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神的国—神圣生命的范围以及神圣种类的范围

第一篇 神的国—神圣生命的范围以及神圣种类的范围

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第一周 周六
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1贰 神的国不仅是神圣生命和神圣管治的范围,也是神圣种类的范围,在其中有一切神圣的事物——约三35十八36
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2一 在约翰三章,神的国指神的种类,多过于指神的掌权。
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3二 神成为人,进到人的种类里;而人在生命和性情上(但不在神格上)成为神,进到神圣的种类里——一112~14彼后一4
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4三 要进入这个神圣的范围,就是神圣种类的范围,我们就必须从神而生,有神圣的生命和神圣的性情——约一12~13三35~6彼后一4
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51 神造人,不是照着人的类,乃是按着神的形像,照着祂的样式造的,使人成了神的类,神的种类——创一26
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62 信徒借着重生由神而生,成为祂的儿女,有祂的生命和性情,但无分于祂的神格;他们比亚当更从神类——约一12~13
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7a 亚当只有神外面的样子,而没有神里面的实际——12~14节。
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8b 我们是基督里的信徒和神的儿女,有神圣生命的实际,并且全人正被变化并模成主的形像——林后三18罗十二2八29
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9c 我们的第二次出生,重生,使我们得进神的国,成为神的种类——约三35~6
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10d。 神所有的儿女都是在神圣种类的神圣范围里——一12~13三35
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11e 信徒是在神圣种类里(也就是在神国里)的神人——约壹三1上,约—12~13,三35
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12四 在约翰福音里,我们看见信徒活在神的国这神圣种类范围里的各面:
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131 “从祂的丰满里我们都领受了,而且恩上加恩”——一16
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142 “我所赐的水,要在他里面成为泉源,直涌入永远的生命”——四14下
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153 “那吃我的人,也要因我活着”——六57下
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164 “我爱你们,正如父爱我一样;你们要住在我的爱里”——十五9
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175 “这些事我已经对你们说了,是要叫我的喜乐可以在你们里面,并叫你们的喜乐可以满足”——11节。
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186 “行真理的必来就光,要显明他的行为是在神里面行的”——三21
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197 “时候将到,如今就是了,那真正敬拜父的,要在灵和真实里敬拜祂,因为父寻找这样敬拜祂的人。神是灵;敬拜祂的,必须在灵和真实里敬拜”——四23~24
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208 “你们若住在我里面,我的话也住在你们里面,凡你们所愿意的,祈求就给你们成就”—十五7
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219 “到那日,你们就知道我在我父里面,你们在我里面,我也在你们里面”——十四20
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2210 “你们要彼此相爱,像我爱你们一样”——十五12上
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
23约一12~13 凡接受祂的,就是信入祂名的人,祂就赐他们权柄,成为神的儿女。这等人不是从血生的,不是从肉体的意思生的,也不是从人的意思生的,乃是从神生的。
23John 1:12-13 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the authority to become children of God, to those who believe into His name, who were begotten not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
24在约翰福音里,神国的启示是基于三章的两节圣经。三节说,“我实实在在地告诉你,人若不重生,就不能见神的国。”五节说,“我实实在在地告诉你,人若不是从水和灵生的,就不能进神的国。”……要见神的国,就必须重生。要进神的国,就必须从水和灵生。水表征我们众人受浸所归入之基督的死,灵表征复活(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册,五六
24The revelation of the kingdom of God in John is based upon two verses in John 3. Verse 3 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Then verse 5 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.”…To see the kingdom we need to be born anew. To enter into the kingdom we need to be born of water and the Spirit. Water signifies the death of Christ, into which we all have been baptized, and the Spirit signifies resurrection. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” p. 438)
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Today’s Reading
25〔约翰三章〕说到尼哥底母,他是一个真正寻求的人,在夜里来见主耶稣(2)。他带着很多的知识和许多的观念而来。……他可能以为他需要更好的教训,来改良他自己。但主的回答向他揭示,他需要重生。
25[In John 3] Nicodemus, a real seeker…came to the Lord in the night (v. 2). He came with much knowledge and many concepts…He might have thought that he needed better teachings to improve himself, but the Lord’s answer unveiled to him that he needed to be born anew.
26我们若不重生,就没有见神的国的性能。重生就是从表征基督之死的水而生,也是从表征基督之复活的灵而生。我们必须与基督同死,并复活成为一个新的人,属于另一个种类,就是新的种类。
26If we are not born anew, we do not have the capacity to see the kingdom of God. To be born anew is to be born of water, signifying the death of Christ, and of the Spirit, signifying Christ’s resurrection. We need to die with Christ and be resurrected to be a new person of another, new species, new kind.
27神的国是神的掌权。这神圣的掌权是一个范围,不仅是神圣管理的范围,也是神圣种类的范围,在其中有一切神圣的事物。植物的国是植物种类的范围,动物的国是动物种类的范围。照样,神的国是神圣种类的范围。
27The kingdom of God is the reign of God. This divine reign is a realm, not only of the divine dominion but also of the divine species, in which are all the divine things. The vegetable kingdom is a realm of the vegetable species, and the animal kingdom is a realm of the animal species. In the same way, the kingdom of God is a realm of the divine species.
28神成为肉体,进到人的种类里;而人成为神,有神的生命和性情(但无分于祂神圣的神格),进到祂神圣的种类里。在约翰三章,神的国指神的种类,多过于指神的掌权。
28God became flesh to enter into the human species, and man becomes God in His life and nature, but not in His divine Godhead, to enter into His divine species. In John 3 the kingdom of God refers more to the species of God than to the reign of God.
29我们要进入神圣的范围,就是神圣种类的范围,就必须从神而生,有神圣的性情和生命。……人是按着神的形像,照着祂的样式造的,这指明人是照着神的种、神的类造的。创世记一章说,各样的活物都是各从其类造的。但神造人,不是照着人的类,乃是按着神的形像,照着祂的样式造的,使人成了神的类。
29To enter into the divine realm, the realm of the divine species, we need to be born of God to have the divine nature and life…That man was created in the image of God and according to His likeness indicates that man was created in God’s kind, in God’s species. Genesis 1 says that each of the living things was created according to its kind. But God created man, not according to man’s kind but in God’s image and according to God’s likeness to be God’s kind.
30信徒借着重生从神而生,成为祂的儿女,有祂的生命和性情,但无分于祂的神格(约一12~13),他们比亚当更从神类。亚当只有神外面的样子,而没有神里面的实际,就是神圣的生命。我们里面有神圣生命的实际,并且全人正被变化并模成主的形像。神所有的儿女都是在神圣种类的神圣范围里,这样说是合逻辑的。
30The believers, who are born of God by regeneration to be His children in His life and nature but not in His Godhead (John 1:12-13), are more in God’s kind than Adam was. Adam had only the outward appearance of God without the inward reality, the divine life. We have the reality of the divine life within us, and we are being transformed and conformed to the Lord’s image in our entire being. It is logical to say that all the children of God are in the divine realm of the divine species.
31因此,在重生里,神生神〔在神的生命和性情上,但不在神的神格上〕。人生人,羊生羊。如果羊不生羊,那么羊生什么?如果神所生的不是神,那又是什么?如果神的儿女不是从神的种、神的类,那他们是从什么种?如果他们不是神,他们是什么?我们这些从神生的,都是神。但是在发表上,为免引起神学上的误解,最好说我们是在神圣种类里(也就是在神国里)的神人。
31Thus, in regeneration God begets gods [in His life and nature but not in His Godhead]. Man begets man. Goats beget goats. If goats do not beget goats, what do they beget? If God does not beget gods, what does He beget? If the children of God are not in God’s kind, in God’s species, in what kind are they? If they are not gods, what are they? We all who are born of God are gods. But for utterance, due to the theological misunderstanding, it is better to say that we are Godmen in the divine species, that is, in the kingdom of God.
32这些神人是神所生的儿女,不仅构成神的家(提前三15彼前四17约十四2),也是基督身体借以建造起来的构成分子,而基督的身体要终极完成新耶路撒冷,作神与基督永远的国(林前六9弗五5彼后一11启十一15)(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第四册,五六二至五六五页)。
32These God-men, who are children born of God, not only constitute the house of God (1 Tim. 3:15; 1 Pet. 4:17; John 14:2) but also are the constituents with which the Body of Christ is built up, and the Body of Christ will consummate the New Jerusalem as the eternal kingdom of God and of Christ (1 Cor. 6:9; Eph. 5:5; 2 Pet. 1:11; Rev. 11:15). (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” pp. 438-440)
33参读:约翰福音结晶读经,第十二篇。
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今日要点
34主题:活在神圣种类的范围里,而活在神国的实际里
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35引经:约一12~13
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361.神的国乃是神圣种类的范围:
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37a.神的国不仅是神圣生命和神圣管治的范围,也是神圣种类的范围,在其中有一切神圣的事物,根据约三3和5节说到重生,12节说到成为神的儿女,也就是神圣的种类,约十八36主说到祂的国不属这世界(或,世人),指出神的国不是人的种类,而是神的种类。
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38b.神成为人,进到人的种类里,而人在生命和性情上,但不在神格上成为神,进到神圣的种类里,要进入神圣种类的范围,就必须从神而生,亚当虽按着神的形像和样式被造,有神外面的样子,却没有神圣的实际,信徒借重生由神而生,成为神的儿女,有神的生命和性情,比亚当更从神类。
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392.活在神的国这神圣种类的范围里:
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40A.神的国是神的掌权,这神圣的掌权是一个范围,不仅是神圣管理的范围,也是神圣种类的范围,在其中有一切神圣的事物,植物的国是植物种类的范围,动物的国乃是动物种类的范围,照样,神的国乃是神圣种类的范围,因此,在重生里,神生神,在生命和性情上,但不在神格上。
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41B.人生人,羊生羊,如果羊不生羊,那么羊生什么?同样,如果神所生的不是神,那又是什么?如果神的儿女不是从神的种类,那他们是从什么种类?如果他们不是神,那又是什么?我们这些从神生的,都是神,但不在神格上,不成为敬拜的对象,而是在神圣种类,就是神国里的神人。
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42应用:我们出去向人传福音,不该只是传福利平安的福音,而该传国度的福音,使人借着重生,得着神圣的生命,能够有一个神圣的迁移,迁移到神圣种类的范围,并凭着神圣的生命过基督徒的生活。
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