总题：信徒（一）
THE BELIEVERS (1)
第二篇 永远的生命—神的生命带着神圣的性情；三一神乃是圣经的结构；以及隐藏的神，自隐的神
The Eternal Life—the Life of God with the Divine Nature, the Triune God Being the Structure of the Bible, and the Hidden God, a God Who Hides Himself
读经：约四24，彼后一1、4～11，约壹一5，四8、16，路十八1～18
Scripture Reading: John 4:24; 2 Pet. 1:1, 4-11; 1 John 1:5; 4:8, 16; Luke 18:1-18
壹 神圣的生命可视为神首要且基本的属性：
I. The divine life may be considered as the first and the basic attribute of God:
一 神的生命是唯一的生命。
A. God's life is the unique life.
二 以弗所四章十八节是说到神的生命唯一的经文：“他们在悟性上既然昏暗，就因着那在他们里面的无知，因着他们心里的刚硬，与神的生命隔绝了。”
B. Ephesians 4:18 is the unique verse that speaks of the life of God: "Being darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance which is in them, because of the hardness of their heart."
三 在全宇宙中，唯有神的生命才算为生命—约壹五12。
C. In the whole universe only the life of God can be counted as life—1 John 5:12.
四 在神看来，唯有祂的生命是生命；因此，新约里提到神的生命时，就把这生命看作唯一的生命—约一4，十10，十一25，十四6。
D. In the sight of God only His life is life; therefore, when the life of God is mentioned in the New Testament, it is treated as if it is the unique life—John 1:4; 10:10; 11:25; 14:6.
五 神的生命是非受造、无始无终、自有永有、永存不变的。
E. The life of God is uncreated, without beginning or ending, existing by itself, and ever, unchangeably existing.
六 从永远的观点看，唯有神的生命才是生命。
F. From the standpoint of eternity, only the life of God is life.
贰 永远的生命乃是神的生命带着神圣的性情：
II. The eternal life is the life of God with the divine nature:
一 永远的生命，神的生命：
A. The eternal life, the life of God:
1 今世得永远的生命：
1. Obtaining eternal life in this age:
a 永远的生命就是神的生命—约壹一1～2。
a. Eternal life being the life of God—1 John 1:1-2.
b 永远的生命是在主耶稣里面—五11～12，约一4。
b. Eternal life being in the Lord Jesus—5:11-12; John 1:4.
c 永远的生命是神白白赐给的—罗六23，约壹五11。
c. Eternal life being given freely by God—Rom. 6:23; 1 John 5:11.
d 永远的生命是一信就得着的—约三16、36，五24。
d. Eternal life being obtained at the time of believing—John 3:16, 36; 5:24.
e 有永远的生命是今世可以知道的—约壹五13。
e. Eternal life being known in the present age—1 John 5:13.
f 有了永远的生命就永不灭亡—约十28～29。
f. Having eternal life and never perishing—John 10:28-29.
2 来世得永远的生命：
2. Obtaining eternal life in the coming age:
a “人为我和福音，撇下……，没有不在今世得百倍，……且要在来世得永远生命的”—可十29～30。
a. "No one who has left…for My sake and for the gospel's sake, but that he shall receive a hundred times as much now at this time…and in the coming age, eternal life"—Mark 10:29-30.
b “你务要至死忠信，我就赐给你那生命的冠冕”—启二10。
b. "Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life"—Rev. 2:10.
c “得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃”—7节。
c. "To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God"—v. 7.
3 永世享永远的生命：
3. Enjoying eternal life in eternity:
a “我所赐的水，要在他里面成为泉源，直涌入永远的生命”—约四14。
a. "The water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into eternal life"—John 4:14.
b “我要将生命泉的水白白赐给那口渴的人喝”—启二一6。
b. "I will give to him who thirsts from the spring of the water of life freely"—Rev. 21:6.
c “可得权柄到生命树那里”—二二14。
c. "They may have right to the tree of life"—22:14.
二 神的生命具有神圣的性情：
B. The life of God with the divine nature:
1 我们这些在基督里的信徒既接受同样宝贵的信，就应当有分于神的性情—彼后一4：
1. As those who have received equally precious faith, we, the believers in Christ, should be partakers of the divine nature—2.Pet. 1:4:
a “神圣的性情”是指神的所是，也就是神所是的丰富、元素和构成成分—约四24，约壹一5，四8、16。
a. The divine nature refers to what God is, that is, the riches, the elements, and the constituents of God's being—John 4:24; 1 John 1:5; 4:8, 16.
b 神圣的生命和神圣的性情是分不开的；神圣的性情是神圣生命的本质，并且在神圣生命里面—一1～2，五11～13。
b. The divine life and the divine nature are inseparable; the divine nature is the substance of the divine life and is within the divine life—1:1-2; 5:11-13.
2 神圣的种子已经撒在我们里面，我们需要经历那包含在这神圣种子里之神圣生命和神圣性情的发展，使我们得以丰富地进入永远的国—彼后一1、4～11。
2. We need to experience the development of the divine life and the divine nature contained in the divine seed that has been sown into us that we may have a rich entrance into the eternal kingdom—2 Pet. 1:1, 4-11.
3 我们既是神的儿女，就是神人，从神而生，拥有神的生命和性情，属于神的种类—约一12～13。
3. As children of God, we are God-men, born of God, possessing the life and nature of God, and belonging to the species of God—John 1:12-13.
4 我们重生时，有另一个性情分赐到我们里面；这就是神的性情，神圣的性情—彼后一4。
4. At our regeneration, another nature was imparted into us; this is the nature of God, the divine nature—2 Pet. 1:4.
5 神圣性情的有分者，就是享受神圣性情并有分于神圣性情的人—4节。
5. A partaker of the divine nature is one who enjoys the divine nature and participates in the divine nature—v. 4.
6 我们若享受神，并有分于祂所是的丰富，就会被神圣的性情所构成，而在生命和性情上（但不在神格上）成为与神一式一样，并在我们一切的所是和所作上彰显祂—3节。
6. If we enjoy God and partake of the riches of His being, we will be constituted with the divine nature, becoming the same as God in life and nature but not in the Godhead and expressing Him in all that we are and do—v. 3.
叁 三一神乃是新约的结构：
III. The Triune God is the structure of the New Testament:
一 “我若靠着神的灵赶鬼，这就是神的国临到你们了”—太十二28。
A. "If I, by the Spirit of God, cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you"—Matt. 12:28.
二 “使万民作我的门徒，将他们浸入父、子、圣灵的名里”—二八19。
B. "Disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"—28:19.
三 “保惠师，就是父在我的名里所要差来的圣灵，祂要将一切的事教导你们，并且要叫你们想起我对你们所说的一切话”—约十四26。
C. "The Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and remind you of all the things which I have said to you"—John 14:26.
四 “我要从父差保惠师来，就是从父出来实际的灵，祂来了，就要为我作见证”—十五26。
D. "When the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of reality, who proceeds from the Father, He will testify concerning Me"—15:26.
五 “祂既被高举在神的右边，又从父领受了所应许的圣灵”—徒二33上。
E. "Having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father"—Acts 2:33a.
六 “那叫耶稣从死人中复活者的灵，若住在你们里面，那叫基督从死人中复活的，也必借着祂住在你们里面的灵，赐生命给你们必死的身体”—罗八11。
F. "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 to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you"—Rom. 8:11.
七 “因你们是儿子，神就差出祂儿子的灵，进入我们的心，呼叫：阿爸，父！”—加四6。
G. "Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father!"—Gal. 4:6.
八 “愿祂照着祂荣耀的丰富，借着祂的灵，用大能使你们得以加强到里面的人里，使基督借着信，安家在你们心里”—弗三16～17上。
H. "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith"—Eph. 3:16-17a.
九 “一位灵，……一主，……一位……神与父”—四4～6。
I. "One Spirit…one Lord…one God and Father"—4:4-6.
十 “何况基督借着永远的灵，将自己无瑕无疵地献给神，祂的血岂不更洁净我们的良心，使其脱离死行，叫我们事奉活神么？”—来九14。
J. "How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?"—Heb. 9:14.
十一 “照着父神的先见被拣选，借着那灵得圣别，以致顺从耶稣基督，并蒙祂血所洒的人”—彼前一2上。
K. "Chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father in the sanctification of the Spirit unto the obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ"—1 Pet. 1:2a.
十二 “愿恩典与平安，从那今是昔是以后永是的，从祂宝座前的七灵，并从那忠信的见证人、死人中的首生者、为地上君王元首的耶稣基督，归与你们”—启一4下～5上。
L. "Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful Witness, the Firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth"—Rev. 1:4b-5a.
肆 神是自隐的神—隐藏的神：
IV. God is a God who hides Himself—the hidden God:
一 “救主以色列的神啊，你实在是自隐的神”—赛四五15：
A. "Surely You are a God who hides Himself, . O God of Israel, the Savior"—Isa. 45:15:
1 如以斯帖记所指明，我们的神虽然是无所不在、无所不能，且满了赦免之恩，祂也是隐藏的神—四14。
1. Although our God is omnipresent, omnipotent, and full of forgiveness, He is also the hiding God, as the book of Esther indicates—4:14.
2 神造了宇宙，祂就隐藏在宇宙中人所不知道的地方，以致人找不着祂—伯二三3。
2. God created the universe and then hid Himself in it, until we do not know where to find Him—Job 23:3.
3 神在以色列人中间，也在他们个人的生活里，作了许许多多的事，但神却把自己隐藏起来；祂不停地作工，却始终是隐藏的—赛四五15。
3. God did countless things in the midst of the children of Israel and countless things in their personal lives, yet He concealed Himself; He was ceaselessly working, yet He was always hidden—Isa. 45:15.
4 我们需要领悟，我们所事奉那无所不能的神，仍在隐藏自己，尤其是在祂帮助我们的时候—约十四26，罗八28。
4. We need to realize that the omnipotent God whom we are serving is still hiding Himself, especially when He is helping us—John 14:26; Rom. 8:28.
5 自隐的神默默却强有力地在我们里面运行—腓二13。
5. The God who hides Himself is operating within us silently yet mightily—Phil. 2:13.
二 路加十八章一至八节的比喻意义深奥，我们需要照着其中所启示的，认识神是隐藏的神：
B. The significance of the parable in Luke 18:1-8 is profound, and we need to know God as He is revealed, as the hidden God:
1 三节的寡妇表征信徒；就某种意义说，在基督里的信徒在今世是寡妇，因为表面看来，他们的丈夫基督不在他们这里了—林后十一2。
1. The widow in verse 3 signifies the believers; in a sense, the believers in Christ are a widow in the present age because their Husband, Christ, is apparently absent from them—2 Cor. 11:2.
2 这比喻里的寡妇一直来到不义的审判官面前，求审判官向她的对头给她伸冤；我们应当为这伸冤恒切祷告，不可灰心—路十八1、3：
2. The widow in the parable kept coming to the unrighteous judge and asking him to avenge her of her opponent; we ought to pray persistently for this avenging and should not lose heart—Luke 18:1, 3:
a 当我们的丈夫表面上不在，留我们在地上如同寡妇的时候，我们的神暂时好像是不义的审判官—6节。
a. When our Husband is apparently absent and we are left on earth as a widow, temporarily our God seems to be an unrighteous judge—v. 6.
b 虽然祂看似不义，但我们仍要向祂求诉，恒切祷告，一再地烦扰祂，因为祂要快快地给祂那些“昼夜呼吁祂”的选民伸冤—7～8节上。
b. Although He appears to be unrighteous, we still must appeal to Him, pray persistently, and bother Him again and again, for He will carry out quickly the avenging of His chosen ones, who "cry to Him day and night"—vv. 7-8a.
3 “人子来的时候，在地上找得到信心么？”—8节下：
3. "When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?"—v. 8b:
a “信心”原文直译是“那信心”；这是指恒切祷告的恒切信心，就像那寡妇的信心。
a. Literally, the Greek words rendered "faith" mean "the faith"; this denotes the persistent faith for our persistent prayer, like that of the widow.
b 我们借以得救的信是信的起始阶段；将我们带进与基督生命联结的信是联结的信—借着我们不断接触三一神而进到我们里面的信，使我们凭神的儿子而活—罗一17，加二20，约十四19。
b. The faith through which we were saved is the initial stage of faith; the faith that brought us into a life union with Christ is the linking faith—the faith that comes into us through our contacting the Triune God continually so that we may live by the Son of God—Rom. 1:17; Gal. 2:20; John 14:19.
c 联结的信乃是对得胜者神圣的要求，使他们可以在基督凯旋回来时与祂相见—路十八8下：
c. The linking faith is the divine requirement for the overcomers to meet Christ in His triumphant return—Luke 18:8b:
㈠ 联结的信乃是在我们里面运行的三一神，把我们联于祂追测不尽的丰富—弗三8。
(1) Linking faith is the Triune God moving in us to link us to His unsearchable riches—Eph. 3:8.
㈡ 联结的信乃是信徒那不信靠自己，只信靠神的信—林后一9。
(2) Linking faith is the faith of the believers who have no trust in themselves; rather, their trust is in God—2 Cor. 1:9.
㈢ 主耶稣回来时，会找着一些凭这联结之信而活的得胜者，以他们为祂作王一千年之国度里的珍宝—路十八8下，启二十4、6。
(3) When the Lord Jesus returns, He will find a number of overcomers who are living by the linking faith and will regard them as treasures for His kingdom in the thousand years of His reign—Luke 18:8b; Rev. 20:4, 6.