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第八週 • 綱目

三一神作生命分賜到三部分的人裏，乃是根據祂的公義，藉着祂的聖別，而達到祂的榮耀

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讀經：羅一17，六19、22，八2、6、10~11、18、21，九23，十一36，十二1~5，十六27

【週　一】

壹　神永遠的經綸，乃是要將祂自己作為生命之靈的律分賜到人裏面，好使祂公義、聖別和榮耀的神聖屬性，成為人的人性美德，使神得着團體的彰顯，就是在眾地方召會裏基督身體的實際，終極完成新耶路撒冷，作為公義、聖別且榮耀的城—創二9，約十10下，十四6上，林前十五45下，羅八2，彼後三13，啟二一2、9~11：

一　神的願望就是把祂自己作到我們裏面，到一個地步，祂成為我們，我們成為祂，我們與祂在生命、性情和形像上完全相像；這乃是祂經綸的登峰造極—約一12~13，彼後一4，林後三18。

二　人是按着神的形像被造為活的器皿，以接受並盛裝神作生命，使神得着生命的複製、複本—創一26，二7，羅九21、23，林後四7，約十二24。

【週　二】

貳　基督死在十字架上，滿足了神公義、聖別和榮耀的要求，然後祂復活成為分賜生命的靈作為生命樹的實際，而成為我們的公義、聖別和榮耀—創三24，林前十五45下，一30，參弗五25~27：

一　三一神的生命分賜到我們三部分的人裏面，使我們成為生命人，作神的兒子和基督的肢體，以構成基督的身體，作祂的彰顯，因而完成神原初的心意—創二7、9，羅八14，十二5：

1　『生命〔原文，zoe，奏厄〕之靈的律，在基督耶穌裏已經釋放了我，使我脫離了罪與死的律』—八2。

2　『基督若在你們裏面，身體固然因罪是死的，靈卻因義是生命〔原文，zoe，奏厄〕』—10節。

3　『心思置於靈，乃是生命〔原文，zoe，奏厄〕平安』—6節。

4　『那叫耶穌從死人中復活者的靈，若住在你們裏面，那叫基督從死人中復活的，也必藉着祂住在你們裏面的靈，賜生命〔原文，zoe，奏厄〕給你們必死的身體』—11節。

【週　三】

二　圍着神寶座的虹，其三種主要的顏色是藍色（藍寶石寶座的顏色，表徵神的公義—結一26，詩八九14）、紅色（聖別之火的顏色，表徵神的聖別—結一4、13、27，來十二29）以及黃色（光耀的金銀合金的顏色，表徵神的榮耀—結一4、27，來一3）。

三　虹圍着神的寶座，表徵神是立約的神，是信實的神，在祂審判地時，要遵守祂的新約，將生命的新樣分賜到祂所揀選的人裏面，使他們成為新耶路撒冷—創九8~17，啟四3，二一2，羅六4，結一26~28，三六26~27：

1　虹是神信實守約的記號，不再有死的審判；我們必須活在新約之下，不信任何失敗、輭弱、黑暗或消極的事物；我們是有約的人，我們有一節應許的經文可以應付每一處境—哀三22~23，羅八1，林後十二9，提後一10，二1，猶24，約壹一9，林前一9。

2　我們在召會生活中可以放心，可以平安，因為不再有死亡了；我們越說『不再有』，就越領畧我們沒有死亡，沒有失敗，沒有輭弱，沒有黑暗，因為我們是活在神的約之下，不是活在我們的感覺、我們的定罪或任何的環境之下。

3　我們藉着神在約中大而寶貴的應許（彼後一4），已得到了安全、保證和保護；神的約宣告說，每當烏雲密佈，我們必須將神的信實呼求出來，那也就是『將虹呼求出來』。

4　神對祂的話信實，祂的話就是遺命，就是約（林前一9，約壹一9）；召會人乃是在約之下的人；因此，實際上我們可以稱為『約的召會』。

【週　四】

四　這道虹屬靈的實際應當顯於今天的召會；我們需要給神完全的機會，使祂這聖別的火在我們裏面作工，而讓神以祂公義的同在充滿我們，好叫祂藉着我們配搭為團體的基督，使祂的榮耀得着輝煌的彰顯—結一5~14、26~28。

五　公義、聖別和榮耀的虹所表徵的基督自己，乃是神賜給祂子民的約，使他們得以『基督化』，就是使他們在生命、性情和彰顯上，但不在神格上，與祂一模一樣—賽四二6，來八10~12。

六　基督是從神給我們的智慧，將祂自己傳輸到我們裏面作為公義（使我們在靈裏得重生）、聖別（使我們在魂裏被變化）和救贖（使我們的身體得着榮耀）—林前一30，羅八10，十二2，八23，腓三21。

七　基督作為神萬般的智慧傳輸到我們裏面，使我們成為三一神的傑作，作祂一切所是的智慧展示，就是祂的詩章，彰顯祂無窮的智慧和神聖的設計—林前一30，弗二10，三9~11。

八　在永遠裏，我們作為新耶路撒冷（這城的根基顯出一道虹的樣子—啟二一19~20），將是一道虹，見證神是信實的，必要成就祂的新約，將我們作成公義、聖別和榮耀，與祂一模一樣—10~11節。

【週　五】

叁　羅馬書啟示，每一個召會都必須有神的公義（神的手續）為基礎，神的聖別（神的性情）為過程，以及神的榮耀（神的彰顯）為目標，好把我們帶進神的心，就是要藉着眾地方召會得着基督身體的實際—一17，八10，六19、22，八18、21，九23，十一36~十二5，十六27：

一　羅馬書啟示，神的帳幕乃是身體生活，實化於召會生活（十二~十六），以公義（三21~五11）、聖別（12~八13）和榮耀（14~39）為基本結構：

1　藉着基督的救贖得稱為義是在外院，聖別是在聖所，得榮是在至聖所。

2　召會生活是三一神與蒙祂揀選之人的調和；他們被稱義、聖別、榮化，並建造在一起，成為帳幕，就是在眾地方召會裏基督身體的實際，終極完成於新耶路撒冷，神終極的帳幕—啟二一3。

3　三一神的分賜是根據祂的公義，藉着祂的聖別，而達到祂的榮耀；三一神作為生命之分賜的最終目標，乃是榮耀，就是神在召會裏並藉着召會作為基督身體而有的彰顯—羅五17，六19~23，八18、21，十六27，弗三16~21。

二　基督的死是為着神的公義，基督的復活是為着神的聖別，而基督的升天是為着神的榮耀；當基督回來時，祂聖徒的得榮就要得着終極完成。

三　基督作我們的代替，為我們死在十字架上，以滿足神公義的要求，使我們得稱義，好叫祂能將自己作為生命分賜到我們裏面—約十九34，羅一17，三23~25，五18，啟二二14：

1　一個正確的基督徒乃是已經與基督同死，並且天天照着這個事實行事為人的人；信徒若活在天然裏，他就是不義的，但他若經歷十字架的死，他就會在每一件事上，與每一個人，甚至在每一方面都是義的—加二20，林後三9。

2　惟有基督的死，以及我們與基督的同死，能滿足神公義的要求，並給神有立場，公義地將祂自己作為神聖的生命分賜到我們全人裏面，使我們被生命吞沒，而成為生命的城—羅八10、6、11，林後五4。

3　新約執事的生活與事奉，乃是走義路，承認我們沒有任何資格作神的僕人，我們是一個在肉體裏的人，除了死與埋葬以外，一無用處，藉此活出並真正彰顯基督—太三13~17，二一32。

【週　六】

四　聖化乃是聖別的主觀活動；這乃是活動中的聖別：

1　聖化乃是復活的基督作為『那靈那聖的』，就是在我們靈裏那聖別的靈，將祂自己作為神的聖別性情，作到我們裏面，使我們成為聖城—帖前五23，羅六19、22，十五16，八4。

2　神聖的聖別，在完成神聖的經綸上是主持線，就是神生機救恩的過程，作為神的行動，使人在生命和性情上成為神，但無分於神格—來二10~11，弗一4~5，啟二一2。

3　新約執事的生活與事奉，乃是在生命的新樣中生活行動，並在靈的新樣裏服事，作神福音勤奮的祭司，將得救的罪人呈獻給神，作為在聖靈裏得以聖別，可蒙悅納的供物—羅六4，七6，十五16。

五　三一神之分賜的終極目標，是讓神藉着基督的身體得彰顯，在召會裏得着榮耀—弗三20~21，羅八19、21、28~30，十六27：

1　約翰十七章裏的一就是召會；當這個一藉着全然否認己而完全實現時，子就在召會中榮耀父—1、21~23節。

2　這指明那裏有正當的召會生活，父就在那裏得着榮耀，因為召會生活將父彰顯出來。

3　新約執事的生活與事奉，乃是一切都為榮耀神而行，使基督被高舉—羅十一36，林前十31，腓一20，林後四5。

六　三一神作生命的分賜，乃是根據祂的公義，藉着祂的聖別，而達到祂的榮耀；這是為使我們成為新耶路撒冷，有基督作我們公義的穩固根基，作我們聖別的純淨構成成分，並作我們榮耀的輝煌彰顯—啟二一2、9~11。

七　因此，那靈就是經過過程並終極完成的神，新婦就是經過過程並終極完成的召會，二者在生命裏聯結為一，作永世裏愛的對偶—二二17上，參林前六17。

Week Eight

The Dispensing of the Triune God as Life into the Tripartite Man according to His Righteousness, through His Holiness, and unto His Glory

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Hymns: E948

Scripture Reading: Rom. 1:17; 6:19, 22; 8:2, 6, 10-11, 18, 21; 9:23; 11:36; 12:1-5; 16:27

§ Day 1

I. God’s eternal economy is to dispense Himself as the law of the Spirit of life into man so that His divine attributes of righteousness, holiness, and glory would become man’s human virtues for God’s corporate expression as the reality of the Body of Christ in the local churches to consummate the New Jerusalem as the city of righteousness, holiness, and glory—Gen. 2:9; John 10:10b; 14:6a; 1 Cor. 15:45b; Rom. 8:2; 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:2, 9-11:

A. God’s desire is to work Himself into us to the extent that He becomes us and we become Him, that we and He become completely identical in life, nature, and image; this is the pinnacle of His economy—John 1:12-13; 2 Pet. 1:4; 2 Cor. 3:18.

B. Man was created in the image of God as a living vessel to receive and contain God as life for the reproduction, the duplication, of God in life— Gen. 1:26; 2:7; Rom. 9:21, 23; 2 Cor. 4:7; John 12:24.

§ Day 2

II. Christ died on the cross to satisfy the requirements of God’s righteousness, holiness, and glory and was resurrected to become the life-dispensing Spirit as the reality of the tree of life to be our righteousness, holiness, and glory—Gen. 3:24; 1 Cor. 15:45b; 1:30; cf. Eph. 5:25-27:

A. The life of the Triune God dispensed into our tripartite being makes us men of life to be God’s sons and the members of Christ to constitute the Body of Christ for His expression, thus fulfilling God’s original intention— Gen. 2:7, 9; Rom. 8:14; 12:5:

1. “The law of the Spirit of life [Gk. zoe] has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death”—8:2.

2. “If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life [Gk. zoe] because of righteousness”—v. 10.

3. “The mind set on the spirit is life [Gk. zoe] and peace”—v. 6.

4. “If the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life [Gk. zoe] to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you”—v. 11.

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B. The three primary colors of the rainbow around God’s throne are blue (the color of the sapphire throne, which signifies God’s righteousness— Ezek. 1:26; Psa. 89:14), red (the color of the sanctifying fire, which signifies God’s holiness—Ezek. 1:4, 13, 27; Heb. 12:29), and yellow (the color of the glowing electrum, which signifies God’s glory—Ezek. 1:4, 27; Heb. 1:3).

C. The rainbow around God’s throne signifies that God is the covenanting God, the faithful God, who will keep His new covenant to impart the newness of life into His chosen ones to make them the New Jerusalem while executing His judgment upon the earth—Gen. 9:8-17; Rev. 4:3; 21:2; Rom. 6:4; Ezek. 1:26-28; 36:26-27:

1. The rainbow is a sign of God’s faithfulness in keeping His covenant that there will be no more judgment of death; we must live under the new covenant and not believe in any failure, weakness, darkness, or negative thing; we are the covenanted people, who have a verse of promise to meet every situation—Lam. 3:22-23; Rom. 8:1; 2 Cor. 12:9; 2 Tim. 1:10; 2:1; Jude 24; 1 John 1:9; 1 Cor. 1:9.

2. We may be assured and at peace in the church life, for there is no more death; the more we say, “No more,” the more we realize that we have no death, no failure, no weakness, and no darkness because we are living under God’s covenant, not under our feelings, our convictions, or any environment.

3. We are secured, guaranteed, and protected by the great and precious promises in God’s covenant (2 Pet. 1:4); God’s covenant declares that whenever the sky is cloudy, we must call God’s faithfulness to come, which means that we “call out the rainbow.”

4. God is faithful to His Word, and His Word is the testament, the covenant (1 Cor. 1:9; 1 John 1:9); the church people are a people under the covenant; thus, we can actually be called “the church of the covenant.”

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D. The spiritual reality of this rainbow should be manifest in the church today; we need to allow God to fill us with His righteous presence by giving Him the full opportunity to work in us as the sanctifying fire for His radiant expression of glory through our coordination as the corporate Christ—Ezek. 1:5-14, 26-28.

E. Christ Himself, signified by the rainbow of righteousness, holiness, and glory, is the covenant of God given to His people for their “Christification,” which is to make them exactly the same as He is in life, nature, and expression but not in the Godhead—Isa. 42:6; Heb. 8:10-12.

F. Christ is wisdom to us from God, transmitting Himself into us as righteousness (that we might be reborn in our spirit), sanctification (that we might be transformed in our soul), and redemption (that we might be glorified in our body)—1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 8:10; 12:2; 8:23; Phil. 3:21.

G. The transmission of Christ, as the multifarious wisdom of God, into our being makes us the masterpiece of the Triune God as the wise exhibition of all that He is, a poem expressing His infinite wisdom and divine design—1 Cor. 1:30; Eph. 2:10; 3:9-11.

H. In eternity as the New Jerusalem (a city whose foundations have the appearance of a rainbow—Rev. 21:19-20), we will be a rainbow to testify of God’s faithfulness to carry out His new covenant in making us exactly the same as He is as righteousness, holiness, and glory—vv. 10-11.

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III. Romans reveals that in every church there must be the base of God’s righteousness (God’s procedure), the process of God’s holiness (God’s nature), and the goal of God’s glory (God’s expression) to bring us into the heart of God to have the reality of the Body of Christ through the local churches—1:17; 8:10; 6:19, 22; 8:18, 21; 9:23; 11:36—12:5; 16:27:

A. Romans reveals the tabernacle of God as the Body life realized in the church life (chs. 12—16) with the basic structure of righteousness (3:21—5:11), holiness (v. 12—8:13), and glory (vv. 14-39):

1. Justification through Christ’s redemption is in the outer court, sanctification is in the Holy Place, and glorification is in the Holy of Holies.

2. The church life is the Triune God mingled with His chosen people, who are justified, sanctified, glorified, and built together to be the tabernacle, the reality of the Body of Christ in the local churches to consummate in the New Jerusalem, the ultimate tabernacle of God—Rev. 21:3.

3. The dispensing of the Triune God is according to His righteousness, through His holiness, and unto His glory; the ultimate goal of the dispensing of the Triune God as life is glory, the expression of God in and through the church as the Body of Christ—Rom. 5:17; 6:19-23; 8:18, 21; 16:27; Eph. 3:16-21.

B. Christ’s death is for God’s righteousness, Christ’s resurrection is for God’s holiness, and Christ’s ascension is for God’s glory; when Christ comes back, the glorification of His saints will be consummated.

C. As our Substitute, Christ died on the cross for us in order to fulfill God’s righteous requirements for our justification so that He could dispense Himself as life into us—John 19:34; Rom. 1:17; 3:23-25; 5:18; Rev. 22:14:

1. A proper Christian is one who has died with Christ and who conducts himself daily according to this fact; if a believer lives in a natural way, he will be unrighteous, but if he experiences the death of the cross, he will be righteous in everything, with everyone, and in every way—Gal. 2:20; 2 Cor. 3:9.

2. Only the death of Christ and our death with Christ fulfill the requirements of God’s righteousness and give God the ground to righteously dispense Himself as the divine life into our entire being so that we may be swallowed up by life to be the city of life—Rom. 8:10, 6, 11; 2 Cor. 5:4.

3. To live and serve as a minister of the new covenant is to take the way of righteousness, the living out and genuine expression of Christ, by recognizing that we do not have any qualification to be a servant of God, that as a man in the flesh we are good for nothing except death and burial—Matt. 3:13-17; 21:32.

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D. Sanctification is the subjective activity of holiness; it is holiness in action:

1. Sanctification is the resurrected Christ as “the Spirit the Holy,” the sanctifying Spirit in our spirit, working Himself as God’s holy nature into our being to make us the holy city—1 Thes. 5:23; Rom. 6:19, 22; 15:16; 8:4.

2. The divine sanctification is the holding line in the carrying out of the divine economy, the process of God’s organic salvation as God’s move to deify man, making man God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead—Heb. 2:10-11; Eph. 1:4-5; Rev. 21:2.

3. To live and serve as a minister of the new covenant is to walk in newness of life and serve in newness of spirit as a laboring priest of the gospel of God in order to present the saved sinners to God as an acceptable offering sanctified in the Holy Spirit—Rom. 6:4; 7:6; 15:16.

E. The ultimate goal of the dispensing of the Triune God is that God would be expressed through the Body of Christ for His glory in the church—Eph. 3:20-21; Rom. 8:19, 21, 28-30; 16:27:

1. The oneness in John 17 is the church; when the oneness is realized in a thorough way, by the full denial of the self, the Son glorifies the Father in the church—vv. 1, 21-23.

2. This indicates that wherever there is the proper church life, there is the glorification of the Father, for the church life expresses the Father.

3. To live and serve as a minister of the new covenant is to do all to the glory of God for the exaltation of Christ—Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 10:31; Phil. 1:20; 2 Cor. 4:5.

F. The dispensing of the Triune God as life according to His righteousness, through His holiness, and unto His glory is for us to become the New Jerusalem with Christ as our solid foundation of righteousness, our pure constituent of holiness, and our radiant expression of glory—Rev. 21:2,
9-11.

G. Thus, the Spirit, as the processed and consummated God, and the bride, as the processed and consummated church, are joined to become a loving pair of one entity in life for eternity—22:17a; cf. 1 Cor. 6:17.