2023 感恩节特会 · 第六篇 · 第5天

那摆在基督前面的喜乐与那摆在我们前面的喜乐

第六篇　那摆在基督前面的喜乐与那摆在我们前面的喜乐
第六周　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第六篇 那摆在基督前面的喜乐与那摆在我们前面的喜乐
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3四 新妇的美丽——弗五25～27：
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41 作为新妇，召会需要美丽；以弗所五章的美丽是为着新妇的献上。
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52 新妇的美丽乃是来自那位作到召会里面，然后借着召会彰显出来的基督——三17上：
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6a 我们的美丽单单是基督从我们里面照耀出来。
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7b 基督在我们身上所珍赏的，乃是祂自己的彰显。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
8弗五25～27 “作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱召会，为召会舍了自己，好圣化召会，借着话中之水的洗涤洁净召会，祂好献给自己，作荣耀的召会，没有斑点、皱纹、或任何这类的病，好使她成为圣别、没有瑕疵。”
8Eph. 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her that He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word, that He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish.
9我信我们是活在主预备祂新妇的日子里。不仅如此，我十分确信我们目前正在这个预备的过程中。…〔启示录十九章〕在主的恢复里，在我们中间，正在应验的过程中。
9I believe that we are living in a day in which the Lord is preparing His bride. Furthermore, I have the full assurance that we are presently undergoing this process of preparation…Revelation 19 is in the process of being fulfilled among us in the Lord’s recovery.
10我们需要把启示录十九章和以弗所五章联起来。没有以弗所五章，新妇就无法预备好，启示录十九章也无法应验。主对我们说到规条、道理、旧人、斑点和皱纹，这是很有意义的。我们经历基督那保养、顾惜、圣化、洁净的丰富，好除去我们的老旧和缺陷，这是十分紧要的。当这类的病都除去时，我们就成为圣别、荣耀、没有瑕疵的召会。然后我们就成为启示录十九章的新妇。新妇预备好的时候，基督就要来作新郎。赞美主！我们正在成为圣别、荣耀之基督新妇的过程中。我们何等赞美主，给我们看见新妇预备好、迎接祂回来的路。基督要得着一个没有规条、道理、旧人、以及斑点和皱纹的召会。这样的召会乃是美丽的新妇，满足祂心头的愿望。（以弗所书生命读经，九六○至九六一页。）
10We need to connect Revelation 19 with Ephesians 5. Apart from Ephesians 5, there is no way for the bride to be prepared, and hence no way for Revelation 19 to be fulfilled. It is very significant that the Lord has spoken to us about ordinances, doctrines, the old man, and the spots and wrinkles. It is crucial that we experience the nourishing, cherishing, sanctifying, and purifying riches of Christ to remove our oldness and defects. When all such things have been removed, we will become a church that is holy, glorious, and without blemish. Then we will be the bride in Revelation 19. When the bride has been prepared, Christ will come as the Bridegroom. Praise the Lord that we are in the process of becoming a holy and glorious bride for Christ! How we praise the Lord for showing us the way to be prepared as the bride, made ready for His coming back! Christ will have a church without ordinances, doctrines, the old man, and the spots and wrinkles. Such a church will be the beautiful bride to satisfy the desire of His heart. (Life-study of Ephesians, second edition, pp. 775-776)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
11在以弗所五章，我们看到召会献给基督。召会在献上的时候乃是新妇，不是新人。作为新人，召会需要功用。但是作为新妇，召会需要美丽。四章的长大，是为着新人的功用；五章的美丽，是为着新妇的献上。
11In Ephesians 5 we come to the presentation of the church to Christ. At the time of this presentation, the church will be the bride, not the new man. As the new man, the church needs the functions. But as the bride, the church needs beauty. The growth in chapter 4 is for the function of the new man, whereas the beauty in chapter 5 is for the presentation of the bride.
12斑点和皱纹不影响召会的功用，却非常减损召会的美丽。男人所求于新妇的，首先不是能力，乃是美丽。召会作基督的新妇，也必须是美丽的。为这缘故，保罗从四章新人的功用和日常生活，往前到五章新妇毫无斑点和皱纹的献上。我们若在主里长大，至终我们作基督身体肢体的功用就会显出来。然而，我们也许正确地尽功用，并照着心思的灵有超越的日常生活，但是由于我们的斑点和皱纹，就使我们在主的眼中仍然不够美丽。保罗从一章到四章说了许多关于召会的事后，就在五章往前说到召会作新妇。在这一章里，他一点没有提到召会的创造、召会的长大、或召会的日常生活等，而是说到召会的美丽。当基督把召会献给自己时，召会不是强壮的男子，乃是美丽的新妇。基督是宇宙的男子。祂这位宇宙的男子，需要召会作祂的新妇，与祂匹配。召会要成为基督的新妇，就必须是美丽的，除去了一切的斑点和皱纹。
12The spots and wrinkles do not affect the function of the church. However, they very much detract from the beauty of the church. What a man looks for in a bride is not first ability; it is beauty. The church as Christ’s bride must also be beautiful. For this reason Paul goes on from the function and daily living of the new man in chapter 4 to the presentation of the bride without spot or wrinkle in chapter 5. If we grow in the Lord, eventually our functions as members of the Body will come forth. However, we may function properly and have an excellent daily living according to the spirit of the mind but still not be beautiful in the eyes of the Lord because of our spots and wrinkles. After saying so much about the church in chapters 1 through 4, Paul goes on in chapter 5 to speak about the church as the bride. In this chapter he says nothing concerning the creation of the church, the growth of the church, or the daily living of the church. Instead, he speaks of the beauty of the church. When Christ presents the church to Himself, the church will not be a strong man; she will be a beautiful bride. Christ is the universal man. As this universal man, He needs the church to be His bride to match Him. In order to be the bride of Christ, the church must become beautiful and have all the spots and wrinkles removed.
13我们必须从以弗所四章的功用往前到五章的美丽。…在婚配的时候，召会所需要的是美丽，不是力量。哦，召会借着有分于基督、消化基督、并吸收基督而渐渐变为美丽的！我们越这样经历内住的基督，祂就越要以祂自己的元素顶替我们的斑点和皱纹，并且祂的丰富同祂神圣的属性，也越要成为我们的美丽。这样，我们就预备好献给基督，作祂心爱的新妇。（以弗所书生命读经，九六一至九六二、九六五页。）
13We need to go on from the function in Ephesians 4 to the beauty in Ephesians 5…At the time of the wedding, what the church will need is beauty, not strength. Oh, the church is being beautified by partaking of Christ, by digesting Christ, and by assimilating Christ! The more we experience the indwelling Christ in this way, the more He will replace our spots and wrinkles with His element, and the more His riches with the divine attributes will become our beauty. Then we will be prepared to be presented to Christ as His lovely bride. (Life-study of Ephesians, second edition, pp. 776-777, 779)
14参读：以弗所书生命读经，第九十五篇。
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今日要点
15主题：新妇的预备，乃是美丽
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16引经：弗五25~27
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171.弗五～六章与启十九章的关联：
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18A.要有启十九章新妇预备好了，就需要有以弗所五章，今天召会时代，正在这个预备的过程中，因此，把以弗所五章和启示录十九章联起来是非常重要的，在今世，我们需经历弗五25~27，借着话中之水的洗涤，洁净作新妇的召会，除去一切斑点皱纹和任何这类的病，成为新妇的美丽，好献上给新郎基督。
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19B.当我们经历基督那保养、顾惜、圣化、洁净的丰富，好除去我们的老旧和缺陷，当这些病都除去，我们就成为圣别、荣耀、没有瑕疵的召会，然后就成为启示录十九章的新妇，基督就要来作新郎。
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202.新妇的预备，不仅为婚娶，也为着争战：
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21A.在以弗所书，召会不仅被启示为身体、新人，也是新妇，作为新人，召会需要功用，但是作为新妇，召会需要美丽，四章的长大，乃是为着新人的功用，而五章的美丽，则是为着新妇能够献给基督，斑点和皱纹不影响召会的功用，却非常减损新妇的美丽。
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22B.保罗从以弗所一章到四章说了许多关于召会的事之后，就在五章往前说到召会作为新妇，他没有提到创造、长大、日常生活、功用等，却说到美丽的事，今天我们需要借着经历话中之水的洗涤，好使我们得着美化，经历新陈代谢的过程，以基督自己的元素顶替我们的斑点和皱纹，就能预备好作基督的新妇。
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23应用：我们不要作化妆的老婆婆，需要的不是改变外貌的化妆水，而是话中之水的洗涤，也不需要纠结于无法将神的话背记起来，反之，我们要经历倪柝声弟兄举竹篮子打水，水没打到多少，篮子却洁净了，这个例子，使我们里面被洁净、被更新，而有真正新妇的美丽。
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