需要被包罗万有、延展无限的基督注入、浸透、浸润,直到我们经历祂是我们的一切─一27,二16~17。
E. We need to be infused, saturated, and permeated with the all-inclusive, extensive Christ until in our experience He is everything to us—1:27; 2:16-17.