022 第二十二课 重生（续）
Lecture 22 REGENERATION (continued)
- 约John 1:12-13
12凡接待他的, 就是信他名的人, 他就赐他们权柄, 作上帝的儿女.
13 这等人不是从血气生的, 不是从情欲生的, 也不是从人意生的,乃是从上帝生的.
John 1:12, 13
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, {even} to those who believe in His name,
13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
— 被收养为上帝的儿女，和重生﹕有直接的关系。
— Direct relationship: adoption and regeneration (later).
— 不是从血气生的﹕血 = 复数。
— “Not of bloods.” Aima in plural?
— 奥古斯丁﹕男，女。
Augustine: male and female.
还是说﹕一个系列的生出？
Or series of generations?
血里不同的元素？
Multiplicity of elements in blood?
从灵生，不是从人生，不是遗传。
Begetting is not a matter of physical descent and heredity.
不是特权，没有血统高贵的因素。
Not privilege, dignity from descent.
“不是从情欲生的, 也不是从人意生的”。
“Not of will of flesh, nor of the will of man.”
核心思想 = 人的意志。
Will = focus. Human will in particular.
意志有道德上的因素﹕肉体（情欲）的意志。
Will is morally qualified, if flesh is taken that way.
就算肉体只是指人（肉体=人类），还是与上帝的意志（旨意）对照。
If flesh only taken generically (flesh = humanity), still, contrast with God’s will.
人意，人的意思，人的意志。
“Will of man” – andros – equivalent of anthropos?
人 = 男人（与女人对照）？
Or ander as opposed to woman.
男人在生育方面的主动。
Male takes aggressive part in begetting.
乃是从上帝生的。唯有上帝是重生人的那位。
“But of God.” God alone = author of regeneration.
结论（与约翰3﹕1-8平衡）。
Conclusion (parallel to John 3:1-8).
约一2:29
你们若知道祂是公义的, 就知道凡行公义之人都是祂所生的。
I John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.
约一 3:9
凡从上帝生的就不犯罪, 因上帝的道 (原文作种)存在他心里。他也不能犯罪, 因为他是由上帝生的。
I John 3:9
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.
约一 4:7
亲爱的 (弟兄)阿, 我们应当彼此相爱. 因为爱是从上帝来的。凡有爱心的, 都是由上帝而生, 并且认识上帝。
I John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
约一 5:1
凡信耶稣是基督的, 都是从上帝而生。 凡爱生他之上帝的,也必爱从上帝生的。
I John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the (child) born of Him.
约一 5:4
因为凡从上帝生的, 就胜过世界。使我们胜了世界的, 就是我们的心。
I John 5:4
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the {child} born of Him.
约一 5:18
我们知道凡从上帝生的必不犯罪。从上帝生的必保守自己 (有古卷作﹕那从上帝生的必保护他), 那恶者也就无法害他。
I John 5:18
We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
— 重生与其他圣灵恩典的果子，有着不可分开的关系。
— Invariable association of regeneration with other fruits of grace.
— 因此﹕重生不可以从救赎其他方面分割，抽离。
— Therefore: Regeneration is not to be isolated from the whole application of redemption.
— 因果方面﹕重生必须是先决条件。
— Logical and causal priority of regeneration.
约一 3:9
凡从上帝生的就不犯罪, 因上帝的道 (原文作种)存在他心里.他也不能犯罪,
因为他是由上帝生的.
I John 3:9
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.
两次﹕hoti.
2 hoti clauses. Cannot evade priority.
他不可能犯罪。直接的关系。
He cannot sin: immediate association.
次序不能颠倒。
Order cannot be reversed.
其他经文都有这个关系。
Similar relation in other passages
约一5:18
我们知道凡从上帝生的必不犯罪。 从上帝生的必保守自己 (有古卷作﹕那从上帝生的必保护他), 那恶者也就无法害他。
I John 5:18
We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him.
约一 2:29
你们若知道祂是公义的, 就知道凡行公义之人都是祂所生的。
I John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him.
约一 4:7
亲爱的 (弟兄)阿, 我们应当彼此相爱. 因为爱是从上帝来的。凡有爱心的, 都是由上帝而生, 并且认识上帝。
I John 4:7
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
约一 5:1
凡信耶稣是基督的, 都是从上帝而生。凡爱生他之上帝的也必爱从上帝生的。
I John 5:1
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the {child} born of Him.
约一5:4
因为凡从上帝生的, 就胜过世界。使我们胜了世界的, 就是我们的信心。
I John 5:4
Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the (child) born of Him.
参慕理，《再思救赎奇恩》。Murray 102.
清教徒论良心。Puritans on the conscience: the practical syllogism.
- 重生不可从它的果子分开。
Inseparability of regeneration from its fruits.
是逻辑，因果关系；时间上的关系？不容易证明。
Logical and causal priority, yes; temporal priority, however, is difficult to establish.
（约一2﹕29，4﹕7， 5﹕1。）
(I John 2:29, 4:7, 5:1.)
（约一3﹕9， 5﹕4， 5﹕18 – 次序不同。重生的果子陪伴重生。）
(I John 3:9, 5:4, 5:18 – order is different: graces of regeneration accompany regeneration: therefore other passages – 2:29, 4:7, 5:1 – those fruits = results of regeneration also.)
一个人重生了，就是被圣灵掌管，圣灵内住。
To be regenerate = to be controlled, indwelled by the Holy Spirit.
林后5:17
若有人在基督里, 他就是新造的人。 旧事已过, 都变成新的了。
II Cor. 5:17
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, {he is} a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
— 新造的人，意思﹕那里有一个新的创造。
— New creature, lit. there is a new creation.
- 结Ezekiel 36:25-27
25 我必用清水洒在你们身上, 你们就洁净了。 我要洁净你们,使你们脱离一切
的污秽, 弃掉一切的偶像。
26 我也要赐给你们一个新心, 将新灵放在你们里面又从你们的肉体中除掉石
石心, 赐给你们肉心。
27 我必将我的灵放在你们里面, 使你们顺从我的律例, 谨守遵行我的典章。
Ezekiel 36:25-27
25 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols.
26 “Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
27 “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances.
— 先有洁净，新心。 然后﹕顺服。
— Priority of cleansing and new heart. Following – obedience.
在整个重生的事情，洒水洁净，和信心是解释顺服的原因。
In totality of ideas in regeneration, sprinkling and new heart accounts for obedience.
- 保罗。Focus in Paul.
Warfield 368-369.
重生的根据﹕上帝直接的工作。
Root of regeneration = an immediate act of God.
- 重生与福音的宣讲。Regeneration and Gospel Proclamation.
A.福音不是说﹕你要自己生自己。
The gospel is not: bear yourselves, beget yourselves again.
信心的意义﹕放弃自己里面的能力，投奔基督。
Faith = abandonment of natural resources to Christ.
B.传福音时我们呼吁人悔改，相信，并不预设人有自然的能力信，悔改。
The gospel’s demand for repentance and faith does not presuppose natural ability in man.
C.改革宗的布道者，要求人们作他们没有能力作的事。
Reformed evangelist asks men and women to do what they cannot do.
人们有没有能力，并不决定 / 限制他们在上帝面前的责任是什么。
Ability does not limit responsibility.
我们靠圣灵的能力要求人们相信。因此﹕福音的要求与人们的响应之间的关连，不在于人们有没有能力，而在于圣灵的能力，圣灵主权的工作。
Demand for faith is made in the power of the Spirit, therefore: link between demand and response is not human ability, but in power, sovereign work of the Holy Spirit.
人们不相信，并不能以 『重生在信心之先』为借口。听福音者是堕落的，可是他的堕落并不能作为他不信的借口。
No excuse for unbelief because of causal priority of regeneration. Hearer may not plead his depravity as excuse for unbelief.
他也不能以自己没有被重生为不信的借口。
Nor may he plead lack of regeneration for unbelief.
- 福音没有要求人准备自己好被圣灵重生；也没有要求人追求重生。
The gospel does not command men and women to prepare for regeneration, or to seek after regeneration.
传福音完全靠圣灵的能力；靠圣灵与福音一同作工。
But the gospel stakes everything on the Holy Spirit to accompany the gospel.
威敏斯特信仰告白9﹕3。
Westminster Confession 9:3.
福音并不把人带到自己面前；乃是带人到上帝面前。
The gospel does not draw men back to themselves, but to God.
- 我们向人传福音，是以他们是被重生的，还是未被重生的呢？
Do we preach to men and women as regenerate or unregenerate?
两者都不对。我们并不预设人回转，或不回转。
Neither. We don’t presume conversion, nor lack of it.
这是上帝没有启示（隐秘）的事（申29﹕29）。
申29﹕29
隐秘的事，是属耶和华我们上帝的，惟有明显的事，是永远属我们和我们子孙的，好叫我们遵行这律法上的一切话。
Deut. 29:29
The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this Law.
These are secret things of God (election).
因此﹕上帝隐秘的事（如﹕拣选），不是我们信仰和生活的准则。
Therefore: do not become rule of faith and practice.
我们向人传福音，视他们为需要一位全备救主的罪人。
We preach to them as sinners who need to all-sufficient Savior.
我们传道的事工，是鼓励人悔改，相信，顺服。
Ministry is to encourage faith, repentance, obedience.
我们可以知道，他们是否口里承认。
We do know if they have made a profession.
我们就人们的现况来服事他们。
Begin where people are.
没有信徒可以说，他已经达到一种境界，不需要耶稣基督了。
No believer comes to the point where they don’t need Jesus Christ.
因此，教会的事工，永远是福音性的。
Total ministry of Church is evangelistic.
相信，悔改 = 回转。信徒在这事上必需坚持（坚忍）。
Repentance and faith = conversion, in which believers must persevere.
阅读：
约翰欧文，《圣灵论》，第八，十二章。
John Owen, The Holy Spirit: Abridged and Made Easy to Read, chapters 8, 12.
网上阅读此书：www.cclw.net/book/TheHolySpirit/index.html。
慕理，《再思救赎奇异恩》。『重生』。
网上阅读此书：www.godoor.com/book/library/html/theology/zsjsqe/content.html
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