贰 新人作为神的诗章、杰作，乃是借着基督在十字架上的死所创造的—弗二10、15~16： |
Ⅱ The new man as the poem, the masterpiece, of God was created through Christ's death on the cross—Eph. 2:10, 15-16: |
一 我们需要谨慎注意十五节的两句话：“在祂的肉体里”和“在祂自己里面”： |
Ａ We need to pay careful attention to two phrases in verse 15: in His flesh and in Himself: |
１ 基督“在祂的肉体里”了结了宇宙中一切消极的事物：神的仇敌，就是魔鬼撒但（来二14）；罪（罗八3，约一29）；堕落之人的肉体（加五24）；撒但邪恶的系统，就是世界，cosmos，科斯莫斯（约十二31）；旧人所代表的旧造（罗六6）；以及律法那将人隔离的规条（弗二15）。 |
１ “In His flesh” Christ terminated all the negative things in the universe: Satan, the devil, the enemy of God (Heb. 2:14); sin (Rom. 8:3; John 1:29); the flesh of fallen man (Gal. 5:24); the world, the cosmos, the evil system of Satan (John 12:31); the old creation, represented by the old man (Rom. 6:6); and the separating ordinances of the law (Eph. 2:15). |
２ 基督“在祂自己里面”，就是以祂自己为范围、元素和素质，将犹太人和外邦人创造成一个新人： |
２ “In Himself” as the sphere, element, and essence, Christ created the Jews and the Gentiles into one new man: |
ａ 基督不仅是一个新人（召会）的创造者，并且是这一个新人得以创造的范围，又是用来创造这新人的元素和素质。 |
ａ Christ is not only the Creator of the one new man, the church, but also the sphere in which and the element and essence with which the new man was created. |
ｂ 祂是一个新人的元素和素质，使神的神圣性情与人性成为一个实体—参西三10~11。 |
ｂ He is the very element and essence of the one new man, making God's divine nature one entity with humanity—cf. Col. 3:10-11. |
二 在新人的创造里，首先我们天然的人被基督钉死，然后借着除去旧人，基督将神圣的元素分赐到我们里面，使我们成为一个新的实体，就是神的新发明—罗六6，林后五17。 |
Ｂ In the creating of the new man, first our natural man was crucified by Christ, and then through the crossing out of the old man, Christ imparted the divine element into us, causing us to become a new entity, a new invention of God—Rom. 6:6; 2 Cor. 5:17. |
三 由基督那创造之死所创造的新人，等于在基督的复活和升天里所形成的身体；因此，“一个新人”和“身体”是同义辞，可以交互使用—弗二15~16，西二19，三10~11。 |
Ｃ The one new man created through the creating death of Christ equals the Body formed in Christ's resurrection and ascension; hence, the one new man and the Body are synonymous terms and may be used interchangeably—Eph. 2:15-16; Col. 2:19; 3:10-11. |
晨兴喂养
弗二15 在祂的肉体里，废掉了那规条中诫命的律法，好把两下在祂自己里面，创造成一个新人，成就了和平。 罗六6 知道我们的旧人已经与祂同钉十字架……。 基督在祂的肉体里废掉了规条中诫命的律法，但是祂没有在祂的肉体里创造新人。在祂的肉体里，祂了结了消极的事物，好把犹太人和外邦人两下，在祂自己里面创造成一个新人。消极的事物在基督的肉体里被了结，而新人（那当然是积极的）乃是在基督自己里面有了新生的起头。我们必须谨慎注意以弗所二章十五节里的两句话：“在祂的肉体里”以及“在祂自己里面”。倘若我问你，你今天在哪里；你应该说，“我先前是在基督的肉体里，现今我是在基督自己里面。在祂的肉体里，我在十字架上被了结；但在基督自己里面，我被创造成为一个新人的一部分。”（以弗所书生命读经，二五四至二五五页） |
Eph. 2:15 Abolishing in His flesh the law of the commandments in ordinances, that He might create the two in Himself into one new man, so making peace. Rom. 6:6 Knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with Him… Christ abolished in His flesh the law of commandments in ordinances; but He did not create the new man in His flesh. No, in the flesh He terminated the negative things so that He might create the two, the Jews and the Gentiles, into one new man in Himself. The negative things were terminated in Christ's flesh, whereas the new man, which, of course, is positive, was germinated in Christ Himself. We need to pay careful attention to two phrases in Ephesians 2:15: in His flesh and in Himself. If I were to ask you where you are today, you should say, “Firstly, I was in Christ's flesh; now I am in Christ Himself. In His flesh I was terminated on the cross, but in Christ Himself I was created as part of the one new man.” (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 209-210) |
信息选读
基督了结消极的事物之后，并没有停在那里。……死是复活的门槛，引我们进入复活。虽然基督在肉体里被钉在十字架上，但是这个死把祂带进复活。在复活里祂不再是在肉体里，反而是奇妙的灵。在祂的肉体里，我们这旧人被了结；而在奇妙的灵里，我们被创造成一个新人。我们的旧人和旧性情被钉时，那与我们堕落性情有关的规条也被除灭了。然后在基督的复活和祂奇妙的灵里，我们被创造成一个新人。说我们在出生之前就被钉，似乎不合理；但无论如何，在十字架上，在基督的肉体里，我们被了结了，这是一个奇妙的事实。不仅如此，在我们出生前，我们也在奇妙的灵里被创造成一个新人。 〔以弗所二章十五节的〕“在祂自己里面”这句话非常有意义，指明基督不仅是一个新人（召会）的创造者，并且是这一个新人得以创造的范围和凭借。祂更是这新人的元素。我们被了结之后，就在祂里面领受了新的素质。基督自己成为我们的这个新元素。我们的旧人没有一样适合于新人的创造，因为我们从前的素质是有罪的。但是在祂里面有奇妙的素质，一个新人就在其中被创造。基督将神的性情作到人性里，创造了一个新人，就是召会。这神圣的工作是新的。在旧造里，神并没有将祂的性情作到祂的造物里，甚至也没有作到人里面。然而，在创造一个新人时，神的性情却作到人里面，使神性与人性成为一个实体。 污鬼和邪恶的天使知道一个新人已在神圣的素质里创造成了，这事实使他们害怕。为此，鬼魔的权势尽力不让基督徒看见这一个新人之创造的事实。因此，我们必须打这个真理的仗。我们需要祷告，好得着清明的心思，看见我们不仅在十字架上被了结，也借着这个了结迁到基督里。在基督里，祂用神圣的素质，把我们创造成一个新人。……我们是在出生之前就被创造成一个新人，并且有一种新的素质作到我们里面；我们这样相信是很重要的。……我们若不在祂里面，就不可能被创造成一个新人，因为在我们自己里面，我们没有作新人成分的神圣素质。只有在神圣的素质里，并凭着神圣的素质，我们才得以被创造成一个新人（以弗所书生命读经，二五五至二五七页）。 参读：以弗所书生命读经，第二十三至二十四、七十至七十一、八十五至八十七篇。 |
Christ did not stop with the termination of the negative things….Death is the threshold of resurrection; it ushers us into resurrection. Although Christ in the flesh was crucified on the cross, this death brought Him into resurrection. In resurrection He is no longer in the flesh; rather, He is the wonderful Spirit. It was in His flesh that we, the old man, were terminated, but it is in the wonderful Spirit that we have been created into the one new man. When our old man and our old nature were crucified, the ordinances related to our fallen nature were slain. Then in Christ's resurrection and in His wonderful Spirit, we were created into one new man. It does not seem reasonable to say that we were crucified before we were born. Nevertheless, it is a marvelous fact that we were terminated in the flesh of Christ on the cross. Moreover, before we were born, we were also created in the wonderful Spirit to be the one new man. The phrase in Himself [Eph. 2:15] is very significant. It indicates that Christ was not only the Creator of the one new man, the church, but also the sphere in which and the essence with which the one new man was created. He is the very element of the new man. After we were terminated, in Him we received the new essence. Christ Himself became this new element to us. Nothing of our old man was good for the creation of the new man, for our former essence was sinful. But in Him there is a wonderful essence, in which the one new man has been created. Christ created the one new man, the church, with God's nature wrought into humanity. This divine work was something new. In the old creation God did not work His nature into any of His creatures, not even into man. In the creation of the one new man, however, God's nature has been wrought into man to make His divine nature one entity with humanity. The demons and evil angels know that the one new man has been created in the divine essence. This fact terrifies them. For this reason, the demonic powers would try to keep Christians from seeing the fact of the creation of the one new man. Hence, we must fight the battle for this truth. We need to pray for a clear and sober mind to perceive that not only have we been terminated on the cross, but that by means of this termination we have been transferred into Christ. In Christ, with His divine essence, we have been created into the one new man. It is essential to believe that before we were born we were created into the one new man and that a new essence has been wrought into our being. Apart from being in Him, we could not have been created into the new man, because in ourselves we do not have the divine essence which is the element of the new man. Only in the divine essence and with the divine essence were we created into the new man….Christ Himself is this essence, this element. Hence, in Himself Christ created the two into one new man. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 210-212) Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 23-24, 70-71, 85-87 |