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创世记生命读经 · 第111篇

约瑟的生活与他的异象相符

Joseph’s living corresponding with his vision
1圣经中几乎所有的真理，都像种子撒在创世记里，这卷书可视为亚当、亚伯、以诺、挪亚、亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和约瑟这八大人物的传记。这八个人可安排为两组，每组四人。亚当、亚伯、以诺和挪亚构成第一组；亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和约瑟形成第二组。第一组代表受造的族类，亚当的族类；第二组代表蒙召的族类，亚伯拉罕的族类。因著受造族类的失败，神就在蒙召族类身上有新的起头。受造的族类开始于亚当，结束于挪亚。受造族类的开始和结束都是失败的。神受造族类的元首及其代表亚当堕落了。在亚伯身上，我们回到神面前。在亚当里，人堕落离开神；但藉著神的救赎，亚伯回到祂面前。在亚伯之后的以诺不仅归向神，也与神同行。他生活的结果乃是被提的豫表。以诺被提到神那里，免去死亡。以诺的生活带进挪亚，挪亚也与神同行，并有掌权的经历，虽然他的掌权既不充分，也不完全。然而，挪亚的掌权带进堕落。挪亚的后裔在巴别背叛神，那次背叛导致神放弃了受造的族类。神被迫要有新的起头，就眷临亚伯拉罕，将他从背叛的受造族类中呼召出来。这标明了一个新族类，蒙召族类，亚伯拉罕族类的起头。在这蒙召族类的身上，神的确大得成功。从亚伯拉罕开始，经过以撒和雅各，路程越升越高，最终我们在雅各身上看见完全的掌权。我们已经指出，亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各和约瑟，不该视为分开的个人。他们乃是代表一个完整、成熟圣徒的四方面。在他们身上我们看见神的拣选、神的呼召、并因信称义。我们看见蒙召并称义的圣徒，如何能凭信活在神面前，享受产业的一切丰富。然而，这样的人仍然奋斗，要得著长子名分。但他一切的挣扎不过使他受苦而已。在他的苦难中，神的手临到他，对付他，他就受神对付，直到成熟。阿利路亚，在蒙召族类的身上，我们看见生命的成熟！这成熟的生命有掌权的一面，就是约瑟的生平所描绘的一面。在创世记里，约瑟如此超特且奇妙，原因就在这里。
1The book of Genesis, in which nearly all of the truths in the Bible are sown as seeds, may be considered a biography of eight great men: Adam, Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. These eight men are arranged in two groups of four. Adam, Abel, Enoch, and Noah make up the first group; and Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph form the second. The first group represents the created race, the Adamic race, whereas the second group represents the called race, the Abrahamic race. Because of the failure of the created race, God had a new start with the called race. The created race began with Adam and ended with Noah. At both the beginning and the ending, the created race was a failure. Adam, the head of God’s created race and its representative, became fallen. With Abel we have the coming back to God. In Adam, man fell away from God; but through God’s redemption, Abel came back to Him. Enoch, who came after Abel, not only returned to God, but also walked with God. The issue of his life was a type of the rapture. Enoch was raptured out of death unto God. Enoch’s life issued in Noah, who also walked with God and who had an experience of reigning, although his reigning was neither adequate nor full. However, Noah’s reigning issued in a fall. Noah’s descendants rebelled against God at Babel, and that rebellion resulted in God’s giving up of the created race. Forced to have a new beginning, God visited Abraham and called him out of the rebellious created race. This marked the beginning of a new race, the called race, the Abrahamic race. With this called race God certainly achieved a great success. Beginning with Abraham and continuing through Isaac and Jacob, the way rose higher and higher. Eventually we see a full reign in Jacob. As we have pointed out, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph should not be considered separate individuals. Rather, they represent four aspects of a complete, mature saint. In them we see God’ss election, God’scall ing, and justification by faith. We see how a called and justified saint can live in the presence of God by faith to enjoy all the riches of the inheritance. However, such a one still strives to gain the birthright. But all his struggles cause him nothing but suffering. In his sufferings God’s hand comes upon him to deal with him, and he is dealt with by God until he becomes mature. Hallelujah, in the called race we see the maturity of life! This matured life has a reigning aspect, an aspect portrayed by the life of Joseph. This is the reason that in the book of Genesis Joseph is so excellent and marvelous.
2我年幼时，母亲常常告诉我们圣经的故事。她花了很长的时间讲约瑟的故事。当我听见这超特的人被丢在坑里，且被卖为奴，我真是同情他！虽然我爱约瑟，也晓得他是特别的人，但我不知道他为甚么这样超特。我只知道约瑟非常好，我要像他。甚至在我服事话语多年以后，我仍不知道约瑟超特的原因。但现在我能放胆告诉你们约瑟超特的原因：因为他是成熟生命掌权的一面。他是成熟的以色列掌权的一面，不是雅各的一面。因此，约瑟是成熟生命的精华。当然，我们在约瑟身上所看见的，不过是影儿。在实际和实质上，约瑟所豫表掌权的一面，乃是组织到我们全人里面的基督。我们都是雅各，但在我们里面有基督的构成。在我们重生那天，基督就构成到我们里面。最终这位基督要成为我们的构成。我们全人由基督构成的那部分，既不是我们的肉体，也不是我们的心思，乃是我们的灵。提后四章二十二节说，基督与我们的灵同在。这意思是基督构成到我们全人的深处了。我们重生之人由基督构成的一面，完全由约瑟所代表、描绘并豫表。因为约瑟代表得胜且成熟之生命掌权的一面，所以他的生平这样超特的记载在圣经里面。
2When I was young, my mother used to tell us Bible stories. She spent a long time on the story of Joseph. Oh, how I sympathized with this excellent one when I heard that he was cast into a pit and sold into slavery! Although I loved Joseph and realized that he was someone special, I did not know why he was so excellent. I knew only that Joseph was very good and that I wanted to be like him. Even after I had ministered the Word for years, I still did not know the reason for Joseph’s excellence. But now I can boldly give you the reason Joseph was excellent: it was because he was the reigning aspect of the mature life. And he was the reigning aspect of a matured Israel, not of Jacob. Thus, Joseph was the cream of a matured life. What we see in Joseph, of course, is simply a shadow. In reality and in actuality, the reigning aspect typified by Joseph is Christ constituted into our being. We all are Jacobs, but we have the constitution of Christ within us. On the day we were regenerated, Christ was constituted into us. Eventually this Christ becomes our constitution. That part of our being that is constituted with Christ is neither our flesh nor our mind; rather, it is our spirit. Second Timothy 4:22 says that Christ is with our spirit. This means that Christ is constituted into the depths of our being. The Christ-constituted aspect of our regenerated being is fully represented, portrayed, and typified by Joseph. Because Joseph represents the reigning aspect of a victorious and mature life, his life is recorded in the Bible in such an excellent way
１ 生活如生命的禾捆
I. LIVING AS A SHEAF OF LIFE
3关于成熟生命掌权的部分，头三章乃是创世记三十七、三十八、三十九章。我作小孩子的时候，常常不喜欢这几章，因为这几章满了忌恨、阴谋和出卖。三十八章是犹大乱伦的记载，在三十九章我们看见黑暗和情欲的放纵。你喜爱这几章么？我得救并开始爱圣经以后，没有花多少时间在这几章上。我熟悉了其中的故事，就不愿再读这几章。一九五五年，我带领人研读创世记，那时就越过这几章。但自从带领那次研读之后，这二十三年间我得著更多的光。我来到美国之后，看见约瑟的梦的价值和宝贵，因为这梦是这几章的管治性观点。你若没有看见约瑟的梦的异象，你就只能知道这几章所包含的故事，此外你无法知道得更多。你无法知道这故事深处的意义。约瑟的梦控制并指引他的一生。约瑟这样超特的行事为人，乃是在这管治之异象的指引下，成熟生命掌权的一面。
3The first three chapters regarding the reigning part of a matured life are chapters thirty - seven, thirty - eight, and thirty - nine. As a child, I used to dislike these chapters because they were filled with hatred, plotting, and betrayals. Chapter thirty - eight is a record of Judah’since st, and in chapter thirty-nine we see darkness and the indulgence in lust. Have you ever loved these chapters? After I was saved and began to love the Bible, I did not spend much time on these chapters. Having become familiar with the story found in them, I did not care to read these chapters again. When in 1955 I conducted a study on the book of Genesis, I skipped over them. But during the twenty-three years since that study was conducted, I have received more light. After I came to this country, I saw the value, the preciousness, of Joseph’s dreams, which are the controlling view of these chapters. If you have not seen the vision of Joseph’s dreams, you will be able to know no more than the story contained in these chapters. You will not be able to know the depths of the significance of this story. Joseph’s dreams controlled and directed his life. Joseph conducted himself in such an excellent way as the reigning aspect of a mature life under the direction of this controlling vision.
4三十七章开始是告诉我们，雅各如何爱他亲爱的儿子约瑟，以及约瑟如何将他哥哥们的恶行报给他的父亲，然后告诉我们约瑟的梦。（创三七5～10。）在这些日子主给我们看见，约瑟的梦启示出神子民在祂眼中的真实光景。神的子民都是生命的禾捆。禾捆就是一捆满了生命和生命供应的麦子。禾捆含有适合作生命供应的生命子粒。不要说，『我不喜欢以色列人，因为他们很邪恶。』要记得外邦申言者巴兰受贿咒诅以色列人的事例。那时，以色列人的确很邪恶。然而，巴兰在神的管治之下说，神未见雅各中有罪孽，未见以色列中有奸恶。（民二三21。）反而，在神眼中，所有神的选民都是生命的禾捆，满了生命的供应。不仅如此，神的子民也像照耀在天空的众星。创世记的记载告诉我们这两个梦以后，就启示约瑟的哥哥们图谋杀害他，以及他被卖到埃及为奴。在三十八章，我们看见犹大乱伦的罪；在三十九章，约瑟受到最黑暗的试诱，和最不公平的对待。照这几章事件的次序，我们看见约瑟超特的行为是在他梦的指引之下。在第一个梦里，他看见自己是一捆禾捆；他不是下拜的禾捆，乃是站著的禾捆。我信约瑟作过那梦以后，就晓得神把他放在那里，要他成为甚么。他无疑领会神要他成为这样的禾捆。他不是要成为满了死亡的浮木，乃是要成为站著、满了生命的禾捆。你若有过这样的梦，即使不受牠控制，难道不受牠影响么？这梦岂不管治你的行为，指引你的举止么？必然会的。我信约瑟的禾捆之梦，指引了他的行为。
4Chapter thirty-seven begins by telling us how Jacob loved his dear son Joseph, and how Joseph reported the evils of his brothers to his father. Then we are told about Joseph’s dreams (37:5-10). In these days the Lord has shown us that Joseph’s dreams reveal the actual situation of God’sp eople in His eyes. God’sp eople are all sheaves of life. A sheaf is a bundle of wheat full of life and life supply. The sheaves contain life grains which are good for life supply. Do not say, “I don’t like the Israelites, because they are so evil.” Remember the case of the Gentile prophet Balaam who was bribed to pronounce a curse upon Israel. At that time, Israel actually was evil. Nevertheless, Balaam, under the control of God, said that God had not beheld iniquity in Jacob nor perverseness in Israel (Num. 23:21). On the contrary, in God’s e yes all His chosen people are sheaves of life, full of life supply. Furthermore, God’sp eople are like stars shining in the sky. After telling us of these two dreams, the record of the book of Genesis reveals that Joseph’s brothers plotted to kill him and that he was sold into slavery in Egypt. In chapter thirty-eight we see the incestuous sin of Judah, and in chapter thirty-nine, the darkest temptation and most unjust treatment of Joseph. According to the sequence of events in these chapters, we see that Joseph’s excellent behavior was under the direction of his dreams. In his first dream he saw that he was one of the sheaves; and he was not a sheaf falling down, but a sheaf rising up. I believe that from the time of that dream Joseph realized where God had put him and what God wanted him to be. He no doubt understood that God wanted him to be such a sheaf. He was not to be driftwood full of death, but a sheaf standing up full of life. If you had had such a dream, would you not be influenced, if not controlled, by it? Would this dream not govern your behavior and direct your conduct? Certainly it would. I believe that Joseph’s dream of the sheaf directed his behavior.
5第二个梦，就是太阳、月亮和十二颗星的梦，也是这样。假定你梦见你是受别的星敬拜的星。结果你不高估自己么？你岂不说，『天哪，我是一颗星！我不是蝎子，或低下、黑暗的东西。我乃是照耀在诸天之上明亮的星。』你若是看见这样的异象，这异象岂不控制你么？这异象即使没有控制你的一生，至少会管治你一段时间。你的行事为人会开始像照耀的星，你会说，『昨晚我梦见我是受众星敬拜的星。从现在起，我的行动必须像这样一颗明亮的星。从前我是黑暗的，但我不可再这样了。反而，我必须是明亮且照耀的。』约瑟的行事为人这样超特美妙，乃因他受梦中所见异象的指引。我们看到小孩子受电视上所见之事的影响。我看到自己的孙儿表演他们在某个节目中所看见的。若是小孩子尚且受所见之事的影响，那青年人约瑟岂不更受属天异象的影响么！在异象中，他是站著、满了生命的禾捆，也是受众星敬拜的星！你岂不相信约瑟受这异象的影响，并且留下深刻的印象么？我确实相信。我所强调的是，约瑟超特美妙的行为乃是由于他所得著的异象。他那两个梦的异象控制他的生活，并指引他的行为。他的行为如同站著且满了生命的禾捆，他的举止好像照耀在黑暗里的属天之星。有这种观点，你就能领会这三章的属灵意义。
5This was also true of the second dream, the dream of the sun, the moon, and twelve stars. Suppose you had a dream in which you were the star that was worshipped by the other stars. Would you not as a result esteem yourself highly? Would you not say, “My, I am a star! I am not a scorpion or something low and dark. I am a bright star shining in the heavens.” If you had been the one to see such a vision, would it not control you? If it did not control you for the rest of your life, it would at least govern you for a period of time. You would begin to behave like a shining star and say, “Last night I saw that I was the star worshipped by all the other stars. From now on, I must act like such a bright star. In the past I have been dark, but I must not be like this any longer. Instead, I must be bright and shining.” Joseph behaved so excellently and marvelously because he was directed by the vision he saw in his dreams. Children are influenced by what they see on television. I have observed my own grandchildren act out what they saw on a certain program. If even the little ones are influenced by what they see, then how much more was the young man Joseph influenced by the heavenly vision, the vision that he was a sheaf rising up full of life and that he was a star worshipped by all the other stars! Do you not believe that Joseph was influenced and impressed by this vision? I definitely believe that he was. The point I am making is that Joseph’s excellent and marvelous behavior was due to the vision he received. The vision of his two dreams controlled his life and directed his behavior. He behaved as the sheaf standing up and full of life, and he conducted himself like a heavenly star shining in the darkness. With this viewpoint, you are able to understand the significance of these three chapters
ａ他的哥哥们发泄怒气
A. His Brothers Giving Vent to Their Anger
6在这几章里，记载著两个大罪。三十七章有怒气的罪。（创三七18～28。）约瑟的哥哥们抓住机会发尽他们的怒气。这不是微不足道的怒气事例。约瑟的哥哥们图谋杀害的人不是盗贼，乃是他们的骨肉亲兄弟，他们自己的父亲亲爱的儿子。他们若有一点人性的情爱，绝不会考虑作这样的事。不过，流便确实想到这事会影响他们的父亲；犹大也题议不要害死他，只要将他卖掉，这比流他的血好多了。无论如何，在三十七章我们看见约瑟哥哥们的怒气。在下一章，就是三十八章，我们看见犹大放纵情欲，甚至乱伦。（创三八15～18。）人堕落以后，产生的第一个结果就是杀害肉身的兄弟。而带进洪水作为神对堕落族类审判的罪，乃是放纵情欲。这两种罪，谋杀肉身兄弟并放纵情欲，又在这里重犯。
6In these chapters two gross sins are recorded. In chapter thirty-seven there is the sin of anger (37:18-28). Joseph’s brothers seized the opportunity to give full vent to their anger. This was not an insignificant case of anger. The one Joseph’s brothers were plotting to kill was not a thief, but their own brother in the flesh, the dear son of their own father. If they had had any human affection at all, they would never have considered doing such a thing. Reuben, however, did think of how it would affect their father; and Judah suggested that they not kill him, but sell him, which was far superior to shedding his blood. Nevertheless, in chapter thirty-seven we see the anger of Joseph’s brothers. In the next chapter, chapter thirty-eight, we have Judah’s indulgence in lust, even in incest (38:15-18). After the fall of man, the first issue to come forth was the killing of a brother in the flesh. And the sin that brought in the flood as God’s judgment upon the fallen race was the indulgence in lust. These two sins, the sins of murdering a brother in the flesh and of indulging in lust, are repeated here.
ｂ约瑟脱出怒气，在死亡的境域中存活
B. Joseph Emerging from Anger, Surviving in a Death Situation
7约瑟哥哥们的怒气给他机会，像生命的禾捆一样生活。他的哥哥们都沉溺在怒气的水中，约瑟这成熟生命掌权的一面，却从人怒气的死水中脱出，像生命的禾捆一样生活。在神的默示之下，这段记载用堕落的怒气作背景，证明禾捆中有多少的生命。这禾捆充满了生命。当其余的人都沉没在人怒气的死水中，这禾捆却得以脱出，并在死亡的境域中存活。这岂不也是我们生活的记载么？一天又一天，我们被人怒气的死水所包围。但我们没有沉溺，反倒脱出死水而存活。倘若这是你日常生活的图画，那么你就是得胜生命掌权的一面。虽然按人来说，我们易于发脾气，但我们有基督的构成，这构成脱出怒气的境域。因此，我们是今日的约瑟，是升起且站立的生命禾捆。
7The anger of his brothers afforded Joseph the opportunity to live as a sheaf of life. While all his brothers were drowning in the water of anger, Joseph, the reigning aspect of the mature life, lived as a sheaf of life, emerging from the death water of human anger. The record, under God’sin spiration, uses fallen anger as the background to demonstrate how much life was in the sheaf. This sheaf was filled with life. When all the rest had sunk into the death water of human anger, this sheaf emerged and survived in that situation of death. Is this not also the record of our life? Day after day, we are surrounded by the death water of human anger. But instead of drowning, we emerge out of the death water and survive. If this is a portrait of your daily life, then you are the reigning aspect of the victorious life. Although, humanly speaking, we are prone to lose our temper, we nonetheless have the constitution of Christ that emerges out of the situation of anger. Thus, we are today’s Josephs, sheaves of life rising up and standing up
2 生活如发光的星
II. LIVING AS A STAR OF LIGHT
ａ他的哥哥犹大放纵情欲
A. His Brother Judah Indulging in Lust
8第二个大罪，就是放纵情欲，也给约瑟一个机会。在三十八章所见的放纵情欲，是黑暗的表号。在这章里，犹大完全在黑暗中。犹大盲目行事，而盲目表征黑暗。倘若他不是盲目的，不在黑暗里，怎会与他的儿妇行淫？他的良心何在？他的视力何在？他的眼睛变暗了，并受到蒙蔽，他是在黑暗中。在三十九章，那邪恶的妇人，波提乏的妻子，也是在黑暗中。她若不在黑暗中，行为怎会这样邪恶？因此，在三十八、三十九章，有黑暗的图画。
8The second gross sin, the indulgence in lust, also afforded Joseph an opportunity. The indulgence in lust seen in chapter thirty-eight is a symbol of darkness. In this chapter Judah was utterly in darkness. Judah behaved in a blind way, and blindness signifies darkness. If he had not been in blindness, in darkness, how could he have committed adultery with his daughter-in-law? Where was his conscience? Where was his eyesight? His eyes had been blackened and blinded, and he was in darkness. That evil woman in chapter thirty-nine, the wife of Potiphar, was also in darkness. If she had not been in darkness, how could she have behaved in such an evil way? Thus, in chapters thirty- eight and thirty-nine we have a portrait of darkness
ｂ约瑟胜过情欲，在黑暗中照耀
B. Joseph Overcoming Lust, Shining in Darkness
9但在这黑暗中，我们看见约瑟是照耀在诸天之上的明亮之星。（创三九7～12。）约瑟行事为人像一颗照耀的星，他似乎说，『你们众人都在黑暗之下，我却照耀你们。我这明亮的星，怎能作这样黑暗的事？我不能忘记我的梦。我的梦控制我，并指引我。我是属天的星，绝不会出卖我的地位。』你若有这光，当你来读这几章，就会看见约瑟是生活与异象相符的人。约瑟不仅是作梦的人，也是将他在梦中所看见的实行、活出来的人。身为今日的约瑟，我们也必须有一些梦。别人应当说我们是作梦的人。我的许多基督徒朋友认为我是作梦的人。他们谈到得胜的生活和召会生活的实行，曾经对我说，『李弟兄，这些是美妙的想法，但这些不过是梦。没有人能在地上过这样得胜的生活，也不可能有召会生活的实行。我们必须等候那日。我们不要再作梦了。让我们从梦中醒来罢。』但我不仅有梦－我实行我在梦中所看见的。你也许以为我不过是作梦的人，但我也是充分将梦付诸实行的人。我能作见证，有得胜的生活并有实行的召会生活，是非常可能的。这不仅仅是我的梦；这乃是我的实行和经历。就像约瑟一样，我有过一些梦，就是禾捆的梦和明亮之星的梦。因著主的怜悯，我照著我的梦生活。我照著我所看见的异象行事为人。虽然有些人说，『这些不过是梦，毫无实现的可能，』但我必须宣告，这些乃是事实的属天启示。你岂不相信得胜的生活是完全可能的么？你岂不相信今天就可以有实行的召会生活么？我们不是在徒然作梦。我们有控制的异象。我们都知道发脾气是怎么回事。我也不例外。然而，当我快要发脾气时，禾捆的异象来了。主问我说，『你是站著的禾捆么？倘若是，那么你的脾气如何？』主这样对我一说，我再回应祂，我的怒气就消失了。我即使想要发脾气，也发不出来了。我们大家生活不动怒、不发脾气是可能的。当你快要发脾气时，主也许会说，『你是禾捆么？你是在召会中，在主恢复中的人么？』你一说你是禾捆，你的怒气就消失了。
9But in the midst of this darkness we see Joseph as a bright star shining in the heavens (39:7-12). Conducting himself as a shining star, Joseph seemed to be saying, “All you people are under darkness, but I am shining upon you. How can I, a bright star, do such a dark thing? I cannot forget my dream. My dream controls me and directs me. As a heavenly star, I would never sell my position.” If you have this light as you come to these chapters, you will see that Joseph was one who lived a life that corresponded to his vision. Joseph was not only a dreamer; he was also one who practiced, one who lived out, what he saw in his dream. As today’s Josephs, we also must have some dreams. Others should say that we are dreamers. Many of my Christian friends consider me a dreamer. In talking about the overcoming life and the practice of the church life, they have said to me, “Brother Lee, these are wonderful ideas, but they are just dreams. No one can live such a victorious life on this earth, and it is impossible to have the practice of the church life. We must wait for that day. Let’s not dream anymore. Rather, let’s wake up from the dreams.” But I not only have dreams — I practice what I see in my dreams. You may think that I am merely a dreamer, but I am also one who fully puts my dreams into practice. I can testify that it is very possible to have an overcoming life and to have the practical church life. This is not simply my dream; it is my practice and my experience. Like Joseph, I have had some dreams, the dream of the sheaves and of the bright stars. By the Lord’s mercy, I have lived according to my dreams. I have behaved and conducted myself according to the vision I have seen. Although some say, “These are merely dreams without any possibility of fulfillment,” I must declare that these are heavenly revelations of the facts. Do you not believe that the victorious life is entirely possible? And do you not believe that the practical church life is available today? We are not dreaming in vain. We have a vision that controls us. We all know what it is to lose our temper. I am no exception. It is not a good thing to keep our temper within us. On the contrary, in a sense we feel better when we give vent to it. However, when I am about to lose my temper, the vision of the sheaf comes, and the Lord asks me, “Are you a sheaf rising up? If you are, then what about your temper?” As soon as the Lord speaks to me in this way and I respond to Him, my anger is gone. Even if I wanted to lose my temper, I would not be able to do so. It is possible for us all to live without anger and loss of temper. As you are about to lose your temper, the Lord may say, “Are you a sheaf? Are you one in the church, in the Lord’s recovery?” As soon as you say that you are a sheaf, your anger will vanish.
10我们如何有怒气，也如何有情欲。你若没有情欲，那么你必是板凳或石头。每个人都有情欲。控制我们情欲的路，乃是受异象所征服、控制并指引。哦，我们有异象控制我们！没有异象，民就放肆。因为我们已经看见异象，我们就很难放纵情欲。异象的功用很像车子的煞车。在危险的时候，我们便踩煞车。属天之星的异象，是我们属灵车子有力的煞车。我们不是在驾驶无法控制的车子。当我们在对的车道上正确的行驶时，无须使用煞车。但车子开始失去控制时，煞车就立刻用上了。阿利路亚，我们有这样一个控制的异象！我们许多人能作见证，我们在进入召会生活以前，就像没有煞车的车子。但在进入召会生活以后，我们看见了控制的异象，有力的煞车就安装在我们的车子里。在召会生活这里，我们有禾捆的异象和星的异象。
10Just as we all have anger, we also have lust. If you have no lust, then you must be a bench or a stone. Every human being has lust. The way to control our lust is to be subdued, controlled, and directed by the vision. Oh, we have a vision controlling us! The people perish when they do not have a vision. Because we have seen the vision, it is very difficult for us to indulge in lust. The function of the vision is similar to that of brakes in a car. In times of danger, we step on the brakes. The vision of the heavenly star is a powerful brake for our spiritual car. We are not driving a car that is without controls. When we are driving properly in the right lane, there is no need to use the brakes. But when the car begins to go out of control, the brakes work immediately. Hallelujah for such a controlling vision! Many of us can testify that before we came into the church life, we were like a car without brakes. But after coming into the church life, we saw the controlling vision, and powerful brakes were installed in our car. Here in the church life we have the vision of the sheaf and the vision of the star
3 过国度的生活
III. LIVING THE KINGDOM LIFE
11约瑟在属天异象之下的生活，乃是马太五、六、七章所描述诸天之国的生活。照著马太这几章所启示属天之国的宪法，我们的怒气必须被制伏，我们的情欲必须被征服。（太五21～32。）我们若声称是国度的子民，却不能制伏我们的怒气，或征服我们的情欲，我们就了了。我们就不是在国度里，而是在海边。我们是发泄怒气，并放纵情欲的人。但所有国度的子民都制伏他们的怒气，并征服他们的情欲。这就是国度的生活。在今天国度的生活里，君王正在受训练。我们在国度生活里的国度子民，正在受训练，要作君王，作约瑟，成为成熟生命掌权的一面。为此，我们必须制伏我们的怒气，并征服我们的情欲。约瑟的生平是我们今日经历一幅何等美妙的图画！一天又一天，我们制伏我们的怒气，并征服我们的情欲。我们不赞同我们的怒气，不与我们的情欲合作，反倒弃绝我们的怒气，并定罪我们的情欲，因为我们是成熟生命掌权的一面。在我们里面有基督的构成，我们正豫备作王掌权。
11Joseph’s life under the heavenly vision was the life of the kingdom of the heavens described in Matthew 5, 6, and 7. According to the constitution of the heavenly kingdom revealed in these chapters in Matthew, our anger must be subdued and our lust conquered (Matt. 5:21-32). If we claim to be the kingdom people, yet we cannot subdue our anger or conquer our lust, we are finished. Instead of being in the kingdom, we are on the seashore. We are those giving vent to our anger and indulging in lust. But all the kingdom people subdue their anger and conquer their lust. This is the kingdom life. In the kingdom life today, kings are being trained. We, the kingdom people in the kingdom life, are being trained to be kings, to be Josephs, to be the reigning aspect of the mature life. For this, we must subdue our anger and conquer our lust. What a wonderful picture Joseph’s life is of our experience today! Day by day, we are subduing our anger and conquering our lust. Instead of agreeing with our anger or cooperating with our lust, we reject our anger and condemn our lust, because we are the reigning aspect of the mature life. We have the constitution of Christ within us, and we are being prepared to reign as kings.
4 享受主的同在
IV. ENJOYING THE LORD’S PRESENCE
12约瑟这样的生活总有主的同在。（创三九2～5，21～23。）那里有主的同在，那里就有权柄。你若有主的同在，主的权柄就必与你同在。例如，在被掳时，但以理有主的同在；所以，主的权柄与他同在。甚至家中的小孩子也可能有主的同在，叫他成为家中真正的权柄。在约瑟的事例中，法老宫中的内臣波提乏是管理事务的。然而，最终波提乏是在约瑟的管治之下，因为约瑟有主的同在。再看约瑟在监狱中的经历。虽然有管治监狱的司狱，但最终司狱并不是真正的管治者，那有神同在的囚犯约瑟，反而成了管治者。在波提乏家里，在监狱里，约瑟都成了君王。那里有基督的构成同神的同在，那里就有掌权的部分。在要来的国度里，与基督在诸天的国里一同作王的，就是这部分。因此，成熟生命掌权的一面，就是一直享受主同在的生活。在这宇宙中的权柄乃是主自己。那里有祂的同在，那里就有权柄，就有管治的能力。只要我们有主的同在，我们就有权柄，即使我们是在监狱里。虽然我们也许是囚犯，但最终我们要成为管治者。无论我们在那里，我们都要管治。这指明我们是成熟生命掌权的一面。
12A life such as Joseph’s always has the presence of the Lord (39:2-5, 21-23). Wherever the presence of the Lord is, there is authority. If you have the presence of the Lord, the authority of the Lord will be with you. For example, in captivity Daniel had the Lord’s presence; therefore, the Lord’s authority was with him. Even a child in a family may have the Lord’s presence and therefore be the genuine authority in that family. In the case of Joseph, Potiphar, an officer in Pharaoh’sp a lace, was in control of things. Eventually, however, Potiphar was under Joseph’s control because Joseph had the Lord’s presence. Also consider Joseph’s experience in prison. Although there was a ruler over the prison, eventually this ruler was not the actual ruler. Instead, Joseph, a prisoner who had the presence of God, became the ruler. Both in Potiphar’sho use and in the prison Joseph became king. Wherever the constitution of Christ goes with the presence of God, there will be the reigning part. In the coming kingdom it will be this part that will be the co- kings with Christ in the kingdom of the heavens. Thus, the reigning aspect of the mature life is a life that always enjoys the presence of the Lord. The authority in this universe is the Lord Himself. Wherever His presence is, there is authority, the ruling power. As long as we have the Lord’s presence, we have authority, even if we are in prison. Although we may be prisoners, we shall eventually become rulers. We shall rule wherever we are. This indicates that we are the reigning aspect of the mature life
ａ靠主顺利
A. Prospered by the Lord
13在主的同在中，约瑟靠主顺利。（创三九2～3，23。）那里有主的同在，那里就不但有主的权柄，也有主的主宰所带来的顺利。当约瑟受到苦待时，他享受了那在主的主宰之下临到他的顺利。
13In the presence of the Lord, Joseph was prospered by Him (39:2-3, 23). Where the presence of the Lord is, there is not only the Lord’s authority, but also prosperity brought about by the Lord’s sovereignty. While Joseph was undergoing ill-treatment, he enjoyed the prosperity that came to him under the Lord’s sovereignty
ｂ蒙恩得主赐福
B. The Favor with the Lord’s Blessing
14在主的同在中，约瑟无论在那里，都蒙恩得主祝福。主的祝福总是随著在祂主宰之下的顺利。当约瑟享受顺利时，他和那些与他有关的人都蒙了祝福。（创三九4～5，22～23。）
14In the Lord’s presence, Joseph was favored with the Lord’s blessing wherever he was. The Lord’s blessing always accompanies prosperity under His sovereignty. When Joseph enjoyed prosperity, he and those who were involved with him were blessed (39:4-5, 22-23).