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撒母耳记生命读经 · 第29篇

神要在基督里将祂自己建造到我们里面的目的

God’s Intention to Build Himself in Christ into Us
1读经：撒母耳记下7:11b-14a;以赛亚书11:1;以弗所书3:17;约翰福音14:23;哥林多前书3:10-12;启示录21:2-3,9,12-14在本篇信息中，我有负担说到神要在基督里将祂自己建造到我们里面的目的。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Sam. 7:11b-14a; Isa. 11:1; Eph. 3:17; John 14:23; 1 Cor. 3:10-12; Rev. 21:2- 3, 9, 12-14
2在本篇信息中，我有负担说到神要在基督里将祂自己建造到我们里面的目的。神的渴望主要不是为我们作事，乃是要将祂自己作到我们里面。
2In this message I have the burden to speak a word concerning God’sin tent i on to build Himself in Christ into us. God desires not mainly to do things for us but to work Himself into our being
约伯的需要乃是神自己
JOB’S NEED BEING GOD HIMSELF
3虽然在神没有时间的因素，但祂在时间的过程里，一点一点，逐渐的将祂的启示释放给人。例如，祂向约伯启示一些事，是祂没有向亚当、亚伯、以挪士或挪亚启示的。神向约伯启示，祂所要的是有神的人，而不是正直、纯正和完全的人。神似乎是说，『约伯，你该忘记你的纯正、完全和正直。你不需要这些东西－你需要我。』神向约伯启示，他惟一的需要乃是神自己，但祂没有向约伯启示任何关于建造的事。
3Although there is no time element with God, nevertheless He has, in the course of time, gradually, bit by bit, released His revelation to man. For instance, He revealed something to Job that He had not revealed to Adam, Abel, Enosh, or Noah. God revealed to Job that what He wants is a man who has God, not a man of uprightness, integrity, and perfection. God seemed to be saying, “Job, you should forget about your integrity, your perfection, and your uprightness. You do not need these things—you need Me.” God revealed to Job that his unique need was God Himself, but He did not reveal to him anything concerning building
神给亚伯拉罕
GOD’S PROMISE TO ABRAHAM
4关于美地和后裔的应许神向亚伯拉罕显现时，应许要赐他两样东西－美地和后裔；二者都豫表基督。这指明在豫表里，神要将基督给亚伯拉罕作为美地，也要将基督给他作后裔，就是真以撒。马1太一章基督的家谱里说到基督是亚伯拉罕的子孙。（1。）以撒豫表基督是亚伯拉罕的子孙，就是那承受神赐给亚伯拉罕之应许和福分的一位。（创二二17～18，加三16。）照著保罗在加拉太三章的解释，美地和后裔都是那灵。福音的福就是所应许的那灵。（8，14。）美地和后裔都表征基督；（16；）至终，基督成了赐生命的灵。因此，保罗在十四节说，『为叫亚伯拉罕的福，在基督耶稣里可以临到外邦人，使我们藉著信，可以接受所应许的那灵。』神向亚伯拉罕所应许的福，物质的一面就是美地，（创十二7，十三15，十七8，二六3～4，）这美地豫表包罗万有的基督。既然基督至终实化为赐生命的灵，（林前十五45，林后三17，）所以那应许之灵的福，就与所应许亚伯拉罕之美地的福相符。
4CONCERNING THE GOOD LAND AND THE SEED When God appeared to Abraham, He promised to give him two things—the good land and a seed. The good land and the seed both typify Christ. This indicates that, in typology, God would give Abraham Christ as the good land and also give him Christ as the seed, the real Isaac. The genealogy of Christ in Matthew speaks of Christ as “the son of Abraham” (v. 1). Isaac is a type of Christ as the son of Abraham, the One who inherits the promise and blessing God gave to Abraham (Gen. 22:17-18; Gal. 3:16). According to Paul’s interpretation in Galatians 3, both the good land and the seed are the Spirit. The blessing of the gospel is the promised Spirit (vv. 8, 14). The land signifies Christ, the seed signifies Christ (v. 16), and eventually Christ became the life - giving Spirit. Thus, in verse 14 Paul says, “In order that the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” The physical aspect of the blessing that God promised to Abraham was the good land (Gen. 12:7; 13:15; 17:8; 26:3-4), which was a type of the all- inclusive Christ. Since Christ is eventually realized as the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:17), the blessing of the promised Spirit corresponds to the blessing of the land promised to Abraham.
5当我们相信基督时，神就把祂的灵赐给我们。赐生命的灵就是复活之基督的实际，也就是在复活里的基督。那灵是美地，那灵也是后裔。
5When we believe in Christ, God gives us His Spirit. The life-giving Spirit is the reality of the resurrected Christ, the very Christ in resurrection. The Spirit is the good land, and the Spirit is also the seed
救赎和拯救是为著神的心愿，
REDEMPTION AND SALVATION
就是要在基督里
BEING FOR GOD’S DESIRE
将祂自己作到我们里面
TO WORK HIMSELF IN CHRIST INTO US
6照著基督徒中间一般的领会和看法，神将基督赐给我们，是作我们的救赎主和拯救主。祂为我们的罪死了，成功了救赎；祂从死人中复活，也成为我们的生命。然而，这里并没有告诉我们，神要作甚么。神乃是要在基督里将祂自己作到我们里面。救赎和拯救都是为著这个。基督的成为肉体，基督的人性生活，基督的死和复活，都是为著神的心愿，就是要在基督里将祂自己作到我们里面。凡基督所是、所成就的，都是为著这一件事。神在我们日常生活中所进行的一切大小步骤，都是要完成祂这目的，就是在基督里将祂自己建造到我们里面。
6According to the common understanding and view among Christians, God gave Christ to be our Redeemer and our Savior. He died for our sins, accomplishing redemption; He rose up from among the dead; and He has become our life. However, this does not tell us what God wants to do. God wants to work Himself in Christ into us. Redemption and salvation are for this. Christ’sin carnation, Christ’s human living, Christ’s death and resurrection—they all are for God’s desire to work Himself in Christ into us. Everything that Christ is and everything that Christ has accomplished are for this one thing. All the steps, big and small, that God takes in our daily life are to fulfill His intention of building Himself in Christ into our being
神要为合乎祂心的人
THE PROPHECY THAT GOD WOULD BUILD A HOUSE
建造家室的豫言
FOR THE MAN WHO WAS ACCORDING TO HIS HEART
7在撒下七章二节，大卫这合乎神心的人说，『看哪，我住在香柏木的宫中，神的约柜却住在幔子里。』这指明大卫觉得他应该为神作点事，他应该为神建殿。神藉著申言者拿单回答大卫说，『你要建造殿宇给我居住么？』（5。）接著神用豫表对大卫说豫言，向大卫启示，祂的目的不是要大卫为祂建造殿宇，乃是要将祂自己建造到大卫里面。首先，神告诉大卫，祂要为他建立家室。（11下。）然后祂说，『我必使你…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。』（12～14上。）这里神向大卫启示关于建造的事，这事从未向约伯和亚伯拉罕启示过。
7In 2 Samuel 7:2 David, a man according to God’s he art, said, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.” This indicates that David felt that he should do something for God, that he should build a house for God. God reacted by saying to David through Nathan the prophet, “Will it be you who builds Me a house to dwell in?” (v. 5). God went on to reveal to David, through a prophecy in typology, that His intention was not that David would build a house for Him but that He would build Himself into David. First, God told David that He would make him a house (v. 11b). Then He said, “I will raise up your seed after you..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” (vv. 12-14a). Here God revealed to David something concerning building, a matter that had not been revealed to either Job or Abraham.
8撒下七章用豫表所说的豫言，与以赛亚十一章一节的豫言有关，后者告诉我们，从耶西的本必发嫩条，从他根生的枝子必结果实。这是指基督说的。在所罗门的时候，大卫的家是一棵茂盛的树，但最终被剪除，只剩下树不，主要由约瑟和马利亚二人所组成。从那树不发出嫩条，就是婴孩耶稣。那是神为大卫建立家室，藉著这家室，神给大卫一个后裔，就是耶稣基督。因此，神用豫表对大卫所说的豫言，在基督的成为肉体和人性生活里得著应验。基督是后裔，乃是神为大卫建立家室的结果。
8The prophecy in typology in 2 Samuel 7 is related to the prophecy in Isaiah 11:1, which tells us that a twig will come forth from the stem of Jesse and that a branch from his roots will bear fruit. This refers to Christ. The house of David, which was a flourishing tree at Solomon’st i me, eventually was reduced to a stump consisting mainly of Joseph and Mary. Out of that stump the child Jesus came forth as a twig, a sprout. That was God’s building a house for David, and through this house God gave David a seed—Jesus Christ. Thus, the prophecy given to David in the way of typology was fulfilled in Christ’sin carnation and human living. Christ is the seed that is the issue of God’s building a house for David
基督将祂自己当作种子撒在我们
CHRIST’SS OWING HIMSELF AS THE SEED
这土壤里面，为著神的建造
INTO US AS THE SOIL FOR GOD’S BUILDING
9马太十三章启示，基督已将祂自己当作种子撒在我们这土壤里面。基督是种子，我们是土壤，有养分为著种子的长大。在复活里的基督，就是那是赐生命之灵的基督，已经将祂自己撒到我们里面，不仅要在我们里面停留，更要在我们里面长大。基督在我们里
9Matthew 13 reveals that Christ has sown Himself as the seed into us as the soil. Christ is the seed, and we are the soil with the nutrients for the growth of the seed. Christ in resurrection, Christ as the life-giving Spirit, has sown Himself into us not simply to stay in us but to grow in us. The growth of Christ in us equals the building
10面的长大，就等于建造。
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11那将自己撒到我们里面的基督，现今正在我们里面作特别的工作，就是在我们里面的人里，在我们的心里安家。（弗三17。）这就是建造，藉著神性与人性的调和而得以完成。约翰十四章二十三节题到这样的建造：『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。』这不仅是三一神的住处，也是我们的住处。因此，这是一个相互的住处。关于建造的思想，在哥林多前书和启示录里得著加强。在林前三章十节保罗说，『我照神所给我的恩典，好像一个智慧的工头，立好了根基（基督），有别人在上面建造，只是各人要谨慎怎样在上面建造。』然后他说到『用金、银、宝石，木、草、禾楷，在这根基上建造。』（12。）启示录三章十二节告诉我们，基督要叫得胜者在神殿中作柱子，神的殿就是新耶路撒冷。至终，新耶路撒冷，建造的终极完成，也就是旧约圣徒和新约信徒的组成，（二一12，14，）要成为羔羊基督的妻，也要成为神与祂所救赎之人相互的住处，直到永远。（2～3，9。）
11The Christ who has sown Himself into us is now doing a particular work in us—the work of making His home in our inner being, in our hearts (Eph. 3:17). This is building, and it is carried out through the mingling of divinity with humanity. Such a building is mentioned 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 is not only for the Triune God but is also for us. Hence, it is a mutual abode. This thought regarding the building is strengthened in 1 Corinthians and in Revelation. In 1 Corinthians 3:10 Paul says, “According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid a foundation [Christ], and another builds upon it. But let each man take heed how he builds upon it.” Then he goes on to speak of building “upon the foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stubble” (v. 12). Revelation 3:12 tells us that Christ will make the overcomer a pillar in the temple of God, which is the New Jerusalem. Eventually, the New Jerusalem, the consummation of the building, a composition of the Old Testament saints and the New Testament believers (21:12-14), will be the wife of the Lamb, Christ, and a mutual abode for God and His redeemed for eternity (vv. 2-3, 9).
神的建造－神性
GOD’S BUILDING—THE MINGLING OF DIVINITY
与我们蒙救赎、复活、并拔高的人性调和
WITH OUR REDEEMED, RESURRECTED, AND UPLIFTED HUMANITY
12在马太十六章十八节主耶稣宣告：『我要把我的召会建造…。』基督如何建造祂的召会？祂建造召会，不仅是藉著拯救罪人，将他们作成信徒并祂的肢体，更是藉著将祂自己建造到他们里面。当我们相信基督时，祂就进到我们里面，并且开始作工，逐渐的将祂自己建造到我们里面。圣经里有一条线是关于神在基督里将祂自己建造到我们里面。因此，新约中很强并一再的题到建造这件事。照著圣经的神圣启示，神正在建造，就是在基督里将祂自己作到我们里面。这包括神性与我们蒙救赎、复活、并拔高的人性调和。神正在基督里将祂自己作到我们里面，不仅为我们建立家室，也是将我们建立成家室。这家室要成为神的家和我们的家，就是神人相互的住处。至终，三一神和蒙救赎的人要调和，并建造成为一个实体，这实体就是新耶路撒冷。我们若看见这个，就会领悟，今天我们一切的问题，都是因著一件事，就是缺少神在基督里建造到我们里面。因此，我们今天的需要，不仅是成为圣洁、属灵、或得胜的人；我们的需要乃是神在我们里面完成祂建造的工作。人的后裔成为神的儿子2在撒下七章主给我们看见何等大的亮光！神向大卫启示，他的后裔，就是人的后裔，（12，）要成为神的儿子。（14。）这怎么可能？答案是：人的后裔要标出为神的儿子。（罗一3～4。）人性要在神性里标明出来；神性和人性要调和为一。今天，我们这些人的后裔，正在神建造的过程中，好在神性里成为神的儿子。我们赞美主，今天在地上祂的恢复里，我们正经历神建造的工作。神正完成祂的心愿，要将祂自己在基督里建造到我们里面，这建造的结果至终就是永世里新天新地的新耶路撒冷。
12In Matthew 16:18 the Lord Jesus declared, “I will build My church.” How does Christ build His church? He builds the church not merely by saving sinners and making them believers and members of Himself but by building Himself into them. When we believed in Christ, He came into us and began the work of gradually building Himself into our being. In the Bible there is the line concerning God’s building Himself in Christ into us. This matter of building is therefore mentioned strongly and repeatedly in the New Testament. According to the divine revelation in the Bible, God is building by working Himself in Christ into our being. This involves the mingling of divinity with our redeemed, resurrected, and uplifted humanity. God is working Himself in Christ into us to make a house not only for us but to us. This house will be both God’sho use and our house, a mutual abode. Eventually, the Triune God and redeemed humanity will be mingled, blended, and built up to be one entity, and this entity will be the New Jerusalem. If we see this, we will realize that all our problems today are due to one thing—our shortage of having God in Christ built into our being. Thus, our need today is not merely to be holy, spiritual, and overcoming. Our need is for God to carry out His building work within us. A SEED OF MAN BECOMING THE SON OF GOD What a great light the Lord has shown us from Samuel 7! God revealed to David that his seed, a seed of man (v. 12), would become the Son of God (v. 14). How can this be? The answer is that a human seed is designated the Son of God (Rom. 1:3-4). Humanity is designated in divinity, and divinity and humanity are blended as one. Today, we, seeds of humanity, are becoming sons of God in divinity through the process of God’s building. We praise the Lord that in His recovery on the earth today, we are undergoing the work of God’s building. God is fulfilling His desire to build Himself in Christ into our being, and eventually the outcome of this building will be the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth for eternity.