弗一5~6　　按着祂意愿所喜悦的，预定了我们，借着耶稣基督得儿子的名分，归于祂自己，使祂恩典的荣耀得着称赞，这恩典是祂在那蒙爱者里面所恩赐我们的。

　　二7　　好在要来的诸世代中，显示祂在基督耶稣里，向我们所施恩慈中恩典超越的丰富。

　　现在我们要来看神恩典的荣耀是什么？……如果你仔细查读圣经中荣耀这个题目，你会发现荣耀就是彰显出来的神。每当神得着彰显，那就是荣耀。我们可以用电来说明。电是隐藏的，但是当电显为光的时候，那光就是电的荣耀。照样，当神隐藏时，我们看不见祂的荣耀。然而当祂彰显出来，祂的荣耀就看得见了。因此，荣耀就是彰显出来的神。……从来没有人看见神，但是我们见过祂独生子的荣耀。

　　神恩典的荣耀，就是祂的恩典将祂彰显出来，这恩典乃是神自己作我们的享受。神在祂的恩典里彰显出来，而祂的预定乃是为着这彰显得着称赞。当我们领受恩典并享受神时，我们有荣耀的感觉。……有时候在一个美好的聚会之后，我们充满了恩典，说，“太荣耀了！”这就是神在祂的恩典里彰显出来了（以弗所书生命读经，五八至五九页）。

　　Eph. 1:5-6 Predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved.

　　2:7 That He might display in the ages to come the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

　　Now we need to consider what the glory of God’s grace is … If you carefully study the subject of glory in the Bible, you will find that glory is God expressed. Whenever God is manifested, that is glory. We may use electricity as an illustration. Electricity is hidden, but when it is expressed as light, that light is the glory of electricity. Likewise, when God is hidden, we cannot see His glory. But when He is expressed, His glory is made visible. Hence, glory is God expressed … No man has ever seen God, but we have seen the glory of the only begotten Son.

　　The glory of God’s grace is that His grace, which is Himself as our enjoyment, expresses Him. God is expressed in His grace, and His predestination is for the praise of this expression. As we receive grace and enjoy God, we have the sense of glory… Sometimes after an excellent meeting we are full of grace and say, “That was glorious!” This is God expressed in His grace. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 49)

　　当我们看见自己已蒙拣选成为圣别，并预定要得儿子的名分，看见我们有儿子的灵、儿子的生命和儿子的地位，并看见我们要模成儿子的形像，得着儿子名分的完成，就是我们身体的得赎，并要承受完满的儿子名分时，我们将会说，“何等荣耀！”我们需要一面祷告，一面思想这六个项目：儿子的灵、儿子的生命、儿子的地位、儿子的形像、儿子名分的完成以及儿子名分的承受。你若这样作，就会在荣耀里，也会为着儿子的名分赞美神。

　　什么是神恩典的荣耀得着称赞？你曾为着儿子的名分赞美（称赞）神么？我们这些神的儿子，对神的赞美并不多。通常我们只是感谢祂。当我们说“赞美主”，我们的意思常是“感谢主”。感谢神的意思是我们接受了某种恩惠而为此感谢神。但是不论我们是否从祂接受了任何恩惠，当我们赞美神时，我们主要是为着祂的所是或祂的所作赞美祂。在赞美神时，你需要忘掉自己，并从自己里面出来。当你真赞美神时，似乎你就不存在了。你只看见神，看见祂的所是和祂的所作。因此，你赞美祂并说出对祂的美言。

　　神预定我们得儿子的名分，乃是为了使祂在恩典里的彰显得着称赞。也许天使会首先为此赞美神。当天使为着我们的儿子名分赞美神时，鬼就会震惊说，“我们所霸占的那些罪人，竟成了神的儿子。”不仅天使要为着我们的儿子名分赞美神，宇宙中每样正面的事物都要赞美祂。这事要在神的众子显示出来的时候发生（罗八19）。……召会是在今世产生的，要来的诸世代是指千年国时代和将来的永远。显示神恩典的丰富，就是将其向全宇宙公开展示。神恩典的丰富超越各样的限制。这是神自己的丰富，作我们的享受。这些丰富要公开显示出来，直到永远。

　　以弗所二章七节说，神恩典超越的丰富，是在基督耶稣里向着我们所施的恩慈中。恩慈乃是一种仁慈的良善，出自怜悯和爱。神的恩典是在这样的恩慈中赐给我们的（以弗所书生命读经，五九至六一、二二一至二二二页）。

　　参读：神救恩的终结，第三篇；约翰福音中的生命与建造，第十篇。

　　When we realize that we have been chosen to be holy and predestinated to sonship; that we have the Spirit of the Son, the life of the Son, and the position of the Son; and that we shall be conformed to the image of the Son, have the completion of sonship, the redemption of our body, and inherit the full sonship, we shall say, “What a glory!” We need to consider six items prayerfully: the Spirit of the Son, the life of the Son, the position of the Son, the image of the Son, the completion of sonship, and the inheritance of sonship. If you do this, you will be in glory and praise God for the sonship.

　　What is the praise of the glory of God’s grace? Have you ever praised God for the sonship? We, the sons of God, do not praise God very much. Usually we simply thank Him. When we say, “Praise the Lord,” we often mean, “Thank the Lord.” To thank God means that we have received a certain benefit and thank God for it. But when we praise God, we praise Him primarily for what He is or what He does, no matter whether or not we have received any benefits from Him. In praising God you need to forget yourself and get outside of yourself. When you are truly praising God, it seems that you do not exist. You see only God, what He is, and what He does. Therefore, you praise Him and speak well concerning Him.

　　God’s predestinating us to sonship is for the praise of His expression in His grace. Probably the angels will be the first to praise God for this. As the angels are praising God for our sonship, the demons may be shocked and say, “Those sinners who were usurped by us have become the sons of God.” Not only will the angels praise God for our sonship, but also every positive thing in the universe will praise Him. This will take place at the time of the manifestation of the sons of God (Rom. 8:19). The church is produced in the present age; the ages which are coming are the ages of the millennium and eternity future. To display the riches of God’s grace is to exhibit them to the whole universe publicly. The riches of God’s grace surpass every limit. These are the riches of God Himself for our enjoyment. They will be publicly displayed for eternity.

　　Ephesians 2:7 says that the surpassing riches of God’s grace are in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. Kindness is a benevolent goodness which issues out of mercy and love. It is in such kindness that the grace of God is given to us. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 49-51, 182-183)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 3, “The Consummation of God’s Salvation,” ch. 3; CWWL, 1959, vol. 4, “Life and Building in the Gospel of John,” ch. 10