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基督作约与光,成为神完全的救恩
Message Twenty-three Christ as the Covenant and as the Light to Be God's Full Salvation
 

  
读经:赛四二5~7,四九6,8下~9上,罗十3,三21~28,四22~25,五18,一16~17,八4
Scripture Reading: Isa. 42:5-7; 49:6, 8b-9a; Rom. 10:3; 3:21-28; 4:22-25; 5:18; 1:16-17; 8:4
壹 
基督作耶和华的仆人,乃是借着作神选民的约和光而事奉神,使祂成为神完全的救恩─赛四二5~7,四九6,8下~9上:
Christ as the Servant of Jehovah serves God by being a covenant and a light to God's chosen people that He may be the full salvation of God— Isa. 42:5-7; 49:6, 8b-9a:
一 
基督借着祂的死与复活,按着神的义作神完全救恩的根基,成了新约,就是新遗命─路二二20,诗八九14:
Through His death and resurrection, Christ has become the new covenant as the new testament according to God's righteousness to be the base of God's full salvation—Luke 22:20; Psa. 89:14:
1 
基督作耶和华的仆人,是借着成为一个约,来事奉神─赛四二6,四九8下:
As the Servant of Jehovah, Christ serves God by being a covenant—Isa. 42:6; 49:8b:
a 
基督借着为我们死来服事我们,乃是借着成为一个约来服事我们。
Christ served us by dying for us; this was to serve by being a covenant.
b 
基督事奉神,乃是借着死与复活而将生命供应我们─可十45,约十二24。
Christ serves God by ministering life to us through His death and resurrection—Mark 10:45; John 12:24.
2 
在新约里,我们似乎得着了许多事物,但实际上,我们惟一所得着的,就是基督─来八10~13:
In the new covenant it seems that we have received many things, but actually we have gained only one thing—Christ—Heb. 8:10-13:
a 
基督是新约的实际,所以,基督就是新约,新遗命。
Christ is the reality of the new covenant; therefore, Christ is the new covenant, the new testament.
b 
借着基督的死所立的新约,将基督给了我们─路二二20,太二六27~28。
The new covenant, established by Christ through His death, gives us Christ—Luke 22:20; Matt. 26:27-28.
3 
基督作约,顾到神的义,因此,那约是神救恩的根基。
Christ as the covenant takes care of God's righteousness; hence, this covenant is the foundation of God's salvation.
二 
神将基督作为光给了外邦人,使祂成为神对所有世人的救恩─赛四二6,四九6:
God gave Christ as a light to the nations that He might be God's salvation to all the world—Isa. 42:6; 49:6:
1 
这光产生一个结果,就是基督成了给我们的神圣生命─约九5,一4,9,八12。
This light issues in Christ as the divine life to us—John 9:5; 1:4, 9; 8:12.
2 
基督作光,来施行神的救恩,将神的救恩总结在生命里─罗五10。
Christ as the light carries out God's salvation to consummate God's salvation in life—Rom. 5:10.
3 
这光的生命成了神在祂的义里对我们的救恩。
The life of this light becomes God's salvation to us in His righteousness.
三 
基督作约和基督作光加在一起,就等于神完全的救恩─三21,五10,18。
Christ as the covenant and Christ as the light, added together, equal God's full salvation—3:21; 5:10, 18.
四 
我们基于神的义,并在神的生命里,就享受神作我们的产业─徒二六18。
Based on the righteousness of God and in the life of God, we enjoy God as our inheritance—Acts 26:18.
贰 
神完全的救恩乃是基于祂的义,而总结于祂的生命─罗十3,三21~28,五18,一16~17:
God's full salvation is based upon His righteousness and is consummated in His life—Rom. 10:3; 3:21-28; 5:18; 1:16-17:
一 
神的义就是神在公平和公义这面的所是─十3,三21~23:
The righteousness of God is what God is with respect to justice and righteousness—10:3; 3:21-23:
1 
因着我们堕落了,神就必须照着祂的义来对待我们。
Because we are fallen, God must deal with us according to His righteousness.
2 
神是公义的神,若是祂公义的要求不能得着满足,祂就不能赦免罪人─约壹一9。
As the righteous God, He cannot forgive sinful people without meeting the demands of His righteousness—1 John 1:9.
二 
称义是神照着祂义的标准称许我们的行动─加二16,罗三28。
Justification is God's action in approving us according to His standard of righteousness—Gal. 2:16; Rom. 3:28.
三 
神称义的证明乃是基督的复活─四22~25:
The proof of God's justification is the resurrection of Christ—4:22-25:
1 
基督救赎的死,作神称义我们的根据,已完全为神所悦纳;基督已经复活,证明了这点。
The redeeming death of Christ as the ground for God to justify us has been fully accepted by God, and Christ has been resurrected as a proof of this.
2 
复活的基督坐在神的右边,证明祂为我们的代死使神得着满足,并且我们已经蒙神称义─约壹二1。
The resurrected Christ who sits at God's right hand is the evidence that God is satisfied with His death on our behalf and that we have been justified—1 John 2:1.
3 
现今基督已经死了,并且已经从死人中复活,神就不可能改变祂要赦免我们的心意;神受祂的公义束缚,必须赦免我们─一9。
Now that Christ has died and has been raised from among the dead, it is impossible for God to change His mind about forgiving us; He is bound by His righteousness to forgive us—1:9.
四 
神将基督给了我们作神的义─林前一30。
God has given Christ to us as the righteousness of God—1 Cor. 1:30.
五 
我们对基督的经历,乃在于神义的根基─诗八九14。
Our experience of Christ rests upon the foundation of God's righteousness— Psa. 89:14.
六 
神的公义借着基督的死来称义我们,而神的生命借着基督这赐生命的灵,使我们有新生的起头─罗十3,加二16,21,罗五18,弗二5,林前十五45下:
Whereas God's righteousness justifies us through the death of Christ, God's life germinates us by Christ as the life-giving Spirit—Rom. 10:3; Gal. 2:16, 21; Rom. 5:18; Eph. 2:5; 1 Cor. 15:45b:
1 
神的定罪借着基督作为约就消除了;来自撒但的死,借着基督作那产生生命的光就被废掉了─约八12。
The condemnation of God is dissolved by Christ as the covenant, and the death that comes from Satan is annulled by Christ as the light that issues in life—John 8:12.
2 
基督在复活里成了赐生命的灵,将在神里面的生命分赐到我们里面,使我们活过来,重生我们,使我们成为神的儿女─三3~6,约壹三1,约一12~13,罗八15。
Christ became the life-giving Spirit in resurrection to dispense the life which was in God into us to enliven us, to regenerate us, to make us children of God—3:3-6; 1 John 3:1; John 1:12-13; Rom. 8:15.
叁 
新耶路撒冷乃是神完全救恩的具体表现,而神完全的救恩乃是神的义作根基,以及神的生命作总结的组成─启二一2,10,19~20,23,二二1~2:
The New Jerusalem is the embodiment of God's full salvation, and God's full salvation is a composition of God's righteousness as the base and God's life as the consummation—Rev. 21:2, 10, 19-20, 23; 22:1-2:
一 
新耶路撒冷的根基乃是神的义同着神的信实─二一19~20。
The foundation of the New Jerusalem is the righteousness of God with God's faithfulness—21:19-20.
二 
新耶路撒冷的内容是由光所产生的生命─23节:
The content of the New Jerusalem is life, which issues from light—v. 23:
1 
整个新耶路撒冷乃是生命的,建在义的根基上─二二1~2。
The entire New Jerusalem is a matter of life built on the foundation of righteousness—22:1-2.
2 
生命乃是义的总结,而义乃是生命的基础、根基。
Life is the consummation of righteousness, and righteousness is the base, the foundation, of life.
肆 
接受并享受神完全救恩的路,乃是借着呼求主的名,来操练我们的灵、照着灵而活、并住留在我们那有基督同在的灵里─罗八4,十12~13,提后四22。
The way to receive and enjoy the full salvation of God is to exercise our spirit, live according to our spirit, and remain in our spirit, with which is Christ, by calling on the Lord's name—Rom. 8:4; 10:12-13; 2 Tim. 4:22.
伍 
神完全的救恩乃是满了泉源的;我们需要学习借着呼求主的名,从这些泉源取水─赛十二2~6。
God's full salvation is full of springs, and we need to learn to draw water out of these springs by calling on the Lord's name—Isa. 12:2-6.
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