撒母耳记生命读经 · 第25篇

大卫的后裔和神的儿子

The Seed Of David And The Son Of God

1读经：撒母耳记下7:12-14a;罗马书以弗所书3:17;约翰福音14:23在本篇信息中，我有负担进一步说到撒下七章。大卫的后裔成为神的儿子在撒下七章十二至十四节上半，耶和华对大卫说，『你的年日满足，与你列祖同睡的时候，我必使你腹中所出的后裔接续你，我也必坚定他的国。他必为我的名建造殿宇，我必坚定他的国位，直到永远。我要作他的父，他要作我的子。』这里说到『你…的后裔』和『我的（儿）子』，指明大卫的后裔要成为神的儿子，亦即人的后裔要成为神的儿子。

1Scripture Reading: 2 Sam. 7:12-14a; Rom. 1:3-4; Eph. 3:17; John 14:23 1:3-4; In this message I have the burden to give a further word on 2 Samuel 7. THE SEED OF DAVID BECOMING THE SON OF GOD In 2 Samuel 7:12-14a Jehovah said to David, “When your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will raise up your seed after you, which will come forth from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. It is he who will build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his Father, and he will be My son.” The word concerning “your seed” and “My son” indicates that the seed of David would become the Son of God, that the seed of a man would become God’sS on.

2这个思想在新约中有非常强的延续，特别是在罗马一章三至四节，那里保罗说，『论到祂的儿子，我们的主耶稣基督：按肉体说，是从大卫后裔生的，按圣别的灵说，是从死人的复活，以大能标出为神的儿子。』这里和撒下七章十二至十四节上半有相同的思想，就是大卫的后裔成为神的儿子。这两节经文启示：一面，基督是大卫的后裔；另一面，祂这位大卫的后裔，已被标出为神的儿子。我们比较这两处圣经，就看见旧约和新约中都说到大卫的后裔成为神的儿子这件事。

2This thought is continued very strongly in the New Testament, particularly in Romans 1:3 and 4. Here Paul says, “Concerning His Son, who came out of the seed of David according to the flesh, who was designated the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness out of the resurrection of the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.” Here we have the same thought as in 2 Samuel 7:12-14a—that the seed of David becomes the Son of God. These verses reveal, on the one hand, that Christ is the seed of David and, on the other hand, that He, the seed of David, has been designated the Son of God. When we compare these two portions of the Word, we see that both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament we have the matter of the seed of David becoming the Son of God

大卫是

DAVID BEING A MAN

合乎神心的人，

ACCORDING TO THE HEART OF GOD

3但在生命和性情上不是神在撒下七章我们看见，大卫向著神有一颗好的心，要为神建殿。然而，神进来阻止，不容许大卫这样作，因为大卫对神的经纶没有完全、透彻的看见。神阻止大卫为祂建殿后，接著就启示关于祂经纶进一步的事。因此神圣的启示在本章往前迈进了一大步。

3BUT NOT BEING GOD IN LIFE AND IN NATURE In 2 Samuel 7 we see that David had a good heart toward God and wanted to build a house for God. However, God intervened and did not permit David to do this, because David did not have an adequate and thorough view of God’secon o my. After stopping David from building Him a house, God went on to reveal something further concerning His economy. In this chapter, therefore, the divine revelation took a great step forward

4圣经告诉我们，大卫是合乎神心的人。（撒上十三14。）许多圣经学者受这句话的影响，给大卫过高的评价。的确，大卫是个合乎神心的人，但是就如撒母耳记下其余的部分和诗篇所给我们看见的，他在生命、性情和构成上仍然是人。他是合乎神心的人，但在生命和性情上还不是神。大卫无法说，『在我，活著就是基督，』或说『现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。』（腓一21上，加二。）大卫最多不过是神心的一张『照片』，他在生命和性情上还不是神。

4The Bible tells us that David was a man according to God’she art (1 Sam. 13:14). Under the influence of this word, many Bible students have estimated David too highly. Yes, David was a man according to the heart of God, but, as the remainder of 2 Samuel and the book of Psalms show us, he was still a man in life, in nature, and in constitution. He was a man according to God, but he was not God in life and in nature. David could not say, “To me, to live is Christ” or “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me” (Phil. 1:21a; Gal. 2:20). At the most, David was a “photograph” of God’she art, but he was not 20 God in life and in nature.

成为神－

DEIFICATION—BECOMING GOD

在生命和性情上

IN LIFE AND IN NATURE

（不是在神格上）成为神

BUT NOT IN THE GODHEAD

5这把我们带到『成为神』的主题：神的心意，是要使信徒在生命和性情上（不是神格上）成为神。在主后三二五年的奈西亚大会里，亚他那修（Athanasius）说到成为神：『祂（基督）成为人，使我们得以成为神。』虽然许多神学家和圣经教师熟悉『成为神』（deification）一辞，但在已过的十六个世纪里，只有少数人敢教导在基督里的信徒成为神这件事。我从未受到任何关于成为神之教训的影响；我乃是从研读圣经中看见，神的确要使信徒在生命和性情上（但不是在神格上）成为神。例如，约壹三章二节说，『亲爱的，我们现在是神的儿女，将来如何，还未显明；但我们晓得祂若显现，我们必要像祂；因为我们必要看见祂，正如祂所是的。』这节清楚的启示：我们要像神。神乃是藉著将祂的生命和性情分赐到我们里面，使我们像祂。彼后一1:12-章四节说，我们『得有分于神的性情』。约翰一章1:12-13说，我们乃是神用祂的生命所生、所重生的。作为神的儿女，我们是『小神』，有神的生命和性情，但没有祂的神格。神格是独一的，惟有祂该受人敬拜。

5This brings us to the matter of deification — God’s in tent i on to make the believers God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. Athanasius referred to deification when at the council of Nicea in A. D. 325 he said, “He [Christ] was made man that we might be made God.” Although the term deification is familiar to many theologians and Christian teachers, during the past sixteen centuries only a small number have dared to teach regarding the deification of the believers in Christ. I have not been influenced by any teaching about deification, but I have learned from my study of the Bible that God does intend to make the believers God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. For instance, 1 John 3:2 says, “Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we will be. We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is.” This verse clearly reveals that we will be like God. God makes us like Him by imparting His life and nature into us. Second Peter 1:4 says that we have become “partakers of the divine nature.” John 13 says that we were born, regenerated, by God with His life. As God’s children we are “baby gods,” having God’s life and nature but not His Godhead. The Godhead is unique; He is the only One who should be worshipped.

6我们从神而生，有神的生命和性情，今天我们只是部分像祂；有一天，当祂来临时，我们要完完全全的像祂。

6We have been born of God and today, having God’s life and nature, we are partially like Him. One day, when He comes, we will be wholly and entirely like Him

7大卫是一个合乎神心的人，这非常好，但是不彀。神要得著一班人能说，『我不仅仅是一个合乎神心的人；我在生命和性情上（但不是在神格上）是神。』一面，新约启示神格是独一的，并且只有神－那惟一有神格者，当受敬拜。另一面，新约也启示，我们这些在基督里的信徒，有神的生命和性情，并且我们要在生命和性情上成为神，只是绝不会有祂的神格。大卫的后裔有神性也有人性大卫有心为神建殿，但神向大卫指明，这不是他所需要的，也不是神所需要的。神告诉大卫，祂要建造一位成为大卫的后裔，这后裔要称为神的儿子。这后裔有神性，也有人性。希伯来一章五节指明，这是指基督作神的长子。不仅如此，我们也已经看见，罗马一章三至四节与撒下七章十二至十四节上半相符，告诉我们在复活里，大卫的后裔要标出为神的儿子。罗马书和撒母耳记下这二处经节的内在意义，是向我们启示一个既属人又神圣的人位。

7It was wonderful for David to be a man according to God’she art, but it was not sufficient. God wants those who can say, “I am not just a person according to God’she art. I am God in life and in nature but not in His Godhead.” On the one hand, the New Testament reveals that the Godhead is unique and that only God, who alone has the Godhead, should be worshipped. On the other hand, the New Testament reveals that we, the believers in Christ, have God’s life and nature and that we are becoming God in life and in nature but will never have His Godhead. THE SEED OF DAVID BEING BOTH DIVINE AND HUMAN David had the heart to build a house for God, but God indicated to David that this was neither what he needed nor what God needed. God told David that He would build One to be David’s seed and that this seed would be called God’sS on. This seed would be both divine and human. Hebrews 1:5 indicates that this refers to Christ as God’s firstborn Son. Furthermore, as we have seen, Romans 1:3-4, which corresponds to 2 Samuel 7:12-14a, tells us that in resurrection the seed of David was designated the Son of God. In their intrinsic significance, 2 Samuel 7:12-14a and Romans 1:3-4 reveal to us a human and divine person.

我们需要神

OUR NEED FOR GOD

在基督里将祂自己作到我们里面，

TO WORK HIMSELF IN CHRIST INTO US

作我们的生命、性情和构成

AS OUR LIFE, NATURE, AND CONSTITUTION

8一个人的照片如何没有那个人的生命和性情，照样，大卫是神心的一张照片，也没有神的生命和性情。虽然他是合乎神心的人，他却没有一样与神有生机的关系。大卫所需要的，就是今天我们所需要的。我们需要神在基督里将祂自己作到我们的人性里。这意思是说，我们需要神在基督里将祂自己作到我们里面，作我们的生命、性情和构成。结果，我们不仅成为合乎神心的人－我们在生命和性情上（但不是在神格上）是神。今天我们的外面可能不像大卫那样高，但我们可以宣告，我们有神的生命、性情和构成。为要成就这事，神就在基督里成为人，并且经过一些过程，使这人能被标出为神圣的。在复活里，祂被标出为神的长子。在复活里，并藉著复活，神的长子基督成了赐生命的灵，现今进入我们里面，将祂自己当作生命分赐到我们里面，作我们内里的构成，使我们成为神人，就像祂自己一样。祂是神成为人，我们是人成为神－在生命和性情上，但不是在神格上。

8Just as the photograph of a person does not have the life and nature of that person, so David, a photograph of God’s he art, did not have the life and nature of God. Even though he was a man whose heart was according to God, he did not have anything related to God organically. What David needed is what we need today. We need God to build Himself in Christ into our humanity. This means that we need God to work Himself in Christ into us as our life, our nature, and our constitution. As a result, we are not simply a man according to God’she art—we are God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. We today are not outwardly as high as David was, but we can declare that we have God’s life, nature, and constitution. In order to accomplish this, God in Christ became a man and went through some processes that this man could be designated something divine. In resurrection He was designated the firstborn Son of God. In and through resurrection Christ, the firstborn Son of God, became the life-giving Spirit, who now enters into us to impart, to dispense, Himself as life into our being to be our inner constitution, to make us a God-man just like Him. He was God becoming man, and we are man becoming God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead.

神渴望在基督里

GOD’S DESIRE

将祂自己建造到我们里面，

TO BUILD HIMSELF IN CHRIST INTO US

好得著一个相互的住处

IN ORDER TO HAVE A MUTUAL ABODE

9许多基督徒仍然只想要有一种合乎神心的行事、生活和为人，他们没有一种观念，就是神渴望在基督里将祂自己建造到我们这人里面。祂所要建造到我们里面的，要成为祂的住处，也就是我们的住处。因此，这成了一个相互的住处。新耶路撒冷就是这相互的住处。一面，新耶路撒冷是神的居所；另一面，新耶路撒冷也是我们永远的居所。（启二一3，22。）新耶路撒冷将应验主在15:4:约翰十五章四节所说，『你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面』这简短的一

9Many Christians are still trying merely to have a behaving, a living, and a being that are according to God’she art, but they do not have the concept that God desires to build Himself in Christ into our being. What He is building into us will be His abode, which will be our abode also. Hence, it becomes a mutual abode. The New Jerusalem is this mutual abode. On the one hand, the New Jerusalem is the dwelling place of God; on the other hand, it is also our eternal dwelling place (Rev. 21:3, 22). For eternity the New Jerusalem will be the fulfillment of the Lord’s brief word in John “Abide in Me and I in you.”

10句话，直到永远。

11以弗所三章十七节告诉我们，基督现今在我们里面，正在作一个工作，就是将祂自己建造到我们里面，好产生这相互的住处。我们常说，基督活在我们里面，并且在我们里面作工。现在我们必须问：『基督在我们里面作工，是要成就甚么？』答案是：基督在我们里面作工，是要藉著将祂自己

11Ephesians 3:17 tells us that Christ is now within us doing the work of building Himself into us to produce this mutual abode. We often say that Christ is living in us and working in us. Now we need to ask this question: What is Christ wanting to accomplish by His working in us? The answer is that Christ is working in us to build up God’s habitation by building Himself into us

12建造到我们里面，而建造神的居所。

13大卫想要为神建造香柏木的殿，但神是要在基督里把祂自己建造到大卫里面。神所要建造到大卫里面的，要成为神的殿，也要成为大卫的家。这一个相互的住处也在约翰十四章二十三节揭示出来：『人若爱我，…我父也必爱他，并且我们要到他那里去，同他安排住处。』这住处不仅是为著三一神，也是为著我们。凡神在我们里面所建造的，要成为神的居所，也要成为我们的居所。

13David wanted to build God a house of cedar, but God wanted to build Himself in Christ into David. What God would build into David would be both God’sho use and David’sho use. This mutual abode is also unveiled in John 14:23: “If anyone loves Me,..My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” This abode will be not only for the Triune God but also for us. What God builds up in us is both God’s habitation and our habitation

14我们必须看见，神要得著一个居所，但不是凭著我们所行所作的，乃是凭著祂的建造。基督建造召会，（太十六，）是藉著进到我们灵里，又从我们灵里扩展到我们的心思、情感、意志里，占有我们的全魂。这召会要成为祂的居所和我们的居所。这是我们所需要的，我们的负担就是要强调这一件事。三一神成为我们内里的构成我们不需要为神建造甚么；反之，神需要在基督里将祂自己建造到我们里面，作我们的生命、性情和素质。至终，三一神要成为我们内在的构成。我们要被三一神所构成。那就是大卫的后裔和神的儿子－有神性又有人性，能以满足神的需要和我们的需要，使神和我们得著一个相互的住处。新耶路撒冷就是这相互住处的终极完成；我们都要在那里。

14We need to realize that God will have a habitation not by our doing or working but by His building. Christ builds the church (Matt. 16:18) by coming into our spirit and spreading Himself from our 18 spirit into our mind, emotion, and will to occupy our entire soul. This church will become His habitation and our habitation. This is what we need, and our burden is to emphasize this one thing. THE TRIUNE GOD BECOMING OUR INTRINSIC CONSTITUTION There is no need for us to build anything for God. Rather, God needs to build Himself in Christ into us as our life, nature, and essence. Eventually, the Triune God will become our intrinsic constitution. We will be constituted with the Triune God. That will be the seed of David and the Son of God — something divine and human satisfying God’s need and our need for a mutual abode. The New Jerusalem is the consummation of this mutual abode, and we will all be there.