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创世记生命读经 · 第31篇

藉水得救

Saved Through Water
（四） 藉水得救
D. Saved through Water
1神对挪亚的救恩不仅是把他从神的审判下拯救出来，更是把他从他那弯曲、悖谬、邪恶的世代中拯救出来。为著蒙拯救脱离那邪恶的世代，他需要藉水得救。彼前三章二十节清楚的说，挪亚是藉水得救的。藉水得救是甚么意思？要了解这点，我们必须知道挪亚那个世代的背景。
1God’ss alvation to Noah was not only to save him from God’s judgment, but also from his crooked, perverse, and evil generation. In order to be saved from that evil age, he needed to be saved through water. First Peter 3:20 says clearly that Noah was saved through water. What does it mean to be saved through water? In order to understand this, we must know the background of Noah’s generation
2挪亚活在一个弯曲悖谬的世代中。人第一次堕落的结果，使撒但邪恶的性情注入到人里面。在第二次堕落时，人从神的面光偏离到人类的文化里。第一次堕落时注入到人里面撒但邪恶的性情，在第二次堕落时发展成无神的人类文化。在人第三次的堕落中，这文化引进一个邪恶的世代，产生一个弯曲、败坏、悖谬的世代。那世代在神的眼中是被定罪的。挪亚就生在这样一个世代中。不仅那世代被神定罪，在地上还有黑暗邪恶的权势。在人第三次堕落时，那黑暗邪恶的权势已经败坏了地，使地满了强暴。结果神来干涉，审判并了结那世代。活在那世代的人，都是在神的审判和黑暗的邪恶权势这二者之下。
2Noah lived in a crooked and perverse age. As a result of man’s first fall, the evil nature of Satan had been injected into man. In the second fall, man deviated from the presence of God into human culture. The evil nature of Satan which had been injected into man in the first fall developed into a godless human culture in the second fall. In the third fall of man, this culture ushered in an evil generation, producing a crooked, corrupted, and perverse generation. That generation was condemned in the eyes of God. It was into such a generation that Noah was born. Not only did God’s condemnation rest upon that age, but there was on earth the evil power of darkness. At the time of man’s third fall, that evil power of darkness had corrupted the earth and filled it with violence. As a result, God intervened to judge that generation and to terminate that age. Whoever lived on earth during that age was under two things: God’s judgment and the evil power of darkness
3今天我们生活在同样的世代中。在马太二十四章和路加十七章，主耶稣把我们这世代比作挪亚的世代。挪亚的背景正和我们的背景一样，牠是我们背景的豫表。请看今天世界的局势，亳无疑问是在神的定罪之下，也是在邪恶的权势，败坏的影响力之下。没有一个年轻人或成年人，能抵挡现代社会的邪恶权势和影响力。基督徒父母甚至在孩子未出生以前，就为他们祷告；他们把孩子献给主，战兢恐惧的帮助他们认识神，远离这黑暗世界的影响。但孩子们到了六岁就要上学，他们一进学校，就在这世代黑暗邪恶权势的影响之下。几乎每个孩子都多少受到影响，没有一个能彀幸免。我们能看见，在这地上有这样一个邪恶的权势，黑暗败坏的影响力。每个人都是在神的审判和那恶者的黑暗与权势之下。所以神完全的救恩不仅救我们脱离祂的定罪，还要救我们脱离这黑暗世代邪恶的权势和影响力。在五旬节那天，彼得劝勉百姓说，『你们要得救，脱离这弯曲的世代。』（徒二40。）
3We live in the same kind of age. In Matthew 2 4 and in Luke 17 the Lord Jesus likened our age to that of Noah. Noah’s background was exactly the same as ours; it was a prefigure of our background. Look at the world situation today. Undoubtedly, it is under God’s condemnation. It is also under an evil power, a wicked influence. No young person or adult can withstand the evil power or influence of modern society. Christian parents pray for their children even before the children are born. They consecrate the children to the Lord, trying with fear and trembling to help them to know God and to stay away from the influence of this dark world. However, at the age of six, the children must attend school, and once they are in school, they are subject to the evil influence of the darkness of this age. Nearly all of the children are influenced at least to some extent. No one is immune. We can see that there is such an evil power, a wicked influence of darkness, on this earth. Everyone is under God’s judgment and under the power and darkness of the evil one. So, God’s full salvation not only saves us from His condemnation, but also from the evil power and influence of this dark age. On the day of Pentecost, Peter exhorted people, “Be saved from this crooked generation!” (Acts 2:40).
4我再说，在创世记中几乎每件事都是一粒种子，需要进一步的发展。藉水得救是一件受浸的事。彼前三章二十至二十一节启示，挪亚所经过的水是受浸的豫表，也可以当作是圣经中头一次题到的受浸。所以这是受浸的种子。这粒受浸的种子首先在以色列入过红海这事例中得著发展。林前十章一至二节告诉我们，以色列人过红海就是受浸。经过红海的水，是用水受浸一个清楚的豫表。然后，当新约时代来到，开启这时代的第一件事就是用水施浸。神差遣施浸者约翰来完成这事。他来的目的，就是用水给百姓施浸。
4I say once again that nearly everything in the book of Genesis is a seed that requires further development. To be saved through water is a matter of baptism. First Peter 3:20-21 reveals that the water through which Noah passed was a figure of baptism. It may be considered as the first mention of baptism in the Bible. Thus, it was the seed of baptism. This seed of baptism was firstly developed in the case of the children of Israel passing through the Red Sea. First Corinthians 10:1-2 tells us that their passing through the Red Sea was a baptism. The passing through the waters of the Red Sea was a clear type of the baptism with water. Later, when the New Testament age came, the first thing that transpired to open up this age was baptism with water. God sent John the Baptist to carry this out. He came with the purpose of baptizing people with water
5现在我们来看以色列人的事例。虽然他们是神的选民，他们却堕落飘流到埃及。埃及全国是在神的审判之下。以色列人既在那里，亳无疑问，他们也在神的审判之下。他们同时也在法老以及埃及人的权势底下。他们出埃及并不是逃避神的审判；乃是逃出埃及，从埃及的奴役得著释放。
5Let us now consider the case of the Israelites. Although they were God’s chosen people, they fell and drifted into Egypt. The whole Egyptian nation was under God’s judgment. Since the Israelites also were there, undoubtedly they were under His judgment as well. They were at the same time under the power of Pharaoh and the Egyptians. Their exodus from Egypt was not an escape from God’s judgment; it was an escape from Egypt, a deliverance from the Egyptian slavery
6让我们来看以色列人所享受的救恩。首先，他们享受羊羔之血的救赎。他们杀了羊羔，将血抹在门框上。这样，以色列人就在救赎的血遮盖之下蒙救赎脱离神的审判。当神在埃及地施行审判时，那些在血底下的都蒙了拯救。以色列人藉著血蒙拯救脱离神的审判。接著，他们都吃羊羔的肉。这样作的目的不是要拯救他们脱离审判，乃是要加强他们，好走出埃及。他们吃羊羔的时候，都穿上鞋子，拿著手杖，豫备走路。他们在吃的时候，就豫备离开埃及。把以色列人救出埃及和法老权势的是甚么？虽然神拯救他们脱离祂的审判，但埃及王法老不让他们走。法老是撒但的豫表。法老，就是撒但，好像在说，『你们以色列人已经蒙拯救脱离神的审判，也吃了羊羔的肉，现在豫备好要离开了。你们以为这么容易走出去么？这里是我的领土，是我的权势，我的国度，我的帝国。我在这里有权势，我不让你们走。』因此，法老差遣军兵去追回以色列人。但神来拯救以色列人，祂不是差遣天使，或降下火来烧灭法老和他的军队，乃是分开红海给以色列人走过去。以色列人走过以后，法老的军队也跟下去。他们追赶神的百姓，来到红海中心的时候，神吩咐摩西向海伸出他的手，叫水合在埃及军兵身上。（出十四26。）摩西这样作了，海水顺从了他，法老的军兵和埃及的权势就都被埋葬了。以色列人蒙了拯救。他们从甚么蒙了拯救？不是从神的审判，乃是从埃及和法老的权势，也就是从世界和撒但的权势，蒙了拯救。
6Let us see the salvation the children of Israel enjoyed. Firstly, they enjoyed the redemption of the blood of the lamb. They slew lambs and struck the blood upon the doorposts. In this way the Israelites we recovered by the redeeming blood and saved from God’s judgment. When God executed His judgment over the land of Egypt, those who were under the blood were saved. The children of Israel were saved by the blood from God’s judgment. Following this, they all ate the flesh of the lamb. The purpose of doing this was not to save them from judgment, but to strengthen them to walk out of Egypt. When they ate the lamb, they put on their sandals, held their staffs, and were ready to go out. While they were eating, they were preparing to get out of Egypt. What delivered the Israelites out of Egypt and out from under the power of Pharaoh? Although God saved them from His judgment, Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, would not let them go. Pharaoh was a type of Satan. Pharaoh, that is, Satan, seemed to say, “You children of Israel have been saved from God’s judgment and you have eaten the flesh of the lamb. You are ready to leave. Do you think that it’s easy for you to get out? This is my territory. This is my power, my kingdom, and my empire. I have the power here and I will not let you go.” Thus, Pharaoh sent his army to hold the Israelites back. But God came in to deliver them, not by sending angels or fire to burn Pharaoh and his forces, but by opening the Red Sea that they might walk through it. After His people had passed through these a, the Egyptian army followed. While they were pursuing God’sp eople and when they came to the heart of these a, God told Moses to stretch out his hand over these a that the waters might come upon the Egyptians (Exo. 14:26). Moses did this, and the sea obeyed him. Pharaoh’s army and all the power of the Egyptians were buried. The children of Israel were delivered. What were they delivered from? Not from God’s judgment, but from the power of Egypt and Pharaoh, that is, from the power of the world and Satan.
7以色列人享受了双重的救恩。第一面的救恩是救赎的血，第二面的救恩是审判的水。为著祂救赎的血，和审判的水，我们赞美主！我们都知道救赎的血是甚么，但我怕没有多少人知道审判的水是甚么。对我们来说，审判的水乃是基督的十字架。主耶稣在十字架上的死就是审判的水。撒但和世界都在十字架上受了审判。当主耶稣将要钉十字架的时候，祂宣告说，『现在这世界受审判，这世界的王要被赶出去。』（约十二31。)撒但和世界都在十字架上受了审判。
7The children of Israel enjoyed a double salvation. The first aspect of their salvation was the redeeming blood, and the second aspect was the judging water. Hallelujah for the redeeming blood and the judging water! We know what the redeeming blood is, but I doubt that very many know what the judging water is. For us, the judging water is the cross of Christ. The death of the Lord Jesus on the cross is the judging water. A line in Hymn 438 in our hymnal says, “I’ve crossed the Red Sea of His death.” The Lord’s death was the judging water. Satan and the world were judged on the cross. When the Lord Jesus was about to go to the cross, He declared, “Now is the judgment of this world; now shall the ruler of this world be cast out” (John 12:31). Both Satan and the world were judged on the cross
8主藉著审判世界拯救祂的百姓脱离世界。祂在埃及人身上施行审判，那审判对以色列人乃是拯救。对撒但和对世界，十字架是审判；但对我们，这十字架的审判乃是救恩。这不是脱离神定罪的救恩，乃是脱离撒但权势和这黑暗世代的邪恶势力的救恩。这事已经清楚了，现在我们再回到挪亚的事例。
8The Lord saved His people from the world by His judgment upon it. God executed His judgment upon the Egyptians, and that judgment was a salvation to the Israelites. To Satan and to his world, the cross was a judgment, but to us, this judgment on the cross is a salvation. It is not a salvation from God’s condemnation, but from the power of Satan and from the evil influence of this dark age. Since this matter is clear, we may return to Noah’s case
（1） 挪亚藉著抹松香的方舟，蒙拯救脱离神的审判
1. Noah Saved by the Pitched Ark from God’s judgment
9毫无疑问的，挪亚是在神的定罪之下。他也是在他所生活的那世代中，邪恶的权势之下。挪亚造了一只方舟，内外都抹上松香。松香豫表救赎的血。这样，挪亚就藉著方舟上的松香，蒙拯救脱离神的审判。
9Undoubtedly Noah was under God’s condemnation. He was also under the evil power of the age in which he lived. Noah built an ark which was pitched within and without with pitch. The pitch was a type of the redeeming blood. Thus, Noah was saved from God’s judgment by the pitch upon the ark.
（2） 挪亚藉著审判的水，蒙拯救脱离被定罪的世界
2. Noah Saved through the Judging Water from the Condemned World
10是甚么拯救挪亚脱离邪恶的世代？是神所差遣审判那邪恶世界的洪水。那审判的洪水把挪亚从那世代分别出来。红海的水埋葬了埃及人，也把以色列人从埃及世界分别出来。洪水也为挪亚作了同样的事。一面洪水审判那邪恶的世代，另一面洪水把挪亚从那世代分别出来。那审判世界的水，拯救挪亚脱离邪恶的世代。因著神完全救恩的两面，挪亚蒙拯救脱离神的定罪，也蒙拯救脱离邪恶的世代。
10What saved Noah from that evil age? The flood sent by God as a judgment upon the evil world. That judging flood separated Noah from that age. The water of the Red Sea buried the Egyptians and separated the children of Israel from the Egyptian world, and the waters of the flood did the same thing for Noah. On the one hand, the flood judged that evil age; on the other hand, it separated Noah from that age. The water that judged the world saved Noah from that evil generation. As a result of the two aspects of God’s full salvation, Noah was saved from God’s condemnation as well as from that evil generation
11基督徒对神救恩的第二面几乎不认识。每个真基督徒都知道，血拯救我们脱离神的审判，脱离永远的灭亡。我们为此感谢神。但有多少基督徒为著藉水得救赞美神？我常为这个赞美主。四十多年前，我就开始为著藉血得救，和藉水得救赞美主：『主阿，感谢你，我已经蒙拯救脱离神的审判和撒但邪恶的权势。阿利路亚！我已经出了埃及！』因为很少基督徒知道，他们已从这世界的邪恶世代被拯救出来，我的负担就是要大家看见神完全救恩的第二面。神的大救恩不仅拯救我们脱离祂的审判，也拯救我们脱离撒但的权势。
11Hardly any Christians know about the second aspect of God’ss alvation. Every real Christian knows that the blood saves us from God’s condemnation, from eternal perdition. We thank God for this. But how many Christians praise the Lord for the salvation through water? I do this a great deal. More than forty years ago, I began to praise the Lord for salvation through the blood and for salvation through water. “Thank You, Lord, that I have been saved from God’s judgment and also from the evil power of Satan. Hallelujah, I am out of Egypt!” Since very few Christians know that they have been delivered out of the evil age of this world, my burden is that we all must see the second aspect of God’s full salvation. God’s great salvation not only saves us from His judgment, but also from Satan’s power
（a）世界连同其一切世代都被神所定罪
a. The World with All Its Ages Condemned by God
12世界连同其一切世代都已被神定罪了。世界只有一个，世代却有许多。有古老时尚的世代，也有摩登时尚的世代。有短发型的世代，也有长发型的世代。一切的世代都被神定罪。挪亚世代的世界被定罪，（创六11～13，）埃及世代的世界也被定罪。（出十四26～28。）
12The world with all of its ages has been condemned by God. There is one world with many ages. There is the age of the old fashion and the age of the modern fashion. There is the short-hair age, and there is the long-hair age. All the ages are condemned by God. The world of Noah’sa ge was condemned (Gen. 6:11-13), and the world of the Egyptian age also was condemned (Exo. 14:26-28
13全世界乃是一个撒但的系统，把全人类都系统化了。这世界不但有不同的世代，也有不同的部门。在同一世代里有教育、经济、宗教等部门。每一部门都是撒但系统的一部分，为要把人系统化。全世界连同其一切世代和部门，都在神的定罪之下。（约十二31，十六11。）但我的用意不单是要你们看见神的定罪。我们只要看一下，然后就继续看神的救恩。
13The whole world is a satanic system which has systematized all of mankind. The world has different departments as well as different ages. In the same age you have the department of education, economics, religion, etc. Each of these is a department of the satanic system for the systematizing of man. The whole world with all of its ages and departments is under God’s condemnation (John 12:31; 16:11). However, my intention is not simply that we see God’s condemnation. We should just have a look at it and then go on to God’ss alvation.
（b）藉著神对世界的审判，神百姓蒙拯救脱离这世界
b. God’sP eople Saved from the World by God’s Judgment on the World
14神的百姓因著神审判世界，蒙拯救脱离了世界。神用甚么拯救我们脱离这被定罪的世界？是用审判这世界的同样东西。神用来审判上古世界的洪水，拯救挪亚脱离那世界。神用来审判埃及人的红海，拯救以色列人脱离埃及人的邪恶权势。神用来审判撒但和他世界的十字架，拯救我们脱离这被定罪的世界。
14God’sp eople are saved from the world by His judgment on it. With what does God save us from the condemned world? With the same thing by which He judged the world. The flood that God used to execute His judgment upon the ancient world saved Noah from that world. The Red Sea that God used to judge the Egyptians saved the children of Israel from the evil power of the Egyptians. The cross by which God judged Satan and his world also saves us from this condemned world
15我们基督徒是藉著基督审判的十字架蒙拯救的。这十字架在撒但和世界身上执行神的审判。我们是藉著基督救赎的血蒙拯救脱离神的审判。（罗五9。）我们已藉著基督审判的死，蒙拯救脱离了被定罪的世界。加拉太一章四节说，『（祂）为我们的罪舍了自己，要把我们从现今这邪恶的世代救出来。』虽然基督为我们的罪死，目的却是要把我们从现今这邪恶的世代救出来。我听过许多信息讲到基督的死是救我们脱离罪，但几乎没听过一篇信息告诉我，基督的死是为著救我脱离现今这邪恶的世代。
15We Christians are saved by the judging cross of Christ. The cross executed God’s judgment upon Satan and the world. We have been saved from God’s judgment by the redeeming blood of Christ (Rom. 5:9). We were saved from the condemned world by the judging death of Christ. Galatians 1:4 says, “Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might rescue us out of the present evil age.” Although Christ died for our sins, the goal was to deliver us from this present evil age. I have heard many messages concerning Christ’s death as a salvation from sin, but I have hardly heard a message telling me that the goal of Christ’s death was to save me from the present evil age
16加拉太六章十四节说，『但就我而论，除了我们主耶稣基督的十字架，别无可夸；藉著祂，就我而论，世界已经钉了十字架；就世界而论，我也已经钉了十字架。』对保罗来说，世界已经钉了十字架；对世界来说，保罗也已经钉了十字架。对你来说，世界是否已经钉了十字架？对世界来说，你是否也已经钉了十字架？在我们的眼里，世界应当在十字架上，已经被钉了。你是否爱一些已经钉了十字架的东西？对世界来说，我们是在十字架上。许多时候我听到圣徒的父母说，『我的儿子已经死了。』有的丈夫说，他们的妻子死了；有的妻子说，他们的丈夫死了。那是正确的。所有的基督徒丈夫、妻子、儿子、女儿都死了。对世界我们是死了，世界藉著基督审判的死，对我们也是死了。
16Galatians 6:14 says, “But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.” To Paul, the world was on the cross, and to the world, Paul was on the cross. Is the world on the cross to you? Are you on the cross to the world? In our eyes, the world should be on the cross. It has been crucified. Do you love something that has been crucified? To the world, we are on the cross. Many times I have heard the parents of a saint say, “My son is dead.” Some husbands may say that their wives are dead, and some wives may say that their husbands are dead. That is correct. All the Christian husbands, wives, sons, and daughters are dead. We are dead to the world, and the world is dead to us through the judging death of Christ
（3） 水浸表征基督审判的死，拯救我们脱离神所定罪的世界
3. Baptism with Water Signifying the Judging Death of Christ Which Saves Us from the World Condemned by God
17当你受浸时，你是被埋葬了。要从世界除去一个人，再没有比埋葬更有效的。同样，要使你脱出这世界，有甚么能比受浸更有效？假设有一个人很爱世界，他在世界上有许多的爱慕。他的妻子、儿女、以及所有的亲人都很爱他。他在银行里有存款，还管理好些的企业。这样的人怎能脱去世界？最容易的方法就是把他埋了。他的亲人给他举行盛大的葬礼之后，他对世界就了了。所以要叫一个人与世界分离，没有甚么比埋葬更有效的了。
17When you are baptized, you are buried. Nothing can remove people out of the world so effectively as a burial. Likewise, what can get you out of the world more effectively than baptism? Suppose a certain man loves the world very much. He has many attachments in the world. His wife, children, and all his relatives love him. He has money in the bank and several businesses under his control. How can such a man get out of the world? The easiest way is for him to be buried. Once his relatives have given him a good funeral, he will be through with the world. Thus, nothing separates a person from the world more than his burial
18甚么是受浸？我非常遗憾的说，很多人以为这只是一种仪式，使人成为所谓的教会里挂名的教友而已。在我经历真正的受浸以前，我也接受过这种仪式。我们绝不该用这种仪式给人施浸。每当我们要给人施浸，我们必须先用权柄和主耶稣权能的名，祷告并运用我们的灵。然后我们再给人施浸，把他们放在『坟墓』里埋葬他们。这样的埋葬才能叫人从世界中分别出来。
18What is baptism? I am sorry to say that many people think of it as a ritual which makes a person a nominal member of a so-called church. Before I experienced genuine baptism, I underwent such a ritual. We should never baptize people in a ritualistic way. Whenever we are going to baptize people, we must pray and exercise our spirit with authority and with the powerful name of the Lord Jesus. Then we baptize people, putting them into a “tomb” and burying them. This burial separates them from the world
19我们已经受浸归入基督的死。（罗六。）我们已经在受浸中与基督一同埋葬。（西二12。）我们已经死了，也埋葬了，脱离了世上的蒙学。（西二。）我们已经过了洪水和红海。那审判挪亚世代的洪水救了挪亚，那审判埃及人的红海救了以色列人。这是我们今天所需要的救恩。每个基督徒都需要神完全救恩的第二面。你享受过这一面的救恩么？我能喊著宣告：『我已经从埃及分别出来了！我已经从这邪恶、弯曲、悖谬的世代中分别出来了！』
19We have been baptized into Christ’s death (Rom. 6:3). We have been buried with Christ in baptism (Col. 3 2:12). We are dead and buried from the rudiments of this world (Col. 2:20). We have passed through the flood waters and the Red Sea. The flood waters 20 that judged Noah’s generation rescued him, and the Red Sea that judged the Egyptians rescued the Israelites. This is the salvation that we need today. Every Christian needs the second aspect of God’s full salvation. Have you enjoyed this aspect of His salvation? I can shout and declare, “I have been separated from Egypt! I have been separated from this evil, crooked, and perverse generation!”
（a）由洪水所豫表
a. Typified by the Flood of the Deluge
20水浸是由拯救挪亚脱离他那邪恶世代的洪水所豫表。（彼前三20～。）挪亚是被浸在一个大浸池内，并且经过了一段很长的时间，最少四十天。『四十』这数字表征试炼，没有人能造这么大的浸池，积聚这么多的水。圣经中第一次题到的浸，乃是遍及全世界的浸。我们的浸也必须像那样。你一浸到那种浸池里，就无路可逃。我们很容易从会所的浸池出来，但挪亚却无法从他受浸所用的浸池中出来。挪亚被埋在一个遍及世界的大坟墓里。那就是受浸的种子。基督的死是包罗万有的。基于祂的死而有的浸乃是遍及世界，甚至是遍及宇宙的，其中充满了审判和埋葬的水。
20The baptism with water was typified by the flood that saved Noah from his evil age (1 Pet. 3:2 0-21). Noah was baptized in a large baptistery and 21 experienced a very lengthy baptism. It lasted at least forty days. The number forty signifies testing. No one could have built such a large baptistery or collected so much water. The first mention of baptism in the Bible was a worldwide baptism. Our baptism must also be like that. Once you get into that kind of baptistery, there is no way out. Although it is easy for us to get out of the baptistery in the meeting hall, there was no way for Noah to get out of the baptistery used in his baptism. Noah was buried in a worldwide tomb. That was the seed of baptism. Christ’s death is all - inclusive. The baptism based upon His death is worldwide, even universally wide, full of judging and burying water.
（b）由红海的水所豫表
b. Typified by the Waters of the Red Sea
21表征基督审判之死的水浸，也由拯救以色列人脱离埃及世代之红14:26-海的水所豫表。（出十四26～28。）水浸有两个豫表：洪水与红海。彼前三章二十至二十一节说，挪亚所经过的洪水豫表拯救我们的浸。林前十章一至二节告诉我们，以色列人所经过的红海也是一种浸，拯救神的百姓脱离邪恶的权势和仇敌的奴役。一切属世的职业，属世的享乐、娱乐、运动，都已埋在我们受浸的红海里。这种在圣灵的权能里有功效的浸，拯救我们脱离世界，脱离神所定罪和审判的邪恶世代。
21This baptism with water signifying the judging death of Christ was also typified by the waters of the Red Sea that saved the Israelites from the Egyptian age (Exo. 28). We have two types of the baptism with water: the flood and the Red Sea. First Peter 3:20-21 says that the flood through which Noah passed was a figure of the baptism that saves us, and 1 Corinthians 10:1-2 tells us that the Red Sea through which the Israelites passed was also a baptism that saved God’s people from the evil power, from the enemy’s slavery. All the worldly occupations, all the worldly pleasures, amusements, sports, are buried in the Red Sea of our baptism. This kind of effectual baptism in the power of the Spirit saves us from the world, from the evil age condemned and judged by God.
（c）由洗濯盆、铜海、和玻璃海所表征
c. Signified by the Laver, the Brass Sea, and the Sea of Glass
22除了豫表浸的豫表外，在圣经中还有些表号表征这浸的意义。帐幕前的洗濯盆就是这浸的一个表号。（出三十18～21。）帐幕的前面有洗濯盆。在帐幕分别界线以外的区域代表世界。假如有人从世界出来，要作祭司进入帐幕里神的面前，首先他必须经过表征基督十字架的祭坛，在坛上献祭赎罪。过了祭坛，他的罪被对付，他得救了。许多基督徒以为，经过了祭坛，他就可以立刻进到会幕内的圣所。然而，他不能走得那么快，因为过了祭坛以后，他还需要洗濯盆的洗涤。洗濯盆不是为除去他的罪，他的罪已经在祭坛那里受了对付。洗濯盆是为对付他在地上所沾染的污秽。因著地的污秽仍在他身上，他需要洗涤。洗濯盆的洗涤除去了他的污秽。血是在祭坛上，不在洗濯盆里。当他的罪在祭坛那里受了对付，他属地的污秽也在洗濯盆那里被洗去之后，他就可以进入圣所，来到神面前。
22In addition to the types which typify baptism, we have the signs in the Bible which signify the meaning of baptism. Baptism was signified by the laver of the tabernacle (Exo. 30:1 8-2 1). In front of the tabernacle was the laver. The are a outside the separating line of the tabernacle represented the world. Suppose a person was coming out of the world and wanted to be a priest and get into the presence of God within the tabernacle. Firstly, he had to pass through the altar, signifying the cross of Christ. On the altar, the offerings for sins we represented. After passing through the altar, his sins were dealt with and he was saved. Many Christians think that after passing through the altar he could have immediately entered into the holy place within the tabernacle. However, he could not move that fast, for after passing through the altar he needed the washing of the laver. The laver did not eliminate his sins. His sins were dealt with at the altar already. The laver dealt with his dirt from the earth. Since the dirt of the earth was still upon him, he needed to be washed. The washing of the laver removed this dirt. The blood was at the altar, not at the laver. After his sins had been dealt with at the altar and after the earthly dirt had been washed away at the laver, then he could enter into the holy place and come into the presence of God.
23许多基督徒没有路来到神面前。他们确实已在十字架那里得救了，但他们发现仍然有一层间隔、障碍，阻挠他们进到神面前。这是甚么？这是世界的污秽。他们缺少洗濯盆的洗涤，除去世界的污秽。换句话说，他们的罪已在十字架上受了对付，但他们的世界还没有被埋在红海底下。洗濯盆是这浸的表号，也是洪水和红海的表号。
23Many Christians do not have the way to come into God’s presence. True, they have been saved at the cross, but to their realization there is still a separation, a barrier, that frustrates them from entering into God’s presence. What is this? It is the dirt of the world. They lack the washing of the laver to remove their dirt of the world. In other words, their sins have been dealt with on the cross, but their world has not been buried beneath the Red Sea. The laver is a sign of baptism, the flood, and the Red Sea
24联于圣殿的一个铜海和十个洗濯盆，原则也是一样的。当以色列人在迦南地定居以后，他们建了一个殿，造了一个铜海和十个洗濯盆。（王上七23，38。）铜表征审判。一个铜海和十个洗濯盆指出这浸丰满的实际。除非你经过真正的浸，就是埋葬世界，不然就无法来到神面前。
24The principle is the same with the one brass sea and the ten lavers associated with the temple. Once the children of Israel were established in the land of Canaan, they built a temple. Along with the temple they built a brass sea and ten lavers (1 Kings 7:23, 38). Brass signifies judgment. The brass sea and the ten lavers indicate the fullness of the realization of baptism. You cannot enter into the presence of God until you pass through the true meaning of baptism, that is, to bury the world
25例如我们必须埋掉我们属世的逛街购物。当你读这篇信息的时候，你的灵会告诉你，你在逛街购物这件事上有问题。你并不是在主的引导下逛街购物。当然，你若是在主的引导下上街购物，就没有问题。然而，你若不在主的引导下上街购物，你会发死好几天。在那段时间，你无法好好祷告，或到主面前去。你会讲理说，买那件特别的衣服并没有甚么错。虽然以道德来说，没有甚么错，但你的灵会告诉你，只要你穿上那件衣服，你就无法在神面前祷告。虽然你没有神的同在也可以祷告，但除非你脱下那件衣服，你总不能祷告到神面前。那时你该怎么作？你该跳到铜海里。
25For example, we must bury our worldly shopping. As you read this message, your spirit may tell you that you have a problem with shopping. You do not go shopping under the leading of the Lord. Of course, there is no difficulty if you shop under the Lord’s leading. However, if you do not go shopping under the leading of the Lord, you will be killed for a few days. You will not be able to pray well or get into the Lord’s presence for that length of time. You may reason that there is nothing wrong with a particular article of clothing. Although there is nothing wrong morally speaking, your spirit tells you that as long as you wear that piece of clothing you cannot pray with the Lord’s presence. Although you might be able to pray without His presence, you cannot pray into the presence of God until you have eliminated that article of clothing. If you do that, you will be liberated. What then should we do? We should jump into the brass sea
26玻璃海（启四6）也表征这浸。启示录四章，约翰在灵里看见神的宝座。在宝座前有一个玻璃海。这是甚么意思？铜表明审判，玻璃的意思是暴露。铜海或洗濯盆内所洗的东西，从旁边无法看见，但玻璃海既明如水晶，在里面洗涤的每件东西就都可以看见。在启示录十五章二节，玻璃海中还搀杂著火。这也是宇宙之浸的一个表号。这海中搀杂著火；海当然该充满水，但这海却搀杂著火。这是甚么意思？因著撒但和人的堕落，旧造已经受神审判。神从起头就一再的审判。神用水审判了亚当以前的世代。在挪亚的时候，神也用水审判了亚当的世代。但在洪水以后，神说，不再用水审判这世界了。（创九11。）祂要用火审判。所以在启示录十五章二节，这海搀杂著火；火在海中烧著。神对堕落的旧造所施行的审判有两种：一种是用水，一种是用火。玻璃海中搀杂著火，最后要总结为火湖。（启二十10，14～15。）在你受浸时所埋葬的一切，都要归到火湖里去。
26Baptism is also signified by the sea of glass (Rev. 4:6). In Revelation chapter four John was in the spirit and saw the throne of God. In front of the throne was a sea of glass. What does this mean? Brass denotes judgment, and glass means exposure. Whatever was washed in the laver or in the sea of brass could not be seen from the side, but since the sea of glass is crystal clear, everything washed in it is visible. In Reve lation 15:2 the sea of glass is seen mingled with fire. This also is a sign of the universal baptism. The sea is mingled with fire. A sea, of course, is filled with water, but this sea is mingled with fire. What does this mean? Due to the fall of Satan and the fall of man, the old creation has been judged by God. God has judged again and again ever since the beginning. God judged the pre-Adamic age with water. He also judged the Adamic age with water at the time of Noah. However, after the flood, God said that never again would He judge the world with water (Gen. 9:11). He will judge with fire. Hence, in Revelation 15:2, the sea is mingled with fire; fire is burning in the sea. The two kinds of judgment exercised by God over the fallen creation are judgment by water and by fire. The sea of glass mingled with fire will consummate in the lake of fire (Rev. 20:10, 14-15). Everything that was buried at the time of your baptism will go to the lake of fire.
27启示录十五章二至三节启示，得救的人站在玻璃海上欢乐歌唱。他们唱两种歌－摩西的歌（那歌第一次是在红海边唱的），和羔羊的歌。他们唱摩西的歌，因为摩西带他们经过红海；他们唱神羔羊的歌，因为祂带他们经过浸的海。因此，一切得救的人都在玻璃海上。这是一个宇宙的大浸池。至终一切受造之物都要被焚烧。（彼后三6～7，，12。）全部受造之物都要经过这浸，一切的老旧都要被焚烧，并被这焚烧的火冲刷到火湖里。那是宇宙的大浸池。
27Revelation 1 5:2-3 reveals that the saved ones are standing upon these a of glass rejoicing and singing. They sing two kinds of songs — the song of Moses, which was first sung at the shore of the Red Sea, and the song of the Lamb. They sing the song of Moses because Moses brought them through the Red Sea, and they sing the song of the Lamb of God because He has brought them through the sea of baptism. Thus, all the saved ones are on the sea of glass. This is the universal baptistery. Eventually, all created things will be burned (2 Pet. 3:6-7, 10, 12). The entire creation will pass 10 through baptism, and the oldness will be burned and washed by the burning fire into the lake of fire. That is the universal baptistery.
（d）新天新地里不再有世界，也不再有审判的水
d. No More World and No More Judging Water in the New Heaven and the New Earth
28至终，新天新地，新造，要被带到神面前，新耶路撒冷要从天降下。神的同在就在那里。『海也不再有了。』（启二一1。）历世历代一切的浸都要终结于火湖。其余的一切事物都要在以新耶路撒冷为祂永远居所的神面前。因此，藉水得救的意思乃是凡不属于神的，不为著神的，必要被洪水洗去。最终，这洪水要搀杂著火，并终结于火湖。我们这些人既把一切神以外的事物洗去，就要终结为新耶路撒冷。
28Eventually, the new heaven and the new earth, the new creation, will be brought to the presence of God, and the New Jerusalem will descend. The presence of God will be there. There will be no more sea (Rev. 21:1). The lake of fire will be the consummation of all the baptisms throughout the ages. Everything else will be in the presence of the very God who will take the New Jerusalem as His eternal habitation. Thus, to be saved through water means that whatever is not of God and for God must be washed away by the flood. Ultimately, this flood will be mingled with fire and consummate in the lake of fire. We who have been washed from all things other than God shall be in the consummation of the New Jerusalem.
29今天召会生活的原则也是这样。召会是新耶路撒冷的小影，浸池是火湖的豫表。每次的受浸都是一幅图画，告诉我们，埋葬在浸池中的一切消极事物，要怎样流到火湖里。让我问你，你那属世的逛街购物到那里去了？你那时髦的时尚到那里去了？你的长发和短裙到那里去了？这些都在浸池里了。浸池要把这些转送到火湖里。这就是藉水得救的意义。这救恩要了结旧的世代，引进新的世代。这救恩要把我们从老旧、弯曲和悖谬的世代中带出来，引我们进入基督的国。所以我们到下一篇信息要来看，在复活里的国度生活。
29The principle is the same in the church life today. The church is a miniature of the New Jerusalem and the baptistery is a figure of the lake of fire. Every baptism is a picture showing us how all the negative things buried in the baptistery will flow into the lake of fire. Let me ask you, where is your worldly shopping? Where are your new fashions? Where are your long hair and short skirts? They are all in the baptistery. The baptistery will transfer them to the lake of fire. This is what it means to be saved through water. This salvation will terminate the old age and usher in the new age. This salvation will bring us out of the old, crooked, and perverse generation and will usher us into the kingdom of Christ. There fore, the next message will be on the kingdom life in resurrection.