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出埃及记生命读经 · 第45篇

涌流生命的水

Flowing the Water of Life
1读经：出埃及记17:6；约翰福音4:14;7:38；启示录22:2。在圣经中我们看见喝生命的水与涌流生命的水是并行的。喝连于涌流，而涌流与喝是一个。在约翰四章十四节主耶稣说：『人若喝我所赐的水就永远不渴；我所赐的水，要在他里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。』在这里我们看见，我们若喝生命水，这水要在我们里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。这个涌流就是我们所说涌流生命水的意思。在约翰七章三十七、三十八节我们找到同样的原则，在那里主耶稣说信祂、喝祂的人，『从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。』因此，喝与涌流是一件事的两方面。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 17:6; John 4:14; 7:38; Rev. 22:2 In the Bible we see that the drinking of the water of life and the flowing of the water of life go together. The drinking is connected to the flowing, and the flowing is one with the drinking. In John 4:14 the Lord Jesus says, “But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life.” Here we see that if we drink the water of life, this water will become a spring within us welling up into eternal life. This welling up is what we mean by the flowing of the water of life. We find the same principle in John 7:37 and 38, where the Lord Jesus said of the one who believes in Him and drinks of Him, “out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.” The drinking and the flowing are thus two aspects of one thing
一喝与涌流
DRINKING AND FLOWING
2没有生命水的涌流，我们的喝就是徒然的。事实上，如果我们不涌流，我们就不能继续地喝。没有涌流喝就落了空。真实的喝生命水是在于涌流。
2Without the flowing of the water of life, our drinking is in vain. In fact, if we do not flow, we shall not be able to continue drinking. Drinking is nullified by the lack of flowing. The genuine drinking of the water of life depends on the flowing
3我们用水管作个例子。一方面，水管从水龙头接上水；另一方面，它让水流出来。流入和流出都是必需的。接受和涌流是同时发生的。我们不喝，就不能涌流；我们不涌流，也不能继续地喝。缺少涌流而中断了喝活水，这是一件严肃的事。许多在基督里的真信徒喝了活水，但很少有人经历这水的涌流。最终，这会使他们的喝也停止了。如果从你里面没有流出，你就无法继续藉著喝来接受活水。只有涌流才能保持里面水流的流通。使水流继续往前的不是喝，不是接受；乃是流出。好多基督徒一点也不喝，就算喝了也没有益处。原因在于即使他们喝了，却没有涌流。缺少涌流喝就没有益处。这是非常严肃的。所以，在本篇信息中，我有负担指出，对于活水的经历中，涌流活水比喝活水更为重要。不错，我们对活水的经历开始于喝活水。但如果没有涌流，我们就无法继续喝下去。若是喝了以后不涌流，我们的喝就会停止。我们的经历证实这是真的。
3Let us use a water hose as an illustration. On the one hand, the hose takes in water from the faucet; on the other hand, it flows out water. Both the inflow and the outflow are necessary. The receiving and the flowing take place simultaneously. If we do not drink, we cannot flow; and if we do not flow, we cannot continue to drink. It is a serious matter to have our drinking nullified by the lack of flowing. Of the many genuine believers in Christ who have drunk of the living water, not many experience the flowing of this water. Eventually, this causes their drinking to cease. If there is no outflow from within you, you cannot continue to take in the living water by drinking. Only the flowing can keep the inner current moving. It is not the drinking, the taking in, that keeps the current going; it is the outflow of water which does this. Many Christians either do not drink at all or find that their drinking avails nothing. The reason for this is that, even though they may drink, they do not flow. The lack of flowing causes the drinking to be of no avail. This is very serious. Therefore, in this message I am burdened to point out that concerning the experience of the living water the flowing of the water is even more important than the drinking of it. Yes, our experience of the living water begins with drinking. But if there is no flowing, there is no way for us to continue drinking. If the flowing does not follow our drinking, our drinking will stop. Our experience testifies that this is true.
二失去干渴感的严重
THE SERIOUSNESS OF LOSING OUR THIRST
4不只如此，缺少涌流会使我们的干渴感消失。在我们初次喝活水以前，我们里面是干渴的。有这样的干渴感很好，但是失去它就很可怕了。正确的传福音主要不是把生命水供应给别人；反之，它乃是激起人里面干渴的感觉。人口渴的时候，很容易说服他们来喝水。好的推销员懂得如何激起人里面的渴慕和愿望来购买他们所卖的货品。没有这样的渴慕或愿望，人就是对于顶宝贵的东西也不会感兴趣的。这说明了干渴感是非常重要的事。因主的怜悯，藉著传福音使我们渴慕祂。我永不能忘记，在五十五年以前，我听见一篇福音的信息，激起了我的渴慕。我太渴了，所以我能喝下大量的水。一篇信息造成我里头的干渴，一直持续到今天。从我听见那篇奇妙的信息以后，虽然已经过了五十五年，我仍然渴慕生命的水。我们需要有深刻的印象，涌流生命的水是何等的紧要。倘若涌流停止了，我们的喝也就会停止；倘若我们的喝停止了，我们的干渴感也就会失去。然后，在我们的干渴感得以复原并恢复之前，我们必须经历一段属灵的死亡时期。经过了这样一段干旱的时期，因著神主宰的怜悯，祂将会激起我们，向祂悔改并归向祂。我们的干渴感恢复，又开始畅饮。我非常关心我们干渴感的程度。我们中间许多人有过失去干渴感的经历。倘若我们愿意维持里面的干渴，就需要不断地涌流，不断地喝。
4Furthermore, the lack of flowing may cause our thirst to disappear. Before we first drank of the living water, there was a thirst within us. It is very good to have such a thirst, but it is dreadful to lose it. The proper gospel preaching is not mainly to minister the water of life to others; it is to stir up a sense of thirst within them. When people are thirsty, it is easy to convince them to drink. Good salesmen know how to arouse in people the aspiration and desire to buy the product they are selling. Without such an aspiration or desire, people will have no interest, even in the most precious items. This illustrates the fact that thirst is crucial. By the Lord’s mercy we have been made thirsty for Him through the preaching of the gospel. I can never forget how my thirst was aroused through hearing a certain gospel message more than fifty-five years ago. I was so thirsty that I could have drunk an ocean of water. One message created a thirst within me that has lasted even until now. Although fifty-five years have passed since I heard that marvelous message, I still thirst for the water of life. We need to be impressed how crucial it is to flow the water of life. If the flowing stops, our drinking will stop; and if our drinking stops, we shall lose our thirst. Then, before our thirst can be revived and recovered, we shall have to pass through a period of spiritual death. After passing through such a time of dryness, we shall be stirred up by the Lord in His sovereign mercy to repent and return to Him. Our thirst will revive, and we shall begin to drink once more. I am deeply concerned about the degree of our thirst. Many among us have had the experience of losing our thirst. If we wish to maintain our thirst, we need to keep flowing and to keep drinking
三流入与流出
INFLOW AND OUTFLOW
5按道理说，要涌流生命的水，我们的干渴必须先解除。（约四14。）这意思是说，倘若我们没有被活水充满，我们就不可能有涌流。涌流来自满溢，而满溢来自解渴。然而，从经历的观点来看，我们用不著等到干渴解除了才涌流。
5Doctrinally speaking, in order to flow the water of life we must have our thirst quenched (John 4:14). This means that if we are not filled with the living water, there cannot be any overflow. The flowing comes from the overflow, and the overflow comes from having our thirst quenched. From the point of view of experience, however, we need not wait until our thirst is quenched in order to flow.
6既然我们已经开始喝主，来解我们的干渴，我们就需要注意涌流。我们很多人好久以前就开始喝生命水了，我们的问题在于喝，更在于涌流。在传福音给不信的人时，我强调喝的重要，但在供应信徒时，我则强调涌流的重要。我们这些信徒已经开始喝活水了。我们所特别需要的，乃是为著活水的涌流。要断定一个人是不是正在喝活水很不容易，但我们能很容易地看出一个人是不是正在涌流。让我们再来看水管的例子。我们看不见水的流入，但我们看得见水的流出。同样地，我看不见活水流到你里面，但我能看得见它从你里面流出来。我们也许不晓得活水是否流到我们里面，但它从我们里面流出来的时候，我们定规会知道。这样的流出是每一个人都可看得见的事。
6Since we have already begun to drink of the Lord to quench our thirst, we need to pay attention to the flowing. Many of us started drinking the water of life a long time ago. Our problem is related much more to flowing than to drinking. In preaching the gospel to unbelievers, I would emphasize the importance of drinking, but in ministering to believers I would emphasize the importance of flowing. As believers, we have already begun to drink of the living water. Our particular need is for the flowing of the water. It is difficult to tell whether or not someone is drinking, but we can easily tell whether or not a person is flowing. Let us refer again to the illustration of the water hose. We cannot see the inflow of the water, but we can see the outflow. Likewise, I cannot see the flow of the living water into you, but I can see the flow of it out of you. We may not know whether or not the water is flowing into us, but we surely know when it is flowing out of us. Such an outflow is evident to everyone
四藉说话而涌流
FLOWING BY SPEAKING
7也许你不懂实际上涌流生命水是甚么意思。涌流可以比作用水冲洗一个东西。冲洗水管就是让水漫过它，好洁净它；也是用突来的急流来冲洗它。身为基督徒，从我们里面应当有活水的涌流。要有这个涌流，要有这个强的流出，我们需要呼求主耶稣的名，并要祷告。向主歌唱也有帮助。
7Perhaps you are wondering what it means to flow the water of life in a practical way. The flowing can be compared to flushing out something with water. To flush out a pipe is to flood it with water for the purpose of cleansing; it is to wash it out by a sudden rush of water. As Christians, from our inner being there should be a flushing of the living water. In order to have this flushing out, this strong flowing, we need to call on the name of the Lord Jesus and pray. It is also helpful to sing to the Lord
8对于带进里面涌流特别有帮助的乃是向主说话、藉著主说话、为著主说话、在主里说话，并和主一同说话。我们愈这样说话，就愈涌流。倘若我们没有人可以说话，就该对房间里的东西说话，对桌子、对门、对墙壁说话，对甚么都说。如果你家里有宠物，要对牠们说话。对狗、对猫、对鸟或是对鱼说话。有些人也许认为这样作很可笑，但我能见证，说话会造成何等的不同。基督徒不应该哑口无言。反之，我们必须是洋溢并涌流生命的人。我们都能对一些东西说话。我们能对门窗、对砖块、对石头说话。我们一说话，主耶稣就要涌流出来。藉著说话，我们就像一个有流入也有流出的水管。
8What is particularly helpful to bring about the inner flowing is speaking to the Lord, by the Lord, for the Lord, in the Lord, and with the Lord. The more we speak in this way, the more we shall flow. If there is no one to whom we may speak, we should speak to the things in our room. Speak to the desk, the door, the walls. Speak to anything and everything. If you have a pet in your house, speak to it. Speak to the dog, the cat, the birds, or the fish. Some may regard this practice as ridiculous, but I can testify of the difference it makes to speak. Christians should not be dumb, silent. On the contrary, we must be those bubbling and welling up with life. We all have something to which we can speak. We can speak to the windows, to the doors, and to bricks and stones. When we speak, something of the Lord Jesus flows out. By speaking we are like a water hose which has both the inflow and the outflow.
9流进多少是在于流出多少。从我们里面流出的水量有多少决定能流进我们里面的水量有多少。换句话说，我们能涌流多少活水，决定于我们能喝多少活水。你们有些人也许很干旱，甚至干涸了。干旱的原因或许是你不说话。因著你不说话，你就不让活水流出来。我鼓励你们藉著说话来涌流活水。这听起来很奇特，但我能作见证，它很实际并且非常有功效。
9The amount of inflow is in proportion to the amount of outflow. The quantity of water which flows out of us determines how much water can flow into us. In other words, how much we flow determines how much of the living water we can drink. Some of you may be very dry, even dried up. The reason for your dryness may be that you do not speak. Because you do not speak, you do not let the living water flow out. I encourage you to flow the living water by speaking. This may sound rather peculiar, but I can testify that it is practical and very effective
五在教会的聚会中说话
SPEAKING IN THE CHURCH MEETINGS
10我们需要以许多的方式来说话。首先，我们需要传福音给不信的人。然后我们需要向信徒、向基督徒同伴述说真理。我们也该在教会的聚会中说话。因为我尽职事时说得很多，所以在聚会中我就安静一些。我这样作的意思是要给别人说话的机会。比方说，在已过的四十五年中，我没有一次在擘饼聚会中走到桌前，拿起饼或杯，向主献上感谢和赞美。然而，这不是说我没有负担这样作。有时候我有强的负担，特别是在圣徒们灵里打盹，聚会松散，分饼杯的合式时间过了，却没有人起来有行动的时候。在这样的光景中，甜美享受吃饼的时间过去，机会失去了。最后传递饼的时候，大部分吃饼的喜乐都消失了。许多时候在擘饼聚会中，我们不能在合式的时刻传递饼杯。有时候甚至没有人为著饼、杯感谢主。反之，人人松散、安静。最近我后悔所加给自己的限制，即使我的理由是要给圣徒们机会，藉著说话和祷告来尽功用，我和别人一样需要在教会的聚会中涌出赞美和感谢。这样，我们就释放别人来涌流活水。我们都需要在聚会中得以自由。不要围坐著等候别人来尽功用。反之，要主动地尽功用，为主说话，并抓住每一个机会来涌流活水。
10We need to speak in a number of ways. First, we need to preach the gospel to unbelievers. Then we need to speak the truth to believers, to fellow Christians. We should also speak in the meetings of the church. Because I speak so much in the ministry, I have followed the practice of being somewhat quiet in the meetings. My intention in doing so has been to give others the opportunity to speak. For example, during the last forty-five years, I have not once in the Lord’stable meeting gone up to the table to offer thanks and praise to the Lord in taking either the bread or the cup. This does not mean, however, that I have not been burdened to do so. Sometimes I have been strongly burdened concerning this, especially when the saints were dormant in spirit, and the meeting was so slow that the proper time to distribute the bread and the cup passed without anyone moving to do anything about it. In such a situation, the time for the sweet enjoyment of eating passes by, and the opportunity is lost. When the bread is finally passed, most of the pleasure of eating is gone. Many times in the Lord’stable meeting we have failed to pass the bread and the cup at the right moment. Sometimes no one even thanks the Lord for the bread or for the cup. Rather, everyone is slow and silent. Recently I have come to regret the restriction I have imposed on myself, even though my reason has been to give opportunity to the saints to function by speaking and praying. Like anyone else, I need to flow forth praises and thanks in the church meetings. By doing this we release others to flow with living water. We all need to be liberated in the meetings. Do not sit around waiting for others to function. Instead, function actively to speak for the Lord, and take every opportunity to flow with the living water.
11许多时候圣徒们到我这里来埋怨聚会的情形。这些圣徒告诉我，聚会太低、太贫穷了。通常我听见这样的埋怨批评时，我不争辩，甚至不回答。然而，我现在愿意抓住机会指出，那些埋怨教会聚会水准的人，他们自己必须负起一部分的责任。也许聚会贫穷是因著他们静默，不愿意释放活水流。在聚会中我们都有许多说话的机会。即使在话语职事的聚会中，在释放信息的前后也有机会说话。此外，我们都能在祷告聚会中祷告，在擘饼聚会中献上赞美和感谢。教会的所有聚会向著众圣徒是敞开的。我们需要藉著流出生命的水来尽功用。根据以弗所五章十八至二十节以及歌罗西三章十六节，基督徒应当不断地说话、唱诗、歌颂并感谢。
11A number of times saints have come to me with complaints about the meetings. These saints have told me that the meetings are too low, too poor. Usually when I hear such complaints and criticisms, I do not argue. I may not even reply. However, I would like to take the opportunity now to point out that those who complain about the level of the church meetings must themselves bear part of the responsibility for this. Perhaps the meeting was poor because they were silent, not willing to release the flow of living water. We all have many opportunities to speak in the meetings. Even in meetings that are devoted to the ministry of the Word, there is opportunity to speak both before and after the message is given. Also, we all can pray in the prayer meetings and offer praises and thanksgiving in the Lord’stable meeting. All the meetings of the church are open to the saints. We need to function by flowing out the water of life. According to Ephesians 5:18-20 and Colossians 3:16, Christians should be continually speaking, singing, psalming, and giving thanks
六最好的驱虫剂
THE BEST REPELLENT
12我们一直静默不肯说话时，很容易动怒或是发脾气。然而，我们若是不断地说话、不断地唱诗、不断地感谢，我们就很难发脾气了。这指明生命水的涌流是驱虫剂，要赶走消极的东西，就是所有的『苍蝇』、『蝎子』和『地鼠』。基督徒的生活是争战的生活，我们日夜与想要影响我们、拖垮我们的消极事物争战。我们需要驱虫剂，把『臭虫』赶走。说话是最好的驱虫剂。假定我搭飞机去访问一个城市的教会。若是在飞行途中，我一直静默不语，不祷告、不赞美，也不呼求主耶稣，那我就会被消极、纷乱的思想所搅扰。『蝎子』不是单独地来，而是成群而来。消极的思想会涌进我的心思，比如说，有些弟兄们如何如何，或是我的妻子几天前对待我又怎样怎样，或是我的孩子显然不理我的样子等等。倘若我不藉著说话来驱逐这些『蝎子』，驱逐这些消极的思想，当我到达目的地时，我就无心为主说话了。我甚至感觉不出里面有甚么负担。
12When we remain silent and refuse to speak, it is rather easy for us to become angry or to lose our temper. However, if we are continually speaking, singing, and giving thanks, it will be difficult for us to lose our temper. This indicates that the flowing of the water of life is a repellent which drives away the negative things, all the “flies,” “scorpions,” and “gophers.” The Christian life is a life of fighting. Day and night, we fight against the negative things which seek to influence us and drag us down. We need a repellent to chase away the “bugs.” Speaking is the best repellent. Suppose I travel by airplane to visit the church in a particular city. If during the flight I remain silent, not praying, praising, or calling on the Lord Jesus, I shall be troubled by negative or distracting thoughts. The “scorpions” may come not singly, but in hoards. Negative thoughts may swarm in my mind, thoughts concerning certain brothers or perhaps concerning the way my wife treated me a few days earlier, or about the way my children have apparently been ignoring me. If I fail to repel these “scorpions,” these negative thoughts, by speaking, I shall have no heart to minister for the Lord when I reach my destination. I may not even sense any burden within
13然而，假定我的光景正好相反。我不是一直静默的，而是藉著赞美、祷告、感谢和呼求主名不断地说话。因著我说话，活水就在我里面涌流不断。当弟兄们问候我时，我能自然而然地说出：『赞美主！』不仅如此，我还有负担供应生命给那里的教会。
13Suppose, however, my situation is the very opposite. Instead of remaining silent, I continually speak by praising, praying, thanking, and calling on the name of the Lord. Because I speak, the living water flows within me continually. As I am greeted by the brothers, I shall spontaneously say, “Praise the Lord!” Furthermore, I shall be burdened to minister life to the church there
14当我们灵里干旱时，很容易发怒或生气。我们不涌流生命水的时候，很容易对丈夫或妻子发脾气。然而，当我们满溢活水时，我们的怒气、忿怒和脾气就都被冲走了。涌流生命的水是何等的不同！
14When we are spiritually dry, it is easy for us to be irritated or angry. When we are not flowing the water of life, we easily lose our temper with our husband or wife. However, when we are overflowing with the living water, our irritation, anger, and temper are flushed away. What a difference it makes to be flowing the water of life
七直涌到永生
welling up into eternal life
15真正的复兴是一件涌流、满溢的事。让我们再读约翰四章十四节：『人若喝我所赐的水就永远不渴；我所赐的水，要在他里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。』泉源的特征就是涌流不息。不涌流的东西不能成为泉源，倒像死海一样，没有流出。当我们喝活水时，它就在我们里头成为泉源，直涌到永生。『直涌到永生』这个片语很难领会。我不相信有那些基督徒，甚至我们中间的基督徒，会完全地领会。直涌到永生是甚么意思呢？这是指现在呢、还是永世？是现在也是永世。但说活水从现在直涌到永生是甚么意思？这是奥秘的。活水的满溢，这水的涌流，总是把我们带进满有丰盛生命的境地里。照著我的经历，每当生命水在我里头涌流，我就被带进一个被生命充满并洋溢的境地里。这就是活水直涌到永生的意思。假定我到一位弟兄家中去拜访他。可是我又沉默、又冷淡，还发死。倘若我的光景是这样，我就不曾涌到永生，反倒这位弟兄和我会被愈拖愈垮直到死亡。但如果我在往这位弟兄家的途中，藉著说话而涌流活水，这水就要在我里头直涌到永生。然后我与他谈话时，这活水将不断地涌流。藉著生命水的涌流，我们将被带进生命满溢的光景中。实际上这就是活水直涌到永生的意思。
15Genuine revival is a matter of flowing, of bubbling. Let us read John 4:14 again: “But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life.” A characteristic of a spring of water is that it flows unceasingly. Anything that does not flow cannot be a spring. It may instead be like the Dead Sea, which does not have any outflow. When we drink of the living water, it becomes in us a spring of water welling up into eternal life. The phrase “welling up into eternal life” is difficult to understand. I do not believe that any Christians, even among us, fully understand this. What does it mean to well up into eternal life? Does this refer to the present or to eternity? It refers to both. But what does it mean to say that the living water flows up now into eternal life? This is mysterious. The flowing of living water, the welling up of this water, always brings us into a situation where there is the fullness of life. According to my experience, whenever the water of life flows within me, I am brought into a situation that is filled and flooded with life. This is what it means for the living water to well up into eternal life. Suppose I visit a brother in his home. However, in every way I am dumb, dry, cold, and dead. If this is my condition, there will be no welling up into eternal life. Instead, this brother and I will be dragged down lower and lower into death. But if as I am on my way to this brother’sho use, I flow the living water by speaking, the water will be welling up in me into eternal life. Then as I visit with him, the living water will continue to flow. By the flowing of the water of life, we shall be brought into a condition that is flooded with life. In a practical way this is what it means for water to well up into eternal life.
16我们愈说话，就愈被带进到永生满溢的光景中。这该是我们在日常生活中以及在教会聚会中的经历。否则，我们的聚会就像戏院里的表演。我们不是来到聚会中表演；我们是来见证、彰显、展览我们每天所经历之活水的涌流。在藉著说话而涌流生命水的事上，今天的基督教远离了目标。基要派的人坚持一些形式，这些形式把人带进死亡，而不是带进永生里。反倒五旬节派有一些说话。即使这样的说话多半都很可笑，但它也比完全不说要更好，它有一些属灵的益处。然而，我们这些在主恢复里的人，不需要像五旬节派的人那样说话。反之，论到基督作我们的生命，以及藉著话语的职事所带进来的一切，我们有许多可说的。我们何等需要彼此对说！不要像基要派的人，也不要像五旬节派的人。反之，我们要来在一起藉著说话流出活水来。因著说话而产生的涌流和满溢将带进生命，它会产生泉源直涌到永生。说话、歌唱、祷告和赞美愈多，我们中间的涌流也就愈多。愿我们抓住每个机会在教会的聚会中涌流。愿我们不要浪费时间、哑口无言，而要利用每一分钟涌流生命的活水。这样的说话不仅带我们进入生命满溢的境地，更要带我们进入那灵的丰满里。我们愈说话，就愈被带进那灵的丰满里。
16The more we speak, the more we are brought into a state where we are flooded with eternal life. This should be our experience in our daily life and also in the church meetings. Otherwise, our meetings will be like performances in a theater. We do not come to the meetings to perform; we come to testify, to express, to exhibit, the flowing out of the living water we experience day by day. Regarding the flowing of the water of life by speaking, today’s Christianity is far off the mark. The fundamentalists insist on certain formalities. These formalities bring people into death, not into eternal life. In Pentecostalism, on the contrary, there is a certain amount of speaking. Even though much of this speaking is ridiculous, it is better than no speaking at all, and it may even afford a little spiritual benefit. Nevertheless, there is no need for us in the Lord’s recovery to speak like those in Pentecostalism. Instead, we have much to say about Christ as our life and about all that has been brought forth through the ministry of the Word. How much we have to speak about to one another! Let us be neither like the fundamentalists nor like the Pentecostalists. Instead, let us come together to flow the living water by speaking. This flowing, this flushing out, which comes through speaking will bring in life. It will produce the welling up into eternal life. The more speaking, singing, praying, and praising, the more flowing there will be among us. Let us seize every opportunity to flow in the church meetings. Let us not waste time in dumbness, in silence, but use every minute to flow the water of life. Such speaking will not only bring us into a situation where we are flooded with life, but also bring us into the fullness of the Spirit. The more we speak, the more we shall be brought into the fullness of the Spirit
八与被击打的基督合一
IDENTIFIED WITH THE SMITTEN CHRIST
17如果我们要涌流生命的水，我们也需要与被击打的基督合一。（出十七6，约七38。）被击打的磐石豫表道成肉身的基督被钉十字架。在前面的信息中我们指出，基督在十字架上被神所击打。我们需要与这位被击打者合一。这意思是说，我们的属人生活，我们的天然生命，必须受击打，好使活水能流出来。然而，我们不需要打自己。只要我们与被击打的基督合一，与祂联合，我们就必经历我们天然的生命被钉死。然后基督的神圣生命如何因著祂属人的生命被击打而作为活水流出来，我们也要照样经历藉著天然生命被击打而流出生命的水来。只有当我们天然的生命被击打，神圣的生命才会从我们里面流出来。
17If we would flow the water of life, we also need to be identified with the smitten Christ (Exo. 17:6; John 7:38). The smitten rock signifies the incarnated Christ in His crucifixion. In a previous message we pointed out that on the cross Christ was smitten by God. We need to be identified with this smitten One. This means that our human life, our natural life, must be smitten so that the living water may flow. There is no need, however, for us to try to smite ourselves. If we simply are one with the smitten Christ, identified with Him, we shall experience the crucifixion of our natural life. Then as Christ’s divine life flowed out as living water through the smiting of His human life, we also shall experience the flow of the water of life through the smiting of our natural life. Only when our natural life has been smitten will the divine life flow out from us.
18倘若我们的说话不与被击打的基督合一，我们的说话，甚至我们的赞美和祷告，都是天然的。我们需要真实且实际地与基督合一。然后我们将经历天然的生命被击打，就是在祂里面并同著祂在祂钉十字架的时候所发生的。倘若我们这样与被击打的基督合一，生命的水就不以天然的方式，而是以纯净、毫无搀杂的方式流出来。在祷告、赞美或见证中，从我们所流出的将是纯净的神圣生命的水流。
18If we speak without being identified with the smitten Christ, our speaking, even our praise and prayer, will be natural. We need to be one with Christ in a way that is actual and practical. Then we shall experience the smiting of the natural life which took place in Him and with Him at the time of His crucifixion. If we are identified with the smitten Christ in such a way, the water of life will flow not in a natural way, but in a way that is pure, without mixture. Whatever issues from us in prayer, praise, or testimony will be the flow of the divine life in its purity
19当我们在基督的死里与祂合一时，我们天然、属人的生命就被治死。然后从我们里面所流出的都将是神的生命，神圣、永远的生命。这生命就是生命的水。如果我们与被击打的基督合一，从我们流出来的将是纯净的，没有神圣生命与天然生命的搀杂。
19When we are identified with Christ in His death, our natural, human life will be put to death. Then whatever flows out of us will be the very life of God, the divine, eternal life. This life is the water of life. If we are identified with the smitten Christ, what flows out from us will be pure. There will not be the mixture of the divine life with the natural life
20再者，这水流把我们带进满溢永远生命的境地里。根据启示录二十二章一至二节，生命的供应是在生命的水中，因为生命树长在生命河中。当生命水在我们里面涌流时，我们就得著了丰富的供应。不仅如此，全教会都要得著丰富生命的供应。哦，我们何等需要这样的涌流！
20Furthermore, this flow will bring us into a situation that is flooded with eternal life. According to Revelation 22:1 and 2, the supply of life is in the water of life, for the tree of life grows in the river of life. When the water of life flows within us, we are richly supplied. Moreover, the whole church will receive the rich supply of life. Oh, how we need such a flowing
21我鼓励你们为著生命水的涌流祷告，并将你们在本篇信息中所听见的付诸实行。不过，我们需要丢弃传统的教训和基督教的作法。我们都需要忘掉基督教背景的影响。我们在本篇信息所说的乃是根据神纯正的话，而不是根据基督教的传统。我们所需要的不是基督教的传统，而是生命水的涌流。如果我们藉著说话，并藉著与被击打的基督合一，来实行这个涌流，我们就不仅有一道江河，更有主耶稣在约翰七章三十八节所说的众江河。活水的众江河要从我们全人的最深处流出来。
21I encourage you to pray about the flowing of the water of life and to put what you have heard in this message into practice. However, we need to leave behind the traditional teachings and practices of Christianity. We all need to forget the influence of our background in Christianity. What we have been speaking in this message is according to the pure Word of God, not according to the tradition of Christianity. What we need is not Christian tradition, but the flow of the water of life. If we practice this flowing by speaking and by being identified with the smitten Christ, we shall have not only one river, but the rivers spoken of by the Lord Jesus in John 7:38. Rivers of living water will flow out from our innermost being