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约伯记生命读经 · 第34篇

整本圣经中关于神与人的关系

The Completed Divine Revelation in the Entire Scriptures
1读经:约翰福音1:1,14,马太福音1:23,哥林多后书3:18;4:16-17,罗马书8:29-30,歌罗西书1:12,14-19;2:9;3:4上,10-11。
1Concerning God’s Relationship with Man (2) Scripture Reading: John 1:1, 14; Matt. 1:23; 2 Cor. 3:18; 4:16-17; Rom. 8:29-30; Col. 1:12, 14-19; 2:9; 3:4a, 10-11
2神给整卷约伯记的答案,乃是整本圣经中关于神与人的关系完成的神圣启示。在前面的信息里,我们在旧约的部分看见这关系。现在我们要从新约来看这事。
2God's answer to the book of Job is the completed divine revelation in the entire Scriptures concerning God's relationship with man. In a previous message we saw this relationship in the Old Testament. Now we will cover this matter in the New Testament
肆 从基督第一次来,
IV. FROM THE FIRST COMING OF CHRIST
到新天新地显现
TO THE MANIFESTATION
OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH
3新约中神与人的关系开始于基督第一次来,终极完成于新天新地的新耶路撒冷。一神来在童女里面成孕,
3God's relationship with man in the New Testament begins with the first coming of Christ and consummates with the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth. A. God Comingto Be Conceived in a Human Virgin
由她生为人
and to Be Born of Herto Be a Man
4新约启示,神来在童女里面成孕,由她生为人,因而将神性带进人性里,并使神与人调和成为一个实体,但不是成为第三种本质。(约一1,14,太一20,23,提前三16。)这是神所走的第一步,为要藉著分赐,将祂自己给约伯。
4The New Testament reveals that God came to be conceived in a human virgin to be born of her to be a man, thus bringing divinity into humanity and causing God and man to be mingled as one entity but not as a third substance (John 1:1, 14; Matt. 1:20, 23; 1 Tim. 3:16). This is the first step God took in order to give Himself to Job by the way of dispensing
二 耶稣基督,就是成为肉体的神,也是三一神具体的化身,在祂的人性里经过了代替并包罗万有的死
B. Jesus Christ, as the Incarnated God and as the Embodiment of the Triune God, Dying in His Humanity a Vicarious and All-inclusive Death
5耶稣基督,就是成为肉体的神,也是三一神具体的化身,(西二9,)在祂的人性里经过了代替并包罗万有的死,将一切消极的事物了结,并将神圣的生命从祂里面释放出来给我们。
5Jesus Christ, as the incarnated God and as the embodiment of the Triune God (Col. 2:9), died in His humanity a vicarious and all-inclusive death to terminate all the negative things and to release the divine life from within Him for us
三 基督胜过了死,进入产生
C. Christ Overcoming Deathand Entering into
一切的复活,
the All-producing Resurrection and
并生为神的长子
Being Begotten to Be God's Firstborn Son
6基督胜过了死,进入产生一切的复活,并生为神的长子,将人性带进神性里。(徒十三33。)在复活里,基督也成为赐生命的灵,(林前十五45,)以产生并构成基督的身体。
6Christ overcame death and entered into the all - producing resurrection and was begotten to be God's firstborn Son, bringing humanity into divinity (Acts 13:33). In resurrection Christ also became the life - giving Spirit for the producing and the constituting of the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 15:45).
四 基督完成了超越一切的升天,升到诸天之上
D. Christ Accomplishing the All-transcending Ascension to the Heavens
7接著,基督完成了超越一切的升天,升到诸天之上,被立为主,为基督,为元首,为救主,(徒二36,五31,)使祂得著繁增,以建造召会作祂的国。
7Next, Christ accomplished the all-transcending ascension to the heavens and was made Lord, Christ, Leader, and Savior (Acts 2:36; 5:31) for His propagation and for the building up of the church as His kingdom
五 基督使所有信祂的人,在祂的死、复活、和升天里与祂成为一基督使所有信祂的人,在祂的死、
E. In His Death, Resurrection, and Ascension Christ Making All His Believers One with Him
8复活、和升天里与祂成为一。因此,祂的死、复活、升天也都成了他们的;(罗六5~6,弗二5~6;)于是,祂的经历就成了他们的历史。六神在基督里救赎我们
8In His death, resurrection, and ascension Christ made all His believers one with Him. Thus, His death, resurrection, and ascension have become theirs (Rom. 6:5-6; Eph. 2:5-6); hence, His experiences have become their history
神在基督里救赎我们,赦免我们的
F. God Redeeming Us in Christ
9罪,洗净我们,称义我们,并使1我们与祂和好。(弗一7,林前六11,罗三22,五10。)
9God redeemed us in Christ, forgave our sins, washed us, justified us, and reconciled us to Him (Eph. 1:7; Cor. 6:11; Rom. 3:22; 5:10).
七 神将我们摆在基督里
G. God Having Put Us into Christ
10神将我们摆在基督里,并使祂成为我们的公义、圣别和救赎。(林前一30。)藉著基督作我们的公义,为著我们的已往,我们已经得神称义,使我们能在灵里重生,得著神圣的生命。藉著基督作我们的圣别,为著我们的现在,我们在魂里渐渐被圣别,也就是在我们的心思、情感和意志里,因神圣的生命渐渐被变化。藉著基督作我们的救赎,为著我们的将来,就是我们的身体得赎,(罗八23,)我们的身体要因祂神圣的生命改变形状,
10God has put us into Christ and has made Him our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption (1 Cor. 1:30). By Christ as our righteousness (for our past) we have been justified by God, that we might be reborn in our spirit to receive the divine life. By Christ as our sanctification (for our present) we are being sanctified in our soul, that is, transformed in our mind, emotion, and will, with the divine life. By Christ as our redemption, (for our future), that is, the redemption of our body (Rom. 8:23) we will be transfigured in our body with the divine life to have His glorious likeness (Phil. 3:21
11有祂荣耀的样式。(腓三21。)
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八 神藉著基督的复活,重生了我们
H. God Having Regenerated Us through the Resurrection of Christ
12神藉著基督的复活,重生了我们,(彼前一3,)并且现在正更新我们,变化我们,好使我们模成祂荣耀的形像,至终要在祂的荣耀里荣化我们。(多三5,罗十二2,弗四23,林后四16,三18,罗八29~30。)
12God has regenerated us through the resurrection of Christ (1 Pet. 1:3), and nowHere news us, transforms us, and conforms us to His image of glory, and ultimately He will glorify us in His glory (Titus 3:5; Rom. 12:2; Eph. 4:23; 2 Cor. 4:16; 3:18; Rom. 8:29-30).
九 神销毁我们,将我们放在基督的死里,使我们有分于祂受苦的交通
I. God Consuming Us, Putting Us into Christ's Death for Our Fellowship of His Sufferings
13在祂的更新和变化里,神销毁我们,将我们放在基督的死里,使我们有分于祂受苦的交通,为我们成就永远重大的荣耀,使我们在祂的复活里经历祂,并在祂那追测不尽的丰富里得著祂。(林后4:16-17,10,腓三3:10,8,弗3:8。)
13In His renewing and transforming, God consumes us, putting us into Christ's death for our fellowship of His sufferings, which work out for us an eternal weight of glory, that we may experience Him in His resurrection and gain Him in His unsearchable riches (2 Cor. 4:16- 17, 10; Phil. 3:10, 8; Eph. 3:8
十 父神化身在子神里,子神实化为灵神,灵神来作三一神的实际内住于我们
J. God the Father Being Embodied in God the Son, God the Son Being Realized as God the Spirit, and God the Spirit Coming to Indwell Us to Be the Reality of the Triune God
14约翰十四章十六至二十节启示,父神化身在子神里,子神实化为灵神,灵神来作三一神的实际内住于我们。这是神要给约伯的礼物,就是祂的自己,那化身在子里并实化为那灵的神圣三一。
14John 14:16-20 reveals that God the Father is embodied in God the Son, that God the Son is realized as God the Spirit, and that God the Spirit comes to indwell us to be the reality of the Triune God. This is the gift that God intended to give Job, that is, Himself in His Divine Trinity embodied in the Son and realized as the Spirit
十一 实际的灵来将许多事启示给信徒,这些事乃是关于三一神在信徒里面是实际的奥秘
K. The Spirit of Reality Revealing Many Things to the Believers concerning the Mystery of the Triune God Being the Reality in the Believers
15关于三一神在信徒里面是实际的奥秘,基督还有许多事要告诉祂的门徒,但他们那时担当不了,只等实际的灵来将这些事启示给他们。(约十六12~15。)这主要的是由实际的灵在使徒保罗身上所作的;保罗完成了神的话,就是关于基督是神之奥秘,(西二2下,)以及召会是基督之奥秘(弗三4)的神圣启示。(西一25~27。)
15Concerning the mystery of the Triune God being the reality in the believers, Christ had many things to tell His disciples, but they could not bear them until the Spirit of reality came to reveal these things to them (John 16:12-15). This was done by the Spirit of reality mainly with the apostle Paul, who completed the word of God, that is, the divine revelation (Col. 1:25-27) regarding Christ as the mystery of God (Col. 2:2b) and the church as the mystery of Christ (Eph. 3:4
十二 父、主、灵,就是三一神,成了召会这基督之身体的源头、元素和素质
L. The Father, the Lord, and the Spirit as the Triune God Becoming the Source, the Element, and the Essence of the Church as the Body of Christ
16以弗所四章四至六节启示,父、主、灵,就是三一神,成了召会这基督之身体的源头、元素和素质。父神乃是源头,子神乃是元素,灵神乃是素质。
16Ephesians 4:4-6 reveals that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit as the Triune God have become the source, the element, and the essence of the church as the Body of Christ. God the Father is the source, God the Son is the element, and God the Spirit is the essence.
十三 基督作为神分给众圣徒神圣的分,并作为信徒的生命,成了新人的一切肢体
M. Christ as the Divine Portion Allotted to the Saints by God and as Life to the Believers Having Become All the Members of the New Man
17基督作为神分给众圣徒神圣的分,并作为信徒的生命,成了新人,就是祂生机身体的一切肢体。(西1:12;3:4上,10-11,林前12:12-13。)
17Christ as the divine portion allotted to the saints by God and as life to the believers has become all the members of the new man, which is His organic Body (Col. 1:12; 3:4a, 10-11; 1 Cor. 12:12-13
十四 神要使基督,就是神的具体化身,作我们的一切
N. God Wanting to Make Christ, the Embodiment of God, Everything to Us
18歌罗西一章十五至十九节给我们看见,神要使基督,就是神的具体化身,作我们这些基督信徒的一切。
18In Colossians 1:15-19 we see that God wants to make Christ, the embodiment of God, everything to us, the believers of Christ
十五 神在基督里要完成祂在我们身上变化的工作,直到祂的变化终极完成于新耶路撒冷
O. God in Christ Carrying Out His Transforming Work on Us until His Transformation Consummates in the New Jerusalem
19神在基督里要完成祂在我们身上变化的工作,直到祂的变化终极完成于新耶路撒冷,先是在千年国里的得胜者身上,(启二7,)至终要在新天新地里完成于所有的圣徒,使所有蒙祂拣选并救赎的人成为祂团体的彰显,在永世里极完满的显出祂自己,(二一1~二二5,)而不是只显出任何种人性的美德。约伯和他的朋友们都没有以上的神圣启示。神在一切的灾难中对付约伯,剥夺他一切的所是,乃是要除去他在自己敬虔的成就和得著里的自满,并除去一切的拦阻和遮蔽,使他能倒空,好更进一步寻求神,并使他能看见他在人生里非常缺少一些东西。在约伯记的末了,神终于进来,指明约伯在他的人生中所缺少的乃是神自己。但直到约伯的时代,还没有像在新约那样积极、清楚、并完全揭示的启示。所以约伯记事实上并没有一个完成的结束,这结束应当是:神在基督里完全给约伯得著,使约伯与神成为一,好叫他能享受神在基督里作他的分。这样的启示,只有在新约里才能完满的看到。
19God in Christ will carry out His transforming work on us until His transformation consummates in the New Jerusalem, firstly with the overcomers in the millennial kingdom (Rev. 2:7) and consummately with all the saints in the new heaven and new earth, making all His chosen and redeemed people His corporate expression, manifesting Himself, not any kind of merely human virtues, to the fullest extent in eternity (Rev. 21:1—22:5). Job and his friends were devoid of all the above divine revelations. God's dealing with Job in all the disasters and His stripping him of all that he was, were to take away his contentment in his godly attainments and obtainments and to remove all the barriers and coverings so that he could be emptied for some further seeking after God and could realize that he was very short of something in his human life. At the end of the book of Job, after all, God came in, indicating that what Job was short of in his human life was God Himself. But up to the age of Job, there was not a revelation like what is positively, clearly, and fully unveiled in the New Testament. For this reason, the book of Job does not actually have a completed ending, which should be God fully gained in Christ by Job to make him one with God that he might enjoy God as his portion in Christ. Such a revelation can be fully found only in the New Testament.