第五篇 带进神的国（一）神的国作神圣生命的扩展，为着神永远的行政
To Bring In the Kingdom of God (1) The Kingdom of God as the Spreading of the Divine Life for God's Eternal Administration
读经∶路十七21，可四3、8、26，约三5，罗十四17，启二一1～4，二二1～5、14
壹 主今日行动的方向是要带进神的国，作神圣生命的扩展，为着神永远的行政─路十七21，可四3、8、26，约三3、5，西一13:
I. The direction of the Lord's move today is to bring in the kingdom of God as the spreading of the divine life for God's eternal administration—Luke 17:21; Mark 4:3, 8, 26; John 3:3, 5; Col. 1:13:
一 神的国实际上就是基督自己在召会时代如同种子撒在信徒里面─路十七21，可四3、8、26。
A. The kingdom of God is actually Christ Himself sown into the believers in the church age—Luke 17:21; Mark 4:3, 8, 26.
二 神的国在基督的扩增中扩展，成为那扩大、要来的国，就是主回来时所要带来的─约三30，路十九12、15上，启十一15：
B. The kingdom of God is spreading in Christ's increasing to be the enlarged, up-coming kingdom, which the Lord will bring in at His coming back—John 3:30; Luke 19:12, 15a; Rev. 11:15:
1 这由石头（基督）成为一座大山（千年国时的国度）所表征，如但以理二章三十四至三十五节所启示的。─引用经文
1. This is signified by the stone (Christ) that became a great mountain (the king-dom in the millennium), as revealed in Daniel 2:34-35.
2 神这扩大、要来的国将是神在新天新地里宇宙的管治，为着神永远的行政，完成神在基督里永远的经纶，作神在永远里终极完成的家庭行政─启二一2～3、9～23，二二1～3。
2. This enlarged, upcoming kingdom of God will be God's universal government in the new heaven and new earth for God's eternal administration in the ful-fillment of God's eternal economy in Christ, as God's ultimately consummated household administration in eternity—Rev. 21:2-3, 9-23; 22:1-3.
贰 神的国就是救主基督自己─路十七21：
II. The kingdom of God is Christ the Savior Himself—Luke 17:21:
一 救主在哪里，哪里就有神的国。
A. Wherever the Savior is, there the kingdom of God is.
二 神的国与救主同在，祂将神的国带给祂的门徒─22节。
B. The kingdom of God is with the Savior, and He brings it to His disciples—v. 22.
三 神的国乃是救主作生命的种子，撒到神的选民里面，并且发展为一个范围，就是神的国，使神在祂神圣的生命里，能在其中掌权─可四3、8、26:
C. The kingdom of God is the Savior as the seed of life sown into God's chosen peo-ple and developing into a realm over which God can rule as His kingdom in His divine life—Mark 4:3, 8, 26:
1 神国的入门是重生，其发展是信徒在神圣生命里的长大─约三5，彼后一3～11。
1. The entrance into the kingdom is regeneration, and the development of the kingdom is the believers' growth in the divine life—John 3:5; 2 Pet. 1:3-11.
2 基督复活以后，就在祂的信徒里面；因此，神的国今天就在召会里─约十四20，罗八10，十四17。
2. Since His resurrection Christ has been within His believers; thus, the king-dom of God is within the church today—John 14:20; Rom. 8:10; 14:17.
3 神的国乃是召会生活，是忠信的信徒在其中生活的，并要发展为要来的国度，作得胜圣徒在千年国里所承受的赏赐─加五21，弗五5，启二十4、6。
3. The kingdom is the church life, in which the faithful believers live, and it will develop into the coming kingdom as a reward to be inherited by the over-coming saints in the millennium—Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:5; Rev. 20:4, 6.
4 至终，神的国要完成于新耶路撒冷，作神永远的国，就是神永远生命之永远福分的永远范围，在新天新地里给神所有的赎民享受，直到永远─二一1～4，二二1～5，14。
4. Eventually, the kingdom of God will consummate in the New Jerusalem as the eternal kingdom of God, an eternal realm of the eternal blessing of God's eternal life, which all of God's redeemed will enjoy in the new heaven and new earth for eternity—21:1-4; 22:1-5, 14.
5 这样的国，神的国，乃是主耶稣当作福音，好信息，所传扬给与神生命隔绝之人的─路四43，弗四18。
5. Such a kingdom, the kingdom of God, is what the Lord Jesus announced as the gospel, the good news, to those who were alienated from the life of God— Luke 4:43; Eph. 4:18.
叁 我们需要看见国度与召会之间的关系─太十六18～19，罗十四17:
III. We need to see the relationship between the kingdom and the church— Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17:
一 圣经首先陈明国度，然后陈明召会；国度的出现产生召会─太四23，十六18～19：
A. The Bible first presents the kingdom and thereafter presents the church; the presence of the kingdom produces the church—Matt. 4:23; 16:18-19:
1 神的生命就是神的国度；神圣的生命就是国度，这生命产生召会─约三3、5，太七14、21，十九17、29，二五46：
1. The life of God is the kingdom of God; the divine life is the kingdom, and this life produces the church—John 3:3, 5; Matt. 7:14, 21; 19:17, 29; 25:46:
a 国度乃是生命的范围，让生命行动、作工、掌权、管制，使生命能达成其目的，而这范围就是国度。
a. The kingdom is the realm of life for life to move, work, rule, and govern so that life may accomplish its purpose, and this realm is the kingdom.
b 福音带进神圣的生命，这生命有其范围，这范围就是国度；神圣生命同其范围产生召会─提后一10。
b. The gospel brings in the divine life, and this life has its realm, which is the kingdom; the divine life with its realm produces the church—2 Tim. 1:10.
2 国度是召会的实际；因此，我们离了国度的生命，就不能过召会生活─太五3，十六18～19，启一9:
2. The kingdom is the reality of the church; therefore, apart from the kingdom life, we cannot live the church life—Matt. 5:3; 16:18-19; Rev. 1:9:
a 诸天之国的实际（太五─七）乃是召会生活的内容；没有国度的实际，召会就是空洞的。
a. The reality of the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 5—7) is the content of the church life; without the reality of the kingdom, the church is empty.
b 因着国度的生命产生召会生活，所以当我们团体地在国度生命里生活，我们自然就过召会生活─罗十四17。
b. Since the kingdom life issues in the church life, as we live corporately in the kingdom life, we spontaneously live the church life—Rom. 14:17.
3 没有国度作召会的实际，召会就不能被建造─太十六18～19：
3. Without the kingdom as the reality of the church, the church cannot be built up—Matt. 16:18-19:
a 召会是借着国度的权柄产生的。
a. The church is brought into being through the authority of the kingdom.
b 国度钥匙的赐给，是为使召会能够被建造─19节，十八18，参约二十23。
b. The keys of the kingdom are given to make the building of the church pos-sible—v. 19; 18:18; cf. John 20:23.
二 真正的召会就是今世的神的国；今天信徒乃是在召会中过国度生活─太十六18～19，十八17～18，十三44～46，罗十四17，林前四20，弗二19，西四11，启一4～6:
B. The genuine church is the kingdom of God in this age; today the believers live the kingdom life in the church—Matt. 16:18-19; 18:17-18; 13:44-46; Rom. 14:17; 1 Cor. 4:20; Eph. 2:19; Col. 4:11; Rev. 1:4-6:
1 主耶稣每次说到召会时，都将召会联于国度；这指明国度与召会有何等密切的关联─太十六18～19，十八17～18，罗十四17，林前四20，弗二19，西四11。
1. Each time the Lord Jesus spoke of the church, He mentioned it in relation to the kingdom; this indicates how intimately the kingdom and the church are related—Matt. 16:18-19; 18:17-18; Rom. 14:17; 1 Cor. 4:20; Eph. 2:19; Col. 4:11.
2 在作为国度的召会里，我们乃是在国度的掌权、管制、管教和操练之下─林前六9～10，加五19～21，弗五5。
2. In the church as the kingdom, we are under the kingdom's rule, government, discipline, and exercise—1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5.
3 我们是在神圣三一分赐之下的人，需要在召会中过国度的生活，在神圣的生命里长大并发展，直到我们达到成熟─林后十三14，彼后一5～11。
3. As those who are under the dispensing of the Divine Trinity, we need to live a kingdom life in the church, growing and developing in the divine life until we reach maturity—2 Cor. 13:14; 2 Pet. 1:5-11.
三 召会带进国度；召会的工作就是把神的国带进来─太六10，十二22～29，启十一15，十二10:
C. The church brings in the kingdom; the work of the church is to bring in the kingdom of God—Matt. 6:10; 12:22-29; Rev. 11:15; 12:10:
1 召会的产生乃是为着带进国度─太十六18～19，十八17～18，启一6、9，十一15：
1. The church was brought into being for the purpose of bringing in the king-dom—Matt. 16:18-19; 18:17-18; Rev. 1:6, 9; 11:15:
a 召会在地上的工作，就是要把神的国带进来；召会的工作都是受神国原则的管制。
a. The work of the church on earth is to bring in the kingdom of God; the work of the church is governed by the principle of the kingdom of God.
b 召会要负责将天上的旨意带到地上，并要负责将天上的旨意实行在地上─太六10，七21，十二50。
b. The church is responsible for bringing heaven's will down to earth and for carrying it out on earth—Matt. 6:10; 7:21; 12:50.
2 召会应当祷告以带进神的国；没有祷告，国度就不能来临─六10:
2. The church should pray to bring in the kingdom of God; if there is no prayer, the kingdom cannot come—6:10:
a 召会必须作天的出口，让天的权柄彰显在地上─十六18～19，十八18。
a. The church must be the outlet of heaven, allowing heaven's authority to be expressed on earth—16:18-19; 18:18.
b 真实的祷告乃是与神同工，将祂的国带到地上，并将祂的旨意施行在地上─六10，林后十4。
b. Genuine prayer is a joint labor with God to bring His kingdom to the earth and to carry out His will on earth—6:10; 2 Cor. 10:4.