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在神的家中当怎样行—操练自己以至于敬虔

第五篇　在神的家中当怎样行—操练自己以至于敬虔

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第五周　周三
纲目
1贰 “大哉！敬虔的奥秘！这是众所公认的”——16节上：
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2一 “敬虔” 这个重要的辞在提摩太前后书中使用了九次——提前二2，三16，四7~8，六3、5~6、11，提后三5。
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3二 敬虔是个奥秘，因为又真又活，却不可见——提前三16上，六11。
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4三 对真理完全的认识乃是合乎敬虔的——多一1。
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5四 神永远经纶的真理，实际，是合乎敬虔的，敬虔就是神显现于人——1节，提前三16上。
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6五 敬虔乃是像神，与神相像，彰显神——西一15，三10。
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7六 敬虔并非仅仅外面的事；提前三章十六节的“显现”这辞，指明敬虔是里面的生命连同外面的彰显。
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8七 我们这些在基督里的信徒该追求敬虔；追求敬虔乃是过一种显明神的日常生活——六11。
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9八 为要使神显现于肉体，我们整个生活都需要彰显敬虔——约壹三2，二28。
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10九 神的经纶是神进入我们里面，而敬虔是神从我们而出——提前一4，三16上：
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111 基督徒的生活就是神进神出——约四14，七29。
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122 因为敬虔是神的彰显，基督徒的生活该是在凡事上彰显神并带有神样式的生活——来一3，林后三18。
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133 提前二章二节说，我们需要十分敬虔地过平静安宁的生活；我们在各处并在一切事上，即便是小事，都需要十分敬虔地过生活。
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144 我们的召会生活、日常生活和家庭生活，就是神终日进进出出——林后十三14，三18。
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15十 活神的召会是敬虔终极的奥秘，因为正当的召会生活乃是神在肉体的团体显现——提前三15~16，西一15。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
16提前二2 ……使我们可以十分敬虔庄重地过平静安宁的生活。
161 Tim. 2:2 ...We may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness and gravity.
17约壹三2 亲爱的，我们现在是神的儿女，将来如何，还未显明；但我们晓得祂若显现，我们必要像祂；因为我们必要看见祂，正如祂所是的。
171 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we will be. We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is.
18提前二章二节说，我们需要十分敬虔地过平静安宁的生活。我们在卧室里所挂的图画，可以指明我们在个人生活中，是否在意敬虔。我们所选的图画可能将神显示给别人，也可能显出其他的东西。我们可以将同样的原则应用在日常生活的千百件事上。……这不只是外面的事。如果我们在卧房里跪下祷告，而墙上挂着某一种图画，我们会立刻感觉要起身把它扔掉。……因为三一神在祂的经纶里已经分赐到我们里面，所以我们里面会有感觉：只要那幅画挂在我们的墙上，祂就不喜悦。这是敬虔，不是道理（李常受文集一九七八年第三册，一八五页）。
18First Timothy 2:2 says that we need to lead a quiet and tranquil life in all godliness. The kind of pictures we hang in our bedroom may indicate whether or not we care for godliness in our private life. The pictures we choose may manifest God to others, or they may manifest something else. We can apply the same principle to hundreds of things in our daily life...This is not merely an outward matter. If we kneel down to pray in our bedroom while a certain kind of picture is hanging on the wall, we may immediately have a sense to rise up and throw it away...Because the Triune God has been dispensed into us in His economy, we may have a sense from within that He is not happy as long as that picture is hanging on our wall. This is godliness, not a doctrine. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Crucial Elements of God’s Economy,” pp. 133-134)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
19如果我们上酒吧，隔天早晨我们会很难祷告，因为分赐到我们里面的三一神不同意我们上酒吧。这不是外面的规范，而是里面的实际。我们身为神的儿女，无论年龄或身分如何，都有三一神的实际在我们里面。这就是敬虔。
19If we go to a bar, the next morning we will have difficulty praying because the Triune God who has been dispensed into us does not agree with our going to a bar. This is not an outward regulation but an inward reality. As children of God, regardless of our age or status, we all have the reality of the Triune God within us. This is godliness.
20如果一位弟兄打着一条显眼的领带来讲说神的话，他可能会失去里面那灵的膏抹，而且听他说话的圣徒们会被领带打岔。因此，打这种领带不是敬虔，不是神显现于肉体。这些并非不重要的小事。我的负担不是要为我们该打何种领带或为任何其他的事颁布规定，而是要我们看见，不论作什么、是什么或穿什么，都该给人敬虔的印象。
20If a brother tries to speak the word of God while wearing a showy tie, he may lose the anointing of the Spirit within, and the saints who are listening to him may be distracted by the tie. Wearing such a tie, therefore, cannot be godliness, God manifested in the flesh. These are not insignificant matters. My burden is not to give regulations concerning the kind of ties we should wear or concerning anything else. Rather, we need to see that whatever we do, whatever we are, and whatever we wear should give others an impression of godliness.
21我们该在〔我们的谈话上〕十分敬虔地过生活。我们口中所出的话，应该给人一种印象，就是神显现于肉体。我们不该让松散的谈论和闲谈进到召会生活中来。我们必须操练我们的灵，拒绝这种谈论，这种谈论不会给人神显现于我们肉体的印象。
21We should lead a life in all godliness [in] our conversations. The words out of our mouth should give others the impression of God being manifested in the flesh. We should not allow loose talk and gossip to come into the church life. We must exercise our spirit to reject such talk, which does not bear any impression of God being manifested in our flesh.
22即便是在小事上，我们也需要十分敬虔地过生活。我们决定是否要买一双鞋子时，不该先考虑样式。反之，我们需要考虑神能否借这双鞋子得彰显。
22Even in the small things, we need to lead a life in all godliness. When deciding whether or not to buy a certain pair of shoes, we should not consider the style first. Rather, we need to consider whether God could be manifested in this pair of shoes.
23我们需要十分敬虔地过生活，不只在诸如聚会、唱诗、赞美和见证这些事上，也在各处并在一切事上。十九世纪末，一位有名的基督徒传道人，有一次他购置了新的房子，并搬迁进去。当他把一切整理好，房子也装潢好，就邀请他的父亲来参观他的新家。他父亲看完了每一个房间之后，说，一切都很好，只是没有看见任何一样东西可以指明这房子的主人是神的儿女。我们家中所展现的，该使人对敬虔有强烈的印象。敬虔并非仅仅外面的事。提前三章十六节的“显现”这辞，指明敬虔是里面的生命连同外面的彰显。为要使神显现于肉体，我们整个生活都需要彰显敬虔。我们的说话、表达、行为和穿着都该给人一个印象，就是神在我们身上显现。如果我们操练十分敬虔地过生活，就不会去某些场合，不会参加某些活动。敬虔不会许可我们摸不洁之物；反之，敬虔会将我们从所有不敬虔的事物中分别出来（李常受文集一九七八年第三册，一八五至一八七页）。
23We need to lead a life in all godliness, not only in certain things, such as coming to the meetings, singing, praising, and testifying, but everywhere and in everything. A famous Christian minister in the late 1800s once purchased and moved into a new house. Once he had arranged everything and decorated the house, he invited his father to come to see his new house. After his father had looked in every room, he said that everything was nice but that he did not see anything indicating that the house’s owner was a child of God. What we display in our home should strongly impress others with godliness. Godliness is not merely an outward matter. The word manifested in 1 Timothy 3:16 indicates that godliness is an inward life with an outward expression. In order for God to be manifested in the flesh, godliness needs to be expressed in our whole living. Whatever we say, express, do, and wear should give an impression of God being manifested in us. If we practice to lead a life in all godliness, we will not go to certain places or attend certain events. Godliness would not allow us to touch unclean things; rather, godliness will separate us from all ungodly things. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Crucial Elements of God’s Economy,” pp. 134-135)
24参读：提摩太前书生命读经，第八篇；提多书生命读经，第一篇；神经纶中的两大奥秘，第五章。
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今日要点
25主题：借着享受分赐，过彰显敬虔的生活
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26引经：提前二2，约壹三2
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271.敬虔该是基督徒的生活：
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28a.保罗写信给提摩太的时候，召会内部可能有内忧，外面政局可能也有外患，所以提前二2，保罗要提摩太不仅为万人祷告，也要为君王和一切执政的祷告，好叫他们能够十分敬虔的过平静安宁的生活，这样的敬虔，当然与外面的行为有关，但不是仅有外面行为的规范，而是里面的实际。
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29b.因此，我们的基督徒生活和召会生活，不可或缺的乃是敬虔，我们在各处并在一切事上，即便是小事，都需要十分敬虔的过生活，我们房间的壁挂、打的领带颜色样式、讲话的态度语气等，都该给人一种印象，就是敬虔—神显现于肉体。
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302.敬虔与神经纶的关系：
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31a.为着敬虔，为着神显现于肉体，我们整个生活都需要彰显敬虔，约壹三2说到，我们是神的儿女，已经得着了神的生命，但我们将来如何，还未显明，但当祂显现的时候，我们必要像祂，正如祂所是的，我们就不仅里面有祂的生命，外面更有祂的样式。
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32b.神的经纶和敬虔，的确是相关的，神的经纶是神进入我们里面，而敬虔则是神从我们而出，当我们照着神对召会的经纶而有正当的生活并事奉，活神的召会就要成为敬虔终极的奥秘，就要成为神在肉体的团体显现。
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33应用：借着规律地过享受主话的生活，使我们不仅在聚会时彰显敬虔，更使我们的生活有改变，说话、表达、行为、穿着、甚至我们是否去某些场合、有分某些活动，都给人印象，就是神在我们身上显现。
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