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约伯记生命读经 · 第24篇

人在神的行动里行动,以及神在人的行动里行动

Man Moving in God’s Move and God Moving in Man’s Move
1读经:马太福音1:21-23,约翰福音1:1,14,使徒行传16:6-10,启示录22:17。在本篇信息中,我要进一步说到神的行动,特别是人在神的行动里行动,以及神在人的行动里行动。
1Scripture Reading: Matt. 1:21-23; John 1:1, 14; Acts 16:6-10; Rev. 22:17 In this message I would like to give a further word on God's move, in particular on man moving in God's move and God moving in man's move
神在地上行动的原则
THE PRINCIPLE OF GOD'S MOVE ON EARTH
2新约是神行动的记载,给我们看见神的行动绝不能与人分开。在新约开始的时候,神行动到人里面,得著人,并成为人。(太一21~23,约一1,14。)祂行动的时候,不仅是神在行动,也不仅是人在行动,乃是神人在行动。这就是为甚么在四卷福音书里,那些大祭司、长老、经学家和罗马官长,都不知道耶稣是谁。他们无法断定祂的行动到底是神的行动,还是人的行动。祂是一个奥秘,因为祂是神,却又是人;祂是人,却又是神。
2The New Testament, a record of God's move, shows us that God can never move apart from man. In the beginning of the New Testament, God moved into man, gained man, and became a man (Matt. 1:21- 23; John 1:1, 14). He moved not only as God and not merely as man; He moved as the God-man. This was the reason that in the four Gospels the high priests, the elders, the scribes, and the Roman officials did not know who Jesus was. They could not determine whether His activities were the activities of God or the activities of a man. He was a mystery, for He was God, yet man; He was man, yet God
3一位早期的教父亚他那修Athanasius论到基督说,『祂成为人,使我们得以成为神。』又说,『话成了肉体,…使我们有分于祂的灵,而得以成为神。』这是神在地上行动的原则。神的行动是在人里面,并藉著人。神的行动是要使人在生命和性情上成为神,却无分于神格。在四福音里,基督只是一个人;但在五旬节那日,在祂受死、复活、升天并降下后,祂从一个人,扩大、扩增到几千个人。(徒二41。)许多人开始在神圣的行动里行动。在四福音里,神是在一个人里行动,但在使徒行传,人却是在神的行动里行动。神与人一同行动。祭司长、长老、经学家、和罗马官长不明白发生在彼得和约翰身上的事,因为他们只知道彼得、约翰是加利利的渔夫。(四13。)但他们却承认这些人所作的事是从神来的;(16;)他们行动时,神就行动。至终,一位大教师迦玛列,就著使徒的事劝告议会(犹太人的最高法庭),说,『不要管这些人,任凭他们罢。因为他们所谋所行的,若是出于人,必遭毁坏;若是出于神,你们就不能毁坏他们,恐怕你们倒要显为是攻击神了。』(五38~39。)
3Athanasius, one of the early church fathers, said concerning Christ, "He was made man that we might be made God," and "The Word was made flesh...that we, partaking of His Spirit, might be deified. " This is the principle of God's move on earth. God's move is in man and through man. God's move is to deify man, making man God in life and in nature but not, of course, in the Godhead. In the four Gospels Christ was just one person, but on the day of Pentecost, after His death, resurrection, ascension, and descension, He was enlarged and expanded from one person into thousands of persons (Acts 2:41). A large group of people began to move in the divine move. In the four Gospels God moved in man's move, but in Acts man moved in God's move. God and man moved together. The chief priests, the elders, the scribes, and the Roman officials did not understand what had happened to Peter and John, because they knew them only as Galilean fishermen (4:13). Nevertheless, they had to admit that what these men did was divine (4:16). When they moved, God moved. Eventually, Gamaliel, a great rabbi, advised the Sanhedrin, the highest court of the Jews, concerning the apostles, saying, " Withdraw from these men and leave them alone; for should this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them, lest you be found to be even fighters against God" (5:38-39).
基督徒是奥秘的,
CHRISTIANS BEING MYSTERIOUS
因为他们在神的行动里行动,
BECAUSE THEY MOVE IN GOD'S MOVE
神也在他们的行动里行动
AND GOD MOVES IN THEIR MOVE
4真基督徒是奥秘的,是不信的人所无法理解的。我们基督徒之所以是个奥秘,乃是因为我们在神的行动里行动,神也在我们的行动里行动。神和我们,我们和神,一同行动。世人只知道我们属人的部分,却不领会我们也有属神的部分。这属神的部分与我们在神行动里的行动,以及神在我们行动里的行动有关,乃是终极完成的灵,作为经过过程、终极完成之三一神的完成。道德的领域和神的领域约伯所追求的是道德领域里的东西,但我们基督徒今天是追求神领域里的东西。我们所作的乃是奥秘,这奥秘就是三一神终极完成为那灵,住在我们里面,与我们一同行动,甚至在我们里面行动。
4Genuine Christians are mysterious and cannot be understood by unbelievers. We Christians are a mystery because we move in God's move, and God moves in our move. God and we, we and God, move together. The worldly people know only the human part of us—they do not realize that we also have a divine part. This divine part, which is involved in our move in God's move and God's move in our move, is the consummated Spirit as the consummation of the processed and consummated Triune God. THE REALM OF ETHICS AND THE REALM OF GOD Job pursued something in the realm of ethics, but we Christians today pursue something in the realm of God. What we are doing is a mystery, and this mystery is the Triune God consummated as the Spirit indwelling us, moving with us, and even moving in us
那灵与我们是一
THE SPIRIT AND WE BEING ONE
5我们不仅与那灵合一,我们与那灵就是一。使徒保罗和他的同工在行传十六章的行动,说明了这点。圣灵禁止他们向左转到亚西亚,(6,)耶稣的灵又不许他们向右进入庇推尼,(7,)这就指明他们该往前直走。然后保罗得著马其顿人的异象;他和他的同工思想这异象,就推断是神召他们去向马其顿人宣扬福音。(10。)这是一幅美妙的图画,给我们看见人在神的行动里行动,并且人与神一起行动。
5We are not merely one with the Spirit, but we and the Spirit are one. This is illustrated by the move of the apostle Paul and his co-workers in Acts 16. They were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to turn to the left into Asia (v. 6), and they were not allowed by the Spirit of Jesus to turn to the right into Bithynia (v. 7). This indicated a straight forward direction for their move. Paul then received a vision of a Macedonian man, and after considering the vision, Paul and his co-workers concluded that God had called them to announce the gospel to the Macedonians (v. 10). This is a wonderful picture of man moving in God's move, of man and God moving together
不离开包罗万有的灵
NOT TAKING ANY ACTION
而有任何行动
APART FROM THE ALL-INCLUSIVE SPIRIT
6我们不该离开包罗万有的灵而有任何行动。我们不该离开那灵来面对任何处境或应付任何需要。祂行动的时候,我们就行动;我们行动的时候,祂就行动。我们需要在我们的婚姻生活中实行这事。你若想要对你的配偶说话,应当等一段时间,直到你有把握你的说话就是那灵的行动。
6We should not take any action apart from the all - inclusive Spirit. We should not face any situation or meet any need apart from the Spirit. When He moves, we move; when we move, He moves. We need to practice this in our married life. If you desire to say something to your spouse, you should wait for a period of time, until you have the assurance that your speaking is the move of the Spirit.
7我们需要学习,不要太快作任何事。急忙的作事乃是亚当子孙的生活。过这种生活的人,说话、行动和接触人都很快速。但我们必须记住:身为基督徒,我们不是单独行动的人;相反的,我们是在另一位的行动里行动,另一位也在我们的行动里行动。这种生活就是召会的构成;这种生活保守基督的身体在活的光景里。但我们若不在那灵的行动中行动,或那灵不在我们的行动里,就会将死亡带进召会。启示录二十二章十七节不是:那灵跟著新妇说;乃是:『那灵和新妇说。』二者是一起说。这指明我们不该只是跟著那灵说,乃该同那灵一起说。若是如此,我们的说话就是活的,且满有冲击力。今天我们必须走的路,乃是在那灵的行动里行动,并有那灵在我们的行动里行动。
7We need to learn not to do things too quickly. Acting hastily is the living of a descendant of Adam. Those who live in that way are quick to speak, to act, and to deal with others. We must remember that, as Christians, we are not the only ones moving. On the contrary, we are moving in another One's moving, and another One is moving in our moving. This kind of life is a constituent of the church. This kind of life keeps the Body of Christ in a living condition. However, not to move in the Spirit's move and not to have the Spirit in our move will bring death into the church. Revelation 22:17 does not say that the Spirit speaks with the bride; rather, this verse says, "The Spirit and the bride say..." The two speak together. This indicates that we should not merely speak with the Spirit; we and the Spirit should speak together. If this is the case, our speaking will be living and full of impact. The way we must take today is the way of moving in the move of the Spirit and of having the Spirit moving in our move