林后十三14　愿主耶稣基督的恩，神的爱，圣灵的交通，与你们众人同在。

　　来二14　儿女既同有血肉之体，祂也照样亲自有分于血肉之体，为要借着死，废除那掌死权的，就是魔鬼。
　　按以赛亚四十章二十九至三十一节，那些接受了话并得重生的人，现今都在等候耶和华。我们等候神，意思就是我们都将自己“解雇”了；这就是说，我们停下自己并自己的生活、行动，接受基督作我们的顶替。三十一节说，这样等候的人必如鹰展翅上腾，表征基督复活的大能。他不仅行走奔跑，更在诸天之上翱翔，远超每一属地的阻挠。这是变化过的人（以赛亚书生命读经，一七四至一七五页）。

　　2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

　　Heb. 2:14 Since therefore the children have shared in blood and flesh, He also Himself in like manner partook of the same, that through death He might destroy him who has the might of death, that is, the devil.

　　According to Isaiah 40:29-31, those who have received the word and have been regenerated are now waiting for Jehovah. For us to wait on God means that we "fire" ourselves, that is, that we stop ourselves with our living, doing, and activity and receive Christ as our replacement. Verse 31 says that such a waiting one will mount up with wings like eagles, signifying the resurrection power of Christ. He will not only walk and run—he will also soar in the heavens, far above every earthly frustration. This is a transformed person. (Life-study of Isaiah, p. 138)

　　我们要来看新约里所启示神的工作。我们的神是作工的神。在约翰五章十七节，主的话指明了这一点：“我父作工直到如今。”在新约里，我们看见神在已过的永远里、在祂旧的经纶里、在祂新的经纶里并在将来的永远里有多面的工作。
　　神立了祂永远的计划以后，就拣选信徒……（弗一4）。神的拣选就是祂的选择。祂从无数人中选上了我们，这是祂在创立世界以前，在基督里所作的。……神在已过永远里的工作，也包括祂在创立世界以前，预定—标出—信徒〔5〕。神在罪之肉体的样式里，差来了自己的儿子，要把律法以下的人赎出来，好叫我们得着儿子的名分〔罗八3〕。……父神差遣子时，祂与子同来并在子里作事。……那是源头和起始者的父差遣子（约五24、30、36~38，十三20，十四24）。
　　神在新经纶里的工作包括祂在子里经过死。约壹一章七节里“祂儿子耶稣的血”一辞指明这点。为着救赎我们在十字架上所流的血，不仅是耶稣的血，也是神儿子的血。这含示耶稣在十字架上受死的时候，神在祂里面经过死。
　　神在祂的工作里，也叫基督从死人中复活。行传二章二十四节说，“神却将死的痛苦解除，叫祂复活了，因为祂不能被死拘禁。”彼得在这里和三十二节说，神叫主耶稣复活（新约总论第一册，一六五至一六七、一九四、一九七、二〇二、二一四页）。
　　我们……继续来看基督的工作。……基督借着祂成为肉体的工作，作了奇妙的事—祂将神带到人里面（约一1、14）。我们若透彻、深刻地研读路加福音，会看见基督成为肉体不仅是为着产生救主。事实上，基督成为肉体是将神性带到人性里。……借着基督成为肉体的工作，神不仅被带到人里面，神也与人成为一。基督完成了使神与人成为一的伟大工作，使二者—神与人—成为一个人位，带着两种性情—神性与人性。
　　马太十三章启示，基督在祂的职事里撒国度的种子。……在启示录里，基督这位在诸天之上的主，被启示为宇宙中神圣行政的管理者，在地上完成神在万有之上行政的行动，好使地上一切的局势都效力，目的是要完成神的计划和祂的应许，使神圣的经纶得以完成（新约总论第三册，一六六、一六九、一七一、二〇五、三三一页）。
　　参读：新约总论，第十四至二十、六十三至七十八篇。

　　We shall begin to consider God's work as revealed in the New Testament. Our God is a working God. The Lord's word in John 5:17 indicates this: "My Father is working until now." In the New Testament we see God's work in eternity past, in His old dispensation, in His new dispensation, and in eternity future, with many aspects.

　　After God made His eternal plan, He chose the believers [Eph. 1:4]....God's choosing is His selection. From among numberless people He selected us, and this He did in Christ before the foundation of the world.

　　God's work in eternity past also included His predestinating—marking out— the believers before the foundation of the world [v. 5].

　　God sent His Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin that He might redeem those under law so that we might receive the sonship [Rom. 8:3].

　　When God the Father sent the Son, He came with Him and worked within Him....The Father, who is the source and the Initiator, sent the Son (John 5:24, 30, 36-38; 13:20; 14:24).

　　God's work in the new dispensation includes His passing through death in the Son. The phrase "the blood of Jesus His Son" in 1 John 1:7 indicates this. The blood shed on the cross for our redemption was not only the blood of Jesus, but also the blood of the Son of God. This implies that while Jesus was dying on the cross, God went through death in Him.

　　In His work God also raised up Christ from the dead. Acts 2:24 says, "Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, since it was not possible for Him to be held by it." Here and in verse 32 Peter says that God raised up the Lord Jesus.

　　We shall go on to consider Christ's work....Through His work in incarnation

　　Christ did something marvelous—He brought God into man (John 1:1, 14). If we study the Gospel of Luke thoroughly and deeply, we shall see that the incarnation of Christ was not only for the producing of the Savior. Actually, the incarnation of Christ brought divinity into humanity.

　　Through Christ's work in His incarnation not only was God brought into man, but God was also made one with man. Christ has accomplished the great work of making God one with man, of making the two—God and man—one person with two natures, divinity and humanity.

　　Matthew 13 reveals that in His ministry Christ sowed the seed of the kingdom.

　　In Revelation, Christ, as the Lord in the heavens, is revealed as the Administrator in the divine government in the universe, carrying out God's governmental activities over all things on this earth, with the view that all the situations on the earth may serve the purpose for the fulfilling of God's plan and His promises that the divine economy might be accomplished. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 141-142, 167, 170, 175, 184, 675, 677, 679, 707, 815)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msgs. 14-20, 63-78