2023 秋季长老第七周　周二

第七篇　使徒保罗的榜样

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第七周　周二

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1五保罗是我们的榜样，他作基督的大使（弗六20，林后五18~20），有以下的资格：

21 他不凭他所是的或所能作的，乃凭那不死的生命（就是基督自己）而活——4节，约十四6，西三4，加二20。

32 他怀着雄心大志，在一切事上都要讨基督的喜悦——就是在各方面活基督、长基督、彰显基督并繁殖基督——林后五9，西一10。

43 他受基督的爱困迫，不再向自己活，乃向主活；我们“向主”活，意即服在主的指引|和管制之下，愿意履行祂的要求，满足祂的渴望，并完成祂所要作的——林后五14~15。

54 他不在外面按着旧造里的肉体认人，乃在里面按着新造里的灵认人——16~17节，加六15。

6六保罗是我们的榜样，他活神并事奉神，乃是在他重生的灵里，凭着内住的基督（赐生命的灵），而不是在他的魂里，凭魂的能力和才能；他是属灵的人，为着那灵撒种，结那灵的果子——罗一9，七6，八4、16，加三3，五16、22~25，六8，林后四5，林前二15，林后二13。

7七保罗是我们的榜样，他有身体感且以身体为中心，在身体里、借着身体并为着身体作一切事——罗十二4~5，林前十二12~27，弗四1~6、15~16，西二19，徒二八13~15与15注2。

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Morning Nourishment

8林后五14~15 原来基督的爱困迫我们，因我们断定：一人既替众人死，众人就都死了；并且祂替众人死，是叫那些活着的人，不再向自己活，乃向那替他们死而复活者活。

82 Cor. 5:14-15 For the love of Christ constrains us because we have judged this, that One died for all, therefore all died; and He died for all that those who live may no longer live to themselves but to Him who died for them and has been raised.

9使徒保罗乃是基督的大使。大使是代表最高权柄的人。……宇宙中最高的权柄乃是神，神已将天上和地上所有的权柄，都赐给了基督（太二八18）。神设立基督作万王之王，万主之主（提前六15，启十七14）。今天耶稣乃是基督，万有之主，最高的权柄。这个最高的权柄，需要一些够资格在地上代表祂的大使。主的职事不是仅仅作传道人或教师，乃是由属天权柄授权，作代表全宇宙最高权柄的人（李常受文集一九六七年第二册，二一二页）。

9The apostle Paul was an ambassador of Christ. An ambassador is one who represents the highest authority...The highest authority in this universe is God, and God has given all authority in heaven and on earth to Christ (Matt. 28:18). God has appointed Christ to be the King of kings and the Lord of lords (1 Tim. 6:15; Rev. 17:14). Today Jesus is the Christ, the Lord of all, the highest authority. For this highest authority there is the need of some ambassadors on this earth who are qualified to represent Him. The Lord’s ministry is not a matter of merely being a preacher or a teacher but of being one who is authorized with the heavenly authority, representing the highest authority in the whole universe. (CWWL, 1967, vol. 2, “An Autobiography of a Person in the Spirit,” p. 171)

信息选读

Today’s Reading

10保罗作为基督的大使，知道他里面的一切，他所是的一切，他所有的一切，都是必死的（林后五4）。我们的智慧是必死的，我们的才能是必死的。一切我们所能作的，……所是的，以及……所有的，都会消逝。因这缘故，我们不该信靠我们的所是。……我们是必死的人，但神已经将一些永远的东西、永远不死的东西、永远常存的东西，作到我们里面。因着我们已经接受主耶稣，祂也活在我们里面，我们就拥有祂不死的神性。至终，……必死的要被神圣的生命吞灭了〔4〕。

10As an ambassador of Christ, Paul realized that whatever was within him, whatever he was, and whatever he had was mortal (2 Cor. 5:4)...Our wisdom is mortal, and our ability is mortal. Whatever we can do,...we are, and...we have is going to die. This is why we should not have any trust in what we are...We are mortal beings, but God has wrought into us something which is eternal, something which will never die, something which will last forever. Because we have received the Lord Jesus and He lives in us, we possess His eternal divinity. Eventually,...mortality will be swallowed up by the divine life [v. 4].

11因着我看见我有基督在我里面作不死的生命，我就必须怀着雄心，一直努力讨祂喜悦（9）。如果你要成为基督的大使，在全宇宙中必定有这么一天，你下定决心，呼天唤地作见证，你现在要绝对地为着基督，你只有一个雄心，就是讨基督喜悦。神已经将祂自己这不死的生命作到我们里面，使我们不凭自己而活，乃凭这生命而活。现在我们必须怀着雄心讨祂喜悦。

11Since I realize that I have Christ as the eternal life within me, I have to endeavor with an ambition to please Him all the time (v. 9). If we are going to be an ambassador of Christ, there must be one day in this whole universe in which we make a decision, calling the heavens and the earth to be the witnesses, that we are now absolutely for Christ, that we have only one ambition—to please Christ. God has wrought Himself as the eternal life into us so that we should not live by ourselves but by this life. Now we have to be ambitious to please Him.

12保罗……是一个向主活着的人（15）。装备我们成为基督大使的……一个项目，乃是基督困迫的爱。你必须是一个被基督的爱冲激的人。保罗在林后五章十四至十五节告诉我们，基督受死的爱，像大水澎湃冲向我们，迫使我们情不自禁地向祂活着。被困迫就像被浪潮冲走。基督的爱像浪潮一样强烈，将你征服，将你冲走。我们必须被基督的爱所冲没。我们需要被祂的爱所困迫，以致我们别无选择。我们应当能说，“我没有别的路可走，我必须爱主，因为祂的爱困迫我。我能作什么呢？”……我们都必须这样被基督的爱困迫。

12Paul was a person who lived to the Lord (v. 15). Another item which equips us to be the ambassadors of Christ is the constraining love of Christ. We must be persons carried away by the love of Christ. In 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 Paul tells us that the dying love of Christ is like the rushing of great waters toward us, impelling us to live to Him beyond our own control. To be constrained is similar to being carried away by a tide of water. The love of Christ is as strong as a tide of water which overcomes us and carries us away. We need to be flooded by the love of Christ. We need to be constrained by His love so that we have no choice. We should be able to say, “I have no other way to go. I have to love the Lord because His love has constrained me. What can I do?”...We all have to be constrained by the love of Christ in such a way.

13我必须承认，我多年来天天祷告，求主向我启示祂的爱，好使我能被基督的爱所困迫。我这样祷告：“主啊，用你的爱困迫我。哦，主啊，用你的爱冲没我。”……我们中间的青年人必须看见，虽然他们今天爱主，但他们在基督徒的经历上，仍在十字路口。有许多方向让他们选择，让他们走。你也许有许多选择，然而一旦你被基督的爱所冲没，你就失去所有的选择。

13I must confess that I have prayed day by day for years that the Lord would show me His love so that I could be constrained by the love of Christ. I prayed in this way: “Lord, constrain me with Your love. O Lord, flood me with Your love.”...The young saints among us need to realize that although they love the Lord today, they are still at the crossroads of their Christian experience. There are many directions for them to choose, to take. They may have many choices, but once they are flooded by the love of Christ, they lose all the choices.

14一个作大使的人……乃是……不照着肉体，乃照着基督，在灵里认人。我们绝不该凭外表，照着肉体考虑事情或者认人，乃该一直照着基督，在灵里考虑事情并认人（李常受文集一九六七年第二册，二一三至二一六页）。

14A person who is an ambassador of Christ...does not know people according to the flesh but according to Christ in the spirit. You should never consider anything or try to know a person by the outward appearance according to the flesh but always according to Christ in the spirit. (CWWL, 1967, vol. 2, “An Autobiography of a Person in the Spirit,” pp. 172-174)

15参读：一个在灵里之人的自传，第六章；哥林多后书生命读经，第十三至十四、二十五、二十九篇。

今日要点

16主题：使徒保罗的榜样—基督的大使

17引经：林后五14~15

181.何谓基督的大使：

19A.在林后五章启示，保罗作为基督的大使，大使是代表最高权柄的人，宇宙中最高的权柄乃是神，而神已将天上和地上所有的权柄都赐给了基督，而这个权柄，需要一些够资格在地上代表祂的大使，受到确定职事的托付，要代表基督完成神的定旨。

20B.所以，主的职事并不是仅仅作传道人或教师，而是由属天权柄授权，作代表全宇宙最高权柄的人，保罗是我们的榜样，他有身体感，以身体为中心，在身体里、借着身体、为着身体作一切事，也就是建造基督的身体。

212.作为基督大使的资格：

22A.要作基督的大使，至少有四项资格：第一，在林后五章四节，保罗知道他里面的一切，所是的一切，所有的一切，都是必死的，叫保罗必死的被生命吞灭，不凭天然生命，凭基督不死的生命，第二到第四项资格，跟魂的三个部分有关，首先，在林后五章九节，保罗的意志要讨主喜悦，就是要活基督。

23B.第三，在林后五章14~15，基督的爱像是澎湃的大水冲激、困迫、征服保罗，使他不向自己活，而情不自禁地向主活，第四，在五章十六至十七节，保罗的心思受灵支配，不按着肉体认人，而是按着灵认人，因此，保罗不在他的魂里，凭魂的能力和才能，而是在他重生的灵里，凭着内住的基督活神并事奉神。