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约伯记生命读经 · 第16篇

神创造人以及神对付祂选民的目的

God’s Intention in His Creation of Man and in His Dealing with His Chosen People
1读经：约伯记10:13上，马太福音1:18,20，约翰福音7:39，彼得前书1:3，以弗所书1:22b-23，歌罗西书3:10-11，创世记1:1-2;2:7，启示录22:17，加拉太书3:14;6:18;5:25，罗马书8:4。我们看过约伯记留给我们一个双重的紧要问题，关于神创造人以及神对付祂选民的目的。在本篇信息中，我要进一步说到这问题的答案；这答案在旧约里找不到，惟有在新约里才有。神在祂的启示里所给的这答案，完全与三一神自己有关。
1Scripture Reading: Job 10:13a; Matt. 1:18, 20; John 7:39; 1 Pet. 1:3; Eph. 1:22b-23; Col. 3:10-11; Gen. 1:1-2; 2:7; Rev. 22:17; Gal. 3:14; 6:18; 5:25; Rom. 8:4 We have seen that the book of Job leaves us with a crucial twofold question concerning God'sin tent i on in His creation of man and in His dealing with His chosen people. In this message I would like to give a further word concerning the answer to this question, an answer which is found not in the Old Testament but only in the New Testament. This answer, given by God in His revelation, is altogether concerned with the Triune God Himself
神的目的是
God'sin tent i on
要将祂自己作到人里面
BEING TO WORK HIMSELF INTO MAN
2新约向我们揭示，神创造宇宙和万物，包括人在内，祂的目的是要将祂自己作到人里面。神要进到人里面，作人的内容，作人的生命、性情、生命供应和元素。神要这样作，就必须经过一段漫长的过程。
2The New Testament unveils to us that God'sin tent i on in His creation of the universe and of billions of items including man is to work Himself into man. God wants to enter into man to be man's content and to be man's life, nature, life supply, and element. In order to do this, God had to pass through a long process
神从永远里出来，进到时间里，成为一个超绝的人，名叫耶稣
GOD COMING OUT OF ETERNITY AND ENTERING INTO TIME
TO BE AN EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN BEING
NAMED JESUS
3圣经不是照著人的逻辑写的，乃是照著神的行动写的。神虽然在旧约里作了许多事，但祂没有行动。从亚当到基督，神留在祂的神性里，停留在永远里。祂还没有从永远里出来，进到时间里，带著祂的神性进到人里面。但有一天，经过四千年的时间，人已被试验、验证，证实是犯罪的，甚么也不能作，神就从永远里出来，带著祂的神性进到时间里，并且进到一个童女的腹中，来与人联结。这就是神行动的头一步。第二步就是祂从那个童女的腹中生出来，成为神而人者。祂留在童女的腹中九个月，就从那里出来，成为一个人，不仅带著神性，而且带著人性，名叫耶稣。这个人是超绝的人，完全脱俗，因为祂是神而人者。
3The Bible is not written according to human logic but according to God's move. Although God did many things in the Old Testament, He did not move. Rather, from Adam to Christ, God remained in His divinity and stayed in eternity. He did not yet come out of eternity into time to enter with His divinity into man. But one day, after a period of four thousand years in which man had been tried, tested, and proved to be sinful and good for nothing, God came out of eternity and entered with His divinity into time, entering into the womb of a human virgin to join Himself to humanity. This was the first step of God's move. The second step was His being born of that human virgin to be the God - man. After staying in the womb of a human virgin for nine months, He came out of that womb, not only with divinity but also with humanity, to be a human being by the name of Jesus. This human being is extraordinary, altogether uncommon, because He is the God-man.
基督过一个真正的人性生活，在祂的人性里彰显神
CHRIST'S LIVING A GENUINE HUMAN LIFE
TO EXPRESS GOD IN HIS HUMANITY
4这亲爱的一位，这位神而人者，具有神人二性的神子耶稣基督，在地上过一个真正的人性生活。祂也吃，也喝，也睡觉；有时喜乐，有时也哭泣。照著四福音的记载，我们在这个人身上能看见彰显神圣属性的人性美德。这表示主耶稣在祂的生活中，成就了宇宙中最伟大的事－在祂的人性里彰显神。
4This dear One, this God-man who is both divine and human, Jesus Christ the Son of God, lived a genuine human life on earth. He ate and drank, He slept, He rejoiced, and He wept. According to the four Gospels, in this person we can see human virtues that expressed the divine attributes. This means that in His living the Lord Jesus achieved the greatest thing in the universe—He expressed God in His humanity
基督的钉十字架完成
CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION ACCOMPLISHING
神永远的救赎
THE ETERNAL REDEMPTION OF GOD
5主耶稣在祂地上生活的末了，到十字架上受死。基督的钉十字架完成了神永远的救赎。藉著祂在十字架上的死，基督了结了旧造里一切消极的事物，甚至了结了整个旧造，并且救赎了旧造里神所拣选的部分。不仅如此，祂藉著这死，把那原来隐藏在祂肉身里的神圣生命释放出来。
5At the end of His life on earth, the Lord Jesus went to the cross, and He died there. Christ's crucifixion accomplished the eternal redemption of God. Through His death on the cross, Christ terminated all the negative things in the old creation and even the entire old creation itself, and He redeemed the part of the old creation that God had chosen. Not only so, through that death He released the divine life concealed in His human body
在祂的复活里，
IN HIS RESURRECTION
基督重生了神所拣选的人，使他们成为神的众子，作基督的肢体，构成祂的身体
CHRIST REGENERATING GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE TO BE THE MANY SONS OF GOD
AS THE MEMBERS OF CHRIST
TO CONSTITUTE HIS BODY
6基督完成祂在十字架上的工作以后，就睡了，安息了。（虽然在祂的死和复活之间祂也作了许多事。）然后祂从死人中起来，祂复活了。藉著祂的复活，祂将祂的人性带到神性里。（罗一３～４。）祂也生为神的长子，成为神众子中的头一位。在复活里，祂也成了赐生命的灵。（林前十五４５下。）换句话说，藉著死和复活，祂终极完成为『那灵』。（约七３９。）不仅如此，在基督的复活里，所有蒙神拣选的人，也重生成为神的众子。（彼前一３。）
6After Christ finished His work on the cross, He went to sleep and rested (although He did a number of things between His death and resurrection). Then He rose up from the dead; He resurrected. Through His resurrection He brought His humanity into divinity (Rom. 1:3-4). He was also born to be the firstborn Son of God to be the leading One of the many sons of God. In His resurrection He also became a life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). In other words, through death and resurrection He was consummated to be "the Spirit" (John 7:39). Furthermore, in the resurrection of Christ, all those who were chosen by God were regenerated to be the many sons of God (1 Pet. 1:3
7神这许多的儿子，就成了基督的许多肢体，构成基督的身体，就是神的召会。（弗一２２下～２３。）这身体是新造里的新人，基督是这新人的每一个肢体。（西三１０～１１。）这身体，这新人，乃是经过过程并终极完成之三一神奥秘的生机体。这个实体至终要扩大，终极完成为新耶路撒冷，作神的丰满，神团体的彰显，直到永远。在新耶路撒冷，我们可以看见神与人的调和，神与人成了一个团体的实体；在新耶路撒冷，我们也可以看见，神圣的属性藉著人性的美德彰显出来，直到永远。
7These many sons of God have become the members of Christ to constitute His Body, which is the church of God (Eph. 1:22b - 23). This Body is the new man in the new creation, and Christ is every member of this new man (Col. 3:10-11). This Body, this new man, is a mysterious organism for the processed and consummated Triune God. Eventually, this entity will be enlarged and consummated to be the New Jerusalem as the fullness, the corporate expression, of God for eternity. In the New Jerusalem we can see the mingling of God with man, so that God and man become one corporate entity. In the New Jerusalem we can also see the divine attributes expressed through the virtues of humanity for eternity.
那灵是
THE SPIRIT BEING
三一神的终极完成
THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRIUNE GOD
8所有这些事都与三一神有关。在创世记一至二章，我们看见神是耶和华以罗欣，我们也看见祂的灵。（一１～２，二７。）但在圣经的末了，启示录二十二章十七节所题到的一位，乃是那灵。耶和华以罗欣还在那里，但这时成了那灵。那灵的名字是耶稣基督。当我们说，『主耶稣，我爱你！』我们就得著那灵。那灵是人位，耶稣基督是祂的名。新约有许多神圣的称谓，如父、主、主人、救赎主、救主、万主之主、万王之王。这一切称谓都是指那灵的人位。在某一面，称谓可能是父，在另一面，称谓可能是救赎主或救主。这里的点乃是：这一切的称谓都在某些方面指著那灵的人位，就是包罗万有、复合、赐生命的灵，作为经过过程之三一神的终极完成。
8All these matters are involved with the Triune God. In Genesis 1 and 2 we see God as Jehovah Elohim and we also see His Spirit (1:1-2; 2:7). But at the end of the Bible, the One mentioned in Revelation 22:17 is the Spirit. Jehovah Elohim is still there, but now He is the Spirit. The name of the Spirit is Jesus Christ. When we say, "Lord Jesus, I love You," we get the Spirit. Jesus Christ is the name, and the Spirit is the person. In the New Testament there are many divine titles, such as Father, Lord, Master, Redeemer, Savior, the Lord of all, and the King of kings. All these titles refer to the one person of the Spirit. In a certain regard, the title may be Father, and in another regard the title may be Redeemer or Savior. The point here is that all the divine titles refer, in some regard, to the person of the Spirit—the all-inclusive, compound, life-giving Spirit as the consummation of the processed Triune God
9那灵是所赐我们福音之神圣福分的集大成加拉太三章十四节给我们看见，那灵是所赐我们福音之神圣福分的集大成、总和。这福分是总括一切、包罗万有的。这样的福分包括救赎、重生、神圣的生命、公义、称义、圣别、变化和更新。
9THE SPIRIT BEING THE AGGREGATE OF THE DIVINE BLESSING OF THE GOSPEL GIVEN TO US Galatians 3:14 shows us that the Spirit is the aggregate, the totality, of the divine blessing of the gospel given to us. This blessing is all-embracing and all-inclusive. Such a blessing includes redemption, regeneration, the divine life, righteousness, justification, sanctification, transformation, and renewing
10所作所是都
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凭著灵、同著灵、在灵里并藉著灵
DOING EVERYTHING AND BEING EVERYTHING BY THE SPIRIT, WITH THE SPIRIT, IN THE SPIRIT, AND THROUGH THE SPIRIT
11今天在我们基督徒的生活中，我们基督徒该只摸这灵。我们既凭著灵得生并活著，就当凭著灵而行。（加五２５，罗八４。）我们一切所作所是都该凭著灵、同著灵、在灵里并藉著灵。我们凭灵祷告，凭灵读经，凭灵爱人，凭灵传福音。
11Today in our Christian life we Christians should just deal with this Spirit. Since we have life and live by Him, we also should walk by Him (Gal. 5:2 5; Rom. 8:4). We should do everything and be everything by the Spirit, with the Spirit, in the Spirit, and through the Spirit. We should pray by the Spirit, read the Bible by the Spirit, love others by the Spirit, and preach the gospel by the Spirit.
12加拉太六章十八节指明，那灵作为包罗万有的恩，与我们的灵同在。我们该宝贝加拉太书里的两个灵：一个是神的灵，对我们是神圣之福的集大成；另一个是人的灵，作神的灵的接受器、容器。因此，我们需要顾到我们的灵，作一切事都要操练我们的灵。这样我们就经历神的灵在我们里面活著，在我们里面安家，变化我们。神的灵住在我们里面祷告、读经、说神的话、爱我们的配偶、并传福音看望罪人。这样的生活就是经过过程的三一神，与得重生的三部分人的调和。这是新约的神圣启示，作为约伯受苦的答案，也是关于神创造人并对付祂选民之目的这个大问题的答案。
12Galatians 6:18 indicates that the Spirit as the all- inclusive grace is with our spirit. We must treasure the two spirits in Galatians—the divine Spirit as the aggregate of the divine blessing to us and the human spirit as the receiver, the container, the keeper, of the divine Spirit. Thus, we need to take care of our spirit, doing everything by exercising our spirit. Then we will experience the divine Spirit living in us, making His home in us, and transforming us. The divine Spirit lives in us to pray, to read the Bible, to speak God'sword, to love our spouse, and to visit sinners for the preaching of the gospel. Such a living is the mingling of the processed Triune God with the regenerated tripartite man. This is the divine revelation in the New Testament as the answer to the sufferings of Job and to the great question concerning God's purpose in His creation of man and in His dealing with His chosen people