第八週　傳揚國度的福音並使萬民作主的門徒

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讀經：太十二28，二四14，二八18∼20，可四26∼29，路十七21，啟六1∼2，十四4

【週　一】

壹　羔羊無論往那裏去，我們都必須跟隨祂，（啟十四4，）將國度的福音傳遍整個居人之地，使國度的種子（基因）得着繁殖與發展，以終結這個世代—太二四14，可四26：

一　神的國就是基督自己—路十七21，太十二28：

1　在人性裏的三一神（西二9）乃是神國的種子（基因），撒到神所揀選的人裏面，使祂可以在他們裏面生長，活在他們裏面，並從他們裏面彰顯出來，而發展成為神掌權的範圍。（可四26∼29，林前三6∼9。）

2　整本新約教訓的內在元素，乃是三一神已經成為肉體，為要撒到祂所揀選的人裏面，在他們裏面發展成為國度。

【週　二】

3　神的目標是要使神的國得着完滿的發展：

ａ　在福音書裏，有國度種子（基因）的撒播—可四3，14，太九35。

ｂ　在使徒行傳裏，藉着成千已經接受這國度種子（基因）的人作為撒種者，這撒播得以繁殖並開展—六7，十二24，十九20。

ｃ　在書信裏，我們看見國度種子（基因）的生長—林前三6，9下，彼後一3∼ 11。

ｄ　這種子的收成見於啟示錄，其中有初熟果子和莊稼的收割—十四4，15∼16，可四29，太十三39。

ｅ　千年國將是這國度種子（基因）的完滿發展，有子作王，以及所有的得勝者，就是『有國度基因的人』，與祂一同作王—啟二十4，6。

ｆ　新耶路撒冷作為神永遠的國，乃是四卷福音書中拿撒勒人耶穌所撒之國度種子（基因）最完滿的發展—啟二一2，二二1，3，5下。

【週　三】

二　主耶穌在祂成肉體的時期中，在祂建立屬天國度的君尊職事裏，把自己視為醫生、牧人和莊稼的主—太九11∼13，35∼38：

1　祂來盡職是作醫生，醫治、恢復、點活並拯救人，使他們能重新構成為祂屬天的新公民，給祂用以在這敗壞的地上，建立祂屬天的國—11∼13節。

2　祂對眾人動了慈心，因為他們困苦流離，如同羊沒有牧人一樣；祂看見他們受折磨、遭痛苦，落到流離失所、無助無依的苦境—35∼36節。

3　屬天國度的君王認為自己不僅是羊的牧人，也是莊稼的主，作物的擁有者；因為莊稼固多，工人卻少，我們必須祈求莊稼的主，催趕工人收割祂的莊稼—37∼38節，參林前三6∼9。

【週　四】

三　子是神聖三一的中心，在祂成肉體的時期中，在祂建立屬天國度的君尊職事裏，完全不靠自己，不為自己，也不向着自己；祂所作的一切都是靠着神的靈，並為着父神的國—太十二28：

1　神聖三一這憑神聖配搭而有的行動，給我們看見神聖三一的和諧、美麗與優越，並且是元首為我們這些祂身體肢體的配搭所立之優越、美麗的榜樣；今天在召會生活裏，由於缺少正確的配搭，基督的身體還沒有充分的建造起來。

2　我們所作的不該靠自己，乃該靠一些其他的人；不僅如此，我們所作的也不該為我們自己，乃該為神在地上的權益、權利。

【週　五】

四　在這世代結束之前，國度的福音要傳遍整個居人之地，對萬民作見證；（二四14；）這傳揚，如啟示錄六章一至二節第一印之白馬所表徵的，乃是這世代終結的兆頭：

1　神在這時代獨一的定旨，乃是要藉着福音的傳揚，使召會作為基督的身體得着建造，以終極完成新耶路撒冷—弗三8∼11，羅一1。

2　傳揚基督榮耀福音的得勝者，成了騎白馬的人—啟六2，十九11，13∼14。

【週　六】

貳　屬天的王差遣門徒帶着祂的權柄，去使萬民作祂的門徒，使他們成為國度的子民，好在這地上建立祂的國，就是今日的召會—太二八18∼20，羅十四17：　

一　使萬民作主的門徒，是要將他們浸入基督的死、（六3∼4、）基督自己、（加三27、）三一神、（太二八19、）以及基督的身體裏（林前十二13）：

1　水，象徵基督的死和埋葬，可以看作了結受浸者老舊歷史的墳墓。

2　因為基督的死包含在基督裏面，又因為基督是三一神的具體化身，（西二9，）並且三一神與基督的身體是一；所以，為初信的人施浸，乃是了結他們老舊的生命，並為着基督的身體，用新生命，就是三一神永遠的生命，使他們有新生的起頭；這乃是為着諸天的國，把人從自己的生命浸出來，而浸入基督身體的生命裏。

二　使萬民作主的門徒，是要教導他們神聖奧祕範圍裏的神聖真理，使他們能照着那在耶穌身上是實際者而學基督—太二八20，弗四20∼21：

1　我們正在從一個天然的人被訓練成為一個神人，照着基督這第一個神人的模型，否認我們天然的生命，而活神聖的生命—太十一28∼30。

2　基督一切神聖奧祕的教訓，不僅是祂向我們的揭示和光照，也是祂給我們的滋養，使我們在祂神聖的生命裏得以長大成熟，好叫神永遠的經綸能藉着我們得以完成—弗四15∼16。

Week Eight

Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom and Discipling the Nations

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Scripture Reading: Matt. 12:28; 24:14; 28:18-20; Mark 4:26- 29;Luke 17:21; Rev. 6:1-2; 14:4

§ Day 1

I. We need to follow the Lamb wherever He may go (Rev. 14:4) to preach the gospel of the kingdom to the whole inhabited earth for the propagation and development of the seed, the gene, of the kingdom to consummate this age—Matt. 24:14; Mark 4:26:

A. The kingdom of God is Christ Himself—Luke 17:21; Matt. 12:28:

1. The Triune God in humanity (Col. 2:9) is the seed, the gene, of the kingdom of God to be sown into Gods chosen people so that He might grow in them, live in them, and be expressed from within them to develop into Gods ruling realm (Mark 4:26-29; 1 Cor. 3:6-9).

2. The intrinsic element of the entire teaching of the New Testament is that the Triune
God has been incarnated in order to be sown into His chosen people and develop within
them into a kingdom.

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3. Gods goal is the full development of the kingdom of God:

a. In the Gospels we have the sowing of the seed, the gene, of the kingdom—Mark 4:3, 14; Matt. 9:35.

b. In the Acts we have the propagation and spreading of this sowing by thousands of sowers who have received the seed, the gene, of the kingdom—6:7; 12:24;
19:20.

c. In the Epistles we see the growing of the seed, the gene, of the kingdom—1 Cor. 3:6,
9b; 2 Pet. 1:3-11.

d. The harvest of this seed is found in the book of Revelation with the reaping of the firstfruits and the harvest—14:4, 15-16; Mark 4:29; Matt. 13:39.

e. The millennial kingdom will be the full development of the seed, the gene, of the
kingdom with the Son as the King and all the overcomers as His co-kings, the "kingdom-gene people"—Rev. 20:4, 6.

f. The New Jerusalem, Gods eternal kingdom, is the fullest development of the kingdom seed, the gene, sown by Jesus the Nazarene in the four Gospels—Rev. 21:2; 22:1, 3, 5b.

§ Day 3

B. In His kingly ministry for the establishing of His heavenly kingdom in the stage of His incarnation, the Lord Jesus considered Himself a Physician, a Shepherd, and the Lord of the harvest—Matt. 9:11-13, 35-38:

1. He came to minister as a Physician, to heal, recover, enliven, and save people that
they might be reconstituted to be His new and heavenly citizens, with whom He could
establish His heavenly kingdom on this corrupted earth—vv. 11-13.

2. He was moved with compassion for the people, because they were harassed and cast
away like sheep not having a shepherd; He saw that they were afflicted, in anguish, and in a distressed condition in which they were homeless, wandering from place to place, and helpless—vv. 35-36.

3. The King of the heavenly kingdom considered Himself not only the Shepherd of the
sheep but also the Lord of the harvest, the One who owns the crop; because the harvest is great but the workers few, we must beseech the Lord of the harvest that He would thrust out workers into His harvest—vv. 37-38; cf. 1 Cor. 3:6-9.

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C. In His kingly ministry for the establishing of His heavenly kingdom in the stage of His incarnation, the Son as the center of the Divine Trinity was altogether not by Himself, for Himself, or to Himself; whatever He did was by the Spirit of God and for the kingdom of God the Father—Matt. 12:28:

1. This move of the Divine Trinity with the divine coordination shows us the harmony,
beauty, and excellency in the Divine Trinity and is an excellent and beautiful pattern
that the Head has set up for our coordination as members of His Body; today in the
church life, the Body of Christ has not been built up adequately because of a shortage
of the proper coordination.

2. What we do should not be done merely by ourselves but by some others;
furthermore, what we do should not be for ourselves but for the interest, the right, of
God on this earth.

§ Day 5

D. The gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations before the end of this age (24:14); this preaching, signified by the white horse of the first seal in Revelation 6:1-2, will be a sign of the consummation of this age:

1. Gods unique purpose in this age is to have the gospel preached so that the church as the Body of Christ might be built up to consummate the New Jerusalem—Eph. 3:8-11; Rom. 1:1.

2. The overcomers who preach the gospel of the glory of Christ become the riders of the white horse—Rev. 6:2; 19:11, 13-14.

§ Day 6

II. The heavenly King sent His disciples with His authority to disciple all the nations, making them the kingdom people for the establishing of His kingdom, which is the church today on this earth—Matt. 28:18-20; Rom. 14:17:

A. To disciple the nations is to baptize them into the death of Christ (6:3-4), into Christ Himself (Gal. 3:27), into the Triune God (Matt. 28:19), and into the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13):

1. The water, signifying the death of Christ with His burial, may be considered a tomb in
which the baptized ones old history is ended.

2. Since the death of Christ is included in Christ, and since Christ is the very embodiment of the Triune God (Col. 2:9) and the Triune God is one with the Body of Christ, to baptize new believers is to terminate their old life and to germinate them with new life, the eternal life of the Triune God, for the Body of Christ; this is to baptize people out of their life into the Body life for the kingdom of the heavens.

B. To disciple the nations is to teach them the divine truths in the divine and mystical realm so that they may learn Christ as the reality is in Jesus— Matt. 28:20; Eph. 4:20-21:

1. We are being discipled from being a natural man to being a God-man, living the divine life by denying our natural life according to the model of Christ as the first God-man— Matt. 11:28-30.

2. All the divine and mystical teachings of Christ are not only His unveiling and
enlightening but also His nourishing to us for our growth and maturity in His divine life so that the eternal economy of God may be consummated through us—Eph. 4:15-16.