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撒母耳记生命读经 · 第30篇

经过过程之三一神的独一工作－将祂自己建造到我们里面

The Unique Work of the Processed Triune God — Building Himself into Our Being
1读经：撒母耳记下7:11b-14a;约翰福音14:23;以弗所书3:16-17;马太福音13:3,8,23;16:18;启示录21:2,9-10,12,14,22我们感谢主，已过这几年来，祂将祂的话向我们打开，一直的在祂的恢复里对我们说话。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Sam. 7:11b-14a; John 14:23; Eph. 3:16-17; Matt. 13:3, 8, 23; Matt. 16:18; Rev. 21:2, 9-10, 12, 14, 22
2我们感谢主，已过这几年来，祂将祂的话向我们打开，一直的在祂的恢复里对我们说话。在本篇信息中，我有负担帮助你们看见，在神的恢复，或在祂的经纶里，祂主要的工作是甚么。
2We thank the Lord that, throughout the years, He has opened His Word to us and has been speaking to us in His recovery. In this message I have the burden to help you to realize what is God’s main work in His recovery, or in His economy
神的恢复和神的经纶
GOD’S RECOVERY AND GOD’SECON O MY
3『恢复』和『经纶』二辞是从两个观点来看同一件事。在神那一面是经纶，在我们这一面是恢复。神的经纶乃是由使徒们揭示出来，但因著信徒失去对神经纶的正确领会，就需要有恢复。因此，今天正被恢复的，就是神的经纶。
3The words recovery and economy refer to one thing as seen from two viewpoints. With God, it is a matter of economy; with us, it is a matter of recovery. God’secon o my was unveiled through the apostles, but because the believers lost the proper understanding of God’secon o my, there is the need for it to be recovered. Therefore, what is being recovered today is God’secon o my
4主的恢复也是恢复身体的一。这意思是说，在恢复里，我们必须看见宇宙的身体，并且在一个身体的限制和规律之下作一切事。我们都需要学习如何实行主的恢复，就是一个身体。
4The Lord’s recovery is also to recover the oneness of the Body. This means that in the recovery we must see the universal Body and do everything in the limitation, the regulation, of the one Body. We all need to learn how to practice the Lord’s recovery of the one Body
神独一的工作
GOD’S UNIQUE WORK
5神经纶的中心是在一件事上，就是神独一的工作。神在宇宙中历世历代独一的工作，乃是在基督里将祂自己作到祂所拣选的人里面，使祂自己与他们成为一。这与神性和人性的调和有关。为要将祂自己作到我们里面，神成了一个人，在地上过人性生活。然后祂经过死，进入复活并升天，成了终极完成、包罗万有的灵，好进到我们里面。当祂进到我们里面，就重生我们的灵。现今祂正在我们里面作工，在我们里面扩展祂自己，并将祂自己建造到我们里面。
5God’secon o my is centered on one thing—God’s unique work. God’s unique work in the universe and throughout all the ages and generations is to work Himself in Christ into His chosen people, making Himself one with them. This involves the mingling of divinity with humanity. In order to work Himself into us, God became a man and lived a human life on earth. Then He passed through death and entered into resurrection and ascension, becoming the consummated, life- giving Spirit ready to come into us. When He came into us, He regenerated our spirit. Now He is working in us to increase Himself in us and to build Himself into us
基督安家在我们心里
CHRIST MAKING HIS HOME IN OUR HEARTS
6圣经告诉我们，神在我们里面作工，也告诉我们，基督在我们里面活著。然而，圣经用了一个非常显著的辞－『建造』，表明神在我们里面的工作。在以弗所三章十六至十七节，保罗向父祷告，说，『愿祂照著祂荣耀的丰富，藉著祂的灵，用大能使你们得以加强到里面的人里，使基督藉著信，安家在你们心里。』基督安家在我们心里，亳无疑问与建造有关。我们若要安家，必须先建造房子。安家含示在一个特定的地方定居。『使基督…安家』这个说法强烈的指明，祂正在我们里面作建造的工作。基督正安家在我们里面的人里。
6The Bible tells us that God is working in us and that Christ is living in us. However, the Bible uses a very striking term—build—to denote God’s work in us. In Ephesians 3:16-17 Paul prayed to the Father, saying, “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith.” To be sure, Christ’s making His home in our hearts involves building. If we would make a home, we must first build a house. To make a home implies being settled in a particular place. However, if we would be settled, we must have a house. The words “that Christ may make His home” are a strong indication that He is doing a work of building in us. Christ is building a home in our inner being.
建造的材料神性与人性
THE MATERIALS FOR THE BUILDING Divinity and Humanity
7要建造房子，就必须有正确的材料。神创造宇宙时，没有用任何材料；祂只是藉著祂的说话来创造。例如，祂说，『要有光，』就有了光。然而，为要在我们里面建立一个家，基督必须得著材料。一面，这材料是基督自己作元素；另一面，这材料包括一些出自我们人性的东西。
7In building a house, it is necessary to have the proper material. When God created the universe, He did not use any material; He created simply by His speaking. For instance, He said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. However, in order to build a home in us, Christ must have the material. On the one hand, this material is Christ Himself as the element; on the other hand, this material includes something from us with our humanity
8另一处说到三一神在我们里面作建造之工的经文，是约翰十四章二十三节。这里主耶稣说，『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。』本节的『安排住处』，等于以弗所三章十七节的『安家』。三一神已经来到我们里面，以祂自己作元素，并以一些出于我们的东西作材料，来作建造的工作。这几节关于建造的话，含示神在基督里将祂自己建造到我们里面，与我们的所是有极大的关系。
8Another verse that speaks of the Triune God doing a building work in us is John 14:23. Here the Lord Jesus says, “If anyone loves Me,..My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” The words “make an abode” in this verse equal “make His home” in Ephesians 3:17. The Triune God has come into us to do a building work with Himself as the element and also with something from us as the material. The word concerning building in these verses implies that God’s building Himself in Christ into us has very much to do with what we are
种子和土壤，及土壤的养分
The Seed and the Soil with Its Nutrients
9这一点可由马太十三章撒种的比喻得著例证。种子撒到土里，是凭土壤里的养分而长大。因此，这种子并非只凭著自己长大；牠乃是凭著自己，并凭著土壤里的养分而长大。结果，种子的出产乃是由种子和土壤的元素所组成。这里我们看见一个重要的属灵原则：种子要长大，就必须种到好土里。如果种子种到沙地，或种到石头中间，就不能生长，因为沙地和石头不能供应必需的养分。
9This is illustrated by the parable of the sower in Matthew 13. The seed is sown into the soil to grow with the nutrients in the soil. This seed, therefore, does not grow just with itself; it grows with itself and the nutrients in the soil. As a result, the produce is a composition of elements from both the seed and the soil. Here we see an important spiritual principle. In order to grow, the seed must be sown into good soil. If the seed were sown into sand or among stones, it would not grow, because neither sand nor stone can supply the necessary nutrients.
10马太十三章的种子是神性，土壤与土壤的养分是人性。在我们里面有一些养分是神所造的，豫备让祂进到我们里面，在我们里面长大。神造了人的灵，有人的养分。因这缘故，人就能彀相信主，并接受祂。撒到我们里面的种子，乃是作三一神之具体化身的基督。种子在我们里面长大的速度，在于我们供应多少的养分。我们供应的养分越多，种子就长得越快，并且越茂盛。照著圣经，长大等于建造。主耶稣宣告说，『我要把我的召会建造…。』（太十六18。）这建造是藉著我们里面神圣种子的长大而发生的。
10In Matthew 13 the seed is divinity, and the soil with its nutrients is humanity. We have within us certain nutrients created by God as a preparation for His coming into us to grow in us. God has created the human spirit with the human nutrients. For this reason, human beings can believe in the Lord and receive Him. The seed that has been sown into us is Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God. The rate at which the seed grows within us depends on the nutrients afforded by us. The more nutrients we supply, the faster the seed will grow and the more it will flourish. According to the Bible, growth equals building. The Lord Jesus declared, “I will build My church” (Matt. 16:18). This building takes place by the growth of the divine seed within us
11三一神这生命的源头，已在基督里将祂自己当作一粒种子种到我们里面。这种子一旦进到我们里面，就结合我们里面的东西－属灵的养分，然后开始生长。长大的速度不在于神圣的种子，乃在于我们供应这种子多少的养分。马太十三章指明，只有好土（8，23）才能提供足彀的养分，让神圣的种子长大。我们需要加强到里面的人里
11The Triune God, the source of life, has sown Himself in Christ as a seed into our being. Once this seed comes into us, it meets something within us— our spiritual nutrients—and it begins to grow. The degree of growth depends not on the divine seed but on how many nutrients we afford this seed. Matthew 13 indicates that only the good soil (vv. 8, 23) affords the adequate nutrients for the growth of the divine seed. Our Need to Be Strengthened into Our Inner Man
12既然神在基督里将祂自己建造到我们里面，不只在于祂这元素，也在于我们供应多少养分，我们就需要加强到里面的人里。我们若留在魂里，留在天然的人里，就没有任何养分为著神圣种子的长大。但我们若加强到里面的人里，并且注意我们的灵，操练我们的灵，就能彀供应养分。这样基督就能安家在我们的所是里。基督安家在我们心里，若不需要我们身上的东西，保罗就不会为我们祷告，像他在以弗所三章所作的。那里保罗祷告，求父藉著祂的灵，用大能使我们得以加强到里面的人里。这大能，就是以弗所一章十九至二十二节所题到的，就是使基督从死人中复活，叫祂在诸天界里坐在神的右边，将万有服在基督的脚下，以及使基督向著召会作万有的头的能力。这样的能力运行在我们里面，（三20，）神也用这能力加强我们，为著祂的建造。神加强我们所用的凭藉－那灵，乃是经过过程之三一神的终极完成。一面，神用祂自己作元素加强我们；另一面，我们提供养分。藉著这二者，神在基督里就在我们的全人里完成祂内在的建造，就是建造祂的家。
12Since God’s building Himself in Christ into us depends not only on Himself as the element but also on the nutrients supplied by us, we need to be strengthened into our inner man. If we remain in our soul, in our natural man, there will not be any nutrients for the growth of the divine seed. But if we are strengthened into our inner man and if we pay attention to our spirit and exercise our spirit, the nutrients will be supplied. Then Christ will make His home in our inner being. If Christ’s making His home in our hearts did not need something from us, Paul would not have prayed for us as he did in Ephesians 3. Here Paul prayed that the Father would strengthen us with power through His Spirit into our inner man. This power, referred to in Ephesians 1:19-22, is the power that raised Christ from the dead, seated Christ at the right hand of God in the heavenlies, subjected all things under Christ’s feet, and gave Christ to be Head over all things to the church. Such power operates in us (3:20), and with it God strengthens us for His building. The Spirit through whom God strengthens us is the consummation of the processed Triune God. On the one hand, God strengthens us with Himself as the element and, on the other hand, we afford the nutrients. Through these two God in Christ carries out His intrinsic building — the building of His home—in our entire being.
新耶路撒冷－
THE NEW JERUSALEM
神性与人性调在一起，
A COMPOSITION OF DIVINITY AND HUMANITY
成为一个实体的组成
BLENDED AND MINGLED TOGETHER AS ONE ENTITY
13圣经神圣启示的总结乃是一个建造，就是新耶路撒冷。这建造是神性与人性的调和，由启示录二十一章所描述的新耶路撒冷所证明。三节说，新耶路撒冷是『神的帐幕』；二十二节说，『我未见城内有殿，因主神全能者和羔羊为城的殿。』新耶路撒冷作神的帐幕，是给神来居住；神和羔羊作殿，是给蒙救赎的圣徒来居住。这指明新耶路撒冷是神与人相互的居所。不仅如此，这建造也是人的组成。城门是珍珠，上面写著以色列十二支派的名字；（12；）十二根基上有羔羊十二使徒的名字。（14。）这清楚指明，新耶路撒冷是三一神（祂是素质、中心和普及）与祂所救赎之人的组成。新耶路撒冷是神性与人性调在一起，成为一个实体的组成。一切的组成成分都有相同的生命、性情和构成，因此是一个团体人。这就是神成为人，并且人在生命和性情上（但不是在神格上）成为神。这两者－神与人，人与神，藉著调在一起而建造在一起；这就是神建造的完成和总结。我们都需要看见这个异象。
13The conclusion of the divine revelation in the Bible is a building, the New Jerusalem. This building is a blending and mingling of divinity with humanity. This is proved by the description of the New Jerusalem in Revelation 21. Verse 3 refers to the New Jerusalem as “the tabernacle of God,” and verse 22 says, “I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.” The New Jerusalem as the tabernacle of God is for God to dwell in, and God and the Lamb as the temple are for the redeemed saints to dwell in. This indicates that the New Jerusalem will be a mutual dwelling place for God and man. Furthermore, this building is a composition of human beings. The gates are pearls inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel (v. 12), and on the twelve foundations are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb (v. 14). This indicates clearly that the New Jerusalem is a composition of the Triune God, who is the essence, center, and universality, and God’s redeemed people. The New Jerusalem is a composition of divinity and humanity blended and mingled together as one entity. All the components have the same life, nature, and constitution and thus are a corporate person. This is a matter of God becoming man and man becoming God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead. These two, God and man, man and God, are built up together by being blended and mingled together. This is the completion, the consummation, of God’s building. We all need to see this vision
神建造的异象，
THE EFFECT OF THE VISION
对我们今日工作的影响约伯的例子
OF GOD’S BUILDING ON OUR WORK TODAY The Example of Job
14神建造的异象，会影响我们今日的工作。我们若看见神的建造，就不会试著帮助人更谦卑或更温柔；这不过是人的美德，并不是神所要的。关于这一点，我要请你们回想约伯的例子：在建立自己的纯正、正直和完全上，约伯达到了最高的成就。但是至终，神剥夺约伯一切的成就，为要给他看见，他惟一的需要乃是神自己。
14The vision of God’s building will affect our work today. If we see God’s building, we will not try to help others to be more humble or gentle. That is merely something of human virtue, and that is not what God wants. Concerning this, I would ask you to consider the case of Job, a person who had the highest attainment in building up himself in integrity, uprightness, and perfection. Eventually, God stripped Job of all his attainments in order to show him that his only need was God Himself.
基督活在我们里面，为要享受祂自己作美地
Christ Living in Us to Enjoy Himself as the Good Land
15神从约伯往前到亚伯拉罕，给他关于后裔和美地的应许。享受美地的是谁？这问题在撒下七章，神用豫表对大卫所说的豫言里得著解答。享受美地的，事实上乃是基督自己。这意思是说，神在基督里成为我们，好作美地的享受者。大卫是合乎神心的人，但神知道这还不彀。因此，神启示祂要用祂的儿子（后来成为大卫的后裔），为大卫建立家室。一面，这后裔就是美地；另一面，这后裔乃是那享受美地者。那么，是谁在享受基督？答案是：享受基督的，乃是活在我们里面的基督。现在活著的，不再是我们，乃是基督在我们里面活著。（加二20。）基督活在我们里面，为要享受祂自己作美地。
15God went on from Job to Abraham, making promises to him regarding a seed and the good land. Who are the ones who enjoy the good land? This question is answered in the prophecy by typology given to David in 2 Samuel 7. The One who enjoys the good land is actually Christ Himself. This means that God in Christ becomes us to be the enjoyer of the good land. David was a man according to God’she art, but God knew that this was not adequate. Therefore, God revealed that He would build David a house with His Son, who would become David’s seed. On the one hand, this seed is the good land; on the other hand, this seed is the One who enjoys the good land. Who, then, is enjoying Christ? The answer is that it is Christ in us who is enjoying Christ. It is no longer we who live, but it is Christ who lives in us (Gal. 2:20). Christ is living in us to enjoy Himself as the good land
我们需要神作到我们心里
Our Need to Have God Wrought into Our Hearts
16我们在下面的信息会看见，大卫是合乎神心的人，曾有一次大的失败。这指明，仅仅作合乎神心的人算不得甚么，因为一个人可以合乎神的心的，却仍是空虚的，没有神作到他的心里。在撒下七章，神似乎是说，『大卫，你是合乎我心的人，但你需要我作到你的心里。你需要我建造到你的里面，使你在生命和性情上成为我。你光是作合乎我心的人是不彀的。你必须能说，「在我，活著就是基督。」』大卫若是这样的人，就不会堕落。一个人可以合乎神的心，却没有神，没有神作到他里面。大卫的堕落说明一个事实，就是我们即使是合乎神心的人，若没有神作到我们里面，我们就不会比别人好到那里去。我们若没有神作到我们的心里，那么作合乎神心的人有甚么价值？我们若看见，神渴望将祂自己作到祂所拣选的人里面，并看见这就是我们的需要，那么，我们工作的目标就会是供应人基督，好叫三一神能彀将祂自己建造到他们里面。供应建造的神，以及被建造的神今天在主的恢复里，我们的工作乃是将神供应给人。的确，我们必须拯救罪人，𫗪养并成全圣徒。然而，最重要的事是要将神供应给人。我们所供应的神，不仅是建造的神，也是被建造的神。我们若不这样供应神，我们的工作就是木、草、禾楷。（林前三12。）
16As we will see in a later message, David, a man according to God’she art, had a great failure. This indicates that merely to be a person according to God’she art means nothing, for one may be according to God’she art but still be empty, not having God wrought into his heart. In 2 Samuel 7 God seemed to be saying, “David, you are a man according to My heart, but you need Me to be wrought into your heart. You need Me to be built into your being to make you Me in life and in nature. It is not adequate for you to be according to My heart. You must be able to say, `To me to live is God.’” If David had been such a person, he would not have fallen. A person may be according to the heart of God and yet be without God, not having God wrought into him. The fall of David illustrates the fact that even if we are a person according to God, if we do not have God wrought into us, we are no better than others. What is the value of being according to the heart of God if we do not have God wrought into our hearts? If we realize that God desires to work Himself into His chosen people and if we realize that this is what we all need, then the goal of our work will be to minister Christ to others so that the Triune God may build Himself into their being. Ministering the Building God and the Builded God Our work in the recovery today is to minister God to people. Yes, we need to save sinners and to feed the saints and perfect them. The crucial matter, however, is that we minister God to others. The God whom we minister is not just the building God—He is also the builded God. If we fail to minister God in this way, our work will be wood, grass, and stubble (1 Cor. 3:12
17我要请你们重新考量你们为主所作的工。你可能打开了一个区域，或是带许多人归神，但我要问你们一个问题：在你带来归神的人中，有多少基督作三一神的具体化身作到他们里面？我们若诚恳真实，就会谦卑下来，承认没有太多的三一神，作到那些我们带来归神的人里面。因此，我们必须实行一件事，就是供应经过过程的三一神到人里面，使祂将祂自己建造到他们里面的人里。在我们工作的每一面－传扬福音、𫗪养信徒、成全圣徒，其内在的元素必须是将建造和被建造的神供应给人。我催促你们向主祷告，求祂教导你们这样作工。
17I would ask you to reconsider the work you are doing for the Lord. Perhaps you have opened up a region or have brought many people to God. But I ask you this question: How much of Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God has been wrought into those whom you have brought to God? If we are sincere and genuine, we will humble ourselves and confess that not very much of the Triune God has been wrought into the ones we have brought to God. Therefore, we need to practice one thing—to minister the processed Triune God into others so that He may build Himself into their inner man. In every aspect of our work— preaching the gospel, feeding the believers, perfecting the saints—the intrinsic element must be that we minister the building and builded God to others. I would urge you to pray that the Lord would teach you to work in this way
经过过程的三一神将祂自己建造到祂所救赎的人里面
The Processed Triune God Building Himself into His Redeemed People
18经过过程的三一神已经具体化身在基督里，并且实化为终极完成的灵。这是我们所敬拜、传扬、并供应给人的神。今天祂正将祂自己建造到祂所救赎的人里面，为要以祂自己为元素，并用人蒙救赎并拔高的人性，来产生一个家。这家就是召会，基督的身体。这家是那作为三一神的具体化身，并实化成为那灵之基督的扩大、扩展。我们实行神命定之路的四个步骤－生、养、成全和建造时，我们的工作必须建立在经过过程之三一神的根基上；这位三一神正将祂自己建造到祂所拣选的人里面。
18The processed Triune God is embodied in Christ and realized as the consummated Spirit. This is the God whom we worship, preach, and minister to others. Today He is building Himself into His redeemed people in order to produce a house with Himself as the element and also with something from their redeemed and uplifted humanity. This house is the church, the Body of Christ. This house is the enlargement, the expansion, of Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God realized as the Spirit. As we carry out the God-ordained way in the four steps of begetting, nourishing, perfecting, and building, our work must be based upon the processed Triune God, who is building Himself into His chosen people