2023 秋季长老第七周　周一

第七篇使徒保罗的榜样

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第七周　周一

1读经：提前一16，四12，帖前二1~12

纲目

2壹保罗是信徒的榜样，他在灵里活基督、显大基督并供应基督作为那灵，为着建造基督的身体——提前一16，四12，罗八16，腓一19~21上、25，林后三3、6：

3一主向保罗显现，选定保罗作执事和见证人，将保罗所看见祂的事，和祂将要显现给保罗的事，见证出来——徒二六16~19，参一8，二三11，二十20、31：

41 保罗过一种生活是全然尊贵，有人性美德的最高标准，彰显最高超的神圣属性，与多年前主在地上所过的生活相似——弗四20-21，腓四5~8、11~13。

52 这是从前活在福音书里那奇妙、超绝、奥秘的神人，借着祂许多肢体中的一个——保罗——继续活着；保罗是成为肉体、钉死十架、复活、被神高举之基督的活见证人——徒一8，腓二2、5，一8，二13，徒二七22、24~25，二八3~9，见9注1。

6二保罗以基督为一切——作他的生活、榜样、目标和秘诀——腓一19~21上，二5~16，三7~14，四11~13。

7三保罗在新约的职事，就是在那灵的职事、义的职事并和好的职事里，被神注人，将神照耀出来——林后三18，四1，三6、8~9，五18~20。

8四因着保罗是信徒的榜样（提前一16），他就能嘱咐提摩太“在言语、为人、爱、信、纯洁上”作榜样（四12）。

晨兴喂养

Morning Nourishment

9提前一16 然而，我所以蒙了怜悯，是要叫耶稣基督在我这罪魁身上，显示祂一切的恒忍，给后来信靠祂得永远生命的人作榜样。

91 Tim. 1:16 But because of this I was shown mercy, that in me, the foremost, Jesus Christ might display all His long-suffering for a pattern to those who are to believe on Him unto eternal life.

10腓一21 因为在我，活着就是基督，死了就有益处。

10Phil. 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

11在风暴的海上，主不仅使保罗成了与他同船之人的主人（徒二七24），也使保罗成了他们生命的保证人和安慰者（22、25）。……在他漫长、不幸且受监禁的航程中，主保守使徒在祂的超越里，使他能活出一种生活，远超忧虑的境域。这种生活是全然尊贵，有人性美德的最高标准，彰显最高超的神圣属性，与多年前主在地上所过的生活相似。这是耶稣在祂被神性所丰富的人性里，再次活在地上！这是从前活在福音书里那奇妙、超绝、奥秘的神人，借着祂许多肢体中的一个，在使徒行传里继续活着！这是成为肉体、钉死十架、复活、被神高举之基督的活见证人！保罗在他的航程里活基督，并显大基督（腓一20~21）（圣经恢复本，徒二八9注1）。

11On the sea in the storm, the Lord had made the apostle [Paul] not only the owner of his fellow voyagers (Acts 27:24) but also their life-guarantor and comforter (vv. 22, 25)...All during the apostle’s long and unfortunate imprisonment-voyage, the Lord kept the apostle in His ascendancy and enabled him to live a life far beyond the realm of anxiety. This life was fully dignified, with the highest standard of human virtues expressing the most excellent divine attributes, a life that resembled the one that the Lord Himself had lived on the earth years before. This was Jesus living again on the earth in His divinely enriched humanity! This was the wonderful, excellent, and mysterious God-man, who lived in the Gospels, continuing to live in the Acts through one of His many members! This was a living witness of the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and God-exalted Christ! Paul in his voyage lived and magnified Christ (Phil. 1:20-21). (Acts 28:9, footnote 1)

信息选读

Today’s Reading

12当主耶稣〔首次〕向保罗显现时，他给保罗托付，选定他作执事和见证人。……执事是为着职事，见证人是为着见证。职事主要的与工作有关，与执事的所作有关；见证与人有关，与见证人的所是有关。

12When the Lord Jesus [first] appeared to Paul, He commissioned him, appointing him as a minister and a witness...A minister is for the ministry; a witness is for the testimony. The ministry is related mainly to the work, to what a minister does. A testimony is related to the person, to what a witness is.

13在行传二十六章十六节，主耶稣对保罗说，“我向你显现，正是要选定你作执事和见证人，将你所看见我的事，和我将要显现给你的事，见证出来。”这里“你所看见我的事”，以及“我将要显现给你的事”，含“你在这些事中曾看见我”，并“我要在这些事中向你显现”的意思。在这里保罗乃是说，主选定他作执事和见证人，为要将主已经启示保罗的事，和主将要启示他的事，见证出来。虽然保罗的意思是这样，但他不是这样来陈明这事。这一节乃是说，保罗在一些事中曾看见过主，主也要在一些事中向他显现。

13In Acts 26:16 the Lord Jesus said to Paul, “I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a minister and a witness both of the things in which you have seen Me and of the things in which I will appear to you.” Notice that here the phrase in which is used twice. Here Paul was saying that the Lord had appointed him as a minister and a witness of the things He revealed to Paul and of the things He would reveal to him. Although this was Paul’s meaning, this was not the way he presented the matter. Rather, this verse speaks of the things in which Paul had seen the Lord and of the things in which the Lord would yet appear to him.

14十六节指明，保罗并非领受一些事的启示而没有看见基督；反之，他乃是在所领受的事中看见基督。换句话说，凡基督向保罗启示的事，莫不是以祂自己作那些事的内容。这就是保罗要将他所看见主的事见证出来的原因。在保罗所看见的一切异象中，他看见了基督。不仅如此，他也要将主所要显现给他的事，见证出来。这里主似乎对保罗说，“在你将要领受的一切异象和启示中，我都要向你显现。”这指明如果我们只看见异象和启示，而没有看见主，那我们所看见的就是虚空。

14Acts 26:16 indicates that Paul did not receive the revelation of things without seeing Christ. Instead, he received the things in which he saw Christ. In other words, Christ did not reveal things to Paul without Himself as the content of those things. This is the reason that Paul would be a witness of the things in which he had seen the Lord. In all the visions that Paul saw, he saw Christ. Furthermore, he would be a witness of the things in which the Lord was yet to appear to him. Here the Lord seemed to be saying to Paul, “In all the visions and revelations you will receive, I will appear to you.” This indicates that if we only see visions and revelations and do not see the Lord, then what we see is vanity.

15我们不赞成仅仅用神学的方式来研读圣经。这样研读圣经的人，可能学习了神学，但他们没有看见基督。研读圣经来学习神学，与研读圣经为要看见基督大不相同。

15We do not agree with studying the Bible merely in a theological way. Those who study the Bible in this way may learn theology, but they do not see Christ. There is a great difference between studying the Bible to learn theology and studying the Bible in order to see Christ.

16当保罗在往大马色去的路上，基督向他启示了一些事，而保罗在那些事中看见了基督。主指明祂要向保罗启示更多的事，在那些事中，主自己也要向他显现。所以，保罗所看见的不仅是事情本身，更是基督在这一切事中向他显现了。

16As Paul was on the way to Damascus, Christ revealed certain things to him, and in those things Paul saw Christ. The Lord indicated that He would reveal more things to Paul, and in those things the Lord Himself would appear to him. Therefore, what Paul saw was not merely the things themselves but Christ as the One appearing in all these things.

17在我们从主领受的任何亮光中，我们都必须看见基督。凡我们所看见的，不论是光照、异象或启示，都必须有基督向我们显现。……如果我们研读圣经，获得圣经知识而没有看见基督，那知识就是虚空的。我们都需要学习在所启示我们的事中看见基督（使徒行传生命读经，六八一至六八四页）。

17In any light we receive of the Lord, we must see Christ. Christ must appear to us...in the way of enlightenment, vision, or revelation...If we study the Bible and gain knowledge of the Scriptures without seeing Christ, that knowledge is vanity. We all need to learn to see Christ in the things that are revealed to us. (Life-study of Acts, second edition, pp. 578-581)

18参读：使徒行传生命读经，第二十六、六十八篇；腓立比书生命读经，第二十一篇。

今日要点

19主题：作为见证人，保罗见证基督

20引经：提前一16，腓一21

211.使徒保罗见证基督的榜样：

22A.我们不仅看见了提前一章神的经纶、可称颂之神荣耀的福音，二章的完全认识真理、正确祷告生活，三章在神的家中当怎样行等神圣的启示，我们还有圣经中的榜样，在提前一16，保罗要给信徒作榜样，他的确是信徒的榜样，在腓一21，保罗在灵里活基督、显大基督、并供应基督作为那灵，为着建造基督的身体。

23B.因此，他所过的生活全然尊贵，有人性美德的最高标准，彰显最高超的神圣属性，与多年前主在地上所过的生活相似，也就是说，从前活在福音书里那奇妙、超绝、奥秘的神人，借着祂许多肢体中的一个—保罗—继续活着，他以基督为一切，并在新约的职事里，被神注入，将神照耀出来，因着保罗是榜样，就能嘱咐提摩太要作众人的榜样。

242.见证人将那些事中所看见的基督见证出来：

25A.在徒二六16（信息选读第三行）保罗见证主对他说，『你起来站着，我向你显现，正是要选定你作执事和见证人，将你所看见我的事，和我将要显现给你的事，见证出来；』根据文法，这里强调的不是「事」，而是这些事中的「基督」，保罗看见基督，基督向保罗显现。

26B.作为见证人，保罗并非领受一些事而没有看见基督，反之，他乃是在所领受的事中看见基督，凡基督向保罗启示的事，都是以祂自己作为那些事的内容，就像在大马色，保罗在一切的异象中看见了基督，并且他也要作为见证人，将基督见证出来。