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第五篇 保守自己在主工作的一道流中,为着召会的扩展,并且受主怜悯蒙拯救脱离撒但的诡计

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第五周 周五
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1七 我们必须从雅各的错误,以及在耶路撒冷召会里那蹂躏召会的搀杂,学习功课 ——18~21节,太二二7二四1~2
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21 耶利米说到那能写在我们心上的生命之律(耶三一31~34),保罗说到我们灵中生命之灵的律(罗八246),但雅各宝贵并高举字句的律法(徒二一20)。
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32 保罗说到与基督同钉十字架,并凭着基督复活的大能模成基督的死;乃是这样的生活产生基督身体的生活,终极完成于新耶路撒冷;自我的修养不能完成神的经纶,否认己才能 ——加二20腓三10太十六24
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43 雅各夸口在耶路撒冷的召会有多少万的犹太信徒都为律法热心;但保罗热心赢得基督、给人看出在基督里、认识基督、取得基督、追求基督、高举基督,为要最完满地享受基督 ——徒二一20腓三6~14西一18下
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5八 我们必须从保罗身上学习功课,蒙拯救脱离犹太教作法与神新约经纶的混杂;这混杂不仅是错误的,在神眼中也是可憎的 ——徒二一18~273136来十29
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6九 我们必须从保罗上诉于该撒的事上学习功课,他利用他罗马公民的身分,救自己脱离逼迫他的人,使他能完成尽职的路程 ——徒二二25~29二三10~11二五8~12二六32
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71 保罗乐意为主牺牲性命,但他仍然竭力要活得长久,使他尽可能完成主的职事 ——二十24
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82 神在祂的主宰权柄里拯救保罗,为要将他从一切的险境和陷害里分别出来,送到安静的牢狱;使他无论在该撒利亚(二四27)或在罗马城(二八162330),得有安静的环境和时间,将他从主所得神那新约经纶之奥秘的启示,借着他末后所写的几封书信,详尽地释放给历代的召会。
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93 历代的召会所受惠获益于这几封书信的,需要整个的永世来估量其价值(见二五11注1)。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
10罗八2 因为生命之灵的律,在基督耶稣里已经释放了我,使我脱离了罪与死的律。
10Rom. 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death.
11加二20 我已经与基督同钉十字架;现在活着的,不再是我,乃是基督在我里面活着;并且我如今在肉身里所活的生命,是我在神儿子的信里,与祂联结所活的,祂是爱我,为我舍了自己。
11Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
12雅各犯了极大的错误,高抬旧约字句的律法;但他的错误却用了一件美丽的外衣遮盖起来。雅各喜爱借着摩西而有的字句律法;但他似乎是在说到另一个律法,他称之为完备自由的律法(雅一25)。已过我们以为这个完备自由的律法乃是生命之律;但事实上,“完备”、“自由”这样的辞,乃是最高的掩饰,把雅各的错误遮盖起来。耶利米预言到那要写在我们心上的生命之律(耶三一31~34),保罗也说到生命之灵的律(罗八2)。……雅各不是说到生命的律,乃是说到字句的律法。
12James made the great mistake of uplifting the Old Testament law of letters, but his mistake is covered by a beautiful cloak. James treasured the law of letters through Moses, and he seemingly mentioned another law that he called the perfect law of freedom (James 1:25). In the past we thought that this perfect law of freedom was the law of life. But actually, the words perfect and freedom are the top cloak to cover James’s mistake. Jeremiah prophesied concerning the law of life that would be written in our hearts (Jer. 31:31-34), and Paul spoke of the law of the Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2)…James was not speaking of the law of life but of the law of letters.
13雅各对律法所用一切的辞,都是指摩西的律法。律法、君尊的律法、完备自由的律法、真理的话和栽种的话,都是指同一个摩西的律法。借此我们能看见,雅各对律法的珍赏是多么的高。……但是新约教导我们,律法的时代已经过去了。律法不该用在恩典的时代。律法是借着摩西赐的,那是属于旧的时代,律法的时代;但恩典是借着耶稣基督来的(约一17)。……现今乃是基督恩典的时代(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第二册,四五五、四五八页)。
13All the different terms used by James for the law refer to the Mosaic law. The law, the royal law, the perfect law of freedom, the word of truth, and the implanted word refer to the same Mosaic law. By this we can see how highly James appreciated the law…But the New Testament teaches us that the age of the law is over. The law should not be used in the age of grace. The law was given through Moses. That was of the old age, the age of the law. But grace came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17)…Now the age of grace is with Christ. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 2, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle of James,” pp. 361, 363)
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Today’s Reading
14信徒的旧我已经钉死,已经被除去;在基督徒的生活里,应该不再是已经钉死的旧我活着,乃是基督在他们里面活着(加二20)。……保罗……说,“我曾定了主意,在你们中间不知道别的,只知道耶稣基督,并这位钉十字架的。”(林前二2)……保罗也说,“那属基督耶稣的人,是已经把肉体连肉体的邪情私欲,都钉了十字架。”(加五24)仅仅抵挡试诱是不够的。我们必须把我们的肉体连肉体的邪情私欲,都钉在十字架上。
14The old “I” of the believers has been crucified, crossed out; in the Christian life it should no longer be their old crucified “I” who lives but Christ who lives in them (Gal. 2:20). Paul…says, “I did not determine to know anything among you except Jesus Christ, and this One crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). Paul also says, “They who are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and its lusts” (Gal. 5:24). Merely to resist temptations is insufficient. We must crucify our flesh with its passions and lusts.
15在……神圣启示的光中,基督的十字架乃是雅各最大的缺欠。在雅各书中基督徒的完全,引到自我的修养;但保罗说,他已经与基督同钉十字架,并凭着基督复活的大能模成基督的死。乃是这样的生活产生基督身体的生活,终极完成于新耶路撒冷。……无论我们是好人或坏人,我们都必须被除掉。不再是我,乃是基督在我里面作赐生命的灵活着,结果就带进基督的身体。自我的修养不能完成神的经纶,否认己才能。我们必须否认我们自己,知道凡我们在旧造中的所是,都已经被除掉,被钉十字架了。我们每一天都在死。我们是在模成基督的死,好使基督能活在我们里面,以产生基督身体的生活,这会带进新耶路撒冷,作神在祂永远经纶里永远的目标。
15In the light of the divine revelation…, the cross of Christ is the greatest lack of James. The Christian perfection in James leads to self-cultivation, but Paul says that he had been crucified with Christ and was being conformed to the death of Christ by the power of His resurrection. It is this life that produces the Body life, which consummates in the New Jerusalem. Whether we are a good man or a bad man, we have to be crossed out. It is no longer I, but Christ lives in me as the life-giving Spirit to issue in the Body of Christ. Selfcultivation does not carry out God’s economy, but self-denial does. We have to deny ourselves, realizing that whatever we are in the old creation has been crossed out, crucified. Every day we are dying. We are being conformed to the death of Christ so that Christ can live in us to bring forth the Body life, which will issue in the New Jerusalem as God’s eternal goal in His eternal economy.
16在行传二十一章,雅各向保罗指出,有多少万的犹太信徒都为律法热心(20)。这给我们看见,在耶路撒冷的召会有了何等可怕的混杂。这个混杂也是神打发罗马帝国的太子提多和罗马军队,毁坏耶路撒冷城(包括圣殿)的原因。这事发生于主后七十年,在保罗殉道后不久,也是主耶稣所说耶路撒冷和圣殿要被毁灭之预言(太二四2)的应验。如果这事没有发生,犹太教和新约经纶的混杂,可能要延续许多世纪。但是神不容许、不称义这样的混杂。这给我们看见,在神的经纶上犯错,不是一件小事(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第二册,四六九至四七二页)。
16James pointed out to Paul in Acts 21 that there were thousands of Jewish believers who were zealous for the law (v. 20). This shows the terrible mixture in the church at Jerusalem. This mixture was also a cause for God’s sending Titus, a prince of the Roman Empire, with the Roman army to destroy the city of Jerusalem, including the temple. This took place in A.D. 70, just a short time after Paul’s martyrdom, and was a fulfillment of the Lord’s prophecy that Jerusalem with the temple would be destroyed (Matt. 24:2). If this had not happened, the mixture of Judaism with God’s New Testament economy might have continued for centuries. God, however, would never sanction or justify such a mixture. This shows that it is not a small thing to be mistaken in God’s economy. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 2, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle of James,” pp. 372-374)
17参读:雅各书结晶读经,第一、三至四、六篇。
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今日要点
18主题:借着否认己,经历十字架,过身体生活,好带进使徒行传的继续
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19引经:罗八2加二20
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201.从雅各的错误与蹂躏召会的掺杂学功课:
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21A.我们要从雅各的错误以及蹂躏召会的掺杂学功课,使徒雅各虽是耶稣的兄弟,却犯了极大的错误,高抬旧约字句的律法,并用美丽的外衣遮盖他的错误,他称律法为完备自由的律法,误使我们以为那是指生命之律,但事实上,根据行传雅各的记载,完备、自由的措辞,乃是最高的掩饰,把雅各的错误遮盖起来。
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22B.耶利米曾预言到那要写在我们心版上的生命之律法,保罗也在罗八2说到,『因为生命之灵的律,在基督耶稣里已经释放了我,使我脱离了罪与死的律』,这与雅各所说摩西的律法相对,雅各对律法的珍赏,以及他使耶路撒冷的召会多少万的犹太信徒都为律法热心,事实上蹂躏了召会,迫使主要兴起罗马太子提多,在主后七十年,将耶路撒冷连同圣殿完全毁坏。
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232.借着否认己,经历十字架,过身体生活,好带进使徒行传的继续:
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24A.律法是借着摩西赐的,而恩典乃是借着耶稣基督来的,现今乃是基督恩典的时代,在神圣启示的光中,我们要看见,基督的十字架乃是雅各最大的缺欠,在雅各书中基督徒的完全,引到自我的修养,但保罗却在加二20说到经历的话,『我已经与基督同钉十字架,现在活着的,不再是我,乃是基督在我里面活着;并且我如今在肉身里所活的生命,是我在神儿子的信里,与祂联结所活得,祂是爱我,为我舍了自己』。
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25B.保罗与基督同钉十字架,并凭着基督复活的大能模成基督的死,乃是这样的生活产生基督身体的生活,无论我们是好人或坏人,我们都必须被除掉,而非自我修养,惟有否认己,经历基督的十字架,才能完成神的经纶,才能带进使徒行传的继续。
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26应用:借着每天到主面前有个人、私下、情深、属灵的交通,而使我们经历基督的十字架,靠着主复活的大能,模成基督的死,而使我们过操练灵、否认己,拒绝天然规条律法的生活。
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