壹 我们必须明白什么是主的旨意—弗五17，西一9。 |
Ⅰ We need to understand what the will of the Lord is—Eph. 5:17; Col. 1:9. |
贰 神的旨意乃是祂所要的以及祂所定意要成就的—弗一5，9，11： |
Ⅱ God's will is what He wants and what He intends to accomplish—Eph. 1:5, 9, 11: |
一 神有一个永远的旨意，这就是祂永远定旨的源头—11节，三11。 |
Ａ God has an eternal will, which is the source of His eternal purpose—v. 11; 3:11. |
二 神既是永远的、是无始无终的，祂的旨意也就是永远的；这个旨意存在于宇宙起源的中心—启四11。 |
Ｂ Since God is eternal, without beginning or ending, His will is also eternal; it lies at the heart of the origin of the universe—Rev. 4:11. |
三 神为着祂自己的旨意而创造万有，为要成就并达成祂的定旨—弗三11。 |
Ｃ God created all things for His will so that He might accomplish and fulfill His purpose—Eph. 3:11. |
四 神的旨意乃是集中在基督身上，并且是要使基督在万有中居首位；在神永远的旨意中，基督乃是一切—西一15~18，三4，10~11。 |
Ｄ The will of God is concentrated in Christ and is for Christ to have the first place in all things; Christ is everything in God's eternal will—Col. 1:15-18; 3:4, 10-11. |
五 神所要的乃是基督连同召会；神的旨意是要得着召会作基督的身体—弗五32，一9，22~23，二21~22，四16。 |
Ｅ God wants to have Christ with the church; the will of God is to obtain the church as the Body of Christ—Eph. 5:32; 1:9, 22-23; 2:21-22; 4:16. |
六 神在基督里作为那灵现今正在我们里面作工以成就祂永远的旨意，就是要得着新耶路撒冷，就是羔羊的妻，充满神的荣耀，在新天新地里作祂永远的彰显—腓二13，弗三14~21，启二一1~2，9~11。 |
Ｆ God in Christ as the Spirit is now working within us to accomplish His eternal will to have the New Jerusalem—the wife of the Lamb filled with the glory of God for His eternal expression in the new heaven and new earth—Phil. 2:13; Eph. 3:14-21; Rev. 21:1-2, 9-11. |
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弗五17 所以不要作愚昧人，却要明白什么是主的旨意。 一9 照着祂的喜悦，使我们知道祂意愿的奥秘；这喜悦是祂在自己里面预先定下的。 五32 这是极大的奥秘，但我是指着基督与召会说的。 神的意愿有一个奥秘，就是历世历代以来所隐藏的奥秘。（弗三5，西一26。）宇宙是个奥秘。为什么会有天？地又是为什么存在？为什么宇宙中有万物？为什么人在地上？所有这些问题都是奥秘，引出许多不同的哲学。这奥秘，也就是神的意愿，已经借着众使徒给召会知道。意愿就是目的，神的意愿就是神的目的。神的目的与祂心头的愿望有密切的关系。因此，宇宙的奥秘乃是神意愿的事，与神心头的愿望有关。（以弗所书生命读经，七六页。） |
Eph. 5:17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. 1:9 Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself. 5:32 This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church. God’s will has a mystery, a mystery that has been hidden through the ages (Eph. 3:5; Col. 1:26). The universe is a mystery. Why is there a heaven, and why does the earth exist? Why are there so many millions of items in the universe? Why is man here on earth? All these questions are mysteries and have given rise to many different philosophies. The mystery, which is the will of God, has been made known to the church through the apostles. A will is an intention, and the will of God is God’s intention. God’s intention is intimately related to the desire of His heart. Thus, the mystery of the universe is a matter of God’s will, which is related to the desire of God’s heart. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 64-65) |
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就着我们自己，我们不是召会；我们是可怜的罪人。我们能成为召会，惟一的路乃是神在祂的儿子里，将祂自己作到我们里面。今天大多数的基督徒没有看见这件重要且关键的事，就是神在祂的儿子里，正把祂自己作到祂所拣选并救赎的人里面。…神的目标乃是将祂自己作到我们里面。 新约证实，神正在将祂自己作到我们里面。父、子、灵都在我们里面。（弗四6，林后十三5，约十四17。）根据约翰一书，我们在神里面，神也在我们里面。（四15。）不仅如此，我们住在祂里面，祂也住在我们里面。（约十五4。）使徒保罗在腓立比一章二十一节甚至能说，‘在我，活着就是基督。’他在加拉太二章二十节说，不再是他活着，乃是基督在他里面活着。所有这些经节指明，神在子里正把祂自己作到我们里面。 宇宙的奥秘就是召会，而召会是神正将祂自己作到他们里面的一班人。最终，召会要完全被神浸透，终极完成为圣城新耶路撒冷。召会不仅要被神浸透，并且要与祂调和。然而这不是说，我们要成为神格。不，这不是我们所说的，也不是我们的意思。然而，我们这些被神浸透并与祂调和的人，要成为神的彰显。新耶路撒冷乃是神团体的彰显。我们曾多次指出，在宝座上的神（启四3）和新耶路撒冷，（二一11，）都有碧玉的样子。这就是说，全城都有神的样子，并且就是神的彰显。这是宇宙的奥秘。 神意愿的奥秘是要得着召会，由那些被神浸透并与神调和的人所构成。…宇宙的奥秘，乃是神将祂自己作到我们里面。万有都是为着这目的互相效力。（罗八28。）凡事都是为着这目标效劳；万有都是为着让神把祂自己作到我们里面。这与仅仅有一个快乐的生活大不相同。你也许今天很快乐，明天却不快乐。你也许在聚会中很快乐，但回到家里，妻子或丈夫却为难你。神意愿的奥秘不是使我们成为快乐的人。今天不是我们完满快乐的时候，因为时机尚未成熟。因着很多人没有充分的异象或启示，他们不知道在召会生活中实际上发生什么事。他们以为我们在这里只是要过得快乐而已。但这不是神意愿的奥秘。这奥秘乃是神将祂自己分赐到我们里面，为祂自己产生召会。这就是历世历代以来所隐藏的奥秘。（以弗所书生命读经，七六至八○页。） 参读：生命信息，第三十三章；以弗所书生命读经，第七篇。 |
In ourselves we are not the church; we are pitiful sinners. The only way we can become the church is for God in His Son to work Himself into our being. Most Christians today do not see the crucial and vital matter that God in His Son is working Himself into His chosen and redeemed ones….God’s goal is to work Himself into our being. The New Testament proves that God is working Himself into us. The Father, the Son, and the Spirit are all in us (Eph. 4:6; 2 Cor. 13:5; John 14:17). According to 1 John, we are in God, and God is in us (4:15). Furthermore, we abide in Him, and He abides in us (John 15:4). In Philippians 1:21 the apostle Paul could even say, “To me, to live is Christ.” In Galatians 2:20 he said that he lived no longer, but that Christ lived in him. All these verses indicate that God in the Son is working Himself into us. The mystery of the universe is the church, and the church is a group of people into whom God is working Himself. Eventually, the church will be fully saturated with God and will consummately become the holy city, the New Jerusalem. The church will not only be saturated with God, but also mingled with Him. This does not mean, however, that we shall become the Godhead. No, this is neither what we say nor what we mean. Nevertheless, as those who are being saturated with God and mingled with Him, we shall become the very expression of God. The New Jerusalem will be the corporate expression of God. As we have pointed out a number of times, both God on the throne (Rev. 4:3) and the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:11) have the appearance of jasper. This means that the entire city has the appearance of God and is the expression of God. This is the mystery of the universe. The mystery of God’s will is to have a church constituted with those who have been saturated and mingled with God…. The mystery of the universe is that God is working Himself into us. Everything is working together for this purpose (Rom. 8:28). All things serve this goal. Everything is for God’s working of Himself into our being. This is much different from merely having a happy life. You may be very happy today, but not tomorrow. You may be happy in a meeting, but when you return home, your wife or husband may give you a difficult time. The mystery of God’s will is not that we are becoming happy people. Today is not the time for us to be fully happy, because the time is not yet ripe. Because many do not have the adequate vision or revelation, they do not know what is actually taking place in the church life. They think that we are simply here to have a good time. But this is not the mystery of God’s will. This mystery is that God is dispensing Himself into us to produce the church for Himself. This is a mystery hidden through the ages. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 65-68) Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 2, “Life Messages, Volume 1,” ch. 33; Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 7 |