总题：经历、享受并彰显基督（三）
EXPERIENCING, ENJOYING, AND EXPRESSING CHRIST (3)

第二篇　认识基督作我们的榜样并以祂为榜样
Knowing and Taking Christ as Our Pattern

读经：腓二5～11

Scripture Reading: Phil. 2:5-11

壹　我们要经历基督并活基督，就必须认识祂作我们的榜样，并以祂为我们的榜样—腓二5～11：

I.　In order to experience Christ and live Christ, we must know Him as our pattern and take Him as our pattern—Phil. 2:5-11:

一　在腓立比二章五至十一节，保罗陈明基督为榜样；我们必须让这榜样灌注到我们里面。

A.　In 2:5-11 Paul presents Christ as the pattern; we need to have this pattern infused into us.

二　基督徒生活的榜样，乃是这位倒空自己并降卑自己，又被神高举并荣耀的神人救主—6～9节：

B.　The pattern of the Christian life is the God-man Savior who emptied Himself and humbled Himself and who has been exalted and glorified by God—vv. 6-9:

1　主虽然与神同等，但祂不以此为强夺之珍，紧持不放；祂倒空自己，将祂所有的，就是神的形状，摆在一边—6～7节上。

1.　Although the Lord was equal with God, He did not consider being equal with God a treasure to be grasped and retained; He emptied Himself, laying aside what He possessed—the form of God—vv. 6-7a.

2　主成为肉体时，没有改变祂的神性，只将祂外面的彰显，由神的形状变成奴仆的形状—7节。

2.　In His incarnation the Lord did not alter His divine nature; He changed only His outward expression from the form of God to the form of a slave—v. 7.

3　主成为“人的样式”—7节下～8节上：

3.　The Lord became "in the likeness of men"—vv. 7b-8a:

a　神的形状，含示基督神格内在的实际；人的样式，指基督人性外在的表现。

a.　The form of God implies the inward reality of Christ's deity; the likeness of men denotes the outward appearance of His humanity

b　祂外面显于人的是人，但祂里面却有神格的实际，就是神。

b.　He appeared to men as a man outwardly, but as God, He had the reality of deity inwardly.

c　基督进入人性的情况，显为人的样子。

c.　Christ entered into the condition of humanity, and He was found in fashion as a man.

4　基督降卑自己，顺从至死—死在十字架上—8节下：

4.　Christ humbled Himself by becoming obedient even unto death—the death of the cross—v. 8b:

a　降卑自己，是进一步的倒空自己。

a.　Humbling Himself was a further step in emptying Himself.

b　基督的降卑自己，显明祂的倒空自己。

b.　Christ's self-humbling manifested His self-emptying.

c　十字架的死，是基督降卑的极点—徒八33，腓三21。

c.　The death of the cross was the climax of Christ's humiliation—Acts 8:33; Phil. 3:21.

5　主降卑自己到了极点，神却将祂升为至高，又赐给祂“那超乎万名之上的名”—二9：

5.　The Lord humbled Himself to the uttermost, but God exalted Him to the highest peak and bestowed on Him "the name which is above every name"—2:9:

a　神高举耶稣这真人为万人的主—徒二32～33，五31。

a.　God has exalted Jesus, a real man, to be the Lord of all—Acts 2:32-33; 5:31.

b　基督这样得高举，乃是复活大能的显明。

b.　This exaltation of Christ was the manifestation of resurrection power.

c　宇宙间至高的名，至大的名，乃是耶稣的名：

c.　The highest name in the universe, the greatest name, is the name of Jesus:

㈠　这名乃是主耶稣在祂身位和工作上，一切所是之总和的表明。

(1)　The name is the expression of the sum total of what the Lord Jesus is in His person and work.

㈡　在耶稣的名里，意即在主一切所是的范围和元素里—腓二10。

(2)　In the name of Jesus means in the sphere and element of all that the Lord is—Phil. 2:10.

d　我们承认耶稣是主，结果使父神得荣耀；这是基督在祂的身位和工作上，一切所是并所作的伟大结果—11节，林前十五24～28。

d.　The result of our confessing that Jesus is Lord is that God the Father is glorified; this is the great end of all that Christ is and has done in His person and work—v. 11; 1 Cor. 15:24-28.

三　这个榜样的原则就是，一个有最高生命和地位的人，却宁愿过低微的生活。

C.　The principle of this pattern is that someone with the highest life and position would be willing to live in a lowly way.

贰　我们的榜样基督不仅是客观的，也是主观、可经历的—腓二5、12～13：

II.　Christ as our pattern is not only objective but also subjective and experiential—Phil. 2:5, 12-13:

一　那位树立榜样，并且自己就是榜样的，如今乃是内住的神，在我们里面运行—13节。

A.　The One who set up the pattern and who Himself is the pattern is now operating within us as the indwelling God—v. 13.

二　基督作我们生活内里榜样的原则，乃是我们即使有最高的标准或最高的地位，我们也不该紧持不放。

B.　The principle of Christ as the inward pattern for our living is that even if we have the highest standard or the highest position, we should not grasp it.

三　我们必须在基督的人性生活上，特别是在倒空自己、降卑自己、不以自己与神同等为强夺之珍而紧持不放等事上，作祂的同伴—6～7节。

C.　We need to be partners with Christ in His human living, especially in His emptying and humbling Himself and in His not grasping equality with God as a treasure—vv. 6-7.

四　那是我们榜样的基督，如今就是我们里面的生命—西三4：

D.　The Christ who is our pattern is now the life within us—Col. 3:4:

1　我们里面有一个能倒空自己并降卑自己的生命；这个生命从来不以什么东西为强夺之珍而紧持不放，反而总是乐意舍弃地位、舍弃头衔。

1.　We have a life in us that is a self-emptying and self-humbling life; this life never grasps at something as a treasure but is always willing to lay aside position and title.

2　我们有钉十字架的基督为我们的榜样，这榜样就是我们里面钉十字架的生命—加二20：

2.　We have Christ crucified as our pattern, and this pattern is the crucified life within us—Gal. 2:20:

a　在腓立比二章五至八节里基督降卑的步骤，乃是钉十字架生命各方面完全的活出。

a.　The steps of Christ's humiliation in Philippians 2:5-8 are all aspects of the crucified life lived out in a full way.

b　当我们活基督时，我们就是活那作钉十字架生命之榜样的一位—一21上。

b.　When we live Christ, we live the One who is the pattern of a crucified life—1:21a.

3　以这个钉十架的生命为我们的榜样，就能开启复活之门，带我们进入复活的大能里—三10：

3.　Taking the crucified life as our pattern opens the gate for resurrection and brings us into the power of resurrection—3:10:

a　借着过钉十字架的生活，我们就能经历那将基督高举到宇宙至高之处的复活大能—弗一19～22。

a.　By living a crucified life, we can experience the power of resurrection that exalted Christ to the highest peak in the universe—Eph. 1:19-22.

b　地上最高的生活，乃是钉十字架的生活；每当我们过钉十字架的生活时，神就会带我们进入复活的大能里。

b.　The highest life on earth is the crucified life; whenever we live a crucified life, God will bring us into the power of resurrection.

4　基督不仅该客观地在宇宙中被高举，也要主观地在我们日常生活中被高举—腓二9：

4.　Christ should be exalted not only objectively in the universe but also subjectively in our daily life—Phil. 2:9:

a　当我们以基督这钉十字架的生命作我们日常生活的榜样，祂就在我们里面被高举。

a.　Christ is exalted in us when we take Him as the crucified life to be the pattern of our daily life.

b　耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，乃是那使基督被高举的大能—一19。

b.　The bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ is the power that exalts Christ—1:19.

叁　我们若要以基督为我们的榜样，就需要以基督的心思为我们的心思—二5：

III.　If we would take Christ as our pattern, we need to take Christ's mind as our mind—2:5:

一　保罗不只在外面以基督为生活，为彰显，也在里面以基督的心思为心思—林前二16。

A.　Paul not only took Christ as his living and expression outwardly but also took the mind of Christ as his mind inwardly—1 Cor. 2:16.

二　基督的心思在我们里面，意思就是这心思是活的；基督的心思其实就是基督自己，因为基督的人位显明在祂的心思里。

B.　For the mind of Christ to be in us means that this mind is something living; actually, the mind of Christ is Christ Himself, for the person of Christ is manifested in His mind.

三　我们需要敞开自己，好让“基督耶稣里面所思念的”得以在我们里面—腓二5：

C.　We need to open ourselves and let "this mind" be in us—Phil. 2:5:

1　我们里面要思念的，是指三节的“看”和四节的“看重”。

1.　This refers to the considering in verse 3 and to the regarding in verse 4.

2　当基督倒空自己，取了奴仆的形状，显为人的样子，并且降卑自己的时候，祂里面有这种思想—7～8节。

2.　This kind of thinking was in Christ when He emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, and humbled Himself, being found in fashion as a man—vv. 7-8.

3　我们要有这样的心思，就需要在基督的心肠里与祂是一—一8。

3.　To have such a mind requires us to be one with Christ in His inward parts—1:8.

肆　我们需要认识子的顺服—二5～11，来五7～8：

IV.　We need to know the Son's submission—2:5-11; Heb. 5:7-8:

一　神的话告诉我们，主耶稣与父原是一—约十30。

A.　The Word of God tells us that the Lord Jesus and the Father are one—John 10:30.

二　父和子是同等的、同能的、同有的、同时的。

B.　The Father and the Son are equal, equipotent, coexisting, and existing simultaneously.

三　腓立比二章五至七节是一段，八至十一节又是一段：

C.　Philippians 2:5-7 forms one section, and verses 8 through 11 form another section:

1　前段是论到基督的倒空自己。

1.　The first section is on Christ emptying Himself.

2　后段是论到基督在祂的人性里降卑自己—8节。

2.　The second section is on Christ humbling Himself in His humanity—v. 8.

四　主到地上来，是把祂神格中的荣耀、能力、等级、形像都倒空了。

D.　When the Lord came to the earth, He emptied Himself of the glory, power, position, and image of His deity.

五　父变作权柄的代表，子变作顺服的代表：

E.　The Father became the representation of authority, and the Son became the representation of submission:

1　主来到地上，一面把权柄丢掉，一面把顺服拿起来。

1.　When the Lord came down to the earth, He dropped authority on the one hand and picked up submission on the other hand.

2　祂存心要作奴仆，接受时间和空间的限制，作了一个人。

2.　He set His heart to become a slave, to be restricted in time and space as a man.

3　主降卑自己，存心顺服；神格中的顺服是全宇宙中顶奇妙的事。

3.　The Lord humbled Himself, becoming obedient; the obedience in the Godhead is the most wonderful thing in the whole universe.

六　我们应当顺服权柄，这是大事。

F.　We should submit to authority; this is a great matter.

七　我们里面需要思念基督耶稣里面所思念的—5节：

G.　We need to have the mind in us which was in Christ Jesus—v. 5:

1　我们全体都应走主的路，以祂顺服的原则为我们顺服的原则。

1.　All of us should take the way of our Lord, taking His principle of submission as our principle of submission.

2　凡认识这原则的，就看见没有一个罪比背叛更难看，没有一件事比顺服更紧要—犹11，罗一5，十六26。

2.　Whoever knows this principle will realize that no sin is uglier than rebellion and that nothing is more important than submission—Jude 11; Rom. 1:5; 16:26.

3　唯有当我们看见了顺服的原则，才能事奉神—太四10，二十28，徒六2，罗一9，十六18，来十二28，启二二3。

3.　Only when we see the principle of submission can we serve God—Matt. 4:10; 20:28; Acts 6:2; Rom. 1:9; 16:18; Heb. 12:28; Rev. 22:3.

4　唯有像主那样顺服，才能维持神的原则。

4.　God's principle can be maintained only by submitting in the way that the Lord submitted.

八　希伯来五章八节告诉我们，主的顺从是从苦难中学来的：

H.　Hebrews 5:8 tells us that the Lord's obedience was learned through suffering:

1　苦难给了祂顺从。

1.　Suffering brought obedience to Him.

2　遇到苦难还能顺从，才是真顺服。

2.　True submission is found when there is still obedience in spite of suffering.

3　主到地上来，不是带了顺从来，乃是因苦难而学了顺从。

3.　When the Lord came to the earth, He did not bring obedience with Him; rather, He learned it through sufferings.

九　救恩不仅是为叫人喜乐，也是为叫人顺服—罗一5，十六19、26，多三1：

I.　Salvation not only brings joy; it also brings submission—Rom. 1:5; 16:19, 26; Titus 3:1:

1　唯有顺服的人才能经历救恩的丰满。

1.　Only the submissive ones will experience the fullness of salvation.

2　我们需要像主那样的顺服。

2.　We need to be submissive, even as the Lord was submissive.

3　主凭着顺从成了我们得救的根源—来五8～9。

3.　The Lord became the source of our salvation through obedience—Heb. 5:8-9.

4　神拯救我们，盼望我们顺服祂的旨意—启四11。

4.　God saved us with the hope that we would submit to His will—Rev. 4:11.

十　人若碰着神的权柄，顺服便很简单，明白神的旨意也很简单，因主一直顺服，也把顺服的生命赐给了我们—约十一25。

J.　When one meets God's authority, submission is a simple matter, and knowing God's will is also a simple matter, because the Lord, who was submissive throughout His life, has already given us His life of submission—John 11:25.