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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第40篇

救恩之泉

The Springs Of Salvation
1读经：以赛亚书12，约翰福音1:14a，歌罗西书2:9，马太福音1:21，希
1Scripture Reading: Isa. 12; John 1:14a; Col. 2:9; Matt. 1:21; Heb. 5:9; 9:12; John 4:14; Rev. 21:6
伯来书5:9，9:12，约翰福音4:14，启示录21:6救恩之源、救恩之泉、和救恩之流
The Fountain Of Salvation, The Springs Of Salvation, And The Flow Of Salvation
2在本篇信息中，我们要来看以赛亚十二章里的救恩之泉。我们需要认识『源』和『泉』的不同。申命记八章七节的美地，是『有河，有泉，有源，从山谷中流出水来』之地。源是源头，泉是源头的流出，河是流。约但河的源头是在黑门山。我们有些人去过那里，看见水泉从泉源涌出，成为河流。『泉』的动词意思是泉涌、涌上。出埃及十五章说到以色列人在旷野的路上到了以琳。在以琳那里有十二股水泉，七十棵棕树。（27。）这些水泉可能只有一个泉源。
2In this message we want to see the springs of salvation in Isaiah 12. We need to know the difference between the words fountain and springs. Deuteronomy 8:7 speaks of the good land as “a land of waterbrooks, of springs and of fountains, flowing forth in valleys and in mountains.” The fountain is the source, the spring is the issue of the source, and the waterbrook, or the river, is the flow. The source of the Jordan River is in Mount Hermon. Some of us visited there and saw the spring of water gushing out from the fountain to become a river. In its verbal form spring means to gush out or gush up. Exodus 15 speaks of the children of Israel arriving at Elim on their journey in the wilderness. At Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees (v. 27—ASV). The source of these springs may have been one fountain
3以赛亚十二章所用的『泉』字，在原文不是单数的，乃是复数的。三节说，『所以你们必从救恩的泉源（原文，救恩之泉）欢然取水。』『救恩之泉』这辞含示救恩乃是源头。救恩之泉的源头是源，而那源乃是救恩。源头、源和救恩，都是同义辞。在以赛亚十二章，谁是源头、源、救恩？二节说，『神是我的拯救，我要信靠祂，并不惧怕；因为主耶和华是我的力量，是我的诗歌，祂也成了我的拯救。』
3Isaiah 12 does not use the word spring in the singular but the word springs in plural. Verse 3 says, “Therefore you will draw water with rejoicing / From the springs of salvation.” The term the springs of salvation implies that salvation is the source. The source of the springs of salvation is a fountain, and that fountain is salvation. The source, the fountain, and salvation are synonyms. Who is the source, the fountain, the salvation, in Isaiah 12? Verse 2 says, “God is now my salvation; / I will trust and not dread; / For Jah Jehovah is my strength and song, / And He has become my salvation.” Jah is a short form of Jehovah. This is similar to a person’s full name also having a short form, such as Benjamin and Ben
4以赛亚十二章里所著重的主要的辞是救恩或拯救。神是我们的拯救，主耶和华是我们的力量，是我们的诗歌。力量和诗歌都指明经历。当我们经历神的救恩时，这救恩就成为我们的力量，至终这成了我们的诗歌，我们的赞美。力量和诗歌乃是对救恩的经历。在我们的经历里，我们的神是主，是耶和华。在新约里，我们的神称为耶稣和基督。祂是主耶稣基督。我们呼求祂时，能很亲密的说，『我的主耶稣基督。』有的时候我们能用更亲密的表达，说，『我亲爱的主耶稣基督。』在新约里，主耶和华就是我们的主耶稣基督。
4The main word stressed in Isaiah 1 2 is salvation. God is our salvation, and Jah Jehovah is our strength and song. Strength and song both indicate experience. When God’s salvation is experienced by us, this salvation be comes our strength, and eventually it will be our song, our praising. The strength and the song are experiences of salvation. In our experiences our God is Jah and Jehovah. In the New Testament, our God is called Jesus and Christ. He is the Lord Jesus Christ. When we are calling upon Him, we can say in a very intimate way, “My Lord Jesus Christ.” Sometimes we can express this in a more dear way by saying, “My dear Lord Jesus Christ.” Jah Jehovah in the New Testament is our Lord Jesus Christ.
5从救恩之源涌出水泉来。这救恩乃是主耶和华。在新约里，主耶和华就是耶稣，那成为肉体的神。耶稣的意思乃是：耶和华的救恩。这救恩是一切水泉的源头。在约翰七章三十八节，主耶稣说，从我们的最深处要流出活水的江河来。不只是一道河，乃是许多江河从我们里面流出来。我年轻时对此感到困惑，因为这里的江河是多数的，却是指一位灵。那时我没有看见启示录说到的七灵。（一4，四5，五6。）神的一灵已经加强了七倍。在约翰七章里，活水的江河乃指生命多面的流出，（参罗十五30，帖前一，帖后二13，加五22～23，）这生命源自那惟一生命水的河，（启二二1，）就是神的生命之灵。（罗八2。）
5Out of the fountain of salvation come the springs. This salvation is Jah Jehovah. In the New Testament, Jah Jehovah is Jesus, the incarnated God. Jesus means the salvation of Jehovah. This salvation is the source of all the springs. In John 7:38 the Lord Jesus said that out of our innermost being would flow rivers of living water. Not just a river, but rivers flow out of us. When I was young, I was bothered because I knew that the rivers, which are plural, refer to the one Spirit. I did not see at that time that the book of Revelation speaks of the seven Spirits (1:4; 4:5; 5:6). God’so ne Spirit has been intensified sevenfold. In John 7 the rivers of living water are the many flows of the different aspects of life (cf. Rom. 15:30; 16 Thes. 1:6; 2 Thes. 2:13; Gal. 5:22-23) of the one unique river of water of life (Rev. 22:1), which is God’s Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2).
6泉是从源流出的，泉就是基督。泉成了江河，就是那灵。救恩是源头，是源，基督从其中涌流出来。经过过程的三一神是源，是泉，也是生命水的河。父是源，子是泉，灵是生命水的河。
6The springs issue out of the fountain. The springs are Christ. These springs become the rivers, which are the Spirit. The salvation is the source, the fountain, out of which Christ springs up. The processed Triune God is the fountain, the springs, and the river of water of life. The Father is the fountain, the Son is the springs, and the Spirit is the river of water of life
7泉源的水来自诸天。这水降到地上，深深的进到地里。最后，这水成了地下的水源，而这源涌流出来，就成了水泉。这是一幅图画。这水乃是经过过程的三一神成为源，从其中我们能有救恩的泉，给我们享受并经历。当我们得著这水时，这水就成了在我们里面流通的水流。神作我们的救恩乃是源；基督是救恩的泉，给我们享受并经历；那灵是在我们里面这救恩的流。
7The water in a fountain comes from the heavens. This water comes down to the earth and gets deeply into the earth. Eventually, it becomes a fountain under the earth, and this fountain springs up to become springs. This is a picture. The water is the processed Triune God becoming a fountain, out of which we can have the springs of salvation for our enjoyment and experience. When we receive this water, it becomes a stream flowing within us. God as our salvation is the fountain; Christ is the springs of salvation for our enjoyment and experience; and the Spirit is the flow of this salvation within us.
8在约翰四章，主耶稣给撒玛利亚的妇人看见，活水要在她里面成为泉源，直涌入永远的生命。（14。）在启示录二十一章六节主说，『我要将生命泉的水白白赐给那口渴的人喝。』新旧约圣经都给我们看见，活水乃是神实际的救恩。这实际的救恩就是经过过程的三一神自己。
8In John 4 the Lord Jesus showed the Samaritan woman that the very living water would become in her a spring of water welling up into eternal life (v. 14). In Revelation 21:6 the Lord says, “I will give to him who thirsts from the spring of the water of life freely.” Both the Old and New Testaments show that the living water is God’s practical salvation. This practical salvation is the processed Triune God Himself.
藉著饮于祂，接受三一神作我们的救恩
Receiving The Triune God As Our Salvation By Drinking Him
9多数人并不认为神的救恩对我们是如此主观。多数人都是客观的想到神的救恩。有些人以为他们需要主耶稣伸出祂的手来拯救他们，把他们从堕落里救拔出来。事实上，主的救恩完全不是这样。我们若要主来拯救我们，就必须饮于祂。接受经过过程之三一神作我们救恩的路，乃是藉著喝祂。水进到我们里面时，就渗透我们整个人。我们得滋养、变化、模成、并得荣的路，乃是藉著将基督喝到我们里面。这是接受神作我们救恩的路。这水的源头是源，无限的深广，并且这源有许多的泉。
9Most people do not consider that God’ss alvation is so subjective to us. Most think of His salvation in an objective way. Some think that they need the Lord Jesus to stretch out His hand to rescue them and pull them out of the fall. Actually, the Lord’ss alvation is absolutely not like this. If we want the Lord to save us, we must drink Him. The way to receive the processed Triune God as our salvation is by drinking Him. When the water gets into us, it permeates our entire being. The way that we get nourished, transformed, conformed, and glorified is by drinking Christ into us. This is the way to receive God as our salvation. The source of this water is a fountain, which is immeasurably deep and wide, and this fountain has many springs
10尼加拉瀑布的水泉无法喝，因为太汹涌澎湃了；主耶稣却是温和的水泉。在古时中东一带，人们要到水泉那里，为自己和别人从井里汲取水。我们也能到主这里，为自己和别人从祂汲取活水。这表明经过过程的三一神作我们的救恩，是非常主观的。我们所饮的水，流经我们整个人，被我们吸收，甚至成为我们。
10The springs at Niagara Falls are not drinkable because they are too great and fierce, but Jesus is a gentle spring. In the ancient times in the Middle East, people would go to a spring where there was a well from which they drew water for themselves and for others. We can also come to the Lord to draw living water from Him for ourselves and for others. This shows that the processed Triune God as our salvation is very subjective. The water that we drink passes through our entire being, is assimilated by us, and even becomes us
11在新旧约圣经里，水被用来说明我们的三一神。在圣经的末了，启示录二十二章里有一幅图画，有一个宝座，上面坐著羔羊神。从宝座羔羊之下，有一道生命水的河流出来。在这河里长著生命树，并且这河流经整个圣城。事实上，这河是从宝座上，沿著精金街道的中间盘旋而下，滋润整个城。全城的每一部分都得著这河的𫗪养和滋润。这是三一神作我们救恩的完整图画。我们每一天都需要饮于祂。
11In both the Old and New Testaments, water is used as an illustration of our Triune God. At the end of the Bible in Revelation 22, there is a picture of a throne, upon which the Lamb-God is sitting. Out from the throne underneath the Lamb, flows the river of water of life. In this river grows the tree of life, and this river passes through the entire holy city. The river actually spirals down from the throne in the middle of the golden street to water the whole city. Every part of the city is nourished and watered by this river. This is a full picture of the Triune God to be our salvation. Every day we need to drink Him.
藉著呼求主名而呼吸、饮入
Breathing And Drinking By Calling On The Name Of The Lord
12在饮于主的同时，我们也需要把主呼吸进来。按照属灵的实际，呼吸就是饮入。和受恩姊妹在她的一首诗歌里说，『只要呼吸耶稣这名，就是饮于你生命。』（诗歌六十五首第二节。）呼吸耶稣的名，就是饮于生命水。藉著呼喊，『哦，主耶稣，』我们就呼吸；藉著呼吸，我们就饮入。
12Along with drinking the Lord, we also need to breathe Him in. According to the spiritual reality, breathing is drinking. M.E. Barber said in one of her hymns, “Just to breathe the Name of Jesus / Is to drink of Life indeed” (Hymns, #73, verse 2). To breathe the name of Jesus is to drink the water of life. By calling “O Lord Jesus” we breathe, and by breathing we drink
13以赛亚十二章说到取水。（3。）毫无疑问的，这是为著饮。现在我们需要来看，在这一章里甚么地方启示呼吸。四节说，『在那日，你们要说，当颂赞耶和华，求告祂的名！』这里把颂赞耶和华和求告祂的名摆在一起，如同一件事。每逢我们呼求主的名，就含示颂赞。当我们说，『哦，主耶稣』时，那不仅是呼求，也是颂赞。当我们说，『哦，主耶稣，我爱你，』这就是颂赞和呼吸。许多基督徒发死，因为他们不实行这属灵的呼吸。我们肉身若不呼吸，很短的时间之内就会死亡。这表明呼求主是多么紧要。
13Isaiah 12 speaks of drawing water (v. 3). No doubt, this is for drinking. Now we need to consider where breathing is revealed in this chapter. Verse 4 says, “ And you will say in that day, / Praise Jehovah; call upon His name!” Praising Jehovah and calling upon His name are put together as one. Whenever we call on the name of the Lord, that implies praising. When we say “O Lord Jesus,” that is not only calling but also praising. When we say, “O Lord Jesus, I love You,” this is praising and breathing. Many Christians are deadened because they do not practice this spiritual breathing. If we do not breathe physically, we will die within a short period of time. This shows how crucial calling on the Lord is
14行传二章二十一节说，『那时，凡呼求主名的，就必得救。』在新约圣经恢复本里，这一节的注解指出，呼求主名开始于创世记四章二十六节，人类的第三代以挪士。以挪士这名的意思是脆弱、必死的人。我们人类完全是软弱的、脆弱的、易碎的、必死的。离了主，我们甚么都不能作。因著我们在凡事上都需要祂，我们就需要呼求祂。当我们呼求祂，我们就吸入祂，而我们的呼吸就是我们的饮。
14Acts 2:21 says, “ And it shall be that everyone, whoever calls on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.” The note on this verse in the Recovery Version points out that calling on the name of the Lord began with Enosh, the third generation of mankind, in Genesis 4:26. The name Enosh means frail, mortal man. We human beings are altogether weak, frail, fragile, and mortal. We cannot do anything apart from the Lord. Because we need Him in everything, we need to call on Him. When we call on Him, we breathe Him in, and our breathing is our drinking
15我们所呼吸的空气中含著水分。水变成蒸气时，就进到空气里。空气用雨的形式，把水送到地上；地上的水蒸发，又回到空气里。有一种叫作喷雾器的器具，能把水转化为水气，给人吸入。喷雾器里的水到了空气里。当我们吸入这空气时，我们就得著水，因为水就在空气里。这说明我们的呼吸也是我们的饮。就属灵的意义说，我们的呼求就是我们的呼吸，我们的呼吸就是我们的饮。当我们说，『哦，主耶稣』，我们就吸入祂，我们也得著滋润和复苏。
15The air we breathe includes water. When water becomes vapor, it gets into the air. The air sends water to the earth in the form of rain, and the water on the earth vaporizes and goes back to the air. There are devices called vaporizers which convert the water into vapor for in ha lation. The water in the vaporizer goes into the air. When we breathe in this air, we get the water because the water is in the air. This illustrates that our breathing is also our drinking. Spiritually, our calling is our breathing, and our breathing is our drinking. When we say, “O Lord Jesus,” we breathe Him in, and we are watered and refreshed.
基督是神成为肉体，乃三一神的具体化身
Christ As God Incarnated Being The Very Embodiment Of The Triune God
16基督是救恩的源，作我们的享受。祂是神成为肉体，乃三一神的具体化身。（约一14上，西二9。）这基督的名是耶稣－耶和华救主成了耶和华救恩。（太一21。）耶稣，耶和华我们的救主，藉著祂代替之死的过程，完成永远的救赎，而成了我们永远救恩的源头。（来五9，九12。）主耶稣要从天上的宝座去到加略山的十字架上，必须经过许多过程。祂从神性，且带著神性，进到人性里。祂由童女所生，经过了人性的生活，也经过了各种苦难。
16Christ is the springs of salvation for our enjoyment. As God incarnated, He is the very embodiment of the Triune God (John 1:14a; Col. 2:9). The name of this Christ is Jesus— Jehovah the Savior becoming Jehovah the salvation (Matt. 1:21). Jesus, Jehovah our Savior, has become the source of our eternal salvation through the process of His vicarious death for the accomplishment of the eternal redemption (Heb. 5:9; 9:12). In order for the Lord Jesus to go from the throne in the heavens to the cross on Mount Cavalry, He had to pass through many processes. He came from and with His divinity into humanity. He was born of a human virgin, and He passed through human living. He passed through all kinds of sufferings
17我们不该以为祂被捉拿并被钉十字架是不情愿的。祂乃是自愿舍己而到十字架上去。当祂被捉拿时，祂说，『你想我不能求我父，现在为我派遣十二营多的天使来么？若是这样，经上所说事情必须如此的话，怎能应验？』（太二六53～54。）祂乃是自愿的在十字架上将祂自己献给父。这是为著完成作我们永远救恩之根基的永远救赎。三一神能作我们的救主，因为祂经过了完成救赎所必需的过程。基于祂的救赎，祂这位救赎主就成了我们的救主和我们的救恩。
17We should not think He was arrested and put on the cross unwillingly. He voluntarily gave Himself up on the cross. When He was arrested, He said, “Do you think that I cannot beseech My Father and He will provide Me at once more than twelve legions of angels? How then shall the Scriptures be fulfilled that it must be so?” (Matt. 26:53-54). He volunteered to present Himself to the Father on the cross. This was for the accomplishment of our eternal redemption, which is the base of our eternal salvation. Salvation is based upon redemption. The Triune God can be our Savior because He passed through the necessary processes to accomplish redemption. Based upon His redemption, He as our Redeemer becomes our Savior and our salvation
18这救恩的源头，就是三一神救恩之源，从其中涌出许多水泉。（赛十二3下。）因此，经过过程的三一神成了我们的拯救，（2，）连同基督这赐生命的纽玛，作为许多水泉，使信徒从祂汲取生命的水。（赛十二3上，约四14，启二一6。）对这救恩以及生命水泉的享受，成了我们的力量和诗歌。（赛十二2。）
18The source of salvation is the very fountain of the Triune God’ss alvation, out of which well up many springs (Isa. 12:3b). Thus, the processed Triune God has become our salvation (v. 2) with Christ, the life- giving pneuma, as the many springs from whom the believers draw the water of life (v. 3a; John 4:14; Rev. 21:6). The enjoyment of this salvation with the springs of the water of life becomes our strength and song (Isa. 12:2
从神圣救恩的众泉取水之路
The Way To Draw Water From The Springs Of The Divine Salvation
19现在我们要来看，从神圣救恩的众泉取水之路。首先，我们必须是悔改的人，使神的怒气转消，并得著神赦免的安慰。（赛十二1。）我们也必须是颂赞耶和华的人，求告祂的名。（4上。）不仅如此，为了要从神圣救恩的众泉取水，我们应当将神拯救的作为传扬在万民中，并在他们中间尊崇祂的名。（4下。）我们必须向祂唱歌，因祂所行的甚是威严，我们也必须使这事普传天下。（5。）
19Now we want to consider the way to draw water from the springs of the divine salvation. First, we need to be those who are repenting to turn God’sang er and receive God’s consolation of forgiveness (Isa. 12:1). We also need to be those who are praising Jehovah, calling upon His name (v. 4a). Furthermore, in order to draw water from the springs of salvation, we should make God’ss aving deeds known among the peoples and exalt His name among them (v. 4b). We also need to sing to Him for He has done something majestic, and we must let this be made known in all the earth (v. 5