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彼得书信中的生命与建造

第三篇 彼得书信中的生命与建造

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第三周 周一
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1壹 彼得书信和整本圣经的中心思想,乃是生命与建造——彼前一23二2~5彼后一3~4
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2一 生命乃是三一神具体化身在基督里,实化那灵,将祂自己分赐到我们里面,给我们享受;建造乃是召会,就是基督的身体,神属灵的殿,作神的扩大和扩展,使神得着团体的彰显——创二8~922太十六18西二19弗四16
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3二 基督作为生命的种子,乃是我们里面生命的能力,这能力已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们,好借着生命的长大和发展,建造召会作生命的富余和生命的彰显——彼后一3~4,参徒三15,诗歌一五四首第四节。
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4彼后一3~4 神的神能,借着我们充分认识那用祂自己的荣耀和美德呼召我们的,已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。借这荣耀和美德,祂已将又宝贵又极大的应许赐给我们,叫你们既逃离世上从情欲来的败坏,就借着这些应许,得有分于神的性情。
42 Pet. 1:3-4 Seeing that His divine power has granted to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the full knowledge of Him who has called us by His own glory and virtue, through which He has granted to us precious and exceedingly great promises that through these you might become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world by lust.
5生命的事和生命的结果,就是建造。实际上这乃是全本新约的主题。生命就是三一神经过了漫长的过程,成了生命的灵。……建造就是召会,也就是基督的身体。这个建造乃是出于生命。召会是神圣生命的结果。
5The matter of life and its issue, which is the building,…is actually the theme of the whole New Testament. Life is simply the Triune God, who, after passing through a lengthy process, became the Spirit of life…The building is the church, the Body of Christ. This building comes out of life. The church is the issue of the divine life.
6我们一旦接受了这个生命,这生命就开始在我们里面长大,浸透我们,变化我们,把我们建造在一起,成为神的居所。在今世,神的居所是召会;在永世,神的居所乃是新耶路撒冷。居所乃是神作我们生命的结果。祂的生命在我们里面长大的时候,我们就被变化;这个变化的目的乃是建造神的居所。长大、变化和建造是新约的重点(李常受文集一九八○年第二册,二六七至二六八页)。
6Once we receive this life,…it begins to grow within us, to saturate us, to transform us, and to build us together as God’s dwelling place. In this age His dwelling place is the church; in the eternal age it is the New Jerusalem. The dwelling place is the issue of God’s being life to us. As His life within us grows, we are transformed; the purpose of this transformation is the building up of God’s dwelling place. Growth, transformation, and building are the crucial points in the New Testament. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, “The Completing Ministry of Paul,” p. 203)
7神要我们彰显祂;……我们……不能用自己受造的生命彰显神。我们要彰显神,就必须有神的生命。这生命就是神圣的生命,永远的生命。实际上,这生命乃是具体化于基督,又实化为赐生命之灵的三一神(申命记生命读经,一七六页)。
7God wants us to express Him…Our created life cannot express God. In order to express God, we must have the life of God. This life is the divine life, the eternal life. Actually, this life is the Triune God embodied in Christ, who is realized as the life-giving Spirit. (Life-study of Deuteronomy, p. 150)
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8神……已赐给我们奇妙、奥秘的神圣能力。神这神圣的能力经过创造、救赎和复活,成为赐生命的灵(林前十五45下)。……创造中看得见的事物是借着神的神圣能力而产生。救赎也是借着神的神圣能力而成就。耶稣一人因着神圣的能力,就能替众人死,成就永远的救赎(来九12)。今天祂是赐生命的灵,在复活里将自己给我们作神圣的能力。我们接受主耶稣,三一神在复活里就进入我们里面作生命。这……生命就是神圣的能力。
8God has…given us the marvelous and mysterious divine power. God as the divine power passed through creation, redemption, and resurrection to become the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b)…The visible things of the creation came into being through God’s divine power. Redemption was also accomplished by God’s divine power. The one man Jesus could die on behalf of all men to accomplish an eternal redemption (Heb. 9:12) because of the divine power. Today as the life-giving Spirit, He offers Himself to us as the divine power in resurrection. When we receive the Lord Jesus, the very Triune God enters into us as life in resurrection, [which] is the divine power.
9彼后一章三节的神圣能力,是神圣生命的能力,这神圣生命的能力,已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给了我们。关于生命的事是无穷无尽的,包括生命的律(罗八2来八10)、人性、智慧、欢乐、爱、喜乐、盼望、服从、良善、温柔、恩慈、恒忍与平安。神已把关于生命的一切赐给了我们。一种植物的种子,它里面生命的能力,包括那种植物的一切。在种子里生命的能力,包括植物的茎、枝、叶、花和果。在我们里面作种子之神圣生命的能力,其中有为着神圣生命长大所需要的一切东西。在神圣的能力里,有爱、忍耐、谦卑、恩慈和恒忍这样的美德。神圣的能力、生命的能力,不但包括里面生命所需要的一切,也包括外面敬虔所需要的一切。
9The divine power in 2 Peter 1:3 is the power of the divine life, and this divine life power has given us all things that relate to life and godliness. The things that relate to life are inexhaustible. They include the law of life (Rom. 8:2; Heb. 8:10), humility, wisdom, rejoicing, love, joy, hope, submission, goodness, meekness, kindness, long-suffering, and peace. Everything related to life has been given to us. The life power within the seed of a certain plant includes everything related to the plant. The life power within the seed includes the stem, branches, leaves, blossoms, flowers, and fruit of the plant. Within the power of the divine life as the seed in us are all the things necessary for the growth of the divine life. In the divine power are virtues such as love, patience, humility, kindness, and long-suffering. The divine power, the power of life, includes all things needed not only for life inwardly but also for godliness outwardly.
10神所赐给我们的〔另一〕项大事,是又宝贵又极大的应许。彼后一章四节的应许,主要与我们属灵的生命有关。这些是为着里面生命和外面生命的彰显而有的应许。其中一个这样的应许是在以弗所三章二十节。……这个成就一切超过我们所求所想的应许,不是关于今生物质的事,乃是关于召会生活属灵的事。主要照着运行在我们里面,那内里作工的大能,为着召会生活,极其充盈地成就一切,超过我们所求所想的。还有一些又宝贵又极大的应许是在马太二十八章二十节,约翰六章五十七节,七章三十八至三十九节,十章二十八至二十九节,十四章十九至二十节、二十三节,十五章五节,和十六章十三至十五节(李常受文集一九六九年第二册,六七四至六七五页)。
10[Another] category of great things given to us by God is the precious and exceedingly great promises. The promises in 2 Peter 1:4 are mainly related to our spiritual life. These are promises for the inner life and the outward expression of life. One such promise is in Ephesians 3:20… This promise to do above all that we ask or think is not concerning the material things of the present life but concerning the spiritual things for the church life. The Lord is going to do superabundantly above all that we ask or think for the church life, according to the inner working power that operates in us. Other precious and exceedingly great promises are in Matthew 28:20; John 6:57; 7:38-39; 10:28-29; 14:19-20, 23; 15:5; and 16:13-15. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 2, “The Crucial Revelation of Life in the Scriptures,” pp. 512-513)
11参读:圣经中关于生命的重要启示,第十六章。
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今日要点
12主题:彼得书信的中心思想,乃是生命与建造
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131.彼得书信的中心思想,乃是生命与建造:
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14A.在第一周说到彼得前后书的中心思想与基本结构,乃是三一神在作工,要完成祂完整的救恩,使我们得重生、从祂的话得餧养、长大、被变化并被建造,而使祂得着一个居所,并使我们被荣化,以彰显祂,我们可以说,彼得前后书的中心思想,乃是生命与建造;生命乃是三一神具体化身在基督里,实化为那灵,将祂自己分赐到我们里面,给我们享受。
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15B.生命的事和生命的结果,就是建造,生命就是三一神经过了漫长的过程,成了生命的灵,而建造乃是召会,就是基督的身体,彼得称之为属灵的殿,作神的扩大和扩展,使神得着团体的彰显,这个建造不是出于组织,而是出于生命,这建造乃是神圣生命的结果,一但我们接受了这生命,这生命就开始在我们里面长大,浸透我们,变化我们,把我们建造在一起,成为神的居所,今世是召会,永世是新耶路撒冷。
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162.借着使生命得着发展,而带进建造:
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17A.神要得着一个建造来彰显祂自己,彼得很清楚这点,但按着他的经历,他知道,信徒不能用自己受造的天然生命彰显神,我们必须有神的生命,以神的生命来彰显神自己,所以在彼后一3~4他说,『神的神能,借着我们充分认识那用祂自己的荣耀和美德呼召我们的,已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。借这荣耀和美德,祂已将又宝贵又极大的应许赐给我们,叫你们既逃离世上从情欲来的败坏,就借着这些应许,得有分于神的性情』。
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18B.基督作为生命的种子,乃是我们里面生命神圣的能力(神能),已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给了我们,包括了里面的生命和外面生命彰显所需要的一切,能够在我们基督徒生活和召会生活中发芽、生枝、开花并结果,使我们经历长大、变化,而达于建造。
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19应用:我们需要借着祷告,不断向是生命的主敞开,好经历在祂神圣的生命能力里,有爱、忍耐、谦卑、恩慈、和恒忍这样的美德,使我们不凭天然的生命,来过基督徒生活和召会生活。
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