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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第37篇

为著照耀在黑暗中，并为著使人从捆绑中得释放的大光

The Great Light For The Shining In Darkness And For The Release From Bondage
1读经：以赛亚书9:1-5，马太福音4:12-16，约翰福音1:9，4-5，使徒行传26:18，彼得前书2:9b，歌罗西书1:13，路加福音1:78-79，以赛亚书10:26-27，士师记7:24-26。
1Scripture Reading: Isa. 9:1-5; Matt. 4:12-16; John 1:9, 4-5; Acts 26:18; 1 Pet. 2:9b; Col. 1:13; Luke 1:78-79; Isa. 10:26-27; Judg. 7:24-26
2在前几篇信息中，我们已经看过以赛亚书里所揭示关于基督的许多项目。祂是耶和华的苗和地的果子。（四2～6。）祂是在荣耀里的基督。（六1～5。）作为以马内利，祂是童女所生的婴孩，是永远的父所赐的子。（七14，九6～7。）祂也是积极之人的圣所，是消极之人绊脚的石头、跌人的磐石、圈套和网罗。（八14～15。）在本篇信息，我们要来看基督的另一面。在以赛亚九章一至五节，我们看见祂是为著照耀在黑暗中，并为著使人从捆绑中得释放的大光。
2In the previous messages, we have seen many items of Christ unveiled in the book of Isaiah. He is the Shoot of Jehovah and the Fruit of the earth (4:2-6). He is the Christ in glory (6:1-5). As Immanuel, He was a child born of a human virgin and a son given by the Eternal Father (7:14; 9:6-7). He is also a sanctuary to the positive ones and a stone to strike against, a rock of stumbling, a trap, and a snare to the negative ones (8:14-15). In this message we want to see another aspect of Christ. In Isaiah 9:1-5 we see Him as the great light for the shining in darkness and for the release from bondage
3对我们的生存而言，光是极其重要的。那里有光，那里就有生命。那里有黑暗，那里就有死亡。按照圣经，黑暗乃是一种审判。黑暗等于死亡，黑暗也是监狱。神用黑暗作为死亡和监狱，以惩罚人。出埃及记给我们看见，黑暗乃是加于埃及的一部分惩罚。（十21～23。）启示录给我们看见加于敌基督之国黑暗的审判。（十六10。）事实上，整个堕落的世界都是在黑暗中，在神的审判之下。（弗五8上。）在堕落人类中间的每个城市，每个家庭里，都是黑暗。我们能见证说，我们得救以前，乃是在黑暗中。我们从前是在黑暗里，直到真实的福音临到我们，我们才看见了光。
3Light is crucial for our existence. Where light is, there is life. Where darkness is, there is death. According to the Bible, darkness is a punishment. Darkness equals death, and darkness is a prison. God uses darkness as death and a prison to punish people. Exodus shows that darkness was part of the punishment on Egypt (10:21-23). Revelation shows the judgment of darkness on the kingdom of Antichrist (16:10). Actually, the entire fallen world is under God’s judgment of darkness (Eph. 5:8a). In every city and even in every home among fallen mankind, there is darkness. We can testify that before we were saved, we were in darkness. We were in darkness until the genuine gospel came to us, and we saw the light
4在整个宇宙中，光是生命的关键。植物、动物和人类，都需要光才能存活。在圣经里，我们这些基督徒被称为神的儿子，（加三26，）光的儿子。（约十二36。）既是光的儿子，我们就当活在光中，行在光中，留在光中，并且作完全在光中的人。当我们在光中时，我们就与我们的三一神有交通。（约壹一5～7。）这样，我们就有分于祂的所是，而享受祂。
4In the entire universe, light is the key to life. Plants, animals, and men all need light in order to live. In the Bible, we Christians are called the sons of God (Gal. 3:26) and the sons of light (John 12:36). As the sons of light, we should live in the light, walk in the light, remain in the light, and be persons altogether in the light. When we are in the light, we are in fellowship with our Triune God (1 John 1:5-7). Then we participate in what He is and enjoy Him.
壹 、大光－真光，生命之光
I. The Great Light— The True Light, The Light Of Life
5基督是大光－真光，生命之光。（太四12～16，约一9，4。）以赛亚九章一至五节，也是马太四章所题及的，启示基督是大光。六节接著给我们看见，祂是童女所生的婴孩，又是永远的父所赐的子。基督是大光，照耀在黑暗里。当我们有了光，一切就有次序。如果我半夜醒来，而厨房里没有光，我就不敢到那里去。在黑暗里我们看不见，我们不知道有甚么藏在黑暗中。当我们看清一切时，我们才有平安。
5Christ is the great light—the true light, the light of life (Matt. 4:12-16; John 1:9, 4). Isaiah 9:1-5, referred to in Matthew 4, unveils Christ as the great light. Then verse 6 shows that He was a child born of a human virgin and a son given by the Eternal Father. Christ as the great light shines in darkness. When we have light, everything is in order. If I awake late at night, I dare not go into the kitchen if there is no light there. We cannot see in the darkness, and we do not know what lurks in the darkness. When we see everything, we have peace
6基督这位包罗万有者乃是光。祂若不是光，我们就无法在属灵上往前。约翰福音是一卷论到生命的书。约翰一章强调基督来作光和生命。这光是真光，也是生命的光。（9，4，八12。）这光『照在黑暗里，黑暗未曾胜过光。』（一5。）黑暗不能胜过光。光到了那里，黑暗就逃跑。光征服、击败、胜过黑暗。一位弟兄也许和妻子争吵，但光在他里面照耀时，他就停止争吵。他与妻子吵嘴，因为他在黑暗里。但是当光照耀时，黑暗过去了，他就停止争吵。当黑暗笼罩时，一切都是混乱的。但是当光出现时，一切就有次序，人人都得平安。
6As the all-inclusive One, Christ is the light. If He were not the light, we would have no way to go on spiritually. The Gospel of John is a book on life. John 1 stresses that Christ came as light and life. This light is the true light and the light of life (vv. 9, 4; 8:12). This light “shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it” (1:5). Darkness cannot overcome light. Wherever light goes, darkness flees. Light subdues, defeats, and overcomes darkness. A brother may be quarreling with his wife, but when the light shines within him, he stops quarreling. He exchanged words with his wife because he was in darkness. But when the light shines, darkness is gone, and he stops quarreling. When darkness is present, everything is in disorder. But when light is present, everything is in order, and everyone is at peace
7以赛亚用非常美而有诗意的方式启示基督是光。以赛亚九章一至二节说，『但那受过痛苦的，必不再见幽暗。从前神使西布伦地，和拿弗他利地被藐视，末后却使这沿海的路，约但河外，外邦人的加利利，得著荣耀。在黑暗中行走的百姓，看见了大光；住在死荫之地的人，有光照耀他们。』祂藉著成为大光，以荣耀对待这地。幽暗、痛苦和藐视，存在于西布伦地，和拿弗他利地－外邦人的加利利－因为在那里有黑暗。但行走在这黑暗里的人，看见了大光。他们原是住在死荫之地的;黑暗就是死荫，人行走在黑暗里，就是在死荫里。但住在死荫之地的人，有光照耀他们。
7Isaiah unveils Christ as the light in a very beautiful and poetic way. Isaiah 9:1 and 2 say, “But gloom does not remain in the place where there was anguish: formerly He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali contemptibly, but afterwards He treats the way of the sea, across the Jordan, with glory, Galilee of the nations. The people who walked in the darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwell in the land of the shadow of death light has shined.” He treats the land with glory by being the great light. Gloom, anguish, and contempt were in the land of Zebulun and of Naphtali—Galilee of the nations—because darkness was there. However, the people who walked in this darkness saw a great light. They were dwelling in the land of the shadow of death. Darkness is the shadow of death. When people walk in the darkness, they are in the shadow of death. But upon those in the land of the shadow of death, light has shined.
贰 、为著照耀在黑暗中
II. For The Shining In Darkness
8基督被启示为照耀在黑暗中的大光。祂照亮行在黑暗里的人，（赛九2上，约一5，徒二六18，彼前二9下，西一13，）照亮住在死荫里的人。（赛九2下，路一78～79。）
8Christ is unveiled as the great light for the shining in darkness. He shines upon the people walking in darkness (Isa. 9:2a; John 1:5; Acts 26:18; 1 Pet. 2:9b; Col. 1:13), shining upon those dwelling in the shadow of death (Isa. 9:2b; Luke 1:78-79
9基督这大光首先是来照耀。我们得救，就是基督这大光照耀在我们身上。祂照耀在我们身上，我们就得救了。祂的照耀就是我们的救恩，祂的照耀也是祂对我们的拯救。因著祂的照耀，黑暗就消逝。当黑暗消逝时，一切消极的事也都过去了。在我得救以前，还是十几岁时，我母亲很难管束我；但在我十九岁时，基督照亮了我。我对属世事物的爱好消失了。我母亲奇怪我发生了甚么事。虽然外面许多消极的事受了对付，但里面许多消极的事仍旧留在我里面。这就是为甚么我们需要更多的照耀。里面的照耀就是基督的拯救。
9Christ as the great light firstly shines. Our salvation was a shining of Christ as the great light upon us. When He shined upon us, we were saved. His shining is our salvation, and His shining is His saving of us. By His shining, darkness is gone. When darkness is gone, everything negative is gone. Before I was saved as a teenager, my mother had a difficult time dealing with me, but when I was nineteen years old, Christ shined upon me. My love for the things of the world was gone. My mother wondered what had happened to me. Even though many outward negative things were dealt with, many inward negative things still remained within me. This is why we need more shining. The inner shining is Christ’ss aving
10在黑暗里的人或是行走，或是坐下；他们是在黑暗中行走，（赛九2，）他们是坐在死荫之地。（太四16。）当一个人在黑暗里时，他受到限制，只能有一点的行走和坐著。在我们得救以前，我们是在黑暗中行走和坐著。但基督这大光照耀在黑暗里，就把我们带进祂奇妙的光中。（彼前二9。）
10The people in darkness either walk or sit. They walk in the darkness (Isa. 9:2), and they sit in the land of the shadow of death (Matt. 4:16). When a person is in darkness, he is limited to walking a little bit and sitting. Before we were saved, we were walking and sitting in darkness. Then Christ as the great light shined in the darkness and brought us into His marvelous light (1 Pet. 2:9
11我们必须认识光的照耀是极其重要的。如果太阳一天不照耀，全地就要受损害。如果太阳三周不照耀，地上许多东西就要死亡。地上的活物每一天都活在太阳的照耀之下。在路加一章七十八至七十九节，撒迦利亚引用以赛亚的话，说到基督是清晨的日光，从高天临到我们，要照亮坐在黑暗中死荫里的人。我们基督徒原是行在黑暗里，住在死荫里的人。然而我们得了主的照耀，那个照耀救了我们。
11We need to realize the tremendous importance of the shining of light. If the sun did not shine for one day, the entire earth would suffer. If it did not shine for three weeks, many things on the earth would die. Every day the living things of the earth live under the shining of the sun. In Luke 1:78-79, Zachariah referred to Isaiah’sword when he spoke of Christ as the rising sun from on high visiting us to appear to those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death. We Christians were the ones who were walking in darkness and sitting in the shadow of death. Then we received the Lord’s shining, and that shining saved us.
参 、为著使人从捆绑中得释放
III. For The Release From Bondage
12以赛亚也说到基督是为著使人从捆绑中得释放的大光。光的照耀乃是释放，黑暗乃是捆绑。在九3章二节，以赛亚说到大光。然后在三节他直接向著主说：『你使这国民繁多，加增他们的喜乐；他们在你面前欢喜，好像人收割时的欢喜，像人分掳物那样的快乐。』这里的国民乃是神的子民。主使神的子民繁多，加增他们的喜乐，他们就在主面前欢喜。他们的欢喜好像人收割时的欢喜，像人战胜后分掳物那样的快乐。
12Isaiah also speaks of Christ as the great light for the release from bondage. The shining of the light is the release, and the darkness is the bondage. In 9:2 Isaiah speaks of the great light. Then in verse he talks to the Lord directly: “You have multiplied the nation; / You have increased their gladness; / They are glad before You as with the gladness of harvest, / As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.” The nation here is the people of God. The Lord has multiplied the people of God, increased their gladness, and they are glad before the Lord. Their gladness is like the gladness of those who have a harvest and like the gladness of those who divide the spoil after winning the battle.
13四节说，『因为你已经折断他们所负的重轭，和肩头上的杖，并欺压他们的棍，好像在米甸的日子一样。』神子民的喜乐已经加增，神已经折断他们所负的重轭，和肩头上的杖，以及欺压他们的棍。祂这样作，好像在米甸的日子一样，那时基甸的军队击败了米甸人。（士七24～25。）亚述王来侵略犹大，欺压犹大，但主毁灭了亚述，就像祂藉著基甸毁灭米甸人一样。
13Verse 4 says, “For You break the yoke of their burden / And the staff on their shoulder, / The rod of their oppressor, / As in the day of Midian.” The gladness of the people of God has been increased because the Lord breaks the yoke of their burden, the staff on their shoulder, and the rod of their oppressor. He does this as in the day of Midian, where the army of Gideon defeated the Midianites (Judg. 7:24-25). The king of Assyria came to invade Judah and to oppress them, but the Lord destroyed them as He destroyed the Midianites through Gideon
14以赛亚九章五节说，『战士在鏖战震地之间所穿的战靴，并那辊在血中的衣服，都必焚烧，作为燃料。』这一节给我们看见，基督这大光毁灭我们的仇敌，毁灭他们的军装。战靴和衣服是仇敌争战的军装，基督这大光将这一切扔在火里焚烧。当主耶稣为我们争战时，我们感觉到祂已将撒但和他一切的军装都毁灭了。祂不仅击败了撒但，也将撒但的『战靴』和『衣服』，就是他的军装，都焚烧了。撒但已经了结了。仇敌的战靴和衣服都必焚烧，作为燃料。主耶稣乃是用火与祂的仇敌争战。
14Isaiah 9:5 says, “For all the boots / Of those who in boots trample in the battle quake / And the garments / Rolled in blood / Are for burning; / They are fuel for fire.” This verse shows that Christ as the great light destroys our enemies and destroys their armor. The boots and the garments are the enemy’s armor for fighting. Christ as the great light puts these into the fire and burns them. When the Lord Jesus fights for us, we have the feeling that He has destroyed Satan with all of his armor. He not only has defeated Satan but also has burned Satan’s “boots” and “garments,” his armor. Satan is finished. The boots and garments of the enemy are for burning, and they are fuel for fire. The Lord Jesus fights against His enemy by fire
15当以赛亚豫言这事时，这事尚未应验。以赛亚十章二十六至二十七节说，『万军之耶和华要兴起鞭来攻击他，好像在俄立磐石那里杀戮米甸人一样。耶和华的杖要向海伸出，把杖举起，像在埃及一样。到那日，亚述王的重担必离开你的肩头，他的轭必离开你的颈项，那轭也必因肥壮的缘故撑断。』这乃是神对亚述欺压者的审判，也是神使以色列从捆绑中得释放。
15When Isaiah was prophesying this, it had not yet been fulfilled. Isaiah 10:26 and 27 say, “And against them Jehovah of hosts will rouse up a whip like the stroke against Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea, and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt. And in that day their burden will be removed from your shoulders, and their yoke from off your neck; and the yoke will be broken due to the fatness.” This was to be God’s judgment on the Assyrian oppressors and His release of Israel from their bondage.
16藉著主的照耀，祂将被囚的人从辖制中释放出来。这个从辖制中得释放，事实上就是神子民的繁增。神的子民越从辖制中得释放，就越繁增。当我们出去传福音时，我们是将基督的照耀带给那些在黑暗里的人。（徒二六18。）当他们蒙了光照，接受这照耀时，他们就接受了基督。这样，他们就从辖制中，从被囚中，并从欺压者的轭、杖、和棍下释放出来。当他们这样得了释放时，神的子民就得著繁增。
16By the Lord’s shining, He releases the imprisoned ones from bondage. This release from bondage is actually the multiplication of God’sp eople. The more God’sp eople are released from bondage, the more they are multiplied. When we go out to preach the gospel, we bring the shining of Christ to those who are in darkness (Acts 26:18a). When they are enlightened and receive this shining, they receive Christ. Then they are released from their bondage, from their imprisonment, and from the yoke, the staff, and the rod of their oppressor. When they become released in this way, God’sp eople are multiplied
17然后这些得释放的人就会欢乐。基督必加增他们的欢乐，那个欢乐乃是收割的欢乐。我们这些传福音的人好像农夫，收割神的子民。每逢收割时都是喜乐的。如果我们今天出去访人传福音，有三个人受浸，这就是收割，使我们满了欢喜快乐。那个欢乐也是得胜的欢乐。一面说，我们是农夫，另一面说，我们是战士，是打仗的人。我们有收割的欢乐，也有战士得胜分掳物的欢乐。以赛亚乃是这样将基督作大光启示出来，描写我们基督徒的生活。
17Then these released people will have gladness. Christ will increase their gladness, and that gladness is the gladness of the harvest. As the preachers of the gospel, we are like the farmers who harvest God’sp eople. Whenever there is a harvest, there is joy. If we went out today to visit people with the gospel, and three were baptized, this would be a harvest, making us full of joy and gladness. That gladness is also the gladness of victory. On the one hand, we are the farmers, and on the other hand, we are the warriors, the fighters. We have the gladness of the harvest and the gladness of the warriors dividing their spoil from their victory. Isaiah’sun veiling of Christ as the great light in such away describes our Christian life
18藉著祂的照耀，祂折断我们所负的重轭，和肩头上的杖，以及欺压我们的棍。我们得救以前，是在重轭之下。我们肩头上也有杖，并且仇敌将棍加在我们身上。他加轭给我们，加重担给我们，把我们监禁在黑暗里。但主折断了神子民所负的重轭，折断了他们肩头上的杖，也折断了欺压他们的棍，好像在米甸的日子，基甸大大战胜米甸人一样。以后在以色列历史里，亚述王来威胁他们。他成了他们的重担、轭、杖和棍。以赛亚描写亚述王如何惩罚以色列人。然后基督这大光来临，藉著照耀断开一切辖制。
18Through His shining, He breaks the yoke of our burden, the staff on our shoulder, and the rod of our oppressor. Before we were saved, we were yoked under a heavy burden. We also had a staff upon our shoulder, and the enemy put his rod upon us. He yoked us, burdened us, and put us into the imprisonment of darkness. But the Lord broke the yoke of the burden of the people of God, broke the staff on their shoulder, and broke the rod of their oppressor as in the day of Midian when Gideon gained a great victory over the Midianites. Later in the history of Israel, the king of Assyria came to threaten them. He became a burden, a yoke, a staff, and a rod to them. Isaiah described how the king of Assyria punished the children of Israel. Then Christ as the great light came to break all the bondage by shining
19在以赛亚九章一至五节，我们能看见基督徒的生活，以及对基督这大光的享受，这大光乃是真光，生命的光。光的照耀就是我们的救恩。基督乃是藉著在我们里面的照耀，来拯救我们。如果有两个人是室友，他们很容易彼此争辩不合，彼此惹人烦恼。甚么才能使室友之间这种不愉快的情形停止？基督这光能停止这种情形。这就是为甚么我们需要与主有晨兴。我们可能在傍晚与人不合，但在早晨，当我们在话里，并在主里时，主就利用机会照耀到我们里面。我们里面向著祂的开启可能只是一点的『缝隙』，但祂就从那个裂口照进我们里面。因著祂的照耀，我们就蒙了光照，我们可能带著泪说，『主阿，赦免我。』这是基督藉著祂的照耀拯救我们的一个例子。
19We can see the Christian life in Isaiah 9:1-5 with the enjoyment of Christ as the great light, and this great light is the true light, the light of life. The shining of the light is our salvation. Christ saves us by shining in us. If two people are roommates, they are prone to arguing and disagreeing with each other and bothering each other. What can stop this unpleasant situation between roommates? Christ as the light can stop this. This is why we need a morning revival with the Lord. We may disagree with someone in the evening, but in the morning when we are in the Word and in the Lord, the Lord takes the opportunity to shine into us. There may be only a “narrow crack” in our being as an opening to Him, but He shines into us through that opening. Because of His shining, we are enlightened, and we may say with tears, “Lord, forgive me.” This is an example of Christ’ss aving us by His shining.
20除了我们晨兴的时间以外，我们还需要在基督这光里行走。正如我们每天要多次洗手一样，我们每天也需要多次在祂光的照耀下，藉著认罪而得蒙祂的血洗净。这种继续的照耀和洗净，就是我们的救恩。这救恩使我们从一切的辖制中释放出来。然后我们才是正确的收割者和战士，使神的子民得以繁增，我们就会欢喜、快乐、欢乐。无论那里基督被传扬了，那里就有光、照耀和救恩；也折断了神子民所负的重轭，和他们肩头上的杖，以及欺压他们的棍。这都是因著基督是大光的缘故。
20In addition to our time of morning revival, we need to walk in Christ as the light. Just as we wash our hands many times a day, we need the washing of His blood through the confessing of our sins under the shining of His light many times a day. This continual shining and washing is our salvation. This salvation releases us from all bondage. Then we will be the proper harvesters and fighters for the multiplication of the people of God, and we will have joy, rejoicing, and gladness. Wherever Christ is preached, there is light, shining, and salvation. There is also the breaking of the yoke of the burden of the people of God, of the staff on their shoulder, and of the rod of their oppressor. This is all due to Christ being the great light