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在神的行政下过基督徒生活

第二篇　在神的行政下过基督徒生活

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第二周　周五
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1三 我们该谦卑服在神那执行祂行政之大能的手下——五6：
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21 在六节，“神大能的手”是指神执行祂行政的手，特别见于祂的审判中——一17，四17。 2 谦卑服在神大能的手下，乃是让神把我们作成谦卑的；然而，我们必须与神的工作合作，甘愿在神大能的手下被祂作成谦卑、卑微的——五6。
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3彼前五5~6 照样，年幼的，要服从年长的；你们众人彼此相待，也都要以谦卑束腰，因为神敌挡狂傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。所以你们要谦卑，服在神大能的手下，使祂到了时候，可以叫你们升高。
31 Pet. 5:5-6 In like manner, younger men, be subject to elders; and all of you gird yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Therefore be humbled under the mighty hand of God that He may exalt you in due time.
4在召会里的每个人，包括长老，都该以谦卑束腰。在彼前一章十三节彼得嘱咐我们，要束上我们心思的腰，但这里他指明我们全人都需要束紧。
4Everyone in the church, including the elders, should gird himself with humility. In 1 Peter 1:13 Peter charges us to gird up the loins of our mind, but here [in 5:5] he indicates that our entire being needs to be girded.
5这里的“束腰”，原文源自奴仆的围裙一辞，指服事时用以束紧宽松之外衣者，这里用作比喻，表征在服事时穿上谦卑为美德。这比喻显然是出于彼得的印象，就是主如何以手巾束腰，降卑自己洗门徒的脚，特别是洗彼得的脚（约十三4~7）（彼得前书生命读经，三五六页）。
5The Greek word for gird here is derived from a noun meaning “a slave’s apron”; such an apron girded up the slave’s loose garments in the service. It is used here as a figure of speech, signifying the putting on of humility as a virtue in service. This figure came evidently from Peter’s impression of how the Lord girded Himself with a towel when He humbled Himself to wash the disciples’ feet, especially Peter’s (John 13:4-7). (Life-study of 1 Peter, p. 296)
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6彼得说，神不但敌挡狂傲的人，也赐恩给谦卑的人。严格地说，这恩典是指三一神自己作生命的供应，在谦卑的信徒里面繁增。……信徒已经得着起初的恩典，但这恩典需要在他们里面繁增，使他们有分于全般的恩典。神诸般的恩典就如彼前五章十节里全般的恩典，乃是生命丰富的供应，也就是三一神在多方面供应到我们里面（林后十三14，十二9）。神将祂自己当作恩典，当作生命的供应赐给谦卑的信徒。
6Peter says that God not only resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. Strictly speaking, this grace refers to the Triune God Himself as the life supply being multiplied in the humble believer…The believers have received the initial grace, yet this grace needs to be multiplied in them that they may participate in all grace. The varied grace of God [1 Pet. 4:10], as the all grace in 5:10, is the rich supply of life, which is the Triune God ministered into us in many aspects (2 Cor. 13:14; 12:9). God gives Himself as grace, as life supply, to humble believers.
7彼前五章五节的“谦卑”，原文也是卑微的意思，与马太十一章二十九节者同，那里主耶稣说，“我心里柔和谦卑。”……我们不该高举自己，却该一直使自己卑微。这样，我们就会在接受三一神作生命供应的地位上；我们会得着神赐给谦卑信徒的恩典。
7The Greek word for humble in 1 Peter 5:5 also means “lowly,” as in Matthew 11:29, where the Lord Jesus said, “I am meek and lowly in heart.”…Instead of uplifting ourselves, we should always keep ourselves low. Then we will be in a position to receive the Triune God as our life supply. We will receive the grace that God gives to humble believers.
8〔彼前五章六节〕的“要谦卑”，原文为被动式，指明神使我们谦卑，这主要的是借着逼迫的苦难（10）。然而，这需要我们与神的工作合作；我们必须甘愿在神大能的手下被祂作成谦卑、卑微的。因此说“要谦卑”。“谦卑”是被动的，而“要”是主动的。当神行动，在我们身上工作时，我们需要采取主动，让祂在我们身上工作；采取主动是主动的，让祂工作是被动的。这就是我们甘愿服在神的手下，神的手是有大能为我们作成一切的。
8The words be humbled [1 Pet. 5:6] are passive voice, indicating being made humble by God, mainly through sufferings in persecutions (v. 10). This, however, requires that we cooperate with God’s operation. We must be willing to be made humble, lowly, under the mighty hand of God. Hence, be humbled. We may say that humbled is passive, but be is active. While God is acting to operate on us, we need to take the initiative to be operated on by Him. To take the initiative is active; to be operated on is passive. This is our willingness to be under the hand of God, which is mighty to do everything for us.
9神也许用逼迫使我们谦卑。……好事临到我们，我们也许就成为狂傲的。但苦难或逼迫也许帮助我们谦卑。例如，一位弟兄也许因失业而谦卑。一个学生也许因为得到的分数比他所期望的低而谦卑。
9Persecution may be used by God to humble us…When good things happen to us, we may become proud. But suffering or persecution may help us to be humble. For example, a brother may be humbled as a result of losing his job. A student may be humbled by receiving a lower grade than he expected.
10我们也可能在家庭生活中经历一些事情，叫我们谦卑。某位弟兄、姊妹的儿女若很杰出，作父母的也许就成为狂傲的。但儿女若给他们造成问题或难处，这就会使作父母的卑微。同样，一位青年弟兄的父亲若在工作上有非常高的地位，这位弟兄也许就很狂傲。……但假定他的父亲是看门的，所受的教育非常有限；这位青年弟兄知道他的父亲有这样卑微的地位，这也许使他卑微。
10We may also experience being humbled in our family life. If the children of a certain brother and sister are outstanding, the parents may become proud. But if the children cause them problems or difficulty, this will make the parents lowly. Likewise, if a young brother’s father has a very high position in his work, this brother may be proud…But suppose his father is a janitor with a very limited education. Knowing that his father has such a lowly position may cause this young brother to be lowly.
11我们无法使自己谦卑。反之，我们需要神使我们谦卑〔6〕。然而，神使我们谦卑，需要我们与神的工作合作。这就是说，我们必须甘愿在神大能的手下被祂作成谦卑、卑微的。
11We cannot make ourselves humble. Rather, we need to be made humble by God [v. 6]. Nevertheless, God’s humbling of us requires our cooperation with God’s operation. This means that we must be willing to be made humble, lowly, under the mighty hand of God.
12我们可以说，“要谦卑”是主动而被动的：“要”是主动的，指我们主动要谦卑，“谦卑”是被动的，指神的工作使我们谦卑。虽然神的手有大能，为我们作所需要的一切，但祂的手仍需要我们的合作。神的工作需要我们的合作。所以，我们需要谦卑（彼得前书生命读经，三五七至三五九页）。
12We may say that be humbled is active-passive: be is active, pointing to our initiative to be humbled, and humbled is passive, pointing to God’s operation to humble us. Although God’s hand is mighty to do whatever is necessary for us, His hand still needs our cooperation. God’s operation needs our cooperation. Therefore, we need to be humbled. (Life-study of 1 Peter, pp. 297-298)
13参读：彼得前书生命读经，第三十三篇。
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今日要点
14主题：跟随主的脚踪，与神合作，好经历神的赐恩
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151.「你们要谦卑」是主动又被动的词：
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16a.我们既是在基督里的信徒和神的儿女，就该跟随主的榜样，过一种在神行政之下的基督徒生活，在马太十一章主说，我心里柔和谦卑，想必这话对彼得有深刻的印象，因此在彼前五5~6彼得说，『照样，年幼的，要服从年长的；你们众人彼此相待，也都要以谦卑束腰，因为神敌挡狂傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。所以你们要谦卑，服在神大能的手下，使祂到了时候，可以叫你们升高』。
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17b.6节的「你们要谦卑」，希腊文是一个字，命令语气，被动式，命令语气翻译为「要」，是主动的，而谦卑为「被动」，因此这个字是主被动词，这意思是，被撒但所败坏之堕落的人，是无法谦卑的，我们的天性就是狂傲，只有神能借着逼迫的苦难，使我们谦卑下来，然而，这需要我们主动的「要」，来与神合作。
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182.谦卑邀来神的恩典：
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19a. 彼得在彼前一13嘱咐信徒，要束上心思的腰，这里的束腰，原文源自奴仆的围裙一词，指服事时用以束紧宽松之外衣者，表征服事时穿上谦卑为美德，彼得用此比喻，必定出自约翰十三章主降卑自己为门徒洗脚的榜样，为此，在召会中的每个人，包括长老，都该以谦卑束腰。
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20b.彼得也说，神要赐恩给谦卑的人，恩典是指三一神自己作生命的供应，在谦卑的信徒里面繁增，借着神行政下的审判或对付，加上我们与神的合作，使我们「要谦卑」，我们就会在接受三一神作生命供应的地位上，得着神赐给我们的恩典。
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21应用：看见苦难或逼迫帮助我们谦卑，但我们不该白受苦，而该起来与神合作，好让神把我们作成谦卑的人，好邀来神的恩典，得着三一神作生命和生命的供应，而过基督徒的生活。
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