2013秋季长老
总题：进入生命经历第四层，达到长成的人以完成神的定旨
第一篇　借着第四层的生命经历，长成的团体人得以完成神的定旨
Message One A Full-grown Corporate Man Fulfilling God's Purpose through the Experience of Life in the Fourth Stage
读经：创一26~28，结一5、26，弗二15，四13、24
Scripture Reading: Gen. 1:26-28; Ezek. 1:5, 26; Eph. 2:15; 4:13, 24
壹　圣经里对于神和人的关系，有一个奥秘的思想─创一26，结一5、26，约壹三2下，启四3上，二一11下：
I.　In the Bible there is a mysterious thought concerning the relationship be-tween God and man—Gen. 1:26; Ezek. 1:5, 26; 1 John 3:2b; Rev. 4:3a; 21:11b:
一　人是神彰显的凭借，人是神行动的凭借，人也是神行政的凭借─徒二32~33、36，腓二5~11，来二9，启五6。
A.　Man is the means of God's manifestation, man is the means of God's move, and man is the means of God's administration—Acts 2:32-33, 36; Phil. 2:5-11; Heb. 2:9; Rev. 5:6.
二　在以西结一章，四活物有人的样子，宝座上的神也有人的样子，这事实指明神的中心思想和祂的安排都与人有关─5、26节，创一26：
B.　The fact that the four living creatures in Ezekiel 1 bear the appearance of a man and that God on the throne bears the appearance of a man indicates that God's central thought and His arrangement are related to man—vv. 5, 26; Gen. 1:26:
1　关于四活物有人的样子，以西结一章有三件重要的事情：
1.　In Ezekiel 1 there are three crucial matters concerning the four living crea-tures' bearing the appearance of a man:
a　神的荣耀显在他们身上;若非他们有人的样子，神的荣耀就无从彰显─28节。
a.　God's glory is manifested upon them; apart from their bearing the appear-ance of a man, God's glory cannot be manifested—v. 28.
b　这些活物是神行动的凭借;神的行动在于他们─12~21节。
b.　The living creatures are the means of God's move; God's move depends on them—vv. 12-21.
c　这些活物是神行政的凭借─26节：
c.　The living creatures are the means of God's administration—v. 26:
（一）　神的宝座是祂行政的中心─启四2、6。
(1).　God's throne is the center of His administration—Rev. 4:2, 6.
（二）　因着这些活物有人的样子，才有神宝座的行政─耶十七12。
(2).　Because the living creatures bear the appearance of a man, there is the administration of God's throne—Jer. 17:12.
2　召会所要彰显的基督，乃是在宝座上的那人─启三21。
2.　The Christ whom the church must express is the man on the throne—Rev. 3:21.
三　以西结一章二十六节与创世记一章二十六节之间有关联─神和人在形像和样式上相像：
C.　There is a connection between Ezekiel 1:26 and Genesis 1:26—a resemblance between God and man in their images and likenesses:
1　在以西结一章二十六节，那位在宝座上的有人的样子：
1.　In Ezekiel 1:26 the One on the throne has the appearance of a man:
a　这位坐在宝座上的，不仅是神也是人;祂是神而人者，是人而神者，这一位乃是神与人的调和─徒七56。
a.　The One sitting on the throne is not only God but also man; He is the God-man, the Man-God, the mingling of God and man—Acts 7:56.
b　神借着成为肉体成了人;祂以人的身分生活、受死、复活并升天;现今祂在宝座上仍然是人─约六62，徒七56。
b.　Through incarnation God became a man; He lived, died, resurrected, and ascended as a man; and now as the One on the throne, He is still a man— John 6:62; Acts 7:56.
2　主耶稣经过了钉十字架、复活并升天，就被带到宝座─二36，腓二5~11：
2.　Through His crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, the Lord Jesus was brought to the throne—2:36; Phil.2:5-11:
a　神一直是主，但如今在宝座上有一个人是主─启四2~3，五6。
a.　God has always been the Lord, but now a man is on the throne as the Lord—Rev.4:2-3;5:6.
b　主耶稣在被钉十字架并埋葬之后，神使祂复活，并使祂坐在自己的右边，立祂为全宇宙的主─徒二36。
b.　After the Lord Jesus was crucified and buried, God resurrected Him and set Him at His right hand, making Him the Lord of all the universe— Acts 2:36.
四　神的心意是要在人身上作工，使人能在宝座上─诗八4~8，启三21：
D.　God's intention is to work on man in order that man can be on the throne— Psa. 8:4-8; Rev. 3:21:
1　神顾念人，祂要借着人显明祂自己，并借着人掌权─诗八4、6，创一26。
1.　God's mind is on man; He wants to manifest Himself through man and reign through man—Psa.8:4,6;Gen.1:26.
2　神的目标是要把我们带上宝座，使我们成为属宝座的人─启三21：
2.　God's goal is to bring us to the throne and to make us people of the throne— Rev.3:21:
a　神的国唯有等到我们登宝座时，才能完全来临。
a.　God's kingdom cannot come in full until we are on the throne.
b　神的仇敌唯有等到我们登宝座时，才会被征服。
b.　God's enemy will not be subdued until we are on the throne.
3　神要把我们带上宝座，因为撒但背叛了神的宝座─赛十四12~14：
3.　God desires to bring us to the throne because of the rebellion of Satan against God's throne—Isa. 14:12-14:
a　神在宇宙中所面对的最大难处，乃是祂的宝座遭到背叛权势的反对和攻击;撒但背叛神的宝座，想要高举自己的座位到诸天之上，因而侵犯了神的权柄。
a.　The greatest difficulty God faces in the universe is that His throne has been opposed and attacked by rebel forces; in his rebellion against God's throne Satan intended to exalt his throne to the heavens and thereby to intrude upon God's authority.
b　神需要得着一个长成的团体人，借着这人神的权柄才能行在地上，神的国度才能临到地上─启十一15，十二5、10。
b.　God needs to gain a full-grown corporate man so that through this man the authority of God can be executed, and the kingdom of God can come to the earth—Rev. 11:15; 12:5, 10.
贰　神创造人的定旨是要得着一个团体人以彰显祂并代表祂─创一26：
II.　God's purpose in His creation of man was to have a corporate man to express Him and to represent Him—Gen. 1:26:
一　神创造人有神自己的形像以彰显祂，并给人祂的管治权，以代表祂来对付祂的仇敌─26~28节。
A.　God created man in His own image for His expression, and then He gave man His dominion to represent Him to deal with His enemy—vv. 26-28.
二　为着完成祂的定旨，神渴望成为与人一样，并借着将祂自己在基督里作到人里面，使人成为与祂一样─约壹三2下，弗三17上。
B.　For the fulfillment of His purpose, God's desire is to become the same as man is andtomakeman thesameasHeisbyworking HimselfinChristintoman— 1 John 3:2b; Eph. 3:17a.
三　创世记一章神创造人，这是一幅图画，描绘出在神新造里的新人;这就是说，旧造是新造的表号、预表─弗二15，四24：
C.　God's creation of man in Genesis 1 is a picture of the new man in God's new creation; this means that the old creation is a figure, a type, of the new crea-tion—2:15; 4:24:
1　召会─基督的身体─乃是一个新人，以成就神永远的定旨─一9、11，三9，罗八28~29，提后一9，弗二15~16，四22~24。
1.　The church, the Body of Christ, is the one new man to accomplish God's eter-nal purpose—1:9, 11; 3:9; Rom. 8:28-29; 2 Tim. 1:9; Eph. 2:15-16; 4:22-24.
2　最后，召会这一个新人乃是在神的心意中所要得着的团体人;这新人将完成彰显神并对付神仇敌的双重定旨─13、24节，创一26~28。
2.　Eventually, the church as the one new man is the corporate man in God's intention, and this new man will fulfill the twofold purpose of expressing God and dealing with God's enemy—vv. 13, 24; Gen. 1:26-28.
叁　主恢复的目标是要产生一个长成的团体人─弗二15，四22~24，西三10~11：
III.　The goal of the Lord's recovery is to bring forth a full-grown corporate man—Eph. 2:15; 4:22-24; Col. 3:10-11:
一　主在祂的恢复里从前作的和现在作的，就是要产生这团体的新人，有祂自己作生命和人位，来彰显祂并代表祂─弗三17上，西三4、10~11。
A.　What the Lord has been doing, and what He is now doing, in His recovery is bringing forth the corporate new man with Himself as the life and the person for His expression and representation—Eph. 3:17a; Col. 3:4, 10-11.
二　这一个新人要引进神的国，并将君王基督带回到地上─启十一15。
B.　The one new man will usher in the kingdom of God and bring Christ, the King, back to the earth—Rev. 11:15.
三　“圣经里面说到召会，说到一个境地，说召会乃是一个新人。……在〔新〕人里头，除了人位，就没有别的。这是高到不能再高，严密到不能再严密，亲密到了不能再亲密的地步。大家是一个新人，在这个新人里只有一个人位，这个人位就是主耶稣。”（一个身体，一位灵，一个新人，九二页）
C.　"Ultimately, the Bible speaks of the church as the one new man…In the new man there is nothing but the person. This level is so high that it cannot be higher, so strict that it cannot be stricter, and so intimate that it cannot be more intimate. All are one new man; this one new man has only one person, and this person is the Lord Jesus" (One Body, One Spirit, and One New Man, pp. 82-83).
四　如今正是神成全新人以实现祂定旨的时候;这新人要在地上完全出现─弗四24：
D.　Now is the time for God to accomplish His purpose to perfect the new man, who will come into full existence on the earth—Eph. 4:24:
1　世界局势已经兴起，为着团体新人这一个目标。
1.　The world situation has been raised up for the goal of the corporate new man.
2　今天各地的圣徒有可能在各种环境中成为这个团体人─24节。
2.　Today there is the possibility that the saints in all the localities in their environmental circumstances will become this corporate man—v. 24.
3　当这一个新人长成并得成全，那就是主回来的时候，并且这团体人将是祂的新妇─启十九7。
3.　When the one new man is full grown and perfected, that will be the time of the Lord's coming, and this corporate man will be His bride—Rev. 19:7.
肆　我们要达到长成的团体人以完成神的定旨，就必须进入生命经历第四层─弗四13：
IV.　In order to arrive at a full-grown corporate man for the fulfillment of God's purpose, we must enter into the fourth stage of the experience of life—Eph. 4:13:
一　这是属灵生命最后并最高的一层，就是基督长成在我们里面。
A.　This is the last and highest stage of our spiritual life—the stage of Christ's full growth in us.
二　照着以色列人出埃及、经旷野、进迦南的预表，我们属灵生命的前三层，都是过约但河以前的事─林前十6、11。
B.　According to the type of the children of Israel's exodus from Egypt, journey in the wilderness, and entrance into Canaan, the first three stages of our spiritual life take place before we pass through the Jordan—1 Cor. 10:6, 11.
三　等到过了约但河，进到迦南地，那就是进到属灵生命的第四层了;我们在迦南地要学习从事属灵的争战。
C.　The fourth stage of our spiritual life occurs after we cross the Jordan and enter into the land of Canaan, where we learn to engage in spiritual warfare.
四　到了第三层的末了，我们有神的形像彰显神，而在第四层，我们有神的权柄代表神─创一26。
D.　At the end of the third stage, we express God with His image, and in the fourth stage we represent Him with His authority—Gen. 1:26.
五　在第四层里的生命经历包括：认识身体、认识升天、与基督一同掌权、从事属灵争战，以及满有基督的身量。
E.　The experiences of life in the fourth stage include knowing the Body, knowing the ascension, reigning with Christ, engaging in spiritual warfare, and being full of the stature of Christ.