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箴言生命读经 · 第8篇

用箴言建立新人

Using Proverbs for Building up the New Man
1读经：罗马书8:20-21,23，彼得前书1:18-19，以弗所书4:30，哥林多后书4:16。在本篇信息中，我要进一步说到接受并使用箴言正确的路。
1Scripture Reading: Rom. 8:20-21, 23; 1 Pet. 1:18-19; Eph. 4:30; 2 Cor. 4:16 In this message I would like to give a further word regarding the proper way to receive and to use the book of Proverbs
箴言、传道书、雅歌在圣经各卷书
THE POSITION OF PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES, AND SONG OF SONGS
安排上的地位
IN THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE BOOKS OF THE BIBLE
2圣经是神藉著四十多位不同的人所呼出的。圣经六十六卷书的顺序是神所安排的。照著这顺序，神将箴言、传道书、雅歌放在一起，并将其紧接在申言者书之前。旧约里有两个职事：由摩西所代表律法的职事，以及由以利亚所代表申言者的职事。箴言、传道书、雅歌放在律法这段的结束，正在申言者书之前。这几卷书是属于律法书或申言者书？我要说，牠们是属于律法这段。尤其箴言可视为律法的辅助或帮助。
2The Bible was breathed out by God through more than forty different persons. The sequence of the sixty-six books of the Bible was arranged by God. According to this sequence, God put Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs together and placed them immediately before the prophets. There are two ministries in the Old Testament: the ministry of law, represented by Moses, and the ministry of the prophets, represented by Elijah. Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs are placed at the end of the section of the law, just before the prophets. Do these books belong to the law or to the prophets? I would say that they belong to the section of the law. In particular, Proverbs may be considered a subsidiary, or a helper, to the law
智慧、虚空和满足
WISDOM, VANITY, AND SATISFACTION
3箴言、传道书、雅歌的作者所罗门，是这段的最后一位作者。神兴起他达到人类的最高峰。他所是的，他所有的，和他所作的，都是无以伦比的。我们很难相信，至终他竟堕落到极点。这三卷书是所罗门写的，其中后两卷书是在他堕落、悔改、并归向神以后写的。在这三卷书中，第一卷论智慧，第二卷论虚空，第三卷论满足。箴言论真智慧，传道书论日光之下人生真实的意义，就是虚空的虚空，就是捕风。雅歌是满足中的满足。离了基督，整个宇宙就没有满足。作神具体化身的独一基督，不但是人独一的满足，也是那服在虚空之下（罗八20）整个宇宙独一的满足。受造之物现今服在虚空之下，这事实的意思是在日光之下，凡事都是虚空。今天神具体化身在基督里，基督实化为复合、七倍加强、包罗万有、赐生命的灵，就是经过过程之三一神的终极完成。这内住的一位乃是我们主观的满足。
3Solomon, the writer of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs, was the last writer in this section. God raised him to the highest peak of humanity. What he was, what he had, and what he did were unparalleled. It is hard to believe that eventually he became degraded to the uttermost. These three books were written by Solomon, the last two after his degradation, repentance, and return to God. Of these three books, the first is on wisdom; the second, on vanity; and the third, on satisfaction. Proverbs is on the real wisdom, and Ecclesiastes is on the real meaning of the human life under the sun, which is vanity of vanities, a chasing after wind. Song of Songs is the satisfaction of satisfactions. Apart from Christ, there is no satisfaction in the whole universe. The unique Christ, the embodiment of God, is the unique satisfaction not only to man but to the entire universe, which has been made subject to vanity (Rom. 8:20). The fact that the creation is now subject to vanity means that everything under the sun is vanity. Today God is embodied in Christ, and Christ is realized as the compounded, sevenfold, all-inclusive, life - giving Spirit, who is the consummation of the processed Triune God. This indwelling One is our subjective satisfaction.
我们需要知道
OUR NEED TO KNOW THE PROPER WAY
接受箴言正确的路
TO TAKE THE BOOK OF PROVERBS
4我们也许知道箴言、传道书、雅歌在圣经里的地位，但我们也许不知道接受箴言这卷书的路。箴言给我们智慧，成为正确的人，并且作对的事。但这智慧是赐给谁的？这人该如何使用智慧？箴言里的智慧是为著堕落的人么？旧约没有启示接受箴言正确的路，因为在所罗门的时候，神圣的启示还没有进展到这地步。所罗门没有接受多少神圣的启示。他乃是照著他对人类和宇宙的观察，照著他堕落离开神、悔改并归向神的经历，写了箴言、传道书和雅歌。
4We may know the position of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs in the Bible, but we may not know the way to take the book of Proverbs. Proverbs gives us wisdom to be a proper person and to do the right things. But for whom is this wisdom given, and how should this one use it? Is the wisdom in Proverbs for the fallen man? The Old Testament does not reveal the proper way to take the book of Proverbs because the divine revelation had not progressed to this extent at Solomon'st i me. Solomon did not receive very much of the divine revelation. Rather, he wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs according to his observations of humanity and of the universe and according to his experiences of falling away from God, of repenting, and of returning to God
神的救赎
GOD'S REDEMPTION
是祂经纶的一大部分
BEING A GREAT PART OF HIS ECONOMY
5我们要正确的使用箴言这卷书，就必须认识神的经纶。神的经纶是神成为人，为要使人在生命和性情上，但不是在神格上成为神，以产生三一神的生机体，基督的身体，这身体要终极完成为新耶路撒冷。
5To use the book of Proverbs properly, we must know God'secon o my. God'secon o my is that God became man so that man may become God in life and in nature but not in the Godhead to produce the organism of the Triune God, the Body of Christ, which consummates the New Jerusalem
救赎的需要
The Need for Redemption
6神经纶的一大部分是祂的救赎。救赎指明某样东西错了，需要挽救和补救。救赎所以需要，因为神为著完成祂的经纶创造人以后，那狡猾者撒但进来，引诱人离开神经纶的线犯了罪。人堕落到罪里，而罪是撒但罪恶的性情，由撒但注射到人的性情里。结果，神所造的人成了被撒但毒害的罪。
6A great part of God'secon o my is His redemption. Redemption indicates that something is wrong, requiring a rescue and a remedy. Redemption is needed because after God created man for the fulfillment of His economy, the subtle one, Satan, came in to seduce man from the line of God'secon o my to sin. Man fell into sin, and sin as the sinful nature of Satan was injected by Satan into man's nature. As a result, the God-created man became sin, poisoned by Satan
神完成祂救赎的路
God'sWay to Carry Out His Redemption
7神如何完成祂的救赎，拯救堕落的人？没有一个传统的神学系统对这问题提供清楚、充分的答案。惟有仔细、透彻、详细的研读圣经，才能找著答案。
7How does God carry out His redemption to rescue fallen man? None of the traditional theological systems provide a clear and adequate answer to this question. The answer can be found only through a careful, thorough, and detailed study of the Bible.
8要领会圣经并不容易。我们花了七十多年研读圣经。圣经好像一幅大拼图，有数千块分散在其中。我们需要将这许多块都放在一起，好得著完整的图画。倪弟兄读过三千多本论到不同主题的基督教经典书籍，从其中收集许多宝贵的项目，就是这拼图的许多块，他把这些传给了我。在已往七十年间，我们将这大『拼图』的许多块放在一起。现今我们有了全本圣经的图画，并且详细看见了神的救赎如何与祂的经纶有关，以及祂的救赎如何完成。
8To understand the Bible is not easy. We have spent more than seventy years to study the Bible. The Bible is like a big jigsaw puzzle with thousands of pieces scattered throughout it. We need to put all the pieces together in order to have the complete picture. Brother Nee read through over three thousand classical Christian books on various subjects and collected many precious items, or "pieces," from them, which he passed on to me. During the past seventy years we have been putting together the pieces of this great "puzzle." Now we have a picture of the whole Bible, and we can see in a detailed way how God's redemption is related to His economy and how His redemption is carried out
了结堕落的旧人
Terminating the Fallen Old Man
9圣经给我们看见，人堕落了，需要蒙救赎。在神的救赎里，第一部分是了结、毁坏堕落的旧人。
9The Bible shows us that man has become fallen and needs to be redeemed. In God's redemption the first part is to terminate, to destroy, the fallen old man
挽救神所创造的人性
Rescuing the Humanity Created by God
10第二部分是挽救神所创造的，就是神所创造的人性。神所创造之人性的某些东西还存留，神不愿意将其放弃。祂创造了人性，虽然人性堕落了，但神要维持，并带其归向祂自己。因此，神在祂的救赎里，一面毁坏堕落的，另一面挽救祂所创造的。
10The second part is to rescue what was created by God, the God-created humanity. Something remains of the humanity created by God, and God is not willing to give it up. He created it, and although it has become fallen, He will maintain it and bring it back to Himself. Thus, in His redemption, God, on the one hand, destroys what is fallen and, on the other hand, rescues what was created by Him
拔高受造之人蒙救赎的部分
Uplifting the Redeemed Part of Created Man
11神在祂救赎的第三部分，拔高祂所创造、蒙救赎的人性。有时候我们所造的某样东西失去并毁坏了，我们找著那样东西，加以修理，使牠比原来更好。这就是神在祂的救赎里所作的。祂使祂所造的人比起初更好。这就是说，神藉著将祂自己分赐到蒙救赎的人性里，将其拔高。神所创造的人性非常好，但却没有任何神性情的东西。这人性只是属人的，没有神性。这人性堕落以后，神在祂的救赎里就毁坏堕落的部分，挽救神所创造的部分，然后将祂自己分赐到这蒙救赎的人性里。
11In the third part of His redemption, God uplifts the redeemed God-created humanity. Sometimes when a certain thing which we have made becomes lost and damaged, we find that thing and repair it, making it better than it was originally. This is what God has done in His redemption. He made the man created by Him better than he was in the beginning. This means that God uplifted the redeemed humanity by dispensing Himself into it. The God-created humanity was very good, but it did not have anything of God's nature. It was only human, without divinity. After this humanity became fallen, in His redemption God destroyed the fallen part, rescued the God-created part, and then dispensed Himself into this redeemed humanity
12现在我们需要指出，照著圣经，神的救赎不但包括死，也包括复活。若没有复活，神就无法带失丧的受造之人归向祂自己。带失丧的受造之人归向祂自己，实际上就是使神所创造的人复活。在复活里，神用祂自己的生命、性情、和元素作本质，拔高蒙救赎的受造之人。不但如此，当神使死了的人性复活时，还将祂自己放在人里面。现今这人重生并拔高，有神一切的所是在他里面。整个神进入了这复活、重生、拔高的人里面。这人就是圣经所称的新人。（弗四24。）
12At this juncture we need to point out that, according to the Bible, God's redemption includes not only death but also resurrection. Without resurrection, God could not bring back to Himself the lost created man. To bring back the lost God - created man is actually to resurrect the God - created man. In resurrection God used His own life, nature, and element as the substance to uplift the redeemed created man. Furthermore, in resurrecting the dead humanity, God put Himself into man. Now this man is regenerated and uplifted, having all that God is within him. The entire God has entered into this resurrected, regenerated, and uplifted man. This man is what the Bible calls the new man (Eph. 4:24).
13神的心意不再在旧人身上。在神看来，旧人已经完结、了结了，因此不再存在。在神的救赎里，祂的眼目总是在新人身上。我们都需要看见这点。
13God'sin tent i on is no longer with the old man. In the sight of God, the old man has been finished, terminated, and thus he no longer exists. In His redemption God'se yes are always on the new man. We all need to see this
神的救赎是照著祂的经纶
God's Redemption Being according to His Economy
14神的救赎是照著祂的经纶。就一面说，神的救赎已经完成了，但神救赎的应用或实行需要很长的过程。从神的经纶看，我们六千年前就在亚当里堕落了；（罗五12；）作神羔羊的基督，从创世以来就被杀了；（启十三8；）而我们约在二千年前藉著基督的复活得重生。这乃是照著神经纶的观点。受了那灵的印记，直到得赎的日子然而，在神的经纶里，我们需要时间来经历在基督的死里、在基督的复活里、并在包罗万有赐生命之灵里的救赎。我们初得救时，就受了那灵的印记，这印涂要一直继续，直到得赎的日子。（弗四30。）这里的得赎，意思不是要救赎我们的灵或我们的魂，乃是要救赎我们的身体。我们的身体仍未得赎。完整的救赎是神在瞬间完成的，但在实行和应用上，救赎仍未完成。
14God's redemption is according to His economy. In one sense, God's redemption has already been accomplished, but the application, or the practice, of God's redemption requires along process. In the view of God'secon o my, we became fallen in Adam six thousand years ago (Rom. 5:12); Christ as the Lamb of God was slain from the foundation of the world (Rev. 13:8); and we were regenerated through Christ's resurrection almost two thousand years ago. This is the view according to God'secon o my. Sealed with the Spirit until the Day of Redemption Nevertheless, it takes time in God'secon o my for us to experience the redemption in Christ's death, in Christ's resurrection, and in the all-inclusive, life- giving Spirit. We were sealed by the Spirit when we were saved initially, and this sealing will proceed until the day of redemption (Eph. 4:30). Redemption here does not mean to redeem our spirit or our soul but to redeem our body. Our body still remains unredeemed. Redemption in its entirety was accomplished by God in an instant, but in practice and application redemption is still not finished
15我一相信主耶稣，就经历在祂死里的救赎，但那时我还不认识藉著复活的救赎。然后我开始爱主，寻求祂，并且爱圣经。我多年研读圣经，至终才知道救赎不但是藉著祂的死，也是藉著祂的复活。若没有基督的复活，神作生命就无法使我们从死里有新生的起头。（彼前一3。）
15When I believed in the Lord Jesus, I experienced His redemption in His death, but at that time I did not know redemption through resurrection. Then I began to love the Lord, to seek after Him, and to love the Bible. I studied the Bible for many years and eventually learned that redemption is not only through His death; it is also through His resurrection. Without Christ's resurrection God as life could not germinate us from death (1 Pet. 1:3).
16我得救以后，经过七十多年，我学了一个功课：随从灵，在灵里、照著灵、并同著灵而行，在那灵里并同著那灵，被那灵调和并与那灵调和。我仍在学习这点。近几个月，我常常认罪说，『主，很抱歉，我没有照著你的灵作这事。主阿，赦免我。我对我妻子说话，没有照著你的灵说。』我还没有学完这功课。神在祂救赎的最后一步，要在时期满足的时候，救赎我们的身体。基督再来时，要将我们的身体改变形状。（腓三21。）那将是神救赎的完成。我们还未完全得赎，但我们是在过程中。一面，圣经说我们已得赎。（彼前一18～19。）另一面，圣经说我们受了那灵的印记，直到得赎的日子。罗马八章二十三节说，我们这有那灵作初熟果子的，也是自己里面叹息，热切等待儿子的名分，就是我们的身体得赎。别人问我们是否得赎，我们该说，『是的，我已得赎，但我仍需要得赎。』即使我们已在灵和魂里得赎，我们也仍然等候在身体上得赎。
16After my initial salvation, through more than seventy years I have learned one lesson: to follow the Spirit, to walk in, according to, and with the Spirit, to be in the Spirit and with the Spirit, and to be mingled and mingling with the Spirit. I am still learning this. In recent months I have often confessed, saying, "Lord, I am sorry that I did not do this according to Your Spirit. O Lord, forgive me. When I spoke to my wife, I did not speak according to Your Spirit." I have not finished learning this lesson. In the last step of His redemption, God will redeem our body at the fullness of the times. At Christ's coming He will transfigure our body (Phil. 3:21). That will be the completion of God's redemption. We have not yet been fully redeemed, but we are on the way. On the one hand, the Bible says that we have been redeemed (1 Pet. 1:18-19). On the other hand, it says that we have been sealed by the Spirit until the day of redemption. Romans 8:23 says that we who have the firstfruits of the Spirit groan in ourselves, eagerly awaiting sonship, the redemption of our body. When others ask us if we have been redeemed, we should say, "Yes, I have been redeemed, yet I still need to be redeemed." Even if we have been redeemed in our spirit and our soul, we are still waiting to be redeemed in our body
神对我们忍耐，并且缓缓行事
God Being Patient with Us and Doing Things Slowly
17保罗得著丰盛的启示，被提到第三层天里，且被提到乐园里，但神担心他会骄傲。（林后十二1～7。）所以有一根刺，藉著撒但的使者，加在他的肉体上。这是神所许可的。这对还未被炼净，可能骄傲的保罗，乃是真实的成全。因此，神藉著他身体上的患难炼净他，成全他。这是神的经纶。我们的神是无所不能的，但为著我们，祂必须非常忍耐，并且缓缓行事。
17When Paul received an abundance of revelations, having been caught away to the third heaven and to Paradise, God was concerned that he might become proud (2 Cor. 12:1-7). Therefore, Paul was given a thorn in his flesh by a messenger of Satan. This was permitted by God, and it was a real perfection to Paul, who had not yet been purified and could have become proud. Thus, God purified him, perfected him, by an affliction in his body. This is God'secon o my. Our God is omnipotent, yet for us He has to be very patient and do things slowly
外面的人毁坏，里面的人日日在更新
The Outer Man Decaying and the Inner Man Being Renewed Day by Day
18林后四章告诉我们：『我们外面的人虽然在毁坏，我们里面的人却日日在更新。』（16。）日复一日，我们外面的人在毁坏，被销毁，但我们里面的人在更新。这指明神要更新我们并不容易。这无法只藉著我们的祷告来完成。神需要用祂的『治疗』来更新我们。
18Second Corinthians 4 tells us that "though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day" (v. 16). Day after day our outer man is decaying, being consumed, and our inner man is being renewed. This indicates that it is not easy for God to renew us. This cannot be accomplished just by our prayer. God needs to use His "therapy" to renew us
箴言在神经纶里的地位
THE PLACE OF THE BOOK OF PROVERBS in God'secon o my
19现在我们能看见箴言在神经纶里的地位。照著祂的经纶，箴言不该用来建立旧人。箴言的原则如金块，细则如珠宝，都不是为著建立我们的旧人，培养我们的己和我们天然的人。反之，这些乃是叫我们建立我们的新人。为这目的，箴言是有用的。当我们仍活在肉身里，我们需要箴言给我们教导，如何在许多方面过正确的生活，以建立我们的新人。
19Now we can see the place of the book of Proverbs in God'secon o my. According to His economy Proverbs should not be used to build up the old man. The big proverbs, like nuggets, and the small ones, like gems, are not for us to build up our old man, to cultivate our self and our natural man. Rather, they are for us to build up our new man. It is for this purpose that they are useful. While we are still living in this body, we need Proverbs to give us instructions on how to live rightly in so many aspects, in order to build up our new man