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帖撒罗尼迦前书生命读经 · 第9篇

召会成为三一神的具体化身（一）

The Church Becoming the Embodiment of The Triune God (1)
1读经：帖撒罗尼迦前书1:1;2:12;3:12;4:7;5:23-24，帖撒罗尼迦后书1:3,5,10;2:13-14,16，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
2，歌罗西书3:10-11，启示录1:11-12。我们已经强调一个事实，就是保罗在帖前一章一节说，召会是在父神和主耶稣基督里。我们已经看过召会在父神里的意义，以及召会在主耶稣基督里的意义。然而，我们虽然强调过父、主和耶稣，但还没有把召会在基督里的意义解释得完全。新约用到耶稣这名的时候，主要是指主在地上从成为肉体到复活的种种经历。耶稣是主的名字，与祂的人性有关。因此，这名是指祂一生的经历，以及祂复活以前所经过的事。基督是个神圣的名称，主要是指主复活以后的经历、地位、生命和行动。这名称是指主复活以后的所是。主耶稣基督的一生可以分为两个段落：复活以前是一个段落，复活以后又是一个段落。因此，复活是主生活和经历的划分点，分界线。
214, 16 We have emphasized the fact that in 1:1 Paul says that the church is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We have considered what it means for the church to be in God the Father and also the significance of the church being in the Lord Jesus Christ. However, although we have emphasized the Father, the Lord, and Jesus, we have not explained fully what it means for the church to be in Christ. When the name Jesus is used in the New Testament, it primarily refers to the Lord in His experiences on earth from His incarnation to His resurrection. Jesus is the name of the Lord with respect to His humanity. Hence, this name denotes His life experiences and the things He passed through before His resurrection. Christ is a divine title that mainly denotes the Lord’s experience, position, life, and actions after His resurrection. This title refers to what the Lord is after His resurrection. The life of the Lord Jesus Christ may be divided into two sections: the section before His resurrection, and the section after His resurrection. Resurrection, therefore, is a dividing line, a boundary line, of the Lord’s life and experience.
3我们可以把四福音看作主耶稣的传记。这几本传记说出祂一生从成为肉体到复活的故事。大体上说，这段时间是由耶稣这名所代表。我们若照圣经上耶稣这名的用法讲说耶稣，主要就是指祂成为肉体到复活之间的经历。主耶稣复活以后，祂的生命完全进到另一个境界。然而，今天许多基督徒对耶稣与基督的领会不彀清楚。有些信徒，特别是灵恩派的信徒，常说『赞美耶稣！』但按照圣经来看，最好是说『赞美主』。今天基督徒说『赞美主』，比二十年以前主的恢复在美国刚开始的时候普遍得多。这也许是由于主恢复的影响。不论如何，说『赞美主』比说『赞美耶稣』更为合式。
3The four Gospels may be regarded as biographies of the Lord Jesus. These biographies tell His life story between His incarnation and resurrection. This period of time is, for the most part, represented by the name Jesus. If we speak of Jesus according to the biblical use of this name, we mainly refer to His experience between incarnation and resurrection. After resurrection the life of the Lord Jesus is altogether in another sphere. Today, however, many Christians are not clear in their understanding concerning Jesus and Christ. Some believers, especially those in Pentecostalism, say “Praise Jesus!” According to the Bible, it is better to say “Praise the Lord.” It is much more common for Christians today to say “Praise the Lord” than it was twenty years ago, when the Lord’s recovery came to this country. This may be due to the influence of the recovery. In any case, it is more fitting to say “Praise the Lord” than to say “Praise Jesus.”
4根据新约，主这名称应用于耶稣基督的一生，也应用于祂的职事。这意思是说，主这名称是个包罗万有的名称。但耶稣这名是就著人性来说到主，以及祂复活以前的人性生活。我们已经看过，基督是指在升天里复活的基督。基督在宝座上，也在我们里面今天许多基督徒所信的基督，乃是远在三层天上的基督。但我们的基督不仅是天上复活且升天的基督；祂也是已经降下并进入我们灵里的一位。阿利路亚，基督现今就在我们的灵里！主耶稣在约翰十四章对祂的门徒说到祂的去和祂的来。主在一节说，『你们心里不要受搅扰，你们当信入神，也当信入我。』主在下一节经文说到在父的家里，有许多住处，祂要去为他们豫备地方。祂在三节说，『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。』主耶稣在这里似乎是说，『你们不要因著我要去而忧愁。表面上看来，我要离开你们，事实上，我的去是为著我的来。我去了以后还要再回来。』主耶稣并没有说祂要去天上，祂乃是上十字架，再到坟墓和阴间里；然后祂要在复活里回到门徒那里。14几乎所有的基督徒都以为，主在约翰十四章的话是指祂第二次的来。这样的领会并不准确。主耶稣在十八节对门徒说，『我不撇下你们为孤儿，我正往你们这里来。』约翰十四章主的来若是指祂第二次的来，门徒就真要成为孤儿了。今天主耶稣若只在诸天之上，我们就都是孤儿了。主说『我正往你们这里来』，乃是说祂要在另一个形状里来。二十章十九至二十二节记载，在主复活的那一天，这个来得到应验。主耶稣复活以后，回到门徒那里，永远与他们同在，没有把他们撇下为孤儿。
4According to the New Testament, the title Lord applies to the entire life and ministry of Jesus Christ. This means that the title Lord is an all-inclusive title. But the name Jesus refers to the Lord in His humanity and to His human life prior to resurrection. Christ, as we have seen, refers to the resurrected Christ in ascension. CHRIST ON THE THRONE AND IN US The Christ in whom many of today’s Christians believe is a Christ faraway in the third heaven. But our Christ is not only the resurrected and ascended Christ in heaven; He is also the One who has descended and entered into our spirit. Hallelujah, Christ is now in our spirit! In John 14 the Lord Jesus spoke to His disciples regarding His going and His coming. In John 14:1 He said, “Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.” In the next verse the Lord spoke about the many abodes in the Father’sho use and about going to prepare a place for them. In verse 3 He said, “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.” Here the Lord Jesus seemed to be saying, “Do not be troubled by the fact that I am going. Apparently I am leaving you. But actually My going is for My coming. After I go, I shall come back again.” The Lord Jesus was not saying that He was going to heaven. Rather, He was going to the cross and then to the tomb and to Hades. Then in resurrection He would come back to the disciples. Nearly all Christians take the Lord’sword in John to refer to His second coming. This understanding is not accurate. In John 14:18 the Lord Jesus said to the disciples, “I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you.” If the Lord’s coming in John 14 were His second coming, the disciples certainly would have been orphans. If the Lord Jesus were only in the heavens today, we all would be orphans. When the Lord said, “I am coming to you,” He was speaking of His coming in another form. This coming was fulfilled on the day of His resurrection in John 20:19-22. After His resurrection, the Lord Jesus came back to His disciples to be with them forever, so that they were not left orphans.
5约翰十四章的主来是指祂在另一个形状里来。主第一次来是在肉体的形状里。祂在约翰十四章对门徒说话的时候，还是在肉体的形状里。但祂在这一章似乎是说，『我如今在肉体里，但我要上十字架，在那里被杀。然后我要埋在坟墓里。在那之后，我会从死人中复活，在另一个形状里再来。当我在那个形状里，我要回到你们这里来。』主的确在祂复活的那日，在这个形状里回来了。
5The Lord’s coming in John 14 refers to His coming in another form. The Lord first came in the form of the flesh. When He spoke to the disciples in John 14, He was still in that form. But in this chapter He seems to be saying, “I am now in the flesh. But I am going to the cross, where I shall be slain. Afterward, I shall be buried in a tomb. Then I shall rise up from among the dead and come again in another form. When I am in that form, I shall come back to you.” And the Lord did come back in this form on the day of His resurrection.
6约翰二十章描述主如何在复活那日来到门徒那里。十九节说，『那日（就是七日的第一日）晚上，门徒所在的地方，因怕犹太人，门都关了；耶稣来站在当中，对他们说，愿你们平安。』主的出现是奇妙超越，且是人无法领会的。犹太人反对门徒，尽所能的要毁灭他们。因此，门徒害怕，关起门来聚会。他们也许在唉声叹气，不知如何是好。突然主耶稣出现了，对他们说，『愿你们平安。』这位向他们显现的，不是在肉体里的耶稣，乃是主基督。根据二十一节，主对他们说，『愿你们平安，父怎样差遣了我，我也照样差遣你们。』接著，二十二节给我们看见，主将圣气（pneuma，纽玛），就是圣灵，吹进门徒里面：『说了这话，就向他们吹入一口气，说，你们受圣灵。』在复活里的主耶稣，如今乃是纽玛，是那灵。祂是在纽玛的形状里向门徒显现，告诉他们要受圣纽玛，圣气。纽玛一辞原意是灵与气。阿利路亚！在复活里的基督是气，是纽玛，是那灵！门徒接受祂这圣纽玛以后，祂就开始活在他们里面。我们也已经接受主耶稣基督作圣气，圣纽玛，也就是赐生命的灵，现今祂实实际际的在我们里面。我信如果我们对基督在我们里面有正确的领会，就会非常兴奋，甚至喜乐忘形。我们若对这事一点也不觉得兴奋，就说出我们对基督在我们里面还不彀领会。
6Chapter twenty of John describes how the Lord came to His disciples on the day of His resurrection. John 20:19 says, “When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them, Peace be to you.” The Lord Jesus appeared in a splendid, excellent way, in a way beyond human ability to understand. The Jews were opposing the disciples and trying their best to destroy them. Therefore, the disciples were afraid and met behind closed doors. Perhaps they were groaning and wondering what to do. Suddenly the Lord Jesus appeared and said, “Peace be to you.” This One who appeared to them was not Jesus in the flesh—He was Christ the Lord. According to verse 21, the Lord said to them, “Peace be to you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” Then, as we see in verse 22, the Lord breathed into the disciples the holy pneuma, the Holy Spirit: “And when He had said this, He breathed into them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.” The Lord Jesus in His resurrection is now the pneuma, the Spirit. He appeared to the disciples in the form of pneuma, and He told them to receive the holy pneuma, the holy breath. In the Greek language the word pneuma means both Spirit and breath. Hallelujah, Christ in resurrection is the breath, the pneuma, the Spirit! After the disciples received Him as the holy pneuma, He began to live in them. We also have received the Lord Jesus Christ as the holy breath, the holy pneuma, the life-giving Spirit, and now He is actually in us. I believe that if we have a proper realization of Christ in us, we shall be very excited, even beside ourselves with joy. The fact that we may not be at all excited about this may indicate that we do not realize that Christ is in us
7今天基督在那里？答案是基督在天上的宝座上，也活在我们里面。哦，我们应当能刚强释放我们的灵，宣告说基督在我们里面。今天我们的基督乃是活在我们里面的那一位！真正说来，我们的基督与许多基督徒相信的基督不一样，因为他们的基督仅仅在天上，而我们的基督既在天上，又住在我们灵里。
7Where is Christ today? The answer is that Christ i son the throne in heaven and also living in us. Oh, we should be able to declare with a strong release of the spirit that Christ is in us. Our Christ today is the One who lives in us! In a very real sense, our Christ is different from the Christ in whom many Christians believe, for they have a Christ merely in heaven, but we have both the Christ in heaven and the Christ who dwells in our spirit.
8有人定罪并诬告我传讲另一位基督。我所传讲的基督与圣经所启示的并没有不同。但就某种意义说，我所传讲的基督与许多基督徒所相信的基督有点不一样，因为我传讲的基督既在天上，又在我里面，而许多基督徒所有的基督仅仅在天上。他们今天不知享受内住的基督，却等著死后在天上与基督相会。我所传讲的基督是圣经里所启示的基督─祂是主耶稣基督，祂是包罗万有的主。祂是主，这意思是说，祂是耶稣，也是基督。了结与复活我们在前一篇信息里指出，在基督里就是在基督的死里，而基督的死了结了一切消极的事物：罪、世界、旧造、旧人、肉体、己和撒但。主耶稣钉十字架的时候，祂了结了这一切消极的事物。这包罗万有的了结产生了复活。圣经里面有一个强有力的原则：死把我们带进复活。没有死，就不可能有复活。在复活里，耶稣乃是基督。阿利路亚，祂的钉十字架仍有功效！赞美祂，祂已经复活，并且在复活里成了基督。现今我们这些信徒乃是在基督里；我们与祂已经有了生机的联结。有些基督教教师说到在耶稣里，这种说法是不准确的。我们能在基督里，但我们无法在耶稣里。当主还是在肉体里的耶稣时，没有一个人能在祂里面。但祂钉十字架，并且复活成了那灵以后，我们就能在祂里面。我们凭著那灵、同著那灵、藉著那灵、并在那灵里，就得以在基督里。基督是属天、属灵的空气，我们现今乃是在祂里面。受膏者与施膏者基督（Christ）一辞是希腊文基利斯督（Christo）的英语化，等于希伯来文的弥赛亚，意即受膏者。主耶稣是弥赛亚，基督，受膏者，这意思是说，神的灵浇灌在祂身上。今天我们的基督不仅是受膏者，也是施膏者。祂自己成了赐生命的灵。在复活里，基督是受膏者，又因祂是膏我们的那灵，所以祂也是施膏者。
8I have been condemned and falsely accused of preaching another Christ. I do not preach a Christ different from the One revealed in the Bible. But, in a certain sense, I preach a Christ who is somewhat different from the One in whom many Christians believe, for the Christ I preach is both in the heavens and in me, whereas many Christians have a Christ only in heaven. Rather than enjoy the indwelling Christ today, they are waiting to die and to meet Christ in heaven. The Christ I preach is the Christ revealed in the Scriptures. He is the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the Lord in an all-inclusive sense. For Him to be the Lord means that He is both Jesus and Christ. TERMINATION AND RESURRECTION In the foregoing message we pointed out that to be in Christ is to be in His death, the death which terminates all negative things: sin, the world, the old creation, the old man, the flesh, the self, and Satan. When the Lord Jesus was crucified, He terminated all these negative things. This all-inclusive termination brings in resurrection. In the Bible there is a strong principle that death ushers us into resurrection. If there is no death, there can be no resurrection. In resurrection Jesus is the Christ. Hallelujah, His crucifixion is still effective! Praise Him that He has been resurrected and that in resurrection He has become the Christ. Now as believers we are in Christ; we have entered into an organic union with Him. Some Christian teachers speak of being in Jesus. This expression is not accurate. We can be in Christ, but we cannot be in Jesus. When the Lord was Jesus in the flesh, no one could be in Him. But after He was crucified and resurrected and had become the Spirit, we could be in Him. By the Spirit, with the Spirit, through the Spirit, and in the Spirit, we can be in Christ. Christ is the heavenly, spiritual air, and we are now in Him. THE ANOINTED ONE AND THE ANOINTING ONE The word Christ is an anglicized form of the Greek word christos. This Greek word is an equivalent to the Hebrew word for Messiah, meaning the anointed One. For the Lord Jesus to be the Messiah, the Christ, the anointed One, means that God’s Spirit was poured upon Him. Today our Christ is not only the anointed One, but is also the anointing One. He Himself has become the life- giving Spirit. In resurrection Christ is both the anointed One and, as the anointing Spirit, the anointing One.
9我们在经历中能知道，今天基督是施膏者。假如一个人遭遇患难，非常难过沮丧，觉得不值得活下去；后来他听了福音，知道神向著他的爱。他听到主耶稣如何为祂死，并且复活了，现今等著他呼喊『哦，主耶稣』来接受祂。于是他说，『主耶稣，我感谢你。』他发觉他的悲伤不见了，他里面有被浇灌的感觉。这浇灌就是主的膏油涂抹，结果就是平安和安息，并且感觉到主爱他、眷顾他。这就是经历基督作施膏者。我们呼求主名的时候，主的人位就到我们这里来。我们叫一个人的名字时，他会回应我们；照样，当我们呼求主耶稣的名，主自己就回应我们。主的名是耶稣基督，主的人位是那灵。为这缘故，当我们呼求主耶稣的名，来到我们这里的乃是那灵。我们的观念也许以为主只是在三层天上。因此，我们呼求祂时，也许会希奇祂这么快就来了。事实上，祂是那灵，已经在我们里面了。我们也许想说，『主耶稣基督，你在天上。』但是我们还没有说完主的名，主就回应了。主能这样快回应我们的呼求，是因为祂现今在复活里乃是赐生命的灵。
9In experience we can know that Christ today is the anointing One. Suppose someone is suffering and is deeply sorrowful and depressed. According to his feeling, life is not worth living. Then he hears the gospel and learns of God’s love for him. He hears how the Lord Jesus died for him, has been resurrected, and is waiting for him to receive Him by calling, “O Lord Jesus.” Then he says, “Lord Jesus, I thank You.” He finds that his sorrow has gone away. Within he has the sense of being watered. This watering is the Lord’s anointing that results in peace, in rest, and in the sense of being loved by the Lord and being cared for by Him. This is the experience of Christ as the anointing One. When we call on the Lord’s name, the Person of the Lord comes to us. Just as a person responds when we call his name, so the Lord Jesus Himself responds when we call His name. The Lord’s name is Jesus Christ, and His Person is the Spirit. For this reason, when we call on the name of the Lord Jesus, it is the Spirit who comes. Our concept may be that the Lord is only in the third heaven. Therefore, when we call on Him, we may be surprised that He comes so quickly. Actually, as the Spirit He is already within us. Our intention may be to say, “Lord Jesus Christ, You are in heaven.” But before we have finished saying the Lord’s name, He has already responded. The Lord can respond so quickly to our calling on Him because in resurrection He is now the life-giving Spirit
10创世记一章说到神，四福音书说到耶稣在地上一生的记载。但是今天为著要给我们经历，主耶稣基督成了那灵。我们一开始呼求祂的名，祂就从我们里面临到我们。这就是在复活里的基督。
10In Genesis 1 we have God, and in the four Gospels we have a record of the life of Jesus on earth. But today for our experience we have the Lord Jesus Christ as the Spirit. The moment we begin to call on His name, He comes to us from within us. This is Christ in resurrection
复活的丰富
THE RICHES OF RESURRECTION
11召会乃是在父神和主耶稣基督里。在帖前一章一节，基督这名称是指复活里的一切丰富。主如果仅仅是耶稣而不是基督，我们就无法在祂里面。但因为祂是主耶稣基督，我们就能在祂里面，并且现今就在祂里面。我们在那里？我们乃是在主耶稣基督里面。耶稣这名字含示，我们在旧造里和堕落里的一切所是都已经了结；而基督这名称含示，我们再也不在自己、旧造、罪、死、世界和撒但里，而是在复活、那灵、义、圣、能力、力量和权能里。因著我们在基督里，我们甚至与祂同坐在宝座上。哦，在基督里何等美好！
11The church is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The title Christ in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 denotes all the riches of resurrection. If the Lord were only Jesus and not Christ, we could not be in Him. But because He is the Lord Jesus Christ, we can be in Him and we are in Him right now. Where are we? We are in the Lord Jesus Christ. The name Jesus implies that everything we are in the old creation and in the fall has been terminated, and the title Christ implies that we are no longer in ourselves, in the old creation, in sin and death, in the world, and in Satan. Instead, we are in resurrection, in the Spirit, and in righteousness, holiness, power, strength, and might. Because we are in Christ, we are even on the throne with Him. Oh, how marvelous it is to be in Christ.
12在主耶稣基督里的意思，一面是我们被了结，不再在旧造里面；另一面是说，我们在基督里就是在复活里。在基督里就是在复活里、在那灵里、在能力里、在力量里、在权柄里。然而，因著传统基督教的影响，我们可能不认识在基督里的意义。结果，我们可能就对复活、力量和权柄缺少经历。你知道因著你在基督里，你就在宝座上么？你不仅在能力、权能、力量和权柄里，你也在宝座上。基督复活以后，升到诸天之上登了宝座；我们既在祂里面，也就在宝座上。我们有时候需要对撒但说，『撒但，你难道没有看见我在何处？我在基督里，也在宝座上！』宗教剥夺，甚至抢夺我们对在基督里所得著之事物的享受。宗教使我们在经历上既贫穷又可怜。因此，我们必须对这个事实有深刻的印象：在基督里就是在复活里、在那灵里、在能力里、在宝座上。在基督里的召会，就是在复活里、在权柄里、在宝座上的召会。
12To be in the Lord Jesus Christ means on the one hand that we are terminated and are no longer in the old creation. On the other hand, it means that by being in Christ we are in resurrection. To be in Christ is to be in resurrection, in the Spirit, in power, in strength, and in authority. However, because of the influence of traditional Christianity, we may not realize the significance of being in Christ. As a result, there may be a shortage of the experience of resurrection, strength, and authority. Do you realize that because you are in Christ you are on the throne? Not only are you in power, might, strength, and authority, but you are also on the throne. After His resurrection Christ went to the heavens to be enthroned, and in Him we also are on the throne. Sometimes we need to say to Satan, Satan, don’ty ou see where I am? I am in Christ on the throne!” Religion has deprived us, even robbed us, of the enjoyment of what we have in Christ. It has caused us in experience to be poor, pitiful. Therefore, we need to be impressed with the fact that to be in Christ is to be in resurrection, in the Spirit, in power, and on the throne. The church in Christ is the church in resurrection, in authority, and on the throne
13在复活的生命里长大我们接著要来看，在基督里也是在国度和荣耀里；在此之前，我们要强调生命这个极其重要的事。在基督里乃是在生命里，就是在复活的生命里。我们若忽略生命，就会失去一切。离了生命，我们就没有路进入国度或荣耀。今天召会乃是在复活的生命里，这复活的生命正在为我们成就许多的事。
13GROWING IN RESURRECTION LIFE Before we go on to see that to be in Christ is also to be in the kingdom and glory, we need to emphasize the crucial matter of life. To be in Christ is to be in life, even in resurrection life. If we neglect life, we shall miss everything. Apart from life, there is no way to enter into the kingdom or the glory. The church today is in resurrection life, and this resurrection life is accomplishing many things for us
14我观察我家花园里植物生长的情形，学知许多生命的事。一棵小小的植物如何在生命里长大，实在令我惊奇。这是我们如何在复活的生命里长大的图画、例证。因为我们是在复活的生命里，所以我们里面有个东西在生长。生长一辞含示许多意义。生长包括变化、开花、结果、成熟。我花园里有一些植物，在还没有完全成长以前不大好看。但是牠们长大之后，就有了变化，而变得美丽。这些植物开花结果而成熟。生长这件事，及其所含示的一切，也都包括在『召会在父神和主耶稣基督里』这思想里。
14I have learned much about life by observing how things grow in my garden at home. I am amazed how a tiny plant grows in life. This is a picture, an illustration, of how we are growing in resurrection life. Because we are in resurrection life, something within us is growing. The word growing implies a great deal. It includes transformation, blossoming, fruitfulness, and maturity. Some of the plants in my garden were rather uncomely before they had adequate growth. But by growing they have been transformed and have become beautiful. They have blossomed, they have borne fruit, and they have become mature. This matter of growth with all it implies is also included in the thought of the church being in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
15许多基督徒受了宗教的影响，受打岔而不在复活生命里长大，这实在可悲。他们不注意生命和生命的长大，却追求知识，想要改良自己。我们不需要努力改良自己，因为我们是在复活的生命里。这复活的生命就是复活的基督，而这位在复活里的基督乃是赐生命的灵。今天召会是在基督里，而基督在祂的复活里已经成了包罗万有、赐生命的灵。
15It is indeed a tragedy that, under the influence of religion, so many Christians have been distracted from growing in resurrection life. Instead of paying attention to life and the growth of life, they pursue knowledge and try to improve themselves. There is no need for us to endeavor to improve ourselves, for we are in resurrection life. This resurrection life is the resurrected Christ, and this Christ in resurrection is the life-giving Spirit. The church today is in Christ, the One who in His resurrection has become the all- inclusive life-giving Spirit