h******d
发帖数: 1891 | 1 神的恩典 - 徐爾建弟兄 （史百克的信）
http://heshbon.blogspot.com/2005/02/blog-post_28.html
關於“教會地方立場”﹐史百克弟兄曾於1962年四月十二日給馬尼拉聚會所之回信中說
﹕你們寄到倫敦的信﹐已轉給我(USA)。謝謝你們將馬尼拉的情勢詳細告訴我。我來美
國是在二月裡﹐所有的時間都花在不同的地方。我現在準備返回倫敦赴復活節期間之特
會。我曾詳細讀你們告訴我有關與李弟兄分離的原因﹐因他另外成立一個“地方立場”
之聚會。我來美國不久曾與李弟兄長時間的談話﹐他按他的意見告訴我。他讀了好幾封
是你們和徐爾建弟兄來往的信。他也告訴我嚴重的事﹐就是武裝警衛將會所鎖住﹐不准
人在那裡聚會。他給我看一份官方的影印本證明﹕要求會所之產權?財政等等﹐應當交
給繆紹訓和吳仁傑。對這些事我仍然拒絕支持你們那一面﹐因為你們兩面都有某些事是
我不知道?不明白的。我只能站在任何地位上是我相信確為基本的事情。對我來說﹐教
會的根基(或立場)乃是相當基本的事。我不能接受教會的根基(或立場)乃是所謂“地方
的律”(Locality)。我相信﹕基督真實在那裡﹐甚至只... 阅读全帖 |
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s*******g
发帖数: 535 | 2 2010-10-26 中國時報 【余杰／文】
在這些年的交往中，我感受到：在曉波的身上，既有俠骨，亦有柔情。難屬群體
對曉波
的尊敬與感激，並不僅僅是他的那些被余英時教授譽為「獅子吼」的、為弱勢群體發聲
的文
字，更是因為他的慈悲心腸和不求回報的愛。
好人進監獄
酒徒成英雄
這個國家是一台戲
演給魔鬼看。
為那個有些口吃的讀書人晨禱。 ──蘇小和《無題》
一
二○一○年十月一日，我在亞特蘭大華人教會的陳雪濤弟兄的陪同下，參觀了馬
丁.路
德.金的故居。一如大部分的美國城市，亞特蘭大的老城區衰落而破敗，而這條「馬丁.
路德.
金之路」上依然穿梭著熙熙攘攘的遊客。這個當年典型的中產階級社區被完整地保留下
來，其
中有馬丁.路德.金出生的那棟房子，也有他侍奉過的那座教堂。在紀念館中，我聽到喇
叭正在
播放馬丁.路德.金一九六四年在諾貝爾獎頒獎典禮上的演講：「我相信總有一天，人類
要躬身
在上帝面前，為其制止戰爭和流血的行為得加冕。非暴力的救贖之路在世界各地延伸，
直到每
個角落。」歷史彷彿凝固，他似乎依... 阅读全帖 |
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w******g
发帖数: 10018 | 3 启航
是的，當莫斯科發出支援前線的急切呼聲時，台北似乎正逢養兵千日，用在今朝的時機
。但是，有一件事卻不得不考慮考慮。
俄羅斯，儘管馬列無神主義橫行七十年，蘇聯政權拆掉、甚至炸毀了許多教堂，她的血
管裡，到底流的還是東正教的血液；骨子裡，還是存留著東正教的精髓。無論如何，俄
羅斯也算是個以「基督教」（廣義的）為傳統的國家。反看我們這些黃皮膚黑髪黑睛的
華人，明明就是孔孟之徒、佛道信眾，我們去向他們傳聖經，傳耶穌，他們能接受嗎？
就好比說，今天在台灣來了一個金頭髮、藍眼睛、白皮膚的「洋人」，操著難懂的口音
、帶著滑稽的音調，說是要來教導四書五經，你能信他嗎？能接受他的教訓嗎？
從台灣移民俄羅斯不是一件簡單的事。聖經是教導我們要為福音奉獻自己，但同時也教
導，打仗之前要先酌量酌量，這仗能不能打。
於是，1992年七月，十二位分別來自台灣與美國的華人弟兄，組成了一團「探子」，飛
抵莫斯科去「窺探美地」。
摩西帶領以色列人出埃及，過紅海，在曠野四十年之後，終於來到了美地的入口。
那時，摩西也沒有因一時興奮而貿然踏進美地。反而，神告訴他，要打發人去窺探祂所
賜給以色列人的這塊迦南美地。
這個「探... 阅读全帖 |
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r********7
发帖数: 887 | 4 （ZT）
我現在手上拿著藍色的墨水筆，在紙頁上留下藍色的筆跡，一筆一劃都有回憶，回憶一
部福音車，一部漆著藍色烤漆的福音車。這一部車子曾載著許多聖徒來往於各種特會，
曾跑過許多里程遍訪各地的教會。它也曾停駐於台灣各地聖徒家的門口，從不發出一句
怨言。在學的聖徒親切地向從外地來的弟兄姐妹們介紹說：『它就是我們的小藍。』小
藍是一部藍色的福音車，它的車身烤的是屬天的藍，它跑的路，穿梭在弟兄姐妹們中間
，它是我們都非常熟悉的一部福音車。
我第一次坐上這一部車，大約是在1990年左右，雖然已經聞不到新車的氣味，但是車子
的引擎卻正值磨合度最佳的時期，它出廠才不過四年，跑起山路來，遊刃有餘，轉彎爬
坡，像水流般的流暢。我記得，那一天我們往南投去訪問教會。一位弟兄駕著車子，一
手掌握方向盤，另外一隻手指給我看裝在車上的擴音器，說只要打開線路拿起麥克風，
就可以一路跑，一路播放詩歌或者呼召人信主的短信息。聽說台灣福音工作開始的時候
，曾訂了一批這樣的福音車，小藍是其中的一部。這一段歷史是聽來的，但我也相信是
這樣的。數一數時間，它出廠的年日與我得救受浸的日子相仿相當。
這一部福音車承載著許多人的回憶... 阅读全帖 |
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l*****a
发帖数: 38403 | 6 维基百科，自由的百科全书
弟兄運動〔Brethren movement〕開始於1820年代後期，於愛爾蘭和英國的基督教改革
運動，以達秘、慕勒、葛
若弗斯等為主要代表人物。他們特別強調遵守聖經的話，棄掉形式上的組織，沒有總會
、分會，沒有牧師、平信
徒，所有信徒稱對方「弟兄」 和「姐妹」。外人根據他們的特點來稱呼他們為「普利
茅斯弟兄会」（Plymouth
Brethren）。
目录 [隐藏]
1 起源
2 分裂
3 特徵
4 影響
5 领袖
6 外部链接
7 参考文献
7.1 资源
[编辑]起源
1820年代後期，弟兄運動幾乎在同一時間在不同地方，包括都柏林、倫敦、普利茅斯等
地開始〔並非集中普利
茅斯〕，各群體之間一開始沒有直接接觸。1825年，在都柏林，爱德华·克伦宁（
Edward Cronin）和爱德华·威尔
逊（Edward Wilson）决定脱离宗派，开始在家中自行聚会、擘饼，开始了第一次的“
奉主名聚会”，后来，爱德华·
威尔逊离开英国，但是法兰西斯·赫契生、约翰·贝勒特、约翰·纳尔逊·达秘、安东
尼·葛若弗斯陆续加入了他们。
几乎同时，约翰·柏纽尔 (第二任刚克利顿男... 阅读全帖 |
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r********7
发帖数: 887 | 7 （ZT）
一九八六年，我和姐妹一同在主面前蒙恩。我們在國外唸書，聽見福音，就得救了。得
救以後，捧著和合本的中文版聖經和Gold Bar的英文版聖經（英文恢復版的前身），天
天禱，日日讀，靈裡非常喜樂。我常把聖經經節寫在小卡片上，時時拿出來看看讀讀，
愛不釋手。一日聚會中，坐在我身旁的弟兄看見我這麼作，就覺得稀奇，他說：「我還
沒有教你禱讀，你就已經在禱讀了。」那一天，我知道了，在我們中間，有一種實行，
叫作「禱讀」。主的話，真有一種抓住人的能力，叫你無法從祂的面光中離開。你一旦
進入了祂的說話，就會渾身舒暢，滿有響應。一幅一幅的啟示，傾瀉不已的亮光，不停
地從聖經的書頁中傳輸進來，那真是一種屬天的享受。我有一位目前在中央研究院任職
的同學跟我說過：「我們在香港讀高中，會有聖經這一門課，教聖經的先生，可以將經
文倒背如流，但是他不信。聖經之於他，是一本文學作品，是一本談到以色列人歷史的
書。」讀聖經可以有千萬種的讀法，也可以有千萬種的領會，但最有價值，最正確的讀
法，是讀出神，讀出見證來。
地上每一個主的僕人，在人群中服事主的話語，都有著一種讀經的講究。我得救以
後，就得到一本英文版的... 阅读全帖 |
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r********7
发帖数: 887 | 8 （转贴）
我們這一群已經脫離職事站的聖徒們不會再在聚會中與生活中使用恢復版聖經了。理由
其實很簡單：
1. 我們查考聖經之主要目的，是要到主面前來得生命。所以，用哪一種版本其實差異
不大，以歷代聖徒所實行的禱讀方式來讀經時，我們不管是用哪一種版本的聖經都很享
受。
2. 和合本聖經的文句優美，99.99％的翻譯品質兼顧到信雅達的標準，這與恢復本拗口
的表達是不同層次的東西。而一般的和合本聖經只賣330新台幣（約美金10元），到處
都在使用，為什麼不用？
3. 神賜靈沒有限量，主來了是要叫人得生命，並且得的更豐盛。我們透過自己禱讀、
默想、與等候神的操練，每每發現李常受弟兄的東西未必會比我們直接從主所得的更好
，主是親自照著我們每一個環境，用說不出來的嘆息為我們代禱，也是主親自賜給我們
夠用的悟性來領略祂話中的奧妙，並安慰我們每一個心情。反觀當年以恢復版的註解為
至上的參考時，聖靈說話與開啟的經歷倒是比較欠缺。我多次在冬夏季訓練的現場聽到
李常受弟兄非常高傲的罵基督教讀經沒有亮光，現在脫離職事站系統之後，發現基督教
多的從神來的啟示與感人的主觀經歷，他們很多人都是讀和合本、欽訂本、NIV... 阅读全帖 |
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h*******d
发帖数: 1191 | 9 今天查经的时候又偶然读到了倪弟兄的<坐行站>,也是关于以弗所书的,读到一段觉得很
好,转帖过来.
参考资料: 倪柝聲《坐行站》
如何達成神一切的要求
請再讀一遍哥林多前書一章三十節的話。神不僅把我們放「在基督裏面」，「……神又
使祂成為我們的智慧、公義、聖潔、救贖」。這是聖經中一個最大的記述。祂「成為我
們……」。我們若相信這個，我們能把我們所需要的任何東西放在這句話裏，並且能知
道神已經把它好，因為藉聖靈在我們裏面，主耶穌已叫祂自己成為我們所缺乏的任何
東西。我們常認為聖潔是一種德行，謙卑是一種恩典，愛是從神那裏求來的一種恩賜。
但神的基督乃是以祂自己作我們所需要的一切。
許多時候，在我需要之中，我常常以為基督是另外一個人，而沒有實際的把祂當作就是
我所最感缺乏的事物。有兩年之久我在暗中摸索，想要建立起我所認為基督徒生活中該
有的德行，卻徒勞無益。於是有一天──那是在一九三三年──亮光從天上向我打開，
我就看見基督被神命定，在祂的豐滿中成了我的一切。何等的不同！哦，事物都是虛空
！凡與基督無關的，我們抓住的時候不過都是死的。我們一旦看見了這個，那對我們將
是一個新生活的開始。我們的聖... 阅读全帖 |
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D*****y
发帖数: 5788 | 11 李常受的東西。
倪柝聲弟兄從來都是署名的，李常受不署名。 |
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D*****y
发帖数: 5788 | 12 凡是不署名的基本都是李常受寫的，美其名曰，不竊取神的榮耀，但是如果錯了呢？想
逃避責任嗎？
關于他們你最好自己和他的門徒聊聊吧，倪柝聲，李常受是他們的理論的指導人，其他
人的書籍不用看也沒必要看。他們在有些觀點上和耶證也很相似。 |
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D*****y
发帖数: 5788 | 13 你們的領袖太厚臉皮了。
個人當看別人比自己強。李常受如果有19個小時白天，那么倪柝聲呢？馬丁路德呢？奧
古斯丁呢？約翰衛斯理呢？等等。。。你們聚會所不看這些偉人的著作，只看一個白天
有19個小時的，一個固步自封的人的東西，你們不思考嗎符合圣經的教導嗎？
難道屬靈增加了，就是要排斥那些古代的圣徒嗎？
较丰富，我属灵的白日就比你们的长。我属灵的白日是十九小时，属灵的夜晚只有五小
时。但是等我们进入新耶路撒冷，我们大家就不再有夜晚了。（启二一25。）在今天，
你需要长大。也许你的白天只有十小时，你的夜晚却有十四小时。你需要长大，使你的
白天更长，夜晚更短。 |
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D*****y
发帖数: 5788 | 14 轉載:
1 唐崇榮，唐崇榮牧師歸正查經講座 希伯來書 第二十四講，2000。「我老實講，我可
以稱倪柝聲是弟兄，我從來沒有開口說李常受是弟兄。因為李常受在他的書裡面，在他
的講道裡面曾經提過「耶穌基督是被造的」。如果耶穌基督是被造的，那基督徒拜一個
受造的神，你明白嗎？這個就很危險了，所以我認為，這個人的信仰大有問題，是不是
配我稱他為弟兄，我是不願意隨便開口的。」
2 唐崇榮，唐崇榮牧師歸正查經講座 希伯來書第六十六講，2002。「李常受在解經的
時候，他用了一些拘泥於字句而不明白精意的辦法產生一種錯誤的基督論，他說「耶穌
基督是被造的」。…。李常受的「基督論」是誤導性的。李常受的「基督論」是亞流派
的異端。李常受的「基督論」是違背聖經的。李常受的「神論」和「三一論」也是違背
聖經的。」
3 唐崇榮，唐崇榮神學講座（7）基督論，中福出版有限公司，P.161 問：「主耶穌既
是完全的神，又是完全的人；道成肉身，神性穿上人性。可見主耶穌有分於受造的人性
，甚至祂復活的肉身也是會朽壞的。若因此下結論：主耶穌不但是創造者也是受造的，
有分於受造。這樣的結論有沒有問題？」唐牧師答：「大有問題！ |
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D*****y
发帖数: 5788 | 15 你完全可以給那些去教會的老人說，回去到地下教會去。你是這么傳福音的嗎？還是沒有來美國探親的老人和你交流過這些呢？
王明道，倪柝聲，他們為什么這么做是他們的事情，至少今天又很不好的后遺癥，結果是地下教會的都自以為是為主受苦是義行。反正我不會對那些要回去的老人說，去地下教會。我會支持他們去政府教會。
不少地下教會的聚會實在不敢恭維，整個一個對政府不滿的交流。 |
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S*********o
发帖数: 1334 | 16 我也同意应该把“呼喊派”跟一般的“地方召会”区分一下。
但说到李常受在地方召会的地位问题，这篇文章似乎是有点欲盖弥彰，一方面说“至於
各地方召會接受他的教訓與否，或接受到什麼程度，則完全由那一地的召會自己決定”
，另一方面谈到地方召会的“定性”又说“『地方召會』是接受倪柝聲、李常受所教導
完整齊備、不偏不倚之聖經教訓與實行的正統基督徒信仰團體。”相当地矛盾，相当地
矛盾。 |
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l********5
发帖数: 297 | 17 如何分辨異端
講時：一九四八年九月二十八日
講地：鼓嶺
講者：倪柝聲
讀經：
哥林多後書十一章十三至十五節：「那等人是假使徒，行事詭詐，裝作基督使徒的模樣
。這也不足為怪；因為連撒但也裝作光明的天使。所以他的差役，若裝作仁義的差役，
也不算希奇；他們的結局，必然照著他們的行為。」
提摩太前書六章二十至二十一節：「提摩太阿，你要保守所託付你的，躲避世俗的虛談
，和那敵真道似是而非的學問。已經有人自稱有這學問，就偏離了真道。」
提摩太後書四章三至四節：「因為時候要到，人必厭煩純正的道理；耳朵發癢，就隨從
自己的情慾，增添好些師傅；並且掩耳不聽真道，偏向荒渺的言語。」
彼得後書二章一節：「從前在百姓中有假先知起來，將來在你們中間，也必有假師傅，
私自引進陷害人的異端，連買他們的主他們也不承認，自取速速的滅亡。」
猶大書三節：「親愛的弟兄阿，我想盡心寫信給你們，論我們同得救恩的時候，就不得
不寫信勸你們，要為從前一次交付聖徒的真道，竭力的爭辯。」
以賽亞書八章二十節：「人當以訓誨和法度為標準；他們所說的，若不與此相符，必不
得見晨光。」
引言
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发帖数: 5754 | 18 Chapter 1: The Blood of Christ
What is the normal Christian life? We do well at the outset to ponder this
question. The object of these studies is to show that it is something very
different from the life of the average Christian. Indeed a consideration of
the written Word of God—of the Sermon on the Mount for example—should lead
us to ask whether such a life has ever in fact been lived upon the earth,
save only by the Son of God Himself. But in that last saving clause lies
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发帖数: 5754 | 19 Chapter 1.1 Our Dual Problem: Sins and Sin
We shall take now as a starting-point for our study of the normal Christian
life that great exposition of it which we find in the first eight chapters
of the Epistle to the Romans, and we shall approach our subject from a
practical and experimental point of view. It will be helpful first of all to
point out a natural division of this section of Romans into two, and to
note certain striking differences in the subject-matter of its two parts.
The first ei... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 20 Chapter 1.2 God’s Dual Remedy: The Blood and the Cross
Thus in the first eight chapters of Romans two aspects of salvation are
presented to us: firstly, the forgiveness of our sins, and secondly, our
deliverance from sin. But now, in keeping with this fact, we must notice a
further difference.
In the first part of Romans 1 to 8, we twice have reference to the Blood of
the Lord Jesus, in chapter 3:25 and in chapter 5:9. In the second, a new
idea is introduced in chapter 6:6, where we are said to ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 21 Chpater 1.3 The Problem Of Our Sins
We begin, then, with the precious Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and its
value to us in dealing with our sins and justifying us in the sight of God.
This is set forth for us in the following passages:
“All have sinned” (Romans 3:23). “God commendeth his own love toward us,
in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then,
being now justified by his blood, shall we be saved from the wrath of God
through him” (Romans 5:8, 9). “Being justifi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 22 Chapter 1.4 The Blood Is Primarily For God
The Blood is for atonement and has to do first with our standing before God.
We need forgiveness for the sins we have committed, lest we come under
judgment; and they are forgiven, not because God overlooks what we have done
but because He sees the Blood. The Blood is therefore not primarily for us
but for God. If I want to understand the value of the Blood I must accept
God’s valuation of it, and if I do not know something of the value set upon
the Blo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 23 Chapter 1.5 God Is Satisfied
It is God’s holiness, God’s righteousness, which demands that a sinless
life should be given for man. There is life in the Blood, and that Blood has
to be poured out for me, for my sins. God is the One who requires it to be
so. God is the One who demands that the Blood be presented, in order to
satisfy His own righteousness, and it is He who says: ‘When I see the blood
’, I will pass over you.’ The Blood of Christ wholly satisfies God.
Now I desire to say a word at t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 24 Chapter 1.6 The Blood And The Believer’s Access
The Blood has satisfied God; it must satisfy us also. It has therefore a
second value that is manward in the cleansing of our conscience. When we
come to the Epistle to the Hebrews we find that the Blood does this. We are
to have “hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience” (Hebrews 10:22).
This is most important. Look carefully at what it says. The writer does not
tell us that the Blood of the Lord Jesus cleanses our hearts, and then stop
there in h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 25 Chapter 1.7 Overcoming The Accuser
In view of what we have said we can now turn to face the enemy, for there is
a further aspect of the Blood which is Satanward. Satan’s most strategic
activity in this day is as the accuser of the brethren (Rev. 12:10) and it
is as this that our Lord confronts him with His special ministry as High
Priest “through his own blood” (Hebrews 9:12).
How then does the Blood operate against Satan? It does so by putting God on
the side of man against him. The Fall brough... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 26 Chapter 2: The Cross of Christ
We have seen that Romans 1 to 8 falls into two sections, in the first of
which we are shown that the Blood deals with what we have done, while in the
second we shall see that the Cross(2) deals with what we are. We need the
Blood for forgiveness; we need also the Cross for deliverance. We have dealt
briefly above with the first of these two and we shall move on now to the
second; but before we do so we will look for a moment at a few more features
of this passage w... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 27 Chapter 2.1 Some Further Distinctions
Two aspects of the resurrection are mentioned in the two sections, in
chapters 4 and 6. In Romans 4:25 the resurrection of the Lord Jesus is
mentioned in relation to our justification: “Jesus our Lord... was
delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.”
Here the matter in view is that of our standing before God. But in Romans 6:
4 the resurrection is spoken of as imparting to us new life with a view to a
holy walk: “That like as Chr... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 28 Chapter 2.2 Man’s State By Nature
We come therefore to Romans 5:12-21. In this great passage, grace is brought
into contrast with sin and the obedience of Christ is set against the
disobedience of Adam. It is placed at the beginning of the second section of
(Romans 5:12 to 8:39) with which we shall now be particularly concerned,
and its argument leads to a conclusion which lies at the foundation of our
further meditations. What is that conclusion? It is found in verse 19
already quoted: “For as ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 29 Chapter 2.3 As In Adam So In Christ
In Romans 5:12 to 21 we are not only told something about Adam; we are told
also something about the Lord Jesus. “As through the one man’s
disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of
the one shall the many be made righteous.” In Adam we receive everything
that is of Adam; in Christ we receive everything that is of Christ.
The terms ‘in Adam’ and ‘in Christ’ are too little understood by
Christians, and, at the risk of repetition, I... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 30 Chapter 2.4 The Divine Way of Deliverance
God clearly intends that this consideration should lead to our practical
deliverance from sin. Paul makes this quite plain when he opens chapter 6 of
his letter with the question: “Shall we continue in sin?” His whole being
recoils at the very suggestion. “God forbid!”, he exclaims. How could a
holy God be satisfied to have unholy, sin-fettered children? And so “how
shall we any longer live therein?” (Romans 6:1, 2). God has surely
therefore made adequat... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 31 Chapter 2.5 His Death and Resurrection Representative and Inclusive
The Lord Jesus, when He died on the Cross, shed His Blood, thus giving His
sinless life to atone for our sin and to satisfy the righteousness and
holiness of God. To do so was the prerogative of the Son of God alone. No
man could have a share in that. The Scripture has never told us that we shed
our blood with Christ. In His atoning work before God He acted alone; no
other could have a part. But the Lord did not die only to shed... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 33 Chapter 3: The Path of Progress: Knowing
Our old history ends with the Cross; our new history begins with the
resurrection. “If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature: the old
things are passed away; behold they are become new” (2 Cor. 5:17). The
Cross terminates the first creation, and out of death there is brought a new
creation in Christ, the second Man. If we are ‘in Adam’ all that is in
Adam necessarily devolves upon us; it becomes ours involuntarily, for we
have to do nothing to get it... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 34 Chapter 3.1 Our Death With Christ A Historic Fact
Romans 6:1-11 is the passage before us now. In these verses it is made clear
that the death of the Lord Jesus is representative and inclusive. In His
death we all died. None of us can progress spiritually without seeing this.
Just as we cannot have justification if we have not seen Him bearing our
sins on the Cross, so we cannot have sanctification if we have not seen Him
bearing us on the Cross. Not only have our sins been laid on Him but we
our... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 35 Chapter 3.2 The First Step: “Knowing This...”
The normal Christian life must begin with a very definite ‘knowing’, which
is not just knowing something about the truth nor understanding some
important doctrine. It is not intellectual knowledge at all, but an opening
of the eyes of the heart to see what we have in Christ.
How do you know your sins are forgiven? Is it because your pastor told you
so? No, you just know it. If I ask you how you know, you simply answer, ‘I
know it!’ Such knowledge com... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 36 Chapter 3.3 Divine Revelation Essential To Knowledge
So our first step is to seek from God a knowledge that comes by revelation—
a revelation, that is to say, not of ourselves but of the finished work of
the Lord Jesus Christ on the Cross. When Hudson Taylor, the founder of the
China Inland Mission, entered into the normal Christian life it was thus
that he did so. You remember how he tells of his long-standing problem of
how to live ‘in Christ’, how to draw the sap out of the Vine into himself.... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 37 chapter 3.4 The Cross Goes To The Root Of Our Problem
Let me remind you again of the fundamental nature of that which the Lord has
done on the Cross. I feel I cannot press this point too much for we must
see it. Suppose, for the sake of illustration, that the government of your
country should wish to deal drastically with the question of strong drink
and should decide that the whole country was to go ‘dry’, how could the
decision be carried into effect? How could we help? If we were to search
ev... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 38 Chapter 4: The Path of Progress: Reckoning
We now come to a matter on which there has been some confusion of thought
among the Lord’s children. It concerns what follows this knowledge. Note
again first of all the wording of Romans 6:6: “Knowing this, that our old
man was crucified with Him”. The tense of the verb is most precious for it
puts the event right back there in the past. It is final, once-for-all. The
thing has been done and cannot be undone. Our old man has been crucified
once and for... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 39 chapter 4.1 The Second Step: “Even So Reckon...”
What does reckoning mean? ‘Reckoning’ in Greek means doing accounts book-
keeping. Accounting is the only thing in the world we human beings can do
correctly. An artist paints a landscape. Can he do it with perfect accuracy?
Can the historian vouch for the absolute accuracy of any record, or the map
-maker for the perfect correctness of any map? They can make, at best, fair
approximations. Even in everyday speech, when we try to tell some incident... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 41 chapter 4.2 The Reckoning Of Faith
The first four-and-a-half chapters of Romans speak of faith and faith and
faith. We are justified by faith in Him (Rom. 3:28; 5:1). Righteousness, the
forgiveness of our sins, and peace with God are all ours by faith, and
without faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ none can possess them.
But in the second section of Romans we do not find the same repeated mention
of faith, and it might at first appear that the emphasis is therefore
different. It is not r... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 42 chapter 4.3 Temptation And Failure, The Challenge To Faith
For us, then, the two greatest facts in history are these: that all our
sins are dealt with by the Blood, and that we ourselves are dealt with
by the Cross. But what now of the matter of temptation? What is to be
our attitude when, after we have seen and believed these facts, we
discover the old desires rising up again? Worse still, what if we fall
once more into known sin? What if we lose our temper, or worse? Is the
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发帖数: 5754 | 43 chapter 4.4 Abiding In Him
Now although we have already spent long on this matter, there is a further
thing that may help to make it clearer to us. the Scriptures declare that we
are “dead indeed”, but nowhere do they say that we are dead in ourselves.
We shall look in vain to find death within; that is just the place where it
is not to be found. We are dead not in ourselves but in Christ. We were
crucified with Him because we were in Him.
We are familiar with the words of the Lord Jesus, “Abide... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 44 Chapter 5: The Divide of the Cross
The kingdom of this world is not this kingdom of God. God had in His heart a
world-system - a universe of His creating—which should be headed up in
Christ His Son (Col. 1:16, 17). But Satan, working through man’s flesh, has
set up instead a rival system known in Scripture as “this world”—a
system in which we are involved and which he himself dominates. He has in
fact become “the prince of this world” (John 12:31).
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发帖数: 5754 | 45 Chapter 5.1 Two Creations
Thus, in Satan’s hands, the first creation has become the old creation, and
God’s primary concern is now no longer with that but with a second and new
creation. He is bringing in a new creation, a new kingdom and a new world,
and nothing of the old creation, the old kingdom or the old world can be
transferred to the new. It is a question now of these two rival realms, and
of which realm we belong to.
The apostle Paul, of course, leaves us in no doubt as to which of thes... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 47 Chapter 5.2 Burial Means An End
Peter goes on now to describe baptism in the passage just quoted as “the
answer of a good conscience toward God” (1 Peter 3:21 A.V.). Now we cannot
answer without being spoken to . If God had said nothing we should have no
need to answer. But He has spoken; He has spoken to us by the Cross. By it
He has told of His judgment of us, of the world, of the old creation and of
the old kingdom. The Cross is not only Christ’s personally—an ‘individual
’ Cross. It is an al... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 48 chapter 5.3 Resurrection Unto Newness Of Life
"If we have become united with him by the likeness of his death, we
shall be also be the likeness of his resurrection (Rom. 6:5).
Now with resurrection the figure is different because something new is
introduced. I am "baptized into his death", but I do not enter in quite
the same way into His resurrection, for, Praise the Lord! His
resurrection enters into me, imparting to me a new life. In the death
of the Lord the emphasis is ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 5754 | 49
sorry sishu I missed your posts earlier.
I post each section as I read thru them. It seems each section takes about 7
to 10 min to read, and one chapter (3 to 5 sections) would be 30 min to 1
hr, one day's reading assignment.
breaking into smaller pieces would may break the structure of the the book
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发帖数: 5754 | 50 Chapter 6: The Path of Progress: Presenting Ourselves to God
Our study has now brought us to the point where we are able to consider
the true nature of consecration. We have before us the second half of
Romans 6 from verse 12 to the end. In Romans 6:12, 13 we read: "Let not
sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey the lusts
thereof: neither present your members unto sin as instruments of
unrighteousness; but present yourselves unto God, as alive from the
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