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两个妇人的寓意

第三篇　两个妇人的寓意
The Allegory of the Two Women

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第三周　周一
WEEK 3 — DAY 1
纲目
Outline
1壹 撒拉和夏甲是亚伯拉罕的妻和妾，寓指两个约，就是应许的约与律法的约—创十六1~3，加四24：
1I. Sarah and Hagar, the wife and the concubine of Abraham, are an allegory of two covenants—the covenant of promise and the covenant of law—Gen. 16:1-3; Gal. 4:24:
2一 自主的妇人撒拉，表征应许的约，这与新约—恩典的约—相关联—加四23~24，创十二7，十五7~21：
2A. Sarah, the free woman, signifies the covenant of promise, which is related to the new testament, the covenant of grace—vv. 23-24; Gen. 12:7; 15:7-21:
3１ 在那约中神应许要给亚伯拉罕后裔，没有一点意思要亚伯拉罕作任何事来得到；神要把一些东西作到他里面，使他能生出一个后裔来完成神的定旨；这就是恩典—4节。
31. In that covenant God promised that He would give Abraham the seed, without having any intention that Abraham needed to do anything in order to have it; God would work something into him so that he might bring forth a seed to fulfill His purpose; this is grace—v. 4.
4２ 撒拉是自主的妇人，是亚伯拉罕正式的妻子，是这恩典之约的象征；她生出以撒乃是凭神的恩典。
42. Sarah, as the free woman, the proper wife of Abraham, is a symbol of this covenant of grace; she brought forth Isaac by God's grace.
5３ 恩典之应许的产品是以撒，他是完成神定旨的后裔—十七19，二一12下。
53. The produce of the promise of grace, which is Isaac, is the seed for the fulfillment of God's purpose—17:19; 21:12b.
晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
6加四22~24 因为律法上记着，亚伯拉罕有两个儿子，一个是出于使女，一个是出于自主的妇人。然而那出于使女的，是按着肉体生的；那出于自主妇人的，是借着应许生的。这些都是寓意：两个妇人就是两约……。
6Gal. 4:22-24 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one of the maidservant and one of the free woman. However the one of the maidservant was born according to the flesh, but the one of the free woman was born through promise. These things are spoken allegorically, for these women are two covenants…
7自主的妇人撒拉，表征应许的约（加四23）。神与亚伯拉罕所立应许的约乃是恩典的约。在那约中神应许要给亚伯拉罕后裔，没有一点意思要亚伯拉罕作任何事来得到。神要把一些东西作到他里面，使他能生出一个后裔来完成神的定旨。这是神所作的，不是亚伯拉罕所作的。这就是恩典。撒拉是自主的妇人，是亚伯拉罕正式的妻子，是这恩典之约的象征。她生以撒不是凭人的力量，而是凭神的恩典（创世记生命读经，七五二页）。
7Sarah, the free woman, signifies the covenant of promise (Gal. 4:23). God’s covenant of promise with Abraham was a covenant of grace. In that covenant God promised that He would give Abraham the seed, without having any intention that Abraham needed to do anything in order to have it. God would work something into him that he might bring forth a seed to fulfill His purpose. It would be God’s doing, not Abraham’s. This is grace. Sarah, as the free woman, the proper wife of Abraham, was a symbol of this covenant of grace. She brought forth Isaac not by man’s strength but by God’s grace. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 618)
信息选读
Today's Reading
8恩典之应许的产品是以撒，他是完成神定旨的后裔（创十七19，二一12下）。完成神定旨的后裔，一点不差就是基督自己，为神作到我们里面，经过我们，又从我们出来。神所作到我们里面的，带进那作后裔的基督（加三16）。这后裔至终变成了我们的地。……在里面，我们有基督作生命，我们凭这生命活着；在外面，我们有基督作地，我们在其中活着。这就是召会生活连同基督作我们的生命。这是我们完成神定旨唯一的路（创世记生命读经，七五九页）。
8The produce of the promise of grace, which is Isaac, is the seed for the fulfillment of God’s purpose (Gen. 17:19; 21:12b). The seed for the fulfillment of God’s purpose is nothing less than Christ Himself wrought by God into, through, and out of us. What God has wrought into us brings in Christ as the seed (Gal. 3:16). This seed will eventually become our land… Within we have Christ as the seed by whom we live, and without we have Christ as the land in whom we live. This is the church life with Christ as our life. This is the only way for us to fulfill God’s purpose. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 623)
9如果我们要得着基督来承受产业，来为神站在地上，那我们就不能把自己带进来，我们自己不能动，我们自己不能作，我们自己不能发起，我们自己必须放在一边。这是最大的试验，也是最难受的试验。这是神的仆人们最容易失败的一点。我们必须记得，在神的工作上，不只不可以犯罪，并且凭着自己去作好也是不可以的。神的问题不只是作得怎么样，神的问题更是谁在那里作。……但愿我们被神带到一个地步，能对主说，“主，我要遵行你的旨意！是你自己在我里面使我遵行你的旨意，不是我自己在这里遵行你的旨意！是你，不是我！”
9If we want Christ to inherit the land and if we want to stand for God, we should not try to bring Him in by ourselves. We should not act or do anything by ourselves. We have to put ourselves aside. This is the greatest and hardest test. This is where God’s servants most frequently fail. We must remember that God’s work must not only be free from sin; it must be free from our own efforts as well. God is not only asking how well a work is done, but who is doing the work…May God bring us to the point where we can say to the Lord, “I want to do Your will! You are within me and You must enable me to do Your will. I am not here to do Your will by myself! It must be You, not I!”
10我们必须记得：“耶和华说，我的意念并非你们的意念，你们的道路并非我的道路。天怎样高过地，照样我的道路高过你们的道路，我的意念高过你们的意念。”（赛五五8~9）因此，凭着我们自己所作的，即使从我们看来是不错的，也不能满足祂的心。……只有祂自己作的，才能满足祂的心。虽然祂降卑祂自己，竟然肯使用我们，但是我们要记得，我们不过是被使用的仆人，我们不过是祂手里的器皿，我们不能代替祂去作什么。我们只能让神借着我们去作，我们不能凭着我们自己去作。不错。后来以撒还是亚伯拉罕生的，但是以撒是神应许的儿子，是神使亚伯拉罕生的儿子，是神借着他生的儿子。应许的原则和以实玛利的原则是完全不同的。但愿神怜悯我们，拯救我们脱离以实玛利的原则。
10We must remember that “My thoughts are not your thoughts, / And your ways are not My ways, declares Jehovah. / For as the heavens are higher than the earth, / So are My ways higher than your ways, / And My thoughts higher than your thoughts” (Isa. 55:8-9). Therefore, anything we do by ourselves, even though it may be good in our eyes, cannot satisfy God’s heart…The only thing that will satisfy His heart is that which is done by Himself alone. Although He has lowered Himself and is willing to use us, we have to remember that we are merely servants whom He uses as vessels in His hand. We cannot replace Him in anything. We can only allow God to work through us; we cannot do anything by ourselves. Eventually, Isaac was born of Abraham, but Isaac was the son born according to God’s promise. It was God who caused Isaac to be born. God begot this son through Abraham. The principle of promise is totally different from the principle of Ishmael. May the Lord be merciful to us and deliver us from the principle of Ishmael.
11亚伯拉罕是一个信徒，他打算寻求神的喜欢，他打算达到神的目的。神要他生儿子，他就想方法生儿子，这岂不是遵行神的旨意、讨神的喜欢么？这一个难道还错么？但是，保罗说，“那出于使女的，是按着肉体生的。”〔加四23〕我们是应当遵行神的旨意，但是，问题是谁来遵行神的旨意。如果是凭我们自己遵行神的旨意，结果就生出以实玛利来。亚伯拉罕所以错，不是他的目的错，乃是他的源头错了。他的目的是要神的应许得着成功，但是，错在他用自己的力量去作这件事（倪柝声文集第二辑第十五册，七二至七五页）。
11Abraham was a believer. He tried to please God and fulfill God’s goal. God wanted him to have a son, and he tried to have a son by himself. Was this not according to God’s will, and did he not do it to please God? Could it be wrong? However, Paul said, “The one of the maidservant was born according to the flesh” [Gal. 4:23]. It is true that God’s will should be done. But the question is who should be the one to do His will. If we try to do His will by ourselves, the result is Ishmael. Abraham was wrong, not in his goal but in his source. His goal was to see God’s promise being fulfilled, but he was wrong to fulfill it by his own strength. (CWWN, vol. 35, “The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,” pp. 55-57)
12参读：亚伯拉罕以撒雅各的神，第四章；真理课程三级卷一，第六课。
12Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 46; CWWN, vol. 35, ch. 4; Truth Lessons—Level Three, vol. 1, lsn. 6