2023 秋季长老特会 · 第七篇 · 第4天

使徒保罗的榜样

第七篇　使徒保罗的榜样

今日晨兴音频

0:00--:--
第七周　周四
纲目
13 神首先试验并验中使徒，然后把福音托付他们；因此，他们的讲说、他们福音的传扬，不是出于自己，要讨人喜欢，乃是出于神，要讨神喜欢；祂一直察验、察看并试验他们的心——4节，诗二六2，一三九23~24，林后一12，六6，七3。
1
24 使徒没有用过谄媚的话，也没有借掩饰而贪婪——帖前二5：
2
3a 借掩饰而贪婪，就是混乱或搀混神的话——林后二17，四2。
3
4b 也是为利假装敬虔——提前六5，多一11，彼后二3。
4
晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
5帖前二4~5 但神怎样验中了我们，把福音托付我们，我们就照样讲，不是要讨人喜欢，乃是要讨那察验我们心的神喜欢。因为我们从来没有用过谄媚的话，就如你们所知道的；也没有借掩饰而贪婪，这是神可以作见证的。
51 Thes. 2:4-5 But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men but God, who proves our hearts. For neither were we found at any time with flattering speech, even as you know, nor with a pretext for covetousness; God is witness.
6帖前二章四节的“验中”含示试验。神验中使徒以前，先试验他们。神根据这验中，把福音托付他们。神作这事非常谨慎，因为祂知道我们的心。
6The word approved in 1 Thessalonians 2:4 implies being tested. God tested the apostles before He approved them. Based upon this approvedness, God entrusted them with the gospel. God did this in a careful way, for He knows our hearts.
7按我们的意见，神既然无所不知，就不需要试验我们。不错，在我们出生以前，祂已经知道我们会是那一种人。既是这样，神为什么试验我们？神的试验主要不是为着祂自己，乃是为着我们。神认识我们，但我们不认识自己。因为我们不够认识自己，所以我们以为自己是正直、诚实并忠信的。但我们受试验的时候，就会看见我们真正的所是，我们会发现，我们自己里面是不诚实、不忠信、也不可靠的。……神这样察验我们之后，我们才能被验中（帖撒罗尼迦前书生命读经，一一五至一一六页）。
7According to our opinion, since God already knows everything, it is not necessary for Him to test us. Yes, before we were born, He already knew what kind of person we would be. Why, then, does God test us? God’s testing is not mainly for Himself; it is primarily for us. God knows us, but we do not know ourselves. Because we do not know ourselves adequately, we may think that we are upright, honest, and faithful. However, when we are put to the test, we will see what we really are and discover that in ourselves we are not honest, faithful, or trustworthy...Only after God proves us in this way will we have approvedness. (Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, 2nd edition, p. 96)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
8我劝青年人不要信任自己，因为他们还没有受过试验。我确信神要用青年人，但是神要先试验他们，然后才用他们。神试验我们而验中我们以后，才能对我们有所托付。神的托付是根据祂验中了我们。但我们不能验中我们自己。唯有在神试验我们以后，祂才会验中我们。然后祂会把一些事托付我们，并开始使用我们。
8I would encourage the young people not to have confidence in themselves, for they have not yet been tested. I have the assurance that God will use the young people. But God’s using of them will come after His testing of them. God cannot entrust anything to us until we have the approvedness that comes from His testing. God’s entrusting is based on our approvedness. But we cannot approve ourselves. Only after God has tested us will He grant us approvedness. Then He will entrust something to us and begin to use us.
9神乃是这样把福音托付使徒。因着使徒接受了福音的托付，所以他们的讲说不是要讨人喜欢，乃是要讨那察验我们心的神喜欢。他们的讲说是根据神的托付。神把福音托付了他们，所以他们的讲说是要讨神的喜欢。……帖前二章四节给我们看见，我们必须被神验中，然后神就对我们有所托付。此后我们还需要讲说，要讨那察验我们心的神喜欢。这指明我们需要经过试验、验中和托付，然后就会有可讲说、可教导的。
9It was in this way that God entrusted the apostles with the gospel. Because the apostles had been entrusted with the gospel, they spoke not as pleasing men but as pleasing God, who proves our hearts. Their speaking was based on God’s entrusting. Because He had entrusted them with the gospel, they spoke as pleasing God. In 1 Thessalonians 2:4 we see that we must be approved and then have something entrusted to us. Then we need to speak as pleasing God, the One who proves us. This indicates that we need to pass through testing, approving, and entrusting. Then we will have something to preach and teach.
10〔在五节〕掩饰原文或作假装，遮掩。借掩饰而贪婪，就是混乱或搀混神的话（林后二17，四2），也是为利假装敬虔（提前六5，多一11，彼后二3）。
10The Greek word rendered “pretext” [in verse 5] also means “pretense, cloak.” To have any pretext for covetousness is to peddle or adulterate the word of God (2 Cor. 2:17; 4:2). It is also to pretend to be godly for the sake of gain (1 Tim. 6:5; Titus 1:11; 2 Pet. 2:3).
11帖前二章五节说，使徒从来没有用过谄媚的话。我们都必须避免用谄媚的话，绝不以谄媚的态度对人说话。保罗在这一节里还说，使徒没有借掩饰、遮掩而贪婪。他们没有邪恶的动机，而用办法去遮掩。他们没有掩饰或假冒，所以他们不混乱或搀混神的话。搀混就是拿劣货与原来的东西混在一起。譬如，用铜与金混合，或用水与酒搀调，而将其当作纯品贩卖。历世纪以来，许多传道人和教师就是这样搀混神的话。他们在掩饰之下传讲，目的是要为自己得利。
11According to 1 Thessalonians 2:5, the apostles were never found with flattering speech. We all must avoid flattery, never speaking in a way to flatter others. In this verse Paul also says that the apostles did not have a pretext, a cloak, for covetousness. They did not have an evil motive that was covered in some way. Because they did not have any pretext or pretense, they did not peddle the word of God or adulterate it. To adulterate something is to mix it with an inferior material, for example, to mix gold with copper or wine with water, and then to sell it as if it were pure. Throughout the centuries many preachers and teachers have adulterated the word of God in this way. They preached under a pretext in order to make gain for themselves.
12五节教我们要学习不用谄媚的话，也不借掩饰而贪婪。在我们基督徒的工作中，不可给这类不洁的事物留地步。主的仆人不应当用谄媚的话，也不应当借某一种掩饰而贪婪。但愿主怜悯我们并纯净我们，救我们脱离这一切事。但愿我们能说，我们不用谄媚的话，也没有借掩饰而贪婪，这是神可以作见证的（帖撒罗尼迦前书生命读经，一一六至一一七页）。
12From verse 5 we learn to avoid flattery and a pretext for covetousness. In our Christian work we must give no place to such unclean things. No servant of the Lord should use flattery or have some kind of pretext for covetousness. May the Lord have mercy on us and purify us from all these things. May we be able to say that God is our witness that we do not speak words of flattery or have any pretext for covetousness. (Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, second edition, pp. 96-98)
13参读：倪柝声文集第二辑第二十四册，第九十八、一百零四篇。
13
今日要点
14主题：保罗作为榜样的条件
14
15引经：帖前二4~5
15
161.榜样需要经过试验而被验中：
16
17A.在帖前二4，保罗接着说，神验中了使徒，验中含示试验，因此，神验中使徒以前，先是验他们，神根据这试验，验中保罗，把福音托付他们，因此，要作为基督的大使，我们需要经过试验，并且被神验中。
17
18B.按我们的意见，神是无所不知的，应该不需要验中我们吧？不错，在我们出生之前，神已经知道我们会是哪一种人，但是，神验中我们不是为着祂自己，乃是为着我们，神认识我们，但我们多半不认识自己，常以为自己是正直、诚实并忠信的，为此我们需要受试验，看见我们真正的所是，并非如此诚实、忠信和可靠，经过查验，我们才可能被验中。
18
192.榜样的动机和纯心必须正确：
19
20A.在帖前二4~5也说到基督大使的动机和纯心，神将福音托付与我们，我们就当照样讲，不是讨人喜欢，而有所增减，反之，我们乃是要讨神喜欢，我们的讲说根据神的托付，才使我们有可讲说、可教导的。
20
21B.因此，基督大使的传讲，不仅没有错谬、污秽和诡诈，也没有谄媚、掩饰和贪婪，态度是正确的，也没有假装遮掩或假冒，更没有为自己的利益，而搀混了神的话，在我们基督徒的工作中，不可给这类不洁的事物留地步，反而当蒙拯救脱离这些事。
21