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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　周二
WEEK 8 — DAY 2
纲目
Outline
1２ 成熟的问题在于度量的扩充—诗四1：
12. Maturity is a matter of the enlargement of capacity—Psa. 4:1:
2ａ 生命成熟是接受圣灵管治的总和—来十二5~11。
2a. Maturity in life is the sum total of receiving the discipline of the Holy Spirit—Heb. 12:5-11.
3ｂ 人只看见一个人生命成熟，却未看见那人历年逐日暗中所接受加起来的圣灵管治—林后一8~10，创四七7、10。
3b. Others may see a person who has matured in life, but they cannot see the accumulated discipline of the Holy Spirit which that person has received secretly day by day throughout the years—2 Cor. 1:8-10; Gen. 47:7, 10.
4３ 神要主宰地用人、事、物倒空所充满我们的一切，除去我们先入的一切，使我们的度量增加，好被神充满—路一53，太五6。
43. God will sovereignly use persons, things, and events to empty us of everything that has filled us and to take away every preoccupation so that we may have an increased capacity to be filled with God—Luke 1:53; Matt. 5:6.
5三 雅各的一生启示，我们所遭遇的每件事，都在神的主宰之下，叫我们被变化，得成熟；没有一件事是偶然的：
5C. The life of Jacob reveals that everything that happens to us is under God's sovereignty for our transformation and maturity; nothing is accidental:
6１ 雅各要成熟，首先必须失去他心头的宝贝—约瑟—创三七31~35。
61. In order to become mature, Jacob first had to suffer the loss of Joseph, the treasure of his heart—Gen. 37:31-35.
7２ 成熟的信徒学知神是有怜悯的，也是全足的，能在每一种情况中应付他的需要—四三11、四三13~14，十七1，腓一19~21上，四11~12，参提前六6~8。
72. A mature believer has learned that God is merciful and all-sufficient to meet his needs in every kind of situation—43:11, 13-14; 17:1; Phil. 1:19-21a; 4:11-12; cf. 1 Tim. 6:6-8.
8３ 他的信靠和安息完全在于他全足之神的怜悯，不再在于他自己和他的能力—罗九16。
83. His trust and rest are altogether in the mercy of his all-sufficient God, no longer in himself or in his ability—Rom. 9:16.
晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
9创四三14 但愿全足的神在那人面前赐你们怜悯，使他释放你们的那弟兄和便雅悯回来。至于我，我若丧了儿子，就丧了吧。
9Gen. 43:14 And may the All-sufficient God grant you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am to be bereaved of my children, I shall be bereaved.
10罗九16 这样看来，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。
10Rom. 9:16 So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
11成熟的问题在于度量的扩充。你要让神有更多的时间，给你受你所不能受的苦难，以便扩充你的度量。……基督徒的生命是自然成长的。……生命不是灵修来的。……不必用力结果子。我们用力只会耽误生命长进，却不能促进生命长大成熟。要紧的是接受神在环境中的安排，这安排就是圣灵的管治。逃躲一次神的安排，就是失去一次度量被扩充的机会；如此我们里面生命成熟的时间便要延长，甚至要补课才能成熟。信徒经过苦难之后，和以前绝不会一样；不是度量被扩充，就是更加刚硬了。所以信徒遭受苦难时需要注意，要看见生命成熟是接受圣灵管治的总和。人只看见那人生命成熟，却未看见那人历年逐日暗中所接受加起来的圣灵管治（倪柝声—今时代神圣启示的先见，一五一至一五二页）。
11Maturity is a matter of the enlargement of capacity. You must allow God to give you time to suffer beyond measure; then your capacity will be enlarged…The Christian life grows in a natural way…Life does not come as a result of spiritual cultivation…There is no need to strive to bear fruit. Striving only delays the growth of life; it cannot speed it up. It is important for us to receive God’s arrangement in the circumstances. This arrangement is the discipline of the Holy Spirit. To escape God’s arrangement just one time is to lose an opportunity to have our capacity enlarged. This will prolong the time required for life to mature in us and will even require us to make up this lesson in order to reach maturity. A believer can never be the same after passing through suffering. Either he will have his capacity enlarged or he will become more hardened. For this reason, when believers are passing through suffering, they must pay attention and they must realize that maturity in life is the sum total of receiving the discipline of the Holy Spirit. People may see a person who has matured in life, but they cannot see the accumulated discipline of the Holy Spirit which that person has received secretly day by day throughout the years. (Watchman Nee—a Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age, pp. 143-144)
信息选读
Today's Reading
12雅各的历史也必须成为我们的传记。我们必须相信，我们日常生活中的每件事，都在神主宰的手下。雅各所遭遇的每件事，都是为着他的变化和成熟。雅各要被变化，必须被压到环境里，叫他无可选择，只得经历改变。我们和雅各一样，在被改变之后，神要主宰地用人、事、物倒空所充满我们的一切，除去我们先入的一切，使我们的度量增加，好被神充满。成熟的生命成了掌权的生命。……我们都该有成熟的一面和掌权的一面。事实上，在埃及掌权的不是约瑟，乃是雅各，以色列。倘若你问一个埃及人，谁在统治他们？他会说，是一个希伯来人，一个以色列人在统治。以色列在埃及掌权，因为以色列在生命上已经成熟了。唯有成熟的生命，才能为神所用来为着祂的国，为着祂的掌权。
12Jacob’s history must also become our biography. We must believe that everything in our daily life is under God’s sovereign hand. Everything that happened to Jacob was for his transformation and maturity. In order to be transformed, Jacob had to be pressed into situations that gave him no choice except to undergo a change. Like Jacob, after we have been changed, God will sovereignly use persons, things, and events to empty us of everything that has filled us and to take away every preoccupation so that we may have an increased capacity to be filled with God. The mature life becomes the reigning life…We all should have the aspect of maturity and the aspect of reigning. Actually, it was not Joseph who was reigning in Egypt—it was Jacob, Israel. If you could have asked an Egyptian who was reigning over him, he would have said that a Hebrew, an Israelite, was reigning. Israel was reigning in Egypt because Israel had matured in life. Only a matured life can be used by God for His kingdom, for His reigning.
13从雅各的经历我们看见，我们所遭遇的每件事，都在神的主宰之下，叫我们被变化，得成熟。没有一件事是偶然的。神永远的定旨，只能借着我们的变化和成熟来完成。
13From Jacob’s experience we see that everything that happens to us is under God’s sovereignty for our transformation and maturity. Nothing is accidental. God’s eternal purpose can only be accomplished through our transformation and maturity.
14雅各对于末后阶段这一切叫他成熟的对付，实际上没有什么反应。……他毫无挣扎，完全顺从环境。一切的情况发生时，他都接受（创四三11、13）。对于他可能失去儿子，他说，“我若丧了儿子，就丧了吧。”（14）这是何等的服从！
14Jacob actually did not react to all these dealings in the last stage for his maturity…Rather, without any struggle he absolutely submitted to his circumstances. He took all the situations as they happened (Gen. 43:11, 13). Concerning the probable loss of his sons, he said, “If I am to be bereaved of my children, I shall be bereaved” (v. 14). What submission this was!
15雅各在早期总是信靠自己的机巧和能力。然而经过了末后阶段的对付之后，他不再信靠自己，乃是信靠神。……经过了他一生的经历，他终于领悟在他的处境中，算得数的乃是神的怜悯，不是他的机巧和能力。他也学知这位怜悯的神不仅是全能的，也是全足的，能在每一种情况中应付他的需要。因此，雅各对他的儿子们说，“但愿全足的神在那人面前赐你们怜悯。”（14）现在他的信靠和安息完全在于他全足之神的怜悯，不再在于他自己和他的能力。在这里我们看见一个完全被变化而成熟的人（创世记生命读经，一四二九至一四三二页）。
15In his early days Jacob always trusted in his own skill and ability. However, after the dealings in the last stage, his trust was no longer in himself but in God…In his experiences through all his life, he eventually realized that it was God’s mercy, not his skill and ability, that had counted in his situations. And he had also learned that this merciful God is all-sufficient, not only almighty, to meet his needs in every kind of situation. Hence, Jacob said to his sons, “May the All-sufficient God grant you mercy before the man” (v. 14). Now his trust and rest were altogether in the mercy of his All-sufficient God, no longer in himself and in his ability. Here we see a man who had been fully transformed for maturity. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 1191-1193)
16参读：倪柝声—今时代神圣启示的先见，第十九章。
16Further Reading: Watchman Nee—a Seer of the Divine Revelation in the Present Age, ch. 19