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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第26篇

用变化的材料所建造的工程

The Building Work With Transformed Materials
1读经：哥林多前书三章十至十四节。4在本篇信息中，我们要从林前三章十至十四节来看用变化的材料所建造的工程这个题目。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 3:10-14 In this message we shall consider from 3:1 0-1 the subject of the building work with transformed materials.
I. NOT LAYING ANOTHER FOUNDATION
壹 不另立根基，乃建造在已经立好的根基上
BUT BUILDING ON THE FOUNDATION ALREADY LAID
2在三章十至十一节保罗说，『我照神所给我的恩典，好像一个智慧的工头，立好了根基，有别人在上面建造，只是各人要谨慎怎样在上面建造。因为除了那已经立好的根基，就是耶稣基督以外，没有人能立别的根基。』按道理说，许多基督徒都领会不要在耶稣基督以外另立根基的意思。然而，保罗写这些话时，不是在道理上说的。他领悟哥林多人说他们是属保罗、亚波罗或矶法的，实际上就是另立根基。这里保罗似乎在说，『哥林多的信徒，你们不该说你们是属任何人或任何事的。基督是那惟一的根基，已经立好了。这位基督是他们的，也是我们的，并且我们已经为神所召，进入了这一位的交通。这位基督是惟一的根基。』基督徒在基督这惟一的根基以外另立根基是常有的。例如，有人宣告他支持受浸，他就是立受浸为根基。支持说方言的人也是一样。每当你宣称你支持某个人、某个道理或作法时，你就是另立根基。这是保罗在十至十一节里之话的正确意义。基督徒因著许多不同的根基分裂了。他们立下了数以千计的根基，还有更多正在立的。因此，我们该谨慎，不要说我们是属某事或某人的；这样说就是另立根基，也是引起分裂。不但如此，在我们所在地的召会，我们不该说我们是属某事、某人的，或者我们是为著任何事、任何人的；我们只属于基督，只为著基督。甚至在地方召会里的圣徒也可能立不同的根基。关于这事，我的眼睛非常留意，不是看基督教，乃是看主的恢复。甚至那些爱主和祂恢复的圣徒仍可能说，他们是为著某些事。这就是立别的根基。
2In 3:10 and 11 Paul says, “According to the grace of God given to me, as a wise master builder I have laid a foundation, but another builds upon it. But let each one take heed how he builds upon it. For other foundation no one is able to lay besides that which is being laid, which is Jesus Christ.” Doctrinally speaking, many Christians understand what it means not to lay any foundation other than Jesus Christ. However, when writing these words, Paul was not speaking in a doctrinal way. He realized that by saying that they were of Paul, Apollos, or Cephas, the Corinthians were actually laying another foundation. Here Paul seems to be saying, “Believers at Corinth, you should not say that you are of anyone or of anything. Christ, the unique foundation, has already been laid. This Christ is the One who is both theirs and ours and also the One into whose fellowship we have been called by God. This Christ is the unique foundation.” It is common for Christians to lay foundations other than Christ as the unique foundation. For example, when someone declares that he is for immersion, he is laying immersion as a foundation. The same is true of someone who is for tongues-speaking. Whenever you claim to be for a particular person, doctrine, or practice, you are laying another foundation. This is the right meaning of Paul’sword in verses 10 and 11. Christians have been divided by the many different foundations. Thousands of foundations have been laid, and more are being laid. Thus, we should be careful not to say that we are of a certain thing or of a certain person. To speak in this way is to lay another foundation; it is also to cause division. Furthermore, in the church in our locality we should not say that we are of anything or anyone or that we are for anything or anyone. We are only of Christ and for Christ. It is possible that even the saints in the local churches are laying different foundations. Regarding this matter, my eyes are very watchful, not over Christianity, but over the Lord’s recovery. Even the saints who love the Lord and His recovery may still say that they are for certain things. This is to lay another foundation.
3我们不可立别的根基，而必须在那已经立好的根基上建造。这就是说，我们必须在惟一的基督上面建造。我们不仅应当在道理上领会这点，也应当在实行和经历上领会这点。例如，假定一位弟兄告诉你，照著他的感觉，你所在地的召会并不积极。对此你会如何回答？你所给的回答，会显明你是否在基督这惟一的根基上建造。最好的回答方式不是改正这位弟兄或与他争辩，乃是同他祷读几节圣经。同这样的人祷读，要紧的不是你选甚么特别的经节，乃是你有一个活的灵，充满了基督的丰富。你们若一同祷读，而不是讨论召会的情况，那人就会得著浇灌并滋养。没有甚么比你活的灵更浇灌别人，并滋养别人。只要你的灵是活的，且被基督的丰富充满，无论祷读甚么经节，别人都会得著浇灌并滋养。你同这人祷读过后，就不需要与他争辩关于召会的事，或者想要改良他。他若要说召会不积极，就由他说罢。他所需要的不是改正或调整，乃是浇灌并滋养。每次这人到你这里来，只要浇灌他并滋养他。就一面说，这样的人在属灵上病了，或者他可能饥渴了。为著他的病，他需要一些药物；为著他的饥渴，他需要食物和水。每次与他的接触，都是浇灌他并滋养他的机会。至终，所供应他的会成为医治他的药物。不久以后，他得了滋养并医治，就不会再说召会不积极。他自己会领悟，那样说到召会是没有意义的。以满了基督丰富之活的灵与别人交通，就是在基督这惟一的根基上建造；这也是用基督建造。你这样接触别人，就是在基督上面并用基督建造。结果，别人会扎实的被建造到召会面，成为身体的一部分。这就是在那已经立好的根基上建造。
3Instead of laying another foundation, we must build upon the foundation already laid. This means that we must build upon the unique Christ. We should understand this not only doctrinally, but also practically and experientially. For example, suppose a brother tells you that, according to his feeling, the church in your locality is not positive. How would you respond to this? The answer you give will reveal whether or not you are building upon Christ as the unique foundation. The best way to respond is not to correct the brother or argue with him, but to pray-read a few verses with him. What matters in pray-reading with such a one is not the particular verses you choose; it is that you have a living spirit filled with the riches of Christ. Then if you pray-read together instead of discussing the situation, that one will be watered and nourished. Nothing waters others and nourishes others more than your living spirit. As long as your spirit is living and is filled with the riches of Christ, others will be watered and nourished, no matter what verses you pray-read. After you have pray-read with this one, there is no need to argue with him about the church or to try to improve him. If he wants to say that the church is not positive, let him do so. What he needs is not correction or adjustment, but watering and nourishing. Every time this one comes to you, simply water him and nourish him. In a sense, such a one is spiritually sick, or he may be hungry and thirsty. For his sickness, he needs some medicine, and for his hunger and thirst, he needs food and water. Each contact with him is an opportunity to water him and nourish him. Eventually, what is supplied to him will become the medicine that will heal him. After a while, having been nourished and healed, he will no longer say that the church is not positive. He himself will realize that it is nonsense to speak in that way concerning the church. To fellowship with others with a living spirit full of the riches of Christ is to build upon Christ as the unique foundation. It is also to build with Christ. When you contact others in this way, you build upon Christ and with Christ. As a result, others will be solidly built up into the church as part of the Body. This is to build upon the foundation already laid
41我非常关切圣徒有否领悟哥林多前书不是道理的书。这是一卷对付实际难处的书。认为这封书信是根据道理的事而写成的，乃是错误。我们可以说以弗所书是以道理作基础写的，但哥林多前书不是这样。保罗在这卷书里所说的，是以实际的方式陈明的，好解决信徒中间的难处。因此，他所说关于基督是惟一根基的话，不应当在道理上领会，而应当在实际和经历上领会。例如，说我们支持某人或支持某种做法，就是立别的根基。这样说是非常严肃的事。这就是立别的根基，并引起分裂。不但如此，供应基督给别人，就是在那已经立好的根基上建造。我们若要供应基督给圣徒，就必须有属灵的经历。仅仅在道理上重复在这职事里所释放的信息并不彀。我们与别人分享的，必须不是道理的基督，而是我们所经历的基督。
4I am very concerned that the saints realize that Corinthians is not a book of doctrine. It is a book which deals with practical problems. It is a mistake to regard this Epistle as one based on doctrinal matters. We may say that Ephesians is written with doctrine as the basis, but this is not true of 1 Corinthians. Whatever Paul says in this book is presented in a practical way in order to solve the problems among the believers. Thus, his word concerning Christ as the unique foundation should be understood not doctrinally, but in a way that is practical and experiential. For example, to say that we are for a certain person or for a certain practice is to lay another foundation. It is a very serious matter to speak in such a way. This is to lay another foundation and to cause division. Furthermore, to minister Christ to others is to build upon the foundation already laid. If we would minister Christ to the saints, we must have spiritual experience. It is not adequate merely to repeat in a doctrinal way messages given in the ministry. We must share with others not a doctrinal Christ, but a Christ we have experienced.
贰 谨慎怎样在根基上建造
II. TAKING HEED HOW WE BUILD upon the foundation
5在十节下半保罗说，『只是各人要谨慎怎样在上面建造。』召会必须用金、银、宝石建造。然而，我们很有可能用木、草、禾秸建造。因此，我们各人必须谨慎怎样建造，就是用甚么材料建造。我们必须谨慎不要用基督以外的事物建造。这就是说，每当我们释放信息、作见证的时候，或每当我们与别人交通的时候，我们必须谨慎，不要把基督以外的任何事物给别人。不但如此，我们所分享的基督不该是道理的基督，乃该是我们所经历的基督。我们所供应的，不该仅仅是关于基督的知识或基督的道理，乃该是基督自己。我们在召会生活里作每件事，都必须留意，不要供应我们所经历之基督以外的任何事物。在三章保罗似乎告诉哥林多人：『弟兄们，要谨慎怎样在基督这惟一的根基上建造。神渴望得著一个建筑，就是殿。要谨慎不要用你们的希腊文化、哲学、和智慧建造。同样，有犹太教背景的人必须谨慎，不可用犹太的文化、宗教、和观念建造。反之，我们都必须学习供应基督给别人。』这就是谨慎怎样在那已经立好的根基上建造。
5In verse 10 Paul says, “But let each one take heed how he builds upon it.” The church must be built with gold, silver, and precious stones. However, there is much possibility that we may build with wood, grass, and stubble. Hence, each of us must take heed how he builds, that is, with what materials he builds. We must take heed not to build with anything other than Christ. This means that whenever we give a message or a testimony, or whenever we have fellowship with others, we must be careful not to give others anything except Christ. Furthermore, the Christ we share should not be a doctrinal Christ, but a Christ whom we have experienced. We should minister not merely the knowledge of Christ or the doctrine of Christ, but Christ Himself. In everything we do in the church life, we must take heed not to minister anything other than the Christ we have experienced. In chapter three Paul seems to be telling the Corinthians, “Brothers, be careful how you build on Christ as the foundation. God desires a building, a temple. Take heed that you do not build with your Greek culture, philosophy, and wisdom. Likewise, those with a background in Judaism must be careful not to build with Jewish culture, religion, and concepts. Instead, we all must learn to minister Christ to others.” This is what it means to take heed how we build on the foundation already laid.
6我们非常容易用天然的事物或文化的事物在根基上建造，虽然我们无意这样作，也不知道我们在作甚么。例如，我们也许用美国、中国、或德国的事物建造。不但如此，我们也可能用某地区文化中一些常见的元素建造。我们若这样供应别人，我们就是很轻率，没有谨慎怎样建造。虽然我来自中国，但我非常谨慎不用任何中国的事物建造，而只用基督建造。我们都要学习用我们实际经历的基督，在基督这根基上建造，这是很要紧的。我们中间缺少这样的建造。我关切许多弟兄姊妹只会在道理上重复信息。我们急切需要的，乃是在我们经历中真正、实际、现时、并活的基督。用这样一位基督建造，就是谨慎怎样建造。
6It is very easy to build on the foundation with something natural or something of our culture, even though we have no intention to do so and are not aware of what we are doing. For example, we may build with something American, Chinese, or German. Furthermore, we may also build with certain elements common to the culture of our particular region. If we minister to others in this way, we are very careless. We are not taking heed how we build. Although I came from China, I am very careful not to build with anything Chinese, but to build only with Christ. It is crucial for us all to learn to build upon Christ as the foundation with the Christ we have experienced in a practical way. There is a lack of such building among us. I am concerned that many brothers and sisters will simply repeat messages in a doctrinal way. What is urgently needed is the actual, practical, present, and living Christ in our experience. To build with such a Christ is to take heed how we build
III. TO BUILD WITH
参 用金、银、宝石建造
GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES
一 变化的材料在十二节保罗说，『然而，若有
A. Transformed Materials In verse 12 Paul says, “But if anyone builds on the
7人用金、银、宝石，木、草、禾秸，在这根基上建造。』金、银、宝石，表征在三一神的美德和属性上，对基督的各种经历。使徒和属灵的信徒，都是用这些在基督这惟一的根基上建造召会。金表征父的神圣性情及其一切属性；银表征救赎的基督，及其身位与工作的一切美德和属性；宝石表征那灵变化的工作，及其一切属性。这些宝贵的材料，都是我们在灵里藉著圣灵，有分于并享受基督而产生的。只有这些才适于神的建造。
7foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, grass, stubble.” Gold, silver, and precious stones signify various experiences of Christ in the virtues and attributes of the Triune God. It is with these the apostles and all spiritual believers build the church on the unique foundation of Christ. Gold may signify the divine nature of the Father with all its attributes, silver may signify the redeeming Christ with all the virtues and attributes of His Person and work, and precious stones may signify the transforming work of the Spirit with all its attributes. All these precious materials are the products of our participation in and enjoyment of Christ in our spirit through the Holy Spirit. Only these are good for God’s building
8召会既是神的耕地，有栽种、浇灌、生长，就应当生产植物；但建造召会的正确材料却是金、银、宝石，这些都是矿物。因此，这里含示变化的意思。我们不仅需要在生命里长大，也需要在生命里变化，3:18正如林后三章十八节和罗马十二章二节所启示的。这符合主在马太十三章比喻的意思，那里有麦子、芥菜种、面（以上都是植物），也有藏在田地里的宝贝，就是金子和宝石（矿物）。
8As God’s farm with planting, watering, and growing, the church should produce plants. But the proper materials for the building up of the church are gold, silver, and precious stones, all of which are minerals. Hence, the thought of transformation is implied here. We need not only to grow in life, but also to be transformed in life, as revealed in 2 Corinthians and Romans 12:2. This corresponds to the thought in the Lord’sp arable sin Matthew 13 concerning wheat, mustard seed, and meal (all of which are botanical) and the treasure hidden in the earth, gold and precious stones (minerals).
9召会是产生金、银、宝石的耕地。金、银、宝石乃是矿物，通常从地里采掘出来。但林前三章有至终产生金、银、宝石的耕地。这含示植物在神的耕地上生长时，至终成为矿物。植物在性质上当然是植物，长大时却变化成为矿物。因此，本章有生命的长大和变化。凡在神的耕地上生长的，至终要在性质上被变化。变化不是仅包含外面的改变，乃是包含里面、生机、新陈代谢的改变。在新约，变化包含新陈代谢，在这过程中有新的元素加到我们这人里面，以顶替旧的元素。因此，变化是新陈代谢的改变。首先我们是植物，但至终我们成为矿物。对长大和变化有充分经历的人能见证，我们若正确的长大，随著就自然会有变化。长大产生变化，长大甚至就是变化。我们这些植物越长大，就越成为矿物。小孩子必须有食物才能长大，照样，我们这些在神耕地上的植物，也必须有凭以长大的东西。我们若要长大，就必须有父、子、灵三一神。我们不是藉著道理或藉著外面的劝勉、鼓励而长大；我们乃是藉著并凭著三一神而长大。我们凭著三一神这活的人位而长大。我们若要在基督这惟一的根基上建造，就需要金、银、宝石，这些乃是凭著三一神这活的人位而长大所产生的结果。二金表征父神的性情用金来建造，实际上是甚么意思？假定某位弟兄接触你，与你交通。这位弟兄很谦卑，很亲切，又有爱心。然而，你领悟他是天然的，他一切的美德也都是天然的。你对他讲道理说，『弟兄，你是天然的。你的美德和你的行为都是天然的。』这没有用。你不需要这样对他说，却需要供应他，使他领悟他的美德是天然的，是与生俱来的，其中并不包含任何属于神的元素。你要仰望主的引导，给你口才，使你知道如何正确的供应他。至终，这位弟兄会得著帮助，看见在他的美德里没有任何属于神性情的东西。他会领悟他的爱、亲切、和谦卑不包含神圣的金，只不过是他天然人性的木。我们能这样供应别人以前，我们自己必须有充分的经历；然后我们就能把金（神圣的性情）供应到圣徒里面。一位弟兄这样得著供应以后，就会开始定罪自己天然的美德。每当他显出天然的谦卑或亲切的时候，他就会说，『这是我天然的美德。我定罪这个，因为其中没有属于神的东西。』当然，这种领会与今天大多数基督徒中间的观念全然不同。宗教鼓励信徒发展天然的美德。但为著神的建筑，我们需要金；我们需要神圣的性情加到我们里面。
9The church is a farm which produces gold, silver, and precious stones. These are minerals and are usually mined from the earth. But in chapter three we have a farm that eventually produces gold, silver, and precious stones. This implies that as the plants on God’s farm grow, they eventually become minerals. The plants, of course, are botanical in nature. But as they grow, they are transformed into minerals. Thus, in this chapter, we have both growth in life and transformation. Whatever is grown on God’s farm is eventually transformed in nature. Transformation does not involve mere outward change, but an inward, organic, metabolic change. In the New Testament transformation involves metabolism, a process in which a new element is added into our being to replace the old element. Hence, transformation is a metabolic change. First we are plants, but eventually we become minerals. Those who have the adequate experience of growth and transformation can testify that if we grow properly, transformation follows automatically. Growth produces transformation and even becomes transformation. The more we grow as plants, the more we become minerals. Just as a child must have food in order to grow, we as plants on God’s farm must also have something with which to grow. If we would grow, we must have the Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. We do not grow by means of doctrine or by outward advice or encouragement; we grow by and with the Triune God. We grow with God as a living Person. If we would build upon Christ as the unique foundation, we need the gold, silver, and precious stones which come as a result of growing with the living Person of the Triune God. B. Gold Signifying the Nature of God the Father What does it mean in a practical way to build with gold? Suppose a certain brother contacts you for fellowship. This brother is humble, kind, and loving. However, you realize that he is natural and that all his virtues are natural. It will not help to give him doctrine by saying, “Brother, you are natural. Your virtues and your behavior are all natural.” Instead of speaking to him like this, you need to minister to him in such a way that he realizes that his virtues are natural, something obtained from birth, and that they do not contain anything of the element of God. Look to the Lord for His leading and for utterance that you may know how to minister to him in the proper way. Eventually, this brother will be helped to see that there is not anything of the nature of God in his good virtues. He will realize that his love, kindness, and humility do not contain the divine gold, but are simply the wood of his natural humanity. Before we can minister to others in this way, we must have adequate experience ourselves. Then we shall be able to minister the gold, the divine nature, into the saints. After a brother has been ministered to in this way, he will begin to condemn his natural virtues. Whenever he is humble or kind in a natural way, he will say, “This is my natural virtue. I condemn it because there is nothing of God in it.” This understanding, of course, is altogether different from that found among most Christians today. Religion encourages believers to develop their natural virtues. But for God’s building we need gold; we need the divine nature added into us
10三 银表征子神救赎的工作银表征基督救赎的工作。我们也需要在经历上领会这点。我们越有真正的经历，就越知道真金是甚么，真银是甚么。我们若寻求主，至终就会领悟，无论我们在天然的人里如何，我们都是堕落的。甚至在我们的良善和爱里也有罪恶的元素。这指明我们全然是堕落的。我们的所是和我们的所有，在性情上都是堕落的，需要神的救赎。照著新约，神的救赎首先了结我们。基督死在十字架上救赎我们，就了结我们。基督所了结的，祂也救赎，带回归神。因此，被带回归神是在了结之后。不但如此，基督所了结并救赎的，祂就以自己来顶替。所以，救赎包含了结、被带回归神、并以基督的所是来顶替。这是照著新约，对救赎正确、充分、并完全的解释。
10C. Silver Signifying the Redemptive Work of God the Son Silver signifies the redemptive work of Christ. We also need to understand this in an experiential way. The more genuine experience we have, the more we shall know what is true gold and what is true silver. If we seek the Lord, we shall eventually come to realize that, no matter what we may be like in our natural being, we are fallen. There is a sinful element even in our goodness and love. This indicates that we are altogether fallen. Whatever we are and whatever we have is fallen in nature and needs God’s redemption. According to the New Testament, God’s redemption first terminates us. When Christ died on the cross to redeem us, He terminated us. Whatever Christ terminates, He also redeems, brings back to God. Thus, being brought back to God comes after termination. Furthermore, whatever Christ terminates and redeems He then replaces with Himself. Redemption, therefore, involves termination, being brought back to God, and being replaced with what Christ is. This is a proper, adequate, and complete definition of redemption according to the New Testament
11基督救赎我们的时候，就了结我们，将我们带回归神，然后以祂自己顶替我们。这就是基督救赎的工作。我们已看见，我们所有和所是的一切都是堕落的。但我们既已被了结，并被带回归神，顶替的工作就在我们里面进行。基督这赐生命的灵已进入我们里面，并逐渐以祂自己顶替我们。为这缘故，保罗在加拉太二章二十节说，『我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著；并且我如今在肉身里所活的生命，是我在神儿子的信里，与祂联结所活的，祂是爱我，为我舍了自己。』在这一节里，我们看见了结、顶替、以及被带回归神这三件事。
11When Christ redeems us, He terminates us, brings us back to God, and then replaces us with Himself. This is Christ’s redemptive work. We have seen that all that we have and are is fallen. But now that we have been terminated and brought back to God, the work of replacement is taking place within us. Christ as the life-giving Spirit has come into us and is gradually replacing us with Himself. This is the reason Paul says in Galatians 2:20, “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself for me.” In this one verse we see the three matters of termination, replacement, and being brought back to God.
12我们若对基督的救赎有充分的经历，在我们与圣徒的接触中，我们就会将救赎的实际分赐给他们。这样银就会加给他们。这就是用银建造的意思。这样的建造会逐渐从召会生活消除死亡。每个地方召会都受到死亡的困扰；死亡来自闲谈，就是消极的谈话，甚至来自天然的美德。这死亡如何能被吞灭？牠只能被金、银的建造所吞灭。每当你供应金、银给圣徒的时候，他们里面消极的病菌就被消杀，圣徒就得著积极的滋养。银是神圣的抗生素，消杀一切的病菌。然后，自然而然，死亡就会被生命吞灭。生命包含金和银，就是神的性情和基督救赎的工作。
12If we have the adequate experience of Christ’s redemption, in our contact with the saints we shall impart the reality of redemption to them. In this way silver will be added to them. This is what it means to build with silver. This kind of building will gradually eliminate death from the church life. Every local church is troubled by death, which comes from gossip, negative talk, and even from the natural virtues. How can this death be swallowed up? It can be swallowed up only by the building with gold and silver. Whenever you minister gold and silver to the saints, the negative germs within them are killed, and the saints are nourished in a positive way. The silver is a divine antibiotic to kill all germs. Then, spontaneously and automatically, death will be swallowed up by life. Life includes gold and silver, the nature of God and Christ’s redemptive work
四 宝石表征灵神变化的工作
D. Precious Stones Signifying the Transforming Work of God the Spirit
13宝石是金和银的总和。当我们在属灵的经历中，有了神的性情和基督救赎的工作，结果就是圣灵的变化。我们若将金、银供应给圣徒，结果将是宝石，就是那灵变化的工作。换句话说，圣灵乃是藉神圣的性情同著十字架，新陈代谢的变化我们。这样我们就成为宝石。在林前三章保罗实际上在告诉哥林多人：『弟兄们，你们不是在你们的所在地建造召会，你们乃是在毁坏召会，拆毁召会。你们不是用金、银、宝石建造，乃是用木、草、禾秸建造。你们用天然的希利尼人，以及希腊的文化、哲学、智慧、习惯、和风俗建造。因此，你们是在毁坏神的那殿，你们也必遭神的毁坏。我鼓励你们留意避免用你们希腊的人性和文化建造。你们需要避免一切希腊的东西，并在调和的灵里，将父神金的性情供应到别人里面，也供应基督十字架的银。结果就将是宝石，就是由圣灵变化的工作所产生新陈代谢的改变。』这就是在基督这惟一的根基上，用三一神来建造。
13The precious stones are the totality of gold and silver. When in our spiritual experience we have the nature of God and the redemptive work of Christ, the result will be the transformation of the Holy Spirit. If we minister gold and silver to the saints, the issue will be precious stones, the Spirit’s transforming work. In other words, the Holy Spirit transforms us metabolically by the divine nature with the cross. In this way we become precious stones. In chapter three Paul in effect is telling the Corinthians, “Brothers, instead of building the church in your locality, you are destroying it and tearing it down. You are not building with gold, silver, and precious stones, but with wood, grass, and stubble. You are building with your Greek natural man and your Greek culture, philosophy, wisdom, habits, and customs. Thus, you are destroying the temple of God and will suffer God’s destruction. I encourage you to take heed to avoid building with your Greek humanity and culture. You need to avoid everything Greek and be in the mingled spirit to minister the golden nature of God the Father into others and also to minister the silver of the cross of Christ. The result will be precious stones, a metabolic change produced by the transforming work of the Holy Spirit.” This is to build with the Triune God upon Christ as the unique foundation.
14保罗只题三类宝贵的材料─金、银、宝石，这是很有意义的，因这些符合三一神的三者。金指父神的性情，银指子救赎的工作，宝石指那灵变化的工作。这是经历三一神成为我们服事圣徒的供应，并建造召会的材料。我们若用这些宝贵的材料，不用我们天然的人或文化建造召会，我们就是谨慎怎样在基督上面建造。这样，我们建造的工程就不会毁坏神的那殿，我们也不会遭神的毁坏。
14It is significant that Paul mentions only three categories of precious materials—gold, silver, and precious stones— for these correspond to the Three of the Triune God. The gold refers to the nature of God the Father, the silver to the redemptive work of the Son, and the precious stones to the transforming work of the Spirit. This is the experience of the Triune God becoming the supply for us to minister to the saints and the materials for the building up of the church. If we build the church with these precious materials, and not with our natural man or culture, we shall be taking heed how we build on Christ. Then our building work will not destroy the temple of God, and we shall not suffer God’s destruction
肆 被试验
IV. TO BE TESTED
15一 在基督回来的日子在三章十三节保罗说，『各人的工程必然显露，因为那日子要将牠指明出来；牠要在火中被揭露，这火要试验各人的工程是那一种的。』这里的日子，指基督再来的日子，那时祂要审判所有的信徒。（四5，太 二五19～
15A. At the Day of Christ’s Return In 3:13 Paul says, “The work of each shall become manifest; for the day shall make it known, because it is revealed by fire, and the fire itself will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.” The day here refers to the day of Christ’s second coming, when He will judge all His believers (4:5; Matt. 25:19-30; 2 Cor
5:10; Rev. 22:12).
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17二 藉著火林前三章十三节的火，指主审判的火，（玛三2，四1，帖后一6，来六8，）这火要使每一信徒的工程显露出来，并要试炼并试验他们的工程。这不是炼狱的火，如天主教所曲解的。一切木、草、禾秸的工程都经不起这试验，都要被焚烧。
17B. By Fire The fire in verse 13 denotes the fire of the Lord’s judgment (Mal. 3:2; 4:1; 2 Thes. 1:8; Heb. 6:8), which will cause each believer’s work to be manifest and will try and test his work. It is not the fire of purgatory as pervertedly interpreted by Catholicism. All the work of wood, grass, and stubble will not be able to stand that test and will be burned
18伍 得赏赐在林前三章十四节保罗继续说，『人在那根基上所建造的工程若存得住，他就要得赏赐。』存得住的工程必定是金、银、宝石的工程，就是基督忠信执事所产生的。这样的工程必定得著那要来并审判之主的赏赐。赏赐是基于信徒得救后的工作，与救恩不同；救恩是基于相信主和主救赎的工作。
18V. TO RECEIVE A REWARD In verse 14 Paul goes on to say, “If anyone’s work which he has built upon it shall remain, he shall receive a reward.” The work that remains must be that of gold, silver, and precious stones, the product of faithful ministers of Christ. Such a work will be rewarded by the coming and judging Lord. Reward is based upon the believer’s work after being saved. It differs from salvation, which is based upon faith in the Lord and His redemptive work.