总题：信徒（一）
THE BELIEVERS (1)
第六篇 神长子基督的众弟兄
Brothers of Christ as the Firstborn Son of God
读经：撒下七12上、14上，罗一3～4，八28～30，来二10～12，林前十五31、36
Scripture Reading: 2 Sam. 7:12a, 14a; Rom. 1:3-4; 8:28-30; Heb. 2:10-12; 1 Cor. 15:31, 36
壹 “我必兴起你……的后裔……，我要作他的父，他要作我的子”—撒下七12上、14上：
I. "I will raise up your seed…I will be his Father, and he will be My son"—2 Sam. 7:12a, 14a:
一 这话符合保罗在罗马一章三至四节的话，论到基督是大卫的后裔，在复活里，在祂的人性里被标出为神的儿子。
A. This word corresponds with Paul's in Romans 1:3-4 concerning Christ as the seed of David being designated the Son of God in His humanity in resurrection.
二 撒下七章的内在意义，乃是三一神在祂经过过程并终极完成的三一里，将祂自己作到祂所拣选的人里面。
B. The intrinsic significance of 2 Samuel 7 is that the Triune God is working Himself in His processed and consummated Trinity into His chosen people.
三 按希伯来一章五节下半（那里引用了撒下七章十四节上半），大卫的后裔就是基督作神的长子，兼有神性和人性—来一5上、6。
C. According to Hebrews 1:5b, which quotes 2 Samuel 7:14a, David's seed is Christ as God's firstborn Son, who has both divinity and humanity—Heb. 1:5a, 6.
四 撒下七章十二节上半“你……的后裔”和十四节上半“我的子”，含示大卫的后裔要成为神的儿子，也就是说，人的后裔要成为神圣的子—罗一3～4。
D. Your seed in 2 Samuel 7:12a and My son in verse 14a imply that the seed of David would become the Son of God, that is, that a human seed would become a divine Son—Rom. 1:3-4.
五 这含示神在祂经纶里的心意，是要使祂自己成为人，使人在生命和性情上，但不在神格上，成为神。
E. This implies that God's intention in His economy is to make Himself man in order to make man God in life and nature but not in the Godhead.
六 关于大卫的后裔成为神的儿子，这话在新约里继续且强有力地发展—太二二41～45，启二二16。
F. This word concerning the seed of David becoming the Son of God is continued and developed strongly in the New Testament—Matt. 22:41-45; Rev. 22:16.
贰 在行传十三章保罗说，从大卫的后裔中，“神已经照着所应许的，给以色列带来一位救主，就是耶稣”（23），并且“神已经……完全应验〔这应许〕，叫耶稣复活了，正如诗篇第二篇上所记：‘你是我的儿子，我今日生了你’”（徒十三33）：
II. In Acts 13 Paul says that from David's seed "God, according to promise, brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus" (v. 23), and that "God has fully fulfilled this promise…in raising up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm,'You are My Son; this day have I begotten You'" (v. 33):
一 在行传十三章三十二至三十三节我们看见，基督作为神的长子，乃是神向祖宗的应许，并且神借着叫耶稣复活，应验这应许。
A. In verses 32 and 33 we see that Christ as the firstborn Son of God was promised to the fathers, and God fulfilled this promise by raising up Jesus.
二 复活对那人耶稣乃是出生：
B. Resurrection was a birth to the man Jesus:
1 在复活里，祂被神生为许多弟兄中的长子—罗八29。
1. He was begotten by God in His resurrection to be the firstborn Son of God among many brothers—Rom. 8:29.
2 祂从永远就是神的独生子—约一18，三16。
2. He was the only begotten Son of God from eternity—John 1:18; 3:16.
3 成为肉体以后，祂借着复活，在人性里被神生为神的长子—来一6。
3. After His incarnation, through resurrection He was begotten by God in His humanity to be God's firstborn Son—Heb. 1:6.
三 保罗能在诗篇二篇七节看见主的复活：“你是我的儿子，我今日生了你”：
C. Paul was able to see the Lord's resurrection in Psalm 2:7: "You are My Son; . Today I have begotten You":
1 保罗把“今日”一辞应用到主复活的日子。
1. Paul applies the word today to the day of the Lord's resurrection.
2 这就是说，基督的复活就是祂生为神的长子。
2. This means that Christ's resurrection was His birth as the firstborn Son of God.
3 人子耶稣借着从死人中复活，生为神的儿子；所以，神使耶稣从死人中复活，乃是将祂生为神的长子—徒十三33。
3. Jesus, the Son of Man, was born to be the Son of God through being raised from the dead; therefore, God's raising up Jesus from the dead was His begetting of Him to be His firstborn Son—Acts 13:33.
四 神的独生子借着成为肉体穿上人性，成了神人（约一14、18，路一35）；然后这神人在复活里由神而生，成为神的长子（徒十三33，来一6，罗八29）：
D. Through incarnation God's only begotten Son put on humanity and became the God-man (John 1:14, 18; Luke 1:35); then in resurrection this God-man was born of God to be His Firstborn (Acts 13:33; Heb. 1:6; Rom. 8:29):
1 神的独生子在成为肉体以前，没有属人的性情，只有神圣的性情。
1. Before incarnation God's only begotten Son did not have the human nature; He had only the divine nature.
2 神的长子在复活里，有神圣的性情，也有属人的性情。
2. In resurrection God's firstborn Son has the human nature as well as the divine nature.
五 基督借着祂的复活，生为神的长子，同时祂所有的信徒也生为神许多的儿子—彼前一3，来二10：
E. Through His resurrection Christ was born to be the firstborn Son, and at the same time all His believers were born to be the many sons of God—1 Pet. 1:3; Heb. 2:10:
1 在神许多儿子当中，只有长子是神的独生子—彼前一3，来二10。
1. Among these many sons, only the Firstborn is God's only begotten Son—1 Pet. 1:3; Heb. 2:10.
2 这位神的独生子在祂复活的人性里，也是神的长子—罗八29。
2. This only begotten Son of God, in His resurrected humanity, is also the firstborn Son of God—Rom. 8:29.
3 神的长子兼有神性和人性，我们这些作神许多儿子的信徒，也兼具属人的性情和神圣的性情—彼后一4。
3. The Firstborn has both divinity and humanity, and we, His believers as God's many sons, also possess both the human nature and the divine nature—2 Pet. 1:4.
叁 “大卫的后裔成了神的儿子”说出基督借着复活，被标出为神长子的过程—撒下七12～14上，罗一3～4，太二二45，启二二16：
III. The seed of David becoming the Son of God speaks of the process of Christ's being designated the firstborn Son of God by resurrection—2 Sam. 7:12-14a; Rom. 1:3-4; Matt. 22:45; Rev. 22:16:
一 保罗说他被分别出来，归于那论到神的儿子之神的福音，这指明神的福音乃是儿子名分的福音，为着基督身体的实际—罗一1、3～4，八28～30，十二5。
A. Paul says that he was separated unto the gospel of God concerning God's Son, which indicates that the gospel of God is a gospel of sonship for the reality of the Body of Christ—Rom. 1:1, 3-4; 8:28-30; 12:5.
二 撒下七章十二至十四节上半用预表所说的预言，在罗马一章三至四节得了应验，将神成为人，为要使人在生命和性情上（但不在神格上）成为神的这个奥秘揭示出来：
B. Romans 1:3-4 is the fulfillment of the prophecy in typology in 2.Samuel 7:12-14a, unveiling the mystery of God becoming man to make man God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead:
1 基督在祂的神性里是神的独生子（约一18），借着成为肉体，穿上与神性毫无关系的肉体（就是人性）；在祂的人性里，祂不是神的儿子：
1. By incarnation, Christ, the only begotten Son of God in His divinity (John 1:18), put on the flesh, the human nature, which had nothing to do with divinity; in His humanity, He was not the Son of God:
a 耶稣在祂的人性里是大卫的后裔，是属于神旧造（旧人—罗六6）的人性后裔—西一15下。
a. Jesus in His humanity was the seed of David, a human seed belonging to the old creation (the old man—Rom. 6:6) of God—Col. 1:15b.
b 当基督在祂的人性里以大卫后裔的身分死在十字架上时，祂将旧人连同旧造钉死在十字架上，废除了魔鬼，在肉体中定罪了罪，并审判了世界—罗六6，来二14，罗八3，林后五21，约三14，十二31。
b. When Christ died on the cross as the seed of David in His humanity, He crucified the old man with the old creation, destroyed the devil, condemned sin in the flesh, and judged the world—Rom. 6:6; Heb. 2:14; Rom. 8:3; 2 Cor. 5:21; John 3:14; 12:31.
2 在复活里，祂的人性成为神圣的，得以“子化”，意思是说，祂不仅在祂的神性里是神的儿子，也在祂的人性里成为神的儿子—罗一3～4：
2. In resurrection His humanity was deified, "sonized," meaning that He became the Son of God not only in His divinity but also in His humanity—Rom. 1:3-4:
a 在复活里祂被标出为神的儿子，成为神的长子，兼有神性和人性—八29。
a. In resurrection He was designated the Son of God, made the firstborn Son of God, possessing both divinity and humanity—8:29.
b 钉十字架乃是使祂被标出、得荣耀并复活最好的路：
b. Crucifixion was the best way for Him to be designated, glorified, resurrected:
㈠ 一粒种子若埋在土里死了，至终就会发芽、生长并开花，因为种子生命的作用在种子死的时候就同时得以发动—约十二23～24。
(1) If a seed dies by being buried in the soil, it will eventually sprout, grow, and blossom, because the operation of the seed's life is activated simultaneously with its death—John 12:23-24.
㈡ 基督死的时候，在祂里面的神性（就是圣别的灵）起了作用，在复活里，祂就“开花”成了神的儿子。
(2) The divinity, the Spirit of holiness, in Christ became operative in His death, and in resurrection He "blossomed" as the Son of God.
㈢ 就着祂的肉体说，基督被钉十字架，但就着祂的灵说，祂得了加强，非常活跃，而将神性加到基督的人性里，使其成为神圣的；这就是标出的意思，这也就是子化—彼前三18。
(3) According to His flesh, He was crucified, but according to His Spirit, He was made strong, very active, to put divinity into the humanity of Christ to make it divine; this is what it means to designate, and this is to sonize—1 Pet. 3:18.
c 基督的人性，被圣别的灵（就是基督的神性）所标出、标明、拔高；如此，基督的人性就被拔高而进入神性；这也就是说，基督在祂的人性里再生一次，成为神的长子—徒十三33：
c. The humanity of Christ was designated, marked out, uplifted, by the Spirit of holiness, the divinity of Christ; in this way the humanity of Christ was uplifted into divinity; that is, Christ was begotten again in His humanity to be the firstborn Son of God—Acts 13:33:
㈠ 基督是第一个在复活里重生者—罗八29：
(1) Christ was the first One regenerated in resurrection—Rom. 8:29:
⑴ 祂的人性是在祂母亲腹中生的；那是属人的，不能看作是神的儿子，而是人子。
a) His humanity was born in His mother's womb; that was human and could not be considered the Son of God but the Son of Man.
⑵ 基督的复活拔高了祂的人性，而将祂的神性加到这人性里；因此借着这复活，祂的人性再生一次，成为神儿子的一部分。
b) Christ's resurrection uplifted His humanity and put His divinity into this humanity; so by this resurrection His humanity was born again to be a part of the Son of God.
㈡ 原型是神的长子，复制品是神的众子，就是原型的肢体，成为祂的身体，终极完成于新耶路撒冷—彼前一3。
(2) The prototype is the firstborn Son of God, and the reproduction is the many sons of God, the members of the prototype to be His Body, which consummates in the New Jerusalem—1 Pet. 1:3.
肆 “大卫的后裔成了神的儿子”说出我们借着复活，被标出为神众子的过程—来二10～11：
IV. The seed of David becoming the Son of God speaks of the process of our being designated the many sons of God by resurrection—Heb. 2:10-11:
一 基督已经被标出为神的儿子，但我们仍在被标出的过程中，就是在得以子化，被作成神的过程中—罗八28～29。
A. Christ has already been designated the Son of God, but we are still in the process of designation, the process of being sonized, deified—Rom. 8:28-29.
二 神儿子的生命已经栽种到我们的灵里—10节：
B. The life of the Son of God has been implanted into our spirit—v. 10:
1 我们现今就像种在土里的种子，必须经过死而复活的过程—约十二24～25。
1. Now we, like the seed that is sown into the earth, must pass through the process of death and resurrection—John 12:24-25.
2 这使外面的人被销毁，却使内里的生命得以长大、发展，至终开花；这就是复活—林前十五31、36，林后四10～12、16。
2. This causes the outer man to be consumed, but it enables the inner life to grow, to.develop, and ultimately, to blossom; this is resurrection—1 Cor. 15:31, 36; 2 Cor. 4:10-12, 16.
3 我们越在生命里长大，使我们在生命里被变化，就越被标出为神的儿子：
3. The more we grow in life for our transformation in life, the more we are designated the sons of God:
a 我们要长大，就需要有转向主的心，并有纯一向着祂的心—三16、18，太五8，提后二22。
a. In order to grow, we need a heart turned to the Lord and a heart that is pure toward Him—3:16, 18; Matt. 5:8; 2 Tim. 2:22.
b 我们要长大，就需要得着话中纯净之奶和干粮的喂养—彼前二2，来五12～14。
b. In order to grow, we need to feed on the guileless milk and the solid food of the word—1 Pet. 2:2; Heb. 5:12-14.
c 我们要长大，就需要有恩赐之肢体的浇灌—林前三6下，约七37～39，箴十一25。
c. In order to grow, we need the watering of the gifted members—1 Cor. 3:6b; John 7:37-39; Prov. 11:25.
d 借着我们环境中一切的事故，并我们的失败，我们丑陋的己就被拆毁，使主有更多的机会在我们里面作工—罗八28～29。
d. Through all the things in our environment and by our failures, our ugly self is torn down, and the Lord has a greater opportunity to work within us—Rom. 8:28-29.
e 有一天这个过程要完成，我们在灵、魂、体里都要永远与神的长子基督一样—约壹三2，罗八19、23，诗歌七六四首第二节。
e. One day this process will be completed, and for eternity we will be the same as.Christ, God's firstborn Son, in our spirit, soul, and body—1 John 3:2; Rom. 8:19, 23; Hymns, #948, stanza 2.
三 在复活里，基督在祂的人性里被标出为神的儿子；借着这样的复活，我们也在被标出为神儿子的过程中—罗八11：
C. In resurrection Christ in His humanity was designated the Son of God, and by means of such a resurrection we also are in the process of being designated sons of God—Rom. 8:11:
1 我们被标出、得以子化、被作成神的过程，乃是复活的过程，有四个主要的方面—圣别、变化、模成和得荣—六22，十二2，八29～30。
1. The process of our being designated, sonized, deified, is the process of resurrection with four main aspects—sanctification, transformation, conformation, and glorification—6:22; 12:2; 8:29-30.
2 被标出之过程的关键是复活，就是内住的基督作为我们灵里兴起的灵，标出的灵，生命的能力—约十一25，罗八10～11，徒二24，林前十五36，五4：
2. The key to the process of designation is resurrection, which is the indwelling Christ as the rising-up Spirit, the designating Spirit, the power of life in our spirit—John 11:25; Rom. 8:10-11; Acts 2:24; 1 Cor. 15:36; 5:4:
a 我们急需学习如何照着灵而行，以享受并经历标出的灵—罗八4、14。
a. We urgently need to learn how to walk according to the spirit, to enjoy and experience the designating Spirit—Rom. 8:4, 14.
b 我们越接触那灵，就越被圣别、变化、荣化，而在生命和性情上（但不在神格上）成为神，好建造基督的身体，以终极完成新耶路撒冷—林前十二3，罗十12，八15～16，加四6。
b. The more we touch the Spirit, the more we are sanctified, transformed, and glorified to become God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead for the building up of the Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem—1 Cor. 12:3; Rom. 10:12; 8:15-16; Gal. 4:6.
伍 神的旨意是要产生祂长子的许多弟兄，使祂得着彰显：
V. God's purpose is to produce many brothers of His firstborn Son for His expression:
一 罗马八章二十九节告诉我们，神预定我们模成神儿子的形像，使祂儿子“在许多弟兄中作长子”。
A. Romans 8:29 tells us that God predestinated us to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He may be "the Firstborn among many brothers."
二 长子有许多弟兄，这是奇妙的事实—太二八10，约二十17。
B. It is a wonderful fact that the Firstborn has many brothers—Matt. 28:10; John 20:17.
三 基督是长子，具有神性和人性；我们是祂的许多弟兄，也具有人性和神性；长子和许多儿子都在复活里由同一位父神所生。
C. Christ is the Firstborn with divinity and humanity, and we are His many brothers with humanity and divinity; both the Firstborn and the many sons are born of the same Father God in resurrection.
四 希伯来二章十一节说，“那圣别人的，和那些被圣别的，都是出于一；因这缘故，祂称他们为弟兄，并不以为耻。”
D. Hebrews 2:11 says, "He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of One, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brothers."
五 长子是原型；我们是大量生产；基督是模型、模子、榜样，神已将我们放在祂里面，使我们被模成祂的形像。
E. The Firstborn is the prototype, and we are the mass production; Christ is the model, the mold, the pattern, and God has put us into Him so that we may be molded into His image.
六 我们作为祂的许多弟兄，现今是在成熟的过程中，就是在模成祂的形像。
F. As His many brothers, we are now in the process of maturity, being conformed to His image.
七 希伯来二章十二节引用诗篇二十二篇二十二节说，“我要向我的弟兄宣告你的名，在召会中我要歌颂你。”
G. Hebrews 2:12, a quotation from Psalm 22:22, says, "I will declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the church I will sing hymns of praise to You."
八 照着希伯来二章十二节，召会是神长子的弟兄团体的组成，有两种性情和两种生命结合并调和在一起。
H. According to Hebrews 2:12, the church is a corporate composition of the brothers of the firstborn Son of God with two natures and two lives combined and mingled.