创世记结晶读经(41):生命树与善恶知识树(纲目经文)
读经：创二 9、16 ～ 17，约五 39 ～ 40，林后三 6 下
1
生命树表征将生命分赐给人，叫人喜悦满足的基督─创二 9，约十四 6 上，十 10 下，六 63，林前十 五 45 下，参约十五 1，出十五 25。
2
生命树是宇宙的中心；按照神的定旨，地是宇宙的中心，伊甸园是地的中心，而生命树又是伊甸园的中心。
3
我们必须认识，整个宇宙是以生命树为中心；无论对神或对人，没有别的比这树更中心、更重要。
4
神把人摆在生命树跟前，指明神要人借着生机的吃他并新陈代谢的吸收他，接受他作人的生命，使神能成为人所是的构成成分─约六 35、57。
5
按照约翰一章一节和四节，生命是在那就是神自己的话里面；这生命─神那神圣、永远、非受造的生命─就是基督（十一 25，十四 6上，西三 4 上），他是神的具体化身（二 9）。
6
生命树长在生命水河的两边（启二二 1 ～2），指明生命树乃是一种藤蔓（葡萄树）；因着基督是葡萄树（约十五 1），又是生命，他就是生命树。
7
基督经过了成为肉体、钉十字架和复活的过程，使人能得着生命，并借着吃他而活─十10 下，六 51、57、63。
8
善恶知识树表征撒但是人死亡的源头─创二 9、17，来二 14。
9
善恶知识树也表征一切神以外的事物，因为凡不是神自己的事物，包括美好的事物，甚至合乎圣经的事物和宗教的事物，都会被撒但这狡猾者利用，将死带给人。
10
就连神所默示的圣经和神所颁赐的律法，都会被撒但利用，作为知识树而带进死─约五39 ～ 40，林后三 6。
11
神给人的第一个命令是关乎人的吃，而不是关乎人的行为─创二 16 ～ 17。
12
对人非常重要，是生死攸关的事；人在神面前的结局和定命，完全根据於他所吃的。13
人若吃生命树，就接受神作生命而完成神的定旨；人若吃知识树，就接受撒但为死亡，而被撒但篡夺，达到他的目的。
14
神给人禁令作警告（16
～
17，参弗二
1），指明以下的事。
15
指明神的伟大：他造人，赋与人自由意志，使人自愿而不是被迫拣选神。
16
指明神对人的爱。
17
指明神渴望人吃生命树，接受神到他里面作生命。
18
生命树叫人倚靠神（约十五
5），而知识树叫人背叛神，向神独立（参创三 5）。
19
这两棵树带进两条线─生命线和死亡线，贯穿整本圣经，结束於启示录。
20
死开始於知识树（创二
17），结束於火湖（启二十
10、14）；生命开始於生命树，结束於新耶路撒冷这座生命水的城（二二 1 ～ 2）。
21
我们需要看见贯穿圣经之生命树的线。
22
亚伯照神的方法接触神─创四
4。
23
塞特与以挪士呼求主的名─26
节。
24
以诺与神同行─五
22、24。
25
挪亚与神同行并与神同工─六
9、13
～
14。
26
亚伯拉罕活在神的显现中并呼求主名─徒七2，创十二 7 ～ 8，十七 1，十八 1。
27
以撒活在神的显现中并呼求主名─二六 2、24 ～ 25。
28
雅各活在神的显清b中并呼求主名─三五 1、9，四八 3。
29
摩西活在神的显现和同在里─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
约书亚在主的同在里生活并工作─书一 5 ～ 9。
32
基甸在主的同在里争战─士六
12、16。
33
撒母耳祷告并呼求主名─撒上十二23，十五 11，诗九九 6，耶十五 1。
34
大卫信靠神，仰望神，并享受神作生命─撒上十七 37、45，三十 6，诗二七 4、8、14，三六 8 ～9。
35
但以理常常向神祷告，并且不断的接触他─但六 10 ～ 11，九 2 ～ 4，十 1 ～ 3、12。
36 耶稣是神的儿子，因神活着─约五19，六 57，十四 10。
37
新约信徒因主活着，并享受主─十五5，六 57，十四 19，六 35，十五 11，十六24，十七 13，约壹一 4。
38
保罗活出主─加二
20，腓一
19 ～
21 上。
39
教会是基督的身体，凭基督作生命活着─弗一 22 ～ 23，西三 4。
40
新耶路撒冷由生命水的河同生命树所维持─启二二 1 ～ 2。
41
我们需要看见贯穿圣经之知识树的线。
42
该隐是按着自己的方法，不是按着神的方法献祭给神；他杀害了他的弟弟，并离开主的面出去了─创四3 ～ 9、16。
43
宁录在主面前是个英勇的猎户，是完全向神独立的人，为自己建造了一个国，这国的起头是巴别─十 8～ 11。
44
巴别的人开了一次会议，会议的结果是为人的名建造了一座高塔，并成立了一座城作人的产业─十一 3～ 4。
45
罗得从生命线上漂离出去，因为他照自己的眼光作了拣选─十三 10 ～ 13，参 14 ～ 15、18。
46
以扫为着满足他的口腹出卖了长子的名分─二五 30 ～ 34。
47
法老背叛神，他的心向着神就刚硬了─出五 2，七 13、22，八 15、19、32，九 34 ～ 35。
48
亚伦听了百姓的话，就独立行事，造了一个金像─三二 1、4、24。
49
拿答和亚比户献『凡火』给神─利十 1 ～ 2。
50
米利暗和亚伦反对摩西，并不是他们接触神的结果，乃是因着他们自己的动机─民十二1 ～ 2、9 ～15。
51
十个探子失败，是因为他们凭着自己的眼光去看那地的形势；他们失败，是因倚靠自己的知识，不肯信靠主─十三 28、32 ～ 33，参 30，十四 6 ～ 9。
52
可拉和他一党的人攻击神的代表权柄─十六 1 ～ 3。
53
扫罗独立行动，没有跟随主，却照着自己的喜好对待仇敌─撒上十五 8、11、22 ～ 23。
54
押沙龙背叛他的父亲大卫王─撒下十五 10 ～ 13。
55
亚哈是个坏王，他娶了耶洗别为妻，耶洗别是个属魔鬼拜偶像的女人；她为巴力造了一座庙，巴力乃是当时最有名的偶像─王上十六 30 ～ 32。
56
祭司长和经学家知道圣经的字句，却不认识圣经的生命─太二 4 ～ 6。
57
尼哥底母寻求知识，但他所需要的是新生命─约三 1 ～ 3。
58
犹太宗教徒查考圣经，因他们以为其中有永远的生命，却不肯为着这生命到主这里来─五 39 ～40。
59
经学家和法利赛人持守律法的知识，却仍在罪的奴役之下─八 5、9、34。
60
那些与主在一起的门徒看见一个生来瞎眼的人，那时他们还是持守着宗教传统的知识─九 1 ～ 3。
61
马大完全在知识线上，持守有关末日复活之正统教训的知识─十一 23 ～ 25。
62
彼得刚从天上的父得了启示，立刻就转到他的心思里，而且被撒但利用，阻挠主去钉十字架─太十六 17、21 ～ 23。
63
犹大总是充满了钱的思想，就将自己向魔鬼敞开，以三十锭银子出卖了主─约十二 4 ～ 6，十三2、27，太二六 15，二七 5。
64
不信的犹太人遵守律法，并且按着律法将主耶稣定了死罪─约十九 7。
65
大数的扫罗是个拔尖的宗教徒，逼迫教会，直到神将他的儿子启示在他里面─加一 13 ～ 16，二20。
66
哥林多信徒在知识上样样富足，但他们自高自大，在基督里仍是婴孩─林前一 5，八 1，三 1。
67
智慧派的哲学把许多信徒从享受基督作他们的生命岔开，而把他们破坏了─西二 8，参 6。
68
教会中持异议的人造成分立和绊跌的事，违反神经纶的教训─罗十六 17，提前一 4。
69
巴兰的教训、尼哥拉党的教训和耶洗别的教训，使初期的教会受到欺骗，偏离了吃主和同主坐席─启二 14 ～ 15、20、24、7、17，三 20。
70
敌基督是不法的人，灭亡之子；他是知识线上的巨人，他的定命是和撒但，死亡的源头，一同被扔在火湖里─十三 5 ～ 8，帖后二 3 ～ 4，启十九 20，二十 10。
71
『那字句杀死人，那灵却叫人活』─林后三 6 下。
72
死字句的圣经属於知识树，是杀死人的，但那灵属於生命树，是赐人生命的。
73
在知识线之外，还有生命线（ 参 申 三 十 19 ～20）；为这生命的选择赞美主！
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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创世结晶027-神按着自己的形像样式造人_6
创世结晶028-神按着自己的形像样式造人_7
创世结晶028-神按着自己的形像样式造人_7
创世结晶036-生命树与善恶树_1
创世结晶037-生命树与善恶树_2
创世结晶038-生命树与善恶树_3
创世结晶039-生命树与善恶树_4
创世结晶040-生命树与善恶树_5
创世结晶041-生命树与善恶树_6
创世结晶042-生命树与善恶树_7
创世结晶043-生命水的河_1
创世结晶044-生命水的河_2
创世结晶045-生命水的河_3
创世结晶046-生命水的河_4
创世结晶047-生命水的河_5
创世结晶048-生命水的河_6
创世结晶049-生命水的河_7
创世结晶050-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_1
创世结晶051-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_2
创世结晶052-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_3
创世结晶053-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_4
创世结晶054-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_5
创世结晶055-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_6
创世结晶056-夏娃作亚当配偶的预表_7
创世结晶057-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_1
创世结晶058-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_2
创世结晶059-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_3
创世结晶060-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_4
创世结晶061-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_5
创世结晶062-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_6
创世结晶063-蛇、女人及后裔的故事_7
创世结晶064-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_1
创世结晶065-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_2
创世结晶066-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_3
创世结晶067-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_4
创世结晶068-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_5
创世结晶069-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_6
创世结晶070-亚伯、以挪士和以诺_7
创世结晶071-挪亚的时代_1
创世结晶072-挪亚的时代_2
创世结晶073-挪亚的时代_3
创世结晶074-挪亚的时代_4
创世结晶075-挪亚的时代_5
创世结晶076-挪亚的时代_6
创世结晶077-挪亚的时代_7
创世结晶078-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_1
创世结晶079-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_2
创世结晶080-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_3
创世结晶081-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_4
创世结晶082-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_5
创世结晶083-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_6
创世结晶084-教会生活的种子与国度的小影_7
