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贰 在基督里的信徒，乃是麦粒—约十二24： |
Ⅱ The believers in Christ are grains of wheat—John 12:24: |
一 借着基督的死与复活所产生的许多麦粒，是为着形成一个饼—基督的身体；许多麦粒被压碎，用油调和，在炉中烤，并调和一起成为一个饼；这饼由素祭所表征—林前十17，利二4~5。 |
A The many grains of wheat produced through Christ's death and resurrection are for the formation of the one bread—the Body of Christ; the grains of wheat are crushed, mingled with oil, baked in the oven, and blended together into one loaf, signified by the meal offering—1 Cor. 10:17; Lev. 2:4-5. |
二 主是一粒麦子落在地里，借着死丧失祂的魂生命，使祂能在复活里将祂永远生命的火释放给“许多子粒”；我们这许多子粒，必须借着死丧失我们的魂生命，使我们能在复活里享受并释放永远生命的火给人—约十二24~26，路十二49~50，林前十五31、36，林后四12。三 我们外面的人如同麦子落到地里死了，渐渐被破碎、销毁，使我们里面的人能日日得更新—16、10~11节，多三5，弗四23，五26。 |
B The Lord, as a grain of wheat falling into the ground, lost His soul-life through death that He might release the fire of His eternal life to the "many grains" in resurrection; we as the many grains must lose our soul-life through death that we may enjoy and release the fire of the eternal life to others in resurrection—John 12:24-26; Luke 12:49-50; 1 Cor. 15:31, 36; 2 Cor. 4:12. |
四 一个为着建造基督身体之属灵的基督徒，每天必须“读”三件事—他需要读圣经；他需要读他里面的感觉；他也需要读他的环境和境遇，就是他周围的人事物—罗八6，参箴十六9。 |
C As grains of wheat falling into the earth to die, our outer man is being broken, consumed, so that our inner man can be renewed day by day—vv. 16, 10-11; Titus 3:5; Eph. 4:23; 5:26. |
五 我们也许祷告并盼望别人会改变，但我们越这样祷告，就越清楚什么都不会改变；这是神所创造的环境，要使我们模成神儿子的形像，并显明神的恩典和能力—罗八28~29，参六3~4，王上七17、20~22。 |
D A Christian who is spiritual for the building up of the Body of Christ must "read" three things every day—he needs to read the Bible, he needs to read his inward sense, and he needs to read his environment and circumstances, which are the people, things, and matters around him—Rom. 8:6; cf. Prov. 16:9. |
六 我们应当与运行的灵合作，并接受神为我们所安排的环境—腓四12，弗三1，四1，六20，林前七24。 |
E We may pray and hope that others will change, but the more we pray in this way, the clearer we are that nothing will change; this is the environment that God has created to cause us to be conformed to the image of God's Son and manifest God's grace and power—Rom. 8:28-29; cf. 6:3-4; 1 Kings 7:17, 20-22. |
七 我们可能向神抱怨，但我们的抱怨可能是最好的祷告，神最喜悦的祷告；当我们在抱怨时，神在喜乐，因为祂使万有都互相效力，叫我们得益处，为使我们模成祂长子的形像—参诗一○二标题。 |
F We should cooperate with the operating Spirit and accept the environment that God has arranged for us—Phil. 4:12; Eph. 3:1; 4:1; 6:20; 1 Cor. 7:24. |
晨兴喂养
约十二24~26 我实实在在地告诉你们，一粒麦子不落在地里死了，仍旧是一粒；若是死了，就结出许多子粒来。爱惜自己魂生命的，就丧失魂生命；在这世上恨恶自己魂生命的，就要保守魂生命归入永远的生命。若有人服事我，就当跟从我；我在哪里，服事我的人也要在哪里。若有人服事我，我父必尊重他。 信徒也由许多麦粒所象征。约翰十二章二十四节……“许多子粒”一辞，指许多麦粒，乃是那一粒麦子的繁增。……在二十四节，主耶稣清楚地说到，祂自己，就是成为肉体的神，是那落在地里死了的独一麦粒。信徒是许多麦粒，由基督这一粒麦子所产生。 这许多麦粒是借着基督的死与复活产生的。在主耶稣十字架的工作里，祂是一粒麦子落在地里死了，好释放出神圣的生命来。神圣的生命在耶稣里面，正如生命局限在一粒麦子里面。因为生命隐藏在子粒中，所以外壳必须破裂，使内里的生命得着释放。基督包罗万有的死，释放了那在祂里面的神圣生命。祂是一粒麦子死了，释放出神圣的生命，且点活神所救赎的人，好产生许多子粒（新约总论第五册，一三四至一三五页）。 |
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借着基督的死与复活所产生的许多麦粒，是为着形成一个饼—基督的身体。许多子粒产生了以后，需要被压碎，磨成粉，并在一个饼里调和在一起，好献给神。这饼就是召会，基督的身体。……（林前十17）。我们从祂所产生、所分受的基督，把我们构成祂的一个身体（新约总论第五册，一三六页）。我们若爱神，祂会使万有互相效力，叫我们得益处。……这益处……就是要我们模成祂长子的形像（罗八29）。……〔神〕用万有把我们模成基督的形像。有些人可能在他们天然的人里是良善、温柔和忠信的。他们即使没有重生或变化，也是很好的人。这样，神怎能将祂自己作到这样的人里面？对这样的人并对我们众人，神必须把我们放在某些环境里，来破碎我们。神的愿望乃是要我们被破碎，好叫祂能将自己作到我们里面。 保罗乃是被一种称为复活大能的奥秘东西模成基督的死。除非借着复活的大能，没有一个人能模成基督的死。在我们里面有一个隐藏、奥秘、大能的东西，称为复活。最后我们就学会，无论钱财或来或去，无论儿女或来或走，神仍然存留。神是我们的分；祂不是我们外面的分，乃是我们里面的分，作我们的构成。神已经将祂自己构成在我们里面，也正在将祂自己构成到我们里面。至终，神用万有来将祂自己作成我们独一的分。 我们的钱财、儿女、职业、学位，都不是我们的分。唯有神是我们的分。……我们可能有我们想要达到的目标，说我们必须讲实际；但事实上，我们是把这些目标看作我们的分。这就是为什么多年以来，神来把我们天然的生命一层一层地“剥掉”。我在神逐渐的“剥除”之下几乎七十年了。我今天很快乐，因为我天然的生命大部分已经被剥掉了。神用万有来“剥掉”我们天然的生命。神甚至用召会生活中所有的弟兄和姊妹来完成这个剥除。……有一天会来到，那时我们会有大而严重的剥除。然后我们就要被破碎（李文集一九九一至一九九二年第二册，六五○、六五六至六五七页）。 参读：基督徒的生活，第十五章。 |
John 12:24-26 Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless the grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it abides alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. He who loves his soul-life loses it; and he who hates his soul-life in this world shall keep it unto eternal life. If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there also My servant will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. The believers are also symbolized by many grains of wheat…The expression “much fruit” [in John 12:24] refers to many grains of wheat as the multiplication of the one grain. In verse 24 the Lord Jesus clearly refers to Himself, God incarnate, as the unique grain of wheat that falls into the ground and dies. The believers as many grains of wheat are produced out of Christ as the one grain. The many grains of wheat are produced through the death and resurrection of Christ. In His work on the cross the Lord Jesus died as a grain of wheat falling into death for the release of the divine life. The divine life was in Jesus, just as life is confined in a grain of wheat. Because the life is concealed in the grain, the shell must be broken so that the inward life may be released. Christ’s all-inclusive death released the divine life that was within Him. As a grain of wheat, He died to release the divine life and to enliven God’s redeemed ones in order to produce many grains. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1176-1177) |