基督身体的实际
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神人的生活,为着基督身体的实际,终极完成新耶路撒冷
Message Sixteen The God-man Living for the Reality of the Body of Christ to Consummate the New Jerusalem
 

  
读经:弗四20~24,约十六13,腓一19~21上,四4~8,13,启三7~13,二一2,12~14,18~23,二二1~5,20~21
Scripture Reading: Eph. 4:20-24; John 16:13; Phil. 1:19-21a; 4:4-8, 13; Rev. 3:7-13; 21:2, 12-14, 18-23; 22:1-5, 20-21
壹 
基督身体的实际乃是“在耶稣身上是实际者”,(弗四21,)就是耶稣一生的真实光景,如四福音书所记载的,复制在许多肢体身上,作为被成全之神人所过的团体生活─约十四6上,弗四20~24,加二20,腓一8,19~21上,二19~30:
The reality of the Body of Christ is "the reality…in Jesus" (Eph. 4:21), the actual condition of the life of Jesus, as recorded in the four Gospels, duplicated in His many members as the corporate living of the perfected God-men—John 14:6a; Eph. 4:20-24; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:8, 19-21a; 2:19-30:
一 
耶稣在生活中总是在神里面,同着神并为着神行事;神是在祂的生活中,并且祂与神是一─这就是在耶稣身上是实际者─约五19,四34,十七4,十四10,24,五30,七18,赛四二4,五十4~5,五三2上。
Jesus lived a life in which He did everything in God, with God, and for God; God was in His living, and He was one with God—this is the reality in Jesus— John 5:19; 4:34; 17:4; 14:10, 24; 5:30; 7:18; Isa. 42:4; 50:4-5; 53:2a.
二 
惟一讨神喜悦的生活,就是重复基督在地上所过的生活;我们正在被主成全成为神人,照着基督这第一个神人的榜样,否认我们天然的生命,而活神圣的生命─太十一29上,十七5下,彼前二21。
The only life that is a delight to God is the life that is the repetition of the life Christ lived on earth; we are being perfected by the Lord to be God-men, living the divine life by denying our natural life according to the model of Christ as the first God-man—Matt. 11:29a; 17:5b; 1 Pet. 2:21.
三 
基督身体作为新人的生活,该与耶稣的生活完全一样;耶稣在地上的生活方式,就是基督身体作为新人今天所该生活的方式─弗一22~23,二10,15,四20~24,徒九5。
The living of the Body of Christ as the new man should be exactly the same as the living of Jesus; the way Jesus lived on earth is the way the Body of Christ as the new man should live today—Eph. 1:22-23; 2:10, 15; 4:20-24; Acts 9:5.
四 
我们需要成为团体的模型,就是基督身体的实际,也就是一班过着神人生活的人;这样的模型要成为召会历史中最大的复兴,好把主带回来─太十六18,启十九7~8。
We need to become a corporate model, the reality of the Body, a people who live the life of a God-man; such a model will be the greatest revival in the history of the church to bring the Lord back—Matt. 16:18; Rev. 19:7-8.
贰 
基督身体的实际,就是神经纶的最高峰,乃是实际的灵─弗四4上,约十四17,十六13,约壹五6:
The reality of the Body of Christ, as the highest peak in God's economy, is the Spirit of reality—Eph. 4:4a; John 14:17; 16:13; 1 John 5:6:
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这实际的灵使经过过程之三一神的一切,都在基督的身体里成为实际;我们里面实际的灵引导我们进入基督身体生活的实际,就是凭神圣生命过神人生活的实际─约十六13~15,腓一19,参出三十22~25。
This Spirit of reality makes everything of the processed Triune God a reality in the Body of Christ; the Spirit of reality in us guides us into the reality of the life of the Body of Christ, the reality of living a God-man life by the divine life—John 16:13-15; Phil. 1:19; cf. Exo. 30:22-25.
二 
全足的神(创十七1,腓一19)作为实际的灵,住在我们灵里,与我们的灵联结为一个调和的灵,(罗八16,林前六17,)乃是经过过程三一神之于基督身体一切的秘诀;我们要活在基督身体的实际里,就必须认识、使用并操练我们的灵。(弗一17,二22,三5,16,四23,五18,六18。)
The All-sufficient God (Gen. 17:1; Phil. 1:19), as the Spirit of reality dwelling in our spirit to be joined as one mingled spirit (Rom. 8:16; 1 Cor. 6:17), is the secret to all that the processed Triune God is to the Body of Christ; in order to live in the reality of the Body of Christ, we must know, we must use, and we must exercise our spirit (Eph. 1:17; 2:22; 3:5, 16; 4:23; 5:18; 6:18).
叁 
我们必须学习接受基督作我们充足的秘诀,作我们的一切,享受祂作追测不尽丰富的实际之灵,就是基督身体的实际─腓四11~13,一19:
We must learn to take Christ as our secret of sufficiency, as our every-thing, enjoying Him as the unsearchably rich Spirit of reality, the reality of the Body of Christ—Phil. 4:11-13; 1:19:
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对基督的经历和享受乃是腓立比书的要点;对基督正常的经历就是活基督,而活基督就是无论环境如何,总叫基督照常显大─腓一20~21节上。
The experience and enjoyment of Christ is the main point in the book of Philip-pians; the normal experience of Christ is to live Him, and to live Him is to magnify Him always, regardless of the circumstances—vv. 20-21a.
二 
我们若要享受基督并经历基督,除了借着包罗万有的灵作我们全备的供应外,没有别的路;保罗说,耶稣基督的灵成了他的救恩─腓一19节。
If we want to enjoy Christ and experience Christ, there is no other way except by the all-inclusive Spirit as our bountiful supply; Paul said the Spirit of Jesus Christ had become his salvation—v. 19.
三 
经历基督就是一面又一面的经历救恩;腓立比书每一章都陈明这救恩特别的一面;腓立比四章启示,当我们活基督时,祂这位神具体的表现,连同神一切的属性,就充满我们一切空洞的美德,而神的属性成了我们的美德;因此,活基督使我们很有人性;这些人性的美德,连同神圣的属性,是我们所活并显大之基督在细节上的彰显─腓四5,8节,一20~21上,二12。
The experience of Christ is the experience of salvation in aspect after aspect; each chapter of Philippians presents a particular aspect of this salvation; Philip-pians 4 reveals that when we live Christ, who is the embodiment of God with all the attributes of God, He fills up all our empty virtues, and God's attributes then become our virtues; thus, living Christ makes us very human; these human virtues with the divine attributes are the detailed expression of the Christ we live and magnify—vv. 5, 8; 1:20-21a; 2:12.
四 
基督身体的实际乃是被成全之神人所过的团体生活,他们是真正的人,但他们不凭自己的生命,乃凭经过过程之神的生命而活;经过过程之神的属性借着他们的美德彰显出来─腓四4~8。
The reality of the Body of Christ is the corporate living by the perfected God-men, who are genuine men not living by their life but by the life of the processed God, whose attributes have been expressed through their virtues—4:4-8.
五 
这样的生命起初只是在个人的耶稣基督里,然而这生命现今已经在许多人身上被重复、复制出来,这些人蒙了救赎、重生,如今在他们里面有神的生命─徒九5,二八9与注1。
Such a life was there originally just in an individual man, Jesus Christ, but this life has been repeated, reproduced, in many men who have been redeemed and regenerated and who now possess the divine life within them—Acts 9:5; 28:9, footnote 1.
六 
我们是基督徒,是与神圣人位调和的人,这使我们与主成为一灵;(林前六17;)基督徒的生活是神性与人性调和的生活;神性与人性实际的调和,是借着祷告完成的─腓四4,6,帖前五17。
As Christians, we are people who have been mingled with the divine person, making us one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17); the Christian life is a mingling of divinity with humanity, and the practical mingling of divinity with humanity is carried out by praying—Phil. 4:4, 6; 1 Thes. 5:17.
肆 
惟有恢复的召会(由在非拉铁非的召会所表征),能成就神永远的定旨,也惟有她是主所要的;在非拉铁非的得胜者,活在基督身体的实际里,带进新的复兴,把主带回来─启三7~13:
Only the recovered church, signified by the church in Philadelphia, can fulfill God's eternal purpose, and only she is what the Lord is after; the overcomers in Philadelphia live in the reality of the Body of Christ to bring in a new revival and bring the Lord back—Rev. 3:7-13:
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在非拉铁非的得胜者,其特征是他们达到了神经纶神圣启示的最高峰─12节。
The characteristic of the overcomers in Philadelphia is their arriving at the highest peak of the divine revelation of God's economy—v. 12.
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在非拉铁非的得胜者,其特征是他们借着享受基督的丰富作他们内住的宝贝,而过神人的生活─7~8,14节,腓二11。
The characteristic of the overcomers in Philadelphia is their God-man living by enjoying the riches of Christ as their indwelling treasure—vv. 7-8, 14; Phil. 2:11.
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在非拉铁非的得胜者,其特征是他们的弟兄相爱;在他们中间,爱是有效能的,以致他们牧养人,以令人愉快之神的同在顾惜人,并以神经纶健康的教训喂养人─弗四11,五29,约二一15~17,约壹三14~16。
The characteristic of the overcomers in Philadelphia is their brotherly love; love prevails among them so that they shepherd people by cherishing them with the cheering presence of God and nourishing them with the healthy teaching of the economy of God—Eph. 4:11; 5:29; John 21:15-17; 1 John 3:14-16.
伍 
新耶路撒冷乃是得胜者的总和,作基督的妻子,直到永远;凡是要归于新耶路撒冷的,都该是我们个人和团体的经历,使我们为着基督身体的一经历神人调和,好成为新耶路撒冷,并建造新耶路撒冷,成就神永远的定旨:
The New Jerusalem is the totality of the overcomers to be the wife of Christ for eternity; whatever is ascribed to the New Jerusalem should be both our personal and corporate experience for us to become the New Jerusalem and build the New Jerusalem by the mingling of God with man for the oneness of the Body of Christ to fulfill the eternal purpose of God:
一 
我们要活出并作出新耶路撒冷作基督身体的实际,必须抓牢这一个原则:神的同在乃是一切问题的准则─启二一22,二二4,出二五30,三三11上,诗二七4~5,8,结四八35,提后四22,林前六17,林后二10,13,四7。
To live out and work out the New Jerusalem as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must hold on to this principle: God's presence is the criterion for every matter—Rev. 21:22; 22:4; Exo. 25:30; 33:11a; Psa. 27:4-5, 8; Ezek. 48:35; 2 Tim. 4:22; 1 Cor. 6:17; 2 Cor. 2:10, 13; 4:7.
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我们要活出并作出新耶路撒冷作基督身体的实际,必须在神宝座之下,就是在神的治理之下─启二二1,3,罗五21,结一5~28。
To live out and work out the New Jerusalem as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must be under the throne of God, the ruling of God—Rev. 22:1, 3; Rom. 5:21; Ezek. 1:5-28.
三 
我们要活出并作出新耶路撒冷作基督身体的实际,必须有生命的水流和供应─启二二1~2:
To live out and work out the New Jerusalem as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must have the flow and supply of life—Rev. 22:1-2:
1 
涌流的生命河与可吃的生命树,该是我们基督徒生活和召会生活的特色,使我们享受神作我们真正的伊甸园、我们的喜悦、娱乐和喜乐─诗歌三八四首,创二8~10,诗三六8~9,四三4上,尼八10。
The flowing river of life and the edible tree of life should be the outstanding features of our Christian life and church life for the enjoyment of God as our real Eden, our pleasure, entertainment, and joy—Hymns, #509; Gen. 2:8-10; Psa. 36:8-9; 43:4a; Neh. 8:10.
2 
喝一位灵,乃是与那灵,就是独一身体的一调和;这需要我们不断地呼求主,从祂这活水的泉源欢然取水─林前十二12~13,弗四3~4上,赛十二3~4,耶二13,约四10,14,七37~39,启二二17。
To drink one Spirit is to be mingled with the Spirit as the oneness of the one Body; this requires us to call on the Lord continually and draw water with joy from Him as the fountain of living water—1 Cor. 12:12-13; Eph. 4:3-4a; Isa. 12:3-4; Jer. 2:13; John 4:10, 14; 7:37-39; Rev. 22:17.
3 
吃生命树,就是享受基督作我们生命的供应,该是召会生活首要的事;我们要享受基督,就必须用起初的爱爱祂;爱主、享受主、以及成为主的见证,三者乃是并行的─启二4,7,二二14。
To eat the tree of life, that is, to enjoy Christ as our life supply, should be the primary matter in the church life; to enjoy Christ requires us to love Him with the first love; loving the Lord, enjoying the Lord, and being the testimony of the Lord go together—2:4, 7; 22:14.
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我们要活出并作出新耶路撒冷作基督身体的实际,必须满了生命的光─启二一11,23,二二5,路十一33~36,约八12。
To live out and work out the New Jerusalem as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must be full of the light of life—21:11, 23; 22:5; Luke 11:33-36; John 8:12.
五 
我们要活出并作出新耶路撒冷作基督身体的实际,必须有份于父神的神圣性情,这是由作城基础的金所预表─彼后一4,启二一21下。
To live out and work out the New Jerusalem as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must partake of God the Father in His divine nature, typified by the gold as the base of the city—2 Pet. 1:4; Rev. 21:21b.
六 
我们要活出并作出新耶路撒冷作基督身体的实际,必须经历子神的死和复活,这是由珍珠门所预表─启二一21节上。
To live out and work out the New Jerusalem as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must experience God the Son in His death and resurrection, typified by the pearl gates—v. 21a.
七 
我们要活出并作出新耶路撒冷作基督身体的实际,必须经历灵神变化的工作,这是由碧玉墙连同其宝石的根基所预表─启二一18~20节。
To live out and work out the New Jerusalem as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must experience God the Spirit in His transforming work, typified by the jasper wall with its foundations of precious stones—vv. 18-20.
八 
我们要活出并作出新耶路撒冷作基督身体的实际,必须天天经历三一神作三一的入口、三一的构成、三一的存在,三一的生活,和三一的享受─启二一12~13,21,18~20节,二二1~2,5,太二八19,路十五3~24。
To live out and work out the New Jerusalem as the reality of the Body of Christ, we must daily experience the Triune God as the triune entry, the triune constitution, the triune existence, the triune living, and the triune enjoyment— vv. 12-13, 21, 18-20; 22:1-2, 5; Matt. 28:19; Luke 15:3-24.
陆 
“见证这些事的说,是的,我必快来!阿们。主耶稣啊,我愿你来!愿主耶稣的恩与众圣徒同在。阿们”─启二二20~21。
"He who testifies these things says, Yes, I come quickly. Amen. Come, Lord Jesus! The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints. Amen"—Rev. 22:20-21.
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