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帖撒罗尼迦前书生命读经 · 第10篇

召会成为三一神的具体化身（二）

The Church Becoming the Embodiment of The Triune God (2)
1读经：帖撒罗尼迦前书1:1;2:12;3:12;4:7;，帖撒罗尼迦后书1:3,5,10;2:13-，歌罗西书3:10-11，启示录1:11-12。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Thes. 1:1; 2:12; 3:12; 4:7; 5:23-24; 2 Thes. 1:3, 5, 10; 2:13-14, 16; Col. 3:10-11; Rev. 1:11-12 5:23-24 14, 16
22根据帖前一章一节和帖后一章一节，召会乃是在父神和主耶稣基督里的。我们在前一篇信息指出，召会在基督里就是在复活的生命里。这复活的生命就是在复活里的基督自己成了赐生命的灵。我们所需要的不是自我改良，乃是这复活的生命在我们里面长大。
2According to both 1 Thessalonians 1:1 and Thessalonians 1:1, the church is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. In the foregoing message we pointed out that for the church to be in Christ is to be in resurrection life. This resurrection life is Christ Himself in resurrection as the life-giving Spirit. What we need is not self-improvement but the growth of this resurrection life within us.
3被带进父里面约翰十四章进一步指明，我们这些信徒乃是在父神里。根据传统、宗教的领会，这一章圣经乃是说到天堂。然而，约翰十四章不是说到天堂，乃是说到在一个神圣的人位里，就是在父神里的住处和居所。主耶稣在二至三节说，『在我父的家里，有许多住处；若是没有，我早已告诉你们了；我去是为你们豫备地方。我若去为你们豫备了地方，就再来接你们到我那里，我在那里，叫你们也在那里。』主耶稣乃是告诉祂的门徒，祂藉著死与复活豫备了
3BROUGHT INTO THE FATHER In John 14 we have a further indication that we the believers are in God the Father. According to the traditional religious understanding, this chapter speaks of heavenly mansions. However, what John 14 speaks about is not heavenly mansions; rather, it speaks of abodes, abiding places, in a divine Person, in God the Father. In verses 2 and 3 the Lord Jesus says, “In My Father’sho use are many abodes; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming again and will receive you to Myself, that where I am you also may be.” The Lord Jesus was telling His disciples that through His death and resurrection He would prepare the way to bring them
INTO THE FATHER
4一条路，把他们带进父里面。
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5主耶稣是在父里面。（约十四10～。）正如约翰十七章二十一节所启示的，祂要祂的门徒也在父里面。藉著祂的死与复活，祂把门徒带进祂自己里面。因著祂在父里面，所以在祂里面的门徒也就在父里面。因此，主耶稣在那里，门徒也在那里。主耶稣在那里？在父里面。因此，我们在主所在的地方，意思就是我们也在父里面。有人相信约翰十四章二至三节的意思是说，主正在建筑天堂，当这项工程完工后，祂就要回来；这实在是迷信。有些基督教教师
5The Lord Jesus is in the Father (John 14:10-11). He wanted His disciples also to be in the Father, 11 as revealed in John 17:21. Through His death and resurrection, He brought His disciples into Himself. Since He is in the Father, they are also in the Father by being in Him. Hence, where the Lord Jesus is, there the disciples are also. Where is the Lord Jesus? He is in the Father. Therefore, for us to be where He is means that we also are in the Father. It is actually superstitious to believe that John 14:2 and 3 mean that the Lord is building a heavenly mansion and that He will come back only after this work of building is complete. Some Christian teachers claim that the fact the
6宣称，主耶稣还没有回来，指明天堂的工程尚未完成。我年幼的时候，一位基督教教师就是这样告诉我。有些人谈到天堂的时候会说，『这个天堂实在了不起！主耶稣已经在那里一千九百多年了，还没有完工。主说过，祂为我们豫备好地方，就再来接我们到祂那里。祂还没有回来，所以我们知道祂还在建造天堂。』
6Lord Jesus has not come back indicates that the building of the heavenly mansion is not yet finished. I was told this by a Christian teacher when I was very young. In their talk about the heavenly mansion, some have said, “How marvelous the heavenly mansion will be! The Lord Jesus has been there for more than nineteen hundred years, and still He hasn’t finished the building of this mansion. The Lord said that after He prepares a place for us, He will come back and receive us to Himself. We know from the fact that He has not yet come back that He is still building the heavenly mansion.”
7一九五八年当我在英国的时候，我从圣经里蒙了光照，看见约翰十四章与天堂毫无关系。钦定英文译本在约翰十四章
7While I was in England in 1958, I was enlightened to see from the Bible that John 14 has nothing to do with a heavenly mansion. The use of the word
814:2二节用了『天堂』一辞，乃是不正确的。这一节所说的不是天堂，乃是住处。在原文这辞是『居住』这个动词的名词形式。主耶稣在这里的意思是说，『我是你们的住处，你们要住在我里面。你们是我的住处，我要住在你们里面。我要去豫备在父神里面的住处。父要接纳你们众人。但因著你们是犯罪和不义的，而祂是圣洁又公义的，除非我死在十字架上除去你们的罪，你们就不能进到祂里面。我的死会为你们打开
8mansion in the King James translation of John is not accurate. This verse speaks of abodes, not of mansions. The word used in Greek is a noun form of the verb abide. Here the Lord Jesus seems to be saying, “I am your abode, and you shall abide in Me. You are My abode, and I shall abide in you. I am going to prepare an abode in God the Father. The Father wants to receive you all. However, because you are sinful and unrighteous and He is holy and righteous, you cannot enter into Him unless I die on the cross to take away your sins. My death will open up the way
9一条进到父里面的路。我藉著死与复活，为你们在父里面豫备了地方以后，就要再来。』赞美主！从这一面说，主耶稣已经回来了！祂已经回来，并且已经把我们带进父里面。现今我们这些召会的肢体能宣告说，我们是在父神里面。召会（包括我们众人）乃是在主耶稣所在的地方，也就是在父神的里面。阿利路亚，主耶稣基督在那里，我们也在那里！我们与主耶稣同在一个住处。太奇妙了！当我开始教导说，约翰十四章所说的不是天堂，而是在父神里的住处，我就被人批评、定罪。有些人指控我把他们的天堂挪走了，并且抱怨说，他们再也不能在葬礼的时候告诉人，有天堂为著死了的信徒存留。
9for you to come into the Father. After I have prepared a place for you in the Father through My death and resurrection, I shall come again.” Praise the Lord that in this sense the Lord Jesus has already returned! He has already come back, and He has brought us into the Father. Now as members of the church we can declare that we are in God the Father. The church, including all of us, is where the Lord Jesus is, that is, in God the Father. Hallelujah, where the Lord Jesus Christ is, there we are also! We are in the same abode as the Lord Jesus is. How wonderful! When I began to teach that John 14 speaks not of heavenly mansions but of abodes in God the Father, I was criticized and condemned. Some accused me of taking away their heavenly mansion and complained that at a funeral they could no longer tell people that there is a heavenly mansion for the dead believers
复活的基督
THE RESURRECTED CHRIST
与那灵是一
IDENTICAL TO THE SPIRIT
10我根据圣经说，现今基督乃是赐生命的灵，这样也被人指控为教导异端。我们不该认为赐生命的灵是与主耶稣基督分开的另一个人位。主
10I have also been accused of teaching heresy for saying, according to the Bible, that Christ today is the life- giving Spirit. We should not regard the life-giving Spirit as a Person separate from the Lord Jesus Christ
11在肉身中的时候，乃是耶稣。但祂在复活里，已经成了赐生命的灵。不只我们看见这个事实，并且这样教导人，还有许多基督教作者也曾说，在基督徒的经历中，基督与那灵乃是一。我们很难在道理上或神学上解释三一神中的第二者─子，怎能与第三者─那灵是一。但在基督徒的经历中，复活的基督与那灵乃是一。林后三章十七节明确的说，『主就是那灵。』林前十五章
11When the Lord was in the flesh, He was Jesus. But in resurrection He has become the life-giving Spirit. We are not the only ones who have seen this fact and teach it. A number of other Christian writers have said that, in Christian experience, Christ is identical to the Spirit. In doctrine or in theology it is very difficult to explain how the second of the Trinity, the Son, can be identical to the third, the Spirit. Nevertheless, in Christian experience the resurrected Christ is identical to the Spirit. Second Corinthians 3:17 says explicitly, “The Lord is the Spirit.” First Corinthians 15:45, a
12四十五节也证实说，『末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。』我说基督是那灵乃是根据圣经，但因著这样的教导，我却被定罪为异端。
12confirming verse, says, “The last Adam became a life- giving Spirit.” Although it is according to the Bible to say that Christ is the Spirit, I have been condemned as heretical for teaching this
13圣经启示我们，复活的基督，就是在复活里的基督，乃是赐生命的灵。这能由我们的经历得著证实。我们有基督在我们里面，我们也有那灵在我们里面。但是在你的经历中，你里面有两位─基督与那灵，还是只有一位？虽然基督与那灵都在我们里面，但在经历中却是一位（不是两位）在我们里面，因为基督今天在复活里与那灵乃是一。在复活里，住在我们里面的基督乃是奇妙的灵。这灵是生命、能力、圣别、爱、公义、权能、力量、智慧、恩典、慈仁、怜悯。哦，这灵是一切！这就是为甚么我们说，这灵（就是神与基督）乃是包罗万有的。我特别要指出，这灵包含基督之死的功效。这灵当然没有包含死，但这灵的确包含主耶稣钉十字架的功效。
13The Bible reveals that the resurrected Christ, the very Christ in resurrection, is the life-giving Spirit. This can be confirmed by our experience. We have Christ within us, and we also have the Spirit within us. But in your experience do you have two in you, Christ and the Spirit, or do you have one? Although both Christ and the Spirit are in us, in experience we have one in us, not two, for Christ today in resurrection is identical to the Spirit. In resurrection the Christ who dwells within us is a wonderful Spirit. This Spirit is life, power, holiness, love, righteousness, might, strength, wisdom, grace, kindness, mercy. Oh, this Spirit is everything! This is why we say that this Spirit, who is God and Christ, is all-inclusive. In particular I wish to point out that this Spirit contains the effectiveness of Christ’s death. The Spirit certainly does not contain death, but it does include the effectiveness of the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus
14照著灵而行新约吩咐我们，要照著灵而行。譬如，加拉太五章十六节说，『你们当凭著灵而行，就绝不会满足肉体的情欲了。』二十五节保罗说，『我们若凭著灵活著，也就当凭著灵而行。』罗马八章四节说到调和的灵，就是与我们重生之人的灵调和的那灵：『使律法义的要求，成就在我们这不照著肉体，只照著灵而行的人身上。』因此，我们只该照著灵而行，不需要作别的甚么事。已婚的弟兄姊妹也许很关心怎样才能有美满的婚姻生活，或是怎样才能作合式的丈夫或妻子。如果一位弟兄问我怎样作个合式的丈夫，或怎样能有美满的婚姻生活，我的回答只有一个：照著灵而行。这句话不论弟兄或姊妹，作丈夫的或作妻子的都适用。今天有许多基督徒著书论到如何能有美满的家庭生活，或如何避免离婚。我们不需要读这些书。你想要作好丈夫、好妻子么？照著灵而行。你想要有美满的婚姻么？答案还是一样─照著灵而行。因为那灵是包罗万有的，所以我们照著灵而行就彀了。
14WALKING ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT In the New Testament we are commanded to walk according to the Spirit. For example, Galatians 5:16 says, “Walk by the Spirit and you shall by no means fulfill the lust of the flesh.” In Galatians 5:25 Paul says, “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Referring to the mingled spirit, the Spirit mingled with our regenerated human spirit, Romans 8:4 says, “That the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to flesh, but according to spirit.” Therefore, we should simply walk according to the Spirit. There is no need for us to do anything else. Married brothers and sisters may be concerned about how to have a good marriage or how to be a proper husband or wife. If a brother were to ask me how to be a proper husband or how to have a good married life, I would give just one answer: Walk according to the Spirit. This word applies to brothers and sisters, to husbands and wives. Today many books have been written by Christians on how to have a good family life or how to avoid divorce. There is no need for us to read those books. Do you want to be a good husband or wife? Walk according to Spirit. Do you want to have a good marriage? The answer is the same—walk according to Spirit. Because the Spirit is all-inclusive, it is sufficient for us to walk according to Spirit.
15我们的难处是：我们并没有一直忠信的照著灵而行。每一天除了睡眠以外大约十六个小时里，你有多少时间是照著灵而行？我们每天只要有一个半小时照著灵而行，就是顶尖的圣徒了。甚至在召会聚会中，我们也可能不在灵里。譬如，你唱诗可能不是照著灵，而是照著你的情感。你兴奋的时候，就照著你的情感有一种唱法。但在下一次聚会中，你的情感也许非常冰冷，甚么也不能把你挑旺起来，因为你所在意的是你的情感，而不是那灵。你在聚会中冷冰冰，可能是由于有人得罪了你。因著你被得罪，你在会中就不让甚么来激动你。你可能会低沉数日，直到又有甚么事情发生，再次把你挑旺，或是叫你兴奋起来。于是你在聚会中又会大声赞美主。然而，在那种情形里，你的赞美不是照著灵，而是照著情感。我们都必须看见，召会乃是在父神和主耶稣基督里。我们已经指出，在耶稣基督里的意思就是说，一切消极的事物以及旧造的一切全都了结。这意思是说，我们天然的情感以及我们的己都当了结。你若是这样，就不会被人得罪。一个死人怎么会被甚么人事物得罪？这是不可能的。你对死人不论说甚么、作甚么，都不会得罪他。在耶稣基督里就是被了结、被埋葬，因为在基督里就是在祂的死里。我们如果真是在父神和主耶稣基督里的召会，我们在聚会中，就不会照著情感尽功用，而是照著那灵尽功用。
15Our problem is that we are not faithful always to walk according to Spirit. Of the approximately sixteen waking hours of each day, how much do you walk according to Spirit? If daily we walk according to Spirit for even one hour and a half, we would be an outstanding saint. Even in the church meetings we may fail to be in the Spirit. For example, you may not sing according to Spirit. Instead, you may sing according to your emotion. If you are excited, you sing in a certain way according to your emotion. But perhaps at the next meeting, you may be very cold in your emotion. Nothing can stir you up because you care for your emotion, not for the Spirit. Your coldness in the meeting may be due to the fact that someone has offended you. Because you have been offended, you will not allow anything to stir you in the meeting. You may be low for several days, until something happens to stir you up again or to cause you to be excited. Then in the meeting you may praise the Lord in a loud way. However, in that kind of situation your praise is according to emotion, not according to Spirit. We all must see that the church is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We have pointed out that to be in Jesus Christ means that everything negative and everything of the old creation has been terminated. This means that our natural emotion and our self should be terminated. If this is your situation, you will not be offended by others. How can a dead person be offended by anything or anyone? It is impossible. No matter what you may say or do to a dead person, he will not be offended. To be in Jesus Christ is to be terminated and buried, for to be in Christ is to be in His death. If we truly are the church in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall not function in the meeting according to our emotion, but we shall function according to the Spirit
16我们已经看过，在基督里就是在属灵的气里，也就是在赐生命的灵里。我们若经历在这样属灵的气里，就不会被别人得罪。别人越为难我们，我们越能赞美主。这就是在基督这赐生命之灵里的召会。
16We have seen that to be in Christ is to be in the spiritual air, in the life - giving Spirit. If in our experience we are in this spiritual air, we shall not be offended by others. The more others give us a difficult time, the more we shall be able to praise the Lord. This is the church in Christ as the life-giving Spirit.
17复活的基督这赐生命之灵的实际，是远过于我们所能描述的。能力、力量、权能、权柄、宝座、圣别、义─这一切神圣的美德，都与这位复活的基督有关。因此，我们在祂里面的时候，我们就有了这一切的美德。我们有忍耐、恒忍、以及基督的一切所是。基督是一切神圣属性以及人性美德的实际。在实际的生活中，我们若在祂里面，我们就会谦卑、仁慈，并且满了忍耐。我们就是一班在复活里、在复活基督里的人。
17The reality of the resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit is far beyond our ability to describe. Power, strength, might, authority, the throne, holiness, righteousness—all the divine virtues are involved with this resurrected Christ. Thus, when we are in Him, we have all these virtues. We have patience, endurance, and all that Christ is. Christ is the reality of the divine attributes and the human virtues. If in our practical living we are in Him, we shall be humble, kind, and enduring. We shall be those in resurrection, in the resurrected Christ
行事为人配得过神
WALKING WORTHILY OF GOD
18我们一直非常强调一个事实，就是照帖前一章一节所说，召会乃是在父神和主耶稣基督里的实体。现在我们要接著来看二章十二节：『要叫你们行事为人，配得过那召你们进入祂自己的国和荣耀的神。』行事为人配得过神是甚么意思？行事为人配得过神，乃是过在主耶稣基督里的生活。帖前二章十二节是解释一章一节的。召会在父神和主耶稣基督里是甚么意思？召会实际的在父神和主耶稣基督里，就是有一班人行事为人配得过神。甚么能与神相比？甚么能与神相配？答案是：惟有神自己才能与神相比、与神相配。这指明行事为人配得过神，实际上就是活神。我们的日常生活实际上必须是神自己，因为只有神才能配得过神、与神相配、与神相比。因此，我们必须在我们的生活中彰显神。因为我们有神的生命，所以我们能活神。狗显然有狗的生命，所以过狗的生活。同样的原则，我们有神的生命，因此我们能活神。阿利路亚，神是我们的父，我们是祂的儿女！我们既是神的儿女，有祂的生命，所以我们能活祂。
18We have placed a strong emphasis on the fact that, according to 1:1, the church is an entity in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Now let us go on to consider 2:12: “That you should walk worthily of God, Who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.” What does it mean to walk worthily of God? To walk worthily of God is to have a life in the Lord Jesus Christ. First Thessalonians 2:12 is an explanation of 1:1. What does it mean for the church to be in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ? For the church to be in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ in a practical way is for there to be a company of human beings who walk worthily of God. What can compare with God? What can match Him? The answer to these questions is that only God Himself can compare with God or match Him. This indicates that to walk worthily of God actually means to live God. Our daily life must actually be God Himself, since only God can be worthy of God, match God, or compare with God. Therefore, in our living we must express God. Because we have God’s life, we can live God. A dog obviously has a dog’s life and therefore lives a dog. In the same principle, we have God’s life and therefore we can live God. Hallelujah, God is our Father, and we are His children! As God’s children with His life, it is possible for us to live Him
19一章一节说到召会乃是在父神里，但许多基督徒却说召会是在全能的神里。在基督教的礼拜中有一首常唱的诗歌，开头是说，『圣哉，圣哉，圣哉，全能的主神。』对你来说，神只是全能的神，或者祂也是你的父？因为我们已经从祂而生，所以现今神是我们的父。全能的神与你并没有生命的关系，你与祂也许没有甚么关系。你可能离开了祂，不在祂里面。但是神若成为你的父，现在你与祂就有了生命的关系，你乃是在祂里面。
19Whereas 1:1 speaks of the church in God the Father, many Christians instead speak of the church in God the Almighty. In Christian services often that hymn is sung which begins, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty.” To you, is God only the Almighty, or is He also your Father? Because we have been born of Him, God is now our Father. As the Almighty, God does not have any life relationship with you, and you may not have anything to do with Him. You may be apart from Him and outside of Him. But if God has become your Father, you now have a life relationship with Him, and you are in Him
20美国总统与你自己的父亲，两位当中你比较爱那一位？总统可能非常富有，而你的父亲可能很贫穷，但是你当然爱你的父亲过于爱总统。就更深的意义说，我们爱父神远超过爱仅仅全能的神。阿利路亚，因为我们是神的儿女，所以我们能活神！我们都应当放胆宣告：『我有神的生命，所以我能活神。』现在我们看见，行事为人配得过神是甚么意思。惟有神才能配得过祂自己，惟有神才能与祂自己相配，或与祂自己相比。因此，行事为人配得过神就是活神。赞美主，我们有神的生命，并且能活神，使我们行事为人配得过神。
20Whom do you love more, the President of the United States, or your own father? The President may be wealthy, and your father may be poor, but certainly you love your father more than you love the President. In a far deeper way, we love God more as our Father than as merely the Almighty. Hallelujah, because we are children of God we can live God! We all should declare boldly, “Because I have God’s life, I can live Him.” Now we see what it means to walk worthily of God. Only God can be worthy of Himself, and only God can match Himself or be compared with Himself. Therefore, to walk worthily of God is to live God. Praise the Lord that we have God’s life and that we can walk worthily of Him by living Him