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成熟的过程

第八篇　成熟的过程
The Process of Maturity

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第八周　周一
WEEK 8 — DAY 1
纲目
Outline
1壹 创三十七~四十五是雅各成熟过程的记载：
1I. Genesis 37—45 is a record of the process of Jacob's maturity:
2一 在创世记二十七章我们看见一个抓夺的人，在三十七章我们看见一个变化的人，在四十五章末了我们看见一个成熟的人。
2A. In Genesis 27 we see a supplanter; in chapter 37, a transformed man; and at the end of chapter 45, a mature person.
3二 变化乃是在我们天然生命里新陈代谢的改变；成熟乃是被那改变我们的神圣生命所充满—来六1：
3B. To be transformed is to be metabolically changed in our natural life, whereas to be matured is to be filled with the divine life that changes us— Heb. 6:1:
4１ 变化的最后阶段乃是成熟，就是生命的丰满：
41. The last stage of transformation is maturity, the fullness of life:
5ａ 神永远的定旨，只能借着我们的变化和成熟来完成—创一26，西一28，二19。
5a. God's eternal purpose can only be accomplished through our transformation and maturity—Gen. 1:26; Col. 1:28; 2:19.
6ｂ 成熟乃是我们一再得着神圣的生命分赐到我们里面，直到我们有了生命的丰满—约十10。
6b. Maturity is a matter of having the divine life imparted into us again and again until we have the fullness of life—John 10:10.
晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
7来六1 所以，我们既离开了那论到基督之开端的话，就当竭力前进，达到完全、成熟……。
7Heb. 6:1 Therefore leaving the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be brought on to maturity…
8十二11 一切的管教，当时固然不觉得喜乐，反觉得愁苦；后来却给那借此受过操练的人，结出平安的义果。
812:11 Now no discipline at the present time seems to be a matter of joy, but of grief; but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.
9在〔创世记三十七章〕以前，雅各是个变化过的人；但他尚未成熟。变化乃是在我们天然生命里的改变，而成熟乃是我们被那改变我们的神圣生命所充满。我们可能在天然的生命里变化了，却没有被神圣的生命所充满。三十七至四十五章乃是雅各成熟过程的记载。……也许在雅各一生中，从来没有像在这九章受苦这么多。……雅各在这里所受的苦，深深摸着他个人的情感。在这几章以后，雅各再没有对付了。他完全成熟了，他被神圣生命所充满，他有神的彰显和神的管治权。……唯有成熟的生命才能带有神的形像，并施行神的管治权。……神主宰地把雅各放在祂手下，使他成熟。……雅各要成熟，首先必须失去他心头的宝贝—约瑟（创世记生命读经，一四一一至一四一二页）。
9Prior to [Genesis 37] Jacob was a transformed person; however, he was not yet mature. To be transformed is to be changed in our natural life, whereas to be matured is to be filled with the divine life that changes us. We may be transformed in our natural life yet not be filled with the divine life. Chapters 37 through 45 are a record of the process of Jacob’s maturity… Probably in all his life Jacob never suffered as much as he did in these nine chapters…The sufferings he underwent here deeply touched his personal feelings. After these chapters Jacob had no further dealings. Rather, he was fully matured, he was filled with the divine life, and he had the expression of God and the dominion of God…Only a mature life can bear God’s image and exercise His dominion…God sovereignly placed Jacob under His hand that he might become mature…In order to become mature, Jacob first had to suffer the loss of Joseph, the treasure of his heart. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1176-1177)
信息选读
Today's Reading
10变化的最后阶段就是成熟。成熟的意思是生命达到丰满。……变化是生命里新陈代谢的改变。……唯有借着变化，我们才能达到成熟。我们有天然的生命，这生命无益于神的经纶。我们天然的生命不需要用别的生命来顶替，但是需要有新陈代谢的改变。我们不但需要外在表面的改变，也需要内在性质的改变。我们人的生命对于神的经纶是必需的，但不该一直是天然人的生命；它该是在性质上经过了变化的人的生命，使神的生命能与人变化过的生命调和成为一。这是一件深奥的事。……成熟不是我们这人被改变的问题，乃是我们一再得着神圣的生命分赐到我们里面，直到我们有了生命的丰满。
10The last stage of transformation is maturity. Maturity means the fullness of life. Transformation is a metabolic change in life…Only through transformation can we reach maturity. We have a natural life, but this life is not good for God’s economy. Although our natural life does not need to be replaced, it does need to be metabolically changed. We must have not only an outward change in appearance but also an inward change in nature. Although our human life is necessary for God’s economy, it should not remain a natural human life; it should be a human life that has been transformed in nature so that the divine life may be mingled with the transformed human life to become one. This is a deep matter. Maturity is not a matter of our being changed; it is a matter of having the divine life imparted to us again and again until we have the fullness of life.
11到了拉结死的时候，雅各开始遭受损失，但甚至这损失也叫他得利，就是得着便雅悯。到了创世记三十七章，雅各遭受另一次损失，就是失去约瑟。……从这时起，雅各失去一样又一样的东西。最终，到了四十七章，他得着了生命的丰满。生命的丰满乃是祝福，就是生命的满溢。……所以，在二十七章我们看见一个抓夺的人，在三十七章我们看见一个变化的人，在四十七章我们看见一个成熟的人。雅各的变化开始于神进来摸他的时候（三二25），这变化持续直到三十七章，那时变化的过程就相对地完成了。然而在这一章，雅各还没有成熟，还没有生命的丰满。要得着这个，他必须经历末后阶段的对付，就是在希伯仑的对付。
11At the time of Rachel’s death, Jacob began to suffer loss. But even this loss produced a gain, and that gain was Benjamin. In Genesis 37 Jacob underwent another loss, the loss of Joseph…From this point onward, Jacob lost one thing after another. Eventually, in chapter 47 he gained the fullness of life. The fullness of life is blessing, which is the overflow of life… Therefore, in chapter 27 we see a supplanter; in chapter 37, a transformed man; and in chapter 47, a mature person. Jacob’s transformation began at the time God came in to touch him (32:25), and it continued until chapter 37, when the process of transformation was relatively complete. However, in this chapter Jacob did not yet have maturity, the fullness of life. In order to gain this, he had to experience the dealings in the last stage, the dealings at Hebron.
12现在我们必须来看雅各，一个变化过的人，如何能被生命充满。人是器皿。然而，我们不像瓶罐，我们不是没有感觉、知觉或意志的器皿。……要将一样东西放在我们这活的器皿里……很难……，因为我们满了意见、愿望和意图。……神要将祂的生命放在我们里面，也不是容易的事。……从约瑟被卖到雅各打发他的儿子们去埃及，至少有二十年的时间。圣经没有记载雅各在这些年间所作的。……等到约瑟被取去，雅各实际上一无所剩。所以，在那些沉默的年间，他是一个毫无野心、兴趣，也无事可作的人。这必是神将祂自己多而又多地分赐到雅各里面的时候。……在希伯仑这二十年，雅各从一切辖制或霸占中得着了释放。他不但退休了，他也自由了（创世记生命读经，一四一九至一四二三页）。
12Now we must consider how Jacob, a transformed person, could be filled with life. Human beings are vessels. However, unlike jars and bottles, we are not vessels without feeling, sense, or will…It is difficult to put something in us living vessels, because we are filled with opinions, desires, and intentions…It is not an easy matter for God to put His life into us. From the selling of Joseph to the sending of Jacob’s sons to Egypt was a period of at least twenty years. The Bible does not afford us any record of what Jacob did during these years. After Joseph was taken away, Jacob had virtually nothing left. Therefore, during these silent years he was a person without any ambitions, interests, or things to do. This must have been the time God imparted Himself into Jacob more and more…In these twenty years at Hebron Jacob was released from any bondage or occupation. He was not only retired—he was free. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1183-1186)
13参读：创世记生命读经，第九十二至九十三篇；亚伯拉罕以撒雅各的神，第十一章。
13Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 92—93; CWWN, vol. 35, “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” ch. 11