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国度与召会

第三篇 国度与召会

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第三周 周四
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1叁 真正的召会就是在今世神的国;今天信徒乃是在召会中过国度生活——太十六18~19十八17~18十三44~46罗十四17林前四20弗二19西四11启一4~6
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2一 主耶稣每次说到召会时,都将召会联于国度;这指明国度与召会有何等密切的关联——太十六18~19十八17~18
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31 罗马十四章十七节证明,今世的召会乃是神的国。
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42 林前四章二十节的“神的国”是指召会生活(17),这含示就着权柄的一面说,今世的召会就是神的国。
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53 以弗所二章十九节的“同国之民”一辞,指明神的国,就是神运用祂权柄的范围。
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64 保罗和他的同工为着建立众召会,在福音工作上所作的,乃是为着神的国——西四11
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75 启示录一章六节的“国度”一辞启示,召会在哪里,神的国就在哪里;召会代表国度。
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8二 在主的恢复里,我们乃是同时在国度和召会里,在宝贝和珠子里——太十三44~46
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9肆 在作为国度的召会里,我们乃是在国度的管治、行政、管教和操练之下——林前六9~10加五19~21弗五5
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10一 虽然今天召会是神的国,但唯有当我们在灵里,而不在天然的人里生活、行动、为人时,我们才在国度的实际里——罗八4加五1625
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
11罗十四17 因为神的国不在于吃喝,乃在于公义、和平、并圣灵中的喜乐。
11Rom. 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
12弗二19 这样,你们不再是外人和寄居的,乃是圣徒同国之民,是神家里的亲人。
12Eph. 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
13神的国……是召会的生活。……根据某些圣经教师的说法,国度还没有来到。他们宣称现今是召会时代,下一个时代才是国度时代。但是在罗马十四章十七节,保罗不是说神的国“将不在于”;他乃是用现在式说神的国“不在于”。十四章是说到接纳信徒,照上下文看,国度就是今日的召会生活。召会生活的实际乃是国度。十二章说到身体生活,十四章说到国度生活。这指明在罗马书,国度生活就是身体生活的实际。
13The kingdom of God is the living of the church…According to some Bible teachers, the kingdom has not yet come. They claim that now is the dispensation of the church, and the next dispensation will be that of the kingdom. But in Romans 14:17 Paul does not say that the kingdom of God shall be; he uses the present tense and says that the kingdom of God is. According to the context of Romans 14, which speaks of receiving the believers, the kingdom is today’s church life. The reality of the church life is the kingdom. Romans 12 speaks of the Body life, and Romans 14, of the kingdom life. This indicates that, in Romans, the kingdom life is the reality of the Body life.
14在一面意义上,说今世是召会时代,来世是国度时代,这样说是对的。然而,在另一面意义上,神的国今天就在这里,因为国度是召会的实际,也是召会的生活。因此,召会就是国度。既然今日召会就是国度,那么说国度已经完全被悬起来,直到要来的时代,这样说是不正确的。十四章十七节确实地证明,国度就是今日的召会生活(新约总论第七册,二二三页)。
14In a sense, it is correct to say that the present age is the church age and that the coming age will be the kingdom age. However, in another sense, the kingdom of God is here today, for the kingdom is the reality of the church and the living of the church. Hence, the church is the kingdom. Since the church is the kingdom today, it is not correct to say that the kingdom has been suspended altogether until the coming age. Romans 14:17 proves definitely that the kingdom is the living of the church today. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2237-2238)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
15在论到召会的使徒行传里,也常常提到国度(八12,十四22,十九8,二十25,二八23、31)。在使徒行传里,信徒们传扬神的国为福音(八12),福音甚至被称为神国的福音。所以,说国度与今天的召会生活完全是分开的,这种说法是不正确的。
15In Acts, which is concerned with the church, there is frequent mention of the kingdom (8:12; 14:22; 19:8; 20:25; 28:23, 31). In Acts the believers preached the kingdom of God as the gospel (8:12). The gospel is even called the gospel of the kingdom. Therefore, it is not correct to say that the kingdom is altogether separate from today’s church life.
16按照新约的启示,正当的召会生活乃是国度生活。我们若活在我们里面之活神的管治下,也就是活在诸天之国的管治下,我们将会有马太五、六、七章所记载的那种生活,也会有实行在召会生活中的国度生活。因此,我们不能把神的国和召会分开。
16According to the revelation in the New Testament, the proper church life is the kingdom life. If we live under the rule of the living God within us, that is, under the rule of the kingdom of the heavens, we shall have the kind of life recorded in chapters 5, 6, and 7 of Matthew. We shall also have a life of the kingdom practiced in the church life. Hence, we should not separate the kingdom of God from the church.
17以弗所二章十九节的“同国之民”一辞,指明神的国。所有的信徒,无论是犹太人或外邦人,都是神国里的国民。神的国是神施行祂权柄的范围。一个人只要是信徒,他就是神国里的国民。公民权包括了权利和义务,这两件事总是并行的。我们享受国家的权利,也要担负国家的义务。……十九节使我们有根据,能说现今召会乃是神的国。这里提到的同国之民,是与国有关,不是与家有关。家是由家人组成,而不是由国民组成。一面,我们是神家里的亲人;另一面,我们是神国里的国民。
17[In Ephesians 2:19] the term fellow citizens indicates the kingdom of God. All the believers, both Jewish and Gentile, are citizens of God’s kingdom, which is a sphere wherein God exercises His authority. As long as anyone is a believer, he is a citizen of the kingdom of God. This citizenship involves rights and responsibilities, two things that always go together. We enjoy the rights of the kingdom, and we bear the responsibilities of the kingdom. Ephesians 2:19 affords us the basis for saying that the church today is God’s kingdom. The citizens mentioned here are related to a kingdom, a nation, not to a family. A family is composed of members, not of citizens. On the one hand, we are members of God’s household; on the other hand, we are citizens of God’s nation, of God’s kingdom.
18虽然现今召会乃是神的国,但我们只有在灵里生活行动的时候,才是在神国的实际里。每当我们照着旧人行事为人,或是在肉体或己里生活,我们实际上是在神国之外。这就是说,当我们在肉体里,我们就是在堕落之人的性情这个旧范围里,这堕落之人性的范围,完全被撒但篡窃以形成他的国。因此,一位真基督徒若活在肉体里,而不活在灵里,实际上,他可能就是活在撒但的国里,而不是活在神的国里。只有当我们在灵里生活、行动、行事,并全人都在灵里,而不在天然的人里,我们才是在神的国里,我们也实际地是神的国(新约总论第七册,二二四、二二○至二二二页)。
18Although the church today is God’s kingdom, we are in the kingdom in reality only when we live and walk in spirit. Whenever we behave according to the old man or live in the flesh or the self, we, in a practical way, are out of God’s kingdom. This means that when we are in the flesh, we are in the old realm of the fallen human nature, which has been fully usurped by Satan to form his kingdom. Therefore, a genuine Christian, if he lives in the flesh instead of in the spirit, may live in a practical way not in the kingdom of God but in the kingdom of Satan. Only when we live, walk, behave, and have our being altogether in our spirit, not in our natural man, are we in the kingdom of God and, in reality, are the kingdom of God. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2238, 2235-2236)
19参读:新约总论,第二百零九篇、二百四十至二百四十一篇。
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今日要点
20主题:在召会生活中过国度的生活,好带进国度的实现
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21引经:罗十四17弗二19
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221.真正的召会就是今世神的国:
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23a. 有些圣经教师说,国度还没有来到,现今是召会时代,下一个时代才是国度时代,但罗十四17说,『因为神的国不在于吃喝,乃在于公义、和平、并圣灵中的喜乐』,保罗不是用未来式,而是用现在式,并且,按上下文看,国度就是今日召会生活要接纳圣徒,因此,国度并非来世的事,真正的召会生活就是在今世神的国,
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24b.在一面意义上,说今世是召会时代,来世是国度时代,并没有错,但另一面的意义上,神的国今天就在这里,因为国度是召会的实际,也是召会的生活,今天召会要有国度的实际,来世才有国度的实现。
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252.在灵里活在国度管治之下,而在国度的实际里:
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26a. 今天信徒乃是在召会中过国度生活,主耶稣每次说到召会时,都将召会联于国度,这指明国度与召会有何等密切的关联,在马太十三章,主说到诸天之国的比喻,提到宝贝和珠子,但事实上这都是指召会,所以在主的恢复里,我们乃是同时在国度和召会里,在宝贝和珠子里。
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27b. 在弗二19说到『圣徒同国之民』,指明所有信徒,都是神国的国民,神的国是神施行权柄的范围,因此,在作为国度的召会里,我们乃是在国度的管治、行政、管教和操练之下,虽然今天召会是神的国,但惟有当我们在灵里,而不在天然的人里生活、行动、为人时,我们才在国度的实际里。
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28应用:我们需要操练运用我们的灵,使我们逆着性,顺着灵,否认己,活基督,不照着旧人行事为人,或是在肉体或是己里生活,而使我们实际在神国的范围里。
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