晨興聖言-為着主的來臨(W2-綱要)

第二週　藉着在生命裏長大以至於成熟，而為着主的來臨將自己豫備好

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讀經：來六1，弗四13，西一27~29，四12，啟十四1~5

詩歌：大本第546首

【週一】

壹　雅各在雅各書用農夫恒忍等候地裏寶貴的出產為例證─五7：

一　主耶穌實際上就是真農夫，獨一的農夫─太十三3。

二　當我們在恒忍等候主的來臨時，祂這位真農夫也在忍耐等候我們在生命裏成熟，成為田地初熟的果子和莊稼─啟十四4、14~15。

三　我們若禱告說，『主，求你快回來』，主可能說，『當你們在等候我回來時，我也在等候你們成熟；惟有你們成熟了，纔能催促我回來。』

四　我們若認真等候主回來，就需要在生命上長大以至於成熟；這種領會對我們有極大的幫助。

【週二】

貳　成熟就是得着基督成形在我們裏面─加四19：

一　我們信入基督時，基督已經生在我們裏面（約三6、15~16）；祂現今在我們基督徒的生活中，活在我們裏面（加二20）；祂還要在我們成熟時，成形在我們裏面（四19）：

1　變化的最後階段乃是成熟，就是生命的豐滿：

a　神永遠的定旨，只能藉着我們的變化和成熟來完成─創一26，西一28，二19，四12。

b　成熟乃是我們一再得着神聖的生命分賜到我們裏面，直到我們有了生命的豐滿─約十10下。

【週三】

2　成熟乃在於度量的擴充─詩四1：

a　生命成熟是接受聖靈管治的總和─來十二5~11。

b　人只看見一個人生命成熟，卻未看見那人歷年逐日暗中所接受加起來的聖靈管治─林後一8~10，創四七7、10。

3　神要主宰的用人、事、物倒空原本充滿我們的一切，除去我們先入的一切，使我們的度量增加，好被神充滿─路一53，太五6。

【週四】

二　我們要在神聖的兒子名分上成熟，成為成年的兒子，就需要讓基督成形在我們裏面─加四4~5，羅八15，弗一5：

1　從我們得重生的時候起，主就一直在我們裏面作工，使我們有祂的形像─林後三18，羅八29。

2　等到主把祂的形像完全作到我們裏面，祂也從我們裏面完全彰顯出來的時候，我們就生命成熟了─弗三16~17。

【週五】

三　在新約聖經裏，『成熟』這辭用於指信徒在他們重生時所得着之神的生命上長成、成熟並得以完全：

1　我們絕不該自滿自足，乃要追求在基督的生命裏長大成熟；我們需要往前，竭力前進，達到成熟，忘記背後，努力面前的，追求對基督完滿的享受並贏得基督，好在千年國裏對基督有極點的享受─腓三12~15。

2　在屬靈生命上成熟的先決條件，就是在神聖生命裏一直長大─弗四15。

3　信徒在基督生命裏長大成熟的最終結果乃是長成的人─召會作基督的身體，長成一個成熟的人─13節。

【週六】

叁　保羅盡職的目標，乃是要將各人在基督裏成熟地獻上，好成功一個新人─西一28~29，三10~11：

一　歌羅西一章二十八節裏譯為『成熟』的辭，也可譯為『長成』、『完全』或『完整』。

二　保羅的職事乃是要將基督分賜到人裏面，使他們在基督裏長大成熟，得以完全並完整─弗四13。

三　我們越進入基督裏面，祂就越進入我們裏面；祂越進入我們裏面，我們就越進入祂裏面；藉着這循環，我們就得以在生命裏長大─西一27~28。

四　我們向罪人傳福音，並與聖徒交通，其目標乃是將基督供應到他們裏面，使他們在生命裏成熟，而得以在祂裏面成熟的獻上─三10~11，弗四13~14。

肆　我們要豫備好被提，就需要在生命裏成熟─太二四40~41：

一　被提乃是神在生命裏完全救恩終極完成的步驟，就是我們身體的改變形狀，得贖─羅五10，八23，腓三21：

1　因着我們裏面所得神聖生命的要求，又因我們向主之愛的迫切，我們就願追求過一種等候主來的生活─帖前一10，二19，三13，四15，五23。

2　當我們愛主並等候祂來時，我們就盼望被提到主的同在裏─太二四40~41，路十七31~36，二一36。

二　成熟不是一夜之間的事；為着主的來臨，我們必須豫備自己，愛祂並在祂裏面長大，使我們在祂顯現時得以成熟被提─啟十四1~5。

三　成熟的標記包括以下各項─來六1：

1　被那改變我們的神聖生命所充滿─弗三19。

2　在生命中作王─羅五17。

3　能喫乾糧─來五12~14。

4　在領悟上成熟─林前十四20。

5　得以完全，像我們的天父完全一樣─太五48。

6　看見身體，認識身體，活在身體裏並為身體而活，顧到身體，以及尊重身體─弗四13~16。

Week Two
Making Ourselves Ready for the Lord’s Coming by Growing in Life unto Maturity

 

Hymns: 750

Scripture Reading: Heb. 6:1; Eph. 4:13; Col. 1:27-29; 4:12; Rev. 14:1-5

§ Day 1

I. In his Epistle, James uses the illustration of a farmer awaiting with long-suffering the precious fruit of the earth—5:7:

A. The Lord Jesus is actually the real Farmer, the unique Farmer—Matt. 13:3.

B. While we are awaiting with long-suffering the Lord's coming, He, as the real Farmer, is awaiting with patience our maturity in life as the firstfruits and the harvest of the field—Rev. 14:4, 14-15.

C. If we pray, “Lord, come back quickly,” the Lord may say, “While you are awaiting My coming back, I am awaiting your maturity; only your maturity can hasten My coming back.”

D. It is a great help for us to realize that if we are serious about awaiting the Lord's coming back, we need to grow in life unto maturity.
§ Day 2
II. To be mature is to have Christ formed in us—Gal. 4:19:

A. Christ was born in us when we believed into Him (John 3:6, 15-16), He lives in us in our Christian life (Gal. 2:20b), and He will be formed in us at our maturity (4:19):

1. The last stage of transformation is maturity, the fullness of life:

a. God's eternal purpose can be accomplished only through our transformation and maturity—Gen. 1:26; Col. 1:28; 2:19; 4:12.

b. Maturity is a matter of having the divine life imparted into us again and again until we have the fullness of life—John 10:10b.

§ Day 3

2. Maturity is a matter of the enlargement of capacity—Psa. 4:1:

a. Maturity in life is the sum total of receiving the discipline of the Holy Spirit—Heb. 12:5-11.

b. Others may see a person who has matured in life, but they cannot see the accumulated discipline of the Holy Spirit which that person has received secretly day by day throughout the years—2 Cor. 1:8-10; Gen. 47:7, 10.

3. God will sovereignly use persons, things, and events to empty us of everything that has filled us and to take away every preoccupation so that we may have an increased capacity to be filled with God—Luke 1:53; Matt. 5:6.

§ Day 4

B. Christ being formed in us is needed that we may mature in the divine sonship and be sons of full age—Gal. 4:4-5; Rom. 8:15; Eph. 1:5:

1. Since the time of our regeneration, the Lord has been working in us so that we may have His image—2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29.

2. When the Lord has fully worked His image into us and is fully expressed through us, we will be mature in life—Eph. 3:16-17.

§ Day 5

C. As used in the New Testament, the word mature refers to the believers' being full-grown, mature, and perfected in the life of God, which they received at the time of regeneration:

1. We should never be content with ourselves but should pursue growth and maturity in the life of Christ; we need to go on, to be brought on, to maturity by forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, pursuing toward the fullest enjoyment and gaining of Christ for the uttermost enjoyment of Christ in the millennial kingdom—Phil. 3:12-15.

2. The prerequisite for maturity in the spiritual life is to grow continually in the divine life—Eph. 4:15.

3. The ultimate issue of the believers' growth and maturity in the life of Christ is the full-grown man—the church as the Body of Christ growing into a mature man—v. 13.

§ Day 6

III. The goal of Paul's ministry was to present every man mature, full-grown, in Christ for the one new man—Col. 1:28-29; 3:10-11:

A. The Greek word rendered “full-grown” in 1:28 may also be translated “perfect,” “complete,” or “mature.”

B. Paul's ministry was to dispense Christ into others so that they would be perfect and complete by maturing in Christ unto full growth—Eph. 4:13.

C. The more we get into Christ, the more He comes into us; and the more He comes into us, the more we get into Him; it is by this cycle that we grow in life—Col. 1:27-28.

D. Our goal in preaching the gospel to sinners and in fellowshipping with the saints is to minister Christ into them so that they may mature in life and be presented full-grown in Him—3:10-11; Eph. 4:13-14.

IV. To be ready for rapture we need the maturity in life—Matt. 24:40-41:

A. The rapture is the consummating step of God's full salvation in life— the transfiguration, the redemption, of our body—Rom. 5:10; 8:23; Phil. 3:21:

1. Because of the demand of the divine life that we have received and because of the intensity of our love toward the Lord, we desire to pursue a life that awaits the Lord's coming—1 Thes. 1:10; 2:19; 3:13; 4:15; 5:23.

2. As we love the Lord and await His coming, we hope to be raptured to the presence of the Lord—Matt. 24:40-41; Luke 17:31-36; 21:36.

B. To become matured is not an overnight matter; for the Lord's coming, we need to prepare ourselves, love Him, and grow in Him so that at His appearing we may be mature to be raptured—Rev. 14:1-5.

C. Marks of maturity include the following—Heb. 6:1:

1. Being filled with the divine life that changes us—Eph. 3:19.

2. Reigning in life—Rom. 5:17.

3. Being able to eat solid food—Heb. 5:12-14.

4. Being full-grown in understanding—1 Cor. 14:20.

5. Being perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect—Matt. 5:48.

6. Seeing the Body, knowing the Body, living in the Body and for the Body, caring for the Body, and honoring the Body—Eph. 4:13-16.