生命的经历、长大与事奉(一)

 

约壹一3    我们将所看见并听见的，也传与你们，使你们也可以与我们有交通；而且我们的交通，又是与父并与他儿子耶稣基督所有的。

 

          6~7   我们若说我们与神有交通，却在黑暗里行，就是说谎话，不行真理了；但我们若在光中行，如同神在光中，就彼此有交通…。

 

新约中所启示神圣生命的交通，是抽象的、奥秘的，非常难以解释。约壹一章三节里『交通』一辞，希腊原文意『一同参与，共同分享』。按照这节，神圣的交通不只是与父的交通，也是与子的交通。

 

在林后十三章十四节，这神圣的交通称为『圣灵的交通』；在行传二章四十二节，乃是『使徒的交通』；在腓立比二章一节，是『灵的交通』。从这几处主的话，我们看见神圣的交通属於父、子、灵、使徒以及所有的信徒；

 

这一切都包括在这交通里。这神圣的交通包括许多人，因此这是相互的交通。一个人不可能凭著自己就有这交通。交通是一个，却包括许多的人（三一神作三部分人的生命，一六七页）。

 

用来说明交通最好的例子就是电。电虽奥秘，却很真实。当电流通过灯泡或日光灯管时，电就被显明。…灯泡和灯管是由电流连接的。在一个社区或城市里，借著流进每一家的电流，所有的家就联在一起。这电流就是交通的例子。

 

交通就是所有已经接受并得著神圣生命之信徒里面永远生命的流。藉著电流，所有的家被维系在一里。照样，藉著永远生命的流通，就是交通，所有的信徒得以保守在一里。

 

约壹一章二至三节及六至七节启示，神圣生命的交通有垂直的一面，也有平面的一面。垂直的一面是指我们与三一神的交通，平面的一面是指我们彼此之间的交通。

 

二至三节说，『这生命已经显现出来，我们也看见过，现在又作见证，将原与父同在，且显现与我们那永远的生命传与你们；我们将所看见并听见的，也传与你们，使你们也可以与我们有交通；

 

而且我们的交通，又是与父并与他儿子耶稣基督所有的。』这交通垂直的一面，是由第一班使徒们起首建立的。然后，使徒们将永远的生命传给罪人，好使他们能与使徒们有交通。

 

在使徒们将永远的生命传给罪人以前，使徒们自己已经与父并与他的儿子耶稣基督有垂直的交通了（3）。使徒们起首的经历是垂直的，但是当使徒们将永远的生命传给别人时，他们就经历神圣交通平面的一面。

 

六至七节也指明了神圣交通垂直与平面的两面。六节说，『我们若说我们与神有交通，却在黑暗里行，就是说谎话，不行真理了。』这是交通垂直的一面。七节说，『但我们若在光中行，如同神在光中，就彼此有交通。』

 

这是交通平面的一面。神圣交通的两面是密切相关的，所以，很难说先有哪一面。如果你与主没有正确的关系，就很难与同作信徒的人有交通。同样，你若没有与同作信徒的人有正确的交通，就很难与主有交通。

 

参读：三一神作三部分人的生命，第十七章。

 

English version:

 

1 John 1:3 :That which we have seen and heard we report also to you that you also may have fellowship  with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.:

             6-7 "If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and are not practicing the truth; but if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another..."

 

    The fellowship of the divine life revealed in the New Testament is abstract, mysterious, and very difficult to define. The Greek word rendered fellowship in 1 John 1:3 is koinonia, which means joint participation or common participation. According to this verse, the divine fellowship is not only with the Father but also with the Son. In 2 Corinthians 13:14 this divine fellowship is called “the fellowship of the Holy Spirit,” in Acts 2:42 it is “the fellowship of the apostles,” and in Philippians 2:1 it is the “fellowship of spirit.” From these portions of the Word, we can see that the divine fellowship belongs to the Father, the Son, the Spirit, the apostles, and all of the believers. They are all involved in this fellowship. This divine fellowship involves many persons; hence, it is mutual. It is impossible for just one person by himself to have this

fellowship. The fellowship is one, but it involves many persons. (The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man, p. 143)

 

    One of the best illustrations of fellowship is electricity. Electricity is mysterious yet very real. Electricity is manifested in light bulbs or fluorescent lamps when the current of electricity flows through them....The bulbs and lamps are connected by the current of electricity. In a community or city, all of the homes are joined together by the current of electricity which flows into each of the homes. This current of electricity is an example of fellowship. The fellowship is the flow of the eternal life within all the believers who have received and possess the divine life. By the flow of electricity, all of the homes are kept in oneness. Similarly, by the flow of the eternal life, the fellowship, all of the believers are kept in oneness.

 

    First John 1:2-3 and 6-7 reveal that the fellowship of the divine life has both a vertical aspect and a horizontal aspect. The vertical aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with the Triune God. The horizontal aspect of fellowship refers to our fellowship with one another.

 

    First John 1:2-3 says, “(And the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us); that which we have seen and heard

we report also to you that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” The vertical aspect of fellowship was initially established with the first apostles. The apostles then reported to sinners the eternal life in order that they might have fellowship with the apostles. Before the apostles reported the eternal life to them, the apostles themselves already had the vertical fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (v. 3).The initial experience of the apostles was vertical, but when the apostles reported the eternal life to others, they experienced the horizontal aspect of the divine fellowship.

 

    Verses 6 and 7 of 1 John 1 also indicate the vertical and horizontal aspects of the divine fellowship. Verse 6 says, “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and are not practicing the truth.” This is the vertical aspect of fellowship. Verse 7 says, “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another.” This is the horizontal aspect of fellowship. Both aspects of the divine fellowship are closely related; therefore, it is difficult to say which aspect comes first.

If you do not have the proper fellowship with the Lord, it is difficult to have fellowship with your fellow believers. In the same way, if you do not have the proper fellowship with your fellow believers, it is difficult to have fellowship with the Lord. (The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man, pp. 143-145)

 

Further Reading: The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man, ch. 17

 

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