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约翰福音生命读经 · 第5篇

生命与建造的引言（四）

An Introduction To Life And Building (4)
1在本篇信息中，我们要来看约翰一章全章，复习一些已经题过的点，并摸一些尚未题及的其他点。
1In this message we shall cover John 1 as a whole, reviewing some points that we have already covered and touching upon other points that we have not yet considered
肆 永远的两段与时间的桥梁
IV. Two Sections Of Eternity With The Bridge Of Time
21:1约翰一章启示永远的两段。约翰一章一节指已过的永远，因为『太初』表明已过的永远。五十一节指将来的永远，因为当主告诉拿但业，他要看见天开了，神的使者上去下来在人子身上，祂不是说到现在，而是说到将来的永远。如果我们将这两段的永远摆在一起，我们就有了整个的永远。
2John 1 reveals the two sections of eternity. John refers to eternity in the past, for “the beginning” denotes eternity in the past. Verse 51 refers to eternity in the future, for when the Lord told Nathanael that he would see the heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man, He was not speaking about the present, but about eternity in the future. If we put together these two sections of eternity, we have the whole of eternity.
一 永远的第一段－已过的永远
A. In the First Section of Eternity— Eternity in the Past
3在已过的永远里，基督是话，与神同在，并且就是神。在已过的永远里，祂只是神，只有神性。因为话尚未成为肉体，祂还不是一个人，还没有人性。
3In eternity past, Christ, as the Word, was with God and was God. In eternity past He was only God and only had divinity. Since the Word had not yet been incarnated, He was not a man and had no humanity
二 永远的第二段－将来的永远
B. In the Second Section of Eternity— Eternity in the Future
4在将来的永远里，基督不只是神，还是人。祂将不只是神子，还是人子。因为话已经成为肉体，（约一14，）祂也是一个人，是永远有人性的人子。在成为肉体后，祂仍然是神，但乃是神又是人。祂仍然是神子，但乃是神子和人子。在将来的永远里，祂不仅是神子，也是人子。在已过的永远里，祂是神，仅仅是神性的，没有人性。然而在将来的永远里，祂是神又是人，是神子又是人子，是神性的又是人性的，有神性又有人性。祂将有两种性情，两种素质和两种本质－神性和人性。当拿但业对主说，『你是神的儿子，你是以色列的王，』（约一，）耶稣告诉他说，他将要看见『神的使者上去下来在人子身上。』到底谁更大－是神子还是人子？按逻辑说，神子比人子大多了。让我问你，你愿意作人子，还是愿意作神子?你一定会回答说，愿意作神子。每一个人都渴望作神的儿子。拿但业发现从拿撒勒来的一个小人物是神的儿子，当然是太美妙了。然而，耶稣立刻回答说，祂是人子。虽然人想尊祂为大，祂却喜欢微小。
4In eternity future, Christ will not only be God, but also man. He will not only be the Son of God, but also the Son of Man. Since the Word has been incarnated in the flesh (v. 14), He is also a man, the Son of Man with humanity forever. After the incarnation, He is still God, but God and man. He is still the Son of God, but the Son of God and the Son of Man. In addition to being the Son of God, for eternity in the future He will be the Son of Man. In eternity past He was God, solely and merely divine, having no humanity. However, in eternity future He will be God and man, the Son of God and the Son of Man, both divine and human, having divinity as well as humanity. He will have two natures, two essences, and two substances—divinity and humanity. When Nathanael said to the Lord, “You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel” (v. 49), Jesus told him that he would see “the angels of God ascending and 49 descending on the Son of Man.” Who is greater—the Son of God or the Son of Man? Logically speaking, everyone would say that the Son of God is much greater than the Son of Man. Let me ask you, do you prefer to be the sons of man or the sons of God? Surely you would answer that you prefer to be the sons of God. Everyone desires to be a son of God. It certainly was wonderful for Nathanael to realize that Jesus, a little man from Nazareth, was the Son of God. Nevertheless, Jesus immediately replied that He was the Son of Man. Although men attempt to make Him great, He likes to remain small.
5耶稣是神子或是人子，何者更为重要?你若回答得不谨慎，就可能落在异端里。要回答这样一个问题，实在困难，主是神子，又是人子。如果祂不是神子，祂绝不可能是我们的生命。如果祂不是人子，祂绝不可能是神建造的素质。神子是为著生命，人子是为著建造。在我们能有生命之前，圣经从未要求我们相信耶稣是人子。为了得生命，我们必须相信耶稣是神的儿子。我们都必须相信，那微小的拿撒勒人耶稣是神的儿子。假如我们相信这个，我们就有永远的生命。我们接受了永远的生命之后，必须更进一步认识，那是神子的这位耶稣，也是人子。祂的神性对我们是生命，但祂的人性是为著神的建造。神的建造需要祂的人性。我们需要耶稣作神的儿子，但神需要祂作人子。对我们，耶稣是神子。但对神，对魔鬼撒但，耶稣是人子。魔鬼不怕耶稣是神子，他怕耶稣是人子。许多次当耶稣从人身上赶出鬼，鬼称祂为神的儿子，耶稣就叫他们不要出声，（太八29，可三11～12，）因为在他们面前，祂是人子来行事。当魔鬼在旷野试诱耶稣时，他说，『你若是神的儿子，就叫这些石头变成饼罢。』（太四3。）耶稣抗拒试诱，不离弃祂人子的地位，祂说，『人活著不是单靠食物。』（太四4。）耶稣持守了祂为人的立场。撒但不怕神子，他怕人。为甚么撒但怕人?因为神在祂的经纶中，定规撒但必被人击败。
5Which is more important—for Jesus to be the Son of God or to be the Son of Man? If you are not careful in giving an answer, you may be involved in heresy. How difficult it is to answer such a question! The Lord is both the Son of God and the Son of Man. If He were not the Son of God, He could never be our life. If He were not the Son of Man, He could never be the essence of the building of God. The Son of God is for life, and the Son of Man is for building. The Bible never requires that we believe that Jesus is the Son of Man before we can have life. In order to have life, we must believe that Jesus is the Son of God. We all must believe that Jesus, the little Nazarene, is the Son of God. If we believe this, we have eternal life. After we have received eternal life, we must further realize that this Jesus who is the Son of God is also the Son of Man. His divinity is life to us, but His humanity is for the building of God. God’s building needs His humanity. We need Jesus as the Son of God, but God needs Him as the Son of Man. To us, Jesus is the Son of God, but to God and to the devil, Satan, Jesus is the Son of Man. The devil is not afraid of Jesus being the Son of God. He is afraid of Jesus being the Son of Man. A number of times when Jesus was casting demons out of people and the demons addressed Him as the Son of God, Jesus silenced them (Matt. 8:29; Mark 3:11-12), for, in front of them, He was acting as the Son of Man. When the devil tempted Jesus in the wilderness by saying, “If You are the Son of God, speak, that these stones may become loaves of bread” (Matt. 4:3), Jesus, resisting the temptation to forsake His position as the Son of Man, said, “Man shall not live on bread alone” (Matt. 4:4). Jesus maintained His standing as a man. Satan is not afraid of the Son of God; he is afraid of man. Why is Satan afraid of man? Because God, in His economy, has decided that Satan must be defeated by man
6神无意住在祂自己里面。神性不能作神的居所。神在祂经纶中的心意是要住在人性里。神的心意是要藉著人击败祂的仇敌撒但，并且使人性成为祂的居所。因此，为著击败撒但并为著神的居所，都需要人性。如果主耶稣仅是神子，祂只有资格将生命分赐到人里面，祂没有击败仇敌成为神居所的本质。赞美主！祂是神子使我们有生命，并且祂是人子使神有居所。
6God has no intention of dwelling in Himself. Divinity cannot be God’s dwelling. God’s in tent i on in His economy is to dwell in humanity. God’sin tent i on is to defeat His enemy, Satan, by man and to make humanity His dwelling place. Thus, both for the defeat of Satan and for the dwelling place of God, there is the need of humanity. If the Lord Jesus were only the Son of God, He would only be qualified to impart life into man. He would have no substance by which to defeat the enemy or to become the dwelling place of God. Praise the Lord that He is the Son of God for us to have life, and He is the Son of Man for God to have a dwelling place.
7在已过的永远里，神有一个人性的居所么?当然，答案是否定的。在以赛亚六十六章一节，神说，『天是我的座位，地是我的脚凳；…那里是我安息的地方呢？』天被视为神的居所。（申二六15，王上八49，诗三三13～，赛六三15。）然而，神说，『那里是我安息的地方呢?』神安息的地方是祂所得著的人。（赛五七15，六六2。）今天神住在天上，但是在新天新地里，天不是祂永远的居所；神永远的居所是新耶路撒冷，是由所有蒙救赎的圣徒组成的，她要从天而降。（启二一1～3。）甚么要成为神永远的居所?乃是蒙重生、被变化、得高举、并被建造的人性，最终要成为神的居所。神不与天然的人性同住，乃与蒙重生、被变化、得高举、并被建造的人性同住。这个人性是藉著神圣的生命才得著重生、变化、联结并建造在一起的。神圣的生命要拔高我们的人性到一个标准，使我们成为神的居所。约翰一章启示基督是神子又是人子。祂是神子，将神分赐到我们里面作我们的生命；祂是人子，成为建造神家的素质。在已过的永远里，没有人性，神也没有居所；在将来的永远里，要有人性，神也要有一个居所。
7Did God have a dwelling place of humanity in eternity past? Surely the answer is no. In Isaiah 66:1, God says, “The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool:...where is the place of my rest?” Heaven is considered as God’s habitation (Deut. 26:15; 1 Kings 8:49; Psa. 33:13-14; Isa. 63:15); yet God says, “Where is the place of my rest?” God’s resting place is man 14 gained by Him (Isa. 57:15; 66:2). Today God dwells in the heavens, but the heavens will not be His habitation for eternity in the new heaven and the new earth. In the new heaven and the new earth, God’s habitation for eternity will be the New Jerusalem, which is composed of all His redeemed saints and which will come down from heaven (Rev. 21:1-3). What will be God’s eternal habitation? The regenerated, transformed, uplifted, and built up humanity which will eventually become God’s dwelling place. God will not dwell with a natural humanity, but with a regenerated, transformed, uplifted, and built up humanity. This humanity is regenerated, transformed, united, and built together by the divine life. The divine life will uplift our humanity to such a standard that we will become God’s dwelling place. John 1 reveals Christ as both the Son of God and the Son of Man. He is the Son of God to impart God into us as our life, and He is the Son of Man to be the very essence of the building of God’s house. In eternity past there was no humanity, and there was no dwelling place for God. In eternity future there will be humanity, and God will have a dwelling place.
三 时间的桥梁
C. On the Bridge of Time
8约翰一章启示永远的两段。这位在已过的永远里没有人性的神，如何能在将来的永远里有人性作祂的居所?这不会在一夜之间发生。在永远的这两段之间有时间的桥梁。在已过的永远里，神计画并且定意，但祂并没有作甚么。在将来的永远里，神也不会作甚么，因为那时一切都完成了。在将来的永远里，祂只要享受祂所完成的工作。在已过的永远里，祂计画；在将来的永远里，祂要享受。每一件神所需要完成的事，祂要在时间的桥梁上完成。神驾著祂经纶之车从永远的第一段，经过了时间的桥梁，进入永远的后一段。藉著驾驶祂的车越过时间的桥梁，所有必需的工作就完成了。一旦神从已过的永远，行过时间的桥梁，进入将来的永远，祂就要宣告说，『成了！』在将来的永远里，神要享受祂所完成的工作。
8John 1 reveals the two sections of eternity. How can God, who had no humanity in eternity past, have humanity in eternity future as His dwelling place? This will not happen overnight. Between these two sections of eternity is the bridge of time. In eternity past God planned and purposed, but He did not do anything. In eternity future God will not do anything, because, at that time, everything will have been accomplished. In eternity future He will simply enjoy His finished work. In eternity past He planned, and in eternity future He will enjoy. Everything that God needs to accomplish He accomplishes on the bridge of time. God is driving the car of His economy from the first section of eternity, through the bridge of time, into the last section of eternity. By driving His car across the bridge of time, all the necessary work is completed. Once God has traveled from eternity past, through the bridge of time, and into eternity future, He will declare, “Finished!” In eternity future God will enjoy His finished work.
9这时间的桥梁有多长?可能有六千年左右。在这时间的桥梁上，神完成了五件事情；我们需要逐项来看。我们从创造开始。
9How long is this bridge of time? It may be more or less than six thousand years long. On this bridge of time God accomplishes five things, and we need to consider each of them in turn. We begin with creation
1 创造
1. Creation
10三节说，『万物是藉著祂成的；凡已成的，没有一样不是藉著祂成的。』创造带进万物，创造的意义是称无为有。（罗四17。）创造的目的是要产生一个容器，以接受神作生命。想想在创造里的各项：天、地、亿万物质的东西、以及人。在创造里，甚么是最重要的？没有甚么比人更重要了。人是非常重要的人物。根据圣经，天是为著地，地是为著人。（亚十二1。）一切都是为著人。矿物、植物生命、和动物生命都是为著人。空气、阳光和雨水供应植物生命；植物生命是为著动物生命，植物生命和动物生命又都是为著人。地上所有的活物都是为著人。万有所为著的人乃是为著神，接受神，并完成祂的定旨。在人里面有灵，那就是神的接受器。神藉著祂的创造，产生了为著地的天，为著人的地，和有灵作接受器的人，以接受神作人的生命。人是宇宙的中心。这作宇宙中心的人，有一张口，为著吃也为著喊。吃是我们每天最重要的活动。不管人多么忙碌，每天都得花时间吃。大多数的人每天吃好几次。不要耻于说，你每天最重要的活动就是吃。我是一个善于吃的人。我吃物质的食物，也吃属灵的食物，就是基督。我藉著呼喊『哦主耶稣』来吃主。吃主是重要的事。所有沉默的基督徒都在挨饿，以至于死。多年来我就是这样一个哑吧、沉默的基督徒，我几乎死了。但是，今天我是一个吃的基督徒。我藉著呼喊主的名来吃。神给我们造了一个灵和一张口，使我们能接受祂作我们的生命。
10Verse three says, “All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being which has come into being.” Creation brings things into being. The meaning of creation is to call things not being as being (Rom. 4:17). The purpose of creation is to produce a receptacle to receive God as life. Consider the items in creation: the heavens, the earth, the billions of physical things, and man. What is the most important item in creation? Nothing is more important than man. Man is aV. I. P., a very important person. According to the Bible, the heavens are for the earth, and the earth is for man (Zech. 12:1). Everything is for man. The minerals, the vegetable life, and the animal life are all for man. The air, sunshine, and rain supply the vegetable life; the vegetable life is for the animal life, and both the vegetable life and the animal life are for man. All the living things on the earth are for man. Man, for whom all these things are, is for God, receiving God and fulfilling His purpose. There is a spirit within man which is the very receiver of God. By His creation, God produced the heavens for the earth, the earth for man, and man with a spirit as a receiver to receive God as his life. Man is the center of the universe. Man, the center of the universe, has a mouth for eating and for calling. Eating is our most important daily activity. Regardless of how busy a person may be, he will take time to eat every day. Most people eat several times a day. Do not feel ashamed to say that your most important daily activity is eating. I am a good eater. I eat both material food and spiritual food, which is Christ. I eat the Lord by calling, “O Lord Jesus.” Eating the Lord is an important matter. All the silent Christians are being starved to death. I was such a dumb, silent Christian for years, and I nearly died. But today I a man eating Christian. I eat by calling on the name of the Lord. God created us with a spirit and with a mouth that we might receive Him as our life.
11你曾经为著神的创造感谢祂么？你需要说，『哦，神，我的创造主！我感谢你，你创造了天、地、和其中的万物。我感谢你，你造了我。主，我感谢你，给我造了一个灵和一张口。』许多基督徒从未感谢主给他们造了一个灵和一张口。罗马八章十六节显示我们灵的重要；罗马十章九至十节显示我们口的重要。称义与我们的心有关，得救与我们的口有关。虽然有许多基督徒说，有相信的心就彀了，罗马十章却指明，我们还需要口。我们需要用我们的心相信，并用我们的口呼求主。你越说，『哦，主耶稣，』你就越蒙拯救。你为甚么这样软弱?因为你不呼求主耶稣的名。你若呼求祂，你就要得著加力。许多基督徒只知道如何谈论他们的软弱，却没有看见他们如此软弱的原因，乃是他们不用嘴唇和舌头承认主的名。『万口都要公开承认耶稣基督为主。』（腓二11。）倘若每一个基督徒都不断的说，『主耶稣，』撒但立刻要被扔到火湖里。为著我们的灵和我们的口，我们要说阿利路亚！我们里面有灵，外面有口。我们的灵、我们的口、以及我们的全人，都是来自神的创造。哦，我们何等需要为著神的创造敬拜祂。为著祂创造我们，我们欠祂感谢的债。即使在主的桌子前，我们也需要为著主的创造感谢祂。创造是在时间桥梁上的第一项。
11Have you ever thanked God for His creation? You need to say, “O God, my Creator, I thank You that You have created the heavens, the earth, and everything in it. I thank You for creating me. I thank You, Lord, that You created me with a spirit and a mouth.” Many Christians have never thanked the Lord for creating them with a spirit and a mouth. Romans 8:16 shows the importance of our spirit, and Romans 10:9-10 shows the importance of our mouth. Justification is related to our heart, and salvation is related to our mouth. Although many Christians say that it is sufficient to have a believing heart, Romans 10 makes it clear that we also need a mouth. We need to believe with our heart and call on the Lord with our mouth. The more you say, “O Lord Jesus,” the more you will be saved. Why are you so weak? Because you do not call on the name of the Lord Jesus. If you call on Him, you will be empowered. Many Christians only know how to talk about their weaknesses. They do not realize that the reason they are so weak is that they do not use their lips and their tongue to confess the name of the Lord. “Every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord” (Phil. 2:11). If every Christian would say, “Lord Jesus,” continually, Satan would immediately be cast into the lake of fire. Hallelujah for our spirit and our mouth! We have a spirit within and a mouth without. Our spirit, our mouth, and our whole being come from God’s creation. Oh, how we need to worship God for His creation. We owe Him a debt of thanks for creating us. Even at the Lord’stable we need to thank the Lord for His creation. Creation was the first item on the bridge of time
2 成为肉体
2. Incarnation
将神带进祂的造物－人
a. To Bring God into His Creation—Man
12第二项是成为肉体。没有创造，神就没有路成为肉体。创造为神铺了路，给祂成为肉体的凭藉。创造产生了万物，成为肉体将神带进祂的造物里。神创造亚当之后，大约等了四千年才成为肉体。一天，祂成了肉体，在地上就有了一个有神在祂里面的小人物－耶稣。神被作到那人里面，这是最大的神迹。藉著成为肉体，神被带到人类里面，并与人成为一。神性和人性成为一个单位。
12The second item was incarnation. Without creation there would have been no way for God to be incarnated. Creation prepared the way and afforded Him the means to be incarnated. Creation brought things into being, and incarnation brought God into His creation. God waited approximately four thousand years after the creation of Adam before becoming incarnated. One day, He was incarnated, and there was on earth the little man Jesus with God in Him. God was wrought into that man. That was the greatest miracle of all. By incarnation, God was brought into mankind and became one with man. Divinity and humanity became one unit
13在已过的永远和将来的永远之间有一道鸿沟，有时间作桥梁横跨其上。在这称为时间的桥梁上，那是神的话的基督，也是万物藉祂而造的基督，成了肉体来作人。创造是在时间桥梁上的第一件事，成为肉体是第二件。创造的意思是藉著话使无变有。在创造之前，没有东西存在。但是藉著基督的创造，万有就存在了。成为肉体是神进入祂的造物里。虽然神所创造的一切都是完全美好的，却没有一样与神联合。创造只是成为肉体的豫备步骤。神首先创造出所有的造物，为著以后祂能与祂的造物成为一。这就是为何神创造了天、地和作为宇宙中心的人。乃是祂的设计豫备了造物，为著能使祂自己与造物联合。『话成了肉体，』意思就是藉著祂的成为肉体，使神自己与祂的造物联合。在成为肉体里，神所穿上的肉体成了祂的帐幕。（约一14。）这帐幕是神小型的建造，是新耶路撒冷，就是神在永远里之帐幕的小影。（启二一2～3。）藉著创造，神造出宇宙的万物；藉著成为肉体，祂自己与创造的中心－人－调和一起。神在创造和成为肉体里的目的，乃是为著成就祂的愿望，使祂自己与人性调和，并使人性成为祂自己活的居所。祂不满意天作祂的住处，祂渴望用活的人建造活的居所。因此，祂创造了人作祂造物的中心，并且藉著成为肉体，将祂自己与人调和，这样祂就能使人成为祂在宇宙中活的居所。
13Between eternity in the past and eternity in the future is a gap, with time as a bridge to span it. On this bridge called time, Christ as the Word of God, through whom all things were created, was incarnated as a man. Creation was the first event on the bridge of time, and incarnation was the second. Creation means that things not being are brought into being through the Word. Before creation, nothing existed, but by Christ’s creation all things came into existence. Incarnation is God coming into His creation. Although everything created by God was perfect and good, yet nothing of creation had been joined to God. Creation was but a preparatory step for incarnation. God firstly brought all created things into existence so that He could later become one with His creation. This is the reason that God created the heavens, the earth, and man as the center of the universe. It was His design to prepare creation so that He could join Himself to it. “The Word became flesh” means that God joined Himself to His creation by His incarnation. In incarnation, the flesh which God put on became His tabernacle (1:14). This tabernacle was the building of God on a small scale; it was a miniature of the New Jerusalem, God’s tabernacle in eternity (Rev. 21:2-3). By creation, God brought all things of the universe into existence; by incarnation, He mingled Himself with man, who is the center of His creation. The purpose of God in creation and incarnation is to fulfill His desire of mingling Himself with humanity and to make humanity a living habitation for Himself. He is not satisfied with heaven as His abode. He desires to build a living dwelling place with living people. Thus, He created man as the center of His creation and mingled Himself with man by incarnation so that He might make man His living habitation in the universe
表明神
b. To Declare God
14成为肉体不仅把神带进祂的造物里，并且在话、生命、光、恩典、和实际中向人表明神。在成为肉体里，那是基督，是神的话，成了肉体。话就是神得著彰显、解释并说明，使人可以明白神。生命就是神分赐出来，使人可以接受祂。光是神照耀出来，使人能被光照以领略祂。恩典是神给人享受，使人能分享祂的丰富。实际是神给人实化，使人能得著祂作实际。总括来说，乃是藉著这五件事，神得以向人充分表明出来，使人能有分于祂，并享受祂作一切。
14Incarnation is not only to bring God into His creation, but also to declare God to man in the Word, in life, in light, in grace, and in truth. In the incarnation, the Word, which is Christ as God, became flesh. The Word is God expressed, explained, and defined so that man may understand God. Life is God imparted that man may receive Him. Light is God shining that man may be enlightened to apprehend Him. Grace is God enjoyed by man that man may share His riches. Truth is God realized by man that man may have Him as reality. In total, it is through these five things that God is fully declared to man in order that man may partake of and enjoy Him as everything.
3 救赎
3. Redemption
15在时间桥梁上的第三项是救赎。主在地上生活了三十三年半之后，就作了神的羔羊到十字架上去。神的羔羊是为著救赎。藉著救赎，主恢复了堕落的人，使人脱离了罪。藉著救赎，神不只除去了罪，也了给了整个旧造。这位钉在十字架上的耶稣，将整个旧造与祂一起带进了坟墓。当祂从死人中复活的时候，祂将旧造留在坟墓里，并且在复活里出来作新造的元首。
15The third item on the bridge of time is redemption. After living on the earth for thirty-three and a half years, the Lord went to the cross as the Lamb of God. The Lamb of God is for redemption. Through redemption, the Lord recovered fallen man and separated him from sin. By means of redemption, God not only removed sin, but also terminated the entire old creation. The very Jesus who was crucified on the cross took the old creation with Him into the tomb. When He was raised from the dead, He left the old creation in the tomb and came out in resurrection as the head of the new creation
4 施膏
4. Anointing
16施膏紧接著救赎。施膏是藉著鸽子（那灵）而来；鸽子乃是羔羊的继续。羔羊已经除去了罪，并了结了旧造；鸽子，那灵，已经来重生、分赐生命、变化、联结并建造。鸽子，那灵，重生受造的人，变化天然的人，并联结变化过的人。我们可能处于这三种光景中的任何一种。我们可能是受造的人，需要重生；我们可能是蒙了重生，却仍相当天然的人，需要变化。我们可能是变化过，却仍与别人分开，单独的人，需要与别人联结。我们若正确的被变化，我们就愿意与别人联结。所以，第一，我们需要重生；第二，我们需要变化；第三，我们需要为著建造与人联结。鸽子（那灵）重生人，变化人，并使人联结。我们都在鸽子，那灵的施膏之下。虽然我们可能不知道或忽略这件事，但主总是在作工要变化我们。我有充分的把握，至终所有主的子民都要被变化。迟早我们都要被变化。变化不在于我们，乃在于祂。祂已经拣选且命定了我们，我们不能逃离祂。我们若想要逃跑，只会浪费时间，给祂添一些麻烦。你甚至不要说，你能耽延祂，因为对祂来说，千年如一日，要祂对你忍耐是容易的。至终，每位弟兄姊妹都要被变化。当我们进入新耶路撒冷时，我们要看见每个人都是碧玉、宝石。（启二一11。）
16Anointing follows redemption. The anointing comes by way of the dove, the Spirit, which is the continuation of the Lamb. The Lamb has removed sin and terminated the old creation, and the dove, the Spirit, has come to regenerate, impart life, transform, unite, and build. The dove, the Spirit, regenerates the created man, transforms the natural man, and unites the transformed man. We may be in any one of three situations. We may be a created man who needs to be regenerated. We may be a regenerated man who is still quite natural and who needs to be transformed. We may be a transformed man who is still separate and individualistic and who needs to be united with others. If we are properly transformed, we would be willing to be united with others. So, firstly, we need to be regenerated; secondly, we need to be transformed; and thirdly, we need to be united for the building. The dove, the Spirit, regenerates, transforms, and unites. We are all under the anointing of the dove, the Spirit. Although we may not realize it or may be ignorant of it, the Lord is working to transform us. I have the full assurance that all of the Lord’sp eople eventually will be transformed. Sooner or later, we shall all be transformed. Transformation does not depend on us; it depends on Him. He has chosen us and ordained us, and we cannot escape Him. If we try to escape, we will simply waste our time and give Him a little trouble. Do not even say that you can delay Him, for with Him a thousand years are as one day. It is easy for Him to be patient with you. Eventually, every brother and sister will be transformed. When we enter into the New Jerusalem, we shall see that everyone is jasper, precious stone (Rev. 21:11).
17主的确在我们里面作变化的工作。祂不是大鹰，乃是小鸽子－赐生命的灵。（林前十五45。）这只小鸽子乃是小羔羊的继续。因为羔羊已经死在十字架上，如今乃是鸽子在复活里工作。一天过一天，作为赐生命之灵的小鸽子在你里面说话，责备你，并摸著你的心或良心。往往当你在百货公司里，鸽子就从里面搅扰你。不要期待很大的经历，或突然的改变。要期待小鸽子一直在你里面运行工作。我们已经被牵进一个无法逃离的过程。这个过程是继续且永久的。就一面说，我们有里面的安息，就另一面说，这只小鸽子不断的搅扰我们。这只小鸽子内在的工作就是施膏。我们都在变化的过程中。我觉察到某些弟兄姊妹由于鸽子变化的工作，经历了显著的改变。如果你说你不喜欢召会生活并决定离开，你会发现你无法逃开内住鸽子变化的工作。如果你要真正得著安息，只要在召会生活中作个『好孩子』就行了。你若不守规矩，却成为『调皮的孩子，』你就要受苦。但这苦难要帮助你变化。谁能逃开主的路？我们一被主抓住了，就逃不了。我们可能说，『我不喜欢，』但是祂说，『我太喜欢你了。你不喜欢我，但我喜欢你。你越不喜欢我，我就越喜欢你。』我们要怎么办?我们要说甚么?我们应该甚么都不作，只说，『哦，主耶稣。』一旦你被主抓住来过召会生活，你就被『钩住』来受变化，你不可能从这里逃走了。你可能不喜欢，但是你能作甚么?你要去那里?没有地方好去，这是我们的定命。神已经命定我们被变化，来为著祂的建造。
17The Lord is truly doing a transforming work within us. He is not a great eagle, but a little dove—the life- giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). This little dove is the continuation of the little Lamb. Since the Lamb has died on the cross, the dove now in resurrection has His turn to work. Day by day, the little dove as the life- imparting Spirit speaks within you, rebuking you and touching your heart or conscience. Often, as you are in a department store, the dove bothers you from within. Do not expect a big experience or a sudden change. Expect the little dove to move and work within you all the time. We have become involved in a process from which there is no escape. This involvement is continuous and permanent. In a sense, we have inward rest; in another sense, the little dove troubles us constantly. The inward working of this little dove is the anointing. We all are under the process of transformation. I have observed that certain brothers and sisters have experienced a significant change due to the dove’s transforming work. If you say that you do not like the church life and decide to leave it, you will find that you cannot escape the transforming work of the indwelling dove. If you want to be truly at rest, you should simply behave yourself as a “good boy” in the church life. If you do not behave yourself, but instead become a “naughty boy,” you will suffer. But this suffering will help you to be transformed. Who can escape the way of the Lord? Once we are caught, there is no escape. We may say, “I don’t like it,” but He says, “I like you so much. You don’t like Me, but I like you. The more you dislike Me, the more I like you.” What shall we do? What shall we say? We should do nothing and should just say, “O Lord Jesus.” Once you have been captured by the Lord for the church life, you are “hooked” for transformation, and there is nothing that you can do to escape it. You may not like it, but what can you do? Where will you go? There is no place to go. This is our destiny. God has destined us to be transformed for His building
5 建造
5. Building
18在创造、成为肉体、救赎和施膏之后，就有建造。这建造是为著神的家。神正为祂自己建造一个居所，祂用变化过的人当作石头。（约一42。）赞美主，我们不只在经过变化的工作，也在建造的过程中。神所需要的不是很多石头，乃是一个家。在永世里，神需要一个建造的家－伯特利－作祂的居所。
18After creation, incarnation, redemption, and anointing, we have building. This building is for the house of God. God is building a dwelling place for Himself, and He is using transformed people as the stones (1:42). Praise the Lord that we are not only undergoing the work of transformation, but are also in the process of building. What God needs is not a great number of stones, but a house. For eternity God needs a builded house, a Bethel, as His habitation.
19为著主的回来，祂需要以色列国豫备好以及召会得著建造。看看以色列，几乎已经准备好了。但是以色列需要召会来配她。虽然以色列几乎豫备好了，然而召会尚未豫备好。主不太管人数。即使只有少数人被祂并因祂完全经过处理、浸透、变化并建造，那就彀了。我不是轻易的说这话。主的来临不是照著我们天然的观念。热心宗教的人不懂得祂的第一次来，也不会懂得祂的再来。不要照宗教的方式来领会主耶稣的来临。你必须接受生命的路。你若在生命的路上，那么你就知道主来临的方式。这乃是『诡秘的』方式。圣经告诉我们，主来要像贼一样。（启三3，十六。）祂不会像访客一样叩你的门；祂是偷偷的来，像贼一样。你可能会错过祂。如果你保守自己在生命的路上，你将看见主是以这样隐藏的方式来临。祂要以一种奥秘的方式，生命的方式来临。赞美祂，我们是在生命隐密的路上。主的回来，需要寻求祂的人有扎实的建造。这建造乃是踏脚石，滩头堡，让祂能取得地；这建造乃是神人相互的住处。牠将是神性和人性，人性和神性的调和，直到永远。基督从前只有神性，但为了成为人子，祂必须有人的生命和人的性情。我们是人，但是我们能从神而生，成为神的儿女。（约一～13。）我们要成为神的儿女，必须有神圣的生命和神圣的性情。最终，祂这位神圣者就有人的生命和人的性情，而我们这些人就有神圣的生命和神圣的性情。因此，祂和我们，我们和祂，将要完全相同。这就是神性和人性的调和，也就是神建造的相互居所。这建造不仅是雅各的梦终极的实现，也是神永远计画的完成。这会结束时间的桥梁，引进将来有福的永远。我们必须是为著那建造，并且我们必须就是那建造。
19In order for the Lord to come back, He needs the nation of Israel to be prepared and the church to be built. Look at Israel: she is nearly ready. But Israel needs the church to match her. Although Israel is nearly ready, the church is not yet prepared. The Lord does not care for the number of people. Even if only a small number are completely processed, saturated, transformed, and built by and with Him, it will be sufficient. I do not speak this lightly. The coming of the Lord will not be according to our natural concept. The religionists did not understand His first coming and neither will they understand His second. Do not follow the religious way of understanding the Lord’s coming. You must take the way of life. If you are in the way of life, then you know the way in which He will come. It will be a “sneaky” way. The Bible tells us that the Lord will return as a thief (Rev. 3:3; 16:15). He will not come as a visitor 15 who knocks at your door. He will come in a stealthy way as a thief. You may miss Him. If you keep yourself in the way of life, you will see that the Lord will come in such a hidden way. He will come in a mysterious way, in the way of life. Praise Him that we are in the secret way of life. The Lord’s coming back needs a solid building of His seekers. This building will be a stepping stone, a beachhead, for Him to take the earth, and it will be a mutual abode for both God and man. It will be the mingling of divinity with humanity and of humanity with divinity forever. Christ once was only divine. In order for Him to be the Son of Man, He must have the human life and the human nature. We are human, but we can be born of God to become the children of God (1:12-13). In order for us to be the 12 children of God, we must have the divine life and the divine nature. Eventually, He, the divine One, will have the human life and the human nature, and we, the human ones, will have the divine life and the divine nature. Thus, He and we, we and He, will be exactly the same. This is the mingling of divinity with humanity, and this is the mutual abode of God’s building. This building will be the ultimate fulfillment not only of Jacob’s dream, but of God’s eternal plan. It will terminate the bridge of time and usher in the blessed eternity in the future. We must be for that building and we must be that building!
20在这五项都经过之后，我们将与主一同进入将来的永远。那时，祂是神子也是人子。作为神子，祂对我们乃是生命；作为人子，祂将成为神的居所。我们要与祂联结，甚至与祂调和，并且我们要永远与祂一同享受永世。拿但业以及我们众人，都要看见天开了，神的使者上去下来在人子身上。这就是约翰一章的启示。
20After all of these five items have transpired, we shall enter into eternity future with the Lord. At that time, He will be both the Son of God and the Son of Man. As the Son of God, He will be life to us, and as the Son of Man, He will be the dwelling place for God. We shall be joined to and even mingled with Him, and we shall enjoy eternity with Him forever. Nathanael, and all of us with him, will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man. This is the revelation found in John chapter one