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蒙拣选、受对付、被破碎

第七篇 蒙拣选、受对付、被破碎
Chosen, Dealt With, and Broken

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第七周 周一
WEEK 7 — DAY 1
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Outline
1壹 雅各蒙神拣选;因此,在雅各身上我们看见神的拣选—创二五21~26,罗九11:
1I. Jacob was chosen by God; therefore, in Jacob we see God's selection—Gen. 25:21-26; Rom. 9:11:
2一 神爱雅各并且拣选了他—13节,玛一2,弗一4,二4。
2A. God loved Jacob and selected him—v. 13; Mal. 1:2; Eph. 1:4; 2:4.
3二 雅各在出生以前,甚至在创世以前就蒙拣选—创二五22~23,弗一4:
3B. Jacob was chosen before his birth, even before the foundation of the world—Gen. 25:22-23; Eph. 1:4:
41 雅各蒙神拣选;这不是本于他自己的行为,或自己挣扎、努力的结果—创二五22~23、26。
41. Jacob was chosen by God; it was not of his own works, nor was it the issue of his own struggle and strife—Gen. 25:22-23, 26.
52 雅各蒙拣选乃是本于那呼召人的神,在于神的怜悯,在于神的恩典—罗九11。
52. Jacob's being chosen was of God who calls, of God's mercy, and of God's grace—Rom. 9:11.
6三 我们像雅各一样,在创立世界以前就蒙拣选,被选上—弗一4,帖后二13,约十五16上:
6C. Like Jacob, we were chosen, selected, before the foundation of the world—Eph. 1:4; 2 Thes. 2:13; John 15:16a:
71 基督是我们蒙神拣选的范围—弗一4。
71. Christ is the sphere in which we were chosen by God—Eph. 1:4.
82 神照着祂的先见拣选了我们—彼前一2,罗八29。
82. God chose us according to His foreknowledge—1 Pet. 1:2; Rom. 8:29.
93 神的拣选在于祂主宰的怜悯;我们是已经蒙神拣选的人,应当把自己投在神身上,相信祂要把我们带到一个地步,使我们蒙祂喜悦—九11~13、九16。
93. God's selection depends on His sovereign mercy; as those who have been chosen by God, we should cast ourselves upon Him and trust that He will bring us to the point where we are pleasing to Him—9:11-13, 16.
104 神在已过的永远里拣选了我们,接着是祂的预定,和祂在时间里的呼召—八28~29,弗一5。
104. God's selection of us in eternity past was followed by His predestination and by His calling of us in time—8:28-29; Eph. 1:5.
115 我们是为着神的定旨蒙了拣选并呼召的—罗九11,提后一9:
115. We have been selected and called for God's purpose—Rom. 9:11; 2 Tim. 1:9:
12a 创一26启示神造人的目的,是要人有祂的形像彰显祂,并且有祂的管治权代表祂。
12a. Genesis 1:26 reveals that God's purpose in His creation of man was that man would express Him in His image and represent Him with His dominion.
13b 神对雅各的目的是要对付他,直到他变化为神的王子,有神的形像彰显祂,并运用神的管治权代表祂;这是神的目标—四七7、四七10。
13b. God's purpose for Jacob was to deal with him until he was transformed into a prince of God, bearing His image to express Him and exercising His dominion to represent Him; this is God's goal—47:7, 10.
晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
14弗一4 就如祂在创立世界以前,在基督里拣选了我们,使我们在爱里,在祂面前,成为圣别、没有瑕疵。
14Eph. 1:4 Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love.
15罗九11 双子还没有生下来,善恶也没有作出来(只因要坚定神拣选人的旨意,不是本于行为,乃是本于那呼召人的)。
15Rom. 9:11 Though the children had not yet been born nor had done anything good or bad (that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not of works but of Him who calls).
16在雅各身上我们看见神的拣选,就是雅各蒙拣选的事(创二五21~26,彼前二9)。……虽然我们可以站在神的话上说,“我知道我已经蒙神拣选,因为圣经这样告诉我。”但我还要问一个问题:我们怎样从经历中知道我们已经蒙神拣选?从我们无法逃开神这个事实,我们就知道自己是蒙拣选的。在我已过五十年的基督徒生活里,我多次想要从主逃开,……我虽然想要跑开,但跑不成。……我们都已进了圈套,无法逃脱。这是有力的证明,我们已经蒙神拣选了(创世记生命读经,一〇四一页)。
16In Jacob we see God’s selection, the matter of Jacob’s being chosen (Gen. 25:21-26; 1 Pet. 2:9)…Although we may stand on the Word of God and say, “I know that I have been chosen because the Bible tells me so,” I would still ask this question: how do we know from our experience that we have been chosen by God? We know it by the fact that we cannot get away from Him. During the past fifty years of my Christian life, I have tried many times to get away from the Lord…Although I tried to run away, I could not do it…We all have been trapped, and there is no escape. This is strong proof that we have been chosen by God. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 856)
信息选读
Today's Reading
17我们像雅各一样,也是在出生之前蒙拣选的。在已过的永远里,在神还未开始创造任何东西之前,祂就拣选了我们。……甚至在创立世界以前,神就注意我们,在已过的永远里拣选了我们。……雅各这个顽皮的人,抓脚跟的人,抓夺的人,蒙了神的拣选。这决定了他的将来。神的拣选是雅各一生的起源和开始。不要以为你是偶然得救的。不,我们的得救乃是神拣选的完成。……我们蒙神拣选是照着祂的预知(彼前一2,罗八29)。……在我们出生之前,神就预先知道我们。
17We, like Jacob, were also chosen before we were born. In eternity past, before God began to create anything, He chose us…Even before the foundation of the world, God paid attention to us by selecting us in eternity past…Jacob, the naughty one, the heel holder, the supplanter, was chosen by God. This was what determined his future. God’s selection was the origination, the initiation, of Jacob’s life. Do not think that you were saved by accident. No, our being saved was a fulfillment of God’s selection. Our being chosen by God was according to His foreknowledge (1 Pet. 1:2; Rom. 8:29)… Before we were born, God foreknew us.
18雅各不是本于自己的奋斗蒙神拣选的(创二五22~23、26)。同样,我们蒙拣选也不是照着我们的挣扎。雅各有些愚笨。……他若知道已经蒙了拣选,就无须挣扎了,他可以告诉以扫说,“以扫,你可以先出去。不管谁先出去,我已经蒙拣选了。不管你怎样快,我怎样慢,长子的名分是我的,因为我已经蒙了拣选。”但由于雅各没有这种启示,所以他挣扎。
18Jacob was not chosen by God of his own strife (Gen. 25:22-23, 26). Likewise, our being chosen is not according to our struggling. Jacob was somewhat foolish…If he had known that he had been chosen, he would have had no need to struggle and could have told Esau, “Esau, you may go out first. No matter who gets out first, I have been chosen. It does not matter how fast you are or how slow I am. The birthright is mine because I have been chosen.” But because Jacob did not have this revelation, he struggled.
19神的拣选也在于神的怜悯(罗九14~16)。神对摩西说,“我要向谁施怜悯,就向谁施怜悯;要对谁动怜恤,就对谁动怜恤。”(15)我们都是神怜悯的对象。我们何等感谢祂,祂已怜悯了我们!“这不在于那定意的,也不在于那奔跑的,只在于那施怜悯的神。”(16)……神的拣选也在于祂的恩典(十一5)。……恩典是神的一些东西作到我们里面。……当神作到我们里面时,那就是恩典。我们不仅是神怜悯的对象,我们更是祂恩典的对象。我们是在神的怜悯之下,而祂的恩典乃是在我们的里面。……我能作见证,我是在神的怜悯之下,而在我里面有神的恩典。这都是由于神的拣选。……我们都能作见证,虽然我们极其可怜悲惨,神却来施怜悯,我们就悔改了。就在那时,有个神圣的东西—神的恩典—作到我们里面。现在我们不仅在神的怜悯之下,我们也得着了祂的恩典,就是那是灵的基督这活的人位在我们里面。
19God’s selection is also of God’s mercy (Rom. 9:14-16). God said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whomever I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whomever I will have compassion” (v. 15). We all are the objects of God’s mercy. How we thank Him that He has had mercy on us! “It is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy” (v. 16). God’s selection is also of His grace (11:5)…Grace is something of God wrought into our being…When God is wrought into our being, that is grace. We are not only the objects of God’s mercy; we are also the objects of His grace. We are under God’s mercy, and His grace is within us. I can testify that I am under the divine mercy and that in me there is the divine grace. This is all due to God’s selection…We all can testify that though we were most pitiful and miserable, God came in and granted us His mercy, and we repented. At that very time, something divine—God’s grace—was wrought into us. Now we are not only under God’s mercy; we also have His grace, the living person of Christ as the Spirit, within us.
20神在已过的永远里拣选了我们,接着就是祂的预定(八29,弗一5)。预定这辞的意义不容易解释。按照希腊文,意思是预先标出。神已把我们预先标出。在我们出生之前,神已预见并预知我们。我们不仅在已过的永远里蒙神拣选;我们也被预先标出,如今祂的标记在我们身上,甚至天使也知道我们已被预先标出。因此,预定的意思是神已经预先标出我们,为着一种定命—作祂的儿子。祂已经拣选并预定我们,得儿子的名分(4~5)(创世记生命读经,一〇四一至一〇四六页)。
20God’s selection in eternity past was followed by His predestination (8:29; Eph. 1:5). It is difficult to explain the meaning of the word predestination. According to the Greek, it means to be pre-marked. God has marked us out beforehand. Before we were born, God foresaw and foreknew us. We not only were chosen by God in eternity past; we were also pre-marked, and His mark is now upon us. Even the angels know that we have been pre-marked. Hence, predestination means that God has marked us out beforehand for a certain destiny—to be His sons. He has chosen and predestinated us unto sonship (vv. 4-5). (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 856-859)
21参读:创世记生命读经,第六十六至七十一、七十三至七十五篇;罗马书生命读经,第二十二至二十四篇。
21Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 66—71, 73—75; Life-study of Romans, msgs. 22—24