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第六篇　作贵重的器皿，同那清心呼求主的人，竭力追求公义、信、爱、和平

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第六周　周四
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1四 爱是神素质的性质——约壹四19：
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21 神圣的爱乃是神素质的属性，主要是彰显在差祂的儿子救赎我们，并将神的生命分赐到我们里面，使我们成为祂的儿女——约三16，约壹四9～10。
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32 神就是爱；我们爱，因为神先爱我们——8、19节。
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43 爱就是神自己，住在爱里面，就是过着习惯地用这爱爱别人的生活——8节。
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5五 新约说到神的平安与平安的神——约二十19，弗二14，彼后一2：
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61 论到平安的神，我们需要罗马十六章二十节和腓立比四章七节。
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72 平安的神守卫我们的心，祂在基督耶稣里巡查我们的心怀意念——罗十五33，腓四9。
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83 神的平安与平安的神乃是一——帖前五23。
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94 在我们的经历中，平安是恩典所产生的光景；恩典是本质，而平安是光景——林前一3。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
10约三16 神爱世人，甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们……。
10John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…
11罗十六20 平安的神快要将撒但践踏在你们的脚下。愿我们主耶稣的恩，与你们同在。
11Rom. 16:20 Now the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
12神圣的爱是神素质的性质。因此，爱是神素质的属性。约翰三章十六节告诉我们：“神爱世人，甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们。”约壹四章九节说，“神差祂的独生子到世上来，使我们借着祂得生并活着，在此神的爱就向我们显明了。”世上，指堕落的人类所在的地方，与提前一章十五节者同。
12The divine love…is the nature of God’s essence. Thus, it is an essential attribute of God…First John 4:9 says, “In this the love of God was manifested among us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might have life and live through Him.” As in 1 Timothy 1:15, the “world” refers to fallen mankind, whom God so loved that, by making them alive through His Son with His own life, they might become His children. In this the love of God has been manifested.
13约壹四章十节接着说，“不是我们爱神，乃是神爱我们，差祂的儿子，为我们的罪作了平息的祭物，在此就是爱了。”“此”字指上述的事实：不是我们爱神，乃是神爱我们，差祂的儿子，为我们的罪作了平息的祭物。在这事实里，有神高超、高贵的爱。神圣的爱这神素质的属性，主要是彰显在差祂的儿子救赎我们，并将神的生命分赐到我们里面，使我们成为祂的儿女（新约总论第一册，八九至九○页）。
13First John 4:10 goes on to say, “Herein is love, not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins.” The word herein refers to the following fact: not that we have loved God but that He loved us and sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins. In this fact is the higher and nobler love of God. The divine love as God’s essential attribute is mainly expressed in sending His Son to redeem us and impart God’s life into us that we may become His children. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 75)
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14以弗所二章四节说，“神富于怜悯，因祂爱我们的大爱。”爱的对象应该是在可爱的光景里，但怜悯的对象总是在可怜的光景里。因此，神的怜悯比祂的爱达到得更远。神爱我们，因为我们是祂拣选的对象；然而我们因着堕落变得极为可怜，甚至死在过犯并罪之中，所以我们需要神的怜悯。因着祂的大爱，神是富于怜悯的，把我们从可怜的地位，救到适合祂爱的光景。神高贵的爱这素质的属性，需要祂怜悯的属性，好叫祂能在我们堕落生命的深坑中临到我们。
14Ephesians 2:4 says, “God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us.” The object of love should be in a lovable condition, but the object of mercy is always in a pitiful situation. Hence, God’s mercy reaches further than His love. God loves us because we are the object of His selection. But we became pitiful by our fall, even dead in our offenses and sins; therefore, we need God’s mercy. Because of His great love, God is rich in mercy to save us from our wretched position to a condition that is suitable for His love. The nobler love of God as His essential attribute needs His attribute of mercy to reach us in the deep pit of our fallen life.
15因为神是灵也是爱，我们越在祂的分赐之下，我们就越有爱。事实上，神的性质越分赐到我们里面，我们就越成为爱。……借着神将祂自己分赐到我们里面，由于这位是爱的神构成的工作，我们就成为爱。作神素质之性质的爱分赐到我们里面，我们就会在爱里对别人反应。
15Because God is love as well as Spirit, the more we are under His dispensing, the more love we have. Actually, the more God’s nature is dispensed into us, the more we become love…Through God’s dispensing of Himself into us, we become love in the sense of being constituted of God as love. When love as the nature of God’s essence is dispensed into us, we shall react to others in love.
16神的另一个属性是平安（和平）。新约说到……平安的神〔罗十六20〕……〔以及〕神的平安〔腓四7〕……。神的平安实际上就是平安的神自己，借着我们祷告与祂交通，注入我们里面，抗拒苦恼，化解挂虑（约十六33）。平安的神在基督耶稣里，在我们的心怀意念前守卫。……神的平安与平安的神乃是一。……我们所享受真实的平安就是神自己。享受平安之神的路，乃是借着祷告与祂有交通。
16Another attribute of God is peace. The New Testament speaks about both the peace of God [Phil. 4:7] and the God of peace [Rom. 16:20]…The peace of God is actually God as peace, infused into us through our fellowship with Him by prayer, as the counterpoise of troubles and the antidote to anxiety (John 16:33). The God of peace mounts guard over our hearts and thoughts in Christ Jesus. The peace of God and the God of peace are one…The genuine peace we enjoy is God Himself. The way to enjoy the God of peace is by praying to have fellowship with Him.
17在帖前五章二十三节……我们看见，和平的神是那圣别人的，祂的圣别带来和平。
17In 1 Thessalonians 5:23…we see that the God of peace is the Sanctifier. His sanctification brings in peace.
18在我们的经历中，平安是恩典所产生的光景，出于我们对父神的享受。我们享受神作恩典，就在满了安息与满足的光景中。……平安的本质是神自己，平安的光景是出于我们享受神作恩典。……平安是恩典的结果，这事实由保罗在以弗所一章二节和其他书信问候圣徒的方式所指明：“愿恩典与平安，从神我们的父，并主耶稣基督归与你们。”这平安由享受神作恩典所产生，也是我们在基督里所享受之神的一个属性（新约总论第一册，九○、八五、一二三至一二四页）。
18In our experience peace is a condition that results from grace, that issues from the enjoyment of God our Father. When we enjoy God as grace, we are in a condition that is full of rest and satisfaction. This is peace…The substance of grace is God Himself, and the condition of peace is that which issues out of our enjoyment of God as grace. We all can testify of the peace we have when we enjoy God as grace. The fact that peace is the issue of grace is indicated by the way Paul greets the saints in Ephesians 1:2 and in other Epistles: “Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.” This peace results from the enjoyment of God as grace which is also an attribute of the God whom we enjoy in Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 75-76, 70, 105-106)
19参读：新约总论，第九至十篇。
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今日要点
20主题：竭力追求神作我们的爱和和平，活出神的爱和神的平安
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21引经：提后二22，约三16，罗十六20
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221.持竭力追求的态度，追求神作我们的爱：
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23A. 提后二22指出，我们要竭力追求公义、信、爱、和平，这一节可以分五方面来展开，周三已经展开了头三方面，第四，关于「爱」，神圣的爱是神素质的性质，因此，爱是神素质的属性。
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24B.约三16告诉我们，『神爱世人，甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们…』，神圣的爱主要是彰显在差祂的儿子救赎我们，并将神的生命分赐到我们里面，使我们成为神的儿女，今天神就是爱，我们爱，因为神先爱了我们，爱就是神自己，住在爱里面，就是过习惯用这爱爱别人的生活。
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252.持竭力追求的态度，追求神作我们的和平：
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26A.第五，关于「平安」，神的另一个属性乃是平安（和平），罗十六20说到平安的神，以及神的平安，神的平安实际上就是平安的神自己，借着我们祷告与祂交通，注入我们里面，使我们抵抗苦恼，化解挂虑，平安的神在基督耶稣里，在我们的心怀意念里守卫我们。
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27B.神的平安，其实就是神自己，神的平安与平安的神乃是一，我们所享受真实的平安，其实不是别的，乃是神自己，享受平安的路，乃是借着祷告与祂有交通，借此我们就经历里面有恩典，外面有平安，平安的本质是神自己，平安的光景是出于我们享受神作恩典，平安乃是恩典的结果。
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28应用：我们要承认自己的爱是有限的，而向主完全敞开，让神的爱浇灌在我们心里，成为我们的爱，而使我们能活出神的爱，来爱圣徒、爱世人，并且借着传福音给人，将平安带到人里面。
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