约伯记生命读经 · 第22篇

神在基督里的行动产生基督的身体

God’s Move in Christ to Bring forth the Body

1读经：腓立比书3:8，歌罗西书2:2，以弗所书3:4，帖撒罗

1Scripture Reading: Phil. 3:8; Col. 1:24-29; 2:2; Eph. 3:4; 1 Thes. 5:17; Eph. 6:18 1:24-29;

2尼迦前书5:17，以弗所书6:18。

3在本篇信息中，我有负担说到神在基督里的行动产生基督的身体。

3In this message I have the burden to speak a word concerning God's move in Christ to bring forth the Body

两种的受苦

TWO KINDS OF SUFFERINGS

4腓立比三章八节和歌罗西一章二十四节说到两种的受苦。在腓立比三章八节保罗说，『不但如此，我也将万事看作亏损，因我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝；我因祂已经亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督。』这里的受苦是为著要得著基督。在歌罗西一章二十四节保罗说，『现在我因著为你们所受的苦难喜乐，并且为基督的身体，就是为召会，在我一面，在我肉身上补满基督患难的缺欠。』这里的受苦是为著身体。一面，保罗受苦是为著要得著基督，另一面，他受苦是为著建造基督的身体。

4Philippians 3:8 and Colossians 1:24 speak of two kinds of sufferings. In Philippians 3:8 Paul says, "Moreover I also count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as refuse that I may gain Christ." The suffering here is for the gaining of Christ. In Colossians 1:24 Paul says, "I now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for His Body, which is the church." The suffering here is for the Body. On the one hand, Paul suffered in order to gain Christ; on the other hand, he suffered for the building up of the Body of Christ

5在二十五节保罗接著说，他照著神的管家职分，作了召会的执事，要完成神的话。这里的『管家职分』，原文是oikonomia，意为『经纶』。因此我们可以说，保罗是照著神的经纶作执事。在他的职事里，保罗受神嘱咐，来作一件奇妙的工作，就是完成神的话，完成神话语中神圣的启示。照原文文法，二十五节的『神的话』就是二十六节的『奥秘』，就是『历世历代以来所隐藏的奥秘，但如今向祂的圣徒显明了；神愿意叫他们知道，这奥秘的荣耀在外邦人中是何等的丰富，就是基督在你们里面成了荣耀的盼望』。（２６～２７。）保罗宣扬基督，是用全般的智慧警戒各人，教导各人，好将各人在基督里成熟的献上；他也为此劳苦，照著那一位在他里面大能的运行，竭力奋斗。（２８～２９。）

5In verse 25 Paul went on to say that he became a minister of the church according to the stewardship of God to complete the word of God. The Greek word translated "stewardship" here is oikonomia, which has been anglicized as the word "economy." Hence, we may also say that Paul became a minister according to the economy of God. In his ministry Paul was charged by God to do a wonderful work—to complete the word of God, that is, to complete the divine revelation in God's written word. The "word of God" in verse 25 is, according to Greek grammar, the mystery in verse 26, "the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations but now has been manifested to His saints; to whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (vv. 26-27). Paul announced Christ, admonishing and teaching in all wisdom, in order to present every man full-grown in Christ, and for this he labored, struggling according to the operation of the One who operated in him in power (vv. 28-29

经过过程并终极完成

THE MOVE OF THE PROCESSED

之三一神的行动

AND CONSUMMATED TRIUNE GOD

6新约向我们揭示经过过程并终极完成之三一神的行动。在旧约我们看不见神的行动，只看见神为著祂行动的豫备工作。神的行动开始于四福音里基督的成为肉体、钉死、复活和升天。这就是神在基督里行动的开始，为要产生基督的身体。

6The New Testament unveils to us the move of the processed and consummated Triune God. In the Old Testament we do not see God's move but only God's preparatory work for Him to move. God's move began in the four Gospels with Christ'sin carnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. This was the beginning of God's move in Christ to bring forth His Body.

7基督就是那成为肉体的神，进到人性里，将神性带到人性里，使这二者成为、联合为一个实体，就是神人。如今神与人在性情上、生命上、素质上、元素上、甚至彰显上，都成为一。在宇宙中有这样的一位，真是奇妙！这一位经过人性生活，进入包罗万有的死，并且从死里出来，进入了复活。藉著复活并在复活里，祂成了神的长子（罗八２９）和赐生命的灵，（林前十五４５下，）并且重生所有信祂的人，使他们成为神的众子，和祂自己的肢体。结果召会就出现了。在这之前，神的行动只是在一个人，就是基督里面。这指明神只在祂自己里面行动。现今从基督升天并降下，产生召会以后，神的行动就进入第二阶段，就是神在团体器皿中行动的阶段。首先，神在基督这单个的器皿中行动；如今，神在召会这团体的器皿中行动。召会作为这样的器皿，乃是基督的扩大，基督的扩增。现今神的行动是团体的，就是在基督的身体，召会，新人，三一神的生机体里。

7Christ, the incarnated God, entered into humanity to bring divinity into humanity, making these two entities one, joining them together to be one entity, the God-man. Now God and man are one in nature, in life, in essence, in element, and even in expression. How wonderful that there is such a One in the universe! This One passed through human living, entered into the all-inclusive death, and came out of death into resurrection. Through resurrection and in resurrection He became the firstborn Son of God (Rom. 8:29) and the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45), and He regenerated all His believers to be the sons of God and the members of Himself. As a result, the church has appeared on the scene. Before this, God's move was just in one person, Christ. This means that God was moving only in Himself. Now, since Christ ascended and descended to bring forth the church, God's move has entered into a second stage—the stage of God's move in a corporate vessel. First, God moved in Christ singly as a personal vessel; now God is moving in the church as a corporate vessel. As such a vessel the church is the enlargement of Christ, the expansion of Christ. Now God's move is in a corporate way. This corporate way is just the Body of Christ, the church, the new man, the organism of the Triune God

使徒行传到启示录

GOD'S CORPORATE MOVE

所启示神团体的行动两个奥秘是神圣经纶的内容

REVEALED IN ACTS THROUGH REVELATION The Two Mysteries Being the Contents of the Divine Economy

8神团体行动的阶段是启示在使徒行传到启示录。这是圣经中最深奥、最属天、最神圣、最属灵、最生机的部分。这一部分是关于神永远的经纶；神永远的经纶，在于基督是神的奥秘，（西二２，）以及召会－基督的身体－是基督的奥秘。（弗三４，６。）基督是神的奥秘，而基督的身体乃是基督的奥秘。这两个奥秘就是神圣经纶的内容。

8This stage of God's corporate move is revealed in Acts through Revelation. This is the deepest and the most profound, heavenly, divine, spiritual, and organic section of the Bible. This section concerns God's eternal economy regarding Christ as the mystery of God (Col. 2:2) and the church, the Body, as the mystery of Christ (Eph. 3:4, 6). Christ is the mystery of God, and the Body of Christ is the mystery of Christ. These two mysteries are the contents of the divine economy

经过过程的三一神作为终极完成的灵在我们灵里

The Processed Triune God as the Consummated Spirit Being in Our Spirit

9在圣经的这一部分，我们有关于基督生活的完全启示。圣经这一部分的本质、素质、元素和彰显，就是经过过程、终极完成的三一神，作为包罗万有、复合、内住的灵，住在我们灵里，作我们的生命、性情、素质和一切，使我们在生命和性情上能像三一神一样，作祂的丰满，就是在团体一面作祂完满的彰显。

9In this section of the Word we have a full revelation concerning the Christian life. The substance, essence, element, and expression of this part of the Word are simply the processed, consummated Triune God as the all - inclusive, compound, indwelling Spirit who indwells us in our spirit to be our life, our nature, our essence, and our everything, that we may be the same as the Triune God in life and nature to be His fullness as His full expression in a corporate way. The processed Triune God as the consummated Spirit is in our spirit. Therefore, as Christians we should remain in our spirit. We should not go to visit our flesh, and we should not befriend our soul. Our spirit is our precious place. To worldly people it is a prison, but to us it is a palace. Here in our spirit we can enjoy the processed Triune God.

属灵的呼吸

Spiritual Breathing

10我们需要学习运用我们的灵。运用我们的灵就像呼吸一样。甚至在休息的时候，我们仍在呼吸。我们可以说，呼吸表征我们的运用灵。就如我们的呼吸是不间断的，照样，我们需要不住的祷告。（帖前五17。）我们每次祷告时，都要在灵里祷告。（弗六18。）这就是属灵的呼吸。

10We need to learn to exercise our spirit. Exercising our spirit is like breathing. Even when we are resting we are still breathing. We may say that breathing signifies our exercising of our spirit. Just as we breathe without ceasing, we need to pray unceasingly (1 Thes. 5:17). Every time we pray we need to pray in our spirit (Eph. 6:18). This is spiritual breathing

使我们成为神，以成为三一神团体的彰显

Being Deified That We May Become the Corporate Expression of the Triune God

11在我们运用灵的属灵呼吸里，我们享受、接受、并吸取神圣的本质，运同神圣的素质、神圣的元素、和神圣的表显。这使我们成为神，就是被经过过程的三一神构成，使我们在生命和性情上（不是在神格上）成为神。在这一面的意义上，我们可以说信徒成为神乃是一个过程，这个过程要终极完成于新耶路撒冷。

11In our spiritual breathing by the exercise of our spirit, we enjoy, receive, and absorb the divine substance with the divine essence, the divine element, and the divine expression. This will cause us to be deified, that is, to be constituted with the processed Triune God to be made God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. In this sense we may speak of the deification of the believers, a process that will consummate in the New Jerusalem

12你知道新耶路撒冷是甚么？新耶路撒冷是蒙神拣选、救赎、重生、圣别、变化、并荣化而得成为神的一班人的组成。在神那一面，是三一神成为肉体，来成为人；在我们这一面，是我们成为神，由经过过程并终极完成的三一神所构成，使我们在生命和性情上成为神，作祂团体的彰显，直到永远。这是最高的真理，最高的福音。

12Do you know what the New Jerusalem is? The New Jerusalem is a composition of God's chosen, redeemed, regenerated, sanctified, transformed, and glorified people who have been deified. On God'ss i de, the Triune God has been incarnated to be a man; on our side, we are being deified, constituted with the processed and consummated Triune God so that we may be made God in life and in nature to be His corporate expression for eternity. This is the highest truth, and this is the highest gospel.