第二十六章 论圣徒相通 Of the Communion of the Saints

00:32:54一、凡借着耶稣基督的灵、又借着信心，与他们的元首耶稣基督联合的圣徒，就在祂的恩典、受苦、受死、复活和荣耀中一同有分（约壹1:3；弗3:16-18；约1:16；弗2:5-6；腓3:10；罗6:5-6；8:17；提后2:12）——并且，他们既在爱里彼此联合，就分享彼此的恩赐和恩典（弗4:15-16；林前12:7,12；3:21-23；西2:19），并有义务履行公开和私下的这些本分，以促进他们内在和外在的共同益处（帖前5:11,14；罗1:11-12,14；约壹3:16-18；加6:10）。

All saints that are united to Jesus Christ their head, by His Spirit and by faith, have fellowship with Him in His graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory: and, being united to one another in love, they have communion in each other’s gifts and graces, and are obliged to the performance of such duties, public and private, as to conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.

00:33:33二、凡认信的圣徒，都当在敬拜神和其他属灵的事奉上维持圣洁的团契和相通，以求彼此造就（来10:24-25；徒2:42,46；赛2:3；林前11:20）；也可以照着各自的能力和需要，在物质方面互相帮助。这种圣徒相通，应当照神所赐的机会，延及所有那些在各处求告主耶稣之名的人（约壹3:17；林后8:9；徒11:29-30；2:44-45）。

Saints by profession, are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God, and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification; as also in relieving each other in outward things, according to their several abilities and necessities. Which communion, as God offereth opportunity, is to be extended unto all those who, in every place, call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

解读：

• 圣徒相通的基础，是与基督的联合：
  1. 这联合是圣约的联合：祂是我们圣约的代表（弗1:4；约17:2,6），代表我们而活，好叫义归于我们，使我们因着基督主动的顺服，得以在神面前称义（罗5:19） ；又为我们的罪作了挽回祭，代替我们而死（弗5:2；约壹2:2;4:10）。
  2. 这联合是奥秘的联合：圣灵在我们里面内住并运行（林前12:12-13；6:11；罗8:9）。圣经用葡萄树与枝子（约15:5），身体与头（弗4:15-16；林前12:12），丈夫与妻子（弗5:31-32）来描绘这种联合。
• 罗马天主教的错误主张：个人是因着圣礼与教会联合，再通过教会与基督联合。

00:37:36三、圣徒与基督的这种相通，并不会使他们以任何方式分享神性的本质，也没有使他们在任何方面与基督等同——两者都是不虔敬、亵渎神的断言（西1:18-19；林前8:6；诗45:6-7；来1:6-9；约1:14；20:17）。圣徒之间的彼此相通，也不是剥夺或侵犯各人对自己的拥有物和占有物的所有权或实物（出20:15；弗4:28；徒5:4）。

This communion which the saints have with Christ, doth not make them in any wise partakers of the substance of the Godhead, or to be equal with Christ in any respect: either of which to affirm, is impious and blasphemous. Nor doth their communion one with another as saints, take away or infringe the title or property which each man hath in his goods and possessions.

解读：

• 关于圣徒相通的两种错误教导：
  1. 东正教主张：基督与信徒之间的联合，包括基督与我们在本质上的互相融合。这实际上是把人神化。
  2. 重洗派教导：基督徒没有个人权利，或他们没有财产的所有权。这违反了第八诫「不可偷窃」。