晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W6-綱要)
第六週 • 綱目
約翰職事中之三一神的分賜
讀經：約一1，十四7~21、23，三34，十六13~15，約壹二27，三9，啟二一9~10，二二13
【週 一】
壹 約翰著作的主題是：整個宇宙的實際、中心和內容，就是三一神要把祂自己分賜到祂的選民裏面，作他們的生命和生命的供應，使他們都成為神聖的，完滿的彰顯祂，直到永遠；這也該是我們的實際、中心和內容。
貳 約翰的著作揭示，在神聖的行動裏以及在我們的經歷裏，神聖的三一將祂自己分賜到我們裏面：
一 約翰十四章六節說，『我就是道路、實際、生命；若不藉着我，沒有人能到父那裏去；』我們若要達到父這標的，必須藉着那是道路的子纔能達到。
二 七至十四節給我們看見，父化身子裏，顯於信徒中間—子在信徒中間，乃是父的化身；在這些經文裏，主給我們看見，祂在父裏面，父也在祂裏面；子與父原是一；祂們是互相內住的。
三 十五至二十節繼續給我們看見，子實化為那靈，住在信徒裏面—那靈是子的實化，住在信徒裏面。
四 父是標的，子是化身，那靈乃是實化，這三者都在我們這些容器裏面；標的、化身和實化乃是在我們這些瓦器裏面超越的寶貝—林後四7。
五 約翰十四章二十一節和二十三節給我們看見，子向愛祂的人顯現，以及父與子同來，同愛子的人安排住處：
1 父這標的是在耶穌這化身裏，這化身乃是在那靈作祂的實化裏，而這實化就是如今住在我們眾人裏面的那靈；但我們需要問，我們是否每日甚至每時享受主耶穌向我們的顯現。
【週 二】
2 我們可能失去主向我們的顯現，但這並不是說我們失去了住在我們裏面的那靈；那靈是一直住在信徒裏面的。
3 那些相信自己可能失去救恩的人，事實上乃是相信『升降電梯式的救恩』；當『電梯』上升時，他們得救了；當『電梯』下降時，他們就不得救了。
4 但我們的救恩不是升降的電梯，乃是我們絕不能從其上被挪去的『樓梯』；我們雖然已在這樓梯上，我們仍要享受這樓梯最高部分的福分。
5 我們要在『頂層』，不要在『地下室』；這就是為甚麼我們需要愛主耶穌，並且說，『主耶穌，我愛你；』當我們愛祂時，我們就被帶到頂層，然後我們就看見諸天之上的一切—林前二9~10，西三1~2。
6 當我們愛祂的時候，不僅祂的靈住在我們裏面，祂自己也要親自向我們顯現；這意思是說，當我們與所愛的那一位交通時，我們有祂的同在。
7 如果我們愛耶穌，耶穌就愛我們，父也愛我們；當子親自向我們顯現時，父就與祂同來，同我們安排住處，與我們同住—約十四21、23。
8 我們需要更多被帶到子向我們的顯現裏，有父與子同我們安排住處；我們需要藉着愛主，而在主救恩的樓梯上往上去。
9 然後主會親自向我們顯現，父與子會同我們安排住處，作我們的享受。
六 神聖三一向着信徒的神聖傳輸，啟示於約翰十六章十三至十五節：
1 這個傳輸就像電流的傳輸；當電的開關接上時，就有了電流，就是電的流動，那個流動就是傳輸—參羅八2，帖前五16~20。
2 第一，凡父所有的，都是子的—約十六15上。
3 第二，凡子所有的，都由那靈領受—14節下。
4 第三，凡那靈從子所領受的，都向信徒宣示出來—13節、15節下。
5 最後，凡神聖三一的所是和所有，都是我們的；詩歌三百八十二首第三節說到這個傳輸：
a 『凡父所有全由你承，凡你所是都歸於靈；靈進我靈作你實際，使你成為我的經歷。』
b 這個傳輸是從父達到子，從子達到那靈，再從那靈達到我們；這就是神聖三一的行動為着我們的經歷。
【週 三】
叁 我們需要看見，約翰所供應的基督，是要將三一神作為生命分賜到我們三部分的人裏面：
一 約翰首先供應基督是太初的神；這位神就是生命的源頭，也是永遠的生命作為生命水的河湧流—約一1，三36，五26，啟二二1。
二 根據約翰所說，基督是永遠的婁格斯（Logos），這一位解釋、說明並彰顯神—約一1，約壹一1，啟十九13。
三 基督是神的獨生子，這一位藉着話、生命、光、恩典和實際，將神表明出來—約一18，三16，一34，二十31。
四 基督是永遠的生命，就是神那神聖、非受造的生命，不僅在時間上是永久的，在性質上也是永遠而神聖的，為着祂永遠的分賜—約壹一2，約十一25，十四6。
五 基督是賜那靈者，那靈是三一神臨到我們；當三一神臨到我們，神就把祂自己分賜到我們裏面—三34。
六 我們的基督是人子，有人的性情（一51，啟一13）；祂是人子為着救贖，除去我們的罪，解決我們與神之間的難處，使神可以分賜到我們裏面。
七 約翰供應基督是神的羔羊（約一29，啟五6，七14、17，十三8，二二1）；這救贖的羔羊乃是為着將神作為生命分賜到人裏面（參出十二8~11）。
八 羔羊基督為我們的罪，作了平息的祭物（約壹二2）；主耶穌基督為我們的罪，將自己當作祭物獻給神（來九28），不僅為着救贖我們，更為着滿足神的要求，平息我們與神之間的關係；因此，祂是我們在神面前平息的祭物。
【週 四】
九 基督是我們與父同在的辯護者（約壹二1）；『辯護者』，原文指被召到另一個人身邊以幫助他的一位，因此是幫助者；也指提供法律之援助的人，或為別人代求的人，因此是辯護者、律師或代求者：
1 按照啟示錄十二章十節和十一節，撒但晝夜控告神的兒女，但他們能因羔羊的血勝過他。
2 撒但可能控告我們是不潔、不聖、不義的，但父神會說，『撒但，看看那義者耶穌基督；我的兒女有位好律師。』
3 我們必須告訴撒但：『住口，不要說話！』然後我們要讚美羔羊，說，『阿利路亞歸與羔羊！為着血，阿利路亞！』
4 當我們喊，『阿利路亞！』生命又分賜到我們裏面了；我們的辯護者基督處理我們的案件，好叫生命的分賜能一直進行。
十 我們的基督是阿拉法，也是俄梅嘎（二二13上）；在希臘字母當中，基督是第一個字母—阿拉法，是最後一個字母—俄梅嘎，也是中間所有的字母，為要無窮盡的分賜生命。
十一 基督是首先的，也是末後的（二8，二二13中），是永遠存在、永不改變的一位：
1 無論逼迫的環境如何，主仍是一樣；沒有一事能在祂以先，也沒有一事能在祂以後。
2 凡事都在祂管制的界限之內；基督佔有每一件事物和每一個地方。
十二 基督是初，也是終（13下）；初，意即祂是萬有的起源；終，意即祂是萬有的終結；這不僅指明沒有人在主耶穌之先，也沒有人在主耶穌之後，也指明沒有祂，就沒有起源，也沒有終結（參羅十一36）。
十三 基督是神創造之物的元始（啟三14下）；這是指主作為神創造之物的起源或根源，含示主是神工作中不變永存的根源，目的是要把神分賜到祂所揀選的造物裏面；這指明恢復後又墮落的老底嘉召會，是因離開主這源頭（耶二13）而改變了。
十四 基督是那活着的；基督在啟示錄一章十七至十八節說，『我…是那活着的；我曾死過，看哪，現在又活了，直活到永永遠遠，並且拿着死亡和陰間的鑰匙；』基督要分賜生命，祂就必須是那活着的，好把召會作成活神的家—提前三15。
【週五、週六】
十五 基督是那聖別的、真實的（啟三7）；對於弟兄相愛的召會，主是那聖別的、真實的，恢復的召會憑着祂並以祂作元素，就能成為聖別，從世界分別出來，並對神真實而忠信。
十六 基督是那阿們，那忠信真實的見證人—14節下：
1 巴別的混亂破壞了宇宙性的語言，但是『阿利路亞』與『阿們』這兩個辭沒有受到破壞；阿們的意思就是：『是的！』
2 阿們是一種永遠的是；『是的！』就是基督自己；基督有一個名字，祂的名字叫阿們—『是的！』—這是為着生命的分賜。
3 基督是那阿們（意，堅定、穩固或可靠），因此，祂作為神的見證人，乃是忠信真實的。
十七 從這樣一位供應給人的基督，已經產生出神的兒女來，有永遠的生命（約三16），藉着住在主裏面，並且在光中行，而有分於永遠生命的交通（約壹一3~7，二6），受膏油塗抹的教導（20、27），享受神聖出生連同神聖種子的美德（三9，二29，四7，五1、4、16~21），成為耶穌的見證—燈臺，作三一神的彰顯（啟一9~12、20），成為莊稼連同初熟的果子，作生命的彰顯（十四1~5、15~16），並成為羔羊的新婦，作祂的擴增與滿足（約三29~30，啟十九7~9）。
十八 至終，三一神與祂所救贖、重生、變化並榮化的三部分人，聯結、調和、合併而成為新耶路撒冷，作三一神分賜到人裏面的終極完成—二一2~3、9~10、22~23，二二1~2。
Week Six
The Triune God’s Dispensing in the Ministry of John
R. M.; Hymns: E501
Scripture Reading: John 1:1; 14:7-21, 23; 3:34; 16:13-15; 1 John 2:27; 3:9; Rev. 21:9-10; 22:13
§ Day 1
I.
The subject of John’s writings is the reality, the center, and the
content of the entire universe, which is that the Triune God wants to
dispense Himself into His chosen people as their life and life supply to
make them all divine to express Him in full and for eternity; this
should also be our reality, our center, and our content.
II. John’s writings unveil the Divine Trinity dispensing Himself into us in the divine move and in our experience:
A.
John 14:6 says, “I am the way and the reality and the life; no one
comes to the Father except through Me”; if we are going to reach the
Father as our object, we must reach Him through the Son, who is the way.
B.
Verses 7 through 14 show the Father embodied in the Son seen among the
believers—the Son being the Father’s embodiment among the believers; in
these verses the Lord showed us that He is in the Father and that the
Father is in Him; the Son and the Father are one; They mutually indwell
each other.
C.
Verses 15 through 20 go on to show us the Son realized as the Spirit
abiding in the believers—the Spirit being the realization of the
Son abiding in the believers.
D.
The Father as the object, the Son as the embodiment, and the Spirit as
the realization are in us, the container; the object, the embodiment,
and the realization are the excellent treasure in us, the earthen
vessels—2 Cor. 4:7.
E.
John 14:21 and 23 show the Son manifesting Himself to His lover and the
Father coming with Him to make an abode with the Son’s lover:
1.
The Father as the object is in Jesus as the embodiment, this embodiment
is in the Spirit as His realization, and this realization is the very
Spirit who is now abiding in all of us; but we need to ask whether or
not we enjoy the manifestation of the Lord Jesus to us daily and even
hourly.
§ Day 2
2.
We may lose the Lord’s manifestation to us, but this does not mean that
we have lost the abiding of the Spirit within us; the Spirit always
abides in the believers.
3.
Those who believe that they can lose their salvation actually believe
in an “elevator salvation”; when the elevator is up, they are saved;
when it is down, they are unsaved.
4.
Our salvation, however, is not an elevator but a “stairway,” from which
we can never be removed; although we are on this stairway, we want to
enjoy the blessing of the top part of the stairway.
5.
We want to be on the “top floor,” not in the “basement”; this is why we
need to love the Lord Jesus and say, “Lord Jesus, I love You”; as we
love Him, we are brought up to the top floor, and we see everything in
the heavens—1 Cor. 2:9-10; Col. 3:1-2.
6.
When we love Him, not only does His Spirit abide in us but also He
Himself will manifest Himself to us; this means that we have the
presence of the One whom we love in our fellowship with Him.
7.
If we love Jesus, Jesus loves us, and the Father loves us also; when
the Son manifests Himself to us, the Father comes with Him to make an
abode with us, to stay with us—John 14:21, 23.
8.
We need to be brought more and more into the manifestation of the Son
to us, with the Father and the Son making an abode with us; we need to
go up the stairway of the Lord’s salvation by loving Him.
9. Then He will manifest Himself to us, and the Father and the Son will make Their abode with us for our enjoyment.
F. The divine transmission of the Divine Trinity to the believers is revealed in John 16:13 through 15:
1.
This transmission is just like the transmission of electrical current;
when the electricity is switched on, there is a current of electricity, a
moving of electricity, and that moving is the transmission—cf. Rom.
8:2; 1 Thes. 5:16-20.
2. First, all that the Father has is the Son’s—John 16:15a.
3. Second, all that the Son has is received by the Spirit—v. 14b.
4. Third, all that the Spirit has received of the Son is disclosed to the believers— vv. 13, 15b.
5. Eventually, all that the Divine Trinity is and has is ours; stanza 3 of Hymns, #501 speaks of this transmission:
a.
“All things of the Father are Thine; / All Thou art in Spirit is mine.
/ The Spirit makes Thee real to me, / That Thou experienced might be.”
b. This transmission is from the Father to the Son, from the Son to the Spirit, and from the Spirit to us; this is the move of the Divine Trinity for our experience.
§ Day 3
III.
We need to see the Christ who was ministered by John for the dispensing
of the Triune God as life into our tripartite being:
A.
Christ was ministered by John as God in the beginning; this God is the
very source of life and also the eternal life flowing as the river of
water of life—John 1:1; 3:36; 5:26; Rev. 22:1.
B.
According to John, Christ is the eternal Logos, the One who
defines, explains, and expresses God—John 1:1; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 19:13.
C.
Christ is the only begotten Son of God, the One who declared God by the
Word, life, light, grace, and reality—John 1:18; 3:16; 1:34; 20:31.
D.
Christ is the eternal life, the divine, uncreated life of God, who is
not only everlasting in time but also eternal and divine in nature for
His eternal dispensing—1 John 1:2; John 11:25; 14:6.
E.
Christ is the Giver of the Spirit, who is the Triune God reaching us;
when the Triune God reaches us, God dispenses Himself into us—3:34.
F.
Our Christ is the Son of Man with the human nature (1:51; Rev. 1:13);
He is the Son of Man for redemption, to take away our sin and solve
the problems between us and God, so that God might be dispensed into us.
G.
John ministered Christ as the Lamb of God (John 1:29; Rev. 5:6; 7:14,
17; 13:8; 22:1); the redeeming Lamb is for the dispensing of God as life
into man (cf. Exo. 12:8-11).
H.
As the Lamb, Christ is the propitiation for our sins (1 John 2:2); the
Lord Jesus Christ offered Himself to God as a sacrifice for our sins
(Heb. 9:28), not only for redemption but also for the satisfying of
God’s demand, thus appeasing the relationship between us and God; hence,
He is the sacrifice for our propitiation before God.
§ Day 4
I.
Christ is our Advocate with the Father (1 John 2:1); the Greek word for
Advocate refers to one who is called to another’s side to aid him;
hence, a helper; it refers also to one who offers legal aid or one who
intercedes on behalf of someone else; hence, an advocate, counsel, or
intercessor:
1.
According to Revelation 12:10-11, Satan is accusing God’s children day
and night, but they can overcome him because of the blood of the Lamb.
2.
Satan would accuse us of being unclean, unholy, and unrighteous, but
God the Father would say, “Satan, look at Jesus Christ the righteous
One; My children have a good Attorney.”
3.
We have to tell Satan, “Shut up! Don’t say anything!” and then we need
to praise the Lamb by saying, “Hallelujah to the Lamb! Hallelujah for
the blood!”
4.
When we shout “Hallelujah,” life is dispensed into us once more;
Christ, our Advocate, is taking care of our case so that life dispensing
can continuously go on.
J.
Our Christ is the Alpha and the Omega (22:13a); in the Greek alphabet
Christ is the first letter, Alpha, the last letter, Omega, and all the
letters in between for the inexhaustible dispensing of life.
K. Christ is the First and the Last (2:8; 22:13b), the ever-existing, unchanging One:
1.
Whatever the persecuting environment may be, the Lord remains the
same; nothing can precede Him, nor can anything exist after Him.
2. All things are within the limits of His control; Christ occupies everything and every place.
L.
Christ is the Beginning and the End (v. 13c); the Beginning indicates
that He is the origination of all things, and the End, that He is the
consummation of all things; hence, the indication here is not only that
there is nothing before or after the Lord Jesus but also that there is
no origination or consummation without Him (cf. Rom. 11:36).
M.
Christ is the beginning of the creation of God (Rev. 3:14b); this
refers to the Lord as the origin or source of God’s creation, implying
that the Lord is the unchanging and ever-existing source of God’s work
for the purpose of dispensing God into His chosen ones; this indicates
that the degraded recovered church in Laodicea has changed by leaving
the Lord as the source (Jer. 2:13).
N.
Christ is the living One; in Revelation 1:17-18 Christ said, “I
am...the living One; and I became dead, and behold, I am living forever
and ever; and I have the keys of death and of Hades”; for Christ to
dispense life, He must be the living One to make the church the house of
the living God—1 Tim. 3:15.
§ Day 5 & Day 6
O.
Christ is the Holy One and the true One (Rev. 3:7); to the church of
brotherly love, the Lord is the Holy One, the true One, by whom and with
whom the recovered church can be holy, separated from the world,
and true, faithful, to God.
P. Christ is the Amen and the faithful and true Witness—v. 14a:
1.
The confusion at Babel destroyed the universal language, but two words
were not destroyed, Hallelujah and Amen; Amen simply means “that’s it.”
2.
Amen is a kind of eternal yes; “That’s it” is just Christ Himself;
Christ has a name, and His name is called Amen—That’s it!—this is for
life dispensing.
3. Because Christ is the Amen (meaning “firm,” “steadfast,” or “trustworthy”), He is faithful and true as God’s Witness.
Q.
Out of such a Christ ministered, the children of God have been brought
forth to have eternal life (John 3:16), to partake of the fellowship of
the eternal life by abiding in the Lord and walking in the light (1 John
1:3-7; 2:6), to be taught by the anointing (vv. 20, 27), to enjoy the
virtues of the divine birth with the divine seed (3:9; 2:29; 4:7; 5:1,4,
16-21), to be the testimony of Jesus—the lampstands as the expression
of the Triune God (Rev. 1:9-12, 20), to be the harvest with the
firstfruits as the expression of life (14:1-5, 15-16), and to be the
bride of the Lamb as His increase and satisfaction (John 3:29-30;
Rev. 19:7-9).
R. Eventually, the Triune God united, mingled, and incorporated with His redeemed, regenerated, transformed, and glorified tripartite people will become the New Jerusalem as the ultimate consummation of the dispensing of the Triune God into man—21:2-3, 9-10, 22-23; 22:1-2.
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