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约瑟一生中所见成熟生命掌权的一面

第五篇　约瑟一生中所见成熟生命掌权的一面

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第五周　周五
纲目
1总题：享受基督与在生命里长大以至成熟
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2第五篇 约瑟一生中所见成熟生命掌权的一面
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3叁 约瑟一生的记载乃是那灵管治的启示，因为那灵的管治乃是成熟圣徒掌权的一面；那灵的管治（在生命中作王的生活，就是在神国的实际里，受神圣生命约束并限制），比那灵任何其他方面都高——罗五17、21，十四17～18，参林后三17～18，提后四22，启四1～3：
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4一 虽然约瑟对他的弟兄们满了属人的感觉和情绪，他却保守自己和所有的感觉，都在那灵的管治之下；他清明、智慧且有辨识地对待他的弟兄们，按着他们的需要管教他们，好成全并建造他们，使他们能成为团体的子民，生活在一起，成为神在地上的见证；在约瑟的故事中所表显的生命，乃是复活的生命，神的生命——创四二9、24，四三30～31，四五1～2、24。
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5二 约瑟在神限制下的生活，是基督为人生活的描绘，彰显神圣生命的成熟与完全，并且带进神的国——约五19、30下，七16、18，十四10，太八9～10。
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6三 在约瑟对待他哥哥们的事例中，我们看见他过一种镇静的生活、清明的生活、有辨识的生活，带着对他哥哥们的爱——这是一种否认己的生活，作国度生活的实行——创四五24，太十六24，代下一10，赛三十15上，腓一9，提前五1～2，帖前三12，四9，帖后一3，罗十二10，约壹四9，来十三1。
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7四 最有能力的人有力量不作他所能作的事——这是真正的否认已，真实的背十字架——太十六24，参二六53，林后二12～16。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
8罗五17 “…那些受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义恩赐的，就更要借着耶稣基督一人，在生命中作王了。”
8Rom. 5:17…Those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.
921 “使罪怎样在死中作王，恩典也照样借着义作王，叫人借着我们的主耶稣基督得永远的生命。”
921 In order that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
10约瑟看见他的梦应验，必定非常喜乐。创世记四十二章启示他的哥哥们来到他面前，向他下拜。约瑟作梦的时候是十七岁。他在三十岁被高举，治理埃及地。大约九年后，约瑟的哥哥们向他下拜。这就是说，当约瑟的哥哥们来到他面前时，他可能是三十九岁。因此，大约在约瑟作梦后二十二年，直到他被出卖、被监禁以后，他才看见这些梦应验。他在监牢中度过多年，最终被高举登了宝座。但那时约瑟还没有看见他的梦应验。…约瑟必须经过长期的试验。在我们看来，他的忍耐也许会用尽。你能为你梦的应验等候二十二年么？约瑟这样等候了。
10Joseph must have been very happy to see the fulfillment of his dreams. Genesis 42 reveals that his brothers came to him and bowed down to him. Joseph was seventeen years old when he had his dreams. At the age of thirty he was exalted to rule over the land of Egypt. About nine years later Joseph’s brothers bowed themselves down to him. This means that Joseph would have been probably thirtynine years of age when his brothers came to him. Thus, about twenty-two years after his dreams, Joseph saw them fulfilled, but not until he had been betrayed and imprisoned. Then he spent many years in the dungeon and eventually was elevated to the throne at the time of his exaltation. But still Joseph did not see the fulfillment of his dreams…Joseph had to pass through a long period of testing. It may seem to us that his patience would have been exhausted. Could you have waited twenty-two years for the fulfillment of your dreams? Joseph did.
11然后有一天，他的哥哥们来了，向他下拜。倘若我们是约瑟，我们会无法克制自己。…然而，约瑟看见他的梦应验，并没有失去控制。他很镇静，他克制自己的激动。他能这样克制自己，因为他是受那灵管治的人。（创世记生命读经，一七五九至一七六○页。）
11Then on a certain day his brothers came and bowed down to him. If we had been Joseph, we would not have been able to contain our excitement…Joseph, however, was not out of control when he saw the fulfillment of his dreams. Rather, he was calm and his excitement was under control. He was able to control himself in such a way because he was a person with the rulership of the Spirit. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1477-1478)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
12在约瑟的故事里所表显的生命，不是人的生命，更不是堕落的生命。不仅如此，这甚至也不是善良的天然生命。这是复活的生命，神的生命。虽然约瑟是在激动的情景中，但他没有表现得放松。这是生命。在约瑟身上，我们不仅看见生命，也看见生命的路，这路使我们自己受到控制。…他满了人的感觉和感情，但他把自己和一切的感觉摆在那灵的管治之下。所以，我们在约瑟身上，不仅看见成熟的生命，也看见掌权的生命，以及这掌权生命的路。我们众人，尤其是青年人，需要这样的生命和这样的路，就是成熟的人掌权的一面。这生命不容易激动，…这生命在激动中仍保持镇静，克制自己，并且隐藏荣耀。
12The life manifested in the story of Joseph is not the human life, much less the fallen life. Moreover, it is not even the good natural life. Rather, it is the resurrection life, the life of God. Although Joseph was in an exciting situation, he did not display any looseness. This is life. With Joseph we see not only life but also the way of life, which is to keep ourselves under control…He was full of human feelings and sentiments, but he kept himself with all his feelings under the rulership of the Spirit. Therefore, in Joseph we see not only the mature life but a reigning life and the way of this reigning life. We all, especially the young people, need such a life and such a way that is the reigning aspect of a mature person. This life is not easily excited…Instead, in the midst of excitement it remains calm, controls itself, and conceals its glory.
13约瑟是完全在神约束之下的人，所以神的国能借着他带进来。要实际地实现国度，需要有生活在约束之下并否认己的人。
13Joseph was a person wholly under God’s restriction. Therefore, the kingdom of God could be brought in through him. In order for the kingdom to be realized in a practical way, there had to be a person who lived under restriction and who denied himself…
14约瑟有地位和能力作他所想要作的。然而，他没有为自己作什么。…最刚强的事，就是能不作你所能作的事。你有能力、地位、和机会作一件事，但你仍然不作。…约瑟登宝座以后，即使与父亲分别十三年之久，仍不作什么以拯救自己脱离孤寂。当哥哥们头一次下来见他，他仍然不作什么。…这指明他是最有能力的人，他有力量不作他所能作的事。约瑟是这样的人，因为他在神的手下，在神的约束之下。
14Joseph had the position and the power to do whatever he desired. However, he did not do anything for himself…The strongest thing is to be able not to do something that you can do. You have the power, the position, and the opportunity to do a certain thing, yet you still do not do it…After Joseph was enthroned, he did nothing to rescue himself from being alone, even though he had been separated from his father for thirteen years. When the brothers first came down to him, he still did not do anything…This indicates that he was the most powerful person, one who has the strength not to do what he is able to do. Joseph was such a person because he was under God’s hand, under God’s restriction.
15在约瑟治理埃及的前九年，他必定一再地接触神。…甚至他父亲来埃及见他的时候到了，约瑟也没有出去，在途中迎接他。我相信这是他受主约束的结果。约瑟知道他不需要作什么，来应验他的梦。这是真正的否认己，真实的背十字架。（创世记生命读经，一七六一至一七六二、一八○八至一八一○页。）
15During the first nine years of his rule in Egypt, Joseph must have contacted the Lord again and again…Even when the time was right for his father to come to him in Egypt, Joseph did not go out to meet him on the way. I believe that this was the result of his being under the Lord’s restriction. Joseph knew that there was no need for him to do anything to fulfill his dreams. This is the real denial of the self and the genuine bearing of the cross. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1479, 1519-1521)
16参读：创世记生命读经，第一百十五至一百十九篇。
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今日要点
17主题：那灵的管治是成熟圣徒掌权的一面
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18引经：罗五17，罗五21
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191.从约瑟对待弟兄们见那灵的管治：
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20A. 在生命掌权的一面，创四二1至四五15这一段，也给我们看见，约瑟一生的记载，特别是约瑟对祂的弟兄们满了属人的感觉和情绪，但却保守自己和所有的感觉，都在那灵的管治之下，清明、智慧、有辨识地对待他们。
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21B.约瑟的哥哥们来到他面前，向他下拜，他的梦历经22年终于应验了，若是你想必非常高兴，无法克制自己，甚至按着他哥哥们的需要管教他们，好成全并建造他们，他有能力对他们作任何事，但他却不作，最有能力似乎不是作，而是不作什么。
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222.那灵的管治是成熟圣徒掌权的一面
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23A. 他过着镇静、清明、有辨识的生活，这乃是那灵管治的启示，因为那灵的管治乃是成熟圣徒掌权的一面，那灵的管治，也就是在生命中作王的生活，在神国的实际里受神圣生命约束并限制，是比那灵其他方面更高。
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24B.罗五17，21启示，今天信徒若接受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义的恩赐，就能借着耶稣基督，在生命中作王，这样的作王不是信徒作王，乃是信徒经历恩典作王，这样的作王，这样的运用权柄，乃是受神圣生命的管治。
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25应用：为着实际的实现国度，我们需要让生命长大，使我们成为活在约束之下并否认己，否认天然生命，活神圣生命的人，成为最有力量的人，就是有作的能力却不作的人。
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