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约伯记生命读经 · 第17篇

包罗万有的灵作为经过过程并终极完成之三一神的完成

The All-Inclusive Spirit as the Consummation of the Processed and Consummated Triune God
1读经:约伯记42:5,约翰福音7:39,罗马书8:2,9,11,14,加拉太书,以弗所书1:13-14,腓立
1Scripture Reading: Job 42:5; John 7:39; Rom. 8:2, 9, 11, 14; Gal. 3:14; 6:18; Eph. 1:13-14; Phil. 1:19; Gal. 5:25; Rom. 8:16, 4 3:14;6:18
比书1:19,加拉太书5:25,罗马书
2。我们看过,新约的神圣启示乃是约伯受苦的答案,也是神创造人并对付祂选民之目的这大问题的答案。在本篇信息中,我要进一步说到这个答案,重点是放在包罗万有的灵作为经过过程并终极完成之三一神的完成这事上。
2We have seen that the divine revelation in the New 8:16,4 Testament is the answer to the sufferings of Job and to the great 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 regarding this answer, focusing on the matter of the all-inclusive Spirit as the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God.
GOD'S MOVE
3神的行动旧约时代不是神行动的时候,而是神行动的准备。成为肉体是神行动的开始,就是神从永远里出来,进到时间里,带著祂的神性,进到人性里。然后神再往前,经过人性生活,经过祂那奇妙、包罗万有的死,进入复活。在复活里,基督生为神的长子;藉著复活,祂也成了赐生命的灵,并重生了一切神所拣选的人,使他们成为神许多的儿子,并祂的许多肢体,以构成召会,就是祂的身体-新人-经过过程并终极
3The Old Testament time was a time not of God's move but of preparation for God's move. The incarnation was the beginning of God's move, which is for God to come out of eternity into time to enter with His divinity into humanity. Then God moved through human living and through His wonderful, all-inclusive death into resurrection. In resurrection Christ was begotten to be God's firstborn Son. Through resurrection He also became the life-giving Spirit, and He regenerated all God's chosen people to be God's many sons as His many members to constitute the church as His Body, as the new man, and as the organism of the processed and consummated Triune God
4完成之三一神的生机体。
4THE TRIUNE GOD BEING THE SPIRIT
5三一神成了那灵今天三一神乃是那灵-终极完成、包罗万有、复合的灵。『那灵』这名称在约翰七章的用法是特别的。当主耶稣还在地上的时候,祂说信入祂的人要充满那灵。(38~39上。)『那时还没有那灵,因为耶稣尚未得著荣耀。』(39。)这清楚指明,当主耶稣得著荣耀,就有了那灵。那灵乃是经过过程并终极完成
5Today the Triune God is the Spirit — the consummated, all-inclusive, compound Spirit. The title "the Spirit" is used in a particular way in John 7. While the Lord Jesus was still on earth, He said that His believers would be full of the Spirit (vv. 38-39a). At that time "the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified" (v. 39b). This indicates clearly that when the Lord Jesus was glorified, the Spirit was there. This Spirit is the processed and consummated Triune God
6的三一神。
6THE THREE OF THE DIVINE TRINITY
神圣三一的三者虽有不同,却不分开
BEING DIFFERENT BUT NOT SEPARATE
7有些圣经教师宣称圣经可以分为三段:旧约、四福音、以及从使徒行传到启示录的各卷书:这三段符合三个时代-父的时代、子的时代、灵的时代。根据这种观点,旧约中父的工作由四福音里子的工作所取代,然后子的工作在使徒行传到启示录里,由灵的工作所取代。有些持守这种观点的人,认为神圣三一的三者-父、子、灵,是三个分开的人位。然而经过多年的研读和经历,我们能说,这种对三一神的领会是不准确的。
7Some teachers of the Bible claim that the Bible may be divided into three sections—the Old Testament, the four Gospels, and the books from Acts through Revelation— and that these sections correspond respectively to three ages—the age of the Father, the age of the Son, and the age of the Spirit. According to this view, the work of the Father in the Old Testament was replaced by the work of the Son in the Gospels, and then the work of the Son was replaced by the work of the Spirit in Acts through Revelation. Some who hold this view regard the three of the Divine Trinity — the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—as three separate persons. However, after many years of study and experience, we can say that this understanding of the Triune God is not accurate.
8神圣三一的三者虽有不同,虽然有别,却不分开。子若不是与父不同,就不能像在约翰十七章那样向父祷告。然而,父与子是不能分开的,因为父与子互相内在;也就是说,子存在于父里面,父也存在于子里面。因这缘故,当腓力求主耶稣将父显给他们看时,主耶稣能对他说,『人看见了我,就是看见了父;你怎么说,将父显给我们看?我在父里面,父在我里面,你不信么?』(约十四9下~10。)这里我们看见,父与子虽有分别,却互相内在,因而不能分开。不仅如此,父与子都在灵里,灵也在父与子里。我们若看见这个,就会领悟那成为肉体,在地上行动的神,就是三一神。新约向我们揭示,子基督是三一神的具体化身,那灵是子的实化,是基督的实际。那灵既是基督的实际,我们就不能将基督和那灵分开;那灵乃是经过过程并终极完成的三一神。三一神经过过程的步骤
8The three of the Divine Trinity are different, or distinct, but they are not separate. If the Son were not different from the Father, the Son could not pray to the Father, as He did in John 17. Nevertheless, the Father and the Son are inseparable, for the Father and the Son coinhere, that is, the Son exists in the Father and the Father exists in the Son. For this reason, the Lord Jesus could say to Philip, who had asked Him to show them the Father, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how is it that you say, Show us the Father? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father who abides in Me does His works" (John 14:9b-10). Here we see that the Father and the Son, although distinct, coinhere and thus cannot be separated. Furthermore, the Father and the Son are in the Spirit, and the Spirit is in the Father and the Son. If we see this, we will realize that the God who was incarnated and moved on earth was the Triune God. The New Testament unveils to us that Christ the Son is the embodiment of the Triune God and that the Spirit is the realization of the Son and the reality of Christ. Because the Spirit is the reality of Christ, we cannot have Christ apart from the Spirit, who is the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God. THE STEPS OF THE PROCESS OF THE TRIUNE GOD
祂的成为肉体
His Incarnation
9在三一神成为肉体,就是祂经过过程的头一步之前,神只有神性,没有人性;祂只是神,而不是人。但有一天这位三一神进到一个属人的童女腹中,经过九个月以后,从童女而生,成为神人,一个有神性又有人性的人。
9Before incarnation, the first step of His process, the Triune God had divinity but not humanity. He was only divine but not human; He was only God but not man. But one day the Triune God entered into the womb of a human virgin and after nine months was born out of that womb to be the God-man, a divine-human person, a person with both the divine nature and the human nature
祂的人性生活
His human living
10这位神人住在地上三十三年半,虽然在物质一面,祂没有伟大的成就,但祂却作了人美妙的事,就是在祂的人性生活中,将神完满的彰显出来,表明出来。
10This God-man lived on earth for thirty-three and a half years. Although He did not accomplish anything great in a material sense, He did something marvelous — He expressed God, He manifested God, in full, in His human living.
祂包罗万有的死
His All-inclusive Death
11三一神经过过程的下一步,就是基督包罗万有的死。藉著祂的死,基督救赎了神所拣选的人,了结了旧造,并从祂人性的『体壳』里释放出神圣的生命。
11The next step of the process of the Triune God was the all-inclusive death of Christ. Through His death Christ redeemed God's chosen people, terminated the old creation, and released the divine life from within the "shell" of His humanity
祂的复活
His Resurrection
12基督受了包罗万有的死之后,就进入复活。我要再一次强调一个事实,就是基督在复活里生为神的长子,(徒十三33,罗一3~4,八。)并成了赐生命的灵,(林前十五45下,)重生了神所拣选的人。(彼前一3。)在祂复活那天清早,祂隐密的到天上的父那里。(约二十17。)同一天晚上,祂到门徒那里,将祂自己当作一口气吹到他们里面,说,『你们受圣灵。』(22。)这乃是素质的灵。
12After dying an all-inclusive death, Christ entered into resurrection. Once again I would emphasize the fact that in resurrection Christ was begotten to be the firstborn Son of God (Acts 13:33; Rom. 1:3-4; 8:29) and became the life - giving Spirit (1 29 Cor. 15:45b) to regenerate God's chosen people (1 Pet. 1:3). Early in the morning on the day of His resurrection, He went to heaven to the Father secretly (John 20:17). On the evening of the same day, He came to the disciples and breathed Himself into them as breath, saying, " Receive the Holy Spirit" (v. 22). This is the essential Spirit.
祂的升天和降下
His Ascension and Descension
13四十天之后,基督公开并正式的升天。在祂的升天里,祂被立为万有的主,为神的基督。(徙二36。)十天后,在五旬节那天,祂降下来,将祂自己作为经纶的灵浇灌在门徒身上。(1~4,17,33。)在祂的降下里,三千人得著重生,就产生了召会。今天祂不断的在升上并降下。(约三13。)祂在天上,也在地上。神经过了这过程的一切步骤,就不再是『生的』神-经过过程之前的神;祂乃是『熟的』神-经过过程之后的神。经过过程并终极完成之三一神的完成乃是那灵我们的神已经经过了过程并得著终极完成。这位经过过程并终极完成之三一神的完成,乃是包罗万有、复合、赐生命、内住的灵。作为这样的一位,祂对我们乃是一切。今天祂是父的实际、子的实际,祂乃是那灵;这不是在成为肉体之前,乃是在降下之后。
13After forty days Christ ascended openly and officially. In His ascension He was made the Lord of all and the Christ of God (Acts 2:36). Ten days later, on the day of Pentecost, He descended to pour out Himself as the economical Spirit on the disciples (vv. 1-4, 17, 33). In His descension three thousand were regenerated, issuing in the church. Today He is the One who is ascending and descending continually (John 3:13). He is in the heavens, and He is also on earth. As a result of all the steps of this process, God is no longer the "raw God," God before His process, but the "cooked God," God after His process. THE CONSUMMATION OF THE PROCESSED AND CONSUMMATED TRIUNE GOD BEING THE SPIRIT Our God has been processed and consummated. The consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God is the all-inclusive, compound, life-giving, and indwelling Spirit. As such a One, He is everything to us. Today He is the reality of the Father, He is the reality of the Son, and He is the Spirit, not before the incarnation but after the descension.
14罗马书说过称义,以及我们与基督一同钉死并复活之后,就揭示这位灵乃是赐生命的灵,(八2,)神的灵,(9,)内住的灵,(11,)和引导的灵。(14。)这一位灵是我们的神,我们的父,我们的主,我们的主人,我们的救赎主,我们的救主,我们的牧人和我们的长兄。加拉太五章十六节嘱咐我们,当凭著这灵行事并作一切;这灵就在我们的灵里。(罗八16。)在加拉太书,这灵乃是福分的灵,就是福音那包括一切并包罗万有的福。(三14。)祂也是我们在其中得生命并凭祂活著的灵。(五25。)因此,我们必须凭这灵而活,凭这灵而行,并在我们的为人生活中,在一切事上为著这灵撒种。(六8。)照著六章十八节,这灵在我们的灵里,乃是我
14The book of Romans, after speaking of justification and of our being crucified and raised with Christ, unveils this Spirit as the Spirit of life (8:2), the Spirit of God (v. 9), the indwelling Spirit (v. 11), and the leading Spirit (v. 14). This one Spirit is our God, our Father, our Lord, our Master, our Redeemer, our Savior, our Shepherd, and our big Brother. Galatians 5:16 charges us to walk, to do everything, according to this Spirit, who is in our spirit (Rom. 8:16). In Galatians this Spirit is the Spirit of blessing, the all-embracing and all-inclusive blessing of the gospel (3:14). He is also the One in whom we have our life and by whom we can live (5:25). Hence, we must live by Him, walk by Him, and sow unto Him (6:8) in everything in our human life. According to 6:18, this Spirit is in our spirit as the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ for our enjoyment.
15们主耶稣基督的恩,给我们享受。
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16在以弗所书,这灵对我们是印记,也是凭质。(一13~14。)这是灵的一位,名叫耶稣基督,要安家在我们心里。(三17。)
16In Ephesians this Spirit is a seal and also a pledge to us (1:13-14). This One who is the Spirit as the person and whose name is Jesus Christ is making His home in our hearts (3:17
17腓立比书说到耶稣基督之灵全备的供应。(一19。)凭著祂,我们能活基督,显大基督,追求基督,并赢得基督。(一20~21,三8~14。)藉著这全备的供应,我们能
17Philippians refers to the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (1:19), by which we can live Christ, magnify Christ, pursue Christ, and gain Christ (1:20- 21; 3:8-14). By this bountiful supply we can count everything as loss and as refuse
18将万事看作粪土,看作亏损。
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19因为约伯没有这个灵,所以他对神和他的朋友太过敏感。他没有喜乐,他从来没有喜乐过。但保罗有这灵,他甚至在监牢中也喜乐。(徒十六25。)他不敏感,反而欢腾。在提后四章六至八节保罗说,那美好的仗他已经打过了,当跑的赛程他已经跑尽了,当守的信仰他已经守住了;又说有公义的冠冕为他豫备好了。他虽然即将被浇奠当作奠祭,但他没有抱怨,反而是夸胜的喜乐。
19Because Job did not have this Spirit, he was overly sensitive toward God and toward his friends. He had no joy, and he never rejoiced. But Paul, having this Spirit, rejoiced even in prison (Acts 16:25). Instead of being sensitive, he exulted. In 2 Timothy 4:6-8 Paul said that he had fought the good fight, had finished the course, and had kept the faith and that the crown of righteousness was ready for him. Although he was being poured out as a drink offering, he was not complaining but was triumphantly rejoicing
20约伯记四十二章五节告诉我们,至终约伯看见了神。然而,约伯所看见的神还没有经过过程,乃是『生的』神,是一位尚未经过成为肉体、人性生活、钉死、复活、升天、降下这各步骤过程的神。与约伯形成对比,我们有『熟的』神,就是经过过程的神,使我们可以吃祂、喝祂、呼吸祂。今天我们的神乃是包罗万有的灵,作为经过过程并终极完成之三一神的终极完成。
20Job 4 2:5 tells us that eventually Job saw God. However, the God whom Job saw was not the processed God but the "raw God," the God who had not yet passed through the steps of His process — incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and descension. In contrast to Job, we have the "cooked God," the God who has been processed so that we may eat Him, drink Him, and breathe Him. Today our God is the all-inclusive Spirit as the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God.