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| 神的經綸 請我們先禱告 | 主,我們從深處等候你對我們說末後的話,但願我們在這裡,不是光有興奮,乃是有向着你的雄心大志,不是為着我們自己,乃是為着你永遠的經綸! | | 神永遠的經綸,乃是要使人在生命、性情上, | | 但不在神格上,與祂一模一樣, | | 並使祂自己與人成為一,使人與祂成為一, | | 因而使祂在彰顯上得以擴大並擴展, | | 使祂一切神聖的屬性得以彰顯在人性美德里。 | 今日經節及註解: 提前六1~21 | 重點經節 | | 也不可注意虛構無稽之事,和無窮的家譜;這等事只引起辯論,對於神在信仰里的經綸並無助益。 為着時期滿足時的經綸,要將萬有,無論是在諸天之上的,或是在地上的,都在基督里歸一於一個元首之下。 並將那歷世歷代隱藏在創造萬有之神里的奧秘有何等的經綸,向眾人召明。 | 生命供應 | 神的經綸就是祂的家庭經營。按照聖經,神不是先要得着國,乃是先要得着家,得着家人。一旦祂有了家人,祂的家人會自然而然成為祂的國。祂若不能得着家人,家庭,家,就不能得着國。因此,神的經綸首先是祂的家庭經營的事。 神的經綸就是祂的家庭行政,要在基督里將祂自己分賜到祂所揀選的人裡面,使祂得着一個家彰顯祂自己,這家就是召會,基督的身體。(提摩太前書生命讀經,一五頁。) [神的經綸也是]指管家職分、分配或行政。在保羅時代,許多富有的家庭都有管家,他們的責任是把食物和其他的必需品分配給家中的人。我們的父有一個大家庭,一個神聖的家庭。我們的父既有這麼廣大的豐富,祂的家中就需要有許多管家,將祂的豐富分賜給祂的兒女。這個分賜就是管家的職分。因此,管家職分就是一種分賜。這辭在這裡不是指世代,或神對待人的方式,乃是指神將祂的豐富分賜到祂所揀選的人裡面。這個分賜就是管家職分,有神的執事分賜的職事。這個分賜的職事也是神的行政管理。今天,神是借着將祂自己分賜到我們裡面來管理。這個管家的職分,這個分賜,這個行政,就是神的經綸。在神新約的經綸里,迫切需要恩典的管家職分。 我們對傳福音的觀念需要提高。我們不該只注意得人;我們傳福音,應當是借着將神分賜到人裡面,而執行神的經綸。你去讀書或作事,目的乃是照神為着祂的分賜而有的經綸,執行你的管家職分。我們不是作普通傳福音的工作,我們乃是把神分賜到人裡面。這是何等榮耀的職事!何等奇妙的管家職分!讚美主,我們都有這樣的管家職分!我們都有權利將基督那追測不盡的豐富分賜到別人裡面!(以弗所書生命讀經,二九一至二九二,二九七頁。) | 問答: | 1、 什麼是神的經綸?(參讀 提前一4注4。) 2、 為何神的經綸是在信仰里的?(參讀 提前一4注3。) 3、 請說明“神願意萬人得救並且完全認識真理?(參讀 提前二4注2) | 本周恢復本聖經追求小組(RSG)預告 | 時間: | 地點: | 聯繫人: | 聯繫電話: | Let's Pray: | O Lord, from deep within we are waiting for You to speak to us. May we here have not only excitement but also a great purpose of heart toward You, for Your eternal economy. | | God has called us for His purpose, His economy so glorious, For which He was fully processed; Consummated now is He! As the Spirit, He indwells us; As our God alloted portion, Working out His full salvation, Making us the same as He is. Oh, may a clear, controlling vision of The Lord's economy direct my heart, And burn in me until my spirit's wholly set afire! With spirit strong and active we'll press on To consummate God's goal— New Jerusalem, Hallelujah! | Today's Verses and Footnotes: 1 Tim. 6:1-21 | Key Verse: | 1 Tim. 1:4 | Nor to give heed to myths and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than God's economy, which is in faith. | Eph. 1:10 | Unto the economy of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him; | Eph. 3:9 | And to enlighten all that they may see what the economy of the mystery is, which throughout the ages has been hidden in God, who created all things, | Life Supply: | God’s dispensation is His household economy. According to the Bible, God does not first want to have a kingdom. Rather, He first wants a house, a family. Once He has a family, His family will spontaneously become His kingdom. If He is not able to secure a family, a household, a house, He will not be able to have a kingdom. Thus, God’s dispensation is first a matter of His household economy, or family economy. God’s dispensation is His household administration to dispense Himself in Christ into His chosen people that He might have a house, a household, the church, the Body of Christ, to express Himself. ( Life-Study of 1 Timothy, pp. 11-12) According to ancient usage, oikonomia denoted a stewardship, a dispensation, or an administration. At the time of Paul, many rich families had stewards whose responsibility was to distribute food and other necessities to members of the household. Our Father has a great family, a divine household. Because our Father has such vast riches, there is the need in His household for many stewards to dispense these riches to His children. This dispensing is the stewardship. Hence, a stewardship is a dispensation. The word “dispensation” here does not denote an age or means by which God deals with people; it refers to God’s dispensing of His riches into His chosen ones. This dispensation is the stewardship with the dispensing ministry of the ministers of God. This ministry of dispensing is also God’s administration. Today God administrates by dispensing Himself into us. This stewardship, this dispensation, this administration, is God’s economy. In the New Testament economy of God there is the desperate need for the stewardship of grace. Our concept of preaching the gospel needs to be uplifted. We should not be concerned merely with winning souls. Rather, we should preach the gospel to carry out God’s economy by dispensing God into others. Go to school or to work for the purpose of carrying out your stewardship according to God’s economy for His dispensation. We are not doing an ordinary work of gospel preaching. We are dispensing God into man. What a glorious ministry! What a wonderful stewardship! Praise the Lord that we all have such a stewardship! We have the privilege of dispensing the unsearchable riches of Christ into others. (Life-Study of Ephesians, pp. 241-242, 246) | Questions: | | 2. Why is the economy of God in faith? (See 1 Tim. 1:4 note 4) | 3. Please explain the meaning of "(God) desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth”. (See 1 Tim. 2:4 note 2) | Tomorrow: A Spirit of Power and of Love and of Sobermindedness | Welcome to Our Recovery Version Bible Study Group This Week: | Time: | Place: | Person to Contact: | Telephone: | 操練自己以至於敬虔 |
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