基督身体的实际
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相调为着基督身体的实际
Blending for the Reality of the Body of Christ
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肆 我们需要跟随使徒的脚踪,将众圣徒带进基督身体全体相调的生活里;使徒借着推荐与问安,将我们带进基督身体全体相调的生活里,好使平安的神,能将撒但践踏在我们脚下,并使我们能得享基督丰富的恩典—罗十六1~16、21~23、20。
Ⅳ We need to follow in the apostle's footsteps to bring all the saints into the blending life of the entire Body of Christ; the apostle brought us into the blending life of the entire Body of Christ by recommendations and greetings in order that the God of peace may crush Satan under our feet and we may enjoy the rich grace of Christ—Rom. 16:1-16, 21-23, 20.
 


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  罗十六1 我向你们推荐我们的姊妹非比,她是在坚革哩的召会的女执事。

   16 你们要用圣别的亲嘴彼此问安。基督的众召会都问你们安。

   20 平安的神快要将撒但践踏在你们的脚下。愿我们主耶稣的恩,与你们同在。

  罗马书末了三章给我们看见,使徒照着神并照着基督的接纳,而有的一种基督身体生活的相调和交通。这样的解释,是历代的解经家所没有看见的。十六章给我们看见使徒的一个绝佳的榜样,他将众圣徒带到基督身体全体相调的生活中。我们在这样的生活中,才能真实地在生命中作王(经历神生机的救恩等于在基督的生命中作王,七四页)。
  Rom. 16:1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a deaconess of the church which is in Cenchrea.

  16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.

  20 Now the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

  The last three chapters of Romans show the blending and fellowship of the Body life brought forth through the apostle's receiving according to God and Christ; such an explanation was not seen by the Bible expositors throughout the generations. Romans 16 gives us an excellent pattern of the apostle in bringing all the saints into the blending life of the entire Body of Christ. It is in such a life that we can truly reign in life. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, "The Experience of God's Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ's Life," p. 515)
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  我们必须跟随使徒的脚踪;他借着推荐与问安,将我们带进基督身体全体相调的生活中,使平安的神,能将撒但践踏在我们脚下,并使我们能得享基督丰富的恩典(罗十六1~16、21~24、20)。在罗马十六章,使徒保罗将圣徒一一提名问安,至少有二十八位圣徒,包括坚革哩召会的女执事非比,以及百基拉和亚居拉等,并且普遍地问圣徒的安。这给我们看见,他对每一位圣徒都相当的认识、了解、关心。这样的推荐和问安,不仅说到众圣徒之间的关切,也说到众召会之间的交通。因着召会这样在身体里的交通,就使平安的神,能将撒但践踏在我们脚下,而我们能得享基督丰富的恩典。这恩典就是三一神在祂父、子、灵三方面化身里的显现。

  我们借着身体的交通、践踏撒但、享受恩典,就能成全历世以来密而不宣,关乎神完整救恩的奥秘,完成神永远的经纶,使万国顺从信仰,以致荣耀借着耶稣基督归与独一智慧的神(25~27)。

  我们必须有基督身体交通和相调的实际,否则我们无论怎么追求、单纯、谦卑,迟早总会出问题,甚至会分裂。所以我们必须受身体之异象的控制,跟随使徒的脚踪,将众召会的众圣徒带进基督身体全体相调的生活中。这就是在生命中作王,借此使荣耀归与神,而这荣耀就是新耶路撒冷,也就是神人二性联调的宇宙合并,在其中神要得着完全的荣耀,神的经纶要得着完满的成就。

  罗马书是一卷概论基督徒生活的书,在其结论中,将“荣耀”归与“智慧”的神。这揭示书中所论的一切,都是祂的智慧所计划、经营并完成的,为要叫祂这无限丰富的三一神得着荣耀,就是叫祂无比的荣耀,得在我们这些蒙祂永远成全,且成为祂的身体,与祂联结为一的人身上,完全丰满地彰显出来。祂这智慧的焦点,乃是将祂神圣的三一作到我们蒙救赎的三部分—灵、魂、体—里,使我们在祂的救赎、圣别并变化中,与祂充分地有神圣生命的联结,使祂那神性调人性、人性联神性的心愿,得到永远的成全,……在永世中作祂终极的彰显(经历神生机的救恩等于在基督的生命中作王,七五至七七页)。

  参读:经历神生机的救恩等于在基督的生命中作王,第六篇。
  We must follow in the footsteps of the apostle. He brought us into the blending life of the entire Body of Christ by recommendations and greetings in order that the God of peace may crush Satan under our feet and we may enjoy the rich grace of Christ (Rom. 16:1-16, 21-24, 20). In Romans 16 the apostle Paul greeted the saints one by one, mentioning at least twenty-seven names, including Phoebe, a deaconess of the church in Cenchrea, and Prisca and Aquila. Moreover, he greeted the saints generally. This shows that he had a considerable amount of knowledge, understanding, and care with regard to every one of them. Such recommendations and greetings show both the mutual concern among the saints and the mutual fellowship among the churches. It is by the churches' fellowship in the Body that the God of peace will crush Satan under our feet and we will be able to enjoy the rich grace of Christ. This grace is the manifestation of the Triune God in His embodiment in three aspects—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.

  Through the fellowship in the Body, the crushing of Satan, and the enjoyment of grace, we can carry out the mystery kept in silence in the times of the ages concerning the complete salvation of God in the fulfillment of the eternal economy of God for the Gentiles to have the obedience of faith unto glory to the only wise God through Jesus Christ (vv. 25-27).

  We must have the reality of the fellowship and blending of the Body of Christ. Otherwise, regardless of how much we pursue and how simple and humble we are, sooner or later there will be problems, even divisions, among us. Hence, we must be governed by the vision of the Body and follow in the footsteps of the apostle by bringing all the saints in all the churches into the blending life of the entire Body of Christ. This is to reign in life, and by such reigning, we give glory to God. This glory is the New Jerusalem, the universal incorporation of the union and mingling of divinity with humanity, in which God will be completely glorified and His economy will be fully accomplished.

  In its conclusion Romans, which gives a general discussion of the Christian life, gives glory to the wise God. This unveils that all the matters discussed in this book are planned, managed, and accomplished by God's wisdom in order that He, the immeasurably rich Triune God, may be glorified, that is, that His incomparable glory may be completely and fully expressed through us who have been perfected eternally by Him and who have become His Body and have been joined to Him as one. The focus of God's wisdom is the working of His Divine Trinity into the three parts—spirit, soul, and body—of our redeemed being in order that in His redemption, sanctification, and transformation we may have a full union in the divine life with Him and His desire for the mingling of divinity and humanity, the joining of humanity to divinity...to be His consummate expression in eternity. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, "The Experience of God's Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ's Life," pp. 516-517)

  Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, "The Experience of God's Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ's Life," ch. 6
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