第四週   基督把死廢掉，將生命和不朽壞照耀出來，以及我們記念大衞的後裔耶穌基督從死人中得復活

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詩歌：472

讀經：提後一10，二8，徒二24，來二9，14，七16

【週一、週二】

壹 『我們救主基督耶穌…已經把死廢掉，藉着福音將生命和不朽壞照耀出來』—提後一10：

一 在提後一章十節保羅告訴我們基督把死廢掉：

1 這意思是基督藉着祂廢除魔鬼的死，（來二14，）並祂吞滅死的復活，（林前十五52 ～ 54，）使死失效。

2 基督不僅擊敗了死，更把死廢掉—提後一10。

3 基督顯明出來，爲要把死廢掉，並帶進永遠、不能毀壞的生命—來七16。

4 藉着祂的復活，死成爲無效；死已失去它的權勢，甚至失去它的味道—二9，徒二24。

5 基督能把死廢掉，因祂廢除了魔鬼，就是那掌死權的—來二14：

a 主耶穌藉着勝過撒但，並且把死廢掉，也擊敗了陰間和墳墓—啓一18。

b 因此基督的復活不僅是神的表白和主的成功，也是祂對死、撒但、陰間和墳墓的得勝—二十14。

【週三】

二 主耶穌旣已藉着祂的死把死廢掉，就在復活裏藉着福音將生命和不朽壞照耀出來—提後一10：

1 提後一章十節末了說到這位藉着福音將生命和不朽壞照耀出來的基督耶穌。

2 福音啓示我們，基督已經把死廢掉，將永遠、不能毀壞的生命帶給我們—10 節。

3 提後一章十節的『生命』指神永遠的生命；這生命是賜給所有在基督裏的信徒，（提前一16，）也是所賜給我們神聖恩典的主要成分（羅五17，21）：

a 這生命已經征服死，（徒二24，）還要吞滅死。（林後五4。）

b 生命是神聖的元素，甚至就是神自己，分賜到我們的靈裏；不朽壞是生命浸透我們的身體，藉着祂住在我們裏面的靈，賜生命給我們必死之身體的結果。

c 這生命和不朽壞能抵擋死與朽壞—提後一10。

【週四】

貳 『你要記念那從死人中得復活的耶穌基督，祂是出於大衞的後裔，這正合乎我所傳的福音』—二8：

一 主耶穌基督乃是從死人中得復活—8 節：

1 在提後二章八節，『復活』一辭指明基督藉着祂神聖的生命，及其復活的大能，勝過了死。

2 論到主耶穌是人，新約告訴我們，神叫祂從死人中復活—羅八11。

3 論到主耶穌是神，新約告訴我們，祂自己從死人中復活—徒十41，帖前四14。

4 基督從死人中得復活以及祂自己從死人中復活，指明祂屬人和神聖的雙重身分：

a 主耶穌是神，也是復活，（約一1，十一25，）有不能毀壞的生命。（來七16。）

b 基督旣是這樣一位永活者，死就不能拘禁祂。

c 祂將自己交於死，死卻無法扣住祂。

d 死反而被祂擊敗，祂就從死裏復活了—徒二24。

5 在復活那天清晨，主耶穌升到天上去滿足父；祂復活的新鮮必須先給父享受，正如在豫表上，初熟的莊稼要先獻給神—約二十17，參利二三10 ～ 11，出二三19 上。

【週五】

6 基督在祂復活裏工作的另一面，是在七日的第一日復活，使新造有新生的起頭—林後五17：

a 基督在七日的第一日復活，這事實指明整個宇宙在基督的復活裏有新的起頭—約二十1 ～ 9。

b 基督的復活引進新的時期，新的時代。

c 在神看來，整個舊造都與基督同釘十字架，並與祂同埋葬；然後在七日的第一日有新的起頭。

d 主的死是舊造的了結，祂的復活是新造新生的起頭—林後五17。

【週六】

二 『大衞的後裔』這發表指明基督尊貴的人性，與祂的神性一同被高舉、得榮耀—羅一3 ～ 4：

1 撒下七章十二至十四節上的豫言說到大衞的後裔要成爲神的兒子，神要作祂的父。

2 換句話說，人的後裔要成爲神聖的子—14 節上。

3 十二節論到『你…的後裔』以及十四節論到『我的子』的話，含示大衞的後裔要成爲神的兒子：

a 這符合保羅在羅馬一章三至四節的話，論到基督是大衞的後裔，在復活裏，在祂的人性裏被標出爲神的兒子。

b 這也關聯到主在馬太二十二章四十一至四十五節所問的問題，論到基督如何旣是大衞的子孫，又是神的兒子作大衞的主—一個奇妙的人，一個兼有神、人二性的神人。

c 這些經節清楚揭示，人的後裔，就是人的兒子，能成爲神的兒子。

d 神自己這位神聖者，成了人的後裔，一個人（大衞）的後裔。

e 這後裔就是神人耶穌，耶和華救主，（一18 ～ 21，提後二8，）憑着祂的神性，祂乃是神的兒子。（路一35。）

f 藉着祂的復活，祂作爲人的後裔，也在祂的人性裏成了神的兒子—羅一3 ～ 4。

g 在基督裏，神構成到人裏面，人也構成到神裏面，神與人調和在一起成爲一個實體，就是這位神人。

h 這含示神在祂經綸裏的目的，是要使祂自己成爲人，爲要使人在生命和性情上（但不在神格上）成爲神—約三6，16，羅一3 ～ 4，彼後一4。

Week Four

Christ Nullifying Death and Bringing Life and Incorruption to Light, and Our Remembering Jesus Christ, the Seed of David, Raised from the Dead

Hymns: 639

Scripture Reading: 2 Tim. 1:10; 2:8; Acts 2:24; Heb. 2:9, 14; 7:16

§ Day 1 & Day 2

I. “Our Savior Christ Jesus, who nullified death and brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel”—2 Tim. 1:10:

A. In 2 Timothy 1:10 Paul tells us that Christ nullified death:

1. This means that Christ made death of none effect through His devildestroying death (Heb. 2:14) and death-swallowing resurrection (1 Cor. 15:52-54).

2. Christ not only defeated death—He nullified it—2 Tim. 1:10.

3. Christ was manifested to nullify death and to bring in eternal, indestructible life—Heb. 7:16.

4. Through His resurrection, death has become of none effect; death has lost its power, even its taste—2:9; Acts 2:24.

5. Christ could nullify death because He destroyed the devil, the one who has the might of death—Heb. 2:14:

a. By overcoming Satan and nullifying death, the Lord Jesus also defeated Hades and the grave—Rev. 1:18.

b. Therefore, Christ’s resurrection was not only God’s vindication and the Lord’s success but also His victory over death, Satan, Hades, and the grave— 20:14.

§ Day 3

B. Having nullified death through His death, the Lord Jesus brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel in His resurrection—2 Tim. 1:10:

1. The last part of 2 Timothy 1:10 speaks of Christ Jesus who brought life and incorruption to light through the gospel.

2. In the gospel the revelation is brought to us that Christ has nullified death and has brought us eternal, indestructible life—v. 10.

3. Life in 2 Timothy 1:10 refers to the eternal life of God, which is given to all believers in Christ (1 Tim. 1:16) and which is the main element of the divine grace given to us (Rom. 5:17, 21):

a. This life has conquered death (Acts 2:24) and will swallow up death (2 Cor. 5:4).

b. Life is the divine element, even God Himself, imparted into our spirit; incorruption is the consequence of life’s saturating our body, giving life to our mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells us.

c. This life and incorruption are able to counter death and corruption—2 Tim. 1:10.

§ Day 4

II. “Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, of the seed of David, according to my gospel”—2:8:

A. The Lord Jesus Christ was raised from the dead—v. 8:

1. In 2 Timothy 2:8 the word raised indicates Christ’s victory over death by His divine life with its resurrection power.

2. Regarding the Lord Jesus as a man, the New Testament tells us that God raised Him from the dead—Rom. 8:11.

3. Regarding the Lord Jesus as God, the New Testament tells us that He Himself rose from the dead—Acts 10:41; 1 Thes. 4:14.

4. Christ’s being raised from the dead and His raising Himself from the dead indicate His dual status—human and divine:

a. The Lord Jesus is God and also resurrection (John 1:1; 11:25), possessing the indestructible life (Heb. 7:16).

b. Because Christ is the ever-living One, death was not able to hold Him.

c. He delivered Himself to death, but death could not detain Him.

d. Rather, death was defeated by Him, and He rose up from it—Acts 2:24.

5. On the day of His resurrection, early in the morning, the Lord Jesus ascended to satisfy the Father; the freshness of His resurrection was first for the Father’s enjoyment, as the firstfruits of the harvest were, in type, brought first to God— John 20:17; cf. Lev. 23:10-11; Exo. 23:19a.

§ Day 5

6. Another aspect of Christ’s work in His resurrection is His rising on the first day of the week to germinate the new creation—2 Cor. 5:17:

a. The fact that Christ arose on the first day of the week indicates that the entire universe has a new beginning in Christ’s resurrection—John 20:1-9.

b. Christ’s resurrection ushered in a new period, a new age.

c. In the sight of God, the entire old creation was crucified with Christ and buried with Him; then on the first day of the week there was a new beginning.

d. Whereas the Lord’s death was the termination of the old creation, His resurrection was the germination of the new creation—2 Cor. 5:17.

§ Day 6

B. The expression seed of David indicates Christ’s dignified human nature, which was exalted and glorified along with His divine nature—Rom. 1:3-4:

1. The prophecy in 2 Samuel 7:12-14a says that the seed of David would be the Son of God, and God would be His Father.

2. In other words, a human seed would become the divine Son—v. 14a.

3. The word concerning your seed in verse 12 and My son in verse 14 implies that the seed of David would become a divine Son:

a. This word corresponds to Paul’s word in Romans 1:3-4 concerning Christ as the seed of David being designated the Son of God in His humanity in resurrection.

b. It also relates to the Lord’s question in Matthew 22:41-45 concerning how the Christ could be both the son of David and the Son of God as David’s Lord—a wonderful person, a God-man with two natures, divinity and humanity.

c. These verses clearly unveil that a seed of man—that is, a son of man— can become the Son of God.

d. God Himself, the divine One, became a human seed, the seed of a man, David.

e. This seed was Jesus, the God-man, Jehovah the Savior (1:18-21; 2 Tim. 2:8), who was the Son of God by virtue of His divinity (Luke 1:35).

f. Through His resurrection He as the human seed became the Son of God in His humanity—Rom. 1:3-4.

g. In Christ God was constituted into man, man was constituted into God, and God and man were mingled together to be one entity, the God-man.

h. This implies that God’s intention in His economy is to make Himself man in order to make man God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead— John 3:6, 16; Rom. 1:3-4; 2 Pet. 1:4.