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创世记生命读经 · 第28篇

从人第三次堕落蒙拯救的路（一）

The Way of Salvation from Man’s Third Fall (1)
1在本篇信息中，我们继续研读人第三次的堕落。虽然没有人喜欢听『堕落』这辞，但我们需要领会，创世记这本书中所描绘的堕落乃是背景，为要陪衬出一幅非常积极的图画，表明神对于堕落的人所作的。创世记的记载，主要的目的不是要表明堕落，乃是要表明神的恩典能为堕落的人作那么多。堕落是个黑色的背景，帮助我们看到白色的图画。没有黑色的背景，白色的图画就不会给人深刻的印象。在创世记三章我们看到人第一次的堕落，并神为堕落的人类所作的。在创世记四章我们看到人第二次的堕落，并神为堕落的人进一步所作的。在本篇信息中，我们来看因著人第三次的堕落，神作了些甚么。
1In this message we continue our study of the third fall of man. Although no one likes to hear the word “fall,” we need to realize that the falls portrayed in the book of Genesis are the background of a very positive picture which shows what God has done with the fallen human race. The main purpose of the record of Genesis is not to show the fall, but to show how much God’s grace can do for fallen people. The fall is a black background which helps us see a white picture. Without the black background, the white picture would not be so impressive. In Genesis 3 we saw man’s first fall and what God did for fallen mankind. In Genesis 4 we saw man’s second fall and something further which God did for the fallen people. In this message we shall see what God did as a result of man’s third fall
ｅ从第三次的堕落蒙拯救之路
5. The Way of Salvation from the Third Fall
2我们思考人第三次的堕落，会看见神为堕落的人所作更多的事。亚当和夏娃在第一次堕落以后，蒙了拯救。蒙拯救不是一件小事。虽然亚当和夏娃堕落了，但他们却蒙了拯救。亚当说，『活，』夏娃说，『我已经得著了。』亚当和夏娃蒙拯救不是靠他们自己，乃是靠基督，祂是神的羔羊和女人的后裔。看过了神如何对待亚当和夏娃，我们看见亚伯向神献上祭物和礼物。（来十一4。）祭物的献上是为著他的罪，礼物的呈上是为著神的喜悦。堕落的人能得神的喜悦么？亚伯是个堕落的人，但他得了神的喜悦。他不但蒙了拯救，也使神满意。亚伯得神喜悦不是靠自己、凭自己；乃是靠基督、凭基督。我们从亚当到亚伯，又从亚伯到以挪士。以挪士起始了呼求主名以享受主一切丰富的事。到以挪士的事例就不只是救恩或得神喜悦的事，更是呼求主，使人享受祂一切所是的事。当我们从创世记四章读到五章，我们发现更多的丰富。在五章我们看见得救的人活、生、并与神同行。这一切之后，在六章还有更多。在创世记六章我们看见挪亚当然是得救的、得神喜悦的、呼喊主名、并享受祂之一切所是的。挪亚也活并生，因他生了三个儿子。除了得救的人这一切积极方面的生活以外，创世记六章还给我们看见更多的项目。
2As we consider the third fall of man, we shall see more of what God has done for fallen people. After the first fall, Adam and Eve were saved. It is not a small thing to be saved. Although Adam and Eve were fallen, they nevertheless were saved. Adam said, “Living,” and Eve said, “I have acquired.” Adam and Eve were not saved by themselves, but by Christ who is the Lamb of God and the seed of woman. After seeing how God dealt with Adam and Eve, we saw that Abel offered sacrifice and gifts to God (Heb. 11:4). Sacrifice was offered for his sins, and gifts were presented for God’s pleasure. Can a fallen man please God? Abel was a fallen man, but he pleased God. He was not only saved, he also satisfied God. Abel did not please God by and with himself; he pleased God by and with Christ. We go from Adam to Abel and from Abel to Enosh. Enosh initiated the matter of calling on the name of the Lord to enjoy all His riches. With the case of Enosh, it was not just a matter of salvation or of pleasing God, but of calling on the Lord that man might enjoy all that He is. As we proceed from Genesis 4 to Genesis 5, we find even more riches. In chapter five we learn that the saved ones lived, begat, and walked with God. After all of this, there is still more in chapter six. In Genesis 6 we see that Noah certainly was saved, pleased God, called on the name of the Lord, and enjoyed all that He is. Noah also lived and begat, for he begat three sons. In addition to all of these positive aspects of the life of the saved ones, Genesis 6 shows us even more items
（一） 与神同行
a. Walking with God
3创世记六章九节告诉我们，挪亚与神同行。毫无疑问，挪亚从他的先祖，就如亚当、亚伯、以挪士、以诺等，承继了一切属灵的祝福，并且跟随他的曾祖父以诺，在弯曲、悖谬、淫乱的世代，与神同行。我确实相信他听到曾祖父以诺敬虔的行事为人，必然受了深切的影响。挪亚代表生命线刚强的延续，并大大加以发展，使这条线更往前。
3Genesis 6:9 tells us that Noah walked with God. Undoubtedly, Noah inherited all the spiritual blessings from his forefathers, such as Adam, Abel, Enosh, Enoch, etc. and he followed his great grandfather, Enoch, to walk with God in a crooked, perverse, and adulterous generation. I do believe that he was much influenced by hearing of his great grandfather Enoch’s godly walk. Noah stood for a strong continuation of the line of life and, with much development, he carried it on further.
（1） 在耶和华眼中得恩典
1) Finding Grace in the Eyes of the Lord
4创世记六章八节说，『但挪亚在耶和华眼中得恩典。』（另译。）在耶和华眼中得恩典不是一件小事。『得恩典』是甚么意思？请注意这节不是说，神对挪亚有恩惠，或说神施恩给挪亚。不，这里是说挪亚得恩典。要记得创世记是一卷充满属灵种子的书。在六章八节这里是圣经中第一次题到恩典。挪亚能以是他所是的，乃是因他在耶和华眼中得恩典。
4Genesis 6:8 says, “But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.” Finding grace in the eyes of the Lord is not a small thing. What does “finding grace” mean? Notice that this verse does not say that God was gracious to Noah, or that the Lord granted grace to Noah. No, it says that Noah found grace. Remember that Genesis is a book filled with spiritual seeds. Here, in 6:8, we have the first mention of grace in the Bible. Noah was able to be what he was because he found grace in the eyes of the Lord
5希伯来四章十六节告诉我们，只管坦然无惧的来到施恩的宝座前，为要受怜悯，得恩典，作应时的帮助。我年轻的时候几乎每天都祷告说，『主，我来到施恩的宝座前。在你的施恩宝座前，我得著恩典作我应时的帮助。主，我每分钟都需要你的恩典。我不仅每年、每周、每天、每小时需要你的恩典，更是每分钟都需要你的恩典。没有你的恩典，我简直甚么也不能承当。』今天我仍然每分钟需要主的恩典。或许几分钟后有我的家人难为我，要不然就是一位弟兄来麻烦我，或许我接到一位姊妹的电话。所以我不断的告诉主：『主，我每分钟都需要你的恩典。我知道你是有恩典的，并且你为我豫备了恩典。主，因为恩典需要我的合作，我跪在施恩的宝座前，要得恩典以应付我的需要。』很多时候我们简直无法忍受我们的环境，并且不能面对将要遭遇的事。然而，有一个地方叫作施恩的宝座。你坦然无惧的来到施恩的宝座前，就能得怜悯和恩典，作应时的帮助。
5Hebrews 4:16 tells us to come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace in time of need. When I was young, nearly every day in my prayers I would say, “Lord, I am coming to the throne of grace. At Your throne of grace I find grace for my timely need. Lord, I need Your grace every minute. I not only need Your grace every year, every week, every day, and every hour, but every minute. Without Your grace, I simply cannot bear anything.” Today I still need the Lord’s grace every minute. Perhaps in a few minutes my folks will give me a difficult time, or else one of the brothers will come to bother me. Perhaps I will receive a phone call from a sister. So, I keep on telling the Lord, “Lord, I need Your grace every minute. I know that You are gracious and that You have grace ready for me. Lord, since grace needs my cooperation, I kneel before the throne of grace to find grace to meet my need.” Many times we simply cannot stand our situation and we cannot face what is happening to us. However, there is a place called the throne of grace. Come boldly to the throne of grace that you may find mercy and grace for your time of need
6你相信挪亚靠自己能在耶和华眼中得恩典么？我不相信他是靠自己这样作的。洪水在亚当被造后一千六百五十六年来临。亚当活了九百三十岁。这样，自亚当死去那年至洪水来临，共有七百二十六年。亚当六百二十二岁时，以诺出生，以诺和亚当同活了三百零八年。亚当死后，以诺又活了五十七年，然后被神取去。再过六十九年，挪亚出生。所以挪亚出生在亚当死后一百二十六年。以诺六十五岁时生玛土撒拉，然后又活了三百年被神取去。玛土撒拉活了九百六十九岁，在挪亚六百岁那年死去，然后洪水就来了。亳无疑问，以诺从他的先祖知道了神的事，或许甚至直接从亚当知道。以诺将他的儿子起名叫『玛土撒拉，』意思是『当他死时，要差牠来，』这事实证明他将神的事教导他的儿子。玛土撒拉必定告诉他的儿子拉麦，拉麦告诉他的儿子挪亚。挪亚来自一个敬虔的家庭，并且从他先祖学到一切敬虔的事。因此，他领悟到对恩典的需要。他的世代是败坏的，充满了强暴。人类已变成了肉体。挪亚生活在一个弯曲、悖谬并邪恶的世代中。虽然如此，他的父母和祖父母教导他有关神的事，他也领悟到需要神的恩典。
6Do you believe that, by himself, Noah was able to find grace in the eyes of the Lord? I do not believe that he did this by himself. The flood came 1, 656 years after Adam was made. Adam lived for nine hundred thirty years. This leaves seven hundred twenty-six years from the year Adam died to the year the deluge came. When Adam was six hundred twenty-two years of age, Enoch was born and he lived as a contemporary of Adam for three hundred and eight years. After Adam died, Enoch still lived another fifty-seven years before he was taken by God. Sixty-nine years later Noah was born. So, Noah was born only one hundred twenty - six years after Adam’s death. When Enoch was sixty - five, he begat Methuselah and then lived for another three hundred years before he was taken away. Methuselah lived for nine hundred sixty - nine years, dying in Noah’s six hundredth year, the year the deluge came. Undoubtedly, Enoch learned the things of God from his forefathers, perhaps even learning directly from Adam. The fact that Enoch named his son “Methuselah,” which means “when he is dead, it shall be sent,” proves that he taught his son concerning God. Methuselah must have taught his son, Lamech, and Lamech his son, Noah. Noah came from a godly family and learned from his forefathers all the godly things. Thus, he came to realize his need for grace. His generation was corrupt and filled with violence. The human race had become flesh. Noah lived in a crooked, perverse, and evil generation. Nevertheless, his parents and grandparents taught him the things of God, and he realized that he needed God’s grace.
7现在我们能看见挪亚为甚么得到恩典。同章三节指出，神是豫备好要施恩给堕落的人，因为祂的灵与人相争，豫备将恩典给需要的人。然而，这恩典需要人的合作。挪亚给了那必要的合作，就得了恩典。
7Now we can see why Noah found grace. Verse 3 of the same chapter indicates that God was prepared to give grace to fallen man, because His Spirit was striving with man, ready to give grace to the needy ones. However, this grace needed human cooperation. Noah gave the necessary cooperation and he found grace
8恩典是甚么？很多基督徒以为恩典只是神所给的某种东西。如果我给你一本圣经作礼物，那是恩典。这种领会是对的，但在圣经里，恩典的意义远超过这个。恩典不仅是神所给的某种东西，更是神自己为我们作事。恩典不仅是神所给我们客观的东西，恩典乃是神自己临到我们，为我们作事。你软弱么？神要来作你的力量，神那个来就是恩典。你不能面对你的处境么？那不该是个问题，因为神要与你站在一起，为著你并在你里面面对这处境。这是恩典。你若细读创世记六章，会看见这里的恩典不是指神给挪亚许多东西，乃是指神临到挪亚，并与挪亚同在。神的同在乃是挪亚的力量和动力。挪亚不但在客观方面享受神给他的事物，他更享受神自己。在一个弯曲、悖谬和淫乱的世代，这世代的试诱没有人能抗拒，但挪亚在耶和华眼中蒙恩。神来加强挪亚，与挪亚站在一起并支持挪亚。那就是挪亚所得的恩典，也是我们今天所需要的恩典。
8What is grace? Most Christians think that grace is merely something given by God. If I give you a Bible as a present, that is grace. Although this understanding is correct, in the Bible grace means much more than that. Grace is not only something given by God, but it is God Himself doing things for us. Grace is not merely something objective that is given to us by God. Grace is God Himself coming to us and doing things for us. Are you weak? God will come to be your strength, and that coming of God is grace. Are you unable to face your situation? That need not be a problem, because God will come to stand with you and face that situation for and in you. This is grace. If you read Genesis 6 carefully, you will see that grace here does not mean that God gave Noah many things. It means that God came to Noah and was with Noah. God’s presence was Noah’s strength and power. Noah not only enjoyed something given to him by God objectively, but he enjoyed God Himself. In the midst of a crooked, perverse, and adulterous generation, a generation whose temptations no one could withstand, Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. God came to strengthen Noah that He might stand with him and uphold him. That was the grace that Noah found, and that is the grace that we need today.
9想想看现代社会的情形。我甚至不敢看报纸，牠含有太多的试诱。当我沿街走著的时候，我不敢往橱窗里面看。这是我不喜欢进百货公司的原因。百货公司真是属鬼的，里面一切的展览陈列，都是从地狱来的。你在收音机中、工作中并学校里所听到的谈话，都是邪恶、败坏并属鬼的。要任何一个堕落的人在这样的环境中站住，都是困难的。这个时代真是弯曲、悖谬并淫乱，满了奸淫和邪荡。人们毫无羞耻的谈论不道德的事。谁能在这样一个世代站住呢？我们没有一个人能站立得住。我们都有堕落的性情，所有的人都有同样的邪恶性情。我们需要恩典。我们必须坦然无惧的来到施恩的宝座前，说，『主，我在这里，我需要你的恩典。我来不是求你给我好东西，我来是要得恩典以应付我的需要。主，没有你的同在，我不能去工作或上学。主，没有你的同在，我不能去百货公司。主，我需要你与我站在一起。请你来，作我的力量。主，托住我，支持我。』
9Consider the situation in modern society. I do not even dare to look at a newspaper. It contains too many temptations. While I am walking along the street, I do not dare to look into the show windows. This is the reason that I do not like to go into the department store. Department stores are more than devilish, and all the exhibitions and displays in them come from hell. The talk you hear on the radio, at work, and at school is evil, corrupt, and devilish. It is hard for anyone as a fallen person to stand in such a situation. This age is truly crooked, perverse, and adulterous; it is full of fornication and immorality. People talk about immorality without one bit of shame. Who can stand in such a generation? Not one of us is able to stand. We all have a fallen nature within us, the same evil nature that all men have. We need grace. We must come to the throne of grace boldly and say, “Lord, I am here. I need Your grace. I am not coming to ask You to give me good things. I am coming to find grace to meet my need. Lord, I cannot go to work or to school without Your presence. Lord, I cannot go to a department store without Your presence. Lord, I need You to stand with me. Come to be my strength. Lord, uphold me and sustain me
10离婚这件事，对今天的年轻人是极大的试诱。试诱是在外面，情欲是在里面。在这样一个时代中谁能站立得住？试诱是这样大！因为我们没有一个人能站立得住，我们就需要恩典作今天的挪亚。只有恩典能使你与你的妻子或丈夫成为一。只有恩典能帮助我们爱我们的妻子或丈夫，始终不变。没有恩典我们谁也不能这样作，因为试诱太多了。这时代的潮流和趋向太强了。人们似乎认为，你若不离婚，就不时髦。他们说，为要赶上时代，你必须离婚。我们何等需要恩典！我们需要神来作我们的力量和一切。这是恩典。这是挪亚所需要的，也是我们今天所需要的。挪亚得到了这恩典，我们也必须得到。因为挪亚得了恩典，所以他容易与神同行。
10The matter of divorce is a great temptation to the young people today. The temptations are without and the lusts are within. Who can stand in such an age? There is such great temptation! Because none of us is able to stand, we need the grace to be today’s Noah. Only grace can enable you to be one with your wife or husband. Only grace can help us to love our husbands or wives without change. None of us can do it without grace, for there is too much temptation. The tide, current, and trend of the age are too strong. People seem to think that if you are not divorced, you are not modern. They say that in order to be up-to-date you must be divorced. How we need grace! We need God to come to us to be our strength and everything we need. This is grace. This is what Noah needed and what we also need today. Noah found it, and we also must find it. Because Noah found grace, it was easy for him to walk with God
11父母关心他们在学校的子女。今天在学校中，孩子们面临最大的试诱是吸毒问题。即使在小学里也有吸海洛因的。真是可怜！年幼的孩子们不能抗拒这种试诱。他们需要恩典。没有一种瘾癖是你靠自己能胜过的。你需要来到施恩的宝座前得恩典。挪亚得了恩典，他就与神同行。恩典帮助他与神同行。
11Parents are concerned about their children in school. The biggest temptation that the children face in the schools today is the matter of drugs. Even in the elementary schools there are heroin addicts. This is pitiful! The young children cannot stand against this kind of temptation. They need grace. There is no addiction that you can overcome by yourself. You need to come to the throne of grace and find grace. Noah found grace and he walked with God. Grace helped him to walk with God.
（2） 因著信
2) By Faith
12挪亚因著信（来十一7）与神同行。我们在罗马书生命读经的信息中曾指出，信不是从我们自己产生出来的。信乃是神的一些东西灌输到我们里面。我们越多摸神的施恩座，越多仰望主，就越被祂所是的一切灌输并注入。当祂灌输并注入到我们里面，祂所注入到我们里面的神圣成分就成了我们的信。当你摸施恩座并且被神灌输的时候，你就会自然的相信神。不需要你努力去信祂。神的成分一旦注入到你里面，从你里面就有一种东西涌出来要相信祂。那就是所灌输到你里面神的自己，替你来相信。你不知道如何信，也不能信。然而，你若简单的来到施恩座前，瞻仰祂，接触祂，得恩典，你就要被信心的神所注入。祂要在你里面替你相信，祂要成为你的信。信是从这源头来的。
12Noah walked with God by faith (Heb. 11:7). As we pointed out in the Life-Study messages on Romans, faith is not something produced out from ourselves. Faith is something of God that is transfused into our being. The more we touch the throne of God and the more we look to the Lord, the more we are transfused and infused with all that He is. When He is transfused and infused into our being, His very divine element infused within us becomes our faith. When you touch the throne of grace and are transfused with God, you will believe in God spontaneously. There is no need for you to strive to believe in Him. Once God’s element has been infused into you, something within you springs up to believe in Him. That is God Himself who has been transfused into you believing for you. We do not know how to believe and we cannot believe. However, if you simply come to the throne of grace, looking unto Him, touching Him, and finding grace, you will be infused with the believing God. He will believe in and for you. He will be your faith. Faith comes from this source
（3） 被神称义
3) Justified by God
13挪亚相信神，结果就成了义人。他与神、与人并与自己，都是对的。没有一个属世的人，与神、与人或与自己是对的。然而，挪亚是个义人，（结十四14，）希伯来十一章七节也说，他『承受了那照著信而得的义。』
13Noah believed in God and, as a result, became a righteous person. He was right with God, with others, and with himself. None of the worldly people are right with God, with others, or with themselves. However, Noah was a righteous man (Ezek. 14:14), and Hebrews 11:7 says that he “became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith
14第一，挪亚得了恩典。第二，因著神已灌输到他里面，所以他相信神。因著神信的成分灌输到他里面，挪亚就有了信的机能。他相信，他的信就被神算为他的义，如同神对亚伯拉罕所作的一样。（罗四3，9。）此外，因他在耶和华眼中得恩典，这恩典就加强他，帮助他过义的生活。在他日常的行事为人中，义从他身上活出来。这种义不仅是客观的，更是主观的。首先他领受了客观的义；至终，他活出主观的义。所以，在神的眼中，挪亚承受了义。
14Firstly, Noah found grace. Secondly, because God had been transfused into him, he believed in God. Because God’s believing element was transfused into him, Noah had the believing faculty. He believed in God, and immediately his believing was reckoned unto him by God as righteousness as God did with Abraham (Rom. 4:3, 9). Moreover, because he found grace in the eyes of the Lord, this grace strengthened him and helped him to live a righteous life. In his daily walk, righteousness was lived out of him. This kind of righteousness was not merely objective, but also subjective. Firstly, he received objective righteousness; eventually, he lived out subjective righteousness. Thus, in the eyes of God, Noah inherited righteousness
15在创世记六章，我们看见三粒重要的种子：肉体、恩典和义。肉体这事在新约，特别在书信，尤其在罗马七、八章有充分的发展。我们在罗马书生命读经中已经说过，在这里不需重复。
15In the sixth chapter of Genesis, we see three important seeds: flesh, grace, and righteousness. This matter of the flesh is fully developed in the New Testament, particularly in the Epistles, and especially inRo mans 7 and 8. Since we have covered this in the Life-study of Romans, we need not to repeat it now.
16你有没有发现，神的恩典是因著肉体而临到的？『话成了肉体，支搭帐幕在我们中间，丰丰满满的有恩典…。』（约一14。）从好的一面说，那里有肉体，那里就有恩典。甚么是肉体？肉体是撒但的杰作。你知道今天撒但在那里？他就在我们的肉体中。肉体是撒但、罪和死聚集的所在。这三个大仇敌不断的在我们肉体中聚集，他们的聚集永不会散。我无法告诉你，这聚集已经过了多少千年。肉体就是这样一个丑陋的东西。
16Do you realize that God’s grace came because of the flesh? “The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us..full of grace..” (John 1:14). In a good sense, where there is flesh, there is grace. What is flesh? The flesh is Satan’s masterpiece. Do you know where Satan is today? He is in our flesh. The flesh is the meeting hall of Satan, sin, and death. These three great enemies continually meet together in the hall of our flesh, and their meeting is never dismissed. I cannot tell you how many thousands of years this meeting has been going on. The flesh is such an ugly thing
17那么，甚么是恩典呢？恩典是神自己被我们享受，以帮助我们对付肉体的情形。从某种意义说，若没有肉体，就不会那么需要恩典。若不是为著肉体，神也许不需要给我们这么多的恩典。我们曾看过，根据希伯来四章十六节，我们可以得恩典来应付我们随时的需要。甚么元素使我们需要恩典呢？主要的是肉体。我同情少年人，因为我也曾经是个少年人。当我经过了人生的各种经历，我就认识我们是多在肉体里。虽然我不喜欢在肉体里，但肉体却在这里。有一次我对主生气，对祂说，『主，你为甚么不除去我的肉体？』后来祂给我看见，从某种意义说，我需要肉体，因为肉体乃是逼我到施恩座前的因素。我对这肉体实在无计可施，我所能作的只有来到施恩的宝座前。虽然我们不能作甚么，但我们却有一个地方可去，就是施恩座。
17What then is grace? Grace is God Himself enjoyed by us and helping us to face the situation of the flesh. In a sense, if there were no flesh, grace would not be so much needed. If it were not for the flesh, probably God would not have to give us so much grace. We have seen that, according to Hebrews 4:16, we may find grace to meet our timely need. What element causes us to need grace? It is mainly the flesh. I sympathize with the young people, for I was once a young man myself. As I passed through all the human experiences, I came to realize how much we are in the flesh. Although I do not like to be in the flesh, the flesh is here. Once I got mad at the Lord and said to Him, “Lord, why don’tY ou take away my flesh?” Eventually He showed me that, in a sense, I needed the flesh, for the flesh is the very factor that compels me to come to the throne of grace. I cannot do anything with this flesh. All I can do is go to the throne of grace. Although there is nothing that we can do, yet there is somewhere that we can go—the throne of grace
18你若仔细读新约圣经，就会看见肉体在那里，恩典也在那里。这在加5:4拉太书尤其如此。加拉太五章四节说，我们若想要靠律法得称义，我们就从恩典中坠落，而在肉体里了。加拉太书对付肉体这件事，也说了许多恩典的事。不要说你没有肉体，你有很多的肉体。甚至在你读本篇信息时，还有肉体与你相争。我们要怎么办呢？为著对付肉体，让我们来到施恩的宝座前。因为肉体此时就与我们同在，因此我们需要恩典。
18If you read the New Testament carefully, you will see that where the flesh is, there also is grace. This is especially true in the book of Galatians. Galatians says that if we attempt to be justified by the law, we are fallen from grace. We are in the flesh. Galatians deals with this matter of the flesh, and it also speaks much about the matter of grace. Do not say that you do not have the flesh. You have a great deal of flesh. Even as you read this message, you have the flesh to contend with. What shall we do? Let us come to the throne of grace for the sake of dealing with the flesh. Because the flesh is here with us, we need grace.
19肉体就是魔鬼的同在，而恩典乃是神的同在。为著对付撒但的同在，我们需要神的同在。撒但在那里？不要以为撒但离你很远，他就在你里面。每一分钟，甚至你在祷告的时候，撒但就在你的肉体中。很多次我的祷告受了肉体的破坏。甚至在最神圣的时候，祷告的时候，肉体也是一个破坏。这种肉体的破坏逼我们来到施恩的宝座前。虽然肉体是撒但的同在，但我们有恩典来胜过他，抵挡他；这恩典就是神的同在。你有多刚强呢？你彀刚强来胜过撒但么？你以为你能对付他么？忘了这种想法罢！撒但比我们大多了。虽然撒但比我们大，但神比撒但更大。神是最大的。因撒但在这里与我们同在，我们需要神的同在。我们需要说，『主，你知道你的仇敌就在这里，你必须来和我站在一起抵挡他。』当神临到我们并与我们站在一起，那就是恩典。
19The flesh is the very presence of the Devil, and grace is the very presence of God. In order for us to face the presence of Satan, we need the presence of God. Where is Satan? Do not think that Satan is far away from you. He is within you. Every minute, even while you are praying, Satan is in your flesh. A good number of times my prayers have been frustrated by the flesh. Even in the holiest time, the time of prayer, the flesh is a frustration. This frustration of the flesh forces us to come to the throne of grace. Although the flesh is the presence of Satan, over and against it we have grace, which is the presence of God. How strong are you? Are you strong enough to overcome Satan? Do you think that you can deal with him? Forget such thoughts. Satan is much greater than we are. Although Satan is greater than we are, God is greater than Satan. God is the greatest. Since Satan is here with us, we need God to be present. We have to say, “Lord, You know Your enemy is right here. You have to come and stand with me against him.” When God comes to us and stands with us, that is grace
20神是主宰并智慧的。祂知道祂若除去肉体，可能我们很少会迫切寻求祂的恩典。在祂的主宰和智慧里，祂把肉体留在这里，祂知道就著某种意义说，肉体对我们是有用的。肉体昼夜帮助我们转向施恩座。当我们成熟被提时，我们能彀转向肉体说，『小肉体，你的时间到了，你现在可以离开了。』在生命成熟以前，就某一面说我们需要肉体，不是来毁坏我们，乃是迫使我们来到施恩的宝座前。
20God is sovereign and wise. He knows that if He were to take away the flesh, probably very few of us would be desperate to seek His grace. In His sovereignty and wisdom, He leaves the flesh here, knowing that, in a sense, it is useful to us. Day and night the flesh helps us turn to the throne of grace. When we are matured, that is, when we are raptured, we will be able to turn to the flesh and say, “Little flesh, your time is over. You may leave now.” Before the maturity of life, in a sense we need the flesh, not to damage us, but to force us to come to the throne of grace
21肉体在那里，恩典也在那里；恩典在那里，恩典的结果－义－也在那里。罗马五章十七节将恩典和义放在一起。这节说，『那些受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义恩赐的，就更要藉著耶稣基督一人，在生命中作王了。』义总是伴随著恩典。没有一个丈夫没有恩典而能与他的妻子是对的；没有一个妻子没有恩典而能与她的丈夫是对的。只有一种丈夫或妻子是对的，那就是得著恩典的妻子或丈夫。一旦我们得了恩典，恩典就使我们与丈夫或妻子是对的。有一个作丈夫的，多年来人家告诉他，该待妻子好一点，但他没有被说服。直到一个晚上他得了恩典，恩典产生出义来，他的态度立刻改变了。
21Where the flesh is, there is grace, and where grace is, there is the issue of grace—righteousness. Romans 5:17 puts grace and righteousness together. This verse says that “those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” Righteousness always accompanies grace. There is not one husband who can be right with his wife without grace, and there is not one wife who can be right with her husband without grace. There is only one kind of wife or husband who is right—the wife or husband who finds grace. Once we have found grace, grace will make us right with our husband or wife. Consider the case of a particular husband who for years has been told by others that he should treat his wife better than he does. Nevertheless, he is not convinced. One night he finds grace, and grace issues in righteousness. Immediately he changes his attitude.
22乃是靠著恩典的能力，恩典的力量，以及恩典的生命，我们才能与神、与人、甚至与自己都是对的。恩典产生义。义是恩典的最高产物。所以罗马五章二十一节说，『恩典…藉著义作王，叫人…得永远的生命。』因此，义和恩典总是联在一起。肉体在那里，恩典也在那里；而恩典在那里，那里就产生义。
22It is by the power of grace, the strength of grace, and the life of grace that we can be right with God, with one another, and even with ourselves. Grace produces righteousness. Righteousness is the highest product of grace. Therefore, Romans 5:2 1 says that “grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life.” Thus, righteousness and grace always go together. Where the flesh is, there is grace, and where grace is, righteousness is produced.
23我们得到恩典的人都是义的。因著恩典，我们比别人更是义的。我们是义的，不是因著自己，乃是因著恩典。我们甚至可以夸口，召会的众肢体比其他人更是义的。他们是义的，乃是因他们得了恩典。义不仅对挪亚成了夸耀，对神也是夸耀。神能向祂的仇敌夸耀。神能以挪亚的义向那弯曲悖谬的世代夸耀。挪亚的义加强了神的立场，对那不敬虔的世代施行祂的审判。
23We who have found grace are righteous. We are more righteous than others because of grace. We are not righteous because of ourselves, but because of grace. It is even possible to boast that the church members are more righteous than other people. They are righteous because they have found grace. Righteousness not only became a boast to Noah; it was also a boast to God. God was able to boast to His enemy. God could boast of Noah’s righteousness to that crooked and perverse generation. Noah’s righteousness strengthened God’s standing to execute His judgment upon that ungodly generation
（二） 建造方舟
b. Building the Ark
24挪亚既得了恩典，因信与神同行，并且承受了义，神就非常喜悦他。神不断的向挪亚微笑。无论何时挪亚和神在一起，神总是向他微笑。你如何呢？神向你微笑么？祂喜欢你么？如果是，你应该能暗暗的向神说『阿们。』因神喜悦挪亚，祂就将自己向挪亚敞开。所以挪亚不仅是与神同行的一位，也是建造方舟的一位。方舟是为著救恩。在那时候，救恩的方舟是挪亚建造的。亚伯献礼物给神，以挪士呼求主名，以诺与神同行，但挪亚在这一切以外，多作了一件－他建造了方舟。
24Since Noah had found grace, walked with God by faith, and inherited righteousness, God was very happy with him. God was continually smiling at Noah. Whenever Noah was with God, God was smiling at him. How about you? Is God smiling at you? Is He happy with you? If He is, you should be able to say, “Amen,” secretly to God. Because God was happy with Noah, He opened Himself to him. So, Noah was not only one who walked with God, but also the one who built the ark. The ark was for salvation. At that time, the ark of salvation was built up by Noah. Abel offered gifts to God, Enosh called on the name of the Lord, Enoch walked with God but Noah, in addition to doing all of these things did something more—he built the ark
（1） 接受启示
1) Receiving the Revelation
25首先，挪亚建造方舟是藉著接受启示。（创六14～16。）当挪亚与神同行，神喜悦他，就将自己的心向挪亚打开，将祂的秘密启示挪亚。别的人没有一个知道实际的情形。当时属世的人是昏昧的、瞎眼的、被遮盖的、受蒙蔽的、被麻醉的。他们不知道他们在那里，或者有甚么事要发生。他们为他们的情欲所弄瞎、麻醉。看看今天，情形完全一样。人是爱钱财者、爱自己者、爱宴乐3:1-者，正像保罗在提后三章一至三节所描写的。属世的人爱钱财、宴乐和自己，他们不爱神。他们都为自己的情欲、宴乐、财富、及其他属世的事所麻醉。他们不知道他们在那里，要往那里去，或者甚么事要临到他们。在古时候，情形完全一样。但挪亚与神同在。他看见真实的情形，因为神将自己的秘密启示他。神告诉挪亚，地上充满了强暴，所有肉体的尽头已经来到，神要把他们和地一并毁灭。（创六13。）此外，神告诉挪亚要作甚么？建造方舟。挪亚乃是照著神的启示建造方舟。
25Firstly, Noah built the ark by receiving the reve lation (6:14-16). While Noah was walking with God and God was happy with him, God opened His heart to Noah and revealed His secrets to him. None of the other people knew the real situation. The worldly people of the time were befuddled, blinded, covered, veiled, and “doped.” They did not know where they were or what was coming. They were blinded and drugged by their lusts. Look at the situation today. It is exactly the same. People are lovers of money, lovers of self, and lovers of pleasure, just as the people described by Paul in 2 Timothy 3. Although the worldly people love money, pleasure, and themselves, they are not lovers of God. They have all been “doped” by their lusts, their pleasures, their riches, and other worldly things. They do not know where they are, where they are going, or what will happen to them. It was exactly the same in the ancient days. But Noah was with God. He saw the true situation because God revealed all His secrets to him. God told Noah that the earth was filled with violence, that the end of all flesh was come and that He would destroy them with the earth (6:13). Moreover, God told Noah what to do: to build an ark. Noah built the ark according to God’s revelation.
26就某种意义说，我们也是在同样的启示之下。你不知道今天实际的情形么？你不知道甚么事要临到，你要往何处去么？我可以向你夸口，这些事我全知道。我知道我在那里，我知道世界的情形，我知道甚么事要临到。我知道我要往那里去，我也知道召会要在那里。我们不是被时髦的宴乐蒙蔽、弄瞎的人。属世的人是被一层又一层的帕子遮盖著。他们看电影，逛夜总会，上舞厅，追求各种娱乐、宴乐和运动。他们只知道这些事。但这些事都是麻醉药。属世的人已被麻醉并弄瞎了。你是那种人么？赞美主，我们的帕子已经除去。我们知道我们在那里，我们知道世界的情形，我们也知道甚么事要临到。我们知道主对这不敬虔的世代将要作甚么，我们知道我们要在那里。对这一切的事我们都清楚。我们正在建造方舟，不仅是为著自己的得救，也是为著别人的得救。弟兄姊妹，我们在这里作甚么？我们是为著达成神的目的，在建造救恩的方舟。当我们聚在一起，我们就是在建造。我们不仅向神献礼物，不仅呼求主名，享受祂一切的丰富，也不仅与神同活、同生并同行，并且还得恩典，接受启示，并建造方舟。赞美主，我们在建造。
26In a sense, we also are under the same kind of revelation. Do you not know the real situation today? Do you not know what is coming and where you are going? I can boast to you that I know all these things. I know where I am. I know the situation of the world. I know what will come. I know where I will go, and I know where the church will be. We are not the people that are veiled and blinded by modern pleasures. The worldly people are covered with layer upon layer of veils. They go to the movies, to the night clubs, to the dance halls, to all kinds of amusements, pleasures, and sports. They only know those things. But all of those things are “dope.” The worldly people have been “doped” and blinded. Are you that kind of person? Praise the Lord that we have been unveiled. We know where we are, we know the world situation, and we know what will come. We know what the Lord will do with this ungodly generation, and we know where we shall be. We are clear about all these things. We are building the ark, not only for our own salvation, but also for the salvation of others. Brothers and sisters, what are we doing here? We are building the ark of salvation for the accomplishment of God’s purpose. Even as we meet together, we are building. We are not only offering a gift to God, not only calling on the name of the Lord to enjoy all His riches, not only living, begetting, and walking with God, but also finding grace, receiving the revelation, and building the ark. Praise the Lord that we are building
（2） 信神的话
2) Believing in God’sWord
27挪亚接受了启示之后，他立刻相信神的话。（来十一7。）根据圣经，信总是指藉著神的话而信。保罗在罗马十章十四节问说，『所未曾听见的，怎能信入？』没有话的传扬，人是很难信的。信藉著听见神的话10:17而来。因此，罗马十章十七节说，『可见信是由于听，听是藉著基督的话。』毫无疑问，挪亚听见神的话，并且相信所听见的话。不要说你没有信心，不要说你不能信。信不在于我们，信乃在于我们里面的神。所以我们需要来到祂面前，让祂注入我们里面。我们需要被神的所是来注入。神就是相信，神就是我们的信心。当你来到祂面前，被祂灌注，听祂的话，自然的，那灌注到你里面的神，就在你里面替你相信。这就是相信祂话的意思。
27After Noah received the revelation, he immediately believed in the Word of God (Heb. 11:7). According to the Bible, to believe always means to believe through the Word. In Romans 10:14 Paul asked, “And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard?” Without the preaching of the Word, it is difficult for people to believe. Believing comes about by listening to the Word. Thus Romans says, “So faith comes out of hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” Undoubtedly, Noah heard the Word of God and believed in the Word that he heard. Do not say that you have no faith. Do not say that you cannot believe. As far as we are concerned, we do not have the faith, but faith is God Himself believing in us. We need to come to Him and have Him infused into our being. We need to be infused with what God is. God is believing. God is our faith. When you come to Him, are infused with Him, and listen to His Word, spontaneously the very God who has been infused into you will believe in and for you. This is what it means to believe in His Word.
（3） 传扬义
3) Preaching Righteousness
28挪亚传扬他所信并所实行的。他是一个传扬义的人。（彼后二5。）挪亚为甚么传扬义？因为在他那个世代，没有一样是义的。地上满了强暴，那强暴包括抢劫、凶杀、奸淫和不法。挪亚传扬义，告诉人要与神、与人并与自己都是对的，否则神公义的审判就会临到他们。挪亚传扬这种义，可能超过一百二十年之久。（创六3。）也许人们指说他是精神病患，对他说，『挪亚，你在说些甚么？你说洪水要来是甚么意思？看看天，还是和平常一样。』我相信挪亚在那一百二十年间受了很多的嘲弄。
28Noah preached what he believed in and practiced. He was a preacher of righteousness (2 Pet. 2:5). Why did Noah preach righteousness? Because nothing was righteous in his generation. The earth was filled with violence, and that violence included robbery, murder, fornication, and lawlessness. Noah preached righteousness, telling the people to get right with God, with others, and with themselves or else God’s righteous judgment would come upon them. Noah preached this kind of righteousness probably over a period of one hundred twenty years (6:3). Perhaps the people accused him of being a mental case, saying to him, “Noah, what are you talking about? What do you mean that a flood is going to come? Look at the sky. It is the same as usual.” I believe that Noah suffered a great deal of mockery during that one hundred twenty years
（4） 豫备方舟
4) Preparing the Ark
29挪亚在传扬义的时候，他也建造并豫备方舟。（彼前三20。）或许人对他说，『挪亚，你在为你的孙子造房子么？你以为洪水要来，你真是疯了。你为甚么建造这样一只方舟－三百肘长，五十肘宽，三十肘高，有三层，一个边门，还有一个向著天的天窗？这真是荒谬！』你若是挪亚，你会建造这样一只方舟么？也许连你亲爱的妻子都会反对你。对挪亚来说，那些年间并不容易。
29While Noah was preaching righteousness, he was building and preparing the ark (1 Pet. 3:20). Perhaps the people said to him, “Noah, are you building a house for your grandson? You’re crazy to think that a flood will come. Why are you building such an ark—three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, thirty cubits high, with three stories, a side door, and one skylight opened towards the heavens? This is ridiculous!” If you had been Noah, would you have built such an ark? Perhaps even your dear wife would oppose you. It might not have been easy for Noah during those years
（5） 和他的家人及一切别的活物进入方舟
5) Entering the Ark with His Family and All Other Living Creatures
30挪亚豫备好方舟之后，有一天，或许天空还是晴朗的，神却告诉挪亚要带著他的妻子、儿子和儿妇，进方舟里去。（创七13～16。）挪亚的妻子、儿子和儿妇都很服从，他们与各样活物一同进了方舟。我若是挪亚的妻子，我可能要迟疑一下。但是他们都进入了。
30After Noah had prepared the ark, one day, perhaps while the sky was still clear, God told Noah to enter the ark and to bring with him his wife, his sons, and his daughters- in-law (7:13-16). Noah’s wife, children, and daughters- in-law were all so submissive. They entered into the ark with all the living creatures. If I had been Noah’s wife, I probably would have hesitated. But they all entered in.
（6） 被耶和华关在方舟里
6) Being Shut in the Ark by the Lord
31挪亚进入方舟之后，神把他关在里头。（创七16。）他的进入方舟乃是我们进入基督的豫表。虽然我们是自由进去的，但一进去就无法出来。你一旦信入主耶稣，你永远不能从祂出来。进去由得你，但出来由不得你。我能很强的见证，在过去五十年中，我试过几次要从基督里出来。我试过，但发现我已被锁在里面了。你一旦进入基督里，就被锁在祂里面了。
31After Noah entered into the ark, God shut him in (Gen. 7:16). His entering into the ark was a type of our entering into Christ. Although we are free to enter in, once we are in, we have no way to get out. Once you believe in the Lord Jesus, you can never get out of Him. It is up to you to come in, but it is not up to you to go out. I can strongly testify that during the past fifty years I have tried several times to get out of Christ. I tried, but I discovered that I had been locked in. Once you get into Christ, you are locked in Him
32当挪亚、他的家人、并活物进入方舟时，人们可能说，『看那些疯子，他们在作甚么？他们不顾他们的家和一切，他们弃绝了一切，就是要进到方舟里去。』主耶稣曾说，人子的日子要和挪亚的日子一样。（太二四37～39。）人们要吃、喝、嫁、娶，但忽然祂来了，正如挪亚的时候洪水来到一样。当洪水来的时候，挪亚和他的一家都在方舟里，得著保护、保存并拯救。
32When Noah, his family, and the living creatures entered into the ark, people probably said, “Look at those crazy persons. What are they doing? They don’t care for their homes or for anything. They have forsaken everything just to go into the ark.” The Lord Jesus has said that in the day of the Son of man it will be the same as it was in the days of Noah (Matt. 24:37-39). People will eat, drink, marry, and give in marriage. Suddenly He will come, just as the flood came in Noah’st i me. When the flood came, Noah and his family were in the ark, protected, preserved, and saved
33我们都必须是今天的挪亚。让我们跟随挪亚的脚踪来得恩典，因信与神同行，接受启示，相信神的话，向人见证我们所相信的，致力于我们所相信的，并且进入我们所相信的。最后，神要把我们锁在方舟里，我们就会得蒙保守和拯救。
33We all must be today’s Noah. Let us follow Noah’s steps to find grace, walk with God by faith, receive the revelation, believe in God’sWord, testify to people what we believe in, work on what we believe in, and step into what we believe in. Finally, God will lock us in the ark, and we shall be preserved and saved