2013春季长老
总题：为着基督身体之生命的经历、长大与职事
第五篇　有蒙召者完整的经历而成为神合格的仆人
Message Five Being a Qualified Servant of God by Having the Complete Experience of a Called One
读经：出三2~4，6，8，14~15，四3~4，6~7，9，14下~16，24~26
Scripture Reading: Exo. 3:2-4, 6, 8, 14-15; 4:3-4, 6-7, 9, 14b-16, 24-26
壹　在历史上，摩西是头一个完全、合格且得着成全的神的仆人;因着他是圣经中头一个完全合格的神的仆人，他是神仆人的标准模型，并且神对他的呼召，就是祂呼召众仆人的标准─参出二11~15，徒七22~30，34~36，来十一28。
I.　Moses was the first complete, qualified, and perfected servant of God in history; because he was the first fully qualified servant of God in the Bible, Moses is the standard model of God's servant, and God's calling of him is the standard for the calling of all His servants—cf. Exo. 2:11-15; Acts 7:22-30, 34-36; Heb. 11:28.
贰　一个蒙神呼召的人必须看见烧火着之荆棘的异象─徒七22~36，出三2：
II.　A person who is called by God must see the vision of the burning thorn-bush—Acts 7:22-36; Exo. 3:2:
一　创世记三章的荆棘指明堕落的人在咒诅之下;罪带来咒诅，咒诅带来隔绝的火焰─17~18，24节。
A.　The thorns in Genesis 3 indicate that fallen man is under a curse; sin brought in the curse, and the curse brought in the excluding flame of fire—vv. 17-18, 24.
二　在出埃及三章，被咒诅的荆棘成了神的器皿，而火焰与荆棘成为一─2~4节：
B.　In Exodus 3 the cursed thorn becomes the vessel of God, and the flame of fire becomes one with the thornbush—vv. 2-4:
1　借着救赎，咒诅除去了，并且火与荆棘成为一。
1.　Through redemption, the curse has been taken away, and the fire has become one with the thorn.
2　救赎的基督除去了咒诅，而那灵，就是火，已经赐给我们─加三13~14，路十二49，徒二3~4。
2.　The redeeming Christ has taken away the curse, and the Spirit as the fire has been given to us—Gal. 3:13-14; Luke 12:49; Acts 2:3-4.
三　这指明每一个神所呼召的人，必须认识自己不过是荆棘（在神咒诅之下的罪人─创三17~18，24），里面有火焚烧;这火就是三一神自己在祂的圣别里，也就是复活的神─申三三1，16，可十二26。
C.　This indicates that everyone who is called of God must realize that he is just a thornbush (a sinner under God's curse—Gen. 3:17-18, 24) with a fire burning within him and that this fire is the Triune God Himself in His holiness, the God of resurrection—Deut. 33:1, 16; Mark 12:26.
四　火烧荆棘的记载对于神所呼召的人，成为不能磨灭的记念和见证─申三三1，16，可十二26：
D.　The record of the burning thornbush is to be a continuing memorial and testi-mony to God's called ones—Deut. 33:1, 16; Mark 12:26:
1　因着由羊羔为着堕落的人被杀并献给神所表征之神的救赎，（创四4，）创世记三章隔绝的火焰，已成了出埃及三章眷临并内住的火焰─加三13~14，罗十二11，提后一6~7。
1.　Because of God's redemption, signified by the lamb slain and offered to God for fallen man (Gen. 4:4), the excluding flame of Genesis 3 has become the visiting and indwelling flame of Exodus 3—Gal. 3:13-14; Rom. 12:11; 2Tim. 1:6-7.
2　荆棘被火烧火着，却没有烧毁，这指明神不要用我们天然的生命作燃料;祂只要以祂自己作燃料来焚烧─出三2，罗十二11，提后一7，西一29。
2.　The fact that the thornbush burned without being consumed indicates that God does not want to use our natural life as fuel; He will burn only with Himself as fuel—Exo. 3:2; Rom. 12:11; 2 Tim. 1:7; Col. 1:29.
3　借着火烧荆棘的表号，神使摩西有印象，他是一个器皿，一个通道，透过他，神得以显明─林后四7，腓一20，25~26。
3.　Through the sign of the burning thornbush, God impressed Moses that he was a vessel, a channel, through which God was to be manifested—2 Cor. 4:7; Phil. 1:20, 25-26.
五　召会乃是团体的荆棘，有复活的神在其中焚烧─参创二22，弗二6：
E.　The church is a corporate thornbush burning with the God of resurrection— cf. Gen. 2:22; Eph. 2:6:
1　神终极的目标是要得着一个居所，建造祂的住处─约一14，二19，林前三16，启二一3，22。
1.　God's ultimate goal is to obtain a dwelling place, to build up His habita-tion—John 1:14; 2:19; 1 Cor. 3:16; Rev. 21:3, 22.
2　召会就是三一神在蒙救赎的人性中焚烧;这就是神圣的经纶─路十二49，徒二3~4
2.　The church is the Triune God burning within redeemed humanity; this is the divine economy—Luke 12:49; Acts 2:3-4.
3　以色列人预表今日的召会，是团体的荆棘，他们蒙了救赎，（出十三14~16，）被圣别，（2，）被变化，并且被建造：─引用经文
3.　The children of Israel, typifying today's church, were a corporate thorn-bush, who were redeemed (Exo. 13:14-16), sanctified (v. 2), transformed, and built up:
4　不要说召会贫穷、下沉或发死;你越这样说，就越将自己摆在咒诅之下，然而，你若为着召会生活赞美主，称赞召会生活，你就越将自己摆在神的祝福之下：
4.　Do not say that the church is poor, low, or dead; the more you say this, the more you put yourself under a curse, but if you praise the Lord for the church life and speak well concerning it, you will put yourself under God's blessing:
a　“祂未见雅各中有罪孽，也未见以色列中有祸患”─民二三21。
a.　"He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, / Nor has He seen trouble in Israel"— Num. 23:21.
b　“雅各阿，你的帐棚何其佳美!以色列阿，你的帐幕何其华丽”─二四5。
b.　"How fair are your tents, O Jacob, / Your tabernacles, O Israel!"—24:5.
c　“凡给你祝福的，愿他蒙福;凡咒诅你的，愿他受咒诅”─9节下。
c.　"Blessed is everyone who blesses you, / And cursed is everyone who curses you"—v. 9b.
5　虽然在哥林多的召会有分裂、犯罪、混乱、恩赐的滥用、以及异端的教训，使徒仍称之为神的召会，因为那使一同聚集的信徒成为神之召会的神圣、属灵素质，确实是在那里─林前一2。
5.　In spite of all the division, sin, confusion, abuse of gifts, and heretical teaching in the church in Corinth, the apostle still called it the church of God, because the divine and spiritual essence that makes the assembled believers the church of God was actually there—1 Cor. 1:2.
6　今天团体的荆棘作为神的居所，完全是一件在复活里的事：
6.　Being a corporate thornbush as God's dwelling place today is a matter alto-gether in resurrection:
a　召会乃是“基督的”、“复活的”、属天的─参创二22，弗一19~23，二6。
a.　The church is "Christly," "resurrectionly," and heavenly—cf. Gen. 2:22; Eph. 1:19-23; 2:6.
b　复活乃是神圣经纶的命脉和生命线─林前十五12，徒十二33，林前十五45下，彼前一3。
b.　Resurrection is the life pulse and lifeline of the divine economy—1 Cor. 15:12; Acts 13:33; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 1 Pet. 1:3.
c　我们在主复活的生命里，用主复活的大能为祂劳苦，绝不会徒然，但借着向罪人传扬基督，对圣徒供应生命，并用对经过过程之三一神的经历作金、银、宝石来建造召会，其结果必要完成神永远的定旨─林前十五58，三12。
c.　Our labor for the Lord in His resurrection life with His resurrection power will never be in vain, but will result in the fulfilling of God's eter-nal purpose through the preaching of Christ to sinners, the ministering of life to the saints, and the building up of the church with the experiences of the processed Triune God as gold, silver, and precious stones—1 Cor. 15:58; 3:12.
叁　一个蒙神呼召的人必须有“神是谁”的启示：
III.　A person who is called by God must have a revelation of who God is:
一　呼召摩西的那一位名字是“我是”─出三14~15：
A.　The name of the One who called Moses is I Am—Exo. 3:14-15:
1　“我是”这名字指明神，就是基督，乃是一切正面事物的实际─约八58，六35，八12，十五1，西二16~17。
1.　The name I Am indicates that God, Christ, is the reality of every positive thing—John 8:58; 6:35; 8:12; 15:1; Col. 2:16-17.
2　我们必须认识呼召我们的神是，而我们不是─来十一6。
2.　We must know that the God who calls us is and that we are not—Heb. 11:6.
二　呼召摩西的那一位乃是他父亲的神─出三6：
B.　The One who called Moses was the God of his father—Exo. 3:6:
1　“你父亲的神”指与神的历史。
1.　The God of your father denotes history with God.
2　在神眼中，呼召我们的主乃是我们属灵父亲的神─林前四15，17，诗一○三17，腓二19~22。
2.　In the eyes of God, the Lord who calls us is the God of our spiritual father— 1 Cor. 4:15, 17; Psa. 103:7; Phil. 2:19-22.
三　呼召摩西的那一位乃是复活的神─太二二29~32：
C.　The One who called Moses was the God of resurrection—Matt. 22:29-33:
1　我们必须认识亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神，就是使人复活的三一神：
1.　We must know the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the resurrecting Triune God:
a　亚伯拉罕的神表征父神，祂呼召人、称义人、装备人，使人凭信而活，且活在与祂的交通里─创十二1，十五6，十七~十八，十九29，二一1~13，二二1~18。
a.　The God of Abraham signifies God the Father who calls man, justifies man, and equips man to live by faith and live in fellowship with Him— Gen. 12:1; 15:6; chs. 17—18; 19:29; 21:1-13; 22:1-18.
b　以撒的神表征子神，祂祝福人，使人承受祂一切的丰富，过享受祂丰盛的生活，并活在平安中─二五5，二六3~4，12~33。
b.　The God of Isaac signifies God the Son who blesses man with the inheri-tance of all His riches, with the life of the enjoyment of His abundance, and with a life in peace—25:5; 26:3-4, 12-33.
c　雅各的神表征灵神，祂使万有效力，叫爱祂的人得益处，并且变化人，使人在神圣的生命里成熟，能祝福所有的人，治理全地，并以子神作生命供应，满足所有的人─二七41，二八1~三五10，三七，三九~四九，罗八28~29。
c.　The God of Jacob signifies God the Spirit who works in all things for the good of His lovers, transforms man, and makes man mature in the divine lifethatman maybeabletobless allthe people, toruleoverall the earth, and to satisfy all the people with God the Son as the life supply— 27:41; 28:1—35:10; chs. 37; 39—49; Rom. 8:28-29.
2　神所呼召的人必须在复活里，并在复活里作一切事以建造召会;召会全然是在复活里的─弗一19~23，罗八11，林前十五45下，58，参民十七1~8。
2.　A called one of God must be in resurrection and do everything in resurrec-tion for the building up of the church, which is altogether in resurrection— Eph. 1:19-23; Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 15:45b, 58; cf. Num. 17:1-8.
肆　一个蒙神呼召的人必须认识神呼召的目的─出三8：
IV.　A person who is called by God must know the purpose of God's calling— Exo. 3:8:
一　神呼召的目的，消极一面是要拯救祂的选民脱离撒但和世界的霸占及暴虐;撒但和世界是由法老和埃及所预表─罗一16。
A.　The purpose of God's calling, negatively, is to deliver God's chosen people out of the usurpation and tyranny of Satan and the world, typified by Pharaoh and Egypt—Rom. 1:16.
二　神呼召的目的，积极一面是要带祂的选民进入包罗万有的基督，实化为我们灵中那包罗万有的灵，由迦南流奶与蜜之地所预表─西二6，加三14。
B.　The purpose of God's calling, positively, is to bring God's chosen people into the all-inclusive Christ realized as the all-inclusive Spirit in our spirit, typified by the land of Canaan flowing with milk and honey—Col. 2:6; Gal. 3:14.
伍　一个蒙神呼召的人必须知道如何对付撒但、肉体和世界;这是神工作的原则─约壹三8，加五17，约壹二15，参林前二11，罗七18，加六14：
V.　A person who is called by God must know how to deal with Satan, the flesh, and the world; this is the principle of God's work—1 John 3:8; Gal. 5:17; 1 John 2:15; cf. 1 Cor. 2:11; Rom. 7:18; Gal. 6:14:
一　我们在神以外所倚靠的任何事物都是蛇的藏身之处─出四2~4，路十19。
A.　Anything that we rely on apart from God is a hiding place for the serpent— Exo. 4:2-4; Luke 10:19.
二　我们的肉体乃是由麻疯─罪、腐朽、败坏和不洁─所构成─出四6~7，罗七17~18，24~25，赛六5。
B.　Our flesh is a constitution of leprosy—sin, rottenness, corruption, and unclean-ness—Exo. 4:6-7; Rom. 7:17-18, 24-25; Isa. 6:5.
三　世界同其供应、娱乐和消遣充满了死亡的血─出四9，约壹五19，加六14。
C.　The world with its supply, entertainment, and amusement is filled with the blood of death—Exo. 4:9; 1 John 5:19; Gal. 6:14.
陆　一个蒙神呼召的人需要经历配合与切割：
VI.　A person who is called by God needs the experience of matching and cut-ting:
一　蒙召者必须有人在身体的原则里与他配合，作为他的约束、防卫和保护─出四14下~16，路十1，申三二30，传四9~12。
A.　A called one must have someone to match him in the principle of the Body for his restriction, safeguard, and protection—Exo. 4:14b-16; Luke 10:1; Deut. 32:30; Eccl. 4:9-12.
二　蒙召者必须愿意主观的经历天然的生命受割礼，好在主手中成为有用的，以完成祂永远的定旨，并且预备好，以执行神的托付─出四24~26。
B.　A called one must be willing to have the subjective experience of the circum-cision of his natural life in order to become useful in the hand of the Lord for the fulfillment of His eternal purpose and to be prepared to carry out God's commission—Exo. 4:24-26.
三　愿神呼召的每一方面，今天在主的恢复中，都成为我们的经历。
C.　May every aspect of God's calling be our experience in the Lord's recovery today.