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在基督耶稣里的恩典上得着加力，成为教师、精兵、竞赛者、农夫和工人

第三篇　在基督耶稣里的恩典上得着加力，成为教师、精兵、竞赛者、农夫和工人

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第三周　周四
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1三 我们必须是竞赛者，运动员，奔跑基督徒的赛程，直到跑完我们的路程，在神经纶唯一的职事中尽我们的职事，好得着基督为奖赏——提后二5，林前九24～25：
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21 我们必须治服我们的身体，使其成为被征服的俘虏，像奴隶一样服事我们，好成就我们神圣的目的，但这不是凭我们自己的努力，乃是凭着那灵——罗八13。
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32 我们必须仰望主，使我们蒙恩，在基督这蒙爱者里面（弗一6）得着祂的恩典，以跑完我们的路程，好叫我们在来世得着赏赐，得着基督作不能坏的华冠（林前九24～27），包括以下几方面：
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4a 祂要作我们生命的冠冕——启二10，雅一12。
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5b 祂要作我们公义的冠冕——提后四6～8。
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6c 祂要作我们圣别的冠冕——出二八36～38，二九6，参彼前一15～16，弗五26。
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7d 祂要作我们荣耀的冠冕——彼前五4。
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8e 当我们吃基督作生命树，神的属性，就是那把守生命树不给堕落之人接触的，如今就分赐到我们里面，使基督成为我们的公义、圣别和荣耀，使我们得以向全宇宙展示基督作神万般的智慧——启二7，创三24，林前一30，弗二10，三10。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
9提后二5 竞赛的人，非按规矩竞赛，就不能得华冠。
92 Tim. 2:5 And also if anyone contends in the games, he is not crowned unless he contends lawfully.
10林前九25~26 凡较力争胜的，诸事都有节制；他们不过是要得能坏的华冠，我们却是要得不能坏的华冠。所以我这样奔跑，不像无定向的……。
101 Cor. 9:25-26 And everyone who contends exercises self-control in all things; they then, that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible. I therefore run in this way, not as though without a clear aim…
11在提后二章五节保罗把提摩太比作竞赛中的运动员。……提摩太同时要作教师和精兵，也要作运动员。……赛跑中的跑者跑得快是很重要的。那不是他运用忍耐的时候。〔在别的信息里〕我鼓励你们要等候、祷告。但赛跑要赢得华冠时，我们就不该等候。反之，我们该奔跑以达到目标（提摩太后书生命读经，二八至二九页）。
11In 2 Timothy 2:5 Paul likens Timothy to an athlete contending in the games…At the same time that Timothy was to be a teacher and a soldier, he was also to be an athlete. It is important for a runner in a race to run fast. That is not the time for him to exercise patience. In a foregoing message I encouraged you to wait and pray. But when it comes to running the race to win the crown, we should not wait. On the contrary, we should run to reach the goal. (Life-study of 2 Timothy, 2nd ed., p. 24)
12牧长基督一直在顾到对祂召会的牧养〔彼前五4〕。当祂回来的时候，祂要赏赐那些与祂合作的忠信者（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，一六○页）。
12Christ as the Chief Shepherd is taking care of the shepherding of His churches [1 Pet. 5:4]. When He comes back, He will reward the faithful ones who cooperated with Him. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” p. 118)
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13我们要有掌权的经历，就必须先解决地位的问题。我们要认识并守住升天的地位，也要认识并守住等次的地位。这认识升天的地位，就是……认识升天的经历；这认识等次的地位，就是……认识身体的经历。……我们必须认识主在祂的救恩里，所叫我们得着的升天地位，并祂在祂的身体上，所安排给我们的等次地位，我们才能运用祂的权柄，而为神掌权。
13To gain the experience of reigning, we must first solve the problem of position. We must know and keep the position of ascension, and we must also know and keep the position of order. Knowing the position of ascension is the experience of knowing the ascension…Knowing the position of order is the experience of knowing the Body…We must know the position of ascension, which He has caused us to obtain in His salvation, and the position of order, which He has arranged for us in His Body, before we can exercise His authority and reign for God.
14第二，要掌权。要掌权的意思，就是要积极的、主动的，来为神掌权，管治一切。……有的弟兄姊妹，……不想掌权，也不要掌权；他们的灵是松懈的。召会中发生了难处，他们不管；工作上出了事情，他们也不问；任凭撒但作祟破坏。这样，虽然就着他们生命的光景说，可以掌权了，但实际上却因着他们松懈，不肯起来掌权，就还不能有掌权的经历。所以一个要掌权的人，他的灵必须不松懈、不畏缩，肯积极而主动地运用神的权柄，来对付仇敌一切的作为。这样，神的权柄立即就能在召会中显出来，召会中许多不服不法的事，就可治服了。
14Second, we must have the desire to reign. This means that we must positively and actively reign for God, ruling over all things…Some brothers and sisters, however, have neither the thought nor the desire to reign. Their spirits are loose and lazy. They neither care for the difficulties arising in the church nor inquire about the problems springing up in the Lord’s work. They simply allow Satan to work and destroy at will. Hence, according to their growth of life, they are able to reign, yet in reality, due to their laxity and unwillingness to reign, they still cannot obtain the experience of reigning. Therefore, if one desires to reign, his spirit must not be lax or timid but willing to exercise God’s authority and positively and actively deal with all the works of the enemy. Thus, God’s authority will immediately be manifested in the church, and many rebellious and unlawful matters in the church will be subdued.
15今天召会中就是缺少这样要掌权的人。因此常有许多不该有的情形产生出来。比方我们常看见有些交通聚会和擘饼聚会，是软弱紊乱的。有人该祷告，却不祷告；有人该说话，却不说话。反而许多无所谓的祷告，和散漫无章的话语，倒释放出来，使聚会受了搅扰，叫众弟兄姊妹不得造就，而失去聚会的心情。这种光景，大半就是由于该掌权的人不掌权。他们袖手旁观，任凭人在聚会中随便活动，还以为这样很属灵，不动人工，只凭灵感，结果就叫召会受到莫大的亏损。
15In the church today we lack the kind of people who desire to reign. Therefore, many situations that should not exist often arise. For example, some of the fellowship and breaking of bread meetings are weak and confused. Some of the brothers and sisters should have prayed, but they did not; some should have spoken, but they withheld from speaking. On the contrary, many unnecessary prayers and meaningless testimonies were released. The meetings thus are disturbed, and the brothers and sisters are not edified and lose heart toward the meetings. This condition is mainly caused by those who should have reigned but did not reign. They have just behaved like bystanders, allowing others to act in the meetings in whatever manner they chose. They even regard such a way as being very spiritual, not by man’s doing but by the Spirit’s move. As a result, they cause the church to suffer great loss.
16我们常说某次聚会很发死、很下沉。……何时聚会发死、下沉，那就是撒但在那里掌权……作王了。那时，就该有人起来，要为神掌权，或用话语，或用诗歌，或用祷告，来管住那个聚会，转换那种空气，释放神的生命，而吞灭撒但的死亡（李常受文集一九五三年第三册，六九三至六九五页）。
16We often say that certain meetings are very dead and depressed…Whenever a meeting is dead and depressed, it means that Satan is reigning there as king. At that time, someone should rise up to reign for God, either by a word, a hymn, or a prayer to control the meeting, change the atmosphere, and release the life of God, thereby swallowing up Satan’s death. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Experience of Life,” pp. 510-512)
17参读：雅歌中所描绘的生命与建造，第六章；神殿与神城的恢复，第六、八章。
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今日要点
18主题：在基督耶稣的恩典上得着加力，好成为竞赛者
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19引经：提后二5，林前九24~25
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201.成为竞赛者，按规矩竞赛，好得着奖赏：
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21A.保罗不仅鼓励提摩太要作教师，将健康话语的规范教训人，并与仇敌和异议者不同的教训争战，也把提摩太比作在运动场上的竞赛者，赛跑中的跑者跑得快是很重要的，那不是他运用忍耐的时候，作为竞赛者，我们要奔跑基督徒的赛程，直到跑完我们的路程，在神经纶惟一的职事中尽我们的职事，好得着基督作为奖赏。
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22B.林前九24~25保罗指出，凡较力争胜的，诸事都有节制，他们不过是要得能坏的华冠，我们却是要得不能坏的华冠，所以我这样奔跑，不像无定向的，这样的思想与提后二5相符，竞赛者要得奖赏，就需要有定向、按规矩竞赛，这需要我们治服我们的身体，使其成为被征服的俘虏，好成就神圣的目的，这不是凭我们自己的努力，而是凭着那灵，好使我们在基督这蒙爱者里面，得着祂作我们的恩典。
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232.得着基督作冠冕，与祂同掌权：
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24A.当我们按规矩竞赛，得着冠冕，我们就要经历基督作我们生命的冠冕、公义的冠冕、圣别的冠冕，以及荣耀的冠冕，使我们与基督那日一同作王掌权，而要成就此事，今天我们就要有掌权的经历，也就必须解决地位的问题，我们要认识并守住升天的地位，也要认识并守住等次的地位，也就是认识身体的经历，而在正确的等次和地位上。
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25B.第二，我们需要使灵不松懈，能够积极、主动的，与神合作，来为神掌权，管治一切，运用神的权柄，来对付仇敌一切的作为，这样，神的权柄立即就能在召会中显出来，召会中许多不服、不法的事，就可治服了，为此我们要吃基督生命树，神的属性，就是那把守生命树不给堕落之人接触的，就要分赐到我们里面，使基督成为我们的冠冕，成为公义、圣别和荣耀，使我们得以向宇宙展示基督作神万般的智慧。
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26应用：我们不该对召会中的难处，例如事奉交通软弱紊乱的光景不闻不问，也不该任意凭着天然的热心插手，我们该操练回到灵里祷告，先让神的权柄在我们自身掌权，为召会祷告，好叫召会死亡的光景被生命所吞灭，而恢复到让神掌权的正常光景。
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