Unity in the Chruch 教会里的合一

讲员：穆勒牧师

翻译：楼振坤弟兄

读经：以弗所书第4章

1. 我为主被囚的劝你们，既然蒙召，行事为人就当与蒙召的恩相称。

2. 凡事谦虚，温柔，忍耐，用爱心互相宽容，

3. 用和平彼此联络，竭力保守圣灵所赐合而为一的心。

4. 身体只有一个，圣灵只有一个，正如你们蒙召，同有一个指望，

5. 一主，一信，一洗，

6. 一神，就是众人的父，超乎众人之上，贯乎众人之中，也住在众人之内。

Scripture Reading：Ephesians 4:1-6

1. I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called,

2. with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love,

3. endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

4. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling;

5. one Lord, one faith, one baptism;

6. one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

God’s Children have a responsibility to honor their Father 神的儿女有荣耀他们父亲的责任

1) Put Your Faith Into Operation 把你的信心放进行动里

2) Love Should Bring Unity: 爱应该带来合一 “Forbearing one another in Love”

“用爱心互相宽容”

John 约翰 13:34-35 “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.”

“我赐给你们一条新命令，乃是叫你们彼此相爱。我怎样爱你们，你们也要怎样相爱。你们若有彼此相爱的心，众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了。”

I John 约翰一书 3:11 “For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning; that we should love one another.” “我们应当彼此相爱。这就是你们从起初所听见的命令。”

I John 约翰一书 3:23 “And this is his commandment, that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.”

“神的命令就是叫我们信他儿子耶稣基督的名，且照他所赐给我们的命令彼此相爱。” I John 约翰一书 4:20-21 “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”

“人若说，我爱神，却恨他的弟兄，就是说谎话的。不爱他所看见的弟兄，就不能爱没有看见的神。爱神的，也当爱弟兄，这是我们从神所受的命令。”

I John 约翰一书 3:14 “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.”

“我们因为爱弟兄，就晓得是已经出死入生了。没有爱心的，仍住在死中。” John 约翰 13:35 “by this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another”

“你们若有彼此相爱的心，众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了。”

Ephesians 以弗所书 4:2b-3 “forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”

“用爱心互相宽容，用和平彼此联络，竭力保守圣灵所赐合而为一的心。” Matthew 马太 18:21-22 “…seventy times seven.” “…七十个七次”

Philippians 腓立比书 2:12-16 “ Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.”

“这样看来，我亲爱的弟兄你们既是常顺服的，不但我在你们那里，就是我如今不在你们那里，更是顺服的，就当恐惧战兢，作成你们得救的工夫。因为你们立志行事，都是神在你们心里运行，为要成就他的美意。凡所行的，都不要发怨言，起争论，使你们无可指摘，诚实无伪，在这弯曲悖谬的世代，作神无瑕疵的儿女。你们显在这世代中，好像明光照耀，将生命的道表明出来，叫我在基督的日子，好夸我没有空跑，也没有徒劳。”

Galatians 加拉太书 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”

“我已经与基督同钉十字架。现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着。并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活，他是爱我，为我舍己。” John 约翰 17:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth.” “求你用真理使他们成圣。你的道就是真理。”

II Corinthians 哥林多后书 13:5 “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”

“你们总要自己省察有信心没有。也要自己试验。岂不知你们若不是可弃绝的，就有耶稣基督在你们心里吗？” I Peter 彼得前书 1:15-16 “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.”

“那召你们的既是圣洁，你们在一切所行的事上也要圣洁。因为经上记着说，你们要圣洁，因为我是圣洁的。”

1) One Body 一个身体 - Body of believers， 信徒的身体 - The church， 教会 - The Elect of God，神所拣选的 - A Holy Nation，圣洁的国度

2) One Spirit 一个圣灵 - It is a gift from God，神所赐的礼物 - Our job is to preserve the Unity

我们的责任是要保持合一 3) One Hope 一个盼望

- Blessed Hope! 有福的盼望 - A Certainty Hope! 一个确切的盼望

4) One Lord 一主 Matthew 马太 28:18 “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.”

“耶稣进前来，对他们说，天上，地下所有的权柄，都赐给我了。”

Colossians 歌罗西书 1:16-17 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”

“因为万有都是靠他造的，无论是天上的，地上的，能看见的，不能看见的，或是有位的，主治的，执政的，掌权的，一概都是借着他造的，又是为他造的。他在万有之先，万有也靠他而立。”

5) One Faith 一信

6) One Baptism 一洗

7) One God and Father 一神，就是父 - We become a child of God by adoption

我们被收养成为神的儿子 - Heirs with God

神的后嗣 - Joint heirs with Jesus Christ

与耶稣基督同为后嗣

Ephesians 以弗所书 4:1-6