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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第29篇

基督为耶和华的仆人（八）

Christ As The Servant Of Jehovah (8)
1与耶和华仆人基督无关之雅各家中的恶人，他们邪恶的光景和需要
1The Evil Condition and the Need of the Wicked of the House of Jacob Who Have Nothing to Do
2读经：以赛亚书57-58。
2With Christ as the Servant of Jehovah
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3Scripture Reading: Isa. 57—58
4在前一篇信息中，我们看过守安息日真正的意义，就是停下我们的行事和工作，享受主为我们所作成的，饮于祂这水。在旧约里，守安息日就是不作任何事，以记念神在祂创造里所作成的。在新约里，守安息日就是信入主耶稣。信入基督实际上就是『被解雇，』被基督顶替，并饮于祂这水。在神眼中，这就是守安息日的真正意义。我们若这样守安息日，就能说，『我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。』（加二20。）我们越领略现在活著的不再是我们，乃是基督在我们里面活著，就越饮于这水。以赛亚五十五、五十六章的要点，就是学习如何饮于神圣的水，并藉著被解雇，被基督顶替来守安息日。
4In the foregoing message we saw that the real meaning of keeping the Sabbath is that we cease from our doing, stop our work, and enjoy what the Lord has done for us, drinking of Him as the waters. In the Old Testament, to keep the Sabbath was not to do any work but to remember what God had done in His creation. In the New Testament, to keep the Sabbath is to believe in the Lord Jesus. To believe in Christ is actually to be “fired,” to be replaced with Christ, and to drink of Him as the waters. In the sight of God, this is the real keeping of the Sabbath. If we keep the Sabbath in this way, we will be able to say, “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). The more we realize that it is no longer we who live but that it is Christ who lives in us, the more we drink of the waters. The crucial point in Isaiah 55 and 56 is learning how to drink the divine waters and to keep the Sabbath by being fired and replaced with Christ
5五十七、五十八章的要点，就是如何禁食。禁食真正的意义，就是不再吃主耶稣以外别的食物，在祂以外不尝别的。我们该厌倦『吃』属世的时髦和色彩。我们需要禁食，停止吃一切别的事物，停止尝一切别的食物，只吃具体化在祂话中的耶稣这生命的粮。（约六48，51，63，68。）这就是我们的禁食。
5The crucial point in chapters fifty-seven and fifty- eight is how to fast. The real meaning of fasting is to stop eating all things other than the Lord Jesus and to not have the taste for anything other than Him. We should be weary of “eating” worldly styles, fashions, and beautification. We need to fast, to cease from all other kinds of eating, to stop the taste for all other foods, and to eat Jesus as the bread of life embodied in His word (John 6:48, 51, 63, 68). This is our fasting
6当我们来看五十七至五十八章，那与作耶和华仆人之基督无关的雅各家中的恶人，他们邪恶的光景和需要，我们要切记对禁食的这种领会。基督愿意供应他们，但他们却不愿意接受祂的供应。
6Let us keep this understanding of fasting in mind as we see in Isaiah 57 and 58 the evil condition and the need of the wicked of the house of Jacob who have nothing to do with Christ as the Servant of Jehovah. Christ was willing to serve them, but they were not willing to receive His service
7恶人邪恶的光景，就是没有就近主来吃主并享受主。他们作许多事，却不来接触祂、取用祂、接受祂、尝祂、并享受祂。在神眼中，没有比这更邪恶的事。今天，我们可能都有晨兴，都来聚会、唱诗、甚至祷告，却没有接触主。这样作就是假冒为善。
7The evil condition of the wicked is that they do not come to the Lord to eat and enjoy the Lord. They do many things, but they do not come to contact Him, to take Him, to receive Him, to taste Him, and to enjoy Him. In the sight of God, nothing is more evil than this. Today, we may have a morning revival, come to the meetings, sing hymns, and even pray without contacting the Lord. To do this is to be a hypocrite.
8壹、义人和虔诚人死去倒好，使他们与恶人分开
8I. It Being Better For the Righteous and the Godly to Die
That They May Be Separated From the Wicked
9以赛亚五十七章一至二节指明，义人和虔诚人死去倒好，使他们与恶人分开。『义人死亡，无人放在心上；虔诚人被收去，无人思念；这义人被收去是免了祸患。他们得享平安，素行正直，各人在床上安歇。』义人和敬虔的人，就是那些来就近神，接触神并享受神的人。但恶人却忙于其他的事，不顾到那些寻求神的人。当义人死亡，安息在床上的时候，没有人放在心上。二节的床表征坟墓。
9Isaiah 57:1 and 2 indicate that it is better for the righteous and the godly to die that they may be separated from the wicked. “The righteous man perishes,/And no one takes it to heart;/And godly men are being swept away,/While no one considers/ That the righteous man is being swept away from evil./He enters into peace;/They rest in their beds,/ Each who walks uprightly.” The righteous and godly ones are the ones who come to God, contact God, and enjoy God. The wicked, however, are busy with other things and do not care for God’s seekers. When the righteous die and rest in their beds, no one takes it to heart. The word beds in verse 2 signifies graves
贰 、雅各家中之恶人所行的恶事
II. The Evils of the Wicked of the House of Jacob
10三至十节描述雅各家中之恶人所行的恶事。这些恶人忙于作许多的事，却不来就近主，接触主。今天我们也可能很忙，甚至忙于晨兴，却也没有与主接触。我们需要学习每时每事都接触主、尝主、吃主、享受主。我们不仅该摸著主，也该被主摸著。
10Verses 3 through 10 describe the evils of the wicked of the house of Jacob. These wicked ones were busy with many things, but they would not come to the Lord and contact Him. Today, we also may be busy, even with our morning revival, and not have any contact with the Lord. We need to learn at every moment and during every action to touch, taste, eat, and enjoy the Lord. We should not only touch the Lord, but we should also be touched by Him
参 、雅各家中之恶人不记念耶和华，也不惧怕祂
III. The Wicked Of The House Of Jacob Not Remembering Jehovah And Not Fearing Him
11雅各家中之恶人不记念耶和华，也不惧怕祂。（赛五七11～13上。）这就是说，他们没有顾到祂。今天我们也许顾到诸如读经、唱诗、聚会这些事，却没有顾到接触主。
11The wicked of the house of Jacob did not remember Jehovah and did not fear Him (vv. 11-13a). This means that they did not care for Him. Today we may care for such things as reading the Bible, singing hymns, and coming to the meetings but not care for touching the Lord
肆 、耶和华对那投靠祂之人的祝福
IV . Jehovah’s Blessing To Him Who Takes Refuge In Him
12五十七章十三节下半至二十一节是耶和华对那投靠祂之人的祝福。我们每天的生活都是一场风暴。我们需要避难所，那避难所就是主自己。投靠主，就是进入主，住留在祂里面，享受祂。
12In 57:13b - 21 we have Jehovah’s blessing to him who takes refuge in Him. Every day of our life is a storm. We need a refuge, and the refuge is the Lord Himself. To take refuge in the Lord is to get into Him and stay in Him to enjoy Him.
一 、必得地土，必承受耶和华的圣山为业
A. Inheriting the Land and Possessing Jehovah’sHo ly Mountain
13『但那投靠我的必得地土，必承受我的圣山为业。』（赛五七13下。）当我们住留在主里，投靠祂时，我们就享受祂；至终我们要得著祂为地土，并承受祂作我们的高山。
13He who takes refuge in Me will inherit the land/And possess My holy mountain” (v. 13b). When we stay in the Lord, taking Him as our refuge, we enjoy Him, and eventually we will inherit Him as the land and possess Him as our high mountain
二 、将绊脚石从我百姓的路中除掉
B. Taking Up the Obstacle out of the Way of Jehovah’sP eople
14『必有人说，你们修筑修筑，豫备道路，将绊脚石从我百姓的路中除掉。』（赛五七14。）我们基督徒生活最大的障碍，就是没有来接触主。这障碍必须除掉。
14It will be said,/Cast up, cast up; prepare the way;/ Take up the obstacle out of the way of My people” (v. 14). The greatest obstacle to our Christian life is our failure to contact the Lord. This obstacle must be removed
三 、那至高至上，住在永远，
C. The Word of the High and Exalted One
15名为圣者的话
15Who Inhabits Eternity, Whose Name Is Holy
16在十五节里有那至高至上，住在永远，名为圣者的话。祂说，『我住在至高至圣的所在，也与灵里痛悔谦卑的人同居，使谦卑人的灵苏醒，也使痛悔人的心苏醒。』一面我们的心需要得著苏醒，另一面我们的灵也需要得著苏醒。要得著真正的苏醒，就必须接触主。若不接触主，就不会苏醒。
16In verse 15 we have the word of the high and exalted One, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy. He says, “I will dwell in the high and holy place,/And with the contrite and lowly of spirit,/To revive the spirit of the lowly/And to revive the heart of the contrite.” Our heart needs to be revived in one way, and our spirit needs to be revived in another way. The way to have a real revival is to contact the Lord. If we do not contact the Lord, we will not be revived
四 、耶和华必不永远相争，也不长久发怒
D. Jehovah Not Contending Forever nor Always Being Angry
17在十六节，耶和华说，祂必不永远相争，也不长久发怒；因为人的灵并祂所造的魂，都必在祂面前发昏。在十七至十九节，祂接著说，『因他贪婪的罪孽，我就发怒击打他。我向他掩面发怒，他却仍然随心背道。我看见他所行的道，也要医治他；又要引导他，使他和那一同伤心的人，重得安慰。我造成嘴唇的果子：愿平安康泰归与远处的人，也归与近处的人，并且我要医治他；这是耶和华说的。』嘴唇的果子是指赞美和感谢。十九节的平安是很有意义的。我们若接触主，与祂有交通，并停留在祂面前，祂就欢喜，我们也就有平安。不然，祂会对我们不悦，而与我们相争。
17In verse 16 Jehovah says that He will not contend forever, nor will He always be angry, for the spirit would faint before Him, and the souls which He has made. In verses 17 through 19 He goes on to say, “Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry,/And I struck him; I hid Myself and was angry;/And he went on, turning away in the way of his heart./ I have seen his ways/And will heal him;/ And I will lead him and restore comfort to him / And to his mourning ones, / Creating the fruit of the lips:/ Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near,/Says Jehovah; and I will heal him.” The expression the fruit of the lips refers to praise and thanksgiving. The word peace in verse 19 is significant. If we contact the Lord, have fellowship with Him, and remain in His presence, He will be happy and we will have peace. Otherwise, He will be unhappy with us and will contend with us.
五 、恶人像翻腾的海
E. The Wicked Being like the Tossed Sea
18『惟独恶人，好像翻腾的海，不得平静，其中的水，常涌出污秽和淤泥来。我的神说，恶人必不得平安。』（赛五七20～21。）恶人不得平静或平安；他们像翻腾的海，不得平静。恶人作许多事，却得不到平安，因为他们不接触主，不安息于祂，也不停留在祂的面前。
18The wicked are like the tossed sea,/For it cannot be calm,/And its waters toss up mire and mud./There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked” (vv. 20-21). The wicked ones cannot be calm or have peace; they are like the tossed sea, which is never calm. The wicked ones do many things, but they cannot have peace, because they do not contact the Lord, rest in Him, and remain in His presence
伍 、雅各家的假冒为善
V . The Hypocrisy Of The House Of Jacob
19以赛亚五十八章一至九节上半描述雅各家的假冒为善。他们禁食，却作许多事追求自己的兴趣。他们不安息于神，也不接受神作他们的滋养和生命的供应。这就是他们的假冒为善。
19Isaiah 58:1-9a describes the hypocrisy of the house of Jacob. They fasted, but they did many things in pursuit of their own interests. They did not rest in God nor take Him as their nourishment and life supply. This was their hypocrisy
20八至九节论到那些真正禁食的说，『这样，你的光就必发出如早晨的光；你所得的医治，要速速发生。你的公义，必在你前面行；耶和华的荣光，必作你的后盾。那时你求告，耶和华必应允；你呼求，祂必说，我在这里。』我们若在禁食中接触主，接受祂作我们的滋养和维持的能力，我们的光必发出如早晨的光。不然，我们就要在黑暗中。
20Concerning those who fast in a genuine way, verses 8 and 9 say, “Then your light will break forth like the dawn, / And your recovery will speedily spring forth./And your righteousness will go before you;/ The glory of Jehovah will guard you from behind./ Then you will call, and Jehovah will answer;/You will cry out, and He will say, Here I am.” If we fast in the way of contacting the Lord, taking Him as our nourishment and sustaining power, our light will break forth like the dawn. Otherwise, we will be in darkness
陆 、耶和华对雅各家的训诲
VI. The Instruction Of Jehovah To The House Of Jacob
21九节下半至十四节是耶和华对雅各家的训诲。
21Verses 9b through 14 are the instruction of Jehovah to the house of Jacob
一 、从他们中间除掉重轭，和指摘人的指头，并传恶言的事
A. Removing the Yoke from Their Midst, the Pointing of the Finger and the Speaking of Wickedness
22九节下半说到除掉重轭，和指摘人的指头，并传恶言的事。今天在召会生活中，有些人可能说别人的闲话，批评别人。这样作就是用指头指摘人，把重轭加在人身上。有些人认为他们是对的，别人是错的；他们是属灵的，别人却对主不认真。这些人在召会生活中定罪别人，他们的定罪就成了别人肩头上的重担。比如，一个长老可能被批评到一个地步，甚至不知要如何作长老。在某些圣徒眼中，不管他作甚么，都是错的。他必定背负了批评和定罪的担子。
22Verse 9b is a word about removing the yoke from their midst, the pointing of the finger and the speaking of wickedness. In the church life today, some may gossip about others and criticize them. To do this is to point the finger at others and to put a yoke on them. Some may think that they are right and others are wrong, that they are spiritual and others are not serious with the Lord. As a result, these ones condemn others in the church life, and their condemnation becomes a yoke on others’ shoulders. For instance, an elder may be criticized to such an extent that he does not know how to serve as an elder. In the eyes of certain saints, he is wrong, no matter what he does. He must bear the yoke of criticism and condemnation.
23十节上半接著说到我们的心要向饥饿的人发怜悯，使困苦人的愿望得满足。这就是对人怜悯、向人同情。
23Verse 10a goes on to speak of drawing out our soul to the hungry and satisfying the desires of the afflicted. This is to be merciful to others and to sympathize with them
二 、那些正确禁食的人，满了光和生命
B. Those Who Fast in the Right Way Being Full of Light and Life
24对那些除掉重轭，指头不再指摘人，不再传恶言的人，耶和华说，『你的光就必在黑暗中升起，你的幽暗必变为正午。耶和华也必时常引导你，在干旱之地，使你心满意足，骨头强壮；你必像浇灌的园子，又像水流不绝的泉源。那些出于你的人，必重修久已荒废之处；你要建立累代的根基；你必称为修补破口的，和重修路径与人居住的。』（赛五八10下12。）这几节指明凡正确禁食的人，都满了光和生命，他要成为有用的，他能使别人往前。
24To those who remove the yoke and cease from the pointing of the finger and the speaking of wickedness, Jehovah says, “Then your light will rise in the darkness,/And your gloom will be like midday;/And Jehovah will guide you continually, / And satisfy your soul in the dry times,/And strengthen your bones;/And you will be like a watered garden,/And like a spring of water,/Whose waters do not deceive./And those who are of you will rebuild the ancient ruins;/You will raise up the foundations of generation upon generation;/And you will be called the repairer of the breach,/The restorer of the paths in which to dwell” (vv. 10b-12). These verses indicate that the one who fasts in the right way will be full of light and life, that he will be useful, and that he will enable others to go on
三 、称安息日为可喜乐的，并尊敬这日
C. Calling the Sabbath a Delight and Honoring It
25在十三节，耶和华教导雅各家要在安息日掉转他们的脚步，在祂的圣日不作他们所喜的事，称安息日为可喜乐的，而且尊敬这日，不办自己的私事，不寻自己的欢喜，不说闲话。他们要享受神、被神解雇并顶替，藉此来守安息日。他们若不这样守安息日，就要去办自己的私事，寻自己的欢喜，并且说闲话。
25In verse 13 Jehovah instructs the house of Jacob to turn back their foot from the Sabbath, from doing what they please on His holy day. They were to call the Sabbath a delight and honor it, not doing their own ways, nor finding their own pleasure and speaking idle words. They were to keep the Sabbath by enjoying God, having been fired and replaced by Him. But if they did not keep the Sabbath in this way, they would be those who do their own ways, find their own pleasure, and speak idle words
四 、他们就以耶和华为乐，
D. They Having Delight in Jehovah, and
26祂要使他们乘驾地的高处
26He Causing Them to Ride upon the Heights of the Earth
27他们若尊敬安息日，就要以耶和华为乐，祂要使他们乘驾地的高处，又以他们祖先雅各的产业养育他们。
27If they honor the Sabbath, they will have delight in Jehovah, and He will cause them to ride upon the heights of the earth, and He will feed them with the inheritance of Jacob their father (v. 14
28在以赛亚书里，我们看见神有一个经纶，要使基督成为中心和普及。祂要我们学习一个功课－停下自己的作为，避免品尝基督以外的食物。我们该被基督顶替，不断的享受神。这是基督为我们死而复活的目的。祂是我们的安息日和食物。现今我们能安息在祂里面，并且吃祂，让祂在各方面，在一切事上作我们的顶替。
28In the book of Isaiah, we have seen that God has an economy. In His economy God makes Christ the centrality and universality. God wants us to learn one lesson—to stop our doing and to keep away from the taste of anything other than Christ. We should be replaced by Christ and enjoy God continually. This is the purpose for which Christ died for us and was resurrected for us. He is our Sabbath and our food. Now we can rest in Him, feed on Him, and have Him as our replacement in every way and in everything