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以弗所书生命读经 · 第43篇

达到三件事

ARRIVING AT THREE THINGS
1以弗所四章十三节说，『直到我们众人都达到了信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，达到了长成的人，达到了基督丰满之身材的度量。』本节是直接继续十一和十二节的，那两节说到使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师已被赐下，为要成全圣徒，目的是为著职事的工作。我们已经指出，十一节中有恩赐的人成全圣徒，作他们自己所作同样的事。我们都能受差遣出去，我们也都能作申言者为主说话，作传福音者传扬福音，并作牧人和教师牧养别人且教导他们。我们若爱主，就会为祂说话，作祂的见证人。不仅如此，我们也需要传福音，无论得时不得时都如此。这不仅是领头传福音者的事，也是众圣徒的事。不仅如此，我们天天需要牧养别人，并教导他们。领头的人在这些功用上立了榜样，而我们跟随他们的榜样。因此，众圣徒都能作使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师的工作。
1Ephesians 4:13 says, “Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” This verse is the direct continuation of verses 11 and 12, which say that the apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers have been given for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of ministry. We have pointed out that the gifted ones in verse 11 perfect the saints to do the same things that they themselves do. We all can be sent out and we all can speak for the Lord as prophets, preach the gospel as evangelists, and shepherd others and teach them as shepherds and teachers. If we love the Lord, we shall speak for Him as His witnesses. Furthermore, we need to preach the gospel, whether in season or out of season. This is not only the task of the leading evangelists, but of all the saints. Furthermore, we daily need to shepherd others and to teach them. The leading ones set the pattern for these functions, and we follow their example. Hence, all the saints can do the work of the apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers
2圣徒需要被成全，目的是为著职事的工作。在新约里只有独一的职事：将基督分赐到人里面，以建造基督的身体。为著执行职事的工作，众圣徒需要被成全。基督身体的建造不是直接由领头的人完成的。建造的直接工作乃是由那些得著成全的圣徒完成的。这与今天基督教的光景何等不同！正确的路乃是由领头的人立下榜样，然后训练圣徒作他们所作的。圣徒被成全之后，领头的人该站在一旁，让圣徒去作直接建造的工作。每一个领头的人都必须学习在甚么时候以及如何站在一旁。首先，领头的人必须学习如何成全别人。这成全的工作完成之后，领头的人该把建造的直接工作留在身体上众肢体的手中。保罗在十三节不是说『直到你们众人都达到』，乃是说『直到我们众人都达到』。这指明保罗把他自己包括在众圣徒中间。只有少数人达到目的地，而把多数人撇在后面，不是一件美事。相反的，我们众人都该一同达到。达到十三节所题的三件事，不是赛跑，乃是要众人都同时达到目的地。
2The saints need to be perfected unto the work of ministry. In the New Testament there is a unique ministry: the dispensing of Christ into others for the building up of the Body. In order to carry on the work of ministry, the saints need to be perfected. The building up of the Body of Christ is not accomplished directly by the leading ones. The direct work of building is carried out by the saints who have been perfected. How different this is from the situation in today’s Christianity! The proper way is for the leading ones to set up a pattern and then train the saints to do what they do. After the saints have been perfected, the leading ones should step aside and allow the saints to do the direct work of building. Every leading one must learn when and how to step aside. Firstly, the leading ones must learn how to perfect others. After this work of perfecting has been accomplished, the leading ones must leave the direct work of building in the hands of all the members of the Body. In verse 1 3 Paul did not say, “until you all arrive”; he said, “until we all arrive.” This indicates that Paul included himself with all the saints. It is not good for a few to arrive at the destination and to leave so many others behind. On the contrary, we all should arrive together. Arriving at the three things spoken of in verse 13 is not a matter of a race; it is a matter of all arriving at the destination at the same time.
壹 达到一
I. ARRIVING AT THE ONENESS
一 信仰上的一
A. Of the Faith
3十三节的『达到』一辞，原文也可以繙作『达成』。这指明我们要达到或达成实行上的一，需要经过一段过程。在三节那灵的一，是在实际上神圣生命的一；十三节的一，是在实行上我们生活中的一。我们在实际上已经有了神圣生命的一，我们只需要持守这一。但我们需要往前，直到我们在实行上达到生活中的一。这方面的一，包括两件事：信仰，以及对神儿子的完全认识。信仰不是指我们信的行动，乃是指我们所信之事，就如基督神圣的身位，以及祂为我们的救恩所成就救赎的工作。在犹大书三节，提后四章七节，提前六章二十一节，信仰都是用于这种意义。
3The Greek word rendered arrive in verse 13 may also be rendered attain to. This indicates that a process is required for us to attain to or arrive at the practical oneness. The oneness of the Spirit in verse 3 is the oneness of the divine life in reality, whereas the oneness in verse 13 is the oneness of our living in practicality. We already have the oneness of the divine life in reality. We only need to keep it. But we need to go on until we arrive at the oneness of our living in practicality. This aspect of oneness is of two things: the faith and the full knowledge of the Son of God. The faith does not refer to the act of our believing, but refers to what we believe in, such as the divine Person of Christ and His redemptive work for our salvation. The faith is used in this sense in Jude 3, 2 Timothy 4:7, and 1 Timothy 6:21
二 对神儿子的完全认识
B. The Full Knowledge of the Son of God
4对神儿子的完全认识，乃是对关于神儿子之启示的领略，是为著我们的经历。神的儿子指主的人位，作我们的生命；基督指主的使命，将生命供应到我们里面，使我们这些基督身体的肢体，能有恩赐尽功用。我们越在生命中长大，就越固守信仰，持定对基督的领略，也越抛弃一切引起分裂，次要且较低的道理观念。然后我们就要达到或达成这实行上的一；也就是说，我们要达到长成的人，达到基督丰满之身材的度量。许多基督徒不知道，那灵的一与信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，两者之间有甚么不同。头一个是实际上的一，第二个是实行上的一。因为那灵是我们一的实际，所以那灵的一就是实际的一。这个一，丝毫不差的就是那灵自己。若没有那灵，就没有一。虽然我们有了实际上的一，我们仍然需要有实行上的一。这意思是说，实际的一应当实行出来；也就是说，实际的一应当成为实行的一。因此，保罗在十三节是说到实行的一。
4The full knowledge of the Son of God is the realization of the reve lation concerning the Son of God for our experience. The Son of God refers to the Lord’s Person as life to us, whereas Christ refers to His commission to minister life to us that we, as members of His Body, may have gifts for function. The more we grow in life, the more we shall cleave to the faith and to the realization of Christ and the more we shall drop all the concepts concerning minor doctrines which cause divisions. Then we shall arrive at or attain to the practical oneness; that is to say, we shall arrive at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Many Christians do not know the difference between the oneness of the Spirit and the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God. The first is the oneness of reality, and the second is the oneness of practicality. Because the Spirit is the reality of our oneness, the oneness of the Spirit is the oneness of reality. Oneness is nothing less than the Spirit Himself. If there were no Spirit, then there would be no oneness. Although we have the oneness in reality, there is still the need for the oneness of practicality. This means that the oneness of reality must be practiced; that is, it must become the oneness in practice. Hence, in verse 13 Paul speaks of the oneness of practicality.
5在实际的一与实行的一之间有段距离；为这缘故，就有需要『达到』实行的一。那灵的一是开始，而信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一乃是目的地。这指明我们必须从那灵的一进到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一。换句话说，我们必须从实际的一往前，直到我们达到实行的一。我们这些信徒已经有了实际的一，但我们仍需要保守这一。保守实际的一，最佳的路就是继续前进、往前，朝著实行的一而去。我们已经指出，十三节的信仰不是指我们信的行动，乃是指我们信的对象。每一个在基督里的信徒都接受了这信仰。当我们初信主耶稣时，我们非常简单。我们所有的就是信仰。但后来因著接受各种不同的道理、教训、和观念等几乎全是分裂的东西，我们就变得非常复杂了。
5Between the oneness of reality and the oneness of practicality there is a distance. For this reason, there is the need to “arrive at” the oneness of practicality. The oneness of the Spirit is the beginning, whereas the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God is the destination. This indicates that we must journey from the oneness of the Spirit to the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God. In other words, we must travel from the oneness of reality until we arrive at the oneness of practicality. As believers, we already have the oneness of reality. But we need to keep it. The best way to keep the oneness of reality is to go on, to proceed, toward the oneness of practicality. We have pointed out that the faith in verse 13 does not refer to our act of believing, but refers to the object in which we believe. Every believer in Christ accepts this faith. When we first believed in the Lord Jesus, we were very simple. All we had was the faith. But afterward we became quite complicated by taking in various doctrines, teachings, and concepts, nearly all of which are divisive.
6几个青年人可能在同时，藉著同一人传福音而得救。在他们得救那天，他们都接受了信仰。然而，他们后来接受了道理上不同的观念；这些观念就使他们彼此分裂。为著使这些信徒达到信仰上的一，他们需要藉著使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师的工作，得著成全。这种成全的工作会使他们关心那灵的一，并且抛弃分裂的道理。当他们达到信仰上的一，他们就不再注重各种不同分裂的道理，只注重有关基督与祂救赎工作的惟一信仰。藉著成全的工作，他们也在经历上达到对神儿子的完全认识。他们不注意分裂的道理或实行，只注重神的儿子基督。他们所关心的，是要对神儿子作生命这件事，在经历上有完全的认识。他们越过越渴慕在日常生活中经历基督。藉著达到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，这些信徒不仅有实际的一，也有实行的一。现在他们能来在一起而没有分裂，并且能在实行上享受一。在主恢复中的一，乃是这样一种实行的一。我们的一，是我们在独一信仰上，并在我们日常经历中对作我们生命之神儿子完全认识上的一。我信大多数在主恢复里的人，已经达到了实行上的一。因此，我们在实际上和实行上都是一。
6Several young men may be saved at the same time, through the preaching of the same evangelist. On the day they are saved, they all accept the faith. Afterward, however, they take in different doctrinal concepts. These concepts cause them to be divided from one another. In order for these believers to arrive at the oneness of the faith, they need to be perfected through the work of the apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. This work of perfecting will cause them to care for the oneness of the Spirit and to lay aside the divisive doctrines. As they arrive at the oneness of the faith, they no longer care for the various divisive doctrines, but care only for the unique faith concerning Christ and His redemptive work. By the perfecting work they also arrive experientially at the full knowledge of the Son of God. They do not pay attention to divisive doctrines or practices, but care only for Christ as the Son of God. They care for the full knowledge of the Son of God as life experientially. They desire more and more to experience Christ in their daily life. By arriving at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, these believers have not only the oneness of reality, but also the oneness of practicality. Now they are able to come together without division and to enjoy oneness in a practical way. The oneness in the Lord’s recovery is such a practical oneness. Our oneness is the oneness of our unique faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God in our daily experience of Him as our life. I believe that most of us in the Lord’s recovery have arrived at the oneness of practicality. There fore, we are one both in reality and in practicality.
7今天许多爱主的基督徒，包括许多牧师和传道人在内，还没有看见实行的一。然而，他们的确有实际的一，就是那灵的一。这些基督徒大多会说，只要我们是在基督里的真信徒，有那灵的内住，我们就都能成为一。在一面的意义上，这是真的。但这个一还不是实行的一。这一虽是真实的，却不实用。因此，这样的基督徒需要从实际的一进前到实行的一。我赞美主，我们中间这么多人已经从起初那灵的一进前到了目的地，就是在信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一。我们已经从实际的一进到实行的一。
7Today many Christians who love the Lord, including a good number of pastors and ministers, have not seen the oneness of practicality. However, they do have the oneness of reality, which is the oneness of the Spirit. Many of these Christians say that as long as we are genuine believers in Christ and have the indwelling of the Spirit, we all can be one. In a sense, this is true. But this oneness is not yet the oneness of practicality. It is real, but it is not practical. Therefore, such Christians need to journey the distance between the oneness of reality and the oneness of practicality. I praise the Lord that so many of us have traveled from the beginning, the oneness of the Spirit, to the destination, the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God. We have made the journey from the oneness of reality to the oneness of practicality
贰 达到长成的人
II. ARRIVING AT A FULL-GROWN MAN
8十三节也说，我们需要达到长成的人。长成的人就是成熟的人。藉著重生，圣徒成了在基督里的婴孩。（林前三。）现在圣徒需要长大，达到成熟。（林前三6，来六1。）这种在生命里的成熟，乃是实行上的一所需要的。我们若仍旧因道理上的不同而分裂，就指明我们还是小孩子。这种分裂的道理乃是『玩具』。在我们早期的基督徒生活中，我们可能喜欢玩这种『玩具』。圣徒越幼稚，他们的『玩具』就越多。但是当孩子长大了，他们就逐渐丢弃他们的玩具。当人完全成熟时，他们甚么玩具也没有了。在我早期的基督徒生活中，我深爱我道理上的『玩具』，因为这些『玩具』对我来说太重要了；经过相当长的一段时间，我才放弃牠们。但是今天我没有『玩具』了，我只有基督与召会。保罗在林前十三章十一节说，『我作孩童的时候，说话像孩童，思想像孩童，推究像孩童，既已成人，就把孩童的事废掉了。』在这里，保罗指出有些东西可能是『玩具』。当信徒长大时，他们就会抛弃这些『玩具』。至终，藉著被成全，他们都会达到长成的人。
8Verse 1 3 also says that we need to arrive at a full - grown man. A full-grown man is a mature man. Through regeneration the saints have become babes in Christ (1 Cor. 3:1). Now the saints need to grow into maturity (1 1 Cor. 3:6, Gk.; Heb. 6:1). Such maturity in life is needed for the practical oneness. If we are still divided by doctrinal differences, it is an indication that we are childish. Such divisive doctrines are “toys.” During the early stages of our Christian life, we may be fond of playing with such “toys.” The more childish the saints are, the more “toys” they have. But as children grow up, they gradually lay aside their toys. When people become fully matured, they have no toys at all. In the first few years of my Christian life I dearly loved my doctrinal “toys.” Because these “toys” meant so much to me, it took me a rather long time to drop them. But today I have no “toys.” I have only Christ and the church. In 1 Corinthians 13:11 Paul said, “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” Here Paul indicates that certain things may be “toys.” As the believers grow, they will drop these “toys.” Eventually, by being perfected, they will all arrive at a full-grown man.
9参达到基督丰满之身材的度量
9I I I. ARRIVING AT THE MEASURE OF THE
stature of the fullness of Christ
10根据十三节，我们也要达到基督丰满之身材的度量。基督的丰满就是基督的身体，（一23，）这身体有一个具有度量的身材。达到基督的丰满这长成的身量，也是实行上的一所需要的。因此，要从实际上的一，达到实行上的一，就需要往前，直到我们达到这节所说的三件事。基督的丰满就是基督的彰显。作为基督的丰满的身体，乃是基督的彰显。基督的丰满─身体，有一个身材，这个身材有一个度量。因此，十三节说到基督丰满之身材的度量。
10According to verse 13, we also are to arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. The fullness of Christ is the Body of Christ (1:23), which has a stature with a measure. To arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ is also a necessity for the practical oneness. Hence, to go from the oneness of reality to the oneness of practicality we need to press onward until we arrive at the three things mentioned in this verse. The fullness of Christ is simply the expression of Christ. As Christ’s fullness, the Body is Christ’sex press i on. Christ’s fullness, the Body, has a stature, and with this stature there is a certain measure. Hence, verse 13 speaks of the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
11达到基督丰满之身材的度量，就是达到基督身体的完满建造，也就是达到身体建造的完满完成。我们已经看见，我们需要达到实行上的一，达到完全长成，达到身体完全的建造。我们若要达到这三件事，就需要作职事的工作。正如十二节所指明的，职事的工作等于建造基督的身体。在我们中间只有一个职事。虽然我们中间有成千的人可以有分于职事的工作，但职事的本身却是独一的。这职事是严格的只为著基督身体的建造。无论我们是谁，是领头的或是跟随的，我们都在作工，以完成新约经纶里的职事，建造基督的身体。我们在这里不是单独的往前，乃是与别人一同往前，甚至是带著别人一同往前。当我们自己往前时，我们就需要带著别人一同往前。藉著为基督说话，藉著教导并藉著牧养，我们就带著别人一同往前。我盼望再一次指出，众召会需要某种实行上的训练。我们需要在教导、牧养、和传福音上受训练。藉著这种训练，圣徒将学习如何尽功用，作使徒、申言者、传福音者、以及牧人和教师。当我们在这些方面尽功用时，我们有一个目标：建造基督的身体。当我们为著身体的建造有分于职事的工作，我们就达到了实行上的一，达到了长成的人，并达到了基督身体建造的完成。
11To arrive at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ is to arrive at the full building up of the Body of Christ. It is to arrive at the full completion of the building up of the Body. We have seen that we need to arrive at the practical oneness, at the full growth, and at the complete building up of the Body. If we would arrive at these three things, we need to do the work of ministry. As verse 12 indicates, the work of ministry is equal to building up the Body of Christ. Among us there is just one ministry. Although thousands of us may participate in the work of ministry, the ministry itself is unique. This ministry is strictly for the building up of the Body of Christ. No matter who we may be, leaders or followers, we all are working to carry out the ministry in the New Testament economy to build up the Body of Christ. We are not here to go on alone, but to go on with others, even to bring others on. As we ourselves go on, we need to bring others on. We take others on by speaking for Christ, by teaching, and by shepherding. Once again I wish to point out the need in all the churches for some kind of practical training. We need to be trained in the matters of teaching, shepherding, and preaching the gospel. Through this training the saints will learn how to function as apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. As we function in all these ways, we have one goal: the building up of the Body of Christ. As we participate in the work of ministry for the building up of the Body, we arrive at the practical oneness, at full growth, and at the completion of the building up of the Body of Christ
12我们若以身体的建造为单一的目标，我们就会自动受调整。当我们在作一个特别的工作时，我们会感觉到这工作是为著身体的建造。已往我们也许会传福音，却不知道传福音应当是为著身体的建造。现在我们看见，不论我们这些使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师在作甚么，都必须是为著建造基督的身体这惟一的目标。我们若看见了这目标，我们就会有负担帮助别人与我们一同达到实行上的一，达到长成的人，并达到身体完全的建造。我们若清楚这一点，主才有路得著祂所渴望的新妇，这样祂才有路回来。
12If our only goal is the building up of the Body, we shall spontaneously be regulated. As we carry on a particular work, it will be with the consciousness that this work is for the building up of the Body. Formerly, we may have preached the gospel without realizing that gospel preaching must be for the building up of the Body. Now we see that whatever we may do as apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers must be for the unique goal of building up Christ’s Body. If we have seen the goal, then we shall be burdened to help others arrive with us at the practical oneness, at the full growth, and at the full building up of the Body. If we are clear about this, then the Lord will have a way to come back, for He will have a way to obtain the Bride He desires
13主作成这事的路，可见于以弗所四章十一至十三节这三节重要的经节。这些经节启示，所有被主俘掳的人都已经赐给身体，作为成全众圣徒的恩赐，使职事的工作可以执行，基督身体的建造也可以完成。然后我们都要一同达到我们的目的地─达到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，达到长成的人，达到基督丰满之身材的度量。这是我们的目标；我们必须殷勤往这目标奔跑，直到我们众人都一同达到这目标。
13The Lord’sway to do this is found in three crucial verses in Ephesians 4:11-13. These verses reveal that all those who have been captured by the Lord have been presented to the Body as gifts for the perfecting of the saints, so that the work of ministry may be carried out and that the building up of the Body of Christ may be accomplished. Then we shall all arrive together at our destination—at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, and at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. This is our goal, and we must diligently press toward it until we all reach it together