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约伯记生命读经 · 第19篇

我们独一的需要-经过过程、

Our Unique Need—the Processed
终极完成的三一神作为包罗万有、赐生命的灵
and Consummated Triune God as the All-Inclusive, Life-Giving Spirit
1读经:加拉太书2:20,哥林多前书15:10,启示录22:17。在本篇信息中,我要进一步说到关于经过过程、终极完成的三一神作为包罗万有、赐生命的灵。我们充盈丰富之神的成分今天我们的神不再是『生的』神,乃是经过过程的神。神造了人之后,这位『生的』神,尚未经过过程的神,一直在观察、试验、验证人类,但还未采取行动。然后有一天,祂开始经过一个过程。这过程的每一步都成了那灵的成分,那灵乃是经过过程并终极完成之三一神的完成。
1Scripture Reading: Gal. 2:20; 1 Cor. 15:10; Rev. 22:17 In this message I would like to give a further word concerning the processed and consummated Triune God as the all-inclusive, life-giving Spirit. THE INGREDIENTS OF OUR ABUNDANTLY RICH GOD Our God today is no longer the "raw" God but the processed God. After God created man, He continued to be the "raw" God, the unprocessed God, observing, testing, and proving humanity but not yet moving or taking any action. Then one day He began to go through a process. Each step of this process has become an ingredient of the Spirit as the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God
2这些成分包括成为肉体、人性生活、钉死、复活、升天和降下。神在永远里就有神性的成分,但没有人性和人性生活的成分。藉著成为肉体,就有人性的成分加在祂里面。随后有基督的人性生活,以及祂在十字架上包罗万有之死的重要成分。接著又有复活的成分;复活乃是经过死,却不被死抓住。藉著复活,基督生为神的长子;(罗八29;)藉著复活,祂也成为赐生命的灵;(林前十五45下;)不仅如此,在基督的复活里,一切神所拣选的人,都重生为神的众子。(彼前一3。)在祂另一个成分-升天里,基督是超越的。祂超乎万有,万有现今都服在祂的脚下。(弗一19~23。)末了的成分,乃是基督降下成为包罗万有的灵,以产生召会,就是祂的身体。我们思想这些成分,就能看见,经过过程并终极完成的三一神,远比『生的』神丰富。当然,尚未经过过程的神有神圣的属性,也可视为一项成分,但如今祂增加了成为肉体、人性生活、包罗万有的死、分赐生命并产生生命的复活、升天、降下,结果便产生了身体。今天我们的神是何等的丰富!祂的丰富是充盈的、洋溢的。祂成了那灵,就是三一神的终极完成;祂对我们乃是一切。
2These ingredients include incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and descension. In eternity God had the ingredient of divinity but not the ingredients of humanity and human living. Through incarnation the ingredient of humanity was added to Him. This was followed by Christ's human living and the crucial ingredient of His all - inclusive death on the cross. Next came the ingredient of resurrection, which is a matter of passing through death without being held by death. Through resurrection Christ was begotten to be the firstborn Son of God (Rom. 8:29), and through resurrection He also became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). Furthermore, in the resurrection of Christ all God's chosen ones were regenerated to be the sons of God (1 Pet. 1:3). In His ascension, another ingredient, Christ is transcendent. He is the One who is above all, and everything is now under His feet (Eph. 1:19-23). Finally, we have the ingredient of Christ's descension as the all-inclusive Spirit to produce the church, His Body. As we consider all these ingredients, we can see that the processed and consummated Triune God is much richer than the "raw" God. Of course, the unprocessed God had the divine attributes, which may be regarded as ingredients, but now He also has the ingredients of incarnation, human living, the all-inclusive death, the life - imparting and life - producing resurrection, ascension, and descension, which issue in the Body. How rich our God is today! He is abundantly rich, aboundingly rich. He is everything to us as the Spirit, who is the consummation of the Triune God.
3有时有人问我,为甚么我们向父或向主耶稣祷告,而不向灵祷告。事实上,我们向父祷告,就是向灵祷告;我们向子祷告,也就是向灵祷告。神是谁?神就是灵。父是谁?父乃是灵。基督是谁?基督乃是灵。三一神及其一切成分的总和、集大成、终极完成,乃是那灵。因此,在那灵里有三一神的三者-父、子、灵,以及神所经过之过程的各步骤为其成分。三一神在祂终极完成的状态中
3I have sometimes been asked why we pray to the Father or to the Lord Jesus but not to the Spirit. Actually, when we pray to the Father, we pray to the Spirit. When we pray to the Son, we pray also to the Spirit. Who is God? God is the Spirit. Who is the Father? The Father is the Spirit. Who is Christ? Christ is the Spirit. The totality, the aggregate, the consummation, of the Triune God with all His ingredients is the Spirit. Therefore, in the Spirit we have the three of the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—with all the steps of God's process as the ingredients. THE TRIUNE GOD BEING WROUGHT INTO US
作到我们里面
IN HIS CONSUMMATED STATE
4三一神现今作到我们里面,不是在祂『生的』状态中,而是在祂终极完成的状态中。神不能这样作到约伯里面,因为在约伯的时代,神还是『生的』,祂还没有藉著成为肉体、人性生活、钉死、复活、升天和降下,经过过程并得著终极完成。在基督包罗万有的死之外,我们怎能被了结?我们怎能蒙救赎?在基督的复活之外,我们怎能有新生的起头?我们需要看见,我们是活在一个伟大的时代,就是三一神经过了过程并终极完成的时代。
4The Triune God is now being wrought into us, not in His "raw" state but in His consummated state. God could not be wrought into Job in this way because at Job'st i me God was still "raw." He had not yet been processed and consummated through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and descension. Apart from Christ'sa ll-inclusive death, how could we be terminated? How could we be redeemed? Apart from Christ's resurrection, how could we be germinated? We need to see that we are living at a great time—the time after the Triune God has been processed and consummated
5我们基督徒独一的需要,乃是这位经过过程并终极完成的三一神作为包罗万有、赐生命的灵。那灵是我们一切的所需。我们主要的不是需要公义或称义,也不是需要圣洁或圣别;我们中心的需要,乃是终极完成的三一神作为那灵,连同祂丰富的供应。这灵现今在我们里面,在生命、性情、素质上,与我们是一,我们也与祂是一。我们都需要对此有清楚的异象。我能作见证,一天过一天,虽然我非常忙碌,却不是我在工作,而是活在我里面的基督在工作。六十五年前我作许多事,但靠著主的怜悯,我从保罗身上学习与那活在我里面的一位配合。在加拉太二章二十节保罗说,『我已经与基督同钉十字架;现在活著的,不再是我,乃是基督在我里面活著。』在林前十五章十节他说,『因著神的恩,我成了我今天这个人,并且神的恩临到我,不是徒然的;反而我比众使徒格外劳苦,但这不是我,乃是神的恩与我同在。』就人的一面说,我无法完成主今天的工作,或背负全球众召会的担子。然而,当活在我里面那经过过程并终极完成的一位来作这工、背负这担子时,这工就变得容易,担子也变得轻省。赞美祂,我只是享受祂在我里面活著,享受祂的工作,并在祂里面喜乐。
5Our unique need as Christians is the processed and consummated Triune God as the all-inclusive, life- giving Spirit. The Spirit is all that we need. Mainly we do not need righteousness or justification, nor do we need holiness or sanctification — our central need is the consummated Triune God as the Spirit with His rich supply. This Spirit is now in us and is one with us in life, in nature, and in essence, and we are one with Him. We all need to have a clear vision concerning this. I can testify that, although I am very busy day by day, I am not the one working; rather, Christ, who lives in me, is the One working. Sixty-five years ago I did many things, but by the Lord's mercy I have been learning of Paul to coordinate with the One living in me. In Galatians 2:20 Paul said, " I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me." In 1 Corinthians 15:10 he said, " By the grace of God I am what I am; and His grace unto me did not turn out to be in vain, but, on the contrary, I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I but the grace of God which is with me. " Humanly speaking, I cannot carry out the Lord's work today or bear the burden of the churches around the globe. However, the work is easy to do and the burden is easy to bear when it is the processed and consummated One living in me who does the work and bears the burden. I praise Him that I simply enjoy His living and His working and rejoice in Him.
惟一能作基督徒的一位-
THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN BE A CHRISTIAN
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6the processed and consummated Triune God
活在我们里面那经过过程并终极完成,作为终极完成之灵的三一神
LIVING IN US AS THE CONSUMMATED SPIRIT
7作基督徒不仅困难,而且不可能。惟有那位经过过程并终极完成,作为包罗万有之灵的三一神活在我们里面,我们才能作基督徒。新约对我们的要求太高了。例如,新约所要求的圣别是我们无法产生的。但赞美主,我们不需要履行新约的要求,乃是由在我们里面的那灵来履行。我们不该靠自己作事,只该享受祂的活著和祂的作工。惟有那灵能作基督徒;惟有那灵能作得胜者。请记住,那灵就是我们的神、我们的父、我们的主、我们的救赎主、我们的救主、我们的牧人、我们的生命和生命的供应。那灵对我们乃是一切,使我们过基督徒的生活。基督徒的生活完全是在于经过过程并终极完成的三一神,成了包罗万有的灵。在这灵里,我们有父、子、灵。我们在这灵里,就在父、子、灵里。(太二八19。)我们今天所有的是怎样的神?我们的神乃是经过过程并终极完成的三一神,就是终极完成、包罗万有的灵来作我们基督徒生活的一切。当我们有所需要或有所不能时,我们能题醒祂。当我们面对困难的环境时,我们能向祂诉说。然后祂这活在我们里面的一位,就会进来面对环境,作所需要作的事。终极完成的三一神与得荣耀的
7To be a Christian is not merely difficult—it is impossible. Only the processed and consummated Triune God living in us as the all-inclusive Spirit can be a Christian. What the New Testament requires of us is too high. The kind of holiness required, for example, is something that we cannot produce. We praise the Lord that it is not we who need to fulfill the New Testament requirements but the Spirit in us who fulfills them. Instead of doing things in ourselves, we should simply enjoy His living and His working. Only the Spirit can be a Christian, and only the Spirit can be an overcomer. Remember, the Spirit is our God, our Father, our Lord, our Redeemer, our Savior, our Shepherd, and our life and life supply. The Spirit is everything to us to live the Christian life. The Christian life is altogether the processed and consummated Triune God as the all-inclusive Spirit. In this Spirit we have the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. In this Spirit we are in the Father, the Son, and the Spirit (Matt. 28:19). What kind of God do we have today? Our God is the processed and consummated Triune God, who is the consummated, all-inclusive Spirit as everything for our Christian life. When we have a need or a disability, we can remind Him of it. When we are facing a difficult situation, we can talk to Him about it. Then He, the One who lives in us, will come in to face the situation and to do whatever is needed. THE MARRIAGE OF THE CONSUMMATED TRIUNE
三部分人成为婚配
GOD AND THE GLORIFIED TRIPARTITE MAN
8在行传二章我们看见,三一神作为包罗万有的灵,浇灌在神所拣选的人身上。在圣经的末了,我们看见『那灵和新妇』一辞。(启二二17。)这二者是谁?那灵是终极完成的三一神,新妇得著重生、被圣别、变化、并得荣耀的三部分人。至终,终极完成的三一神,与得荣耀的三部分人要成为婚配,在生命、性情、元素、素质上成为一。这将是一个团体的实体-新耶路撒冷,作为神性与人性调和的集大成,以彰显三一神,直到永远。今天的召会生活,该是这美妙之新耶路撒冷的雏形。
8In Acts 2 we see the pouring out of the consummated Triune God as the all - inclusive Spirit upon God's chosen people. At the end of the Bible we have the expression "the Spirit and the bride" (Rev. 22:17). Who are these two? The Spirit is the consummated Triune God, and the bride is the regenerated, sanctified, transformed, and glorified tripartite man. Eventually, the consummated Triune God and the glorified tripartite man will be married and become one in life, in nature, in element, and in essence. This will be a corporate entity—the New Jerusalem as the aggregate of the mingling of divinity and humanity to express the Triune God for eternity. Today's church life should be a miniature of the marvelous New Jerusalem.