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神按祂自己的定旨召了我们

第二篇　神按祂自己的定旨召了我们

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第二周　周三
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1四 召会作为基督的身体，乃是神用来完成祂定旨并解决所有问题的唯一凭借——参创一26：
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21 召会要在神圣的儿子名分里，有父的生命和性情，作父神的彰显，就是祂的荣耀——弗一4～5，约十七22～24。
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32 召会是神最大的夸耀，要使执政和掌权的天使得知祂万般的智慧，好羞辱并击败仇敌，以带进祂的国——弗三10，罗十六20。
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43 召会要将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下，这是借着基督将祂自己作到我们里面，成为生命和光——弗一10、22～23。
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5叁 我们要过为着完成神永远定旨的生活，就必须认识并实行神的旨意——西一9，太七21：
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6一 神是一位有定旨的神，有祂自己喜悦的旨意；祂为自己的旨意，创造了万有，好成就并完成祂的定旨——启四11，弗三9～11，西一9：
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71 神的旨意就是祂心头的愿望，就是祂要与人调和，并完成祂永远的定旨——弗5、9、22，五17。
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82 神的旨意是要为基督得着一个身体，作祂的丰满，就是祂的彰显——罗十二2、5，弗一5、9、11、22～23。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
9弗一5 按着祂意愿所喜悦的，预定了我们，借着耶稣基督得儿子的名分，归于祂自己。
9Eph. 1:5 Predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.
1010 为着时期满足时的经纶，要将万有，……都在基督里归一于一个元首之下。
1010 Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ…
1122~23 将万有服在祂的脚下，并使祂向着召会作万有的头； 召会是祂的身体……。
1122-23 And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body…
12召会是神今天所用以完成祂定旨并解决祂难处的凭借和器皿。基督教的教训告诉人说，“我们是可怜、有罪的人，将要灭亡，所以我们需要神的怜悯和恩典。神是有怜悯的，且对我们满了恩典，所以祂差遣祂的儿子来拯救我们脱离地狱。现今我们是蒙爱者，当神把我们摆在一起，我们就是召会。”……然而，按照神话语的启示，召会比这深得多，也高得多。
12The church is the means and the vessel God uses today to fulfill His purpose and solve all His problems. The preaching in Christianity tells people, “We are poor, sinful persons who will perish, so we need God’s mercy and grace. God is merciful and full of grace to us, so He sent His Son to save us from hell. Now we are the beloved ones, and when God puts us together, we are the church.”… According to the revelation of the Word, however, the church is much deeper and higher than this.
13神造了许多人，祂的定旨和心意乃是要把这些人作成一个身体，成为盛装祂的器皿，使祂居住在他们里面，将祂自己与他们调和，而借着他们彰显祂自己。这是神在积极一面的定旨。然而，因着有一天撒但进来了，神现今就有一个难处，祂有一个仇敌。然后，死随着撒但而来；哪里有死，哪里就有黑暗。黑暗之后，跟着有混乱。……若没有光，我们虽仍然能作事，但我们会在混乱里作。然而哪里有光，我们就在光的管制之下作事（李常受文集一九六五年第一册，六九至七○页）。
13God’s purpose and intention in creating the many human beings is to make these men a Body as a vessel to contain Him that He may dwell in them and manifest Himself through them by mingling Himself with them. This is God’s purpose on the positive side. However, because one day Satan came in, God now has a problem, and He has an enemy. Then death followed Satan, and where death is, there is darkness. Following darkness there is confusion…If there were no light, we could still do things, but we would do them in confusion. Where there is light, however, we do things under the control of the light. (CWWL, 1965, vol. 1, “The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ,” pp. 51-52)
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14整个受造之物都服在虚空之下，并在败坏的奴役之下。一切受造之物中的败坏来自黑暗，黑暗来自死，死来自撒但。这清楚地启示在圣经里。借此我们能看见，神有一个定旨要成就，祂有一个仇敌和许多难处，就是在祂受造之物里的死、黑暗、混乱、败坏、奴役和虚空。现今神必须为祂的造物作一些事，因为撒但败坏了受造之物。
14The entire creation is subjected to vanity and is under the slavery of corruption. This corruption in the whole of creation came from darkness, darkness came from death, and death came from Satan. This is clearly revealed in the Scriptures. By this we can see that God has a purpose to fulfill, and He has an enemy and many problems—death, darkness, confusion, corruption, slavery, and vanity in His creation. Now God must do something for His creatures, because Satan has damaged them.
15神正将祂自己作到我们里面，并将祂自己与我们调和，使我们圣别，完全被祂、在祂里面并因祂圣化。我们属人性情的每一点都要与神圣的性情调和。在旧约的预表里，帐幕竖板的每一部分都被金包裹。在这预表的应验里，神将祂自己与召会调和，使我们被带进完满的儿子名分里。
15God is working Himself into us and mingling Himself with us so that we may be holy, absolutely sanctified by Him, in Him, and with Him. Every bit of our human nature will be mingled with the divine nature. In the Old Testament type, every part of the boards of the tabernacle was overlaid with gold. In the fulfillment of the type, God mingles Himself with the church so that we may be brought into full sonship.
16按照新约的教训，儿子的名分首先是指我们由神而生，得着神作我们的生命和性情；其次是我们因神并在神里长大；第三是我们完全与神调和；我们这人的每一部分都被神浸润、浸透、包裹，并完全与神调和。第四，我们有资格承受神所是、所有并所定意的一切。第五，我们至终完全被圣别、成圣并成为神圣的。这是儿子的名分正确的意义。儿子的名分含示长子的名分，使我们有资格凭着与神调和而享受祂。借着与祂调和，我们就绝对、彻底地被祂、因祂并在祂里面圣别；我们里外被作成圣别的、神圣的。神的定旨乃是要使召会圣别到这样的地步。这是神对召会之定旨的第一项。
16According to the teaching of the New Testament, sonship first means that we are born of God to have God as our life and nature. Second, it means that we grow up with God and in God, and third, it means that we are absolutely mingled with God; every part of our being will be permeated, saturated, overlaid, and absolutely mingled with God. Fourth, we are qualified to inherit all that God is, all that God has, and all that God has purposed. Fifth, we eventually are absolutely sanctified, holy, and divine. This is the proper meaning of sonship. Son-ship implies a birthright, qualifying us to enjoy God by being mingled with Him. By being mingled with Him we are absolutely, thoroughly sanctified by Him, with Him, and in Him; within and without we are made holy and divine. God’s purpose is to have the church sanctified to such an extent. This is the first item of God’s purpose concerning the church.
17神定旨的第二面，乃是借着召会展示祂万般的智慧，借此征服并击败祂的仇敌（弗三10~11）。仇敌越制造难处，神就越向他展示神的智慧。……神定旨的第三面，是祂要借着召会将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下〔一10〕（李常受文集一九六五年第一册，七○至七一页）。
17The second aspect of God’s purpose is to subdue and defeat His enemy by displaying His multifarious wisdom through the church (Eph. 3:10-11). The more trouble the enemy causes, the more God will display His wisdom to him. The third aspect of God’s purpose is that He will head up all things in Christ through the church [1:10] . (CWWL, 1965, vol. 1, “The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ,” pp. 52-53)
18参读：李常受文集一九六五年第二册，各种信息及交通记录，第二章。
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今日要点
19主题：借着实行神的旨意，建造召会作基督的身体，以完成神永远的定旨
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20引经：弗一5，10，22~23
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211.召会是神完成定旨的惟一凭借：
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22A.保罗对提摩太说，神救了我们，以圣召召了我们，乃是为着鼓励提摩太，在召会败落、下坡的流中，仍要注意神呼召的定旨 ，提摩太得救是因神的定旨，提摩太被兴起起来跟随神，也是因神的定旨，提摩太现在还要为着召会的建造事奉，因为召会是神今天所用 以完成神定旨，并且解决祂难处的惟一凭借。
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23B.今天基督教的教训仅为，神怜悯了我们这些罪人，使我们脱离地狱，所以我们要来再一起成为召会，然而，按照神话语的启示，召会比这深得多，也高得 多，在以弗所一章5、10、22~23节指出，按着神意愿(will)所喜悦的(good pleasure)，豫定了我们，目的乃是将万有在基督里归一于 一个元首之下，能成就此事，祂要向着召会传输，以得着召会作祂的身体。
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242.认识并实行神的旨意，好完成神永远的定旨：
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25A. 当我们认识神永远的定旨之后，我们若要过为着完成神永远定旨的生活，就必须认识并实行神的旨意，我们的神是一位有定旨(purpose)的神， 有祂自己喜悦（good pleasure）的旨意、意愿（will），祂为着自己的旨意，创造了万有，好成就并完成祂的定旨。
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26B.为着完成神的定旨，我们需要看见神的旨意乃是要与人调和，为此神预备四千年以成为肉体，成为第一个神性与人性调和的神人，经死复活 ，成为那灵分赐到人里面，使祂自己与人调和，使我们在生命、性情上成为神，好绝对、彻底的被祂、因祂、并在祂里面圣别，神的定旨乃 是要使召会作基督的身体，圣别到这样的地步，并且能借着召会展示祂万般的智慧，借此征服并击败神的仇敌，最后，借着召会将万有在基督里 归一于一个元首之下。
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27应用：撒但也极其所能地霸占人，使人无法被拯救到神的定旨里，为此我们不仅需要外出发发单张，所谓的传扬福音，我们也该关心身旁没有得救的家人 、同事、同学和邻居，为他们祷告，不仅我们在过程中经历神人调和，更能将这些人从撒但的霸占中蒙拯救，好借着召会展示神万般的智慧。
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