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出埃及记生命读经 · 第42篇

在复活里生命的水

The Water of Life in Resurrection
1读经：出埃及记17:6；哥林多前书；约翰福音4:10,14;7:38-39;19:34；启示录22:1-2,17;21:6。关乎十七章六节中从被击打的磐石所流出的水，有几件事是属灵且奥秘的。要领会这些事，我们需要看见圣经中每一个记载都有属灵的意义。我们不该仅仅根据白纸黑字而想要来领会圣经的任何记载。譬如，出埃及记十六章降吗哪的记载有一些属灵的方面。藉著思想这些方面，我们发现吗哪非常的奥秘。没有人能说出吗哪是甚么。吗哪是奥秘的，因它从天而降。同样的原则，从裂开的磐石流出的水也是奥秘的。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 17:6; 1 Cor. 10:4; 12:13; John 4:10, 14; 7:38-39; 19:34; Rev. 22:1-2, 17; 21:6 10:4; 12:13 Concerning the water flowing from the smitten rock in 17:6, there are some matters which are spiritual and mysterious. In order to understand these matters, we need to see that every record in the Bible has a spiritual significance. We should not try to understand any portion of the biblical record simply according to the black and white letter. For example, the account of the sending of manna in Exodus 16 has certain spiritual aspects. By considering these aspects we find out that manna is very mysterious. No one can say what manna was. Manna was mysterious because it came from heaven. In the same principle, the water flowing from the cleft rock is also mysterious.
2因著吗哪从天而降，很容易晓得它是奥秘的。然而，我们也许不认识从被击打的磐石所流出之水的奥秘一面。反而我们会认为这是天然的事情，仅仅与地有关。但如何能有许多水从一个磐石流出来呢？磐石岂是泉源或是水泉么？它怎能成为水的来源呢？再者，从磐石流出的水是物质的还是属灵的？倘若我们说它只是物质的，因为它是从一块实在的磐石流出来的，那我们又如何解释保罗在林前十章四节的话呢？他说百姓『都喝了一样的灵水；所喝的是出于随著他们的灵磐石。』根据这一节，水和磐石都是属灵的。凡是属灵的事都是奥秘的。因此，灵水和灵磐石都是奥秘的。某件东西是奥秘的，意思是说，尽管它能被人享受，被人经历，但却不能把它解释得完全。吗哪和被击打的磐石所流出的活水都是属灵且奥秘的。保罗根据甚么说那磐石是属灵的呢？他的根据也许是他从主所领受关乎天上、地上和地底下之事的丰富启示。保罗受过迦玛列的教导，对旧约有透彻的认识。藉著主给他的启示，保罗的眼睛被开启，看见旧约中许多事物的属灵意义。这使他有把握说吗哪、水和磐石都是属灵的。但无论保罗的根据是甚么，我们相信他的解释是正确的。水是奥秘的在于它从磐石流出来，这磐石随著百姓经过旷野的行程。当然这样的磐石不可能是天然的或是物质的。一块实在的、物质的磐石如何能随著百姓一同旅行呢？保罗说磐石随著百姓，这事实说出它是活的磐石。因此，这磐石是属灵且是奥秘的。当我们来看在复活里生命的水，我们必须对被击打磐石所流出之水属灵和奥秘的一面有所印象。从磐石流出的水乃是在复活里生命的水。复活表明摆在死里又活过来的东西。它也表明经过死亡所长出的生命。出埃及记十七章的活水从磐石流出来。为甚么神使水从磐石流出来呢？既然祂是全能的，祂就不需要使用磐石。祂只要使地裂开，就能使活水涌出。在圣经中，这磐石是说到神的救赎和基督的道成肉身。它也说到基督的人性和祂的受死。从被击打的磐石流出的水是在道成肉身、为人生活和受死以后才涌出来的。只有在基督成就了这些主要的步骤之后，水才流出来。圣经清楚地告诉我们，那磐石就是基督。基督是神，如何能成为磐石呢？这暗指道成肉身和为人生活。为要成为磐石，基督必须成为肉身，并住在人间一段时期。最终，祂在十字架上，受了神律法权柄的击打。因此，十七章六节是很深奥的一节，它蕴含著基督的道成肉身、为人生活和受死。
2Because manna came from heaven, it is easy to realize that it was mysterious. However, we may not recognize the mysterious aspects of the water out of the smitten rock. Instead we may consider that this was something natural, something merely related to the earth. But how could so much water come out of one rock? Was the rock a fountain or a spring? How could it be the source of the water? Furthermore, is the water from the rock physical or spiritual? If we say that it is only physical because it issued from a literal rock, what shall we do with Paul’s word in 1 Corinthians 10:4, where he says that the people “all drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank of a spiritual rock which followed them”? According to this verse, both the water and the rock were spiritual. Anything that is spiritual is mysterious. Hence, the spiritual drink and the spiritual rock are both mysterious. For something to be mysterious means that it cannot be fully explained, although it may be enjoyed and experienced. Both the manna and the living water from the smitten rock are spiritual and mysterious. What basis did Paul have for saying that the rock was spiritual? Perhaps his basis was the abundance of revelation he received from the Lord concerning things in heaven, on earth, and under the earth. Having been instructed by Gamaliel, Paul had a thorough knowledge of the Old Testament. No doubt, through the revelation of the Lord given to him, Paul’se yes were opened to see the spiritual significance of a great many items in the Old Testament. This may have given him the assurance to say that the manna, the water, and the rock were all spiritual. But whatever Paul’s basis was, we have the confidence that his interpretation was accurate. The water is mysterious in that it flowed out of a rock which followed the people in their journey through the wilderness. Surely such a rock could not have been physical or material. How could a literal, physical rock travel with the people? The fact that Paul says that the rock followed the people indicates that it was a living rock. Hence, this rock was spiritual and mysterious. As we consider the matter of the water of life in resurrection, we must be impressed with the spiritual and mysterious aspects of the water from the smitten rock. The water which came out of the rock is the water of life in resurrection. Resurrection denotes something which has been put to death and which is alive again. It also denotes life which springs forth out of something that has passed through death. The living water in Exodus 17 came out of a rock. Why did God cause water to come out of a rock? Since He is almighty, there was no need for Him to use a rock. He could simply have opened the ground and caused living water to spring forth. In the Bible this rock speaks of God’s redemption and Christ’s in carnation. It also speaks of Christ’s humanity and of His death. The water which flowed out of the smitten rock sprang forth after incarnation, human living, and death. It flowed only after these major steps of Christ had been accomplished. The Bible tells us clearly that the rock was Christ. How could Christ, who is God, become a rock? This implies incarnation and human living. In order to be the rock, Christ had to become incarnated and live among men for a period of time. Eventually, when He was on the cross, He was smitten by the authority of God’s law. Hence, 17:6 is a profound verse. It implies Christ’s in carnation, human living, and death.
3我们很容易看出磐石受击打是豫表基督在钉十字架时被击打。现在我们必须继续来看在复活里生命之水的涌流，到了基督经过了道成肉身、为人生活和受死以后水才流出来。今天生命的水仍在复活里涌流。我们常唱喝活水。但是当我们唱这些诗歌或是读到如林前十二章十三节这样的经节时，我怀疑我们中间有多少人会认识我们所喝的活水乃是在复活里。在约翰四章十节主耶稣对撒玛利亚妇人说：『你若知道神的恩赐，和对你说给我水喝的是谁，你必早求祂，秘也必早给了你活水。』主所说的活水就是在复活里生命的水。主耶稣在十字架上被击打以前，我们喝不到这水。
3It is easy to see that the smiting of the rock typifies the smiting of Christ in His crucifixion. Now we must go on to see that the water of life flows in resurrection. It could not flow until Christ had passed through incarnation, human living, and death. Today the water of life is still flowing in resurrection. We often sing about drinking the living water. But when we sing these songs or read verses such as 1 Corinthians 12:13, I doubt that very many of us realize that the living water we are drinking is in resurrection. In John 4:10 the Lord Jesus told the Samaritan woman, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that says to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.” The living water to which the Lord refers is the water of life in resurrection. Before the Lord Jesus was smitten on the cross, this water was not available for us to drink.
4根据约翰七章三十八和三十九节，活水的江河与基督的复活有关。在此我们看见，只有在主耶稣得著荣耀以后。那就是说，在基督被钉十字架并进入复活以后，作为活水的那灵才能被人所接受。七章三十九节所说的得著荣耀，是指基督在祂的复活里得著荣耀说的。路加二十四章二十六节指明基督在复活里进入祂的荣耀。因此，祂复活的时侯，得著了荣耀。基督在复活里得著荣耀以后，活水就流出来了。惟有在基督经过了道成肉身、为人生活和受死，以及祂进入了复活以后，作为活水江河的那灵才能被信徒所经历。当主耶稣在十字架上时，『有一个兵拿枪扎祂的肋旁，随即有血和水流出来。』（约十九34。）很多基督徒只注意从主被扎的肋旁有血流出来，而不注意有水流出来。请注意约翰十九章三十四节是先题到血，然后题到水。这表明我们是先蒙救赎，然后才接受那灵。虽然我们已经指出生命的水是在复活里流出来，但我们还没有给复活下个定义。要给复活下定义很难。要正确地瞭解复活，我们需要整本圣经的启示。事实上，圣经的焦点乃是复活。你听见复活实际上就是神自己也许会很惊奇。在约翰十一章二十五节主耶稣说：『我是复活，我也是生命。』（原文。）本节中的复活是在生命之前临到的。然而，依照我们的观念是先有生命，然后有复活。但在神圣的顺序里，复活乃在生命之前。
4According to John 7:38 and 39, the rivers of living water are related to Christ’s resurrection. Here we see that the Spirit as the living water could be received only after the Lord Jesus had been glorified, that is, only after Christ had been crucified and had entered into resurrection. The glorification spoken of in John 7:39 refers to Christ’s glorification in His resurrection. Luke 24:26 indicates that in resurrection Christ entered into His glory. Thus, when He was resurrected, He was glorified. After Christ’s glorification in resurrection, the living water flows. The Spirit as the rivers of living water could be experienced by the believers only after Christ had passed through incarnation, human living, and death, and after He had entered into resurrection. When the Lord Jesus was on the cross, “one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately there came out blood and water” (John 19:34). Many Christians pay attention only to the blood which flowed from the Lord’s pierced side, but not to the water. Notice that in John 19:34 the blood is mentioned first and then the water. This indicates that first we are redeemed and then we receive the Spirit. Although we have pointed out that the water of life flows in resurrection, we have not yet given a definition of resurrection. Resurrection is difficult to define. To understand it properly, we need the revelation of the whole Bible. In fact, the focus of the Bible is resurrection. You may be surprised to hear that resurrection is actually God Himself. In John 11:25 the Lord Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life.” In this verse resurrection comes before life. According to our concept, however, we have first life and then resurrection. But in the divine sequence resurrection comes before life
5说祂是复活的那位乃是道成肉身的神，这个事实表明复活就是神自已。祂乃是话，话就是神，并且话成了肉身。（约一1，14。）在约翰十一章二十五节，这一位宣告说祂是复活。追本溯源，我们看见复活就是耶稣，耶稣乃是话成了肉身，而话就是神。这指明复活乃是这位神。
5That resurrection is God Himself is indicated by the fact that the One who said that He is resurrection was God incarnate. He was the Word who was God and who became flesh (John 1:1, 14). In John 11:25 this very One declared that He is resurrection. Tracing backward, we see that resurrection was Jesus, Jesus was the Word made flesh, and the Word was God. This indicates that resurrection is the very God.
6有些人也许会怀疑既然复活包含死，神怎可能是复活。没有死，就不可能有复活。神怎么能死或是牵连在死里面，为要能复活呢？要证实祂是复活，神必须进入死。没有别的方式证实祂是复活。要进入死，神必须成为肉身。祂必须有一个属人的身体，带著属人的生命和性情。这位成为肉身的神经过了为人生活和受死，也进入了复活。经过死，仍活著出来的东西就是在复活里。作为复活，神是成为肉身、经历人生并经过死的那一位。如今在复活里，祂是得胜、胜利并超越的。我们需要主扩大我们读经的视野。倘若我们有宽广的视野，我们会看见藉著道成肉身，永远的神经过了这门，带祂接触许多艰难、困苦和人类生活的压力，这是祂在永远里所没有遭受的事。但作为道成肉身者，祂经历了这些痛苦，最后，甚至进入死亡。基督的复活不单是祂从坟墓里出来的结果；它也是三十三年半为人生活及其困苦和艰难的结果。没有一样困苦、艰难或消极的环境能胜过祂或压制住祂。反之，祂经过了这一切的事并且征服它们。祂征服了每一件消极的事物，包括死亡、阴间和坟墓。这就是在基督里作为复活的神。
6Some may wonder how God could be resurrection since resurrection involves death. Without death, there can be no resurrection. How could God die, or be involved in death, in order to be resurrected? To prove that He is resurrection, God had to enter into death. There was no other way to prove that He is resurrection. To enter into death, God had to become incarnate. He had to have a human body with a human life and nature. The very God who became incarnate and passed through human living and death also entered into resurrection. Anything which passes through death and comes forth living is in resurrection. As resurrection, God is the One who became incarnated, experienced human living, and passed through death. Now in resurrection He is victorious, triumphant, and transcendent. We need the Lord to enlarge our scope in reading the Bible. If we have a broad scope, we shall see that through incarnation the eternal God passed through the gate which brought Him into contact with the many difficulties, hardships, and pressures of human living, things to which He was not subject in eternity. But as the incarnated One, He experienced these sufferings, eventually even entering into death. Christ’s resurrection was not merely the result of His coming out of the tomb; it was also the issue of thirty-three and a half years of human living with its hardships and difficulties. No hardship, difficulty, or negative environment was able to overcome Him or hold Him down. Instead, He passed through all these things and subdued them. He conquered every negative thing, including death, Hades, and the tomb. This is God in Christ as resurrection
7因著生命的水在复活里，它是得胜且胜利的。它超越过每一件消极的事物。当我们喝这水时，我们就成了在复活里并属于复活的百姓。现在让我们来看圣经中所描绘的三幅图画：被击打的磐石以及从磐石流出的水，十字架上的基督以及从祂被扎的肋旁流出的血和水，还有宝座上的神，以及从宝座流出生命水的河。这些图画不是表明三种不同的水，一种是从磐石流出来，另一种是从耶稣的身体流出来，还有一种是从神的宝座流出来。不，这些图画中的水指的是一种水。那么为甚么神的话分别描绘磐石、耶稣的身体和宝座呢？再者，甚么是涌流之水的源头呢？是磐石，是耶稣肉身的身体，还是宝座呢？根据启示录二十二章一节，活水的源头乃是神的宝座。这节启示出生命水的河从宝座流出来。
7Because the water of life is in resurrection, it is victorious and triumphant. It transcends every negative thing. When we drink this water, we become people in resurrection and of resurrection. Let us now look at three pictures portrayed in the Scriptures: the smitten rock with water flowing out of it, Christ on the cross with blood and water flowing from His pierced side, and God on the throne, out of which flows the river of water of life. These pictures do not signify three different kinds of waters, one flowing out of the rock, another flowing out of the body of Jesus, and still another flowing out of the throne of God. No, the water in these pictures refers to the one water. Why then does the Word separately portray the rock, the body of Jesus, and the throne? Moreover, what is the source of the flowing water? Is it the rock, the physical body of Jesus, or the throne? According to Revelation 22:1, the source of the living water is the throne of God. This verse reveals that the river of water of life proceeds out of the throne.
8神的宝座与涌流的活水，早在耶稣被钉十字架和磐石被击打以前就已经存在了。流自宝座的活水在基督受死以前，而不是在基督的死之后就开始涌流了。依照圣经的顺序，第一是磐石，第二是耶稣肉身的身体，第三是宝座。但实际上宝座在先。活水是从宝座开始涌流的。在磐石被击打、基督被钉十字架以前，活水已经从宝座流出来了。不要认为启示录二十二章一节只描写出埃及记十七章和约翰十九章以后的事。这是永世之事的图画，它包含了整本圣经。这表明活水的涌流乃是在基督道成肉身以前。然而，道成肉身是活水进一步的涌流。神从祂的宝座流到马槽里，也流进一个木匠的家里。三十三年半以后，神流经十字架，然后继续流到复活里。圣经述说神涌流的故事。历代以来，神一直涌流，今天祂仍在涌流。在祂的涌流里，祂经过道成肉身、为人生活和受死，然后祂进到复活里。如今在复活里祂是活水给我们喝。所以，今天我们所享受的生命水乃是在复活里。
8The throne of God with the flow of living water was in existence long before Jesus was crucified and before the rock was smitten. The living water proceeding out of the throne began to flow before Christ’s death, not after it. According to the sequence in the Bible, the rock is first, the physical body of Jesus is second, and the throne is third. But in actuality the throne is first. The flowing of the living water began from the throne. Before the rock was smitten and before Christ was crucified, the living water was already flowing from the throne. Do not think that Revelation 22:1 portrays only what comes after Exodus 17 and John 19. This is a picture of something from eternity, of something that includes the whole Bible. This indicates that the living water was flowing before the incarnation of Christ. The incarnation, however, was a further step in the flowing of the living water. God flowed from His throne into the manger and also into the home of a carpenter. Thirty-three and a half years later, God flowed through the cross and then flowed on in resurrection. The Bible tells the story of God’s flowing. Throughout the centuries, God has been flowing, and He is still flowing today. In His flowing He passed through incarnation, human living, and death, and then He entered into resurrection. Now in resurrection He is the living water for us to drink. Therefore, the water of life we enjoy today is in resurrection
9活水有许多成分、许多要素。每当我们以正确的方式来喝这活水时，它就用水中所有的成分和素质来供应我们。这些成分在我们里面运行。那些强调所谓五旬节经历的人，认为他们说方言的时候是在喝大量的水。事实上，即使有的话，他们得著的生命供应也很少。然而，在我们的经历中，我们享受这涌流的水带著它所有的成分在里面的运行。在我们里面涌流的水不是没有道成肉身的成分；它是包含道成肉身、为人生活和死亡的水，就是在复活里生命的水。没有甚么能胜过这水，也没有甚么能征服这水，因为它是复活，它也是生命。
9The living water has many ingredients, many elements. Whenever we drink this living water in a proper way, it supplies us with all the elements and substances in the water. These elements work in us inwardly. Those who emphasize the so-called Pentecostal experiences think they are drinking a great deal of water when they speak in tongues. Actually they receive very little life supply, if any. However, in our experience we enjoy the inward working of this flowing water with all its ingredients. The water flowing in us is not the water without the element of incarnation; it is the water that includes incarnation, human living, and death, the water of life in resurrection. Nothing can overcome this water or subdue it, for it is resurrection and it is life
10在本篇信息中，我有负担指出生命的水乃是在复活里。实际上，水的本身就是复活。这意思是说，涌流的水所表征的那灵乃是复活。复活就是三而一的神，父是源头，子基督是河道，那灵是水流。今天我们正在喝复活里的活水。这水经过了道成肉身、为人生活和受死。因为这水在复活里，我们愈喝它，我们就愈从天然的光景中出来，并且胜过困苦和艰难。这活水拯救我们脱离世界和一切消极的事物。因为生命水就是复活，藉著有分于它，我们便享受复活。
10In this message I have been burdened to point out that the water of life is in resurrection. Actually, the water itself is resurrection. This means that the Spirit, signified by the flowing water, is resurrection. Resurrection is the Triune God, the Father as the source, Christ the Son as the course, and the Spirit as the flow. Today we are drinking the living water in resurrection. This water has passed through incarnation, human living, and death. Because this water is in resurrection, the more we drink it, the more we are out of our natural condition and are triumphant over hardships and difficulties. This living water delivers us from the world and from every kind of negative thing. Because the water of life is resurrection, we enjoy resurrection by partaking of it
一 生命水就是三而一的神
I. THE WATER OF LIFE BEING THE TRIUNE GOD
流出来作我们的生命
FLOWING OUT TO BE OUR LIFE
11生命水就是三而一的神流出来作我们的生命。说生命水就是三而一的神，也许会使那些在神学上系统化和教条化的人大为吃惊。他们会认为这样的说法是异端。生命的水从神和羔羊的宝座流出来的事实，说出父神是源头，子神是河道，而灵神是水流。林后十三章十四节证实这事。在这一节保罗说：『愿主耶稣基督的恩典，神的慈爱，圣灵的交通，与你们众人同在。』（直译。）在此我们有父的慈爱、子的恩典，以及圣灵的交通或流出。这就是作为活水的三一神。今天我们所喝的生命水就是三而一的神流出来作我们的生命。有人读到这样的叙述时会争辩说，生命水不是神自已的流出，而是神生命的涌流。那么神的生命是甚么？这个问题我们无法回答得完全，我们也无法恰当地解释神的生命是甚么。然而，我们从经历知道，活水就是三而一的神自己。不要尝试以道理的方式去了解三一神。反之，要在经历上追求认识三一神。一天过一天，我们可以经历父、子、灵的流出。我能作见证，我每天对流出的三一神都有美好的享受。离开这流，我就无法忍受一次又一次我所面临的所有困苦和艰难。为著经历作我们生命水之三一神的流出，赞美主！
11The water of life is the Triune God flowing out to be our life. To say that the water of life is the Triune God may shock those who are systematic and dogmatic in their theology. They may regard such a statement as heretical. The fact that the water of life flows out of the throne of God and of the Lamb indicates that God the Father is the source, that God the Son is the course, and that God the Spirit is the flow. Second Corinthians 13:14 confirms this. In this verse Paul says, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” Here we have the love of the Father, the grace of the Son, and the fellowship, or the flow, of the Spirit. This is the Triune God as the living water. Today the very water of life we are drinking is the Triune God flowing out to be our life. When they read such statements, some may argue that the water of life is not God Himself flowing, but the flowing of God’s life. What, then, is the life of God? We have no way to answer this question fully or to explain adequately what the life of God is. However, from our experience we know that the living water is the very Triune God Himself. Do not try to understand the Trinity in a doctrinal way. Instead, seek to know the Triune God in an experiential way. Day by day we may experience the flowing of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. I can testify that daily I have a good enjoyment of the flowing Triune God. Apart from this flowing, I would not be able to bear all the hardships and difficulties that I face time after time. Praise the Lord for the experience of the flowing of the Triune God as our water of life!
12二神化身在基督里临到人
12II. GOD EMBODIED IN CHRIST TO REACH HUMANITY
（一） 道成肉身住在人中间
A. Incarnated to Live among Men
13为要流进我们里面，神已经化身在基督里临到人。（约一14。）这意思是说神成为肉身，为要住在人中间。主耶稣活在地上三十三年半之久。那人耶稣活在地上的时侯，神住在祂里面。这是一个历史的事实。
13In order to flow into us, God has been embodied in Christ to reach humanity (John 1:14). This means that God was incarnated to live among men. The Lord Jesus lived on earth for thirty-three and a half years. When the man Jesus lived on earth, God lived in Him. This is a fact of history
（二） 钉十字架为著得释放
B. Crucified to Be Released
14我作孩子的时候，觉得很可惜，主耶稣竟被钉在十字架上。我对基督钉十字架的领会是照著我天然的观念。没有钉十字架，就没有路使化身在基督里的神得以释放出来。藉著道成肉身，神在主耶稣里面受到局限和限制。但因著钉十字架，祂从这个局限和限制里得著了释放。主耶稣曾是独一的麦粒。倘若祂不落在地里死了，就仍是一粒，（约十二24，）并且祂里面的所是得不著释放。但因祂落在地里死了，祂被释放出来。这一粒麦子就结出许多子粒来。因著基督钉十字架，神圣的生命、神圣的性情和所有神圣的丰富都释放出来了。
14When I was a child, I felt sorry that the Lord Jesus was put on the cross. My understanding of Christ’s crucifixion was according to my natural concept. Without crucifixion, there would not have been any way for the God embodied in Christ to be released. Through the incarnation God became confined and limited in the Lord Jesus. But by crucifixion He was released from this confinement and limitation. The Lord Jesus was once a single grain of wheat. If He had not fallen into the earth and died, He would have remained alone (John 12:24), and what was within Him would not have been released. But because He fell into the earth and died, He was released. The one grain has brought forth many grains. The divine life, the divine nature, and all the divine riches have been released by the crucifixion of Christ
（三） 复活成为赐生命的灵
C. Resurrected to Be the Life-giving Spirit
15经过道成肉身和钉十字架以后，基督复活成为赐生命的灵。（林前十五45。）我一次又一次有负担要指出，基督今天乃是赐生命的灵。
15After passing through incarnation and crucifixion, Christ was resurrected to become the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). Again and again I am burdened to point out that Christ today is the life-giving Spirit
16圣经从开始到结束，乃是三一神的启示。在创世记一章二十六节，神说到祂自己是『我们』。这是指神格的三一性说的。虽然圣经题到许多事物，但焦点乃是三而一的神经过道成肉身、为人生活、钉十字架和复活，成了包罗万有赐生命的灵。我从不厌倦宣告这个奇妙的事实。三一神的涌流是无穷无尽的。如果我们从神圣的观点来读圣经，我们将要看见圣经启示的中心点是关乎三而一的神，以及祂成为赐生命的灵所经过的种种过程。
16From beginning to end, the Bible is a revelation of the Triune God. In Genesis 1:26 God refers to Himself as “us.” This is a reference to the triune nature of the Godhead. Although the Bible speaks of many things, the focal point is that the Triune God has been processed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection to become the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit. I never grow weary of declaring this marvelous fact. The flowing of the Triune God is inexhaustible. If we read the Bible from a divine viewpoint, we shall see that the central point of its revelation concerns the Triune God and the process through which He has passed to become the life-giving Spirit
三 那灵就是生命的水
III. THE SPIRIT BEING THE WATER OF LIFE
17那灵─赐生命的灵─就是生命的水。（约七38～39。）我们已经指出生命水就是三而一的神。现在我们说那灵就是生命水。有些人会希奇生命水是那灵还是三而一的神。对圣经中这件事神圣启示的正确领会乃是这样：生命水就是那灵，那灵就是三而一的神，三而一的神就是生命水。圣经中所启示的带我们绕一个圆圈。约翰一章一节告诉我们太初有话，话与神同在，话就是1:14神。约翰一章十四节继续说，话成了肉身。基督在肉身里就是末后的亚当，成了那灵，而那灵就是话。（弗六17。）倘若我们情愿在道理上分析这个奇妙的启示，并且为它争辩而不去享受它，我们就要受亏损。神圣的丰富可供我们来饮用。如果我们有分于它们，我们就要得著滋养和丰当的供应。然而，我们若单单研究它们、分析它们，这分享受和供应就要被夺去。
17The Spirit—the life-giving Spirit—is the water of life (John 7:38-39). We have pointed out that the water of life is the Triune God. Now we are saying that the Spirit is the water of life. Some may wonder whether the water of life is the Spirit or it is the Triune God. The proper way to understand the divine revelation in the Bible concerning this is to say that the water of life is the Spirit, the Spirit is the Triune God, and the Triune God is the water of life. What is revealed in the Bible brings us full circle. In John 1:1 we are told that in the beginning was the Word, that the Word was with God, and that the Word was God. John goes on to say that the Word became flesh. Christ, in the flesh, the last Adam, has become the Spirit, and the Spirit is the Word (Eph. 6:17). If we prefer to analyze this marvelous revelation doctrinally and to debate about it instead of enjoying it, we shall suffer loss. The divine riches are available for us to drink. If we partake of them, we shall be nourished and richly supplied. However, if we merely investigate them and analyze them, we shall deprive ourselves of this enjoyment and supply.
（一） 流自宝座上的神
A. Flowing out of God on the Throne
18赐生命的灵作为生命的水从宝座上的神那里流出来。（启二二1。）一方面，坐在宝座上的那一位是神；另一方面，从宝座流出来的生命水也是神。从宝座上的神流出的水带来神的权柄。当我们饮于这水，我们就得著权柄，同时也得著能力。我们被里面涌流的活水所征服。再者，从神宝座流出的活水将神圣生命的丰富传输给我们。这是生命树长在生命水中的事实所表明的。（启二二2。）因著神圣生命的丰富在活水的涌流中输送，每当我们喝这水时，就得著这些丰富。
18The life-giving Spirit as the water of life flows out of God on the throne (Rev. 22:1). On the one hand, the One sitting on the throne is God; on the other hand, the water of life proceeding out of the throne is also God. The water which flows from God on the throne brings God’s authority. When we drink of this water, we receive authority as well as power. We are subdued by the living water flowing within us. Furthermore, the living water flowing from God’s throne conveys to us the riches of the divine life. This is indicated by the fact that the tree of life grows in the water of life (Rev. 22:2). Because the riches of the divine life are carried in the flow of the living water, we receive these riches whenever we drink this water
（二） 流经被击打的基督
B. Flowing through the Smitten Christ
19那灵流经被击打的基督，就是裂开磐石所豫表的基督。（出十七6，林前十4。）这流包括基督的人性、为人生活和受死。若非藉著我们里面活水的涌流，我们就无法尝到、经历或享受主的人性。我们愈喝这水，我们就愈经历并享受基督的人性、为人生活和受死。
19The Spirit flows through the smitten Christ, through the Christ typified by the cleft rock (Exo. 17:6; 1 Cor. 10:4). This flowing includes Christ’s humanity, human living, and death. We cannot taste, experience, or enjoy the Lord’s humanity except by the flowing of the living water within us. The more we drink this water, the more we experience and enjoy Christ’s humanity, human living, and death
（三） 流在复活里
C. Flowing in Resurrection
1 带著基督复活的能力并祂的升天和登宝座
1. With the Power of Christ’s Resurrection and with His Ascension and Enthronement
20那灵作为生命的水在复活里，带著基督复活的能力，（腓三10，）基督的升天和基督的登宝座，包含得荣，作主和作元首在涌流著。虽然很难解释，但这一切藉著饮于活水都成为我们的经历。我们能作见证，我们已尝过基督的复活、升天和登宝座。2为著形成基督的身体
20The Spirit as the water of life flows in resurrection with the power of Christ’s resurrection (Phil. 3:10), with Christ’s ascension, and with Christ’s enthronement, comprising glorification, lordship, and headship. Although it is difficult to explain, all this becomes our experience by drinking of the living water. We can testify that we have tasted Christ’s resurrection, ascension, and enthronement. 2. For the Formation of the Body of Christ
21在复活里生命的水流乃是为著基督身体的形成。（林前十二13。）因著我们都饮于一位灵，我们能成为一个身体。在复活里饮于一位灵，使我们成为身体的肢体，并且把我们建造起来成为身体。3为著豫备基督的新妇
21The flowing of the water of life in resurrection is for the formation of the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). Because we all drink of the same Spirit, we can be one Body. Drinking of the one Spirit in resurrection makes us members of the Body and builds us up as the Body. 3. For the Preparation of the Bride of Christ
22在复活里活水的涌流也是为著豫备基督的新妇。根据启示录二十二章十七节，那灵和新妇发出来喝生命水的呼召。新妇藉著喝而豫备好，新妇所喝的水就是那灵。藉著饮于那灵，新妇与那灵成为一个。这不该光是道理或教训，而该是我们在日常生活中所实行的事。倘若我们天天喝活水，基督的身体就要被建造，基督的新妇也要得以豫备好。
22The flowing of the living water in resurrection is also for the preparation of the bride of Christ. According to Revelation 22:17, the Spirit and the bride sound forth the call to come and drink of the water of life. The bride is prepared by drinking. The water which the bride drinks is the Spirit. By drinking the Spirit, the bride becomes one with the Spirit. This should not be a mere doctrine or teaching, but should be something we practice in our daily living. If we drink of the living water day by day, the Body of Christ will be built up, and the bride of Christ will be prepared