創世記結晶讀經(41):生命樹與善惡知識樹(綱目經文)
讀經：創二 9、16 ～ 17，約五 39 ～ 40，林後三 6 下
1
生命樹表徵將生命分賜給人，叫人喜悅滿足的基督─創二 9，約十四 6 上，十 10 下，六 63，林前十 五 45 下，參約十五 1，出十五 25。
2
生命樹是宇宙的中心；按照神的定旨，地是宇宙的中心，伊甸園是地的中心，而生命樹又是伊甸園的中心。
3
我們必須認識，整個宇宙是以生命樹為中心；無論對神或對人，沒有別的比這樹更中心、更重要。
4
神把人擺在生命樹跟前，指明神要人借着生機的吃他並新陳代謝的吸收他，接受他作人的生命，使神能成為人所是的構成成分─約六 35、57。
5
按照約翰一章一節和四節，生命是在那就是神自己的話裡面；這生命─神那神聖、永遠、非受造的生命─就是基督（十一 25，十四 6上，西三 4 上），他是神的具體化身（二 9）。
6
生命樹長在生命水河的兩邊（啟二二 1 ～2），指明生命樹乃是一種藤蔓（葡萄樹）；因着基督是葡萄樹（約十五 1），又是生命，他就是生命樹。
7
基督經過了成為肉體、釘十字架和復活的過程，使人能得着生命，並借着吃他而活─十10 下，六 51、57、63。
8
善惡知識樹表徵撒但是人死亡的源頭─創二 9、17，來二 14。
9
善惡知識樹也表徵一切神以外的事物，因為凡不是神自己的事物，包括美好的事物，甚至合乎聖經的事物和宗教的事物，都會被撒但這狡猾者利用，將死帶給人。
10
就連神所默示的聖經和神所頒賜的律法，都會被撒但利用，作為知識樹而帶進死─約五39 ～ 40，林後三 6。
11
神給人的第一個命令是關乎人的吃，而不是關乎人的行為─創二 16 ～ 17。
12
對人非常重要，是生死攸關的事；人在神面前的結局和定命，完全根據於他所吃的。13
人若吃生命樹，就接受神作生命而完成神的定旨；人若吃知識樹，就接受撒但為死亡，而被撒但篡奪，達到他的目的。
14
神給人禁令作警告（16
～
17，參弗二
1），指明以下的事。
15
指明神的偉大：他造人，賦與人自由意志，使人自願而不是被迫揀選神。
16
指明神對人的愛。
17
指明神渴望人吃生命樹，接受神到他裡面作生命。
18
生命樹叫人倚靠神（約十五
5），而知識樹叫人背叛神，向神獨立（參創三 5）。
19
這兩棵樹帶進兩條線─生命線和死亡線，貫穿整本聖經，結束於啟示錄。
20
死開始於知識樹（創二
17），結束於火湖（啟二十
10、14）；生命開始於生命樹，結束於新耶路撒冷這座生命水的城（二二 1 ～ 2）。
21
我們需要看見貫穿聖經之生命樹的線。
22
亞伯照神的方法接觸神─創四
4。
23
塞特與以挪士呼求主的名─26
節。
24
以諾與神同行─五
22、24。
25
挪亞與神同行並與神同工─六
9、13
～
14。
26
亞伯拉罕活在神的顯現中並呼求主名─徒七2，創十二 7 ～ 8，十七 1，十八 1。
27
以撒活在神的顯現中並呼求主名─二六 2、24 ～ 25。
28
雅各活在神的顯清b中並呼求主名─三五 1、9，四八 3。
29
摩西活在神的顯現和同在里─徒七 30，出三2、16，三三 11、13 ～ 15，三四 29，二五 9。
30
以色列人在主的同在里行走路程─十三21 ～ 22，民十四 14。
31
約書亞在主的同在里生活並工作─書一 5 ～ 9。
32
基甸在主的同在里爭戰─士六
12、16。
33
撒母耳禱告並呼求主名─撒上十二23，十五 11，詩九九 6，耶十五 1。
34
大衛信靠神，仰望神，並享受神作生命─撒上十七 37、45，三十 6，詩二七 4、8、14，三六 8 ～9。
35
但以理常常向神禱告，並且不斷的接觸他─但六 10 ～ 11，九 2 ～ 4，十 1 ～ 3、12。
36 耶穌是神的兒子，因神活着─約五19，六 57，十四 10。
37
新約信徒因主活着，並享受主─十五5，六 57，十四 19，六 35，十五 11，十六24，十七 13，約壹一 4。
38
保羅活出主─加二
20，腓一
19 ～
21 上。
39
教會是基督的身體，憑基督作生命活着─弗一 22 ～ 23，西三 4。
40
新耶路撒冷由生命水的河同生命樹所維持─啟二二 1 ～ 2。
41
我們需要看見貫穿聖經之知識樹的線。
42
該隱是按着自己的方法，不是按着神的方法獻祭給神；他殺害了他的弟弟，並離開主的面出去了─創四3 ～ 9、16。
43
寧錄在主面前是個英勇的獵戶，是完全向神獨立的人，為自己建造了一個國，這國的起頭是巴別─十 8～ 11。
44
巴別的人開了一次會議，會議的結果是為人的名建造了一座高塔，並成立了一座城作人的產業─十一 3～ 4。
45
羅得從生命線上漂離出去，因為他照自己的眼光作了揀選─十三 10 ～ 13，參 14 ～ 15、18。
46
以掃為着滿足他的口腹出賣了長子的名分─二五 30 ～ 34。
47
法老背叛神，他的心向着神就剛硬了─出五 2，七 13、22，八 15、19、32，九 34 ～ 35。
48
亞倫聽了百姓的話，就獨立行事，造了一個金像─三二 1、4、24。
49
拿答和亞比戶獻『凡火』給神─利十 1 ～ 2。
50
米利暗和亞倫反對摩西，並不是他們接觸神的結果，乃是因着他們自己的動機─民十二1 ～ 2、9 ～15。
51
十個探子失敗，是因為他們憑着自己的眼光去看那地的形勢；他們失敗，是因倚靠自己的知識，不肯信靠主─十三 28、32 ～ 33，參 30，十四 6 ～ 9。
52
可拉和他一黨的人攻擊神的代表權柄─十六 1 ～ 3。
53
掃羅獨立行動，沒有跟隨主，卻照着自己的喜好對待仇敵─撒上十五 8、11、22 ～ 23。
54
押沙龍背叛他的父親大衛王─撒下十五 10 ～ 13。
55
亞哈是個壞王，他娶了耶洗別為妻，耶洗別是個屬魔鬼拜偶像的女人；她為巴力造了一座廟，巴力乃是當時最有名的偶像─王上十六 30 ～ 32。
56
祭司長和經學家知道聖經的字句，卻不認識聖經的生命─太二 4 ～ 6。
57
尼哥底母尋求知識，但他所需要的是新生命─約三 1 ～ 3。
58
猶太宗教徒查考聖經，因他們以為其中有永遠的生命，卻不肯為着這生命到主這裡來─五 39 ～40。
59
經學家和法利賽人持守律法的知識，卻仍在罪的奴役之下─八 5、9、34。
60
那些與主在一起的門徒看見一個生來瞎眼的人，那時他們還是持守着宗教傳統的知識─九 1 ～ 3。
61
馬大完全在知識線上，持守有關末日復活之正統教訓的知識─十一 23 ～ 25。
62
彼得剛從天上的父得了啟示，立刻就轉到他的心思里，而且被撒但利用，阻撓主去釘十字架─太十六 17、21 ～ 23。
63
猶大總是充滿了錢的思想，就將自己向魔鬼敞開，以三十錠銀子出賣了主─約十二 4 ～ 6，十三2、27，太二六 15，二七 5。
64
不信的猶太人遵守律法，並且按着律法將主耶穌定了死罪─約十九 7。
65
大數的掃羅是個拔尖的宗教徒，逼迫教會，直到神將他的兒子啟示在他裡面─加一 13 ～ 16，二20。
66
哥林多信徒在知識上樣樣富足，但他們自高自大，在基督里仍是嬰孩─林前一 5，八 1，三 1。
67
智慧派的哲學把許多信徒從享受基督作他們的生命岔開，而把他們破壞了─西二 8，參 6。
68
教會中持異議的人造成分立和絆跌的事，違反神經綸的教訓─羅十六 17，提前一 4。
69
巴蘭的教訓、尼哥拉黨的教訓和耶洗別的教訓，使初期的教會受到欺騙，偏離了吃主和同主坐席─啟二 14 ～ 15、20、24、7、17，三 20。
70
敵基督是不法的人，滅亡之子；他是知識線上的巨人，他的定命是和撒但，死亡的源頭，一同被扔在火湖裡─十三 5 ～ 8，帖後二 3 ～ 4，啟十九 20，二十 10。
71
『那字句殺死人，那靈卻叫人活』─林後三 6 下。
72
死字句的聖經屬於知識樹，是殺死人的，但那靈屬於生命樹，是賜人生命的。
73
在知識線之外，還有生命線（ 參 申 三 十 19 ～20）；為這生命的選擇讚美主！
2013 Summer Training -
Crystallization-Study of GENESIS (1)
The Tree of Life and the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil
Scripture Reading: Gen. 2:9, 16-17;
John 5:39-40; 2 Cor. 3:6b
I.
The tree of life signifies Christ, who imparts life to man and who
pleases and satisfies man─Gen. 2:9; John 14:6a;10:10b; 6:63; 1
Cor.15:45b; cf. John 15:1; Exo. 15:25:
A.
The tree of life is the center of the universe; according to the purpose
of God, the earth is the center of the universe, the garden of Eden is the
center of the earth, and the tree of life is the center of the garden of Eden.
B.
We must realize that the whole universe is centered on this tree of
life; nothing is more central and crucial to both God and man than this tree.
C.
God’s placing man in front of the tree of life indicates that God wanted
man to receive Him as man’s life by eating Him organically and assimilating Him
metabolically so that God might become the very constituent of man’s being─John 6:35, 57.
D.
According to John 1:1 and 4, life is in the Word, who is God Himself;
this life─the
divine, eternal, uncreated life of God─is Christ (11:25; 14:6a; Col. 3:4a), who is the embodiment of
God (2:9).
E.
The tree of life grows along the two sides of the river of water of life
(Rev. 22:1 -2), indicating that it is a vine; since Christ is a vine tree (John
15:1) and is also life, He is the tree of life.
F.
Christ was processed
through incarnation, crucifixion,
and resurrection so that man may have life and live by eating Him─10:10b; 6:51, 57, 63.
II. The tree of the knowledge of good
and evil signifies Satan as the source of death to man─Gen. 2:9, 17; Heb. 2:14:
A.
The tree of the knowledge of good and evil also signifies all things
apart from God, for anything that is not God Himself, including good things and
even scriptural things and religious things, can be utilized by Satan, the
subtle one, to bring death to man.
B.
Even the Scriptures inspired by God and the law given by God can be
utilized by Satan as the tree of knowledge to bring in death─John 5:39-40; 2 Cor.
3:6.
III. God’s first commandment to man concerned
man’s eating, not man’s conduct─Gen.
2:16-17:
A.
Eating is critical to man, a matter of life or death; man’s outcome and
destiny before God depend altogether on what he eats.
B.
If man eats the tree of life, he will receive God as life and fulfill
God’s purpose; if he eats the tree of knowledge, he will receive Satan as death
and be usurped by him for his purpose.
C.
God’s forbidding commandment, given as a warning to man (vv. 16-17; cf.
Eph. 2:1), indicates the following:
1.
It indicates God’s greatness in creating man with a free will so that
man may choose God willingly and not under coercion.
2.
It indicates God’s love for man.
3.
It indicates God’s desire that man would eat the tree of life to receive
God into him as his life.
IV.
The tree of life causes man to be dependent on God (John15:5), whereas
the tree of knowledge causes man to rebel against God and to be independent
from Him (cf. Gen. 3:5):
A.
The two trees issue in two lines─the line of life and
the line of death─that run through the entire Bible and end in
the book of Revelation.
B.
Death begins with the tree of knowledge (Gen. 2:17) and ends with the
lake of fire (Rev. 20:10,14); life
begins with the tree of life and ends in the New Jerusalem, the city of the
water of life (22:1-2).
V. We need to see the line of the tree
of life throughout the Scriptures:
A.
Abel contacted God in God’s way─Gen. 4:4.
B.
Seth and Enosh called upon the name of the Lord─v. 26.
C.
Enoch walked with God─5:22, 24.
D.
Noah walked with God and worked together with God─6:9, 13-14.
E.
Abraham lived in the appearing of God and called upon the name of the
Lord─Acts
7:2; Gen. 12:7-8; 17:1; 18:1.
F.
Isaac lived in the appearing of God and called upon the name of the Lord─26:2, 24-25.
G.
Jacob lived in the appearing of God and called upon the name of the Lord─35:1, 9; 48:3.
H.
Moses lived in the appearing and the presence of God─Acts 7:30; Exo. 3:2,
16; 33:11, 13-15; 34:29; 25:9.
I.
The children of Israel journeyed in the presence of the Lord─13:21-22; Num. 14:14.
J.
Joshua lived and worked in the presence of the Lord─Josh. 1:5-9.
K.
Gideon fought the battle in the presence of the Lord─Judg. 6:12, 16.
L.
Samuel prayed and called upon the name of the Lord─1 Sam. 12:23; 15:11;
Psa. 99:6; Jer. 15:1.
M. David trusted in God, looked to
God, and enjoyed God as life─1 Sam. 17:37, 45; 30:6; Psa. 27:4, 8, 14;
36:8-9.
N.
Daniel prayed to God constantly and contacted Him continually─Dan. 6:10-11; 9:2-4;
10:1-3, 12.
O.
Jesus as the Son of God lived by God─John 5:19; 6:57;
14:10.
P.
The New Testament believers live by the Lord and enjoy the Lord─15:5; 6:57; 14:19;
6:35; 15:11; 16:24; 17:13; 1 John 1:4.
Q.
Paul lived out the Lord─Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:19-21a.
R.
The church as the Body of Christ lives by Christ as life─Eph. 1:22-23; Col.
3:4.
S. The New Jerusalem is sustained by
the river of water of life with the tree of life─Rev. 22:1-2.
VI. We need to see the line of the tree of
knowledge throughout the Scriptures:
A.
Cain presented an offering to God in his own way, not in God’s way; he
murdered his brother and went out from the presence of the Lord─Gen. 4:3-9, 16.
B.
Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord, was a person who was absolutely
independent of God, building a kingdom for himself, and the beginning of his
kingdom was Babel─10:8-11.
C.
The people at
Babel held a
council, and the
result was the construction of a high tower for man’s
name and the formation of a city for his possession─11:3-4.
D.
Lot drifted away from the line of life by making a choice according to
his own sight ─13:10-13,
cf. vv. 14-15, 18.
E.
Esau, for the
purpose of satisfying
his appetite, sold
his birthright─25:30-34.
F.
Pharaoh was rebellious against God, and his heart was hardened toward
God─Exo.
5:2; 7:13, 22; 8:15, 19, 32; 9:34-35.
G.
Aaron listened to the people and acted independently to make a golden
idol─32:1,
4, 24.
H.
Nadab and Abihu offered “strange fire” to God─Lev. 10:1-2.
I.
Miriam and Aaron were opposed to Moses, not as a result of their
contacting God but because of their own motive─Num. 12:1-2, 9-15.
J.
The ten spies failed because they looked at the situation in the land by
their own sight; they failed because they relied on their knowledge and refused
to trust in the Lord─13:28, 32-33, cf. v. 30; 14:6-9.
K.
Korah and his company attacked God’s deputy authority─16:1-3.
L.
Saul acted independently and did not follow the Lord; rather, he dealt
with the enemy according to his preference─1 Sam. 15:8, 11,
22-23.
M. Absalom rebelled against his
father, King David─2 Sam. 15:10-13.
N.
Ahab was an
evil king who
married Jezebel, a
devilish and idolatrous woman,
and built a temple for Baal, the most famous idol of the time─1 Kings 16:30-32.
O.
The chief priests and the scribes knew the letter of the Bible but not
the life of the Bible ─Matt. 2:4-6.
P.
Nicodemus was seeking knowledge, but what he needed was a new life─John 3:1-3.
Q.
The Jewish religionists searched the Scriptures thinking that in them
they had eternal life, yet they would not come to the Lord for that very life─5:39-40.
R.
The scribes and Pharisees held the knowledge of the law but were still
under the slavery of sin─8:5, 9, 34.
S.
The disciples who were with the Lord still held the traditional
knowledge of reli
gion when they
saw a man
blind from birth─9:1-3.
T.
Martha was occupied
with the line
of knowledge, holding
the knowledge of the sound teachings regarding the resurrection in the
last day─11:23-25.
U.
Peter, after receiving the revelation from the heavenly Father, turned
to his mind and was utilized by Satan to frustrate the Lord from going to the
cross─Matt.
16:17, 21-23.
V.
Judas, who was always occupied with thoughts of money, opened himself to
the devil and betrayed the Lord for thirty pieces of silver─John 12:4-6; 13:2,
27; Matt. 26:15; 27:5.
W. The unbelieving Jews kept their law
and sentenced the Lord Jesus to death according to it─John 19:7.
X.
Saul of Tarsus, a foremost religionist, persecuted the church until God
revealed His Son in him─Gal. 1:13-16; 2:20.
Y.
The Corinthian believers were enriched in all knowledge but were puffed
up and still infants in Christ─1 Cor. 1:5; 8:1; 3:1.
Z.
The Gnostic philosophy distracted and spoiled many believers from
enjoying Christ as their life (Col. 2:8, cf. v. 6).
AA.
The dissenters in the church make divisions and causes of stumbling
contrary to the teaching of God's economy (Rom. 16:17; 1 Tim. 1:4).
BB.
The teaching of Balaam, the teaching of the Nicolaitans, and the
teaching of Jezebel deceived the early churches, who turned away from the
eating of and feasting with the Lord (Rev. 2:14-15, 20, 24, 7, 17; 3:20).
CC.
Antichrist will be the man of lawlessness, the son of perdition; he will
be the giant on the line of knowledge, and his destiny is to be cast into the
lake of fire with Satan, the source of death (13:5-8; 2 Thes. 2:3-4; Rev.
19:20; 20:10).
DD.
“The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Cor. 3:6b):
1.
The Bible in dead letters, which belongs to the tree of knowledge,
kills, but the Spirit, who belongs to the tree of life, gives life.
2.
Besides the line of knowledge there is the line of life (cf. Deut.
30:19-20); praise the Lord for the choice of life!
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創世結晶021-創世記一章_7:六日談神創造之第六日
創世結晶022-神按着自己的形像樣式造人_1
創世結晶023-神按着自己的形像樣式造人_2
創世結晶024-神按着自己的形像樣式造人_3
創世結晶025-神按着自己的形像樣式造人_4
創世結晶026-神按着自己的形像樣式造人_5
創世結晶027-神按着自己的形像樣式造人_6
創世結晶028-神按着自己的形像樣式造人_7
創世結晶028-神按着自己的形像樣式造人_7
創世結晶036-生命樹與善惡樹_1
創世結晶037-生命樹與善惡樹_2
創世結晶038-生命樹與善惡樹_3
創世結晶039-生命樹與善惡樹_4
創世結晶040-生命樹與善惡樹_5
創世結晶041-生命樹與善惡樹_6
創世結晶042-生命樹與善惡樹_7
創世結晶043-生命水的河_1
創世結晶044-生命水的河_2
創世結晶045-生命水的河_3
創世結晶046-生命水的河_4
創世結晶047-生命水的河_5
創世結晶048-生命水的河_6
創世結晶049-生命水的河_7
創世結晶050-夏娃作亞當配偶的預表_1
創世結晶051-夏娃作亞當配偶的預表_2
創世結晶052-夏娃作亞當配偶的預表_3
創世結晶053-夏娃作亞當配偶的預表_4
創世結晶054-夏娃作亞當配偶的預表_5
創世結晶055-夏娃作亞當配偶的預表_6
創世結晶056-夏娃作亞當配偶的預表_7
創世結晶057-蛇、女人及後裔的故事_1
創世結晶058-蛇、女人及後裔的故事_2
創世結晶059-蛇、女人及後裔的故事_3
創世結晶060-蛇、女人及後裔的故事_4
創世結晶061-蛇、女人及後裔的故事_5
創世結晶062-蛇、女人及後裔的故事_6
創世結晶063-蛇、女人及後裔的故事_7
創世結晶064-亞伯、以挪士和以諾_1
創世結晶065-亞伯、以挪士和以諾_2
創世結晶066-亞伯、以挪士和以諾_3
創世結晶067-亞伯、以挪士和以諾_4
創世結晶068-亞伯、以挪士和以諾_5
創世結晶069-亞伯、以挪士和以諾_6
創世結晶070-亞伯、以挪士和以諾_7
創世結晶071-挪亞的時代_1
創世結晶072-挪亞的時代_2
創世結晶073-挪亞的時代_3
創世結晶074-挪亞的時代_4
創世結晶075-挪亞的時代_5
創世結晶076-挪亞的時代_6
創世結晶077-挪亞的時代_7
創世結晶078-教會生活的種子與國度的小影_1
創世結晶079-教會生活的種子與國度的小影_2
創世結晶080-教會生活的種子與國度的小影_3
創世結晶081-教會生活的種子與國度的小影_4
創世結晶082-教會生活的種子與國度的小影_5
創世結晶083-教會生活的種子與國度的小影_6
創世結晶084-教會生活的種子與國度的小影_7
