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出埃及记生命读经 · 第24篇

逾越节（二）

The Passover (2)
1读经：出埃及记12:11-28,43-51;；林前5:7-8。出埃及记中对逾越节所作的记载非常详尽。在圣经别处，对于基督的救赎，我们找不到如此详尽的记载。有这些细节的原因，乃是神要我们如此透彻地认识基督的救赎，永不忘记。『记念』这个词用了两次。（十二14，十三9。）这表示神的心意是要我们不忽略，也不忘记基督的救赎。反之，我们要记念基督的救赎─不是以寻常的方式，而是以特殊而详尽的方式。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 12:11-28, 43-51; 13:2-11; 1 Cor. 5:7-8; 1 Cor. 15:45a, 47a 13:2-11 The record of the Passover given in Exodus is very detailed. Nowhere else in the Scriptures do we find such a detailed account of Christ’s redemption. The reason for all the detail is that God wants us to know the redemption of Christ in such a thorough way that we could never forget it. Twice the word memorial is used (12:14; 13:9). This indicates that it is God’s in tent i on that we neither neglect the redemption of Christ nor forget it. Rather, we are to remember Christ’s redemption, not in a general way, but in a specific and detailed way.
2在逾越节的记载中，有一个细节是关乎吃羊羔的肉。逾越节羊羔的肉表征基督钉死和复活的生命是我们6:53的供应。在约翰六章五十三节，主耶稣说，我们若要有生命，就必须吃人子的肉。在五十五节祂继续说：『我的肉真是可吃的。』藉著道成肉身、钉十字架，和复活，基督的肉已成了我们的食物。另一个细节是关乎逾越节羊羔的骨头。在十二章四十六节吩咐以色列人，用于逾越节之羊羔的骨头，一根也不可折断。这非常有意义。当主耶稣被钉在十字架上时，祂的骨头没有折断。（约十九33，36。）这表明在基督里面，有个东西是不能折断，不能朽坏的。基督未被折断的骨头表征分赐生命的生命。这乃是由夏娃从亚当的肋骨产生所豫表的。正如亚当的骨头能把生命分赐到夏娃里面，使她成为亚当的配偶；基督不能朽坏的生命也把生命分赐到我们里面，使我们成为祂的配偶。亚当的肋骨豫表基督那分赐生命的生命。在基督里有一个生命，是逾越节的羊羔不被折断的骨头所表征的。这生命就是基督永远、神圣的生命，它把生命分赐到我们里面。
2One of the details in the account of the Passover concerns the eating of the flesh of the lamb. The flesh of the Passover lamb signifies Christ’s crucified and resurrected life that is our supply. In John the Lord Jesus said that if we would have life, we must eat the flesh of the Son of Man. In verse 55 He went on to say, “My flesh is true food.” Through incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection Christ’s flesh has become our food. Another detail is related to the bones of the Passover lamb. The children of Israel were told in 12:46 that none of the bones of the lamb used in the Passover were to be broken. This is of great significance. When the Lord Jesus was crucified, His bones were not broken (John 19:33, 36). This indicates that within Christ there is something unbreakable and indestructible. Christ’sun broken bone signifies the life that imparts life. This is typified by Eve being produced from Adam’s rib. Just as Adam’s bone could impart life into Eve to make her Adam’s counterpart, so Christ’s indestructible life has imparted life into us to make us His counterpart. Adam’s rib typifies Christ’s life that imparts life. In Christ there is a life signified by the unbroken bone of the Passover lamb. This life is Christ’s eternal, divine life that imparts life into us.
3我们对逾越节所有的细节，必须要有深刻的印象。当我们思想这些细节时，便知道逾越节的记载并不容易了解。
3We need to be deeply impressed with all the details of the Passover. As we consider these details, we realize that the account of the Passover is not simple or easy to understand
4四取用逾越节羊羔的路在本篇信息中，我们将要看取用逾越节羊羔的路。逾越节的羊羔是奇妙的，但如果我们不知道如何取用牠，这羊羔在我们每天主观的经历里就没有多大意义。因此，我们在本篇信息中所关切的，就是对基督作为逾越节的主观经历。
4IV. THE WAY TO APPLY THE PASSOVER LAMB In this message we shall consider the way to apply the Passover lamb. The Passover lamb is wonderful, but if we do not know how to apply it, the lamb will have little meaning in our daily subjective experience. Therefore, our concern in this message is with the subjective experience of Christ as the Passover.
（一） 腰间束带，脚上穿鞋，手中拿杖，赶紧的吃
A. To Eat with Loins Girded, with Shoes on the Feet, with Staff in the Hand, and in Haste
5出埃及记十二章十一节说：『你们吃羊羔当腰间束带，脚上穿鞋，手中拿杖，赶紧的吃，这是耶和华的逾越节。』当以色列人吃逾越节的羊羔时，他们好像军队一样。出埃及记十二章五十一节说，耶和华将以色列人『按著他们的军队，从埃及地领出来。』今天很少基督徒认识他们该是一支军队。相反的，普遍的观念似乎是谁信了主耶稣，谁就该摆在花轿里，等著抬到天上。然而，根据出埃及记这卷书中的图画，蒙救赎的人如此取用逾越节的方式，使他们能成为神的军队。根据出埃及记十二章十一节，以色列人吃羊羔当腰间束带。在我们得救以前，多少有些松散；我们还没有束上腰带。束腰是豫备成为军中士兵的一步。藉著把自己束上，我们就准备好去打仗。
5Exodus 12:11 says, “And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah’sp ass over” (Heb.). As the children of Israel were eating the Passover lamb, they were like an army. Exodus 12:51 says that the Lord brought the children of Israel “out of the land of Egypt by their armies.” Not many Christians today realize that they should be an army. On the contrary, the prevailing concept seems to be that anyone who believes in the Lord Jesus should be placed in a palanquin and carried away to heaven. However, according to the picture in the book of Exodus, the redeemed ones applied the Passover in such a way that they could become God’s army. According to 12:11, the children of Israel ate with their loins girded. Before we were saved, we were somewhat loose; our being had not been girded up. To be girded is part of the preparation to be a soldier in the army. By girding ourselves we make ourselves ready to fight
6今天许多基督徒所传的福音并不完全。当你听见福音时，人告诉你要悔改，相信主耶稣，接受祂，并且还要将自己束上腰带么？我们很少人听见必须束上自己。然而，束上腰带这件事就在出埃及记十二章。这个记载是完全的。只有腰间束带时，我们才有资格取用逾越节。如果我们仍是松散的，就不能正确地接受逾越节了。以色列人也受了吩咐当脚上穿鞋。这表示他们自己豫备好要行路。在军中所有的士兵都需要合式的鞋子。我们得救之前，脚上没有穿鞋。倘若我们要为主争战，我们的脚上需要穿合式的鞋子。我很遗憾，今天基督教所传的福音很少说到我们必须脚上穿鞋，为要取用逾越节的羊羔。我盼望圣灵向多人说到这事。
6The gospel preached by many Christians today is not complete. When you heard the gospel, were you told to repent, believe in the Lord Jesus, receive Him, and then gird yourself up? Few of us were told that we needed to gird ourselves. However, the matter of being girded is here in Exodus 12. This record is complete. Only when we have girded our loins are we qualified to apply the Passover. If we are still loose, we cannot take the Passover in a proper way. The children of Israel were also told to have shoes on their feet. This indicates that they were to make themselves ready for a journey. In an army all soldiers need proper shoes. Before we were saved, our feet were not shod. If we would fight the battle for the Lord, we need the right kind of shoes on our feet. I am sorry that the preaching of the gospel in today’s Christianity rarely includes a word about the need to have shoes on our feet in order to apply the Passover lamb. I hope that the Holy Spirit will speak to many concerning this.
7再者，在出埃及记十二章十一节，以色列人受了吩咐，吃逾越节羊羔时当手中拿杖。杖也是用来行路的。在古时，当人行远路时，他们常常拿一根杖。腰带、鞋子和杖都是为著以色列人即将行路用的。这路程不是平安的路程，而是争战的路程，因为从某种意义说，他们必须从埃及打出一条路来。感谢主，虽然福音传给我们时，我们也许没有听见这些事，但在我们得救的时候，好多人对这些事都有一些经历。当我们决定要接受基督作我们的救主时，我们里面觉得已准备好要走一段漫长的路程。这就是我的经历。对我来说，似乎我已放弃了先前的路途，并且准备好行走新的旅程，有新的生命和新的开始。当你信主时岂没有这样的经历么？你岂不是准备好走新的旅程、新的道路么？也许你没有话语表达，但圣灵的确如此装备你，并领你进入争战的旅程。你知道一个新生命、新旅程已经开始了。
7Furthermore, in 12:11 the children of Israel were told to eat the Passover with their staff in hand. The staff was also to be used for the journey. In ancient times, when people went on a long journey, they often took a staff. The girdle, the shoes, and the staff were all for the journey that the children of Israel were about to make. This journey was not to be a journey of peace, but a journey of war, for, in a sense, they had to fight their way out of Egypt. We thank the Lord that although we may not have heard about these things when the gospel was preached to us, many of us had some experience of them at the time we were saved. When we decided to take Christ as our Savior, inwardly we had the sense that we had been made ready for a long journey. This was my experience. It seemed to me that I had given up my former journey and was ready to start on a new journey, to have a new life with a new beginning. Did you not have such an experience when you believed in the Lord? Were you not made ready for a new journey, a new walk? Perhaps you did not have words for it, but the Holy Spirit did equip you in such a way and did lead you into a journey of fighting. You realized that a new life, a new journey, had just begun
8最后，十二章十一节说神的赎民吃逾越节要赶紧的吃。因为他们那夜必须逃离埃及地，所以要求他们赶紧的吃逾越节的羊羔。士兵们常被要求迅速地吃饭，当过兵的人都知道是这样训练士兵们来吃饭的。因为一场争战摆在我们前头，我们必须赶紧的吃逾越节的羊羔。不要原谅自己说你生来就是慢吞吞的。慢的人总是先被敌人从背后攻击的人。那些吃得快的人很可能就是在军队前方的人。
8Finally, 12:11 says that God’s redeemed people were to eat the Passover in haste. Because they had to flee from the land of Egypt that night, they were required to eat the Passover lamb hastily. Soldiers are often required to eat their meals quickly. Those who have been in the army realize that soldiers are trained to eat in this way. Because a battle lies ahead of us, we must eat the Passover lamb in haste. Do not excuse yourself by saying that you were born with a slow disposition. Those who are slow may be the first to be attacked by the enemy from the rear. Those who eat fast are probably those who are at the front of the army
（二） 拿一把牛膝草，把血打在门楣上，和左右的门框上
B. To Touch the Lintel and the Two Side Posts with the Blood Applied by a Bunch of Hyssop
9出埃及记十二章二十二节说：『拿一把牛膝草，蘸盆里的血，打在门楣上，和左右的门框上。』请注意血是涂在房子的入口，而不是在屋顶上。入口的功用是让适当的人与东西进人屋内。任何不适当的人与物都被此入口关在外面。逾越节羊羔的血涂在门楣上和左右门框上的事实，暗指血为我们开了进入基督的路，基督就是房屋所豫表的。蒙救赎的人进入屋内，不是经由屋顶或是窗户，乃是经由洒了救赎之血的门。阿利路亚，我们已由祂救赎的血担保进入基督里！由洒了血的门进到基督里，我们受到亲切的欢迎。
9Exodus 12:22 says, “And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin” (Heb.). Notice that the blood was put on the entrance of the house, not on the roof. The function of the entrance is to allow the proper persons and things to come into the house. Anyone or anything that is not proper is shut out by the entrance. The fact that the blood of the Passover lamb was put on the lintel and the two side posts of the door implies that the blood opens the way for us to get into Christ, who is typified by the house. The redeemed ones come into the house, not through the roof or through a window, but through the door that has been sprinkled with the redeeming blood. Hallelujah, our entry into Christ has been guaranteed by His redeeming blood! Coming into Christ through the door sprinkled with the blood, we receive a warm welcome.
10不仅如此，洒在门上的血还保护赎民免于神的审判。如十二章十三节所说，这血要在以色列人所住的『房屋上作记号』。二十三节继续说：『因为耶和华要巡行击杀埃及人，祂看见血在门楣上，和左右的门框上，就必越过那门，不容灭命的进你们的房屋，击杀你们。』同样的，血为赎民开了进入房屋的路，并且使门向那灭命的关闭，因此保守神的赎民免于审判。赞美主，我们有一个洒了救赎之血的门！这门将神的恩典以及祂之于我们的一切所是和所有，全向我们开启。再者，这门把每件消极的事物都关在外面。阿利路亚，我们是在门上已洒了血的房屋里！在上篇信息中，我们指出，羊羔和房屋都是豫表基督。这意思是说，羊羔就是房屋，而房屋也就是羊羔。羊羔是救赎的方法，而房屋是保守的方法。凡蒙羊羔所救赎的人，就是蒙房屋所保全并保守的人。这表示凡基督所救赎的，祂都保守。作为救赎者，祂是羊羔，而作为保守者，祂是房屋。最终，羊羔的血在门上，而羊羔的肉在屋内。因此羊羔、房屋和那些享受逾越节的人便成为一。这是蒙救赎的人与基督合一的图画。
10Furthermore, the blood on the door protected the redeemed ones from God’s judgment. As 12:13 says, the blood was to be “a token upon the houses” where the children of Israel were. Verse 23 goes on to say, “For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you” (Heb.). The same blood opened the way for the redeemed ones to get into the house and closed the gates to the destroyer, thereby guarding God’s redeemed ones from judgment. Praise the Lord that we have a gate that has been sprinkled with the redeeming blood! This gate opens to us God’s grace with all that He is to us and all that He has for us. Furthermore, this gate shuts out every negative thing. Hallelujah, we are in the house whose gate has been sprinkled with the blood! In the foregoing message we pointed out that both the lamb and the house typify Christ. This means that the lamb is the house and that the house is the lamb. The lamb is the means of redemption, and the house is the means of preservation. Whoever is redeemed by the lamb is preserved and kept by the house. This indicates that whatever Christ redeems, He keeps. As the redeeming One, He is the lamb, and as the keeping One, He is the house. Eventually, the blood of the lamb was on the door, and the meat of the lamb was in the house. The lamb, the house, and those who enjoyed the Passover thus became one. This is a picture of the identification of the redeemed ones with Christ
11把羊羔的血涂在门楣上和门框上所4:33用的是一把牛膝草。列王纪上四章三十三节说到所罗门的智慧，『他讲论草木，自利巴嫩的香柏树，直到墙上长的牛膝草。』牛膝草列在最小的植物中。根据新约的启示，数量最小之物乃是我们的信心。（太十七。）因此，牛膝草代表信心。神并不要求我们的信心像香柏树一样，因我们没有一人能应付这一个要求。神要求我们只要有一点点的信心。即便我们的信心很小，仍然能取用逾越节的羊羔。倘若一个罪人祷告说：『主耶稣，感谢你为我死』，他就得救了。甚至这样小的信心也能拯救他。事实上，一个人只要说：『主，感谢你。』就能得救了。这就是像墙上长的牛膝草一般的信心。取用基督的血就是藉著这样微小的信心。
11A bunch of hyssop was used to put the blood of the lamb on the lintel and the doorposts. First Kings says that, in his wisdom, Solomon “spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall.” Hyssop was among the smallest of the plants. According to the revelation in the New Testament, the thing that is the smallest in quantity is our faith (Matt. 17:20). Hence, 20 hyssop signifies faith. God does not require that our faith be as the cedar tree, for none of us could meet such a requirement. God requires that we have just a little faith. Even if our faith is very small, we still can apply the Passover lamb. If a sinner prays, “Lord Jesus, thank You for dying for me,” he will be saved. Even such a small amount of faith will save him. Actually, one can be saved just by saying, “Lord, thank You.” This is faith that is like hyssop that springs out of the wall. It is by such little faith that the blood of Christ is applied.
12根据十二章二十二节，逾越节羊羔的血是在盆里，不是在一个大器皿里。很多人能作见证，在他们悔改的经历中，基督救赎的血对他们有功效，是以一种微小而易于取用的方式。不需要有大的信心。即使非常微小的信心就彀叫他们得救了。这就是用一把牛膝草来涂逾越节羊羔之血的意义。盆与牛膝草都很小，任何人都能很容易地拿起来。取用基督是何等的容易！还未得救的人读本篇信息不必等待伟大的事情发生。当他读时，他能说：『主，我感谢你。』即使藉著运用这么少量的牛膝草，血就适用于他，整个逾越节便是他的。逾越节羊羔的血不是藉著伟大的信心来取用，而是藉著些微的信心。赞美主，一点点的信心就彀了！藉著在信心里取用宝血，我们就有路进入基督里，并且我们立刻被引进祂里面；祂是房屋，在那里整个逾越节都成了我们的。
12According to 12:22, the blood of the Passover lamb was in a basin, not in a large vessel. Many can testify that in their experience of conversion the redeeming blood of Christ was made available to them in a way that was small and easy to apply. It was not necessary to have great faith. Even a very small amount of faith was sufficient for them to be saved. This is the significance of using a bunch of hyssop to apply the blood of the Passover lamb. Both the basin and the hyssop were small and could be handled easily by anyone. How easy it is to apply Christ! Any unsaved person who is reading this message does not need to wait for something great to happen. As he is reading, he can say, “Lord, I thank You.” Even by the exercise of such a small amount of hyssop, the blood will be applied to him, and the entire Passover will be his. The blood of the Passover lamb is applied not by great faith, but by a small amount of faith. Praise the Lord that even a little faith is sufficient! By applying the blood in faith, we have an entrance into Christ, and we are immediately ushered into Him as the house, where the whole Passover becomes ours
（三） 留在门上涂了血的房屋内
C. To Remain in the House Whose Door Has Been Touched with the Blood
13以色列人必须留在门上涂了血的房屋内，不可出去，直到早晨。（十二22。）要了解这事的意义，我们需要看见圣经中关乎救赎就是合一或联合的基本观念。没有合一，就没有救赎所需要的代替。基督在十字架上死了，作为我们的代替。然而，祂作我们的代替需要我们与祂合一。在旧约中，挪亚的方舟是一个豫表，说明这件合一的事。要从洪水的审判里蒙拯救，挪亚和他的家人必须在方舟里。在方舟里就是与方舟合一，与方舟成为一个。方舟的命运自然就是方舟中每个人的命运。无论方舟发生了甚么事，都成了与方舟合一之人的经历。方舟的门关闭以后，其他的人也许拼命地抓住方舟，但他们却没有与方舟成为一个或者与方舟合一。与基督合一惟一的路乃是进入祂里面。哥林多前书一章三十节的话说，我们得在基督耶稣里是本乎神。神把我们摆在基督里，就如在挪亚方舟里的八个人一样，我们蒙救赎的人也在基督耶稣里。
13The children of Israel were required to stay in the house whose door had been touched with the blood; they were not to go out of it until the morning (12:22). To understand the significance of this we need to see that the basic concept in the Bible with respect to redemption is identification or union. Without identification there can be no substitution, which is necessary for redemption. On the cross Christ died as our substitute. However, His being our substitute requires us to be identified with Him. In the Old Testament, the ark of Noah as a type illustrates this matter of identification. In order to be saved from the waters of judgment, Noah and his family had to be in the ark. To be in the ark was to be identified with the ark, to be one with the ark. The destiny of the ark was automatically the destiny of everyone in the ark. Whatever happened to the ark became the experience of the people who were one with the ark. After the door of the ark was closed, others may have held onto the ark in desperation. But they were not one with the ark or identified with it. The only way to be one with Christ is to enter into Him. In the words of 1 Corinthians 1:30, it is of God that we are in Christ Jesus. God has put us into Christ. As the eight persons were in the ark of Noah, so we, the redeemed ones, are in Christ Jesus
14我们进入基督是藉著涂了血的门。当我们用牛膝草把血涂在门上时，我们就能进入基督里面。进入基督以后，我们需要留在祂里面。在约翰十五章主耶稣说：『你们要住在我里面。』住在基督里就是停留在祂里面，维持我们与祂的合一、联合。基督教许多教训的结果使信徒与基督分开，失去与祂的合一。使我们失去与基督联合的教训都没有用处。在基督以外的任何东西都是人的劳苦和努力。我们不需要挣扎或努力，我们只需要藉著洒血的门进入屋内。我们一在房屋里，就与房屋是一个，并且与房屋合一了。
14Our entrance into Christ is through the door to which the blood has been applied. When we use hyssop to put the blood on the door, we are able to enter into Christ. After getting into Christ, we need to remain in Him. In John 15 the Lord Jesus says, “Abide in Me.” To abide in Christ is to remain in Him, that is, to maintain our identification, our union, with Him. The effect of many of the teachings in Christianity is to cause believers to be separate from Christ and to lose their identification with Him. No teaching that causes us to lose our union with Christ can avail anything. Anything apart from Christ is human effort or strife. There is no need for us to struggle or strive. We simply need to enter into the house through the blood- sprinkled gate. Once we are in the house, we are one with the house and identified with it
15很多相信基督的人在他们悔改的时候是在房屋里；但不久以后，就他们每天实际的经历来说，他们却从屋子里出来了。在经历上，得救以后仍留在房屋内的基督徒并不多。这意思是说，他们在相信基督得救的时候，进了房屋。但后来他们开始离开房屋，并在房屋之外作许多事情。这意思是他们在基督以外作许多事。这是我们中间许多人的经历。我们在得救时进到基督里，但我们凭自己努力要讨神喜欢，就从基督里出来了，我们没有停留在祂里面。
15Many who believe in Christ were in the house at the time of their conversion. But shortly thereafter, as far as their practical daily experience is concerned, they came out of the house. In their experience, not many Christians stay in the house after their conversion. This means that when they believed into Christ and were saved, they entered into the house. But then they began to do many things apart from the house and outside of the house. This means that they did things outside of Christ. This has been the experience of many of us. We entered into Christ when we were saved. But in our effort to please God by ourselves, we came out of Christ. We did not remain in Him
16我们来到教会以后，藉著话语职事被带回屋内，但那些进入教会生活的人可能还不是实际地在基督里。这是教会中难处的根源。在教会中的每一个人都该是在基督里，但可能产生一种不正常的光景，许多在教会生活中的人却不住在基督里。在进入教会生活以前，你也许用自己的力量讨主喜欢。既进入了教会，教会是房屋的一部分，你也需要回到屋子里。这意思是你必须同到基督里，并停留在祂里面。
16After we came to the church, we were brought back into the house through the ministry of the Word. Those who came into the church life still may not be in Christ in a practical way. This is a source of trouble in the church. Everyone in the church should be in Christ. However, there may arise an abnormal condition wherein many who are in the church life are not abiding in Christ. Before coming into the church life you may have struggled in your own energy to please the Lord. Now that you have come into the church, which is part of the house, you need also to come back to the house. This means that you need to come back to Christ and remain in Him.
17我们都在基督里得救了。但是，像加拉太人一样，我们想要离开基督而往前。因此，我们必须被带回到基督那里。我们不需要作许多的事，我们只该维持与基督合一，不断承认我们是无有，而祂是万有。我们需要看见，我们在祂里面，祂也在我们里面。只要我们住在祂里面，祂就住在我们里面。正如主自己在约翰十五章所说：『你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面。』有些人在进入教会生活以前，也许听过这个教导。然而，要紧的事不在于你是否知道住在基督里的教训，乃在于你是否实际地住在祂里面。此刻你在那里？你是在基督里呢？还是与基督分开？主耶稣说，离了祂，我们就不能作甚么。（约十五5。）留在房屋内就是住在基督里，并且与祂合一。换句话说，就是一直与主联合。
17We were all saved in Christ. But, like the Galatians, we may try to go on apart from Christ. Thus, we must be brought back to Christ. There is no need for us to do so many things. We should simply maintain our identification with Christ, with a constant realization that we are nothing and that He is everything. We need to see that we are in Him and that He is in us. As long as we abide in Him, He will abide in us. As the Lord Himself said in John 15, “Abide in Me and I in you.” Some may have heard this teaching before they came into the church life. The crucial matter, however, is not whether or not you know the teaching about abiding in Christ; it is whether or not you are actually abiding in Him. Where are you at this very moment? Are you in Christ, or are you apart from Christ? The Lord Jesus said that apart from Him we can do nothing (John 15:5). To remain in the house is to abide in Christ and to be identified with Him. In other words, it is to remain in oneness with the Lord
18今天信徒中间最大的问题，就是在他们的经历中，他们是在基督之外，离开与基督的合一。摩西吩咐以色列人要在房屋内吃羊羔，并要留在屋内。倘若他们从房子里出来，就要失去一切。在屋内他们有逾越节的完满享受。只有在房子里，逾越节才能成为他们的经历。我们需要清楚房子到底是甚么，以及今天房子在那里。我们已强调过房子就是基督的事实。但是房子在那里呢？房子就是洒血的地方。房子独一的记号不是我们的所是、所有或所作，乃是所洒的基督之血。救赎在那里，基督也在那里。在救赎以外，我们没有立场。我们独一的立场就是基督救赎的血。倘若你读加拉太书，你会看见加拉太人已从救赎的地位岔出去。他们已从房子里出来，因此被夺去在基督里的恩典和益处。如果以色列人没有留在房子里，逾越节的恩典、益处、享受和经历就要从他们身上夺去。要有分于逾越节，就必须留在房屋里。
18The greatest problem among believers today is that, in their experience, they are outside of Christ, apart from the oneness with Christ. Moses charged the children of Israel to eat the lamb in the house and then to stay in the house. If they had come out of the house, they would have lost everything. In the house they had the full enjoyment of the Passover. Only in the house could the Passover become their experience. We need to be clear concerning what the house is and where the house is today. We have emphasized the fact that the house is Christ. But where is the house? The house is where there is the sprinkling of the blood. The unique sign of the house is not what we are, have, or do. It is the sprinkled blood of Christ. Where redemption is, there Christ is also. Apart from redemption, we have no standing. Our unique standing is the redeeming blood of Christ. If you read the book of Galatians, you will see that the Galatians had been distracted from the standing of redemption. They had come out of the house and were thus deprived of the benefit, the profit, of being in Christ. If the children of Israel had not remained in the house, they would have been deprived of the benefit, profit, enjoyment, and experience of the Passover. To participate in the Passover there was the need to remain in the house.
19我们不赞同今天基督教这么多教训的原因，乃在于这些教训使基督徒从房子里出去，不再留在救赎的地位上。一旦我们得救了，就必须留在我们蒙救赎的地方，就是洒了血的地方。在这地方我们便有房屋。救赎的血保守我们在基督里。只要我们一尝试用自己的力量为神作某事，我们就违反了救赎的原则。救赎的原则就是除了运用我们的牛膝草─我们的信心取用血以外，不需要我们作甚么。每当我们用牛膝草把血涂在门上，就为我们开了在基督里的路。让我们留在救赎的地方，就是有洒血之入口的房屋里。我们不该作那些使我们从房子里出来的事情。反之，我们该留在屋内，在那里有分于逾越节。
19The reason we do not agree with so many of the teachings of today’s Christianity is that these teachings cause Christians to get out of the house, to no longer remain in the standing of redemption. Once we are saved, we need to remain in the very place where we have been redeemed, in the place where the blood has been sprinkled. Here in this place we have the house. The redeeming blood keeps us in Christ. Whenever we try in our own energy to do something for God, we violate the principle of redemption. The principle of redemption is that there is no need for us to do anything other than to exercise our hyssop, our faith, to apply the blood. Whenever our hyssop applies the blood to the gate, the way is open for us to be in Christ. Let us remain in the place of redemption, in the house with the blood-sprinkled entrance. We should not practice those things which cause us to come out of the house. Rather, we should stay in the house where we participate in the Passover
20我们留在房屋里愈久，我们所得著的亮光就愈多；我们愈得著亮光，就愈看见我们所需要的一切都在房屋里。倘若你留在屋内，你就要被充满、有资格、被装备，并被组成一支军队。我们惟一的需要就是留
20The longer we remain in the house, the more light we receive; and the more light we receive, the more we see that everything we need is in the house. If you stay in the house, you will be filled, qualified, equipped, and formed into an army. Our only need is to remain in Christ as the house
21在作为房屋的基督里面。
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22当我年轻时，我听过许多关乎逾越节的信息。所有这些信息都著重在一个点上，就是神一见这血，就越过我们去。有一首著名的福音诗歌甚至使用出埃及记十二章十三节的话：『我一见这血，就越过你们去。』但在我所听见关乎逾越节的这一切信息中，一句也没有说到要留在房子里。告诉我们神一见这血，就越过我们去，只有两次，但摩西却一再地题说房屋。你若蒙主光照，你会察觉即使现在你也可能是在房屋之外，就是在基督之外。进入房屋惟一的路，乃是藉著洒在门上的救赎之血。救赎之血不可能与房屋分开，因为血与房屋是一个。每当我们维持救赎之血的地位时，我们就是在基督里。然而，每当我们用自己天然的力量努力讨神喜欢时，我们就离开救赎之血的地位而在基督之外了。
22When I was young, I heard a number of messages on the Passover. All these messages emphasized the one point that when God sees the blood, He passes over us. A well - known gospel song even uses the word from Exodus 12:13, “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” But in all these messages I heard on the Passover, not a word was spoken about remaining in the house. Only twice are we told that when God sees the blood, He will pass over us. But time after time Moses spoke of the house. If you are enlightened of the Lord, you may realize that even now you may be outside of the house, outside of Christ. The only way to get into the house is through the redeeming blood spread on the gate. It is impossible to separate the redeeming blood from the house, for the blood and the house are one. Whenever we maintain the standing of the redeeming blood, we are in Christ. However, whenever we endeavor in our natural energy to please God, we leave the standing of the redeeming blood and are outside of Christ.
23你知道以色列人在房屋里面作甚么吗？他们在吃逾越节羊羔的肉。出埃及记十二章十四节指出他们是在过节。本节说：『你们要记念这日，守为耶和华的节，作为你们世世代代永远的定例。』向主守节是甚么意思呢？意思就是我们留在屋里，并且享受羊羔完全的分。我们这样来享受羊羔。然而，主比我们更享受这个节期。向祂守节意思就是我们为祂并与祂一同守节。我们吃，但却是祂享受。我们过节，而祂却欢乐。我们愈过节，祂就愈享受，祂也愈欢乐。然而，我们愈努力行事，祂就愈不喜悦，因为我们的努力没有给祂任何享受。今天基督教中的光景是何等可怜！大多数的基督徒都在房屋外面想要为主作事；他们不在房屋里享受主。赞美主，在各地方教会中，我们在房屋里向主守节！
23Do you know what the children of Israel were doing inside the house? They were eating the flesh of the Passover lamb. Exodus 12:14 indicates that they were feasting. This verse says, “And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it as a feast to Jehovah throughout your generations” (Heb.). What does it mean to have a feast to the Lord? It means that we remain in the house and enjoy a full participation in the lamb. In this way we feast on the lamb. However, the Lord enjoys this feast more than we do. To have a feast unto Him means that we feast for Him and with Him. We eat, but He enjoys. We feast, and He is happy. The more we feast, the more enjoyment He has and the happier He is. However, the more we endeavor to do things, the more displeased He becomes, for our endeavors do not give Him any enjoyment. What a poor situation there is in today’s Christianity! Most Christians are outside of the house trying to do things for the Lord; they are not in the house feasting unto the Lord. Praise Him that we in the local churches are in the house feasting unto the Lord
24藉著守住救赎的地位而留在房子里的这个原则，必须支配我们整个基督徒的生活。我们蒙救赎的人应该终日留在房屋里。有些人听见这话，他们会指出，以色列人离开了房子，为要从埃及出来。然而，他们在房屋里度过的时间表征救赎的完全过程。当我们留在屋里享受逾越节的羊羔时，我们就被装备。事实上，过节就是装备。当以色列人被逾越节的羊羔所充满，他们就准备好出埃及。因此，他们藉著被羊羔充满而装备好。这就是我们说留在房屋里包含了救赎的完全过程的原因。
24This principle of staying in the house by keeping the standing of redemption must govern our whole Christian life. All day long we, the redeemed ones, should remain in the house. When some hear this, they may point out that the children of Israel left the house in order to make their exodus out of Egypt. However, the time they spent in the house signifies the full course of redemption. As we remain in the house feasting on the Passover lamb, we are equipped. Actually, the feasting is the equipping. When the children of Israel were filled with the Passover lamb, they were ready to march out of Egypt. Hence, they were equipped by being filled with the lamb. This is the reason we say that remaining in the house involves the full course of redemption
25不要以为血洒在门楣上和门框上，甚么都足彀了。血足以把我们引进屋内，并使我们免去神的审判，但是血不彀来装备我们。它不能叫我们行路。为此，我们需要烤羊羔，在屋内赶紧的吃羊羔的肉，并且被羊羔充满。逾越节羊羔的每一部分都必须吃，包括头、腿和五脏。甚么都不该留下。也许以色列人必须彼此劝勉吃羊羔的某些部分。有些人也许对内脏或头不太有兴趣，虽然如此，他们却必须吃整个羊羔，好装备齐全为著争战。
25Do not think that the blood sprinkled on the lintel and the door posts is sufficient for everything. It is sufficient to usher us into the house and to keep us from the judgment of God, but it is not sufficient to equip us. It cannot enable us to make the journey. For this, we need to roast the lamb, eat its flesh in the house hastily, and be filled with the lamb. Every part of the Passover lamb must be eaten, including the head, the legs, and the inward parts. Nothing should be left over. Perhaps the children of Israel had to encourage one another to eat certain parts of the lamb. Some may not have cared for the inward parts or the head, but nevertheless they had to eat the whole lamb in order to be fully equipped for the battle.
26当我们吃基督作为逾越节的羊羔时，神就欢乐，并且满了享受。然后祂就能说：『撒但，看我的百姓，他们藉著吃逾越节的羊羔被装备。因著他们这样被装备，他们必能击败你。』
26As we feast on Christ as the Passover lamb, God is happy and full of enjoyment. Then He can say, “Satan, look at My people. They are being equipped by feasting on the Passover lamb. Because they are being equipped in this way, they will be able to defeat you