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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第44篇

耶和华救主

Jehovah The Savior
1读经：以赛亚书40:3-31，约翰福音3:34a，7:17，约翰一书2:17a，彼得前书1:23-25，马太福音9:36，约翰福音10:2-4，11，14，以弗所书6:10，腓立比书4:13，12，提摩太后书4:7。
1Scripture Reading: Isa. 40:3-31; John 3:34a; 7:17; 1 John 2:17a; 1 Pet. 1:23-25; Matt. 9:36; John 10:2-4, 11, 14; Eph. 6:10; Phil. 4:13, 12; 2 Tim. 4:7
2我们在前篇信息中曾指出，以赛亚书可分为两段。头一段由前三十九章组成，第二段由末了二十七章组成。四十章是第二段的头一章，给我们看见基督是耶和华救主。四十一至六十六章启示基督是耶和华的仆人。祂作耶和华的仆人，由三个人所豫表，就是古列、以赛亚和以色列。在以赛亚书里，古列被陈明为非常好并积极的。神说祂拣选古列，爱古列，并派他去执行祂的使命。在以赛亚书里，古列豫表基督。耶和华的申言者以赛亚，也豫表基督为耶和华的仆人。以色列作耶和华团体的仆人，也豫表基督。基督是以色列的总和。在本篇信息中，我们要来看以赛亚四十章里这位包罗万有之基督的启示，在此基督被启示为耶和华救主，作为好信息。
2In the previous message we pointed out that the book of Isaiah may be divided into two sections. The first section is composed of the first thirty- nine chapters, and the second section is composed of the final twenty-seven chapters. Chapter forty, the first chapter in the second section, shows us Christ as Jehovah the Savior. Chapters forty-one through sixty-six reveal Christ as the Servant of Jehovah. As the Servant of Jehovah, He is typified by three persons—Cyrus, Isaiah, and Israel. In the book of Isaiah, Cyrus is presented in a very good and positive sense. God said that He chose Cyrus, loved Cyrus, and appointed Cyrus to carry out His commission. In Isaiah, Cyrus typifies Christ. Isaiah, the prophet of Jehovah, also typifies Christ as the Servant of Jehovah. Israel as the corporate servant of Jehovah also typifies Christ. Christ is the totality of Israel. In this message we want to see the revelation of the all-inclusive Christ in Isaiah 40, where Christ is revealed as Jehovah the Savior, as the glad tidings
3以赛亚书并不容易明白，四十章可视为这卷书最难的一章。以赛亚写这章的方式很美妙，说到关于施浸者约翰确定的豫言。四十至六十六章，总共二十七章，可视为耶和华对祂受惩治、蒙拣选的子民以色列所说的一句话，这话乃是安慰的话。以赛亚在头三十五章里，对于以色列没有好的感觉。他责备、定罪并暴露以色列到极点。耶利米在这一面比以赛亚更强烈，他一再指出以色列是多么邪恶。以赛亚书头三十五章充满了他对以色列的责备。三十六至三十九章是插进来的一段，说到一个人－希西家。在这短短的四章历史后，以赛亚的语调完全改变了。不再有责备或定罪；反而有耶和华向以色列所说安慰的话，而耶和华这话的开头乃是福音。以赛亚在四十章九节说，『看哪，你们的神！』只要神在这里，福音就在这里。
3The book of Isaiah is not easy to understand. Chapter forty may be considered as the most difficult chapter in this book. Isaiah wrote this chapter in a marvelous way with a definite prophecy concerning John the Baptist. Chapters forty through sixty - six, altogether twenty - seven chapters, may be considered as one word from Jehovah to His chastised, chosen people, Israel. This word is a word of comfort. In the first thirty- five chapters, Isaiah did not have a good feeling about Israel. He rebuked, condemned, and exposed Israel to the uttermost. Jeremiah is even stronger than Isaiah in this respect. He points out repeatedly how evil Israel is. The first thirty-five chapters of Isaiah are full of his rebuking of Israel. Chapters thirty-six through thirty-nine are an interval concerning one person—Hezekiah. After this short history of four chapters, Isaiah’s tone altogether changes. There is no more rebuking or condemnation. Instead there is Jehovah’s word of comfort to Israel, and the beginning of the word of Jehovah is the glad tidings. Isaiah says in 40:9, “Here is your God!” As long as God is here, the glad tidings are here.
4新约给我们看见，神成了耶稣这位成为肉体者临到人。神亲自成了肉体，（约一1，14，）那就是祂的临到人。创世记十八章记载神如何临到亚伯拉罕。祂与两位天使来访问亚伯拉罕。祂与这两位天使都是以人的形状临到亚伯拉罕，但耶稣是以不同的方式来到。祂是以成为肉体的方式来到，就是进到人的里面，成了一个人，直接有分于人的人性，有分于人的血肉。为著祂的来，需要有一个先锋，将这位成为肉体的神引荐给祂的子民。这位先锋就是施浸者约翰。新约开始于约翰给这位成为肉体之神的引进、引荐和介绍。
4The New Testament shows that God came to man as Jesus, the incarnated One. God Himself was incarnated (John 1:1, 14). That was His coming to man. Genesis 18 records how God came to Abraham. He came with two angels to visit Abraham. He and these angels all were in the form of men when they came to Abraham, but Jesus came in a different way. He came in the way of incarnation, the way of entering into man and becoming a man to directly participate in man’s humanity, partaking of man’s blood and flesh. For His coming there was the need of a forerunner to usher in the incarnated God to His people. This forerunner was John the Baptist. The New Testament opens with John’su she ring, recommendation, and introduction of the incarnated God
5壹、由旷野里呼喊之人（施浸
5I. Ushered In By The Voice Of One (John The
者约翰）的声音所引进
Baptist) Crying In The Wilderness
6以赛亚四十章三至四节豫言了约翰对主的引进。耶和华救主，耶稣，是由施浸者约翰在旷野所呼喊的声音所引进的。在三节，那声音喊著说，『豫备耶和华的道路，在沙漠地修直我们神的途径。』豫备耶和华的道路就是豫备耶稣的道路。耶稣就是新约的耶和华。耶和华和耶稣是同一位。在旧约里，耶稣的名字是耶和华；在新约里，耶和华的名字是耶稣。豫备耶和华的道路，就是在沙漠地修直我们神的途径。耶和华（耶稣）的道路，就是我们神的途径。这意思乃是，耶稣就是我们的神。
6John’s introduction was prophesied by Isaiah in 40:3-4. Jehovah the Savior, Jesus, was ushered in by the voice of John the Baptist crying in the wilderness. In verse 3, the voice cries, “Make clear / The way of Jehovah; / Make straight in the desert / A highway for our God.” To make clear the way of Jehovah is to make clear the way of Jesus. Jesus is the New Testament Jehovah. Jehovah and Jesus are one person. In the Old Testament, the name of Jesus is Jehovah, and in the New Testament the name of Jehovah is Jesus. To make clear the way of Jehovah is to make straight in the desert a highway for our God. The way of Jehovah, Jesus, is a highway for our God. This means that Jesus is our God
7四节说，『一切山洼都要填满，大小山冈都要削平，弯曲的地方要修为正直，崎岖的地方要改为宽谷。』我初次来到美国的时候，常到各处旅行，那些公路使我赞叹不已。若是山谷，就筑桥梁；有岩石就铲平，使公路一直是笔直且平坦。
7Verse 4 says, “Every valley will be lifted up, / And every mountain and hill will be made low, / And the crooked places will become straight, / And the rough places a broad valley.” When I first came to the United States, I traveled frequently, and the highways were a marvel to me. If there was a valley, a bridge was over it. The terrain was leveled and adjusted so that the highways could be constructed
8我们需要来看以赛亚所说，修直我们神的途径是甚么意思。豫备耶和华的道路，就是豫备我们的心。耶稣来的目的，是要进到我们的灵里；祂要进到我们的灵里，必须经过我们的心。我们的心由四部分组成－心思、情感、意志和良心。人的心充满了山洼、大小山冈、弯曲和崎岖的地方。
8We need to consider what Isaiah means by making a highway for our God. To prepare the way of Jehovah is to prepare our heart. Jesus comes with the intention of getting into our spirit, but to enter into our spirit, He must pass through our heart. Our heart is composed of four parts—the mind, the emotion, the will, and the conscience. The human heart is full of valleys, mountains, hills, crooked places, and rough places.
9在我们得救以前，我们的心是直的还是弯曲的？是平坦的还是崎岖的？在我们的心里有山洼、大小山冈、弯曲和崎岖的地方。甚至现在我们还得承认我们的心不是那么直，不是那么平;我们的心仍是弯曲并崎岖的。途径乃是修铺好的心。我们心的每一部分和巷道，需要藉著悔改，被主修直，使主能进到我们里面，作我们的生命，并占有我们。（路一17。）
9Before we were saved was our heart straight or crooked? Was it fine or rough? In our heart there were valleys, mountains, crooked places, and rough places. Even now we have to confess that our heart is not that straight, not that level. Our heart is still crooked and rough. The highway is a paved heart. Every part and avenue of our heart need to be straightened by the Lord through repentance that the Lord may enter into us to be our life and take possession of us (Luke 1:17
10我们的心思可能满了弯曲的地方，我们的情感可能非常粗糙不平。我们可能对主很冷淡。这就是为甚么约翰在旷野呼喊，要在沙漠地修直我们神的途径。人的心就像沙漠，满了弯曲和崎岖。我们的心像甚么？我们的心是否修直、铺平，没有山洼、山岗、弯曲和崎岖？这是施浸者约翰呼喊的话，要引进救主，就是耶稣，作耶和华神的启示。
10Our mind may be full of crooked places, and our emotion may be very rough. We may be cold toward the Lord. This is why John was crying in the wilderness to make straight in the desert a highway for our God. The human heart is like a desert full of crooked and rough places. What is our heart like? Is it straight and paved, without valleys, mountains, crooked places, or rough places? This is John the Baptist’s crying word to usher in the Savior, who is Jesus as the revealing of Jehovah God
贰 、耶和华的启示
II. The Revealing Of Jehovah
11耶和华的启示就是耶稣的显现。约翰告诉人说，他不是基督，乃是在基督以前来的，要豫备祂的道路。（可一1～8。）耶稣，那在约翰以后来的一位，就是耶和华的显现。耶稣，就是耶和华，乃是我们的神。祂是耶和华的显现。以赛亚四十章五节说，凡属肉体的人，都要看见祂。这就是好信息、佳音。
11The revealing of Jehovah is the appearing of Jesus. John told people that he was not the Christ but the one coming before Christ to prepare His way (Mark 1:1-8). Jesus, the One coming after John, would be the appearing of Jehovah. Jesus, who is Jehovah, is our God. He is the revealing of Jehovah. Isaiah 40:5 says that all flesh will see Him. This is the glad tidings, the good news
12五节也指明，耶和华藉著祂的说话得以启示出来。（约三34上，七。）在约翰福音里，主耶稣告诉我们，父差祂来，（五36下～37上，）祂不从自己说甚么。（十四。）祂从祂的父说出来，祂的教训完全是出于祂的父，祂的说话就是父的彰显。你越听祂说话，你就越看见耶和华。约翰三章三十四节上半说，『神所差来的，就说神的话。』祂为神所差，目的是说出神的话，使神得著彰显。换句话说，祂的说话就是神的启示。当你听祂的时候，你就看见神。在祂的话里，在祂的说话里，神就向你揭示并陈明出来了。
12Verse 5 also indicates that Jehovah is revealed through His speaking (John 3:34a; 7:17). In the Gospel of John, the Lord Jesus told us that He 17 was sent by the Father (5:3 6 b - 3 7 a) and that He did not speak from Himself (14:10). He was speaking from His Father, His teaching was 10 altogether of His Father, and His speaking was the expression of the Father. The more you listen to His speaking, the more you see Jehovah. John 3:34a says, “For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God.” He was sent by God for the purpose of speaking the word of God for God’sex press i on. In other words, His speaking was the revealing of God. When you listen to Him, you see God. In His word, His speaking, God is unveiled and presented to you.
13以赛亚在四十章六至八节上半接著说，凡属肉体的人，都像草一样枯干，并像花一样凋谢。所有属肉体的，所有的人，都不持久。约壹二章十七节说，这世界正在过去。这里的世界，按照约翰三章十六节的用法，乃指世人，就是人类。人要过去，惟有耶稣的话永远长存。历史上有许多著名的人物说过话，但他们的话没有永远存留。他们死了，他们的话也随著他们逝去，但耶稣的话却永远长存。耶稣仍在说话，祂的话永远长存。
13Isaiah goes on to say in 40:6-8a that all flesh withers like the grass and fades like the flower. All flesh, all of mankind, will not last. First John 2:17 says that the world is passing away. The world here, according to its usage in John 3:16, refers to mankind, to human beings. Human beings will pass away, but the word of Jesus will stand forever. There have been many famous people throughout history who spoke, but their words do not abide forever. When they died, their words died with them, but the speaking of Jesus remains forever. Jesus is still speaking, and His words remain forever
14当我们听到祂的话时，我们就看见祂。我们乃是藉著听见祂的话得救的。有人也许说他们在某时某刻看见耶稣，就得救了。实际上，他们没有在肉身上看见祂，他们只是听见祂的话。祂的话就是祂自己，祂就是耶和华，而耶和华就是神。因此，我们可以说，话就是神。太初有话，话就是神。（约一1。）我说话的时候，总是操练不从自己说，我乃是操练说主的话。当我这样说话的时候，主就在我的说话里，别人就能看见耶稣。当我们在主话语的职事之下，我们就看见耶稣，就是耶和华、救主、神、好信息;这一切乃是一。这就是为甚么我们这些得救的人，都喜欢来聚会。在聚会中有主的说话，有神的话。当我们听到祂的话时，我们就看见祂。
14When we hear His word, we see him. We were saved by hearing His word. Some may say that at a certain time they saw Jesus and were saved. Actually, they did not see Him physically, but they heard His word. His word is just Himself, and He is Jehovah, and Jehovah is God. Thus, we may say that the word is God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was God (John 1:1). When I speak, I always exercise not to speak from myself. I exercise to speak the word of the Lord. When we speak in this way, the Lord is present in our speaking, and others are able to see Jesus. When we are under the ministry of the Lord’sword, we see Jesus, Jehovah, the Savior, God, the glad tidings. All of these are one. This is why we, the saved ones, like to come to the meetings. In the meetings there is the speaking of the Lord, the word of God. When we hear His word, we see Him
15祂的话永远立定，为要点活人，使人有分于祂永远的生命作人的享受。（赛四十8下，彼前一～25。）人听见了祂的话，就被点活。我们听到福音时，就看见了耶稣，就被点活，并有分于祂永远的生命作我们的享受。彼得在他的第一封书信里告诉我们，我们是藉著神活而常存的话蒙了重生的。我们这些堕落的人，就像必枯干的草和必凋谢的花，但我们听到了活的话，那是永远常存的。这活的话将永远的生命带给我们，以重生我们，我们就得著永远的生命作我们每天的享受。这是好信息的第一面。
15His word will stand forever to enliven men that they may partake of His eternal life for their enjoyment (Isa. 40:8b; 1 Pet. 1:23-2 5). When people listen to His word, they 23 are enlivened. When we heard the gospel, we saw Jesus, we were made a live, and we partook of His eternal life for our enjoyment. Peter told us in his first Epistle that we have been regenerated through the living and abiding word of God. As fallen men, we were like withering grass and fading flowers, yet we heard the living word, which is abiding forever. This living word brought the eternal life into us to regenerate us, and we received the eternal life for our daily enjoyment. This is the first aspect of the glad tidings.
参 、好信息－『看哪，你们的神！』
III. The Glad Tidings—”Here Is Your God
16以赛亚四十章九节宣告出好信息－『看哪，你们的神！』这是耶和华的显现。耶和华就在这里，祂是你们的神。这是好信息。你若有神，你就有一切。你若有神，一切的难处都要解决，一切的缺欠都要得著供应，一切的短缺都要得著满足。这短短的话－『看哪，你们的神！』就是好信息。我们该有充分的祷告，好被神充满，好接受圣灵里面的充满。然后我们来到聚会中的时候，就某一面意义来说，我们不需要说那么多。反而我们都能宣告说，『看哪，我们的神！』这是好信息的第二方面。
16Isaiah 40:9 declares the glad tidings—”Here is your God!” This is Jehovah’s appearing. Jehovah is here, and He is your God. This is the glad tidings. If you have God, you have everything. If you have God, every problem will be solved, every lack will be supplied, and every shortage will be filled. This short word— ”Here is your God!”—is the glad tidings. We should pray adequately to be filled with God, to receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit. Then when we come to the meeting, in a sense, we may not need to speak that much. Instead we can all declare, “Here is our God!” This is the second aspect of the glad tidings
肆 、主耶和华临到
IV . The Lord Jehovah Coming
17好信息的第三方面乃是主耶和华临到。祂如同大能者临到，来掌权并报应。（赛四十10。）祂是掌权者，如同大能者临到，以管治我们。祂也是审判者；祂要赏赐我们或惩罚我们。这是祂的报应，就是祂的审判。耶稣来是作救主，但在四福音里，我们也看见祂是审判者。在马太五章，主说到给国度子民的九福，但在马太二十三章，祂说出给经学家和法利赛人的八重灾祸。祂一再的宣告说，『经学家和法利赛人，你们有祸了。』这就是祂的审判。在祂那里，有积极一面的赏赐，也有消极一面的惩罚，就是报应。祂要审判我们。
17The third aspect of the glad tidings is the Lord Jehovah coming. He comes as a mighty One to rule and to recompense (Isa. 40:10). He is the Ruler who comes as a mighty One to rule over us. He is also the Judge. He will either reward us or punish us. This is His recompense, which is His judgment. Jesus came as the Savior, but in the four Gospels we also see Him as the Judge. In Matthew 5 the Lord spoke nine blessings for the kingdom people, but in Matthew 23 He spoke an eightfold woe to the scribes and Pharisees. He declared again and again, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites.” This is His judging. With Him is a reward on the positive side and a punishment, which is a recompense on the negative side. He will judge us
18祂这位大能者、掌权者并审判者，乃是来作牧人。（赛四十11，太九36，约十2～4，11，14。）牧人照顾他的羊群时，乃是管治牠们以改正牠们。他的管治和改正就是他的牧养。在已过，我们可能是粗野的人，不肯听福音或神的话。但在祂的管治里，耶稣作了一些事来规律我们。祂的规律就是祂的牧养。我们许多人是因著耶稣的规律而得救的。祂的规律牧养我们，把我们带进羊群，叫我们行在正路上；又调整我们有正确的步伐。祂调整我们不至走得太快或太慢，乃要跟著羊群的步伐。今天祂仍藉著调整来牧养我们。祂指引我们，禁止我们，也催促我们。
18As the mighty One, the ruling and judging One, He comes to be a Shepherd (Isa. 40:11; Matt. 9:36; John 10:2-4, 11, 14). In a shepherd’s care for his flock, he rules over the sheep to correct them. His ruling and correcting is his shepherding. In the past, we may have been wild persons who would not listen to the gospel or to the word of God. But in His ruling, Jesus did something to regulate us. His regulating is His shepherding. Many of us were saved because of Jesus’ regulating. His regulating shepherds us to bring us into the flock, to get us on the right way, and to adjust us to the proper pace. He is adjusting us not to go too fast or too slow, but to take the pace of the flock. Today He is still shepherding us by adjusting us. He directs us, stops us, and urges us on
19祂作牧人也𫗪养自己的羊群，用膀臂聚集羊羔抱在怀中，引导那乳养小羊的。在我们中间有些人是羊羔，有些人是那乳养小羊的。我们的牧人耶稣照顾祂全群的羊。这当然是好信息的一部分。
19As the Shepherd, He also feeds His flock, gathers the lambs in His arm, carries them in His bosom, and leads those who are nursing the young. Among us some are lambs and some are those who are nursing the young. Jesus, our Shepherd, takes care of His entire flock. This is surely a part of the glad tidings
伍 、至圣者，永远的神耶和华，地极的创造者，坐在地球大圈之上
V . The Holy One, The Eternal God, Jehovah, The Creator Of The Ends Of The Earth, Sitting Above The Circle Of The Earth
20羊群经过这种牧养以后，就认识耶稣是至圣者，永远的神耶和华，地极的创造者，坐在地球大圈之上。（赛四十22，25～26，28上。）我们带得救的初信者得著𫗪养之后，他就得著我们的帮助，更多认识耶稣。他会得帮助，认识耶稣是永远的神耶和华，地极的创造者。
20After this kind of shepherding, the flock, the sheep, will know Jesus as the Holy One, the eternal God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth, sitting above the circle of the earth (Isa. 40:22, 25-26, 28a). As we feed a new believer whom we have brought to the Lord, he will be helped by us to know Jesus more. He will be helped to know Jesus as the eternal God, Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth
21事实上，以赛亚四十章启示了神命定之路的步骤。我们要去使人得救，并𫗪养他们。然后他们就开始认识他们的救主耶稣乃是至圣者，永远的神耶和华，也是诸天和地的创造者。我们去访问初信者的时候，该对他们讲说耶稣的这些方面。这样，他们就得著𫗪养。他们将领会耶稣是奇妙的。苏格拉底、孔夫子、或释迦牟尼怎能与祂相比？没有任何人事物能与祂相比。耶稣这位至圣者，乃是无限量的、追测不尽的、无可比拟的、又是高超的。（赛四十12～14，17～18，28下，22上。）
21Actually, Isaiah 40 reveals the steps of the God-ordained way. We have to get people saved and feed them. Then they will begin to know that their Savior, Jesus, is the Holy One, the eternal God, Jehovah, and the Creator of the heavens and the earth. When we go to visit the new believers, we should speak to them about Jesus in these aspects. Then they will be fed. They will realize that Jesus is wonderful. Can Socrates, Confucius, or Buddha be compared with Him? There is no comparison between Him and anyone or anything else. As the Holy One, Jesus is unlimited, unsearchable, incomparable, and high (Isa. 40:12-14, 17-18, 28b, 22a
22以赛亚四十章十五和十七节说，万民都像水桶里的一滴，又如天平上的微尘，乃是虚无的，甚至不及虚无，乃为虚空。也许你带一位大学教授到主面前，然后开始𫗪养他。大学教授可能以为自己是德高望重的重要人物。然而，当你𫗪养他时，他就开始知道自己不过像水桶里的一滴，又如天平上的微尘。至终，他将领悟他是无有，基督是万有。他将领悟，除了基督，他甚至不及虚无，乃为虚空。这是你们一再去访问他、𫗪养他的结果。
22Isaiah 40:15 and 17 say that all peoples are like a drop of water from a bucket, like specks of dust on the scales, and are nothing, even less than nothing, just vanity— emptiness. Perhaps you will bring a college professor to the Lord and then begin to feed him. A college professor may consider that he is a very important person with much prestige. As you feed him, however, he will come to know that he is like a drop of water from a bucket or a speck of dust on the heavenly scale. Eventually, he will realize that he is nothing and that Christ is everything. He will realize that apart from Christ, he is even less than nothing, vanity, emptiness. This will be the result of your visiting him to feed him again and again.
23我们必须传基督到一个地步，使人认识他们只是虚空、虚无。他们越看见自己是虚无、无有、虚空，就越珍赏基督，并被基督充满;他们就会宝贝基督。大数的扫罗就是这样。至终，他看见一切都是粪土，惟有基督是超越的一位。他甚至以认识基督为至宝。（腓三8。）一个任职高位的弟兄若宝贝这地位，他就无法那么享受基督。我们必须看万事如粪土，使我们能赢得基督并享受基督。这是好信息的第四面。
23We have to preach Christ to such an extent, causing people to know that they are just vanity, emptiness. The more they realize that they are nothing, empty, and vanity, the more they will appreciate Christ and be filled up with Christ. They will treasure Christ. Saul of Tarsus was like this. Eventually, he realized that all things were dung and that only Christ is the excellent One. He even considered the knowledge of Christ to be excellent (Phil. 3:8). If a brother with a high position treasures this position, he will not be able to enjoy Christ that much. We have to count all things dung that we may gain Christ and enjoy Christ. This is the fourth aspect of the glad tidings
陆 、赐能力，加力量给那等候祂的人
VI. Empowering And Strengthening Those Who Wait On Him
24以赛亚四十章里好信息的第五方面，乃是耶和华救主赐能力，加力量给那等候祂的人。（29～。）当我们申言，为主说话的时候，就经历到这事。当我们申言时，我们得著祂赐能力并加力。
24The fifth aspect of the glad tidings in Isaiah 40 is that Jehovah the Savior empowers and strengthens those who wait on Him (vv. 29-31). We experience this when we prophesy, when we speak for the 31 Lord. When we prophesy, we are empowered and strengthened.
25疲乏的，主赐能力；软弱的，祂加力量。（29。）保罗在以弗所六章十节说，『你们要在主里，靠著祂力量的权能，得著加力。』他也宣告说，『我在那加我能力者的里面，凡事都能作。』（腓四13。）基督是那位加能力者，所以我们这些等候祂的人，不会疲乏或困倦。在基督这位加力者里面，我们如鹰展翅上腾。以赛亚四十章三十至三十一节说，『就是少年人也会疲乏困倦，强壮的也会力竭跌倒；但那等候耶和华的，必从新得力；他们必如鹰展翅上腾，他们奔跑却不困倦，行走却不疲乏。』这是旧约描写那些信靠耶稣的人。新约在以弗所六章十节和腓立比四章十三节也说到这事。保罗在腓立比四章十二节说，『我都学得秘诀。』他学得了在基督里知足的秘诀，所以他不疲乏或困倦。到了提后四章七节，他在一生末了的时候，宣告说，『当跑的赛程，我已经跑尽了。』
25The Lord gives power to the faint, and to those who have no vigor He multiplies strength (v. 29). In Ephesians 6:10 Paul said, “Be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength.” He also declared, “I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me” (Phil. 4:13). Christ is the empowering One, so we who wait on Him will not faint or become weary. In Christ as the empowering One, we will mount up with wings like eagles. Isaiah 40:30 and 31 say, “Although youths will faint and become weary, / And young men shall collapse exhausted; / Yet those who wait on Jehovah will renew their strength; / They will mount up with wings like eagles; / They will run and will not faint; / They will walk and will not become weary.” This is the Old Testament way of describing those who trust in Jesus. The New Testament expresses this in Ephesians 6:10 and Philippians 4:13. Paul also says in Philippians 4:12, “I have learned the secret.” He learned the secret of sufficiency in Christ, so he did not faint or become weary. At the end of his life, in 2 Timothy 4:7, he declared, “I have finished the course.”
26以赛亚四十章陈明一幅包罗万有之基督作耶和华救主的美妙图画。藉著祂活而长存的话，我们得了重生。我们得著祂的𫗪养，就认识祂是至圣者、永远的神、耶和华、诸天和地的创造者。祂是无限量的、追测不尽的、无可比拟的、高超的。我们人类就如水滴和微尘。我们乃是虚无，甚至不及虚无，乃为虚空、无有。当我们这样认识基督时，我们就有资格等候祂。我们是无有，祂是万有。所以，我们不信靠自己。我们乃是信靠祂并等候祂。然后祂就使我们如鹰展翅上腾，我们就能奔跑基督徒生活的赛程，不致疲乏或困倦。这是以赛亚四十章向我们所陈明的基督。
26Isaiah 40 presents a marvelous picture of the all- inclusive Christ as Jehovah the Savior. Through His living and abiding word, we have been regenerated. We have been fed by Him to know Him as the Holy One, the eternal God, Jehovah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth. He is unlimited, unsearchable, incomparable, and high. We human beings are as a drop of water and specks of dust. We are nothing and even less than nothing, vanity, emptiness. When we know Christ in this way, we are qualified to wait on Him. We are nothing, and He is everything. Therefore, we do not have any trust in ourselves. We put our trust in Him and wait on Him. He then gives us the eagles’ wings to mount up, so that we can run the course of the Christian life without fainting or becoming weary. This is the very Christ presented to us in Isaiah 40