读经：帖前二12，腓一20~21上，罗六4，约壹一7
Scripture Reading: 1 Thes. 2:12; Phil. 1:20-21a; Rom. 6:4; 1 John 1:7

壹　

作为基督里的信徒和神的儿女，我们行事为人应当配得过神─帖前二12。
As believers in Christ and children of God, we should walk in a manner worthy of God—1 Thes. 2:12.

贰　

神的经纶乃是有神作生命，然后活祂─约壹五11~12：
God's economy is a matter of having God as life and living Him—1 John 5:11-12:

一　

神在祂经纶里的心意，乃是要将祂的元素、本质、和性情分赐到我们里面，使我们活祂─提前一4，弗三17，腓一20~21上。
God's intention in His economy is to impart His element, substance, and nature into us so that we may live Him—1 Tim. 1:4; Eph. 3:17; Phil. 1:20-21a.

二　

神在祂经纶里的目的，乃是要我们这班祂所拣选并救赎的人，里面有祂的生命和性情，外面有祂的形像和样式─创一26，二9：
God's aim in His economy is for us, His chosen and redeemed people, to have His life and nature inwardly and His image and likeness outwardly—Gen. 1:26; 2:9:

１　

神正在将祂自己作到我们里面，使我们在生命和性情上，但不在神格上，象祂一样─罗八2，6，10~11，29。
God is working Himself into us to make us the same as He is in life and nature but not in the Godhead—Rom. 8:2, 6, 10-11, 29.

２　

至终，我们要成为一个团体的实体─基督的身体─与祂成为一并活祂，使祂得着团体的彰显─弗四4~6。
Eventually, we will become a corporate entity—the Body of Christ—to be one with Him and to live Him for His corporate expression—Eph. 4:4-6.

叁　

行事为人配得过神，就是活神─腓一20~21上：
To walk in a manner worthy of God is to live God—Phil. 1:20-21a:

一　

我们的日常生活实际上必须是神自己─约五26。
Our daily living should actually be God Himself—John 5:26.

二　

只有神才配得过祂自己；只有神才能与祂自己相配─彼前一15~16。
Only God is worthy of Himself; only God can match Himself—1 Pet. 1:15-16.

三　

既然只有神才能与祂自己相配，所以行事为人配得过神就是活神，也就是在我们的日常生活中彰显神─林前十31：
Since only God is worthy of Himself, to walk in a manner worthy of God is to live God, that is, to express God in our daily living—1 Cor. 10:31:

１　

活神的生命就是凭神而活，甚至活神自己。
To live God's life means to live by God and even to live God Himself.

２　

只有活神的生活，才配得过神；我们活神的时候，行事为人就配得过祂─腓一20~21上，帖前二12。
Only a life that lives God is worthy of God; when we live God, we walk in a manner worthy of Him—Phil. 1:20-21a; 1 Thes. 2:12.

肆　

行事为人配得过神，就是过神人（属神的人）的生活─提前六11，提后三17：
To walk in a manner worthy of God is to live the life of a God-man, a man of God—1 Tim. 6:11; 2 Tim. 3:17:

一　

属神的人，指有份于神生命和性情，在神生命和性情上与祂是一，因而彰显神的人─约一12~13，彼后一4，林前六17。
A man of God is one who partakes of God's life and nature, thus becoming one with God in His life and nature and thereby expressing Him—John 1:12-13; 2 Pet. 1:4; 1 Cor. 6:17.

二　

神的目的是要使约伯成为属神的人，充满了基督，就是神的具体化身，成为神的丰满，好在基督里彰显神─提前六11，提后三17，弗三16~19。
God's intention was to make Job a man of God, filled with Christ, the embodi-ment of God, to be the fullness of God for the expression of God in Christ— 1 Tim. 6:11; 2 Tim. 3:17; Eph. 3:16-19.

三　

神在约伯身上施行剥夺和销毁，好将他拆毁，使神能有一个根据和一条路，用神自己重建约伯，使他成为神人─伯四二1~6。
God's stripping and consuming were exercised over Job to tear him down so that God might have a base and a way to rebuild him with Himself, thereby making him a God-man—Job 42:1-6.

四　

我们需要看见，我们是神人，从神而生，并且属于神的种类─约三3，5~6：
We need to see that we are God-men, born of God and belonging to the species of God—John 3:3, 5-6:

１　

神人活神并彰显神；神人的生活乃是神在人里的生活─腓一20~21上。
A God-man lives God and expresses God; the living of a God-man is the living of God in man—Phil. 1:20-21a.

２　

神人是神圣且奥秘的人，与神一同、在神里面、凭神并借着神，作每一件事─林前十31，西三17。
God are divine and mystical persons, doing everything with God, in God, by God, and through God—1 Cor. 10:31; Col. 3:17.

伍　

行事为人配得过神，就是在生命的新样中生活行动─罗六4：
To walk in a manner worthy of God is to walk in newness of life—Rom. 6:4:

一　

生命的新样乃是出于我们从神接受的神圣生命─约三15~16。
The newness of life is of the divine life, which we have received of God—John 3:15-16.

二　

神圣生命的范围乃是新，我们的生活行动应当在神圣生命之新样的范围里─罗六4。
The realm of the divine life is newness, and our walk should be in the realm of the newness of the divine life—Rom. 6:4.

三　

在生命的新样中生活行动，就是在复活的范围里生活，并在生命中作王；这种生活对付我们里面出于亚当的一切，直到我们完全变化，模成基督的形像─五17，十二2，八29。
To walk in newness of life is to live in the realm of resurrection and to reign in life; this kind of living deals with all that is of Adam in us until we are fully transformed and conformed to the image of Christ—5:17; 12:2; 8:29.

陆　

行事为人配得过神，就是在光中行─约壹一7：
To walk in a manner worthy of God is to walk in the light—1 John 1:7:

一　

光是神在祂彰显里的性质─5节。
Light is the nature of God in His expression—v. 5.

二　

当我们在光中行，就享受三一神并有份于祂的定旨：
When we walk in the light, we enjoy the Triune God and participate in His purpose:

１　

神圣生命的交通将我们带进神圣的光中─3节。
The fellowship of the divine life brings us into the divine light—v. 3.

２　

神圣的光维持我们享受神并有份于祂的定旨─5，7节。
The divine light keeps us in the enjoyment of God and in the participation in His purpose—vv. 5, 7.

柒　

行事为人配得过神，与进入神的国并被引进神的荣耀有关─帖前二12：
To walk in a manner worthy of God is related to entering into the kingdom of God and being ushered into the glory of God—1 Thes. 2:12:

一　

神的国乃是我们在神圣的管治下，带着进入神荣耀的指望，敬拜并享受神的范围─太六13下。
The kingdom of God is the sphere for us to worship God and enjoy God under the divine ruling with a view to entering into God's glory—Matt. 6:13b.

二　

当神国的权柄得以在我们身上运行，公义、和平、并喜乐将是我们日常生活的特征─罗十四17。
When the authority of God's kingdom is allowed to operate in us, righteous-ness, peace, and joy will characterize our daily life—Rom. 14:17.

三　

我们需要行事为人配得过神，使我们能进入神的国，并有份于神的荣耀─帖前二12。
We need to walk in a manner worthy of God so that we may be able to enter into His kingdom and participate in His glory—1 Thes. 2:12.

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