第六週  

三一神在基督裏 藉着照在我們心裏而作我們的生命

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讀經：林後四4、6~7，三18，太十七2，弗五8~9，啟二二4上、5下，二一23

週　一

壹　『在他們裏面，這世代的神弄瞎了他們這不信者的心思，叫基督榮耀之福音的光照，不照亮他們；基督本是神的像』—林後四4：

一　撒但，這世代的神，弄瞎了不信之人的思想和心思，使基督榮耀之福音的光照，不照在他們心裏：

1　那些被弄瞎、被遮蔽的人，以為他們沒有敬拜甚麼；事實上，他們的神就是撒但。

2　無神論者敬拜撒但而不自知。

3　今天幾乎所有的人都被這世代的神弄瞎了。

二　基督是神的像，是神榮耀的光輝；因此，基督的福音乃是神的榮耀照明、照射、照耀在我們心裏的福音—來一3，林後四6。

三　基督榮耀的福音，乃是可稱頌之神榮耀的福音—提前一11。

四　基督榮耀的福音在基督裏，將神的生命和性情分賜到神所揀選的人裏面，藉此照出神的榮耀，使神在這榮耀裏，在祂子民當中得着稱頌—來一3，弗一3、6、12、14。

週　二

貳　『那說光要從黑暗裏照出來的神，已經照在我們心裏，為着光照人，使人認識那顯在耶穌基督面上之神的榮耀』—林後四6：

一　神照在我們心裏的結果，乃是光照我們，使我們認識那顯在耶穌基督面上之神的榮耀，也就是照亮我們，使我們認識在基督福音裏之神的榮耀—4、6節。

二　那使人認識神的榮耀之光照，乃是顯在耶穌基督的面上；這指明基督榮耀的福音乃是一個可愛的人位，我們能從祂的面上看見神的榮耀—4、6節，太十七2。

三　顯在耶穌基督面上之神的榮耀，就是耶穌基督所彰顯那榮耀的神，耶穌基督就是神榮耀的光輝；認識祂，也就是認識那榮耀的神—徒七2，來一3。

四　神越照在我們心裏，我們就越光照別人，使他們認識那顯在耶穌基督面上之神的榮耀，也就是認識那彰顯神並表明神的基督；基督榮耀的福音首先照進我們裏面，然後從我們裏面照耀出去—約一18，太五16，腓二15。

週　三

叁　『我們有這寶貝在瓦器裏，要顯明這超越的能力，是屬於神，不是出於我們』—林後四7：

一　榮耀的基督這超越的寶貝，是信徒藉着基督榮耀之福音的光照所接受的；現今基督（三一神的具體化身與彰顯）之照耀的實際，就是我們裏面的寶貝—6~7節：

1　神照（就是分賜）在我們心裏，帶給我們一個寶貝，就是那是三一神的具體化身，作為賜生命的靈，作了我們的生命和一切之包羅萬有的基督—4、6~7節，西二9，三4、11，林前十五45下。

2　這無價之寶，內住的基督，乃是基督徒生活神聖供應的源頭—腓四13，林後十三5，四7。

二　這無價之寶使我們這些瓦器成為新約的眾執事，有無上寶貴的職事；這乃是藉着在復活裏的神聖能力；這超越的能力必是屬於神，不是出於我們—三6，一9，四7。

三　那些藉着我們的照耀而接受榮耀福音的人，要得着基督作為分賜到他們裏面的寶貝；這樣，他們就會和我們一樣，成為盛裝這無價寶貝的瓦器—4、6~7節。

週　四

肆　『我們眾人既然以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，好像鏡子觀看並返照主的榮光，就漸漸變化成為與祂同樣的形像，從榮耀到榮耀，乃是從主靈變化成的』—三18：

一　觀看主的榮光是我們自己看主，返照主的榮光是叫別人經過我們看主。

二　主的榮光指復活並升天之基督的榮光；祂是賜生命的靈，住在我們裏面，使祂和祂所完成、所達到以及所得着的一切，都成為我們的實際，使我們與祂是一，並且變化成為與主同樣的形像，從榮耀到榮耀；這樣，祂就使我們與祂一式一樣—路二四46，來二9，林後三18，羅八29。

三　這是在復活裏，在生命裏不斷進行的過程—林後三18。

週　五

伍　『你們從前是黑暗，但如今在主裏面乃是光，行事為人就要像光的兒女』—弗五8：

一　神是光，所以我們這些神的兒女，也是光的兒女—約壹一5，弗五8，約十二36。

二　我們不僅是光的兒女，並且就是光本身；我們是光，因為我們在主裏與神是一—太五14，約壹一5。

三　當我們在光中時，我們就在對錯的範圍之外—7節。

四　如果我們行事為人像光的兒女，我們就會結出以弗所五章九節所描述的果子：

1　光的果子，性質上必須是善的，手續上必須是義的，彰顯上必須是真實的，使神得以彰顯，成為我們日常行事為人的實際。

2　在善、義和真實中之光的果子，與三一神有關：

a　父神就是善，乃是光之果子的性質；因此，在九節的善，指着父神—太十九17。

b　義，指着子神，因為基督照着神義的手續，成就神的定旨—羅五17~18、21。

c　真實，就是光之果子的彰顯，指着靈神，因為祂是實際的靈—約十四17，十六13。

週　六

陸　『〔他們〕要見祂的面；…主神要光照他們』—啟二二4上、5下：

一　見神和羔羊的面，將是神所救贖的人在永世所得享受三一神的福分—4節上。

二　神自己要在羔羊裏照耀我們，我們要永遠活在祂榮耀的光照之下—5節下，二一23。

Week Six

The Triune God in Christ Being Life to Us by Shining in Our Hearts

Hymns: E885

Scripture Reading: 2 Cor. 4:4, 6-7; 3:18; Matt. 17:2; Eph. 5:8-9; Rev. 22:4a, 5b; 21:23

§ Day 1

I. “In whom the god of this age has blinded the thoughts of the unbelievers that the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, might not shine on them”—2 Cor. 4:4:

A. Satan, the god of this age, has blinded the thoughts and the minds of the unbelievers so that the illumination of the gospel of Christs glory might not shine in their hearts:

1. Those who are blinded or veiled think that they do not worship anything; actually, their god is Satan.

2. Atheists worship Satan without knowing what they are doing.

3. Nearly all people today have been blinded by the god of this age.

B. Christ as the image of God is the effulgence of His glory; hence, the gospel of Christ is the gospel of His glory that illuminates, radiates, and shines in our hearts—Heb. 1:3; 2 Cor. 4:6.

C. The gospel of the glory of Christ is the gospel of the glory of the blessed God—1 Tim. 1:11.

D. By dispensing Gods life and nature in Christ into Gods chosen people, the gospel of the glory of Christ shines forth Gods glory, in which God is blessed among His people—Heb. 1:3; Eph. 1:3, 6, 12, 14.

§ Day 2

II. “The God who said, Out of darkness light shall shine, is the One who shined in our hearts to illuminate the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ”—2 Cor. 4:6:

A. Gods shining in our hearts results in the illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, that is, in the enlightenment that causes us to know the glory of God in the gospel of Christ—vv. 4, 6.

B. The illumination of the knowledge of the glory of God is in the face of Jesus Christ; this indicates that the gospel of the glory of Christ is a lovely person on whose face we can see the glory of God—vv. 4, 6; Matt. 17:2.

C. The glory of God manifested in the face of Jesus Christ is the God of glory expressed through Jesus Christ, who is the effulgence of the glory of God; to know Him is to know the God of glory—Acts 7:2; Heb. 1:3.

D. The more God shines in our hearts, the more we will shine on others so that they may have the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, that is, the knowledge of Christ, who expresses and declares God; the gospel of the glory of Christ first shines into us, and then it shines out from within us—John 1:18; Matt. 5:16; Phil. 2:15.

§ Day 3

III. “We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us”—2 Cor. 4:7:

A. Through the illumination of the gospel of the glory of Christ, the Christ of glory as the excellent treasure is received by the believers; now the shining reality of Christ, the embodiment and expression of the Triune God, is the treasure within us—vv. 6-7:

1. Gods shining, which is Gods dispensing, in our hearts brings into us a treasure, the all-inclusive Christ, who is the embodiment of the Triune God as the life-giving Spirit to be our life and everything—vv. 4, 6-7; Col. 2:9; 3:4, 11; 1 Cor. 15:45b.

2. This priceless treasure, the indwelling Christ, is the divine source of the supply for the Christian life—Phil. 4:13; 2 Cor. 13:5; 4:7.

B. This priceless treasure has made us, the earthen vessels, ministers of the new covenant with a priceless ministry; this is by the divine power in resurrection; the excellency of this power is surely of God and not out of us—3:6; 1:9; 4:7.

C. Those who receive the gospel of glory through our shining will have Christ as the precious treasure dispensed into them; then, like us, they will be earthen vessels containing this priceless treasure—vv. 4, 6-7.

§ Day 4

IV. “We all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting like a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit”—3:18:

A. To behold the glory of the Lord is to see the Lord ourselves; to reflect the glory of the Lord is to enable others to see Him through us.

B. The glory of the Lord is the glory of the resurrected and ascended Christ, who is the life-giving Spirit dwelling in us to make Himself and all that He has accomplished, attained, and obtained real to us so that we may be one with Him and be transformed into the same image as the Lord from glory to glory; in this way He is making us the same as He is—Luke 24:46; Heb. 2:9; 2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29.

C. This is an ongoing process in life in resurrection—2 Cor. 3:18.

§ Day 5

V. “You were once darkness but are now light in the Lord; walk as children of light”—Eph. 5:8:

A. As God is light, so we, the children of God, are children of light—1 John 1:5; Eph. 5:8; John 12:36.

B. We are not only children of light—we are light itself; we are light because we are one with God in the Lord—Matt. 5:14; 1 John 1:5.

C. When we are in the light, we are outside the realm of right and wrong— v. 7.

D. If we walk as children of light, we will bear the fruit described in Ephesians 5:9:

1. The fruit of the light must be good in nature, righteous in procedure, and real in expression, that God may be expressed as the reality of our daily walk.

2. The fruit of the light in goodness, righteousness, and truth is related to the Triune God:

a. God the Father as goodness is the nature of the fruit of the light; therefore, goodness in verse 9 refers to God the Father—Matt. 19:17.

b. Righteousness refers to God the Son, for Christ came to accomplish Gods purpose according to Gods righteous procedure—Rom. 5:17-18, 21.

c. Truth, the expression of the fruit of the light, refers to God the Spirit, for He is the Spirit of reality—John 14:17; 16:13.

§ Day 6

VI. “They will see His face…The Lord God will shine upon them”—Rev. 22:4a, 5b:

A. To see the face of God and of the Lamb will be a blessing of the Triune God enjoyed by Gods redeemed in eternity—v. 4a.

B. God Himself in the Lamb will shine on us, and we will live forever under His glorious illumination—v. 5b; 21:23.