2012国殇节
总题:基督身体真正的一,召会中正确的同心合意,以及主今日行动的方向
总题:基督身体真正的一,召会中正确的同心合意,以及主今日行动的方向
第六篇 主今日行动的方向
Message Six The Direction of the Lord's Move Today
读经:弗四12、16,启十九7~9,二二17,但二34~35、44~45,启十一15
Scripture Reading: Eph. 4:12, 16; Rev. 19:7-9; 22:17; Dan. 2:34-35, 44-45; Rev. 11:15
壹 主今日行动的方向乃是建造基督生机的身体,作经过过程并分赐之神在祂神圣三一里的生机体,使祂得着完满的彰显──弗三19,四12、16,约十五1、5:
I. The direction of the Lord's move today is to build up the organic Body of Christ as the organism of the processed and dispensing God in His Divine Trinity for His full expression—Eph. 3:19; 4:12, 16; John 15:1, 5:
一 神经纶的最高峰乃是基督身体的实际──弗三9,四4~6、16:
A. The highest peak in God's economy is the reality of the Body of Christ—Eph. 3:9; 4:4-6, 16:
1 神正在将祂自己作到我们里面,使我们在生命和性情上,但不在神格上,象祂一样;至终,我们要成为一个团体的实体──基督的身体,与祂成为一并且活祂,使祂得着团体的彰显──罗八2、6、10~11、29,弗四4~6。
1. God is working Himself into us to make us the same as He is in life and nature but not in the Godhead; eventually, we will become a corporate entity— the Body of Christ—to be one with Him and to live Him for His corporate expression—Rom. 8:2, 6, 10-11, 29; Eph. 4:4-6.
2 基督身体的实际乃是团体、显大基督的神人生活;这实际要结束这时代,就是召会时代,且要把基督带回来,使祂在国度时代取得、占有并治理这地──腓一19~21上,三10~14,加二20,启十九7~9,二十6,太二八20下。
2. The reality of the Body of Christ is the corporate, Christ-magnifying, Godman living; this reality will close this age, the age of the church, and will bring Christ back for Him to take, possess, and rule over this earth in the kingdom age—Phil. 1:19-21a; 3:10-14; Gal. 2:20; Rev. 19:7-9; 20:6; Matt. 28:20b.
二 基督的身体是召会的内在意义;神的召会是架构,而基督的身体乃是生机体──林前一2,十二12~13、27,罗十二4~5,十六1、4~5。
B. The Body of Christ is the intrinsic significance of the church; the church of God is the frame, and the Body of Christ is the organism—1 Cor. 1:2; 12:12-13, 27; Rom. 12:4-5; 16:1, 4-5.
三 基督的身体是三一神与在基督里之信徒的神圣构成──弗四4~6:
C. The Body of Christ is a divine constitution of the Triune God with the believers in Christ—Eph. 4:4-6:
1 父、子、灵与人调和并建造在一起,成为基督的身体。
1. The Father, the Son, the Spirit, and man are blended and built together to become the Body of Christ.
2 基督的身体是生机体,具有神、人二性,以彰显基督──一23。
2. The Body of Christ is an organism, both divine and human, to express Christ—1:23.
四 基督身体的长大就是身体的建造──四16,西二19:
D. The growth of the Body is the building up of the Body—4:16; Col. 2:19:
1 基督身体的长大在于我们里面神的增长,神的加添,神的增多──19节。
1. The growth of the Body depends on the growth of God, the addition of God, the increase of God, within us—v. 19.
2 基督身体的长大,就是基督在召会里的加增,结果叫基督的身体在爱里把自己建造起来──弗三17上,四16:
2. The growth of the Body of Christ is the increase of Christ in the church, which results in the building up of the Body, by the Body itself, in love— Eph. 3:17a; 4:16:
a 当基督进到圣徒里面,活在他们里面,众圣徒里面的基督就成为召会──西三10~11。
a. When Christ enters into the saints and lives within them, the Christ within the saints becomes the church—Col. 3:10-11.
b 基督的身体因着基督在我们里面的长大而长大,也就得了建造──一18,二19:㈠ 长到基督里面就是得着基督加增到我们里面,直到我们达到长成的人──弗四13、15。㈡ 首先我们长到元首里面,然后我们就有一些本于元首为着祂的身体建造的东西──15~16节。
b. The Body of Christ grows by the growth of Christ within us and is built up this way—1:18; 2:19: (1) To grow up into Christ is to have Christ increase in us until we attain to a full-grown man—Eph. 4:13, 15. (2) First, we grow up into the Head; then we have something that is out from the Head for the building up of the Body—vv. 15-16.
c 基督的身体在爱里把自己建造起来,这爱不是我们自己的爱,乃是在基督里面神的爱,成了在我们里面基督的爱;借着这爱,我们爱基督和祂身体上的肢体──约壹四7~8、11、16、19,罗五5,八39。
c. The love in which the Body builds itself up is not our own love but the love of God in Christ, which becomes the love of Christ in us, by which we love Christ and the fellow members of His Body—1 John 4:7-8, 11, 16, 19; Rom. 5:5; 8:39.
贰 主今日行动的方向乃是预备新妇,作新郎的配偶,使救赎的神与蒙祂救赎的人成为永远的婚配──启十九7~8,二二17,二一1~2、9~10:
II. The direction of the Lord's move today is to prepare the bride as the counterpart of the Bridegroom for the eternal marriage of the redeeming God with His redeemed—Rev. 19:7-8; 22:17; 21:1-2, 9-10:
一 羔羊的婚娶乃是神新约经纶完成的结果;神新约的经纶是要借着祂法理的救赎,并凭着祂神圣生命里生机的拯救,为基督娶得一个新妇,就是召会──创二22,罗五10,启十九7~9,二一2、9~11。
A. The marriage of the Lamb is the issue of the completion of God's New Testament economy, which is to obtain for Christ a bride, the church, through His judicial redemption and by His organic salvation in the divine life—Gen. 2:22; Rom. 5:10; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2, 9-11.
二 召会作基督的新妇,乃是在爱里满足和安息的事──创二21~23,番三17。
B. The church as the bride of Christ is a matter of satisfaction and rest in love— Gen. 2:21-23; Zeph. 3:17.
三 主的恢复是为着预备由所有得胜者组成的基督新妇──启十九7~9:
C. The Lord's recovery is for the preparation of the bride of Christ, who is composed of all His overcomers—Rev. 19:7-9:
1 所有的得胜者将成为在开始和新鲜阶段里的新耶路撒冷,作基督的新妇一千年──7节。
1. All the overcomers will be the New Jerusalem as the bride of Christ for one thousand years in its initial and fresh stage—v. 7.
2 至终,所有的信徒都要联于得胜者,使新耶路撒冷丰满地得以终极完成并完全,在新天新地里作基督的妻子,直到永远──二一2、9~10。
2. Eventually, all of the believers will join the overcomers to consummate and complete the New Jerusalem in full as the wife of Christ in the new heaven and new earth for eternity—21:2, 9-10.
四 团体新妇的预备是在于得胜者生命的成熟──十九7,来六1,腓三12~15,弗四13:
D. The readiness of the corporate bride depends on the maturity in life of the overcomers—19:7; Heb. 6:1; Phil. 3:12-15; Eph. 4:13:
1 在新约里,“成熟”这辞用于指信徒在神的生命上长成并完全,指明我们需要在神圣的生命里长大成熟,以至于完全──太五48。
1. In the New Testament the word mature is used to refer to the believers' being full-grown and perfected in the life of God, indicating that we need to grow and mature unto perfection in the divine life—Matt. 5:48.
2 我们需要继续长大,直到我们在神圣生命里成熟,成为长成的人,达到基督丰满之身材的度量──弗四13。
2. We need to continue to grow until we are matured in the divine life to become a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ—Eph. 4:13.
五 得胜者不是分开的个人,乃是团体的新妇;为此,就需要建造──太十六18,弗二21~22,四15~16:
E. The overcomers are not separate individuals but a corporate bride; for this, building is needed—Matt. 16:18; Eph. 2:21-22; 4:15-16:
1 得胜者不仅在生命上成熟,更是同被建造,成为一个新妇──启十九7~9,二一2、9~11。
1. The overcomers are not only mature in life but are also built together as one bride—Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2, 9-11.
2 圣经中心而神圣的思想乃是:神在寻找一个建造,就是祂自己与人性的调和,使祂得着永远团体的彰显──创二22~23,启二一2、9~11。
2. The central and divine thought of the Bible is that God is seeking a building as the mingling of Himself with humanity for His eternal, corporate expression—Gen. 2:22-23; Rev. 21:2, 9-11.
六 作为新妇,召会需要美丽──弗五27,歌四7~15:
F. As the bride, the church needs beauty—Eph. 5:27; S. S. 4:7-15:
1 新妇的美丽,是为着将新妇献给新郎──弗五27。
1. The beauty of the bride is for the presentation of the bride to the Bridegroom— Eph. 5:27.
2 新妇的美丽是来自那位作到召会里面,然后借着召会彰显出来的基督──三17上。
2. The beauty of the bride comes from the Christ who is wrought into the church and who is then expressed through the church—3:17a.
叁 主今日行动的方向乃是带进神的国,作神圣生命的扩展,为着神永远的行政,完成祂永远的经纶──路十九12、15上,但二34~35、44~45,启十一15:
III. The direction of the Lord's move today is to bring in the kingdom of God as the spreading of the divine life for God's eternal administration in the fulfillment of His eternal economy—Luke 19:12, 15a; Dan. 2:34-35, 44-45; Rev. 11:15:
一 神的国乃是基督自己作生命的种子,撒在我们里面,在我们里面生长,在我们里面扩展,并在我们里面成熟,直到有了完全的收割──国度的实现──可四26~29,太十三43:
A. The kingdom of God is Christ Himself as the seed of life sown into us, growing in us, spreading in us, and maturing in us until there is a full harvest—the manifestation of the kingdom—Mark 4:26-29; Matt. 13:43:
1 神的国实际上乃是神人主耶稣作为种子,撒到祂的信徒里面,并发展为一个范围,就是神的国,使神在祂神圣的生命里,能在其中掌权──路十七20~21,可四3、26~29:
1. The kingdom of God is actually the God-man, the Lord Jesus, sown as a seed into the believers and developing into a realm over which God can rule as His kingdom in His divine life—Luke 17:20-21; Mark 4:3, 26-29:
a 主耶稣是三一神的具体化身,来作神的国,将自己这国度的种子撒在神所拣选的人里面──西二9,路十七20~21,太十三3~23。
a. The Lord Jesus, who is the embodiment of the Triune God, came to be the kingdom of God by sowing Himself as the seed of the kingdom into God's chosen people—Col. 2:9; Luke 17:20-21; Matt. 13:3-23.
b 基督建立国度,是借着将祂自己这生命的种子撒在信的人里面,使国度长大;这完全是在生命里长大的事,而不是我们工作的事──彼前一23,约壹三9,太十三3。
b. Christ establishes the kingdom by sowing Himself as the seed of life into believing people so that the kingdom may grow; this is absolutely a matter of the growth in life, not of our work—1 Pet. 1:23; 1 John 3:9; Matt. 13:3.
c 重生是神国的入门,而信徒里面神圣生命的长大是神国的发展──约三3、5,彼后一3~11,但二35、44,启十一15。
c. Regeneration is the entrance into the kingdom of God, and the growth of the divine life within the believers is the development of the kingdom of God—John 3:3, 5; 2 Pet. 1:3-11; Dan. 2:35, 44; Rev. 11:15.
2 这种子撒进信徒里面之后,要在他们里面长大并发展为神的国,为着完成神永远的定旨,并作他们的福分和享受──西一13。
2. After this seed has been sown into the believers, it will grow and develop within them into the kingdom of God, which is for the fulfillment of God's eternal purpose and also for their blessing and enjoyment—Col. 1:13.
二 石头扩增为大山,表征基督在祂行政上的扩增,成为神的国;召会是基督在生命上的扩增,而神永远的国乃是基督在行政上的扩增;因此,基督不仅是召会,也是国度──但二35、44,约三29~30,林前十二12,可四26~29,路十七21。
B. The increase of the stone into a great mountain signifies the increase of Christ in His administration to be the kingdom of God; the church is Christ's increase in life, but the eternal kingdom of God is Christ's increase in administration; hence, Christ is not only the church but also the kingdom—Dan. 2:35, 44; John 3:29-30; 1 Cor. 12:12; Mark 4:26-29; Luke 17:21.
三 基督的来临将是神永远国度的开始;因此,基督的来临将是结束人类政权,并带进神永远国度的界碑──启十一15:
C. The coming of Christ will be the opening of the eternal kingdom of God; hence, Christ's coming will be the landmark that closes human government and brings in the eternal kingdom of God—Rev. 11:15:
1 在神的经纶里,基督要借着祂要来的显现,打碎压毁人类政权的集大成,并建立神永远的国──但二34~35。
1. In God's economy, Christ, by His upcoming appearing, will smash and crush the aggregate of human government and establish the eternal kingdom of God—Dan. 2:34-35.
2 大人像要被一座大山所顶替,这山表征神永远的国,要充满全地;这就是说,基督来临砸碎人类政权的集大成以后,祂就带进神在地上永远的国──44~45节。
2. The great human image will be replaced with a great mountain, signifying the eternal kingdom of God, which will fill the whole earth; this means that after Christ comes to crush the aggregate of human government, He will usher in the eternal kingdom of God on earth—vv. 44-45.
3 在人类历史里神圣历史的目标,乃是要得着团体的基督,就是基督连同祂的得胜者,作为砸人的石头,作祂时代的凭借,以结束这世代,而成为一座大山,就是神的国──28、31~45节,启十二1~2、5、10~11,十四1~5,十九7~21。
3. The goal of the divine history within the human history is to have the corporate Christ—Christ with His overcomers—as the crushing stone to be His dispensational instrument to end this age and become a great mountain, the kingdom of God—vv. 28, 31-45; Rev. 12:1-2, 5, 10-11; 14:1-5; 19:7-21.
4 在召会时代里,基督正在建造召会──基督的身体,作祂的新妇;祂将要同着祂得胜的新妇回来,作为砸人的石头,砸碎人类政权的集大成,而引进神掌管全地的时代──太十六18,但二34~35、44~45,启十一15~17。
4. During the church age, Christ is building up the church, the Body, to be His bride, and He will return with His overcoming bride as the smiting stone to crush the aggregate of human government and usher in the age of God's dominion over the entire earth—Matt. 16:18; Dan. 2:34-35, 44-45; Rev. 11:15-17.