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认识基督作我们的榜样并以祂为榜样

第二篇 认识基督作我们的榜样并以祂为榜样

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第二十六周 周二
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1贰 我们的榜样基督不仅是客观的,也是主观、可经历的——腓二512~13
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2一 那位树立榜样,并且自己就是榜样的,如今乃是内住的神,在我们里面运行——13节。
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3二 基督作我们生活内里榜样的原则,乃是我们即使有最高的标准或最高的地位,我们也不该紧持不放。
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4三 我们必须在基督的人性生活上,特别是在倒空自己、降卑自己、不以自己与神同等为强夺之珍而紧持不放等事上,作祂的同伴——6~7节。
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Morning Nourishment
5腓二12~13 这样,我亲爱的,你们既是常顺从的,不但我与你们同在的时候,就是我如今不在的时候,更是顺从的,就当恐惧战兢,作成你们自己的救恩,因为乃是神为着祂的美意,在你们里面运行,使你们立志并行事。
5Phil. 2:12-13 So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.
6现在我们必须进一步的问,作我们榜样的基督在哪里?祂在天上,还是在我们里面?腓立比二章九节清楚地指明,神已经将基督升为至高。因此,毫无疑问的,作我们榜样的基督乃是在天上。祂已被高举到宇宙的至高之处,就是神所在的地方。这与榜样客观的一面有关。然而,如果基督只是客观地在三层天上,今天我们怎么能够以祂为我们的榜样?我们在地上怎么能够跟随那已被高举,现今在天上的一位?这是不可能的。我们若要以基督为榜样,这榜样必须是主观的(腓立比书生命读经,九八页)。
6Now we must go on to ask where is this Christ who is our pattern. Is He in heaven, or is He in us? Philippians 2:9 says clearly that God has highly exalted Christ. Thus, there can be no doubt that as our pattern Christ is in heaven. He has been exalted to the highest peak in the universe, where God is. This is related to the objective aspect of the pattern. However, if Christ were only in the third heaven objectively, how could we take Him as our pattern today? How could we, who are on earth, follow One who has been exalted and who is now in heaven? It would be impossible. In order for us to take Christ as our pattern, this pattern must be subjective. (Life-study of Philippians, p. 83)
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7我们怎么可能作成我们自己的救恩?〔腓二12〕如果我们能作成我们的救恩,救恩岂不就是本乎我们自己的行为么?……既然救恩不是本乎行为,而是本乎恩,保罗吩咐我们作出我们的救恩是什么意思?
7How is it possible for us to work out our own salvation [Phil. 2:12]? If we could work out our salvation, would that not make salvation a matter of our own works?…Since salvation is not of works but of grace, what does Paul mean by telling us to work out our salvation?
8要了解保罗的话,关键在于明白腓立比二章十二节救恩的意义。这里的救恩并不是指脱离火湖,而是指这封书信前面保罗已经提到的救恩。二章十二节的“这样”一辞,指明本节保罗的话是前面所说的结果。作成我们的救恩,乃是前面几节圣经所给我们看见,以基督为我们榜样的结果。我们的榜样基督,就是我们的救恩。然而,这个救恩需要由我们作出来。
8The key to understanding Paul’s word is to know the meaning of salvation in this verse. Salvation here is not salvation from the lake of fire. Rather, it refers to what Paul has already said about salvation earlier in this Epistle. The words so then in verse 12 indicate that what Paul says in this verse is a consequence of what has gone before. Working out our salvation is the result of taking Christ as our pattern, as seen in the preceding verses. As our pattern, Christ is our salvation. However, this salvation needs to be worked out by us.
9要在我们的经历中作成救恩,这个榜样对我们就不仅是客观的,还必须是主观的。这榜样如果仅仅是客观的,就不会成为我们所作成的救恩。这里的救恩,不是我们所领受的救恩,而是我们所作成的救恩。我们所领受的救恩,乃是救我们脱离神的定罪和火湖的救恩;那样的救恩是无须我们作成的。腓立比书这里的救恩是另一种救恩,或者说是不同程度的救恩;……二章十二节的救恩实际上是一个活的人位,这个人位就是我们所活、所经历、所享受的基督。仅仅客观的榜样不能这样成为我们的救恩。救恩是一个活的人位,而这个人位就是我们的榜样,这事实指明这个榜样不仅是客观的,更是主观的。……我们说这个榜样是客观也是主观的另一理由,乃是和腓立比书是论到经历基督的这个事实有关。与属灵经历有关的事定规是主观的。基于这个原则,并根据整卷腓立比书的上下文来看,我们的榜样基督不仅是客观的,也是主观、可经历的。
9In order for this to be accomplished in our experience, the pattern must be subjective to us as well as objective. If it were only objective, it could not be the salvation worked out by us. The salvation here is not the salvation we receive; it is the salvation we work out. The salvation we receive is the salvation from God’s condemnation and from the lake of fire. There is no need for us to work out that kind of salvation. The salvation here in Philippians is salvation of another kind, or of a different degree…The salvation in 2:12 is actually a living person. This person is the very Christ whom we live, experience, and enjoy. A pattern that is only objective could not be our salvation in this way. The fact that salvation is a living person and that this person is our pattern indicates that the pattern is subjective as well as objective. Another reason for saying that the pattern is subjective as well as objective is related to the fact that the book of Philippians is a book on the experience of Christ. Anything that is a matter of spiritual experience must be subjective. Based upon this principle and upon the context of the book of Philippians as a whole, Christ as the pattern is not only objective but also subjective and experiential.
10再者,保罗说到作成我们的救恩之后,接着又说,“因为乃是神为着祂的美意,在你们里面运行,使你们立志并行事。”(二13)十三节开头的“因为”指明神在我们里面的运行,和我们恐惧战兢作成我们的救恩有关。是神为着祂的美意,在我们里面运行,使我们立志并行事。十三节的运行,定规是指十二节的作成。我们承认,我们无法作成我们自己的救恩,我们靠自己的确不能。但是神,就是在我们里面运行的那位却能。神既在我们里面运行,使我们立志并行事,我们就能作成我们自己的救恩。保罗说到神在我们里面运行,进一步指明基督作榜样不只是客观的,也是主观的。……当我们与神在我们里面的运行合作时,就是以基督为我们的榜样(腓立比书生命读经,九九至一○二页)。
10Furthermore, following his word about working out our salvation, Paul goes on to say, “For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure” (2:13). The word for at the beginning of verse 13 indicates that God’s operating in us is related to our working out our own salvation with fear and trembling. God operates in us both the willing and the working for His good pleasure. Surely the working in verse 13 refers to the working out in verse 12. We may confess that we are not able to work out our own salvation. Yes, in ourselves we are not able. But God, the One operating in us, is able. Since He is operating in us both the willing and the working, we can work out our own salvation. Paul’s word about God operating in us is a further indication that the pattern is subjective as well as objective…When we cooperate with God’s operation in us, we take Christ as our pattern. (Lifestudy of Philippians, pp. 84-86)
11参读:腓立比书生命读经,第十篇。
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今日要点
12主题:不在外面仿效,而在主观经历基督为我们的榜样
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13引经:腓二12~13
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141.基督作为内住的神在我们里面运行:
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15A.世上有许多基督徒,都以基督为榜样,但我们需要看见,我们所说的榜样基督,不仅是客观的榜样,好像一个伟人,给大家外面仿效祂的事迹,好比有人学习耶稣背十字架行走,不,我们需要看见,我们的榜样基督也是主观、可经历的,因为那位树立榜样,并且自己就是榜样的,如今乃是内住的神,在我们里面运行。
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16B.在腓二12~13说,『这样,我亲爱的,你们既是常顺从的,不但我与你们同在的时候,就是我如今不再的时候,更是顺从的,就当恐惧战兢,作成自己的救恩,因为乃是神为着祂的美意,在你们里面立志并行事』,这节清楚指出,信徒之所以能顺从,作成自己的救恩,乃是因着神在信徒里面运行,使他们能够立志并行事。
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172.不是外面的仿效,而是主观的经历基督为我们的榜样:
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18A.前段经文指出神将基督升为至高,后段经文又说神在信徒里面,祂是在天上,还是在我们里面?毫无疑问,作我们榜样的基督乃是在天上,这与榜样客观的一面有关,然而,祂也在我们灵里,甚至要扩展到我们有心思、情感和意志的魂里,好作成我们的救恩,这与这个榜样主观的一面有关。
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19B.这榜样若仅是客观的,就不会,也无法作成我们的救恩,这里的救恩,当然不是指我们所领受,救我们脱离神的定罪和火湖的救恩,这救恩不需要我们来作成,这里的救恩实际上乃是一个人位,就是我们所活、所经历、所享受的基督,我们无法作成自己的救恩,但在我们里面运行之内住的神却能!当我们与内里运行的神合作,就是以基督为我们的榜样。
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20应用:作成自己的救恩,不是得救所领受的救恩,也不是要根据我们的行为作什么,而是以基督为我们的榜样的结果,这需要我们以基督为我们的人位,当我们以祂为人位,祂这活得人位就是我们的救恩,这需要更多让出地位,让祂在我们的心思、情感和意志里面自由的运行,好作成我们自己的救恩。
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