創世記結晶讀經(31):神造的第一個人沒能完成神目的於是神造第二個人
太六 13『不叫我們陷入試誘，救我們脫離那惡者。因為國度、能力、榮耀，都是你的，直到永遠。阿們。』
林前十五 47『頭一個人是出於地，乃屬土；第二個人是出於天。』
神對付我們時，總是顧到他的三個神聖屬性─他的公義、聖別和榮耀。神是公義的，神是聖別的，神也是榮耀的神。公義與神的行動、作法、行為和活動有關；神所作的一切都是公義的。聖別是神的性情；聖別不是行動的事，乃是性情（性質）的事。正如桌子的性質是木，書的性質是紙；照樣，神的性情乃是聖別。神的行動是公義的，他的性情是聖別。…榮耀是神自己得著彰顯。神得著彰顯，那就是榮耀。所以，在公義里我們看見神的作法，在聖別里我們看見神的性情，在榮耀里我們看見神得著彰顯（羅馬書生命讀經，二四一頁）。
馬太六章十三節的禱告，結束於認識並讚美神的國度、能力和榮耀。這也是說到三一神。國度是子的，這國乃是神在其中施行權能的範圍。能力屬於那靈，這能力完成神的目的，使父能彰顯他的榮耀。這指明主教導我們的禱告，乃是開始於三一神，按著父、子、靈的次序；也是結束於三一神，但是按著子、靈、父的次序。因此，主在他至高教訓里所教導的禱告，開始於父神，也結束於父神。父神是開始，也是結束；是阿拉法，也是俄梅嘎（神人的生活，一一九至一二○頁）。
神給人管治權的用意，是要對付神的仇敵、恢復地並帶進神的權柄。〕這些事已經完成了麼？當然沒有。然而，神是存著這用意來創造人。撒但知道這個遠比我們清楚。聖經告訴我們，人被造之後，撒但立刻進來，破壞神為他目的所創造的人。人墮落了。然而，神沒有放棄人。神自己來成為一個人。他來是要進到人裡面，使他自己與人成為一。他來成為第二個人，叫作耶穌（林前十五 47）。第一個人沒有達成神的目的，第二個人成就了。第一個人是一個團體人，第二個人也是一個團體人。亞當是第一個團體人的元首，而基督是第二個人的元首。神的目的藉著第二個人得著成就了。… 神給人管治權，他在這事上之目的的成就開始於基督。
新約的傳揚開始於一種奇特的方式，這種方式與我們的觀念相反。新約的傳揚開始是說，『你們要悔改，因為諸天的國已經臨近了。』（太四 17）臨近的意思是來了。當基督來時，神的國就來了。基督帶進國度。那小小的人耶穌就是神的國。
神給人管治權之用意的實現關繫到基督為元首，以及召會（包括所有聖徒）為身體。神用意的實現不只在於頭，也在於身體。陰間的門不能勝過召會（十六 18）。聖經沒有說，陰間的門（指撒但的權勢）不能勝過眾聖徒。假如聖徒是分開或單獨的，陰間的門就能勝過他們。你需要被建造到召會裡。用基督所建造起來的身體，絕不會被撒但擊敗。撒但絕不能勝過建造的召會。
眾聖徒已得著捆綁仇敵的權柄（19，十八 18）。馬太十六章十九節的話是對彼得說的，十八章十八節的話是對每一位信徒說的。…今天，召會連同所有的聖徒，有捆綁和釋放的權柄。許多時候，我們不應該單單禱告，我們應該捆綁並釋放（創世記生命讀經，一○四、一○七頁）。
參讀：創世記生命讀經，第七至八篇；生命的經歷，第十七至十八篇。
English Version
Matt. 6:13 "And do not bring us
into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and
the power and the glory forever. Amen."
1 Cor. 15:47 "The first man is
out of the earth, earthy; the second man is out of heaven."
As God deals with us, He always cares for three of His divine attributes─His righteousness,
holiness, and glory. God is righteous, God is holy, and God is a God of glory.
Righteousness is related to God's acts, to His ways, actions, and activities.
Everything God does is righteous. Holiness is God's nature. Holiness is not a
matter of action, but of nature. As the nature of a table is wood and the
nature of a book is paper, so the nature of God is holiness. God's acts are
righteous and His nature is holiness....Glory is God Himself expressed. When
God is expressed, that is glory. Therefore, in righteousness we see God's ways,
in holiness we see God's nature, and in glory we see God expressed. (Life-study
of Romans, p. 203)
[In Matthew 6:13] is the realization and praise of God's kingdom, power,
and glory. This also refers to the Triune God. The kingdom is of the Son, which
is the realm in which God exercises His power. The power is of the Spirit,
which carries out God's intention so that the Father can express His glory.
This indicates that the prayer which the Lord teaches us to pray begins with
the Triune God, in the sequence of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, and
ends also with the Triune God, but in the sequence of the Son, the Spirit, and
the Father. Thus, the prayer taught by the Lord in His supreme teaching begins
with God the Father and ends also with God the Father. God the Father is both
the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega. (The God-man Living, p.
100)
Has this been accomplished? Certainly not. Yet, God created man with
this intention. Satan knows this much better than we do. The Bible tells us
that immediately after the creation of man,Satan came in to damage the man whom
God had created for His purpose. Man fell. However, God did not give man up. God Himself became a man. He came that
He might get into man and make Himself one with man. He came to be the second
man called Jesus (1 Cor. 15:47). The first man did not fulfill God's purpose;
the second man did. The first man was a corporate man, and the second man is
also a corporate man. Adam was the head of the first corporate man, and Christ
is the Head of the second man.
God's purpose is fulfilled by the second man....The fulfillment of God's
purpose in giving man dominion started with Christ.
The preaching in the New Testament begins in a peculiar way, in a way
that is contrary to our concept. It says, "Repent, for the kingdom of the
heavens has drawn near" (Matt. 4:17). The words has drawn near mean “is
come.” When Christ came, the kingdom of God came. Christ brought in the
kingdom. The little man Jesus was the kingdom of God.
The fulfillment of God's intention in giving man dominion involves
Christ as the Head and the church, including all the saints, as the Body. The
fulfillment of God's intention is not only with the Head, but also with the
Body. The gates of Hades cannot prevail against the church (Matt. 16:18). The
Bible does not say the gates of Hades (meaning the power of Satan) cannot
prevail against the saints. They can prevail against the saints if the saints
are separate or individualistic. You need to be built into the church. The Body
which is built up with Christ can never be defeated by Satan. Satan can never
prevail against the builded church.
The saints have been given authority to bind the enemy (Matt. 16:19;
18:18). The word in Matthew 16:19 was spoken to Peter; the word in Matthew
18:18 was spoken to every believer....Today, the church with all the saints has
the authority to bind and loose. Many times, we should not simply pray; we
should bind and loose. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 83-84, 86)
Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msgs. 7-8; The Experience of
Life, chs. 17-18
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