God’s Purpose for the Church (1) To Have the Divine Sonship in Full through Sanctification for the Corporate Expression of God 神对召会的定旨（一）借圣别得着完满的神圣儿子名分，作神团体的彰显(Day3)
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Samuel Lin
Nov 26, 2014, 9:34:25 AM11/26/14
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Eph. 1:4-5 Even as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blemish before Him in love, predestinating us unto sonship through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will.
Lev. 11:44 For I am Jehovah your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy...
The first item of the spiritual blessings is the Father’s choosing. We may think that God’s choosing is one thing, and God’s predestinating is another thing, but this is wrong. We need to look at the grammar of Ephesians 1:4-5....These verses do not say He chose us and predestinated us. Instead they say that He chose us, predestinating us. Predestinating in verse 5 modifies the predicate chose in verse 4, so these are not two things. These are one thing. God chose us. How did He choose us? God chose us by predestinating us, by marking us out. To predestinate is to mark out. God chose us to be holy for the sonship. The choosing of God’s people for them to be holy is for the purpose of their being made sons of God, participating in the divine sonship. (The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ, pp. 12-13)
Today’s Reading
God chose us that we should be holy. The words “holy” and “holiness” have been spoiled by today’s Christian teachings....In the Bible the word “holy” should not be understood according to our natural concept. Many think that holiness is sinlessness. According to this concept, someone is holy if he does not sin. This thought is absolutely mistaken. Holiness is neither sinlessness nor perfection. Holy not only means sanctified, separated unto God, but also different, distinct, from everything that is common. Only God is different, distinct, from all things. Hence, He is holy; holiness is His nature.
The way God makes us holy is to impart Himself, the Holy One, into us so that our whole being may be permeated and saturated with His holy nature. For us, God’s chosen ones, to be holy is to partake of His divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4) and to have our whole being permeated with God Himself. This is different from mere sinless perfection or sinless purity. This makes our being holy, like God Himself in His nature and in His character.
We should not be common but different. In the universe God alone is holy. He is different from everything else and is distinct. Therefore, to be holy means to be one with God....To be holy we need to be one with God because only God is holy (Lev. 11:44; 1 Sam. 2:2). (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 24-25)
God is working Himself into us and mingling Himself with us so that we may be holy, absolutely sanctified by Him, in Him, and with Him. Every bit of our human nature will be mingled with the divine nature. In the Old Testament type, every part of the boards of the tabernacle was overlaid with gold. In the fulfillment of the type, God mingles Himself with the church so that we may be brought into full sonship.
According to the teaching of the New Testament, sonship first means that we are born of God to have God as our life and nature. Second, it means that we grow up with God and in God, and third, it means that we are absolutely mingled with God; every part of our being will be permeated, saturated, overlaid, and absolutely mingled with God. Fourth, we are qualified to inherit all that God is, all that God has, and all that God has purposed. Fifth, we eventually are absolutely sanctified, holy, and divine. This is the proper meaning of sonship. Sonship implies a birthright, qualifying us to enjoy God by being mingled with Him. By being mingled with Him we are absolutely, thoroughly sanctified by Him, with Him, and in Him; within and without we are made holy and divine. God’s purpose is to have the church sanctified to such an extent. This is the first item of God’s purpose concerning the church. (CWWL, 1965, vol. 1, “The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ,” pp. 52-53)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 3-4
周 三
叁 神拣选祂的子民，叫他们成为圣别，目的是要使他们成为神的儿子，有分于神圣的儿子名分；在已过的永远里，父神“拣选了我们，使我们……成为圣别……得儿子的名分”—弗一4～5：
一 “圣别”的意思不仅是成圣，分别归神，也是与一切凡俗的不同、有别；只有神与一切不同，与一切有别；因此，祂是圣别的，圣别是祂的性情：
1 神拣选我们，使我们也成为圣别；神使我们成为圣别的方法，乃是将祂自己这圣别者分赐到我们里面，使我们全人被祂圣别的性情充满并浸透。
2 对我们这些神所拣选的人，成为圣别就是有分于神的性情（彼后一4），并使我们全人被神自己所充满。
二 我们与神（那圣者，就是圣灵）调和达到完满的圣别，借此神圣的儿子名分就得以完成—弗四30，彼前一15～16：
1 神正将祂自己作到我们里面，并将祂自己与我们调和，使我们完全被祂、在祂里面并因祂圣化，而成为圣别；我们属人性情的每一点都要与神圣的性情调和—参利二4～5。
2 在旧约的预表里，帐幕竖板的每一部分都被金包裹；在这预表的应验里，神将祂自己与召会调和，使我们被带进完满的儿子名分里—出二六28～30。
3 按照新约的教训，儿子名分的意义是：
ａ 我们由神而生，得着神作我们的生命和性情—约一12～13，三6，约壹五11～12，彼后一4。
ｂ 我们因神而长大，并且在神里面，在一切事上长到元首基督里面，以神的增长而长大—弗一6、10，四15～16，西二19。
ｃ 我们完全与神调和；我们这人的每一部分都被神浸润、浸透、包裹—利二4～5，帖前五23。
ｄ 我们有资格承受神所是、所有并所定意的一切—弗一14，罗八17。
ｅ 我们至终成为完全圣别且神圣的—弗一4，启二一2、10。
Lev. 11:44 For I am Jehovah your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy...
The first item of the spiritual blessings is the Father’s choosing. We may think that God’s choosing is one thing, and God’s predestinating is another thing, but this is wrong. We need to look at the grammar of Ephesians 1:4-5....These verses do not say He chose us and predestinated us. Instead they say that He chose us, predestinating us. Predestinating in verse 5 modifies the predicate chose in verse 4, so these are not two things. These are one thing. God chose us. How did He choose us? God chose us by predestinating us, by marking us out. To predestinate is to mark out. God chose us to be holy for the sonship. The choosing of God’s people for them to be holy is for the purpose of their being made sons of God, participating in the divine sonship. (The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ, pp. 12-13)
Today’s Reading
God chose us that we should be holy. The words “holy” and “holiness” have been spoiled by today’s Christian teachings....In the Bible the word “holy” should not be understood according to our natural concept. Many think that holiness is sinlessness. According to this concept, someone is holy if he does not sin. This thought is absolutely mistaken. Holiness is neither sinlessness nor perfection. Holy not only means sanctified, separated unto God, but also different, distinct, from everything that is common. Only God is different, distinct, from all things. Hence, He is holy; holiness is His nature.
The way God makes us holy is to impart Himself, the Holy One, into us so that our whole being may be permeated and saturated with His holy nature. For us, God’s chosen ones, to be holy is to partake of His divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4) and to have our whole being permeated with God Himself. This is different from mere sinless perfection or sinless purity. This makes our being holy, like God Himself in His nature and in His character.
We should not be common but different. In the universe God alone is holy. He is different from everything else and is distinct. Therefore, to be holy means to be one with God....To be holy we need to be one with God because only God is holy (Lev. 11:44; 1 Sam. 2:2). (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 24-25)
God is working Himself into us and mingling Himself with us so that we may be holy, absolutely sanctified by Him, in Him, and with Him. Every bit of our human nature will be mingled with the divine nature. In the Old Testament type, every part of the boards of the tabernacle was overlaid with gold. In the fulfillment of the type, God mingles Himself with the church so that we may be brought into full sonship.
According to the teaching of the New Testament, sonship first means that we are born of God to have God as our life and nature. Second, it means that we grow up with God and in God, and third, it means that we are absolutely mingled with God; every part of our being will be permeated, saturated, overlaid, and absolutely mingled with God. Fourth, we are qualified to inherit all that God is, all that God has, and all that God has purposed. Fifth, we eventually are absolutely sanctified, holy, and divine. This is the proper meaning of sonship. Sonship implies a birthright, qualifying us to enjoy God by being mingled with Him. By being mingled with Him we are absolutely, thoroughly sanctified by Him, with Him, and in Him; within and without we are made holy and divine. God’s purpose is to have the church sanctified to such an extent. This is the first item of God’s purpose concerning the church. (CWWL, 1965, vol. 1, “The Vision, Practice, and Building Up of the Church as the Body of Christ,” pp. 52-53)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 3-4
‹‹ DAY 3 ››
III.
The choosing of God’s people for them to be holy is for the purpose of their being made sons of God, participating in the divine sonship; in eternity past God the Father “chose us...to be holy...unto sonship” (Eph. 1:4-5):
A.
Holy means not only sanctified, separated unto God, but also different, distinct, from everything that is common; only God is different, distinct, from all things; hence, He is holy, and holiness is His nature:
1.
God chose us that we should be holy; He makes us holy by imparting Himself, the Holy One, into our being, that our whole being may be permeated and saturated with His holy nature.
2.
For us, God’s chosen ones, to be holy is to partake of God’s divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4) and to have our whole being permeated with God Himself.
B.
The divine sonship is accomplished by our being mingled with God (the Holy One as the Holy Spirit) unto full sanctification (Eph. 4:30; 1 Pet. 1:15-16):
1.
God is working Himself into us and mingling Himself with us so that we may be holy, absolutely sanctified by Him, in Him, and with Him; every bit of our human nature will be mingled with the divine nature (cf. Lev. 2:4-5).
2.
In the Old Testament type, every part of the boards of the tabernacle was overlaid with gold; in the fulfillment of the type, God mingles Himself with the church so that we may be brought into the full sonship (Exo. 26:28-30).
3.
According to the teaching of the New Testament, sonship means:
a.
That we are born of God to have God as our life and nature (John 1:12-13; 3:6; 1 John 5:11-12; 2 Pet. 1:4).
b.
That we grow up with God and are in God, growing up into Christ, the Head, in all things and growing with the growth of God (Eph. 1:6, 10; 4:15-16; Col. 2:19).
c.
That we are absolutely mingled with God; every part of our being will be permeated, saturated, and overlaid with God (Lev. 2:4-5; 1 Thes. 5:23).
d.
That we are qualified to inherit all that God is, all that God has, and all that God has purposed (Eph. 1:14; Rom. 8:17).
e.
That we eventually are absolutely holy and divine (Eph. 1:4; Rev. 21:2, 10).
晨兴喂养
弗一4～5 就如祂在创立世界以前，在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在爱里，在祂面前，成为圣别、没有瑕疵；按着祂意愿所喜悦的，预定了我们，借着耶稣基督得儿子的名分，归于祂自己。
利十一44 我是耶和华你们的神；所以你们要使自己分别为圣，成为圣别，因为我是圣别的。……
这些属灵福分的头一项就是父的拣选。我们可能以为神的拣选是一件事，神的预定又是另一件事；但这想法是错误的。我们需要看看以弗所一章四至五节的文法。……这两节不是说祂拣选了我们，“又”预定了我们；而是说，祂拣选了我们，预定了我们。五节的“预定”，修饰四节的述词“拣选”，所以这不是两件事，乃是一件事。神拣选了我们。祂如何拣选我们？神乃是借着预定我们，借着把我们标出来，而拣选我们。预定就是标出。神拣选我们成为圣别，为要得儿子的名分。拣选神的子民，叫他们成为圣别，目的是要使他们成为神的儿子，有分于神圣的儿子名分（经过过程的神圣三一之分赐与超越基督之输供的结果，九至一○页）。
信息选读
神拣选我们，是要使我们成为圣别。“圣别”一辞，已被今天基督教的教训破坏了。……圣经里“圣别”一辞，不该按我们天然的观念来领会。许多人以为圣别就是无罪。根据这个观念，若有人不犯罪，他就是圣别的。这种想法完全错误。圣别既非无罪，也非完全。圣别的意思不仅是成圣，分别归神，也是与一切凡俗的不同、有别。只有神与一切不同，与一切有别。因此，祂是圣别的，圣别是祂的性情。
神使我们成为圣别的方法，乃是将祂自己这圣别者分赐到我们里面，使我们全人被祂圣别的性情充满并浸透。对我们这些神所拣选的人，成为圣别就是有分于神的性情（彼后一4），并使我们全人被神自己所充满。这与仅仅无罪的完全，或无罪的纯洁不同。这使我们全人在神的性情和特性上圣别，像神自己一样。
我们不该是凡俗的，而该有所不同。宇宙中唯有神是圣别的。祂与其他一切事物不同，且有分别。所以，成为圣别的意思是与神成为一。……我们要成为圣别，就需要与神成为一，因为只有神是圣别的（利十一44，撒上二2）（以弗所书生命读经，二九至三○页）。
神正将祂自己作到我们里面，并将祂自己与我们调和，使我们圣别，完全被祂、在祂里面并因祂圣化。我们属人性情的每一点都要与神圣的性情调和。在旧约的预表里，帐幕竖板的每一部分都被金包裹。在这预表的应验里，神将祂自己与召会调和，使我们被带进完满的儿子名分里。
按照新约的教训，儿子的名分首先是指我们由神而生，得着神作我们的生命和性情；其次是我们因神并在神里长大；第三是我们完全与神调和；我们这人的每一部分都被神浸润、浸透、包裹，并完全与神调和。第四，我们有资格承受神所是、所有并所定意的一切。第五，我们至终完全被圣别、成圣并成为神圣的。这是儿子的名分正确的意义。儿子的名分含示长子的名分，使我们有资格凭着与神调和而享受祂。借着与祂调和，我们就绝对、彻底地被祂、因祂并在祂里面圣别；我们里外被作成圣别的、神圣的。神的定旨乃是要使召会圣别到这样的地步。这是神对召会之定旨的第一项（召会作基督身体的异象、实行与建造，二二至二三页）。
参读：以弗所书生命读经，第三至四篇。
叁 神拣选祂的子民，叫他们成为圣别，目的是要使他们成为神的儿子，有分于神圣的儿子名分；在已过的永远里，父神“拣选了我们，使我们……成为圣别……得儿子的名分”—弗一4～5：
一 “圣别”的意思不仅是成圣，分别归神，也是与一切凡俗的不同、有别；只有神与一切不同，与一切有别；因此，祂是圣别的，圣别是祂的性情：
1 神拣选我们，使我们也成为圣别；神使我们成为圣别的方法，乃是将祂自己这圣别者分赐到我们里面，使我们全人被祂圣别的性情充满并浸透。
2 对我们这些神所拣选的人，成为圣别就是有分于神的性情（彼后一4），并使我们全人被神自己所充满。
二 我们与神（那圣者，就是圣灵）调和达到完满的圣别，借此神圣的儿子名分就得以完成—弗四30，彼前一15～16：
1 神正将祂自己作到我们里面，并将祂自己与我们调和，使我们完全被祂、在祂里面并因祂圣化，而成为圣别；我们属人性情的每一点都要与神圣的性情调和—参利二4～5。
2 在旧约的预表里，帐幕竖板的每一部分都被金包裹；在这预表的应验里，神将祂自己与召会调和，使我们被带进完满的儿子名分里—出二六28～30。
3 按照新约的教训，儿子名分的意义是：
ａ 我们由神而生，得着神作我们的生命和性情—约一12～13，三6，约壹五11～12，彼后一4。
ｂ 我们因神而长大，并且在神里面，在一切事上长到元首基督里面，以神的增长而长大—弗一6、10，四15～16，西二19。
ｃ 我们完全与神调和；我们这人的每一部分都被神浸润、浸透、包裹—利二4～5，帖前五23。
ｄ 我们有资格承受神所是、所有并所定意的一切—弗一14，罗八17。
ｅ 我们至终成为完全圣别且神圣的—弗一4，启二一2、10。
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