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以弗所书生命读经 · 第59篇

神渴望得著荣耀的召会

GOD’S DESIRE FOR A GLORIOUS CHURCH
1我们已经看见，神在祂经纶里的目的，是要得著一个荣耀的召会。严格的说，神不是要得著属灵的召会、属天的召会，甚至也不是要得著得胜的召会。祂所要得著的，乃是荣耀的召会。荣耀是神的彰显，与属人的道德和行为完全不同。当神充满帐幕和圣殿时，二者就都被荣耀充满，这荣耀就是神的显出。召会必须以荣耀为特征，而不以其他的东西为特征，甚至不以属灵为特征。我不喜欢听到有人谈论到所谓属灵的召会。神能得著荣耀的召会惟一的路，乃是藉著基督的圣化、洁净、保养和顾惜。当我们亲身并实际的经历这些事时，召会就成为荣耀的。
1We have seen that God’sin tent i on in His economy is to obtain a glorious church. Strictly speaking, God is not seeking a spiritual church, a heavenly church, nor even a victorious church. He wants a church of glory. Glory is the expression of God and it is altogether different from human morality and behavior. When God filled the tabernacle and the temple, both of them were filled with glory, with the very manifestation of God. The church should be characterized by glory—not by anything else, not even spirituality. I am not happy to hear talk about a so-called spiritual church. The only way God can have a glorious church is through Christ’s sanctifying, cleansing, nourishing, and cherishing. As we experience these things in a personal and practical way, the church becomes glorious
2圣经没有说到属灵的召会。但在以弗所五章，保罗说到荣耀的召会。倪弟兄有一本著作，书名叫『荣耀的召会』（又名『圣洁没有瑕疵』）。许多基督徒以所谓属灵的召会作他们的目标。但我们不是要追求属灵，我们乃该追求被荣耀充满，使基督能得著祂荣耀的召会。
2The Bible does not speak of a spiritual church. But in Ephesians 5 Paul speaks of a glorious church. One of Brother Nee’s books is entitled The Glorious Church. Many Christians have as their goal a so-called spiritual church. Instead of seeking spirituality, we should seek to be filled with glory so that Christ may have His glorious church
神的目标
GOD’S GOAL
3由于宗教的教训，许多人看不见神所渴望的乃是得著荣耀的召会。就一面意义说，有些人也许受那些教训的帮助；但就另一面意义说，他们受到那些教训的打岔。宗教的教训会使圣徒们看不见荣耀召会的启示，并且使他们转去追求属灵、恩赐和得胜这样的事。终极的说，神的目的不是要得著仅仅属灵、得胜或属天的召会。祂的目标乃是荣耀的召会。不要盼望像天使，他们也许属灵、属天且得胜，但他们并不是荣耀的，因为他们没有神的荣耀。赞美主，我们这些信基督的人有神的荣耀！事实上，宗教是把人拉低到天使的水平上。在宗教观念的影响下，许多基督徒羡慕天使。我们若看见神的经纶，就会拒绝这样的影响，并渴慕被荣耀充满，好使神能达到祂的目标。
3Because of religious teachings, many have been blinded to God’s desire for a glorious church. In a sense, some have been helped by those teachings, but in another sense, they have been frustrated by them. Religious teachings can keep the saints from seeing the revelation of the glorious church and can cause them instead to seek such things as spirituality, gifts, and victory. Ultimately, it is not God’sin tent i on to have a church that is merely spiritual, victorious, or heavenly. His goal is a glorious church. Do not aspire to be like the angels. They may be spiritual, heavenly, and victorious, but they are not glorious, for they do not bear the glory of God. Praise the Lord that we who believe in Christ bear God’s glory! Religion actually brings people down to the level of angels. Under the influence of the religious concept, many Christians are envious of the angels. If we see God’secon o my, we shall reject such an influence and desire to become filled with glory in order that God may reach His goal
不是得胜的，乃是荣耀的
NOT VICTORIOUS BUT GLORIOUS
4我们可能是得胜的，却不是荣耀的。譬如，一个弟兄可能因他成功的胜过脾气而欢喜。他可能多年为他的脾气所胜，现在他终于胜过了脾气。然而，这样的得胜可能一点荣耀都没有。神的经纶不在于胜过脾气等类的事，乃在于接受基督作我们的生命和人位，并让祂活在我们里面。这结果就是荣耀之神的彰显。我们在自己里面也许是得胜的，但我们若要成为荣耀的，就需要基督作我们的生命和我们的人位。
4It is possible to be victorious without being glorious. For example, a brother may be pleased a this success in overcoming his temper. He may have been defeated by his temper for years and now at last he has gained victory over it. Such a victory, however, may be completely lacking in glory. God’s economy is not a matter of becoming victorious over such things as our temper. It is a matter of taking Christ as our life and our person and allowing Him to live in us. The result of this is the expression of God as glory. In ourselves we may be victorious, but in order to be glorious we need Christ to be our life and our person.
宗教的欺骗
THE DECEPTIVENESS OF RELIGION
5就一面说，宗教是欺骗人的。宗教在帮助我们时，也在欺骗我们。这原因乃在于宗教是半真半假的。这种真理和错谬的混合，是一种狡诈的欺骗。譬如，向外邦人传福音，领人归主并不难。然而，要带一个有天主教背景的人到主面前，就相当不容易，因为他已经被那种宗教系统的半真理所欺骗了。一面，我们受到已过所得宗教教训的帮助。但另一面，这些教训在关于神经纶的事上，蒙蔽了我们。因此，我们需要弃绝宗教的观念和教训，回到神纯正话语健全的真理上。
5In a sense, religion is deceptive. While it is helping us, it is also deceiving us. The reason is that religion is part truth and part falsehood. This mixture of truth and falsehood is a subtle form of deception. For example, it is rather easy to preach the gospel to the heathen and to bring people to the Lord. However, it is very difficult to bring someone to the Lord who has had a background in Catholicism, for he has been cheated by the half-truths of that religious system. On the one hand, we have been helped by the religious teachings we received in the past. But on the other hand, these same teachings have veiled us in relation to God’secon o my. Therefore, we need to discard religious concepts and teachings and come back to the whole truth of the pure Word of God
神藉著人得彰显
GOD EXPRESSED THROUGH MAN
6按著在主话中的真理，神无意得著一班属灵的人。祂已经有千千万万的天使。神的目标是要得著一班荣耀的人作祂的彰显。在这黑暗、邪恶的世代，神渴望在地上得著一班充满祂荣耀的人。如果这会所满了天使，我们可能认为召会的光景是荣耀的。我们可能因这些属灵、属天、得胜的天使，感到惊异。然而，这种光景不是神荣耀的真正显现。神彰显祂自己不是藉著天使，乃是藉著人。虽然我们是在肉体里的人，我们却能接受基督作我们的生命和我们的人位。当我们这样作，天使也会惊讶在我们身上荣耀的彰显。众天使会说，『看看这些人。他们满了神的荣耀！』
6According to the truth in the Word, God has no intention of gaining a group of spiritual beings. He already has myriads of angels. God’s goal is to have a glorious people as His expression. In the midst of this dark, evil age, God desires to have on earth a people full of His glory. If the meeting hall were filled with angels, we would probably think that the situation of the church is glorious. We perhaps would marvel at all the spiritual, heavenly, victorious beings. However, such a situation would not be a true manifestation of God’s glory. God expresses Himself not through angels, but through man. Although we are men in the flesh, we can take Christ as our life and our person. When we do this, even the angels will marvel at the expression of glory in us. The angels may say, “Look at these people. They are full of God’s glory
7你还渴望有属灵的召会、属天的召会、得胜的召会么？你若认识神的经纶，就会渴望有荣耀的召会。我们应当能对天使说，『天使们，我们不羡慕你们的属灵、得胜或属天。我们有基督在我们里面，作我们的生命和我们的人位，并且我们正被荣耀所充满。天使们，你们有基督作你们的生命和人位么？加百列能宣告基督的降生，但他没有权利接受基督作他的生命和人位。天使们，我们愿意告诉你们，基督住在我们里面。你们也许属灵、属天并得胜，我们却是荣耀的。』
7Do you still desire to have a spiritual church, a heavenly church, a victorious church? If you know God’s economy, your desire will be for a glorious church. We should be able to say to the angels, “A ngels, we don’t envy your spirituality, victory, or heavenliness. We have Christ within us as our life and our person, and we are being filled with glory. Angels, do you have Christ as your life and your person? Gabriel could announce the birth of Christ, but he does not have the privilege of taking Christ as his life and person. Angels, we would like to tell you that Christ dwells within us. You may be spiritual, heavenly, and victorious, but we are glorious.”
8以弗所五章二十七节在新约里已经许多世纪了，但就著信徒的经历说，却一直是失落的。因此，主今天在恢复荣耀召会的过程中。让我们再读这处经节：『祂好献给自己，作荣耀的召会，没有斑点、皱纹、或任何这类的病，好使她成为圣别、没有瑕疵。』基督正在圣化、洁净、保养并顾惜我们，使我们能成为荣耀的召会。祂作这些事，不是仅仅要使我们属灵、属天或得胜。
8Verse 27 of Ephesians 5 has been in the New Testament for centuries, but it has been lost as far as the experience of believers is concerned. Therefore, today the Lord is in the process of recovering the glorious church. Let us read this verse again: “That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she should be holy and without blemish.” Christ is sanctifying, cleansing, nourishing, and cherishing us so that we may be a glorious church. He is not doing these things simply to make us spiritual, heavenly, or victorious
一个团体人
A CORPORATE MAN
9荣耀的召会乃是一个团体人。这意思是说，这团体人的每一部分都是荣耀的。你实际上是这荣耀人的一部分么？换句话说，你被荣耀充满了么？我们读过这些信息之后，可能仍然被得胜的思想所占有，仍然要追求胜过我们的脾气或为难的光景。我们可能非常欣赏那些能引我们进入得胜之路的教训。哦，愿主使我们记得，祂渴望得著一班荣耀、发光的人！神经纶的目标，乃是要得著一个照耀祂荣耀的召会。
9The glorious church is a corporate man. This means that every part of this corporate man is glorious. Are you a part of this glorious man in a practical way? In other words, are you being filled with glory? Even after reading all these messages, we still may be occupied with the thought of victory and may seek to be victorious over our temper or a difficult situation. We may be very appreciative of those whose teaching can lead us into the way of victory. Oh, may the Lord impress us with His desire to have a glorious, shining people! The goal of His economy is to gain a church that shines with His glory
基督从我们里面出来
CHRIST COMING FROM WITHIN US
10今天信徒中间对得荣的一般观念乃是：基督要突然从诸天降临，把我们全都送进荣耀的范围里。在那时之前，我们只是等候主耶稣来使我们得荣耀。但正如我们在第五十七篇信息中所指出的，基督要从我们里面出来。我十分清楚，新约里有些经节指明，基督要客观的从诸天而来。然而，还有一些经节指明，祂要从我们里面出来，并且要非常主观的来荣化我们。
10The concept of glorification common among believers today is that Christ will suddenly descend from the heavens and sweep us away into a realm of glory. Until then, we are simply to wait until the Lord Jesus comes to glorify us. But as we pointed out in message fifty-seven, Christ will come from within us. I fully realize that certain verses in the New Testament indicate that Christ will come objectively from the heavens. Nevertheless, other verses indicate that He will come forth from within us and will glorify us in a very subjective way
基督荣耀的福音
the gospel of the glory of Christ
11在新约里有好些经节给我们看见，对4:4荣耀的经历是主观的。林后四章四节说，『在他们里面，这世代的神弄瞎了他们这不信者的心思，叫基督荣耀之福音的光照，不照亮他们；基督本是神的像。』在这节里，保罗没有说到赦免或本于信得称义的福音；他反倒说到基督荣耀的福音。我们的福音不仅是救赎、赦免、和重生的福音，也是基督荣耀的福音。惟有这福音有能力照进我们里面。这福音首先照进我们里面，然后从我们里面照出来。荣耀越在我们里面照耀，就越穿透我们并浸透我们。至终，这里面的荣耀要销毁、吞没我们整个里面的人。然后基督荣耀之福音的光要藉著我们照耀出去。这样的照耀无法藉著教训而来，惟有藉著经历基督才能临到；基督自己就是神的荣耀，也是神的显现。阿利路亚，基督已经照进我们全人的深处，现今祂正在我们里面照耀！祂照透我们里面全人的时候将到。因此，神荣耀的光不是以外在的方式照耀，乃是从我们里面照耀出来。基督越照耀，我们就越被荣耀所充满。
11A number of verses in the New Testament show that the experience of glory is subjective. Second Corinthians says, “In whom the god of this age hath blinded the thoughts of them that believe not, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (Gk.). In this verse Paul does not speak of the gospel of forgiveness or of justification by faith. He speaks instead of the gospel of the glory of Christ. Our gospel is not simply a gospel of redemption, forgiveness, and regeneration. It is also the gospel of the glory of Christ. Only this gospel has the ability to shine into us. Firstly it shines into us and then it shines out from within us. The more the glory shines within us, the more it penetrates into our being and saturates it. Eventually, the inner glory will consume, swallow up, our entire inward being. Then the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ will shine out through us. Such a shining cannot come by way of teaching, but only through the experience of Christ who is Himself the glory of God and the manifestation of God. Hallelujah, Christ has shone into the depths of our being and now He is shining within us! The time is coming when He will shine throughout our inward being. Hence, the light of God’s glory will shine not in an outward way, but will shine from within us. The more Christ shines, the more we are filled with glory.
12专注于主在里面的照耀当我们在一种为难的环境里，我们不需要挣扎著要得胜。忘掉得胜罢，只要注意在我们里面作荣耀之基督内里的照耀。你要学习说，『阿利路亚，基督在我里面照耀，并且要透过我照出去！祂是我的生命和人位。祂内里的照耀是何等甜美、令人愉快！』当我们专注于主在里面的照耀，我们这一面不需要刻意努力，自然就得胜了。神经纶的目标，乃是要我们都照耀出祂的荣耀。当我们在这样的光照之下，我们就享受基督活在我们里面作生命和人位的甜美。这不是藉著教训而来的，乃是照著神的经纶，藉著基督以祂自己浸透我们而来的。接受神经纶之路的圣徒，就是由神的荣耀所建造起来的圣徒。
12CONCENTRATING ON THE LORD’SIN WARD SHINING When we are in a difficult situation, we do not need to strive to be victorious. Forget about trying to be victorious and pay attention to the inner shining of Christ as the glory within. Learn to say, “Hallelujah, Christ is shining in me and through me! He is my life and my person. How sweet and pleasant is His inward shining!” As we concentrate on the Lord’s shining within, we shall spontaneously be victorious without any conscious effort on our part. The goal of God’secon o my is that we all shine forth His glory. As we are under such a shining, we enjoy the sweetness of Christ living in us to be our life and our person. This comes not by teaching, but by Christ’s saturating us with Himself according to God’secon o my. The saints taking the way of God’secon o my are those built up with the glory of God
耶稣的面
THE FACE OF JESUS
13保罗在林后四章六节也说到荣耀：『因为那说光要从黑暗里照出来的神，已经照在我们心里，为著光照人，使人认识那显在耶稣基督面上之神的荣耀。』这里的面是指主的面容、主的同在说的。我们何等需要主耶稣在我们里面的同在！祂的同在就是神的荣耀，因为神的荣耀乃是在基督的面上。如果我们的基督只是客观的、在诸天之上的基督，我们里面就没有祂面光的照耀，我们也无法经历祂内住的荣耀。我们已经指出，荣耀乃是神的显出。现在，按照这一节，我们进一步看见，荣耀就是耶稣的面。我们有了祂的面，我们就有了荣耀。当我们在基督的同在中，并在祂的面容之前，我们就在荣耀里。
13In 2 Corinthians 4:6 Paul also speaks of glory: “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” The word face here refers to the Lord’s countenance, to His presence. How we need to have the presence of the Lord Jesus within us! His presence is the very glory of God, for the glory of God is in the face of Christ. If our Christ is only a Christ objectively in the heavens, we shall not have the shining of His face within us. Neither shall we have the experience of His indwelling glory. We have pointed out that glory is the manifestation of God. Now, according to this verse, we see furthermore that glory is simply the face of Jesus. When we have His face, we have the glory. When we are in the presence of Christ and before His countenance, we are in glory.
变化，从荣耀到荣耀
TRANSFORMED FROM GLORY TO GLORY
14保罗在林后三章十八节说，『我们众人既然以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光，就渐渐变化成为与祂同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的。』我们今天的需要，乃是观看并返照主的荣耀。当我们观看祂的荣耀时，我们就被变化。请注意，保罗不是说我们被改正、被调整或被改变；他乃是指出，我们渐渐变化成为基督的形像。我们不是从一种行为变化成另一种行为，不是从一种属灵变化成另一种属灵，也不是从一种得胜变化成另一种得胜。阿利路亚，我们是从荣耀变化到荣耀！这变化的源头不是字句道理，乃是主灵。我们越观看主的荣耀，并被主灵变化，从荣耀达到荣耀时，主就越能得著祂所渴望之荣耀的召会。
14In 2 Corinthians 3:18 Paul says, “But we all, with unveiled face beholding and reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit” (Gk.). Our need today is to behold and reflect the glory of the Lord. As we behold His glory, we are transformed. Notice that Paul does not say that we are corrected, adjusted, or even changed. He points out that we are being transformed into Christ’sim age. We are not being transformed from behavior to behavior, from spirituality to spirituality, nor from victory to victory. Hallelujah, we are being transformed from glory to glory! The source of this transformation is not doctrine in letters; it is the Lord Spirit. The more we behold the Lord’s glory and are transformed by the Lord Spirit from glory to glory, the more the Lord will gain the glorious church He desires