第一週   打美好的仗

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詩歌：637

讀經：提後四 7 上，提前一 18，六 12

【週一】

壹 正如提後四章七節所啓示，正確的基督徒生活是三重的，包括：打美好的仗，奔跑並跑盡賽程，以及守住信仰。

貳 『那美好的仗我已經打過了』—7 節上：

一 信徒藉着接受使徒的囑咐，打那美好的仗—提前一 18：

1 使徒給他屬靈兒子的囑咐，積極一面與神的經綸有關，消極一面與不同的教訓有關—3 ～ 4 節。

2 保羅囑咐提摩太，要與偏離信仰的事打仗，就是爲信仰打那美好的仗—六 12 上。

【週二】

二 保羅告訴提摩太，要照從前指着他所說的豫言，『打那美好的仗』—一 18：

1 打那美好的仗就是與異議者不同的教訓打仗，並完成神的經綸—4 節。

2 這仗是照着使徒關乎恩典和永遠生命之福音的職事，使可稱頌的神得着榮耀—11 ～ 16 節。

3 一面，提摩太要與不同的教訓打仗；另一面，他要照着使徒的職事完成神的經綸—3 ～ 4，18 節。

4 教導並傳講神關於基督與召會的經綸，就是打那美好的仗—18 節。

【週三、週四】

三 提前六章十二節上半說，『你要爲信仰打那美好的仗』：

1 爲信仰打仗，意思就是爲神新約的經綸打仗。

2 尤其是爲基督作神的具體化身，以及召會作基督的身體打仗—西二 9，林前一 2，十二 27。

3 爲信仰打那美好的仗，就是爲那照着神新約經綸之完全福音的內容打仗—弗三 6。

4 因着不同的教訓，召會已經墮落並偏離信仰；保羅囑咐提摩太，要與這偏離信仰的事打仗，就是爲信仰打那美好的仗—提前六 12 上。

四 在提前六章十二節下半，保羅繼續說，『持定永遠的生命；你已蒙召進入這永遠的生命』：

1 這永遠的生命，實際上就是經過過程並終極完成的三一神作我們的生命—約三 15 ～ 16。

2 提前六章十二節下半裏，永遠的生命卽神聖的生命，神非受造的生命，這生命是永遠的。

3 永遠的，指神聖生命的性質，過於指其時間的因素—約壹五 11。

4 我們在基督徒的生活中，要爲信仰打那美好的仗，就需要持定這永遠的生命，而不信靠我們人的生命—參太十六 25 ～ 26。

5 我們爲信仰打那美好的仗，不但是客觀的，更是主觀的，就是藉着持定永遠的生命來打這仗—提前六 12 下。

6 仇敵的狡詐引人偏離信仰，乃是使信徒離開永遠的生命。

7 我們真信徒必須持定永遠的生命；沒有永遠的生命，我們就算不得甚麼—約壹五 11。

8 我們需要持定永遠的生命；這樣，我們纔能爲信仰打那美好的仗—提前六 12 下。

9 三本提字書再三的強調永遠的生命—提前一 16，六 19，提後一 1，10，多一 2，三 7。

10 要完成提摩太前書所說神對召會的經綸，對抗提摩太後書所說召會敗落的趨勢，並維持提多書所說召會中良好的秩序，這生命乃是必要的基本條件。

【週五】

五 我們打這美好的仗是抵擋撒但及其黑暗的國度：

1 我們不僅該保守自己完全，更要向魔鬼挑戰—太十二 26，28。

2 我們該作神的精兵，打那美好的仗，攻倒魔鬼堅固的營壘，將人的思想擄來，使它順從基督—林後十 3 ～ 5。

【週六】

六 我們正在爲真理打美好的仗—提前六 12，約壹一 6，二 21，四 6：

1 真 理 乃 是 三 一 神 連 同 祂 的 話 — 約 一 1，14 ～ 17，十四 6，16 ～ 17，十五 26，十六 13，十七 17，十八 37 下。

2 神聖的真理是絕對的，我們必須對真理絕對，並維持真理的絕對—十四 6，十八 37，約叁 3 ～ 4，8。

3 我們需要尊重神的真理，走真理的路，一點不委屈真理—彼後二 2。

4 我們需要讓真理作到我們裏面，並且構成到我們的所是裏—約壹一 8，二 4，約貳1～2，約叁3 ～ 4。

5 爲着終極完成神聖的經綸，我們需要對現有的真理和最高的真理，以及主觀的真理絕對—彼後一12，羅八 3，一 3 ～ 4，十二 4 ～ 5，約八 32，十四 6。

6 我們必須學習教導並傳講比我們所在之境地更高的事物。

7 爲着終極完成神聖的經綸，我們需要對神聖真理的路絕對—彼後二 2。

8 眾召會該擔負責任澄清我們的教訓，好爲着真理爭戰，顧到主的恢復，並顧到我們的見證—提前三15，六 12，提後四 7。

Week One

Fighting the Good Fight

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Hymns: 885

Scripture Reading: 2 Tim. 4:7a; 1 Tim. 1:18; 6:12

§ Day 1

I. As revealed in 2 Timothy 4:7, a proper Christian life is threefold; it involves fighting the good fight, running and finishing the course, and keeping the faith.

II. “I have fought the good fight”—v. 7a:

A. The believers fight the good fight by receiving the apostles charge—1 Tim. 1:18:

1. The charge given by the apostle to his spiritual son concerns the economy of God positively and the different teachings negatively—vv. 3-4.

2. Paul charged Timothy to fight against the deviation from the faith, that is, to fight the good fight of the faith—6:12a.

§ Day 2

B. Paul told Timothy that according to the prophesies previously made concerning him, he “might war the good warfare”—1:18:

1. To war the good warfare is to war against the different teachings of the dissenters and to carry out Gods economy—v. 4.

2. This war is according to the apostles ministry concerning the gospel of grace and eternal life for the glory of the blessed God—vv. 11-16.

3. On the one hand, Timothy was to war against the different teachings; on the other hand, he was to carry out Gods economy according to the apostles ministry—vv. 3-4, 18.

4. To teach and preach Gods economy concerning Christ and the church is to war the good warfare—v. 18.

§ Day 3 & Day 4

C. First Timothy 6:12a says, “Fight the good fight of the faith”:

1. To fight for the faith means to fight for Gods New Testament economy.

2. In particular, it is to fight for Christ as the embodiment of God and for the church as the Body of Christ—Col. 2:9; 1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27.

3. To fight the good fight of the faith is to fight for the contents of the complete gospel according to Gods New Testament economy—Eph. 3:6.

4. Because of different teachings, the church had already become degraded and had deviated from the faith; Paul charged Timothy to fight against this deviation from the faith, which is to fight the good fight of the faith—1 Tim. 6:12a.

D. In 1 Timothy 6:12b Paul goes on to say, “Lay hold on the eternal life, to which you were called”:

1. The eternal life is actually the processed and consummated Triune God being life to us—John 3:15-16.

2. The eternal life in 1 Timothy 6:12b is the divine life, the uncreated life of God, which is eternal.

3. Eternal denotes the nature more than the time element of the divine life—1 John 5:11.

4. To fight the good fight of the faith in the Christian life, we need to lay hold on this divine life and not trust in our human life—cf. Matt. 16:25-26.

5. We fight the good fight of the faith not only objectively but also subjectively by laying hold on the eternal life—1 Tim. 6:12b.

6. The subtlety of the enemy in bringing deviation from the faith is to keep the believers from the eternal life.

7. We, the genuine believers, must lay hold on the eternal life; without the eternal life we are nothing—1 John 5:11.

8. We need to lay hold on the eternal life; then we will be able to fight the good fight—1 Tim. 6:12b.

9. In 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus, eternal life is stressed again and again—1 Tim. 1:16; 6:19; 2 Tim. 1:1, 10; Titus 1:2; 3:7.

10. To carry out Gods economy concerning the church, as seen in 1 Timothy, to confront the downward trend of the churchs decline, as seen in 2 Timothy, and to maintain good order in the church, as seen in Titus, this life is a prerequisite.

§ Day 5

E. We are fighting the good fight against Satan and the kingdom of darkness:

1. We should not only be able to preserve ourselves whole but should also challenge the devil—Matt. 12:26, 28.

2. We should be Gods soldiers, fighting the good fight, overthrowing the devils strongholds, and taking captive mans thoughts unto the obedience of Christ—2 Cor. 10:3-5.

§ Day 6

F. We are fighting the good fight for the truth—1 Tim. 6:12; 1 John 1:6; 2:21; 4:6:

1. Truth is the Triune God with His word—John 1:1, 14-17; 14:6, 16-17; 15:26; 16:13; 17:17; 18:37b.

2. The divine truth is absolute, and we must be absolute for the truth and uphold the absoluteness of the truth—14:6; 18:37; 3 John 3-4, 8.

3. We should honor Gods truth, take the way of the truth, and not compromise the truth in any way—2 Pet. 2:2.

4. We need to have the truth wrought into us and constituted into our being—1 John 1:8; 2:4; 2 John 1-2; 3 John 3-4.

5. For the consummation of the divine economy, we should be absolute for the present truth and the highest truth and the subjective truths—2 Pet. 1:12; Rom. 8:3; 1:3-4; 12:4-5; John 8:32; 14:6.

6. We must learn to teach and preach things that are higher than where we are.

7. For the consummation of the divine economy, we should be absolute for the way of the divine truth—2 Pet. 2:2.

8. The churches should bear the responsibility to clarify our teachings in order to fight for the truth, care for the Lords recovery, and take care of our testimony—1 Tim. 3:15; 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7.