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箴言生命读经 · 第6篇

读箴言培养我们重生的新人

Coming to Proverbs to Cultivate Our Regenerated New Man
1读经：以弗所书4:22-24，加拉太书2:20，提摩太后书3:16上，以弗所
1Scripture Reading: Eph. 4:22-24; Gal. 2:20; 2 Tim. 3:16a; Eph. 6:17-18a
2书6:17-18上。
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3在本篇信息中，我要说到读箴言正确的路。
3In this message I would like to give a word concerning the proper way to come to the book of Proverbs
圣经启示五件事神
FIVE MATTERS REVEALED IN THE BIBLE God
4圣经首先启示神。（创一1。）整个宇宙是个奥秘，这奥秘的中心乃是神。神创造天地。若没有神，就没有甚么能存在。
4The Bible first reveals God (Gen. 1:1). The whole universe is a mystery, and the center of this mystery is God. God created the heavens and the earth. Without God nothing would exist
话
The Word
5圣经给我们看见的第二件事是神的说话，神的话。希伯来一章一至二节上半说，『神既在古时，藉著众申言者，多分多方向列祖说话，就在这末后的日子，在子里向我们说话。』因此，圣经里首先有神，然后有神的说话，就是从祂口中所出的话。
5The second thing the Bible shows us is God's speaking, God'sword. Hebrews 1:1-2a says, "God, having spoken of old in many portions and in many ways to the fathers in the prophets, has at the last of these days spoken to us in the Son." Thus, in the Bible we first have God, and then we have God's speaking, the word that proceeds out of His mouth
话成为肉体
The Word Becoming Flesh
6创世记一章一节说，『起初神创造，』约翰一章一节说，『太初有话。』这话成了肉体。（14。）首先是神，然后是话，再后话成了肉体。我们习惯说神成为肉体；然而，说话成为肉体也许更准确。这话成肉体的一位，就是在肉体里的基督，作神的具体化身。现在有三样：神、话、在肉体里的基督。话，就是神的儿子基督，成了肉体。
6Genesis 1:1 says, "In the beginning God created," and John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word." This Word became flesh (v. 14). First is God, then the Word, and then the Word became flesh. We are accustomed to saying that God was incarnated. However, it may be more precise to speak of the Word becoming flesh. This Word-become-flesh is Christ in the flesh as the embodiment of God. Now we have three: God, the Word, and Christ in the flesh. The Word, Christ the Son of God, became flesh
赐生命的灵
The Life-giving Spirit
7第四，在肉体里神的儿子，就是话，成了赐生命的灵。（林前十五45下。）所以，有神、话、在肉体里的基督和那灵。
7Fourth, the Son of God in the flesh as the Word became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). Therefore, we have God, the Word, Christ in the flesh, and the Spirit
那灵就是话
The Spirit Being the Word
8以弗所六章十七节说，『接受…那灵的剑，那灵就是神的话。』照著希腊文法，本节指明那灵就是话。这符合基督在约翰六章六十三节的话：『我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。』因此，有神、话、在肉体里的基督作话的具体化身、那灵，和再一次的话。
8Ephesians 6:17 says, "Receive..the sword of the Spirit, which Spirit is the word of God." According to the Greek grammar, which in this verse refers not to sword but to Spirit, indicating that the Spirit is the word. This corresponds to Christ'sword in John 6:63: "The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. " Hence, we have God, the Word, Christ in the flesh as the embodiment of the Word, the Spirit, and the word again.
现今与人重生之灵调和的五个因素
Five Factors Which Are Now Mingled with the Regenerated Human Spirit
9在『神人』一书里，我指出圣经给我们看见神人、新人、新造、基督的身体和新耶路撒冷。这里我要指出，这一切都是出自神、话、基督作话的具体化身、那灵、以及是话的那灵。没有这五样东西作因素，我们就无法有神人、新人、新造、基督的身体和新耶路撒冷。不但如此，这五个因素乃是一。神就是话；话就是基督；基督就是那灵；那灵就是话。今天这五样都在我们重生的灵里，甚至与我们的灵调和为一灵。（林前六17。）
9In the book entitled The God-men, I pointed out that the Bible shows us the God-men, the new man, the new creation, the Body of Christ, and the New Jerusalem. Here I would point out that all of these issue from God, the Word, Christ as the embodiment of the Word, the Spirit, and the Spirit as the word. Without these five things as the factors, we cannot have the God-men, the new man, the new creation, the Body of Christ, and the New Jerusalem. Furthermore, these five factors are one. God is the Word; the Word is Christ; Christ is the Spirit; and the Spirit is the word. Today all these five are in our regenerated human spirit and are even mingled with our spirit as one spirit (1 Cor. 6:17
箴言不是
the book of Proverbs
直接从神来的话
NOT BEING THE WORD DIRECTLY FROM GOD
10箴言这卷书虽然记载在神的话里，但不是直接从神来的话，而是许多智慧人的话，尤其是所罗门的话。同样，圣经多半不是神直接的话。然而，旧约有许多是神的说话，如创世记一章三节，那里神说，『要有光。』虽然箴言是圣经里的一卷，但我们若凭著天然的人来接触，箴言对我们就不是神的话。藉著运用我们的灵，
10The book of Proverbs is recorded in the Word of God, but it is not the word directly from God. Rather, it is the word of many wise men, especially Solomon. In the same way, most of the Bible is not the word of God directly. However, much of the Old Testament is God's speaking, such as Genesis 1:3, where God said, "Let there be light." Although Proverbs is a book in the Bible, when we contact it by our natural man, it is not the word of God to us. THE WORD BECOMING SPIRIT AND LIFE TO US
话对我们就成为灵和生命
THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF OUR SPIRIT
11在林前七章二十五节上半，保罗说到婚姻：『我没有主的命令，但我…题出我的意见。』这里保罗清楚的说，他所要说的不是神的话，乃是他的意见。在四十节他继续说，『但我想我也有神的灵了。』这说明一个事实：圣经满了人的话，就是神子民的话。但这些话也是神的话，因为这些是在圣经里，而圣经是神的呼出，（提后三16上，）就是神将祂自己呼出来。
11In 1 Corinthians 7:25a Paul said concerning marriage, "I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give my opinion." Here Paul says clearly that what he is about to speak is not the word of God but his opinion. In verse 40 he went on to say, "But I think that I also have the Spirit of God." This is an illustration of the fact that the Bible is full of human words, the words of the people of God. These words are the word of God because they are in the Bible, and the Bible is God's breathing (2 Tim. 3:16a), God's exhaling of Himself
12我们若凭著天然的人，凭著心思来接触圣经里的话，这话对我们就不是神的话。但我们若运用灵来到圣经跟前接触神，话就成为那灵。我们读箴言时，这该是我们的经历。这卷书里的话是智慧人的话，但我们若在祷告的灵里，运用灵来接触这些话，每句话对我们就都成为灵和生命。我们众人看见这点，是很重要的。
12When we come to contact the word in the Bible by our natural man, by our mind, it is not the word of God to us. But when we come to the Bible by exercising our spirit to contact God, the word becomes the Spirit. This should be our experience as we read the book of Proverbs. The words in this book are the words of wise men, but when we contact these words by exercising our spirit in the spirit of prayer, every word becomes spirit and life to us. It is crucial that we all see this.
13我们需要有正确、属灵的箴言，以培养我们重生的新人我们在基督里的信徒不再是旧人－我们乃是新人。然而，无论我们多么新，我们仍有我们的人性。神没有撇弃我们受造的人性，乃是重生这人性。不错，基督钉死、了结了堕落的旧人，但祂用神的生命重生我们由神所造的人性，使其有新生的起头。
13OUR NEED TO HAVE THE PROPER, SPIRITUAL PROVERBS FOR THE CULTIVATION OF OUR REGENERATED NEW MAN As believers in Christ, we are no longer the old man— we are the new man. However, no matter how new we may be, we still have our humanity. Instead of casting away our created humanity, God regenerated this humanity. Yes, Christ crucified, terminated, the fallen old man, but He regenerated, germinated, our God- created humanity with God's life
我们复活的人性
Our Resurrected Humanity
14复活是在钉死以后；若没有复活，就无法有重生。（彼前一3。）基督在十字架上所了结的，是堕落的人性，堕落的旧人，但神所造的人性仍要复活。在复活里，神圣的元素拔高重生的人性。现今我们重生成为新人以后，仍有我们的人性，但这是复活、重生的人性。因为这是信徒很难领会的事，我们就需要有关于旧人和新人的清楚异象。一面，我们老旧、堕落的人性，在基督的钉死里已被了结；另一面，我们由神所造的人性，藉著基督的复活，有了新生的起头，得了重生。因此，我们已被了结，也有了新生的起头。今天我们所有的人性，不是老旧、被了结、堕落的人性，乃是新的、有新生起头、拔高的人性。
14Resurrection follows crucifixion, and without resurrection there can be no regeneration (1 Pet. 1:3). What Christ terminated on the cross was the fallen humanity, the fallen old man, yet the God-created humanity remained to be resurrected. In resurrection the divine element uplifted the regenerated humanity. Now after we have been regenerated to be a new man, we still have our humanity, but it is a resurrected, regenerated humanity. Because this is a difficult matter for believers to understand, we need to have a clear vision concerning the old man and the new man. On the one hand, our old, fallen humanity has been terminated in Christ's crucifixion; on the other hand, our God-created humanity has been germinated, regenerated, through Christ's resurrection. Thus, we have been terminated and also germinated. The humanity which we have today is not the old, terminated, fallen humanity but the new, germinated, uplifted humanity
钉死的『我』和重生的『我』
The Crucified "I" and the Regenerated "I
15在加拉太二章二十节上半保罗说，『我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活著的，不再是我。』我们若只留意经文这部分，也许以为保罗在说，他的人性已全然被了结，因为他说，『现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督。』但基督活在那里，活在谁里面？保罗答覆这问题，说，『基督在我里面活著。』不但如此，保罗立刻接著说，『并且我如今在肉身里所活的生命，是我在…信里…所活的。』首先保罗宣告：『我…钉十字架；现在活著的，不再是我，』然后他说，『我…活。』钉死的『我』是旧『我』。活著的我是
15In the first part of Galatians 2:20 Paul says, "I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live." If we pay attention only to this part of the verse, we may think that Paul is saying that his humanity has been altogether terminated, for he says, " It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives." But where and in whom does Christ live? Paul answers this question when he says, " Christ.. lives in me. " Furthermore, Paul immediately goes on to say, "And the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith." First, Paul declares, "I am crucified..it is no longer I who live," but then he says, "I live." The crucified " I " is the old " I. " The " I " who lives is the new, regenerated "I," the regenerated humanity.
16新的、重生的『我』，重生的人性。读箴言培养我们的新人
16Coming to Proverbs to Cultivate Our New Man
17现在我们能领会，箴言在我们的基督徒生活中该有的地位。因为我们仍有我们的人性，我们就需要正确、属灵的箴言，不是要培养我们天然的人，乃是要培养我们重生的新人。例如，某位弟兄关于道理，能说得很多，但他在日常生活中，也许对许多事都非常懒惰、轻率、并且没有秩序。这样的人的确需要藉著箴言培养他重生的人性。
17Now we can understand the place that Proverbs should have in our Christian life. Because we still have our humanity, we need the proper, spiritual proverbs, not to cultivate our natural man but to cultivate our regenerated new man. For example, a certain brother may be able to speak much about doctrines, but he may be very slothful, careless, and disorderly with many things in his daily life. Such a person surely needs to have his regenerated humanity cultivated through the book of Proverbs
18我们都需要箴言培养我们的新人。我们来读箴言，需要一个运用我们的灵同那灵接触话的人。然后箴言里的话，对我们就成为灵和生命，不是培养我们天然的人，乃是培养我们重生的新人。
18We all need Proverbs for the cultivation of our new man. We need to come to Proverbs as a new man by exercising our spirit with the Spirit to contact the word. Then the word in Proverbs will become spirit and life to us, not to cultivate our natural man but to cultivate our regenerated new man