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腓立比书生命读经 · 第12篇

作成我们的救恩

WORKING OUT OUR SALVATION
1读经：腓立比书2:12-16，以弗所书2:5-8，哥林多后书13:3a，5，罗马书8:11，以弗所书1:5。腓立比二章十至十一节说，『叫天上的，地上的和地底下的，在耶稣的名里，万膝都要跪拜，万口都要公开承认耶稣基督为主，使荣耀归与父神。』我们已经看见，这名乃是主耶稣在祂的身位和工作上，一切所是之总和的表明。在耶稣的名里，万膝都要跪拜，万口都要公开承认耶稣基督为主。这含示呼求主的名。当我们呼求主的名，就有向祂屈膝跪拜的实际。保罗在十节所说的跪拜和在十一节所说的承认，含示我们一面向主跪拜，一面呼求祂的名。我们乃是藉著呼求主，公开承认主的名。
1Scripture Reading: Phil. 2:12-16; Eph. 2:5-8; 2 Cor. 13:3a, 5; Rom. 8:11; Eph. 1:5 Philippians 2:10 and 11 say, “That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those who are in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and every tongue should openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.” We have seen that the name is the expression of the sum total of what the Lord Jesus is in His Person and work. In the name of Jesus every knee will bow, and every tongue openly confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. This implies calling on the name of the Lord. When we call on the Lord’s name, we have the reality of bowing our knees to Him. Paul’sword about bowing our knees in verse 10 and confessing in verse 11 implies that as we bow our knees to the Lord, we call on His name. We confess the Lord’s name openly by calling on Him
2我们曾一再指出，腓立比书是一卷论到经历基督的书。呼求主耶稣的名乃是经历并享受祂的路。我们中间许多人能作见证，我们开始呼求主名之前，对祂没有多少经历或享受。但是，当我们呼求主的名，我们自然而然就运用我们的灵，因而接触了那住在我们灵里的主。主作为我们灵里赐生命的灵，乃是新鲜的属灵空气，给我们享受并经历。我们愿意鼓励凡是新近进入召会生活的人，操练呼求主的名。我们中间许多人能作见证，藉著呼求祂的名，我们何等享受祂！为要洁净我们身体的组织，深深吸入新鲜的空气是非常有益的；照样，我们也需要藉著呼求主的名，深深吸入属灵的空气。呼求主耶稣的名挑旺我们的灵，甚至叫我们的灵焚烧。让我们众人都学习从我们全人的深处呼喊：『哦，主耶稣！』这样，我们就敬拜主，并公开承认祂。
2We have pointed out again and again that Philippians is a book on the experience of Christ. Calling on the name of the Lord Jesus is a way to experience Him and enjoy Him. Many of us can testify that before we began to call on the Lord’s name, we did not have much experience of Him or enjoyment of Him. But when we call on the Lord, we spontaneously exercise our spirit and thereby touch the Lord who dwells in our spirit. As the life- giving Spirit in our spirit, the Lord is the fresh spiritual air for our enjoyment and experience. We would encourage all those who have recently come into the church life to practice calling on the name of the Lord. Many of us can testify how much we enjoy Him by calling on His name. Just as it is very helpful to breathe deeply of fresh air for the cleansing of our system, so we need to breathe deeply of the spiritual air by calling on the name of the Lord. By calling on the name of the Lord Jesus, we are stirred in spirit and even set on fire. Let us all learn to call, “O Lord Jesus,” from the depths of our being. In this way we shall worship the Lord and openly confess Him
3本篇信息我们要来看作成我们的救恩。在二章十二节保罗说，『这样，我亲爱的，你们既是常顺从的，不但我与你们同在的时候，就是我如今不在的时候，更是顺从的，就当恐惧战兢，作成你们自己的救恩。』作成我们自己的救恩，就是完成这救恩，将其带到终极的结局。我们已经接受神的救恩，这救恩的顶点就是被神高举在荣耀里，和主耶稣一样。（9。）我们需要恐惧战兢，常常且绝对的顺从，以完成这救恩，将这救恩带到终极的结局。我们已经凭信接受这救恩，现在我们必须藉著顺从，包括我们魂里真实的一，（2，）以完成这救恩。凭信接受救恩，是一次永远的；完成救恩，却是一生之久。
3In this message we shall consider the matter of working out our salvation. In 2:12 Paul says, “So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only as in my presence, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” To work out our own salvation is to carry it out, to bring it to the ultimate conclusion. We have received God’s salvation, which has as its climax to be exalted by God in glory as the Lord Jesus was (v. 9). We need to carry out this salvation, to bring it to its ultimate conclusion, by our constant and absolute obedience with fear and trembling. We have received this salvation by faith. Now we must carry it out by obedience. This includes the genuine oneness in our soul (v. 2). To receive salvation by faith is once for all; to carry it out is lifelong.
4在十二节保罗嘱咐我们，当恐惧战兢，作成我们的救恩。恐惧是里面的动机，战兢是外面的态度。在十三节保罗继续说，『因为乃是神为著祂的美意，在你们里面运行，使你们立志并行事。』本节开始的『因为』，说出我们必须一直顺从的原因。这是因为神在我们里面运行。在神的经纶里，有主耶稣作我们的榜样，（6～11，）作我们救恩的标准，（12，）并有神在我们里面运行，使我们立志行事，都是为著完成我们的救恩，将这救恩带到终极的结局。不是我们凭自己，乃是神在我们里面运行，完成这事。我们只需要作一件事，就是顺从在里面运行的神。保罗在这里所说的立志是里面的，行事是外面的。十二、十三、十五和十六节题到四件奇妙的事：救恩，（12，）神在我们里面运行，（13，）发光之体，（15，）以及生命的话。（16。）十二节的救恩实际上就是十三节在我们里面运行的神。那为著祂的美意在我们里面运行，使我们立志并行事的一位，就是我们的救恩。我们这些信徒乃是神的儿女，是那位一直在我们里面运行者的儿女。因著我们是神的儿女，我们的确有神圣的生命和神圣的性情。（彼后一4。）一个孩子怎么可能没有他父亲的生命和性情？一个人没有生他之人的生命和性情，是绝对不可能的。同样的原则，我们既从神而生，是神真正的儿女，就不可能没有祂的生命和性情。我们真是从神生的，绝不仅仅是祂所收养的。
4In verse 12 Paul charges us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling. Fear is the inward motive; trembling is the outward attitude. In verse 13 Paul goes on to say, “For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.” The word for at the beginning of this verse gives the reason we need to obey always. It is because God operates in us. In God’secon o my we have the Lord Jesus as our pattern (vv. 6-11), as the standard of our salvation (v. 12), and we also have God operating in us both the willing and the working to carry out our salvation, to bring it to its ultimate conclusion. It is not that we by ourselves carry it out, but that God operates in us to do it. The only thing we need to do is to obey the inner operating of God. The willing Paul speaks of here is inward, whereas the working is outward. In verses 12, 13, 15, and 16 we have four wonderful matters: salvation (v. 12), God operating in us (v. 13), lights or luminaries (v. 15), and the word of life (v. 16). The salvation in verse 12 is actually the very God who operates in us in verse 13. The One who operates in us both the willing and the working for His good pleasure is Himself our salvation. As believers, we are children of God, children of the One who is operating in us. Because we are children of God, we most assuredly have the divine life and divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). How could a child not have the life and nature of his father? It is simply not possible for someone to be born of a particular person and not have the life and nature of that person. In the same principle, it is not possible for us to be genuine children of God, born of Him, and not have His life and nature. We have been truly born of God and not merely adopted by Him
5我们说我们这些神的儿女有父的生命和性情，有些人就指控我们，说我们教导他们所谓的『进化成为神』。我们确实没有宣称人会进化到神格里。然而，我们照著神的话，明确的教导人，我们这些在基督里的真信徒，都经历了一次神圣的出生。神已经实际的生在我们里面，因此我们有祂的生命和性情。我们都不以第一次的出生夸口，但我们却可以第二次的出生，就是使我们成为神儿女的神圣出生夸口。
5When we say that as children of God we have the life and nature of our Father, some accuse us of teaching what they call “evol ution into God.” We definitely do not claim that man is evolving into the Godhead. However, we definitely teach according to the Word of God that, as true believers in Christ, we have experienced a divine birth. God has actually been born into us, and thereby we have His life and nature. We all may boast not in our first birth, but in the second, the divine birth which made us children of God.
6因为我们是神的儿女，有神的生命和性情，我们就好像发光之体显在世界里。腓立比二章十五节繙作『发光之体』的希腊字，意思指返照太阳光的光体。每一位神的儿女都是返照来自神独一儿子基督之光的发光体。在宇宙间只有一个光源，这光源就是神。我们这些发光体也藉著将生命的话表明出来而返照祂。这四件重要的事都非常主观，而且都是可以经历的。我们已经接受救恩，这救恩就是神自己。如今这位神在我们里面运行；祂作为主观的救恩，在我们的经历中是真实的。祂不是沉睡的、被动的或闲懒的。祂在我们里面的运行，就是在我们里面的加力。何等奇妙，我们是从这位加力之神而生的！因此，我们有祂那满了活力的生命和性情。我们乃是加力之神满了活力的儿女！我们自然就能返照来自神这宇宙源头的光。在弯曲悖谬的世代，我们好像发光之体显在世界里。因此，我们可以将生命的话向我们周围的人表明出来。这就是接受基督作我们的榜样，并作成我们的救恩。
6Because we are children of God with the life and nature of God, we shine as lights in the world. The Greek word rendered lights in 2:15 means “luminaries which reflect the light of the sun.” Every child of God is a stone reflecting the light which comes from Christ, God’s unique Son. In this universe there is only one source of light, and this source is God. As those luminaries, we also hold forth the word of life. These four important matters are very subjective and experiential. We have received a salvation which is God Himself. Now there is operating in us this very God, the One who is real in our experience as our subjective salvation. He is not dormant, passive, or idle. His operating in us is His energizing in us. How wonderful that we have been born of this energizing God! Hence, we have His energizing life and nature. We are the energetic children of the energizing God! Spontaneously we reflect the light which comes from God as the universal source. In the midst of a crooked and perverted generation, we shine as lights, as luminaries, in the world. Therefore, we can hold forth the word of life to those around us. This is to take Christ as our pattern and to work out our salvation
7腓立比的信徒若这样作成他们的救恩，就会使保罗非常喜乐。众召会中的众圣徒若照这几节所说的各项，作成他们的救恩，所有服事召会的使徒和长老都会喜乐。作成我们的救恩，就是对基督有真正的经历和享受。
7If the believers in Philippi worked out their salvation in this way, they would make Paul very happy. If all the saints in all the churches would work out their salvation according to the items in these verses, all those who serve the churches, the apostles and elders, would be happy. To work out our salvation is to have the genuine experience of Christ and enjoyment of Christ
壹 接受了最高标准的救恩
I. HAVING RECEIVED SALVATION
OF THE HIGHEST STANDARD
8在以弗所二章五节保罗说，我们得救是靠著恩典。在八节他宣告说，『你们得救是靠著恩典，藉著信。』我们惟有靠著恩典，藉著信才能得救，这绝对是正确的。若没有恩典，我们就不可能得救。今天许多基督徒理直气壮的强调救恩仅仅是靠著恩典的事实。然而，他们虽然可以强调得救是靠著恩典，却没有指出神救恩的程度。照著以弗所二章，神的救恩乃是带我们到诸天之上。这指明我们接受了一个有最高标准的救恩。我们得救是靠著恩典，为要与基督一同坐在诸天界里。（6。）
8In Ephesians 2:5 Paul says that we have been saved by grace. In Ephesians 2:8 he declares, “By grace you have been saved through faith.” It is absolutely true that we are saved only by grace through faith. Without grace, it is not possible for us to be saved. Many Christians today rightly emphasize the fact that salvation is by grace alone. However, although they may stress salvation by grace, they fail to point out the extent of God’s salvation. According to Ephesians 2, God’s salvation brings us into the heavens. This indicates that we have received a salvation with the highest possible standard. We have been saved by grace to be in the heavenlies with Christ (Eph. 2:6).
9虽然许多基督徒指出，我们蒙拯救脱离了罪；但以弗所二章指明，我们也蒙拯救脱离了死，因为神叫我们活过来，与基督一同复活，并与祂一同坐在三层天上。我在本篇信息所要强调的，不是我们靠著恩典得救的事实，而是神救恩的程度和标准。靠著神的恩典，我们已经得救，得以与基督一同在诸天界里。
9Although many Christians point out that we are saved from sin, Ephesians 2 indicates that we are also saved from death, for we have been enlivened by God, raised with Christ, and seated with Him in the third heaven. My emphasis in this message is not on the fact that we are saved by grace. It is on the extent and standard of God’ss alvation. We have been saved by God’s grace to be with Christ in the heavenlies
贰 需要作成这救恩
II. THE NEED TO WORK OUT THIS SALVATION
10在腓立比二章十二节，保罗明确的告诉我们，当恐惧战兢，作成我们自己的救恩。接受救恩是一回事，作成救恩又是另一回事。作成救恩不是成功救恩，乃是藉著继续不断的顺从，来完成我们已接受的救恩。
10In Philippians 2:12 Paul tells us explicitly to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. To receive salvation is one thing, and to work it out is another thing. To work out salvation is not to accomplish salvation. Rather, it is to carry out through continual obedience the salvation we have received
11保罗在十二节所说的顺从，回应他在前面所说基督的顺从。（8。）我们的榜样基督很显著的一面，乃是祂顺从至死，且死在十字架上。这位是神的基督首先采取一个重要的步骤，就是倒空自己，将祂神格的彰显撇在一边。祂既倒空自己并取了人的形状，就降卑自己。这样的降卑自己特别与顺从有关。圣经特别强调顺从的重要。例如，撒上十五章二十二节告诉我们，顺从胜于公羊的脂油。我们这些接受基督作我们救恩榜样的人，必须学习一直恐惧战兢的顺从。我们里面该有恐惧的动机，外面该有战兢的态度；这表示我们一点也不信靠自己。
11Paul’sword about obedience in verse 12 answers to what he has previously said about Christ becoming obedient (v. 8). A very striking aspect of Christ as our pattern is His obedience unto death, even the death of the cross. As God, Christ first took the major step of emptying Himself, of laying aside the expression of His deity. Then, having emptied Himself and having taken the form of a man, He humbled Himself. This self- humbling is particularly related to obedience. The Bible underscores the importance of obedience. For example, in 1 Samuel 15:22 we are told that to obey is better than sacrifice. We who have received Christ as the pattern of our salvation must learn to always obey with fear and trembling. Within we should have fear as the motive, and without we should have trembling as our attitude, an indication that we have no confidence in ourselves
参 神在我们里面运行
III. GOD OPERATING IN US
12照著腓立比二章十三节，神一直在我们里面运行。我们的救恩不仅仅是一次的举动；乃是一个活的人位，就是三一神自己，在我们里面不断的运行。保罗在十三节所说的神乃是三一神─父、子、灵。照著约翰十四章，父与子是一，子与灵是一。腓立比二章十三节的神不仅是父，更是三一神。祂是子和灵，同时祂也是父。
12According to verse 1 3, God is operating in us. Our salvation is not merely an action; it is a living Person, the Triune God Himself, operating in us. The God Paul speaks of in verse 13 is the Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. According to chapter fourteen of John, the Father is one with the Son, and the Son is one with the Spirit. The God in Philippians 2:13 is not only the Father, but the Triune God. He is the Son and the Spirit as well as the Father.
13我们若要证明二章十三节的神是三一神，就必须看腓立比书的全文。本书最后一节，就是四章二十三节说，『愿主耶稣基督的恩与你们的灵同在。』主的恩与我们的灵同在，这位主当然不会与在我们里面运行的神是分开的两位。与我们的灵同在的那位基督，就是那在我们里面运行的神。此外，一章十九节说到耶稣基督之灵全备的供应。毫无疑问，那供应我们的灵，就是住在我们里面的那灵。但是，这位灵也不能与在我们里面运行的神分开。我们若将这些经节摆在一起，整体来看本书的全文，我们就会看见，那在我们里面运行的神，乃是三一神─父、子、灵。这位神就是在我们里面的基督，（林后十三3上，5，）也就是在我们里面的那灵。（罗八11。）在腓立比二章十三节保罗说，『因为乃是神为著祂的美意，在你们里面运行，使你们立志并行事。』这样的立志发生在我们里面的何处？必定是在我们的意志里。这指明神的运行开始于我们的灵，（参四23，）扩展到我们的心思、情感和意志里。我们已经指出，基督的恩与我们的灵同在。然而，神的运行使我们在里面立志，不仅与我们的灵有关，也与我们的意志有关。因此，神的运行必
13In order to prove that God in 2:13 is the Triune God, we need to consider the context of the whole book of Philippians. The last verse of the book, 4:23, says, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.” Certainly the Lord as the One whose grace is with our spirit is not separate from the God who operates in us. The very Christ who is with our spirit is the God who operates in us. Furthermore, 1:19 speaks of the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. There can be no doubt that the Spirit who supplies us is the Spirit who indwells us. But this Spirit cannot be separate from the God who operates in us. If we put all these verses together and consider the context of the book as a whole, we shall see that the God who operates in us is the Triune God. He is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. He is the very God who is Christ in us (2 Cor. 13:3a, 5) and the Spirit dwelling in us (Rom. 8:11). In verse 13 Paul says that God operates in us “both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.” Where within us does this willing take place? It must be in our will. This indicates that God’s operation begins from our spirit and spreads into our mind, emotion, and will. We have pointed out that the grace of Christ is with our spirit. However, God’s operating to will in us involves not only our spirit but also our will. Therefore, God’so per at i on must spread from our spirit into our will.
14须从我们的灵扩展到我们的意志里。
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15当神在我们里面运行，使我们立志，祂就能执行祂的工作。这与罗马八章相符：神的工作（运行）乃是开始于我们的灵，（4，）经过我们的心思，（6，）至终达到我们的身体。（11。）我们的意志定意，而我们的身体行事。三一神在我们里面运行，乃是开始于我们的灵，经过我们的意志，然后进入我们的身体。神的运行乃是为著祂的美意。
15As God operates the willing within us, He carries out His working. This corresponds to Romans 8, where we see that God works not only in our spirit, but also in our mind and eventually in our physical body (vv. 6, 11). We will in our will, and we work in our body. The Triune God operates in us from our spirit, through our will, and then into our physical body. God’s operating is for His good pleasure. His good pleasure is the heart’s desire of His will (Eph. 1:5) that we may reach the climax of His supreme salvation
祂的美意就是祂意愿所喜悦的，（弗一
165，）使我们能达到神无上救恩的顶点。凡有生命的都有喜悦，美意，神更是如此。为这缘故，保罗说到神的美意。观察母亲如何爱自己的孩子，就可知道她的喜悦。用这个例子说明神的美意（喜悦），我们可以说，神的美意（喜悦）就是以令祂喜乐的方式来爱我们。神在我们里面的运行，是要使我们能彀达到祂无上救恩的顶点。赞美神，我们现今乃是在神的美意（喜悦）里！祂在我们里面运行，我们藉著顺从祂与祂合作。
16Every living being has a good pleasure. This is especially true of God. For this reason, Paul speaks of God’s good pleasure. The good pleasure of a mother can be observed in the way she loves her child. Using this as an illustration of God’s good pleasure, we may say that God’s good pleasure is to love us in away that makes Him happy. God’s working in us is to enable us to reach the climax of His supreme salvation. Praise Him that we are now in God’s good pleasure! As He operates in us, we cooperate with Him by obeying Him