AGENCY, DIVINE AND HUMAN | 神人协作(神的作为与人的作为)
📖 出处:J. Glentworth Butler, Topical Analysis of the Bible(《圣经主题分析》),1897 年出版,公有领域。原书 p. 16–18
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标题 / Title
ENAGENCY, DIVINE AND HUMAN, in Providence and Redemption. Divine Willing and Working the Source and Cause. Human Willing and Doing a Condition and Means. Human Agency Demanded. Divine Agency Assures Results.
中神人协作——在护理与救赎之工中。神的意愿与运行是源头与原因;人的意愿与行动是条件与途径。人的作为是被要求的本分;神的作为保证成果。
一、在护理之工中 / In Providence
ENGen. 3:19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. — Ps. 104:14. He causeth the grass to grow, and herb for the service of man.
BSBGenesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Psalm 104:14 He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
中【人】创世记 3:19 —— 你必汗流满面才得糊口。 ⇔ 【神】诗篇 104:14 —— 他使草生长,给六畜吃,使菜蔬发长,供给人用。
ENJames 5:7. The husbandman waiteth for the fruit. 2 Tim. 2:6. The husbandman that laboreth must be the first to partake of the fruits. — Isa. 55:10. (The rain giveth) seed to the sower.
BSBJames 5:7 Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
Isaiah 55:10 For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
中【人】雅各书 5:7 —— 农夫忍耐等候地里宝贵的出产。提摩太后书 2:6 —— 劳力的农夫理当先得粮食。 ⇔ 【神】以赛亚书 55:10 ——(雨雪滋润大地)使撒种的有种,使要吃的有粮。
EN2 Thes. 3:10. If any will not work, neither let him eat. — Matt. 6:11. Give us this day our daily bread.
BSB2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even while we were with you, we gave you this command: “If anyone is unwilling to work, he shall not eat.”
Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
中【人】帖撒罗尼迦后书 3:10 —— 若有人不肯做工,就不可吃饭。 ⇔ 【神】马太福音 6:11 —— 我们日用的饮食,今日赐给我们。
二、在救赎之工中 / In Redemption
ENPhil. 2:12. Work out your own salvation. — Phil. 2:13. For it is God which worketh in you, both to will and to do.
BSBPhilippians 2:12, 13 12 Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now even more in my absence, continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
中【人】腓立比书 2:12 —— 当恐惧战兢,做成你们得救的工夫。 ⇔ 【神】2:13 —— 因为你们立志行事,都是神在你们心里运行。(本词条的核心对句。)
ENLev. 19:14. Thou shalt fear thy God. Isa. 1:16. Wash you, make you clean. — Jer. 32:40. I will put My fear in their hearts. 1 John 1:9. (He) will cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Ps. 51:10. Create in me a clean heart, O God.
中【人】利未记 19:14 —— 要敬畏你的神。以赛亚书 1:16 —— 你们要洗濯、自洁。 ⇔ 【神】耶利米书 32:40 —— 我要将敬畏我的心放在他们心里。约翰一书 1:9 —— 必要……洗净我们一切的不义。诗篇 51:10 —— 神啊,求你为我造清洁的心。【OCR 注:原书 "Jer. 32:4" 依文义推定为 32:40。】
ENEzek. 18:31. Make you a new heart. Eph. 4:23. Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Eph. 4:22-24. Put off the old man, put on the new. — Ezek. 36:26. A new heart also will I give you. 2 Cor. 4:16. Our inward man is renewed day by day. Col. 3:10. (The new man) is being renewed after the image of Him.
中【人】以西结书 18:31 —— 自作一个新心。以弗所书 4:23 —— 将你们的心志改换一新。4:22-24 —— 脱去旧人,穿上新人。 ⇔ 【神】以西结书 36:26 —— 我也要赐给你们一个新心。哥林多后书 4:16 —— 内心却一天新似一天。歌罗西书 3:10 —— 这新人在知识上渐渐更新,正如造他主的形像。【OCR 注:原书 "Ezek. 26:36" 与 "Col. 3:16" 依经文体系推定为 36:26 与 3:10。】
ENRom. 6:12. Let not sin reign in your body. Rom. 13:14. Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. Rom. 12:2. Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. — Rom. 6:14. Sin shall not have dominion over you. Col. 1:27. Christ in you. Eph. 3:17. (That Christ may) dwell in your hearts. Rom. 8:29. Foreordained to be conformed to the image of His Son.
本句:Be not conformed / Let not sin reign:古体否定祈使,不用 do(= Do not be conformed / Do not let sin reign)。
中【人】罗马书 6:12 —— 不要容罪在你们必死的身上作王。13:14 —— 总要披戴主耶稣基督。12:2 —— 不要效法这个世界,只要心意更新而变化。 ⇔ 【神】罗马书 6:14 —— 罪必不能作你们的主。歌罗西书 1:27 —— 基督在你们心里成了有荣耀的盼望。以弗所书 3:17 —— 使基督因你们的信,住在你们心里。罗马书 8:29 —— 预先定下效法他儿子的模样。
ENProv. 4:23. Keep thy heart with all diligence. 1 Tim. 5:22. Keep thyself pure. Jude 21. Keep yourselves in the love of God. 2 Tim. 1:14. That good thing keep. — Prov. 3:1. Let thine heart keep My commandments. 1 Pet. 1:5. Kept by the power of God through faith. Phil. 4:7. The peace of God shall keep your hearts. Jude 24. Unto Him that is able to keep you. Jer. 31:33. I will write My law in their hearts.
中【人】箴言 4:23 —— 你要保守你心,胜过保守一切。提摩太前书 5:22 —— 要保守自己清洁。犹大书 21 —— 保守自己常在神的爱中。提摩太后书 1:14 —— 牢牢地守着那善道。 ⇔ 【神】箴言 3:1 —— 你心要谨守我的诫命。彼得前书 1:5 —— 你们这因信蒙神能力保守的人。腓立比书 4:7 —— 神所赐出人意外的平安,必保守你们的心怀意念。犹大书 24 —— 那能保守你们不失脚的。耶利米书 31:33 —— 我要将我的律法放在他们里面,写在他们心上。
ENEph. 6:10. Be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might. 1 Cor. 16:13. Stand fast, quit you like men, be strong. — Phil. 4:13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 2 Cor. 12:9. My strength is made perfect in weakness.
BSBPhilippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
中【人】以弗所书 6:10 —— 你们要靠着主,倚赖他的大能大力,作刚强的人。哥林多前书 16:13 —— 要站立得稳……要作大丈夫,要刚强。 ⇔ 【神】腓立比书 4:13 —— 我靠着那加给我力量的,凡事都能做。哥林多后书 12:9 —— 我的能力是在人的软弱上显得完全。
ENPs. 119:32. I will run the way of Thy commandments, when Thou shalt enlarge my heart. Phil. 3:12. I press on, that I may apprehend that for which also I was apprehended by Christ Jesus. 2 Cor. 6:1. Working together with Him. — Col. 1:29. (His working) which worketh in me mightily. 1 Thes. 2:13. (The word of God) effectually worketh in you that believe.
BSBPsalm 119:32 I run in the path of Your commandments, for You will enlarge my heart.
中【人】诗篇 119:32 —— 你开广我心的时候,我就往你命令的道上直奔。腓立比书 3:12 —— 我乃是竭力追求,或者可以得着基督耶稣所以得着我的。哥林多后书 6:1 —— 我们与神同工。 ⇔ 【神】歌罗西书 1:29 —— 照着他在我里面运用的大能尽心竭力。帖撒罗尼迦前书 2:13 —— (神的道)运行在你们信主的人心中。【OCR 注:原书 "Col. 1:2" 依文义推定为 1:29。】
EN2 Pet. 1:10. Give diligence to make your calling and election sure. 1 Pet. 1:22. Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth. Rom. 8:13. If ye mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. Matt. 5:48. Be ye perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect. — 2 Thes. 2:13. God chose you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
BSB2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
中【人】彼得后书 1:10 —— 应当更加殷勤,使你们所蒙的恩召和拣选坚定不移。彼得前书 1:22 —— 你们既因顺从真理洁净了自己的心。罗马书 8:13 —— 若靠着圣灵治死身体的恶行,必要活着。马太福音 5:48 —— 所以你们要完全,像你们的天父完全一样。 ⇔ 【神】帖撒罗尼迦后书 2:13 —— 神从起初拣选了你们,叫你们因信真道,又被圣灵感动成为圣洁,能以得救。【OCR 注:原书 "1 Pet. 1:23" 依引文推定为 1:22。】
ENLuke 13:24. Strive to enter in by the narrow door. Matt. 11:28. Come unto Me. John 5:40. (Ye will not come to Me.) John 15:4. Abide in Me, and I in you. Isa. 27:5. Let him lay hold of My strength. Isa. 1:19. If ye be willing and obedient. Isa. 55:6, 7. Let the wicked return unto the Lord. Heb. 2:3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?
BSBHebrews 2:3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
中【呼召与警告】路加福音 13:24 —— 你们要努力进窄门。马太福音 11:28 —— 凡劳苦担重担的人,可以到我这里来。约翰福音 5:40 —— 然而你们不肯到我这里来得生命。15:4 —— 你们要常在我里面,我也常在你们里面。以赛亚书 27:5 —— 让他持住我的能力,使他与我和好。1:19 —— 你们若甘心听从。55:6-7 —— 恶人当离弃自己的道路……归向耶和华。希伯来书 2:3 —— 我们若忽略这么大的救恩,怎能逃罪呢?【OCR 注:原书 "Luke 13:23" 依引文推定为 13:24。】
三、奥古斯丁的祷告与陶匠的比喻 / Augustine; The Potter and the Clay
EN"Demand what Thou wilt, only give what Thou demandest." — Augustine.
中「你要求什么都可以,只求你把你所要求的赐给我。」——奥古斯丁(Augustine)。
ENThe Potter and the clay. Jer. 18:1-10. Divine side, vs. 1-6: God Sovereign in National and Individual life. VIII. 488. Also Job 10:9. Isa. 64:8. Rom. 9:20, 21. Human side, vs. 7-10: Influenced by man. VIII. 489-492. Intervolution of Divine and human plans illustrated: VII. 61, 62, 151-154, 211-214.
BSBJeremiah 18:6 “O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.
中陶匠与泥土的比喻(耶利米书 18:1-10)。神的一面(1-6 节):神在民族与个人的生命中掌主权;另参约伯记 10:9;以赛亚书 64:8;罗马书 9:20-21。人的一面(7-10 节):神宣告的对待随人的回转而改变。神人两方计划的交织互动,参《圣经工作》相关卷页。【OCR 注:原书 "Rom. 9:10" 依陶匠主题推定为 9:20-21。】
四、论述摘录 / Extracts
EN[If the gospel be accepted, it must be by a process in which the will has a part, and to which the soul gives determinant force. It is true that the gospel offers to man reasonable grounds for decision, but it never crushes out his individuality. The prodigal remembers his Father's house, and is melted. The sinner looks to Him that "first loved him," but is neither captured by force nor imprisoned with violence. If he be saved, it will be by the exercise of that which is most distinctive of him as a man and an individual—the use of God's noblest gift to the spirit, the free human Will. — Interior.]
中【摘录】福音若被接受,必是经由一个过程:人的意志在其中有份,心灵为其注入决定性的力量。福音固然向人提供合理的抉择根据,却从不碾碎人的个体性。浪子想起父家,心就融化;罪人仰望那『先爱他』的主,却既非被强力掳获,也非被暴力囚禁。人若得救,必是借着运用他作为人、作为个体最独特的禀赋——神赐给人灵最尊贵的礼物:自由的人类意志。——《Interior》杂志
EN[When treating of the divine efficiency in redemption and of the divine origination of it, Paul speaks freely and unreservedly from the standpoint of God's good pleasure in the choice of men to salvation; when speaking of the human conditions of its appropriation, he speaks as unreservedly from that point of view, laying full, strong emphasis upon the capacity of men to receive or reject the offered grace, and upon their responsibility for their choice. … When the aim is to humble human pride and pretension before the sovereign might of God, he overleaps all human conditions, and without definition or qualification asserts the divine absoluteness, as though God dealt with men as the potter deals with passive clay. But when the aim is to silence human excuses for neglect and disobedience, he brings into full prominence the free wrong choices and conduct of men as the reason for God's rejection and condemnation. These two truths Paul asserts with equal energy and plainness. He adds no word of comment upon their relation to each other. He betrays no consciousness of any conflict or contradiction between them. — G. B. Stevens.]
中【摘录】保罗论到救赎中神的效力、救赎出于神的发起时,全然站在神乐意拣选人得救恩的立场上,畅所欲言、毫无保留;而论到人领受救恩的条件时,他同样毫无保留地站在另一立场,全力强调人有接受或拒绝所赐恩典的能力,以及人对自己抉择所负的责任。……当目的是要使人的骄傲与僭妄在神主权的大能面前降卑时,他越过一切属人的条件,不加界定、不设限制地宣告神的绝对性,仿佛神对待人就像陶匠对待无生命的泥土;但当目的是要堵住人为疏忽悖逆所找的借口时,他又把人自由做出的错误选择与行为摆在最显眼处,作为神弃绝定罪的理由。这两个真理,保罗以同等的力度和明晰来宣讲;对两者之间的关系,他不置一词;在他身上也看不出丝毫察觉二者冲突矛盾的意识。——G. B. 史蒂文斯(G. B. Stevens)
词汇表(CET-4 及以上)
| 单词 | 音标 | 词性与释义 |
|---|---|---|
| agency | /ˈeɪdʒənsi/ | n. 作为,作用;能动性 |
| sovereign | /ˈsɒvrɪn/ | adj. 有主权的,至高的 |
| husbandman | /ˈhʌzbəndmən/ | n.【古】农夫(= farmer) |
| partake | /pɑːˈteɪk/ | v. 分享,同享 |
| dominion | /dəˈmɪniən/ | n. 辖制,统治权 |
| conform | /kənˈfɔːm/ | v. 效法,顺应 |
| transform | /trænsˈfɔːm/ | v. 改变,变化 |
| foreordain | /ˌfɔːrɔːˈdeɪn/ | v. 预先定下,预定 |
| mortify | /ˈmɔːtɪfaɪ/ | v. 治死(圣经用语);使羞愧 |
| diligence | /ˈdɪlɪdʒəns/ | n. 殷勤,勤奋 |
| election | /ɪˈlekʃn/ | n.(神学)拣选;选举 |
| apprehend | /ˌæprɪˈhend/ | v. 得着,抓住;领悟;逮捕 |
| sanctification | /ˌsæŋktɪfɪˈkeɪʃn/ | n. 成圣,成为圣洁 |
| abide | /əˈbaɪd/ | v. 常在,住在;持守 |
| strive | /straɪv/ | v. 努力,竭力 |
| prodigal | /ˈprɒdɪɡl/ | adj./n. 挥霍的;浪子 |
| individuality | /ˌɪndɪˌvɪdʒuˈæləti/ | n. 个体性,个性 |
| capacity | /kəˈpæsəti/ | n. 能力,容量 |
| pretension | /prɪˈtenʃn/ | n. 僭妄,自命不凡 |
| prominence | /ˈprɒmɪnəns/ | n. 显眼,突出 |
| contradiction | /ˌkɒntrəˈdɪkʃn/ | n. 矛盾,抵触 |