晨興聖言-挪亞、但以理和約伯...(W4-綱要)
第四週 • 綱目
約伯和兩棵樹
讀經:創二9、17,啟二二1~2、14,伯一1,二3,四二1~6
【週 一】
壹 在神聖啟示裏有兩棵樹、兩個源頭、兩條路、兩個原則和兩個終極完成:
一 兩棵樹:
1 生命樹表徵三一神在人與神的關係中,對人乃是生命—創二9,詩三六9上。
2 善惡知識樹表徵魔鬼撒但,就是那惡者,在人於神面前的墮落中,對人乃是死亡—創二17。
【週 二】
二 兩個源頭:
1 生命樹是尋求神作生命,以得着供應與享受之人的源頭—約一4,十五1。
2 善惡知識樹是跟隨撒但作毒物,以至於死而永遠沉淪之人的源頭—八44。
3 這兩個源頭的結果成了兩個國—神的國和撒但的國—太二一43,十二26,西一13。
三 兩條路:
1 第一條路是生命的路,就是狹路,給人尋求神,得着神,並在神永遠的生命裏享受神作供應—太七14,徒九2,十六17,十八25~26,彼後二15、21。
2 第二條路是死亡和善惡的路,就是闊路,讓人跟隨撒但,作他的兒女—太七13,約壹三10上。
四 兩個原則:
1 第一個原則是生命的原則—倚靠神的原則—約十五5,創四4。
2 第二個原則是死亡、善惡的原則—離神獨立的原則—耶十七5~6,創四3。
【週 三】
五 兩個終極完成乃是人在與神關係上所走之兩條路的最終結局:
1 神生命之路的終極完成,乃是生命水的城,新耶路撒冷—啟二一2、10~11,二二1~2。
2 死亡、善惡之路的終極完成,乃是火湖—十九20,二十10、14~15,二一8。
貳 神的目的不是要一個在善惡知識樹線上的約伯,乃是要一個在生命樹線上的約伯:
一 約伯和他朋友的邏輯是循善惡知識樹的路線—伯二11~三二1。
二 約伯像他的朋友一樣,也停留在是非的知識裏,而不認識神的經綸—四7~8。
三 約伯和他的朋友都在善惡知識樹的範圍裏;神要把他們從那個範圍裏拯救出來,擺到生命樹的範圍裏—一1,二3,十九10。
四 神對付約伯的目的,乃是要將他從善惡的路轉到生命的路上,使他能極完滿地得着神—四二1~6。
【週 四】
叁 我們需要有生命樹的異象,就是神在基督裏作我們食物的異象—創二9,啟二二1~2、14:
一 生命樹表徵三一神在基督裏,將祂自己以食物的形態分賜到祂所揀選的人裏面作生命—創二9。
二 生命樹是宇宙的中心:
1 按照神的定旨,地是宇宙的中心,伊甸園是地的中心,而生命樹又是伊甸園的中心;因此,整個宇宙是以生命樹為中心。
2 無論對神或對人,沒有別的比生命樹更中心,更重要—三22,啟二二14。
三 新約啟示,基督乃是生命樹這表徵的應驗—約一4,十五5。
【週 五】
四 約翰福音所啟示包羅萬有之基督的各方面,都是生命樹的結果—六48,八12,十11,十一25,十四6。
五 享受生命樹將是所有蒙神救贖的人永遠的分—啟二二1~2、14:
1 生命樹實現神原初對人的心意,直到永遠—創一26,二9。
2 生命樹的果子要作神贖民的食物,直到永遠;這些果子始終是新鮮的,每月都結—啟二二2。
【週 六】
肆 當我們重生時,基督將祂自己這生命樹種到我們裏面—約一12~13,三3、5~6、15,十一25,十五1、5:
一 在我們實際的生活中,我們也許不是在生命樹的線上,而是在善惡知識樹的線上—箴十六25,二一2。
二 約伯所追求的是道德範圍裏的東西,但我們在基督裏的信徒,應當追求屬神範圍裏的東西—林前十五28,弗三16~21。
三 在我們的日常生活中,我們不該在善惡知識樹的範圍裏,乃該在賜生命之靈的範圍裏—林前十五45下,羅八2。
四 神的目的是要把我們拆毀,並以祂自己作我們的生命和性情把我們重新建立起來,好叫我們這人完完全全與祂成為一—林後一9,四14。
Week Four
Job and the Two Trees
Hymns: E509
Scripture Reading: Gen. 2:9, 17; Rev. 22:1-2, 14; Job 1:1; 2:3; 42:1-6
§ Day 1
I. In the divine revelation there are two trees, two sources, two ways, two principles, and two consummations:
A. Two trees:
1. The tree of life signifies the Triune God as life to man in mans relationship with Him—Gen. 2:9; Psa. 36:9a.
2. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil signifies Satan, the devil, the evil one, as death to man in mans fall before God—Gen. 2:17.
§ Day 2
B. Two sources:
1. The tree of life is the source of men who seek God as life for their supply and enjoyment—John 1:4; 15:1.
2. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the source of men who follow Satan as their poison unto death and eternal perdition—8:44.
3. The outcome of these two sources is two kingdoms—the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan—Matt. 21:43; 12:26; Col. 1:13.
C. Two ways:
1. The first way is the way of life, the constricted way, for men to seek God, to gain God, and to enjoy God in His eternal life as the supply—Matt. 7:14; Acts 9:2; 16:17; 18:25-26; 2 Pet. 2:15, 21.
2. The second way is the way of death and of good and evil, the broad way, for men to follow Satan to be his children—Matt. 7:13; 1 John 3:10a.
D. Two principles:
1. The first principle is the principle of life—the principle of dependence on God—John 15:5; Gen. 4:4.
2. The second principle is the principle of death and of good and evil—the principle of independence from God—Jer. 17:5-6; Gen. 4:3.
§ Day 3
E. The two consummations are the final outcome of the two ways men take in their relationship with God:
1. The consummation of Gods way of life is a city of water of life, the New Jerusalem—Rev. 21:2, 10-11; 22:1-2.
2. The consummation of the way of death and of good and evil is a lake of fire— 19:20; 20:10, 14-15; 21:8.
II. Gods intention was not to have a Job in the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but a Job in the line of the tree of life:
A. The logic of Job and his friends was according to the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—Job 2:11—32:1.
B. Job, like his friends, was halted in the knowledge of right and wrong, not knowing Gods economy—4:7-8.
C. Job and his friends were in the realm of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; God was trying to rescue them from that realm and put them into the realm of the tree of life—1:1; 2:3; 19:10.
D. Gods purpose in dealing with Job was to turn him from the way of good and evil to the way of life so that he might gain God to the fullest extent—42:1-6.
§ Day 4
III. We need a vision of the tree of life—a vision of God in Christ as our food—Gen. 2:9; Rev. 22:1-2, 14:
A. The tree of life signifies the Triune God in Christ to dispense Himself into His chosen people as life in the form of food—Gen. 2:9.
B. The tree of life is the center of the universe:
1. According to the purpose of God, the earth is the center of the universe, the garden of Eden is the center of the earth, and the tree of life is the center of the garden of Eden; hence, the universe is centered on the tree of life.
2. Nothing is more central and crucial to both God and man than the tree of life—3:22; Rev. 22:14.
C. The New Testament reveals that Christ is the fulfillment of the figure of the tree of life—John 1:4; 15:5.
§ Day 5
D. All the aspects of the all-inclusive Christ revealed in the Gospel of John are the outcome of the tree of life—6:48; 8:12; 10:11; 11:25; 14:6.
E. The enjoyment of the tree of life will be the eternal portion of all of Gods redeemed—Rev. 22:1-2, 14:
1. The tree of life fulfills for eternity what God intended for man from the beginning—Gen. 1:26; 2:9.
2. The fruits of the tree of life will be the food for Gods redeemed in eternity; these fruits will be continually fresh, being produced every month—Rev. 22:2.
§ Day 6
IV. When we were regenerated, Christ planted Himself into us as the tree of life—John 1:12-13; 3:3, 5-6, 15; 11:25; 15:1, 5:
A. In our practical living, we may not be in the line of the tree of life but in the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—Prov. 16:25; 21:2.
B. Job pursued something in the realm of ethics, but we, the believers in Christ, should pursue something in the realm of God—1 Cor. 15:28; Eph. 3:16-21.
C. In our daily living, we should not be in the realm of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but in the realm of the life-giving Spirit—1 Cor. 15:45b; Rom. 8:2.
D. Gods intention is to tear us down and rebuild us with Himself as our life and nature so that we may be persons absolutely one with Him—2 Cor. 1:9; 4:14.
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