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雅歌生命读经 · 第5篇

藉著分辨灵与魂活在升天里

Living in Ascension by Discerning the Spirit from the Soul
1读经：雅歌4:7-15，希伯来书4:12，帖撒罗尼迦前书5:23，哥林多后书4:16。在本篇信息中，我要说到藉著分辨灵与魂活在升天里。
1Scripture Reading: S. S. 4:7-15; Heb. 4:12; 1 Thes. 5:23; 2 Cor. 4:16 In this message I would like to give a word about living in ascension by discerning the spirit from the soul
蒙呼召活在升天里
THE CALL TO LIVE IN ASCENSION
2在雅歌四章七至八节，主呼召祂的佳偶活在升天里，作复活里的新造。惟有在升天里，在复活里的，才是新造。没有复活，就没有新造。
2In Song of Songs 4:7-8 the Lord calls His lover to live in ascension as a new creation in resurrection. The new creation is only that which is in ascension in resurrection. Without resurrection, there cannot be a new creation
主表达祂对佳偶的珍赏
The Lord Expressing His Appreciation of His Lover
3『我的佳偶，你全然美丽，毫无瑕疵。』（7。）这里主表达祂对佳偶的珍赏，豫备她接受祂的呼召，在升天里生活。
3You are altogether beautiful, my love, / And there is no blemish in you” (v. 7). Here the Lord expresses His appreciation of His lover to prepare her to receive His call to live in ascension
呼召她从利巴嫩与祂同去
The Call to Come with Him from Lebanon
4『我的新妇，来，与我同去，从利巴嫩，与我一同从利巴嫩…。』（8上。）利巴嫩是一座高山，表征复活。在二章九节，佳偶在往自己里面看的『我们墙壁』里。墙壁在低处，在己里。她往自己里面看，就筑了一面使她与主隔开的墙。现今主呼召她与祂同往高山，就是复活的高峰－升天。基督受死、复活，然后升天。我们首先经历复活，然后经历升天。
4Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; / With me from Lebanon come” (v. 8a). Lebanon is a high mountain, signifying resurrection. In 2:9 the lover was in “our wall” of the introspective self. The wall is down in the self. Her introspection had built a wall which separated her from the Lord. Now He calls her to come with Him to a high mountain, which is the top of resurrection—ascension. Christ died, rose, and then ascended. First we experience resurrection, then ascension
从亚玛拿山顶，从示尼珥与黑门山顶，来观看
Looking from the Top of Amana, from the Top of Senir and Hermon
5『从亚玛拿山顶，从示尼珥与黑门山顶，从狮子的洞穴，从豹子的山岭，来观看。』（8下。）我们曾指出，亚玛拿意『真理』。因此，这是启示的高峰。示尼珥意『软的甲胄』。软的甲胄指明争战已经过去，胜利已经得著。黑门意『毁灭』。仇敌已经毁灭。在基督的升天里，有祂的得胜。不再有争战，因为仇敌已经毁灭，甲胄已经成为软的。不但如此，真理也在这里。真理是指三一神的实际－神一切的所是，基督一切的所是，和那灵一切的所是。这是升天。
5“Look from the top of Amana, / From the top of Senir and Hermon, / From the lions’ dens, / From the leopards’ mountains” (v. 8b). We have pointed out that Amana means “truth.” Hence, this is the peak of revelation. Senir means “soft armor.” Soft armor indicates that the fighting is over and the victory has been gained. Hermon means “destruction.” The enemy has been destroyed. In Christ’s ascension is His victory. There is no more fighting, for the enemy has been destroyed and the armor has become soft. Furthermore, the truth is here. The truth refers to the reality of the Triune God—all that God is, all that Christ is, and all that the Spirit is. This is ascension.
从狮子的洞穴，从豹子的山岭，来观看
Looking from the Lions’ Dens and from the Leopards’ Mountains
6八节说到从狮子的洞穴，从豹子的山岭，来观看。胜利已经得著，但表征撒但和他邪恶势力的狮子和豹子仍在那里。这些邪恶的权势也在诸天界里。（弗六12。）基督呼召祂的佳偶由此观看，指明我们必须在升天里过生活。在我们的日常生活中，我们不该活在我们的『墙壁』里，在地上低处；也不该活在我们的『洞穴』里，不该隐居与人隔离。我们已经复活，现今在升天里；争战已经过去，胜利已经得著。然而，所有的仇敌仍
6Verse 8 speaks of looking from the lions’ dens and from the leopards’ mountains. The victory has been gained, but the lions and the leopards, which signify Satan and his evil forces, are still there. These evil powers are also in the heavenlies (Eph. 6:12). Christ calls His lover to look from this, indicating that we must have our living in ascension. In our daily lives we should not live in our “wall,” down on the earth, nor should we live in our “den.” We should not live in seclusion. We have been resurrected and are now in ascension; the war is over, and victory has been gained. However, all the enemies are still there, and thus we need to be watchful
7在那里，因此我们需要儆醒。
7OUR NEED TO DISCERN THE SPIRIT
我们需要分辨灵与魂
FROM THE SOUL
8要在升天里生活，我们需要分辨我们的灵与魂。这是照著我们的经历。
8To live in ascension requires that we discern our spirit from our soul. This is according to our experience
神在拯救我们之事上的经纶
God’sEcon o my in Saving Us
9我们有三部分。我们有灵、魂（己）、身体。（帖前五23。）神在拯救我们之事上的经纶乃是，首先重生我们死了的灵，将祂自己分赐到其中作神圣的元素，使我们的灵成为新的。然而，我们的魂仍是老旧的。因此，我们重生以后，我们的魂还需要变化。魂的变化是逐渐的过程，是逐步进行的。我们的身体也还是老旧的。所以，身体，外面的人，需要天天销毁，而里面的人却在更新。（林后四16。）这更新要一直继续，直至达到高峰，我们的身体改变形状，就是我们的身体得赎。（罗八23，腓三21。）
9We are of three parts. We have a spirit, a soul (the self), and a body (1 Thes. 5:23). God’secon o my in saving us is first to regenerate our dead spirit by imparting Himself into it as the divine element, making our spirit new. However, our soul is still old. Hence, after we have been regenerated, our soul needs to be transformed. The transformation of the soul is a gradual process that takes place step by step. Our body is also old. Therefore, the body, the outer man, needs to be consumed day by day, while the inner man is being renewed (2 Cor. 4:16). This renewing will go on and on until it reaches its peak with the transfiguration of our body, that is, the redemption of our body (Rom. 8:23; Phil. 3:21
得救的人有两个人
Saved Persons Having Two Men
10我们得救的人都有两个人。新人在我们的灵里，旧人在我们的魂里。不管好坏、对错，无论我们作甚么，若在我们的魂里作，就是凭著旧人而活。例如，你爱某位弟兄，要帮助他。但你若不在你的灵里，而在你的魂里爱他、帮助他，你就是活在你的己、旧人里。这是在旧人里为善。在作任何事以前－在这例子里是帮助弟兄－我们必须先在我们的灵里祷告接触主，问祂对我们所要作的事觉得如何。然后在我们的灵里也许有主喜乐的感觉。这指明主要我们作这件事。我们就应当在我们的灵里前去作这事。这就是活在灵里。
10As saved persons we all have two men. The new man is in our spirit, and the old man is in our soul. Regardless of whether it is good or bad, right or wrong, whatever we do, if we do it in our soul, we are living by the old man. For instance, you may love a certain brother and want to help him. But if you love him and help him not in your spirit but in your soul, you are living in your self, the old man. This is to do a good thing in the old man. Before doing anything— in this case helping a brother—we must first pray to contact the Lord in our spirit, asking Him what He feels about what we intend to do. Then in our spirit we may have the sense that the Lord is happy. This is an indication that the Lord wants us to do this particular thing. Then we should proceed to do it in our spirit. This is to live in the spirit.
凭著新人活
Living by the New Man
11我们若在魂里或在己里凭著旧人行事，就是在地上生活。我们所作的事也许是好的，然而我们是在地上，因为我们活在魂里。今天有许多作好事的好人，但这些人都活在魂里。我们这些爱基督的人需要领悟，我们的旧人，包括我们的魂，已经钉了十字架。（罗六6，加二20上。）现在活著的不再是『我』，乃是另一个人－基督－在我里面活著。（加二20下。）我们凭著这另一个人活，就是新人，因为我们是活在灵里，不是活在魂里。
11If we do things by the old man in the soul or in the self, we are living on the earth. The things we do may be good, but we are nevertheless on the earth because we are living in the soul. Today there are many good people who are doing good things, but these people are all living in the soul. As lovers of Christ, we need to realize that our old man, including our soul, has been crucified (Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20a). It is no longer “I” who live, but another man—Christ—lives in me (Gal. 2:20b). When we live by this other man, we are the new man, for we are living in the spirit, not in the soul
藉著活在我们的灵里而活在升天里
Living in Ascension by Living in Our Spirit
12我们的灵是藉著那是灵的神而联于诸天。所以我们在灵里，就在诸天之上，在升天里。我们要活在升天里，就需要在我们的灵里生活、行事、行动、作一切。因此，我们必须学习如何分辨我们的灵。我们若不认识我们的灵，若不知道如何分辨我们的灵与魂，就无法成为属灵的人。我们活在我们的灵里，就在升天里作复活里的新造。我们是活在新宇宙里的新人。
12Our spirit is connected to the heavens by God as the Spirit. In spirit we are therefore in the heavens, in ascension. To live in ascension requires that we live, act, move, and do everything in our spirit. Thus, we must learn how to discern our spirit. If we do not know our spirit, if we do not know how to discern our spirit from our soul, we cannot be a spiritual person. When we live in our spirit, we are in ascension as the new creation in resurrection. We are a new person living in a new universe
需要实行
The Need for Practice
13我们不该以为分辨灵与魂，对我们是太难而不能学习的事。我们若实行一件事，就都能学习如何这样作。我们该一直求问主：『主，这只是旧人、魂、旧「我」，或是你同著我？』我们若觉得我们只是在旧『我』里，那我们就是在魂里，在旧人里。我们若觉得我们与主是一，祂与我们同在，那么我们就是在灵里。我们若与主有正确的交通，在行事以前求问祂，这样，我们在灵里就会深深感受到主的感觉。我们会知道祂是否喜乐。这就是分辨魂与灵，为要活在升天里。愿我们都学习在日常生活中，有这最重要的实行。
13We should not think that discerning the spirit from the soul is something that is too difficult for us to learn. We all can learn how to do this if we practice one thing: We should always inquire of the Lord: “Lord, is this the old man, the soul, the old `I’ only, or You with me?” If we sense that we are alone in the old “I,” then we are in the soul, in the old man. If we sense that we are one with the Lord and that He is with us, then we are in the spirit. If we have proper fellowship with the Lord, inquiring of Him before doing things, then in our spirit we will have a deep sense of the Lord’s feeling. We will know whether He is happy or not. This is to discern the soul from the spirit to live in ascension. May we all learn to have this most important practice in our daily living.