李常受的神人观里,神化观几乎是“骨架词”,贯穿救恩目的、过程和终极形态,可以用三句来抓住:神化是经纶的终极目标,是有机“构成式”的过程,并且被严格限定在“生命与性情,不在神格”。[1][2][3]

## 一、神化=经纶的终极目标

– 他直接用神化(deification)来定义神经纶的高峰:“神成为人,为要使人在生命和性情上成为神,但不在神格上。”[2][4]
– 在《神经纶终极目标的真理》等中,他把新耶路撒冷解释为:
– 三一神经过过程并终极完成的一面;
– 与之对称的,是一班“被神化的人”作新妇,是神选民经重生、成圣、变化、荣耀“被构成神”的团体。[5][2]

## 二、神化是“有机构成”,不是道德模仿

– 学术分析指出:李把神化理解为“有机的、代谢式的构成”,不是模仿神的性格,而是神自己的生命与性情“作到人里去”。[6][1]
– 他用几个关键词描述这一过程:
– 重生:得着神生命的种子(约 1:12–13,2 彼 1:4);
– 成圣、更新、变化:神圣生命在灵、魂、体中“代谢式”地变化我们;
– 模成、得荣:人整个人被神构成,在性情上与祂相配。[3][7][8]
– 一篇评估总结得很精炼:在他那里,“神化不是简单的效法,而是从神来的有机变化,是神儿子的生命浸透人三部分,使人 ‘在一切方面与神相配,惟独除去神格’。”[7][1]

## 三、典型公式:“生命与性情,但不在神格”

– 他不断以否定句划界:
– “人成为神,在生命和性情上,不在神格上”;
– “我们敬拜神在祂的神格里,不敬拜那些有祂性情的受造者。”[9][3][5]
– 护教性分析(如 CRI 的 reassessment)也指出:
– 他的神化教导,“在结构上更接近东方正教的 theosis,而与北美‘小神’运动完全不同”,关键就在于这种 ontological / economic 区分与神格界线。[10]

## 四、神化—神人观—教会观的连结

– 神化不是孤立教义,而直接连到“团体神人”和教会论:
– 三一神经过过程,成为赐生命的灵;
– 信徒被这灵“调和并构成”,在生命性情上成为神;
– 团体结果就是“基督的身体/团体神人/新耶路撒冷”。[11][2]
– 一篇分析说:在李那里,“基督的身体就是亚他那修公式的教会形态:神成了人,好叫人(在生命性情上)成为神,这个相互的成就,构成一个‘四合一’的有机实体(父、子、灵与身体)。”[4][11]

如果你要一句学术式总结:

> 神化观在李常受的神人观中,被明确表述为“神成为人,使人在生命和性情上成为神(而决不在神格上)”:这既是他对神经纶终极目标的公式,也是他对有机救恩全过程(重生—成圣—变化—得荣)的诠释框架,并最终连到“团体神人/新耶路撒冷”的教会本体论;因此,神化不是附属主题,而是他整个神人观与教会观的中枢语汇与结构支点。[1][2][3][5][7]

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