总题：信徒（一）
THE BELIEVERS (1)
第四篇 神的后嗣
Heirs of God
读经：加三29，四7，罗八17，弗一18，多三7
Scripture Reading: Gal. 3:29; 4:7; Rom. 8:17; Eph. 1:18; Titus 3:7
壹 后嗣是指一个人在另一个人死了之后，依法有权继承其产业、资产或所有权。
I. An heir is a person legally entitled to inherit the property, assets, or title of another person upon his death.
贰 后嗣的字面意义是“被指定接受基业的人”。
II. The literal meaning of heir is "someone who has been appointed to receive an inheritance."
叁 信徒成为后嗣：
III. The believers become heirs:
一 我们既借着重生而得更新，得着神圣的素质，也就照着永远生命的盼望（多三7），成为神的后嗣，有资格承受父神的产业（罗四14，八17，加三29，四7）。
A. Since we are renewed through regeneration to receive the divine essence, we are also made heirs of God, who are qualified to inherit the estate of God the Father (Rom. 4:14; 8:17; Gal. 3:29; 4:7), according to the hope of eternal life (Titus 3:7).
二 永远的生命是我们今世的享受和来世的盼望，叫我们不但在今世活神并享受神，更要在来世和永世里，承受神之于我们的一切丰富；因此，我们有永远生命的盼望。
B. The eternal life, which is our enjoyment in this age and our hope in the coming age, is not only for us to live and enjoy God in this age but also for us to inherit all the riches of what God is to us in the coming age and in eternity; hence, we have the hope of eternal life.
三 我们照着这个盼望作神的后嗣，承受祂一切的丰富，直到永远。
C. According to this hope, we are made heirs of God to inherit all His riches for eternity.
肆 在圣经中，后嗣是合法接受产业的人：
IV. In the Bible an heir is one who rightfully receives the property:
一 神的后嗣乃是借着相信基督而生入神的家，从神领受应许或基业的人。
A. An heir of God is a recipient of a promise or inheritance from God, born into His family through faith in Christ.
二 “神的后嗣”表征承受永远的生命、神的国和属灵的福分，常被描述为与基督同作后嗣。
B. Heirs of God signifies inheriting eternal life, the kingdom of God, and spiritual blessings, often described as being co-heirs with Christ.
三 在圣经中，后嗣是领受基业的人，通常是儿子或指定的亲人，取得父亲的产业、权利和责任。
C. In the Bible, an heir is one who receives an inheritance, typically a son or a designated relative who takes possession of a father's estate, rights, and responsibilities.
四 在属灵上，后嗣是指生入神家中的信徒；他们与基督同作后嗣，领受了所应许的救恩、永远的生命和神的国。
D. Spiritually, it refers to believers born into God's family who, as co-heirs with Christ, receive the promises of salvation, eternal life, and the kingdom of God.
伍 以下是圣经里关于“神的后嗣”主要的经文：
V. The following verses are key Bible verses regarding "heirs of God":
一 “既是儿女，便是后嗣，就是神的后嗣，和基督同作后嗣，只要我们与祂一同受苦，好叫我们也与祂一同得荣耀”—罗八17：
A. "If children, heirs also; on the one hand, heirs of God; on the other, joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him that we may also be glorified with Him"—Rom. 8:17:
1 这表明作后嗣是有条件的。
1. This shows that there is a condition for us to be heirs.
2 我们是神的儿女，并不就是后嗣。
2. It is not that we are heirs simply because we are children of God.
3 我们生为儿女后，必须在生命里长大成为儿子；还必须经过受苦，才可得荣成为法定的后嗣。
3. Rather, after being born as children, we must grow in life to become sons, and then we must pass through suffering that we may be glorified to become legal heirs.
二 “你……乃是儿子了；既是儿子，也就借着神为后嗣”—加四7：
B. "You are…a son; and if a son, an heir also through God"—Gal. 4:7:
1 新约的信徒不再是律法下作工的奴仆，乃是恩典下在生命里的儿子。
1. The New Testament believer is no longer a slave to works under law but is a son in life under grace.
2 新约的信徒成为神的后嗣，不是借着律法，也不是借着肉身的父亲，乃是借着神，就是三一神—父，差出子和灵（加四4、6）；子，为儿子的名分成功救赎（5）；灵，在我们里面完成儿子的名分（6）。
2. The New Testament believers become heirs of God not through the law nor through their fleshly father but through God, even the Triune God—the Father, who sent forth the Son and the Spirit (vv. 4, 6); the Son, who accomplished redemption for son ship (v. 5); and the Spirit, who carries out the sonship within us (v. 6).
三 “你们既属于基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许为后嗣了”—三29：
C. "If you are of Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise"—3:29:
1 要成为亚伯拉罕的后裔，我们就必须属于基督，成为基督的一部分。
1. To be Abraham's seed we must be of Christ, be a part of Christ.
2 因我们与基督是一，我们就也是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许为后嗣，承受神所应许的福，就是那包罗万有的灵，祂是经过过程之三一神终极的完成，作了我们的分。
2. Because we are one with Christ, we are Abraham's seed, heirs according to promise, inheriting God's promised blessing, which is the all-inclusive Spirit as the ultimate consummation of the processed God, who is our portion.
3 在新约之下作神选民的信徒，是成年的儿子，乃是这样的后嗣，不在律法之下，乃在基督里。
3. Under the new testament, the believers as God's chosen people, being sons of full age, are such heirs, not under law but in Christ.
陆 现在我们要来看信徒作神后嗣的身分：
VI. Now we will consider the believers' status as heirs of God:
一 基督是承受万有者（来一2），而信徒命定要和基督同作后嗣。
A. Christ is the Heir of all things (Heb. 1:2), and the believers are destined to be joint heirs with Christ.
二 我们得救以后是神的儿女、神的儿子、神性情的有分者和神的后嗣。
B. After being saved, we are children of God, sons of God, partakers of the divine nature, and heirs of God.
三 当我们长大达到和基督同作后嗣的阶段时，我们就要得荣耀。
C. When we reach the stage of growth of being joint heirs with Christ, we will be glorified.
四 “好叫我们既因祂的恩典得称义，就可以照着永远生命的盼望成为后嗣”—多三7：
D. "In order that having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life"—Titus 3:7:
1 提多书三章七节的“后嗣”不仅是儿子，更是有资格承受父产业的后嗣—罗四14，八17，加三29，四7。
1. Heirs in Titus 3:7 refers to not merely sons but heirs who are qualified to inherit the Father's estate—Rom. 4:14; 8:17; Gal. 3:29; 4:7.
2 这样的后嗣乃是由神永远的生命（约三16）所生（一12～13）。
2. Such heirs are born (John 1:12-13) of God's eternal life (3:16).
五 信徒借着在基督的复活里重生，就成了神的后嗣—十一25：
E. The believers have become heirs of God through regeneration in the resurrection of Christ—11:25:
1 当基督复活的时候，我们这些信祂的人全都包括在祂里面；因此，我们也与祂一同复活—弗二6。
1. When Christ was resurrected, we, His believers, were all included in Him; thus, we were resurrected with Him—Eph. 2:6.
2 在祂的复活里，祂把神圣的生命分赐到我们里面，使我们在生命和性情上与祂一样。
2. In His resurrection He imparted the divine life into us and made us the same as He is in life and nature.
3 这是我们重生成为神的后嗣基本的因素。
3. This is the basic factor of our regeneration to become heirs of God.
六 信徒在作神后嗣的身分里，在光中与众圣徒同享那具体化在基督里的三一神，作他们的分—西一12。
F. In their status as heirs of God, the believers share with all the saints in the light the Triune God embodied in Christ as their portion—Col. 1:12.
七 行传二十六章十八节说到因信入基督得蒙赦罪，并在圣别的人中得着基业。
G. Acts 26:18 speaks of the forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Christ.
八 这神圣的基业乃是三一神自己并祂所有的、所作成的，以及为祂赎民所要作的一切。
H. This divine inheritance is the Triune God with all He has, all He has done, and all He will do for His redeemed people.
九 信徒是神的后嗣，也要与基督同得荣耀—罗八17下：
I. As heirs of God, the believers will also be glorified with Christ—Rom. 8:17b:
1 基督如今是在荣耀里。
1. Christ is now in glory.
2 至终我们要被带进荣耀里，与基督同得荣耀。
2. Eventually, we will be brought into glory and be glorified with Christ.
3 当我们得荣耀时，我们卑贱的身体要改变形状，成为荣耀的身体—腓三21。
3. When we are glorified, the body of our humiliation will be trans figured into a glorious body—Phil. 3:21.
4 我们里面所有作种子的生命，乃是荣耀的生命；这是基督在我们里面成了荣耀的盼望—西一27。
4. The life that we have within us as a seed is the life of glory; this is Christ in us, the hope of glory—Col. 1:27.
5 当我们被荣耀的元素饱和并浸透时，那荣耀就从我们透出来；这就是我们这些神的后嗣与基督同得荣耀的意思。
5. When we have been permeated and saturated with the element of glory, that glory will come out of us; this is what it means for us, the heirs of God, to be glorified with Christ.
十 圣徒对神圣基业的享受将完成于成为神的基业—弗一18：
J. The believers' enjoyment of the divine inheritance will consummate in being made God's inheritance—Eph. 1:18:
1 作为神的后嗣，信徒和基督同作后嗣，是照着永远生命的应许和盼望，借着因基督的恩典得称义，并在基督的复活里得重生。
1. As heirs of God, the believers are joint heirs with Christ according to the promise and the hope of eternal life, through justification by the grace of Christ and regeneration in the resurrection of Christ.
2 以弗所一章十八节指明神的基业是在圣徒中。
2. Ephesians 1:18 indicates that God's inheritance is in the saints.
3 我们既是神的基业，就受了圣灵为印记—13节。
3. As those who are God's inheritance, we have been sealed with the Holy Spirit—v. 13.
十一 我们感谢主，带我们深入关于信徒是神后嗣的真理中。
K. We thank the Lord for bringing us deep into the truth concerning the believers as heirs of God.