总题：挪亚、但以理和约伯—在生命线上过得胜生活以成就神经纶的榜样
NOAH, DANIEL, AND JOB—PATTERNS OF LIVING AN OVERCOMING LIFE ON THE LINE OF LIFE TO FULFILL THE ECONOMY OF GOD

第四篇　约伯和两棵树
Job and the Two Trees

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读经：创二9、17，启二二1～2、14，伯一1，二3，四二1～6

Scripture Reading: Gen. 2:9, 17; Rev. 22:1-2, 14; Job 1:1; 2:3; 42:1-6

壹　在神圣启示里有两棵树、两个源头、两条路、两个原则和两个终极完成：

I.　In the divine revelation there are two trees, two sources, two ways, two principles, and two consummations:

一　两棵树：

A.　Two trees:

1　生命树表征三一神在人与神的关系中，对人乃是生命—创二9，诗三六9上。

1.　The tree of life signifies the Triune God as life to man in man's relationship with Him—Gen. 2:9; Psa. 36:9a.

2　善恶知识树表征魔鬼撒但，就是那恶者，在人于神面前的堕落中，对人乃是死亡—创二17。

2.　The tree of the knowledge of good and evil signifies Satan, the devil, the evil one, as death to man in man's fall before God—Gen. 2:17.

二　两个源头：

B.　Two sources:

1　生命树是寻求神作生命，以得着供应与享受之人的源头—约一4，十五1。

1.　The tree of life is the source of men who seek God as life for their supply and enjoyment—John 1:4; 15:1.

2　善恶知识树是跟随撒但作毒物，以至于死而永远沉沦之人的源头—八44。

2.　The tree of the knowledge of good and evil is the source of men who follow Satan as their poison unto death and eternal perdition—8:44.

3　这两个源头的结果成了两个国—神的国和撒但的国—太二一43，十二26，西一13。

3.　The outcome of these two sources is two kingdoms—the kingdom of God and the kingdom of Satan—Matt. 21:43; 12:26; Col. 1:13.

三　两条路：

C.　Two ways:

1　第一条路是生命的路，就是狭路，给人寻求神，得着神，并在神永远的生命里享受神作供应—太七14，徒九2，十六17，十八25～26，彼后二15、21。

1.　The first way is the way of life, the constricted way, for men to seek God, to gain God, and to enjoy God in His eternal life as the supply—Matt. 7:14; Acts 9:2; 16:17; 18:25-26; 2 Pet. 2:15, 21.

2　第二条路是死亡和善恶的路，就是阔路，让人跟随撒但，作他的儿女—太七13，约壹三10上。

2.　The second way is the way of death and of good and evil, the broad way, for men to follow Satan to be his children—Matt. 7:13; 1 John 3:10a.

四　两个原则：

D.　Two principles:

1　第一个原则是生命的原则—倚靠神的原则—约十五5，创四4。

1.　The first principle is the principle of life—the principle of dependence on God—John 15:5; Gen. 4:4.

2　第二个原则是死亡、善恶的原则—离神独立的原则—耶十七5～6，创四3。

2.　The second principle is the principle of death and of good and evil—the principle of independence from God—Jer. 17:5-6; Gen. 4:3.

五　两个终极完成乃是人在与神关系上所走之两条路的最终结局：

E.　The two consummations are the final outcome of the two ways men take in their relationship with God:

1　神生命之路的终极完成，乃是生命水的城，新耶路撒冷—启二一2、10～11，二二1～2。

1.　The consummation of God's way of life is a city of water of life, the New Jerusalem—Rev. 21:2, 10-11; 22:1-2.

2　死亡、善恶之路的终极完成，乃是火湖—十九20，二十10、14～15，二一8。

2.　The consummation of the way of death and of good and evil is a lake of fire—19:20; 20:10, 14-15; 21:8.

贰　神的目的不是要一个在善恶知识树线上的约伯，乃是要一个在生命树线上的约伯：

II.　God's intention was not to have a Job in the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but a Job in the line of the tree of life:

一　约伯和他朋友的逻辑是循善恶知识树的路线—伯二11～三二1。

A.　The logic of Job and his friends was according to the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—Job 2:11—32:1.

二　约伯像他的朋友一样，也停留在是非的知识里，而不认识神的经纶—四7～8。

B.　Job, like his friends, was halted in the knowledge of right and wrong, not knowing God's economy—4:7-8.

三　约伯和他的朋友都在善恶知识树的范围里；神要把他们从那个范围里拯救出来，摆到生命树的范围里—一1，二3，十九10。

C.　Job and his friends were in the realm of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; God was trying to rescue them from that realm and put them into the realm of the tree of life—1:1; 2:3; 19:10.

四　神对付约伯的目的，乃是要将他从善恶的路转到生命的路上，使他能极完满地得着神—四二1～6。

D.　God's purpose in dealing with Job was to turn him from the way of good and evil to the way of life so that he might gain God to the fullest extent—42:1-6.

叁　我们需要有生命树的异象，就是神在基督里作我们食物的异象—创二9，启二二1～2、14：

III.　We need a vision of the tree of life—a vision of God in Christ as our food—Gen. 2:9; Rev. 22:1-2, 14:

一　生命树表征三一神在基督里，将祂自己以食物的形态分赐到祂所拣选的人里面作生命—创二9。

A.　The tree of life signifies the Triune God in Christ to dispense Himself into His chosen people as life in the form of food—Gen. 2:9.

二　生命树是宇宙的中心：

B.　The tree of life is the center of the universe:

1　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；因此，整个宇宙是以生命树为中心。

1.　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; hence, the universe is centered on the tree of life.

2　无论对神或对人，没有别的比生命树更中心，更重要—三22，启二二14。

2.　Nothing is more central and crucial to both God and man than the tree of life—3:22; Rev. 22:14.

三　新约启示，基督乃是生命树这表征的应验—约一4，十五5。

C.　The New Testament reveals that Christ is the fulfillment of the figure of the tree of life—John 1:4; 15:5.

四　约翰福音所启示包罗万有之基督的各方面，都是生命树的结果—六48，八12，十11，十一25，十四6。

D.　All the aspects of the all-inclusive Christ revealed in the Gospel of John are the outcome of the tree of life—6:48; 8:12; 10:11; 11:25; 14:6.

五　享受生命树将是所有蒙神救赎的人永远的分—启二二1～2、14：

E.　The enjoyment of the tree of life will be the eternal portion of all of God's redeemed—Rev. 22:1-2, 14:

1　生命树实现神原初对人的心意，直到永远—创一26，二9。

1.　The tree of life fulfills for eternity what God intended for man from the beginning—Gen. 1:26; 2:9.

2　生命树的果子要作神赎民的食物，直到永远；这些果子始终是新鲜的，每月都结—启二二2。

2.　The fruits of the tree of life will be the food for God's redeemed in eternity; these fruits will be continually fresh, being produced every month—Rev. 22:2.

肆　当我们重生时，基督将祂自己这生命树种到我们里面—约一12～13，三3、5～6、15，十一25，十五1、5：

IV.　When we were regenerated, Christ planted Himself into us as the tree of life—John 1:12-13; 3:3, 5-6, 15; 11:25; 15:1, 5:

一　在我们实际的生活中，我们也许不是在生命树的线上，而是在善恶知识树的线上—箴十六25，二一2。

A.　In our practical living, we may not be in the line of the tree of life but in the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil—Prov. 16:25; 21:2.

二　约伯所追求的是道德范围里的东西，但我们在基督里的信徒，应当追求属神范围里的东西—林前十五28，弗三16～21。

B.　Job pursued something in the realm of ethics, but we, the believers in Christ, should pursue something in the realm of God—1 Cor. 15:28; Eph. 3:16-21.

三　在我们的日常生活中，我们不该在善恶知识树的范围里，乃该在赐生命之灵的范围里—林前十五45下，罗八2。

C.　In our daily living, we should not be in the realm of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but in the realm of the life-giving Spirit—1 Cor. 15:45b; Rom. 8:2.

四　神的目的是要把我们拆毁，并以祂自己作我们的生命和性情把我们重新建立起来，好叫我们这人完完全全与祂成为一—林后一9，四14。

D.　God's intention is to tear us down and rebuild us with Himself as our life and nature so that we may be persons absolutely one with Him—2 Cor. 1:9; 4:14.