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列王纪生命读经 · 第13篇

以利沙恩典的职事

Elisha’s Ministry of Grace
1读经：列王纪下2:19-25;，4:1—6:7。2在本篇信息中，我们要来看列王纪下所启示关于以利沙恩典的职事。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 2:19-25; 4:1—6:7 In this message we will consider what is revealed in Kings concerning Elisha’s ministry of grace.
壹 、以利亚豫表施浸者约翰，使百姓知罪，以至于死
I. Elijah Being A Type Of John The Baptist In Convicting People Unto Death
2以利亚豫表施浸者约翰，使百姓知罪，以至于死。（路1:17，太11:11,上。）在基督以前来的施浸者约翰，引进基督。这由以利亚引进以利沙所豫表。
2Elijah was a type of John the Baptist in convicting people unto death (Luke 1:17; Matt. 11:11, 14; 3:1-2, 6-11a). John the Baptist, who came before Christ, 14; 3:1-2, 6-11 ushered in Christ. This is typified by Elijah’su she ring in Elisha.
贰 、以利沙豫表基督，在生命里行恩典的神迹
II. Elisha Being A Type Of Christ In Doing Miracles Of Grace In Life
3以利沙豫表基督，在生命里行恩典的神迹。以利亚行了一些大神迹，如使天闭塞不下雨，并吩咐火从天上降下来，烧尽燔祭和浇在其上的水。然而，以利沙进来顶替他时，没有行奇事。以利沙乃是在生命里行恩典的神迹。许多基督徒留意神迹，却忽略恩典和生命的事，或是非常肤浅的说到这两件事。保罗在罗马书里非常强调恩典。在罗马书里，凭著恩典得称义，结果是在生命中作王。（三２４，五１７～１８。）所以，在生命里的恩典乃是罗马书里重要的事。恩典是神藉著将祂自己给了我们，作我们的享受，而为我们作成一切。这恩典带进神圣的生命；这神圣的生命丰富高超到一个地步，甚至使我们与基督一同作王。然而，在今天的基督徒中间，不可能听见一篇信息告诉信徒，神的恩典要带进神圣的生命，使我们掌权作王。
3Elisha was a type of Christ in doing miracles of grace in life. Elijah did some great miracles, such as closing up the heavens so that it might not rain and calling down fire from heaven to consume the burnt offering and the water that had been poured upon it. However, when Elisha came in to replace him, he did not perform wonders. Instead, Elisha did miracles of grace in life. Many Christians pay attention to miracles, but they neglect the matters of grace and life or speak of them in a very shallow way. Paul emphasized grace very much in the book of Romans. In Romans justification by grace is unto the reigning in life (3:24; 5:17-18). Grace in life is, therefore, a crucial matter in Romans. Grace is God doing everything for us by giving Himself to us as our enjoyment. This grace issues in the divine life, which is rich and high, even unto making us co- kings with Christ. However, among today’s Christians it is not likely that one will hear a message telling the believers that God’s grace issues in the divine life for us to reign as kings
一 、治好耶利哥恶劣的水
A. Healing the Bad Water of Jericho
4首先，以利沙治好耶利哥恶劣的水。（王下二１９～２２。）耶利哥城的人告诉以利沙，因水恶劣，以致这地荒芜;他就出到水源，将盐倒在水中，说，『耶和华如此说，我已治好这水，以后必不再有死亡或荒芜从此而出。』（２１。）耶利哥表征撒但，撒但的一切都是死亡，包括水在内。但耶利哥恶劣的水照著以利沙的话被治好，成为美好的水，赐生命的水。
4First, Elisha healed the bad water of Jericho (2 Kings 2:19-22). When the men of the city told Elisha that the water was bad and that the land was barren, he went out to the source of the water and threw salt there, saying, “Thus says Jehovah, I have healed this water; there will not be any more death or barrenness from there” (v. 21). Jericho signifies Satan, and with Satan everything is death, including the water. But the bad water of Jericho was healed according to the word of Elisha and became good water, water that gave life.
5主耶稣在约翰福音所行的头一件神迹，是变水为酒。（二３～１１。）这神迹的意义是变死亡为生命。变死亡为生命，是约翰福音里主所行的一切神迹，并约翰三至十一章里祂所对付一切事例的管治原则。王下二章里以利沙所行的神迹，和约翰二章里主耶稣所行的神迹，意义是同样的，都是变死亡为生命。
5The first miracle the Lord Jesus performed in the Gospel of John was the changing of water into wine (2:3-11). The significance of this miracle is the changing of death into life. Changing death into life is the governing principle of all the Lord’s miracles in the Gospel of John and of all the cases dealt with by Him in chapters three through eleven of John. The significance of the miracle performed by Elisha in 2 Kings 2 and of the miracle performed by the Lord Jesus in John 2 is the same—the changing of death into life
二 、称无为有
B. Calling the Things Not Being as Being
6其次，以利沙称无为有。（王下4:1-7,42-44，参太14:14-21;15:32-，罗4:17上。）以利沙从一个器皿的油产生许多器皿的油，特别显出他的称无为有。主耶稣在原则上行同样的事。在马太十四至十五章，祂用几个饼和几条鱼食饱群众。在这事上，以利沙也是新约时代主耶稣的豫表。以利沙在豫表里所行的事，与主耶稣在实际里所行的事相同；在这点上，他胜于任何其他的申言者。原则上，以利沙和主耶稣行同样的事，就是在生命里行恩典的神迹。
6Next, Elisha called the things not being as being (2 Kings 4:1-7, 8-17, 42-44; cf. Matt. 14:14-21; 15:32-39; 8-17, Rom. 4:17b). In particular, Elisha called things not 39 being as being when he produced many vessels of oil from one vessel. The Lord Jesus did the same thing in principle. In Matthew 14 and 15 He fed multitudes with a few loaves and fishes. In this matter also Elisha was a type of the Lord Jesus in the New Testament age. More than any other prophet, Elisha did things that, in type, were the same as what the Lord Jesus did in reality. In principle, Elisha and the Lord Jesus did the same thing, performing miracles of grace in life.
三 、叫死人从死里复活
C. Resurrecting the Dead from Death
7以利沙也叫死人从死里复活。（王下，参来11:35，路7:11-17，约11:41-44，罗4:17上。）主耶稣已叫千千万万的人复活，包括我们在内。（约5:25。）称无为有，叫死人复活，不仅仅是神迹，乃是恩典带进生命，结果是在生命中作王。四、用面去野瓜的毒以利沙的门徒缺少粮食时，用有毒的瓜熬汤。以利沙用面去野瓜的毒。（王下四３８～４１。）原则上，主耶稣为祂的门徒行过同样的事。祂警告他们说，『你们要当心，提防法利赛人和撒都该人的酵。』（太十六６～１２。）祂用祂自己作细面医治门徒。
7Elisha also resurrected the dead from death (2 Kings 4:18-37; cf. Heb. 11:35; Luke 7:11-17; John 11:41-44; 4:18-37 Rom. 4:17b). The Lord Jesus has resurrected millions of persons, including us (John 5:25). Calling things not being as being and giving life to the dead are not merely miracles. They are grace resulting in life unto the reigning in life as kings. D. Nullifying the Poison of the Wild Gourds with Flour When the disciples of Elisha were short of food, they cooked a stew with poisonous gourds. Elisha nullified the poison of the wild gourds with flour (2 Kings 4:38-41). In principle, the Lord Jesus did the same thing for His disciples. He warned them, saying, “Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees” (Matt. 16:6-12), and He healed the disciples with Himself as the fine flour.
8今天在基督教里有许多教训是『有毒的野瓜』。有些基督教的著作很好，但纯净的不多。我们曾推荐慕安得烈（AndrewMurray）、盖恩夫人（MadameGuyon）、劳伦斯（Lawrence）弟兄、和其他人的一些著作。我们尤其推荐慕安得烈的杰作『基督的灵』，麦敦诺师母（MaryE.McDonough）所著『神救赎的计画』，宋汝慈（RuthPaxson）所著『最高水平的生命』。我们中间也有倪弟兄的职事。倪弟兄年轻时，他的职事为西教士所拒绝，但今天在全世界，有心寻求的基督徒都知道他的职事。因著主的怜悯和恩典，在已过七十年，圣经中几乎所有重大、要紧的启示，都已包括在倪柝声弟兄和我的职事里。我劝你们要留意这些纯正、健康的事物，不要浪费时间去收集『有毒的野瓜』。
8Many of the teachings in today’s Christianity are “poisonous gourds.” Some Christian books are good, but many are not pure. We have recommended certain writings by Andrew Murray, Madame Guyon, Brother Lawrence, and others. We have especially recommended Andrew Murray’s masterpiece The Spirit of Christ, as well as God’s Plan of Redemption by MaryE. McDonough and Life on the Highest Plane by Ruth Paxton. Among us we also have the ministry of Brother Nee. Brother Nee’s ministry was rejected by the Western missionaries in his youth, but today his ministry is known by seeking Christians throughout the world. By the Lord’s mercy and grace, in the last seventy years nearly all the crucial, important revelations of the Bible have been covered in Watchman Nee’s ministry and my ministry. I would urge you to pay attention to these pure and healthy things and not waste your time collecting “poisonous gourds.”
五 、医治患痲疯的
E. Healing Leprosy
9在王下五章，以利沙医治患痲疯的。（路。）主耶稣在祂的职事里行了同样的事。（太11:5;8:1-4，路17:11-19。）
9In 2 Kings 5 Elisha healed a case of leprosy (Luke 4:27). The Lord Jesus did the same thing in His ministry 4:27 (Matt. 11:5; 8:1-4; Luke 17:11-19).
六 、用一根木头，使掉在水里的斧头漂上来
F. Floating with a Wooden Stick the Ax Head That Had Fallen into the Waters
10在王下六章一至七节，以利沙用一根木头，使掉在水里的斧头漂上来。这表征基督在复活里，用祂的十字架恢复堕落在死水里之罪人的能力。我们罪人失去了我们的『斧头』，就是我们的能力；但基督在复活里，用祂十字架的『木头』，恢复这失去的能力。
10In 2 Kings 6:1-7 Elisha floated with a wooden stick an ax head that had fallen into the waters. This signifies Christ recovering with His cross, in resurrection, the power of sinners that had fallen into the death water. As sinners, we lost our “ax head,” our power, but Christ has recovered this lost power in resurrection with the “wooden stick” of His cross
七 、咒诅讥笑他的孩子
G. Cursing the Mocking Boys
11在王下二章二十三至二十四节，以利沙咒诅讥笑他的孩子，使他们被林中出来的两个母熊撕裂。那些以为主耶稣在原则上不会行同样事的人，需要再去读马太福音。马太三章十二节说，主要把麦子收在祂的仓里，把糠秕用不灭的火烧尽了。当然，这样烧尽糠秕是个咒诅。不但如此，在马太十二章三十一至三十二节、三十四节，主耶稣警告法利赛人那不能得赦免的罪，就是亵渎圣灵的罪。在马太二十三章，主对经学家和法利赛人说到八重灾祸。这是主对他们的咒诅。
11In 2 Kings 2:23-24 Elisha cursed the mocking boys to be torn up by two female bears out of the woods. Those who think that the Lord Jesus did not do the same thing in principle need to read the Gospel of Matthew again. Matthew 3:12 says that the wheat will be gathered into the Lord’s barn but that He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire. To be sure, this burning of the chaff is a curse. Furthermore, in Matthew 12:31-32, 34 the Lord Jesus warned the Pharisees concerning an unforgivable sin, the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. In Matthew 23 He spoke eight woes to the scribes and Pharisees. This was His curse to them.
12藉著前述的一切，我们能看见，以利沙是基督非常精确的豫表。在豫表上，以利沙转移了时代；在应验里，主耶稣也转移了时代。今天我们乃是在转移的时代，就是在神新约经纶应验的时代里。
12By all of the foregoing we can see that Elisha was a very accurate type of Christ. Elisha changed the age in type, and the Lord Jesus did the same thing in fulfillment. Today we are in the changed age, the age of the fulfillment of God’s New Testament economy.