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出埃及记生命读经 · 第50篇

带进神的同在和对神的认识中

Brought into the Presence of God and into the Knowledge of Him
1读经：出埃及记19:1-25;3:1,12;5:1,3上。如果我们在灵里带著祷告来读出埃及记，因此进入了这卷书的属灵意义中，我们就要看见它描绘出神的救恩，从开头一直到完成。出埃及记由两个主要的段落所组成，就是一章至十八章和十九章至四十章。在头一段我们看见神的救恩，神的供给，胜过肉体，以及十八章中神国度的图画。神所拣选并呼召的百姓被带进国度以后，他们就豫备好来完成神的旨意，要在地上建造祂的居所。在本篇信息中，我们来到出埃及记的第二段，与神的居所有关。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 19:1-25; 3:1, 12; 5:1, 3a If we read the book of Exodus in the spirit with much prayer and thereby enter into the spiritual significance of this book, we shall see that it portrays God’ss alvation from the beginning to its consummation. Exodus is composed of two main sections, chapters one through eighteen and chapters nineteen through forty. In the first section we see God’ss alvation, God’spr o vision, the victory over the flesh, and, in chapter eighteen, a portrait of the kingdom of God. After God’s chosen and called people had been brought into the kingdom, they were ready to accomplish God’s purpose to build His dwelling place on earth. In this message we come to the second section of Exodus, which is concerned with God’s dwelling place
2十九章至四十章的要点乃是：神所拯救的百姓被带进神的同在和对神的认识中。用新约的说法，就是百姓被带进与神的交通中。出埃及记头十八章没有指明以色列人已经被带进与神的交通中。虽然神的百姓经历了神的救恩，享受了神的供给，并且带进神的国度里，但他们还没有被带进这样的交通中。然而，从十九章开始，他们被带进与神的交通中。出埃及记三章一节说到神的山，就是何烈山。在三章十二节主对摩西说：『你将百姓从埃及领出来之后，你们必在这山上事奉我。』在十九章，我们看见以色列人到了神的山西乃山，就是神能接触祂百姓的地方。在三章十二节神说，祂的百姓要在神的山上事奉祂。事奉神是一件非常有意义的事。在五章一节摩西对法老说，容百姓去，使他们在旷野向耶和华守节。根据五章三节，百姓要往旷野去，走三天的路程，在那里祭祀耶和华。祭祀神就是把东西献给祂，而向神守节就是与神一同享受所献给祂的。直到十八章的末了，我们还没有看见事奉、献祭或节期。虽然神的百姓有过许多的经历和享受，但他们还没有开始事奉神。
2The main point in chapters nineteen through forty is that God’s saved people are brought into the presence of God and into the knowledge of God. Using New Testament terms, the people are brought into fellowship with God. There is no indication in the first eighteen chapters of Exodus that the children of Israel had been brought into fellowship with God. Although God’s people had experienced God’ss alvation, had enjoyed God’spr o vision, and had been brought into God’skin gdom, they had not yet been brought into such fellowship. However, beginning in chapter nineteen, they are brought into fellowship with Him. Exodus 3:1 speaks of the mountain of God, Horeb. In 3:12 the Lord said to Moses, “When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.” In chapter nineteen we see the children of Israel at the mountain of God, Mount Sinai, the place where God could contact His people. ─ In 3:12 God said that His people would serve Him on the mountain of God. It is a very significant thing to serve God. In 5:1 Moses told Pharaoh to let the people go so that they might hold a feast unto the Lord in the wilderness. According to 5:3, the people were to make a journey of three days into the desert and there sacrifice unto the Lord. To sacrifice unto God is to offer something to Him, and to hold a feast unto God is to enjoy with God what is offered to Him. Up to the end of chapter eighteen, we have not yet seen the service, the sacrifice, or the feast. Although God’sp eople had many experiences and much enjoyment, they had not yet begun to serve Him.
3在十二章至十四章我们已经看见，神的百姓经历了祂的救赎和拯救。在十五章、十六章、十七章，他们享受了神的供给。苦水变甜，百姓在以琳享受了十二股水泉和七十棵棕树，并且有分于吗哪，以及从被击打的磐石流出的活水。藉著神的拯救和供给，神的百姓被带进神国度里的地位上。在前一篇信息中，我们看见十八章乃是国度的图画和豫表。我们感谢主，祂给我们看见这一章的亮光。在我早期的职事里，我释放了许多篇出埃及记十九章的信息。然而，那些信息多半论到消极的点。在这些信息中，我宁愿放下消极的点，而强调积极的点。我们需要对出埃及记十九章和二十章有正面的印象。许多基督教教师强调这两章的消极方面，指出律法是良善且属灵的，但我们是属肉体的，律法不能帮助我们。事实上出埃及记十九章是非常积极的，因为神的选民在这里被带进与神的交通中。
3We have seen that in chapters twelve through fourteen God’sp eople experienced His redemption and salvation. In chapters fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen they enjoyed God’spr o vision. The bitter water was made sweet, the people enjoyed the twelve springs and seventy palms at Elim, and they partook of the manna and of the living water from the smitten rock. Through God’ss alvation and provision, His people were brought into a position of being in the kingdom of God. In the foregoing message we saw that chapter eighteen is a picture, a type, of the kingdom. We thank the Lord for the light He has shown us from this chapter. In the early years of my ministry, I gave a number of messages on Exodus 19. Most of those messages, however, were on the negative points. In these messages, I prefer to stay away from the negative points and emphasize the positive ones. We need to have a positive impression of Exodus 19 and 20. Many Christian teachers emphasize the negative aspects of these chapters by pointing out that the law is good and spiritual, but we are fleshly, and the law cannot help us. Chapter nineteen of Exodus is actually very positive, for here God’s chosen people are brought into fellowship with Him
4埃及和西乃山之间的距离大约是三天的路程。我相信这就是摩西对法老说，以色列人必须往旷野去，走三天路程的原因。不但如此，四章二十七节指明，神吩咐亚伦往旷野神的山去迎接他的兄弟摩西。虽然从埃及到西乃山的距离在三天内就能走完，以色列人却走了两个多月。我们得救以后，立刻就能进入与神的交通中，但在经历中，我们多半在游历、流荡、飘泊。然而在飘流中，我们享受到神的供给。即使我们的旅程在神的照顾之下，并照著神的引导，我们还是不在与神的交通中。但在出埃及记十九章有非常宝贵的一点─如今神领祂的赎民进入祂的同在中。那时以前，他们听见过神，然而，他们没有直接听见神的声音。今天在许多基督徒当中也是这样。虽然他们听见过神，但没有经历过神直接的说话。以色列人来到神的山以前，他们藉著摩西的传讲和教导，听见过神。但在这里神把他们直接领进祂的同在中。祂降临在山上，向百姓显现，并对他们说话。因此，他们直接并亲自听见神的声音，不是间接经由一位中间人。在神的同在中，他们听见神直接的说话。
4The distance between Egypt and Mount Sinai was a journey of about three days. I believe this was the reason Moses told Pharaoh that the children of Israel had to take a journey of three days into the wilderness. Furthermore, 4:27 indicates that Aaron was charged by God to meet his brother, Moses, at the mount of God in the wilderness. Although the distance from Egypt to Mount Sinai could be traveled in three days, it took the children of Israel more than two months. Although we could have entered into fellowship with God immediately after we were saved, in our experience most of us travel, journey, wander, instead. But in our wandering we enjoy God’spr o vision. Even though our journey may be under God’s care and according to His leading, we are not yet in fellowship with Him. But in Exodus 19 we have a very precious point — that God now brings His redeemed people into His presence. Prior to that time, they had heard about God. However, they had not heard God’s voice directly. The same is true among many Christians today. Although they have heard about God, they have not experienced God’s direct speaking. Before they came to the mountain of God, the children of Israel heard about God through Moses’ preaching and teaching. But here God brought them directly into His presence. He came down upon the mountain, appeared to the people, and spoke to them. Thus, they heard the voice of God directly and personally, not indirectly through a mediator. In the presence of God they heard His direct speaking.
5我们不该仅仅照著白纸黑字来读出埃及记。反之，我们该把本书各章中的每件事都看作一幅图画。我们已经指出，出埃及记的每一项都是一幅图画。埃及是世界的图画，而法老是撒但的图画。同样地，逾越节的羊羔、过红海、吗哪、从裂开的磐石流出的活水，以及亚玛力人，也都是图画。此外，西坡拉、叶忒罗，和十八章的官长，都是与国度有关的图画。现在到了十九章，有一幅神的赎民和神自己中间交通的图画。在这里神的百姓被领进神的同在和对神的认识中。他们被带进属神的交通中，并且与神有交通。根据这一章所呈现的图画，神显在地上、在山顶上，而百姓聚集在山的四围。何等奇妙的景象！
5We should not read the book of Exodus simply according to the letters in black and white. Rather, we should regard everything in every chapter of this book as a picture. We have pointed out that every item in Exodus is a picture. Egypt is a picture of the world, and Pharaoh is a picture of Satan. Likewise, the Passover lamb, the crossing of the Red Sea, the manna, the living water from the cleft rock, and Amalek are also pictures. Moreover, Zipporah, Jethro, and the captains in chapter eighteen are pictures related to the kingdom. Now in chapter nineteen we have a portrait of the fellowship between God’s redeemed people and God Himself. Here His people are brought into the presence of God and into the knowledge of Him. They are brought into the fellowship of God and with God. According to the portrait presented in this chapter, God is present on earth, on the mountaintop, and the people are gathered around the mountain. What a marvelous sight
6一经历了神完全的救恩
6I. HAVING EXPERIENCED GOD’S FULL SALVATION
7倘若我们要进入与神的交通中，我们需要经历祂完全的救恩。我们需要从罪恶、世界、撒但的定罪中蒙拯救，正如一章至十四章中所看见的。然后我们需要享受神丰富的供给、（十五1～十七7、）征服肉体，（十七8～16，）并带进神的国度中。（十八～27。）如果我们没有这样的经历和享受，就不能彀与神有交通。我们属灵的经历符合以色列人的经历。首先我们蒙了拯救脱离罪恶、世界和撒但。然后我们享受神的供给。苦水变甜，并且我们吃属天的食物吗哪，喝从被击打的磐石流出的活水。藉著享受这些神圣的供给，我们得著装备，胜过肉体，并将其征服。我们不该原谅自己说，我们很软弱。倘若我们为自己这样辩护，我们就不会来到神的山。我们愈辩护，离神的山就愈远。我们需要说：『不错，我很软弱，但主不软弱。我有摩西，就是属天的基督，为我代求，并有约书亚，就是赐生命之灵的基督，住在我里面，为我争战。』我们有活的灵和十字架作工来对付肉体。肉体一被击杀，我们立刻就在国度里。然后在国度里，我们被引进神的同在中，享受与祂的交通。出埃及记的确是我们属灵经历的一幅图画。倘若察看我们的经历，我们会发觉它与这本书的记载相符合。
7If we would enter into fellowship with God, we need to experience His full salvation. We need to be saved from the condemnation of sin, the world, and Satan, as seen in chapters one through fourteen. Then we need to enjoy God’s rich provision (15:1 — 17:7), conquer the flesh (17:8-16), and be brought into the kingdom of God (18:1-27). If we do not have such an experience and enjoyment, we shall not be able to1 have fellowship with God. Our spiritual experience matches the experience of the children of Israel. First we are saved from sin, the world, and Satan. Then we enjoy God’spr o vision. The bitter water is changed into sweet, and we eat of manna, the heavenly food, and drink the living water flowing from the smitten rock. Through the enjoyment of these divine provisions, we are equipped to conquer the flesh and subdue it. We should not excuse ourselves by saying that we are weak. If we make such an excuse for ourselves, we shall not come to God’s mountain. The more excuses we make, the more we shall be kept away from the mountain of God. We need to say, “Yes, I am weak, but the Lord is not weak. I have Moses, the heavenly Christ, interceding for me, and I have Joshua, Christ as the life-giving Spirit, dwelling in me and fighting for me.” We have the living Spirit with the cross operating to deal with our flesh. Once the flesh is slain, we are immediately in the kingdom. Then, in the kingdom, we are ushered into God’s presence to enjoy fellowship with Him. Exodus certainly is a portrait of our spiritual experience. If we consider our experience, we shall realize that it corresponds to the record in this book.
二 带进神的同在中
II. BROUGHT INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD
（一） 在西乃山
A. At Mount Sinai
8以色列人在西乃山被带进神的同在中。（十九11。）西乃山的意义就是神说话的地方。神在西乃山上没有行神迹，祂仅仅说话而已。除了神的说话之外，还有属天的异象。因此，神的山的属灵意义乃是神说话和神异象之地。首先，以色列人听见神说话，然后他们看见异象。这异象乃是神在地上居所的样式。
8The children of Israel were brought into the presence of God at Mount Sinai (19:11). The significance of Mount Sinai is that it is the place for God to speak. On Mount Sinai God did not perform miracles. Rather, He simply spoke. With God’s speaking, there is also the heavenly vision. Therefore, the spiritual significance of the mountain of God is that it is the place of God’s speaking with God’s vision. First, the children of Israel heard God speaking, then they saw the vision. This vision was of the pattern for God’s dwelling place on earth
9当我们在教会的聚会中聚在一起，我们该有神的说话和神的异象。今天在许多所谓的宗教礼拜中，没有神的说话，更没有从神来的异象。在教会的聚会中，听见神直接的说话，并看见神的异象，是何等的享受！一次又一次的聚会，我们有神的说话，并且更多看见神的异象。听见神说话，并看见神的异象，尤其是看见神居所的异象，是一件非常重大的事。我们到神真正的山，到今天在地上的神的山，是顶要紧的。
9As we gather together in the meetings of the church, we should have God’s speaking with His vision. In many of the so-called religious services today, there is no speaking of God and no vision from God. What an enjoyment to hear God’s direct speaking and to see God’s vision in the church meetings! Meeting after meeting, we may have God’s speaking and see more of God’s vision. It is a very great matter to hear God’s speaking and to see His vision, especially the vision concerning His dwelling place. It is of vital importance that we go to the genuine mountain of God, to God’s mountain on earth today
10根据圣经的记载，神常常从山上说话。主耶稣在山上与门徒同在时，颁布诸天国度的宪法。（太五1～2。）祂说到世代末了的豫言，也是在山上。（太二四3。）彼得和其他两位门徒在变化山上的时候，父神对他们说话。（太十七1～2，5。）约翰被带到一座高山，看见新天新地与新耶路撒冷的异象。因此，在我们的经历中，我们需要出埃及、过红海，并经过旷野，一直达到神的山。我们在这山上被带进神的同在中。没有神的同在，我们所说的、所作的都没有意义。神的同在是我们的一切。我们许多人能作见证，每当我们在主的名里聚集，我们就享受祂的同在。我们在神的山听见神的说话，并看见祂的异象。
10According to the record in the Bible, God often spoke from a mountain. The Lord Jesus delivered the constitution of the kingdom of the heavens while on a mountain with His disciples (Matt. 5:1-2). It was also on a mountain that He uttered the prophecy concerning the end of the age (Matt. 24:3). God the Father spoke to Peter and the other disciples while they were on the mount of transfiguration (Matt. 17:1-2, 5). John was carried away to a high mountain to see the vision of the new heaven and the new earth with the New Jerusalem. Thus, in our experience we need to come out of Egypt, cross the Red Sea, and journey through the wilderness until we arrive at the mountain of God. At this mountain we are brought into God’s presence. Without His presence, what we say or do means nothing. His presence is everything to us. Many of us can testify that whenever we gather together into the Lord’s name, we enjoy His presence. We hear His speaking, and we see His vision at the mountain of God.
（二） 藉著成圣
B. Through Sanctification
11我们藉著成圣被带进神的同在中。出埃及记十九章十节说：『耶和华又对摩西说，你往百姓那里去，叫他们今天明天成圣，又叫他们洗衣服。』（直译。）十四节和二十二节也说到成圣。成圣就是从世界中分别出来归给神。当以色列人聚集在西乃山四围，他们远离了埃及，已经从世界中分别了出来。他们因著绝对地成圣、分别归于神，就在西乃山活在神的同在中。当我们在教会的聚会中聚在一起，我们也该从世界中分别出来归神。赞美主，我们是成圣的子民！
11We are brought into the presence of God through sanctification. Exodus 19:10 says, “And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes” (Heb.). Verses 14 and 22 also speak of sanctification. To be sanctified is to be separated from the world unto God. When the children of Israel were assembled around Mount Sinai, they were far removed from Egypt. They had been separated from the world. At Mount Sinai they were living in God’s presence, having been sanctified, separated, unto God in an absolute way. When we gather together in the church meetings, we should also be separated from the world unto God. Praise the Lord that we are a sanctified people
（三） 在复活里
C. In Resurrection
12出埃及记十九章十一节说：『到第三天要豫备好了，因为第三天耶和华要在众百姓眼前降临在西乃山上。』这一节没有说到第二天或第四天，而说第三天，是很有意义的。在圣经中，第三天代表复活。在复活里的意思是说，老旧已经过去，我们完全在新的地位和新的光景中。
12Exodus 19:11 says, “And be ready against the third day: for the third day Jehovah will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai” (Heb.). It is significant that this verse does not speak of the second day or the fourth day, but speaks of the third day. In the Scriptures the third day signifies resurrection. To be in resurrection means that the old has passed away and that we are altogether in a new position and situation
13在神对百姓说话以前，百姓豫备自己。如果神第一天就来对他们说话，他们不会豫备好。假设在那些豫备的日子里，你在以色列人中间，你会作甚么？当然你不会浪费时间来闲谈。反之，你会祷告说：『主，求你显明使我与你分开的任何事物。主，我不要在你我之间有任何间隔。』你会利用时间来豫备迎见神。你会丢弃一件又一件的东西，直到你在复活里，豫备好迎见主。你不会任意批评、闲谈或抱怨，反而会祷告，直到你在复活里，直到旧事已过，你完全在新的地位上。
13Before God spoke to the people, the people prepared themselves. If God had come to speak to them on the first day, they would not have been ready. Suppose you had been among the children of Israel during those days of preparation. What would you have done? Certainly you would not have wasted time in idle conversation. Instead, you would have prayed, “Lord, show me anything that separates me from You. Lord, I don’t want to have anything between You and me.” You would have used your time to get ready to meet with God. You would drop one thing after another until you were in resurrection, ready to meet the Lord. Instead of indulging in criticism, gossip, or complaining, you would pray until you were in resurrection, until the old things had passed away and you were altogether in a new position
（四） 听见神的说话
D. To Hear the Speaking of God
14神的百姓既带进了神的同在中，就听见神的说话。（9。）这就是交通。要有神的说话，必须在神的同在中。
14Having been brought into the presence of God, God’sp eople heard His speaking (v. 9). This is fellowship. To have God’s speaking is to be in God’s presence
15三带进对神的认识当我们被带进神的同在，并进入与神的交通中，我们自然而然就被带进对神的认识中。在我们进入与神的交通中以前，许多事情我们不知道。我们不认识世界，也不认识神的建造。我们不认识祭坛、灯台、陈设饼桌子，或约柜。二十五章至四十章所启示的一切，相当于保罗所描述对神完全的认识。今天许多基督徒对于教会是甚么，一无所知。他们不认识教会的立场，教会的内容，或教会的功用。以色列人进入神的同在以前，他们认识外院子、圣所、至圣所是甚么吗？他们对皂荚木包上精金所作的约柜有所认识么？当然不认识！这些事他们一点都不知道。
15III. BROUGHT INTO THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD Whenever we are brought into the presence of God and enter into fellowship with God, we are spontaneously brought into the knowledge of God. Before we come into fellowship with God, we are ignorant of many things. We know neither the world nor God’s building. We do not know the altar, the lampstand, the showbread table, or the ark. Everything revealed in chapters twenty-five through forty corresponds to what Paul describes as the full knowledge of God. Many Christians today are ignorant of what the church is. They do not know the ground of the church, the content of the church, or the function of the church. Before the children of Israel were brought into the presence of God, what did they know about the outer court, the holy place, or the Holy of Holies? Did they know anything about the ark made of acacia wood overlaid with gold? Certainly not! They were ignorant concerning these things
16当我们来到二十章，我们会看见，律法乃是神自己的启示和描述。律法表明神是怎样的一位神。以色列人进入神的同在以前，即使他们经历了神的救恩，享受了祂的供给，系败了亚玛力人，并被带进国度里，他们对神却没有这样的认识。
16When we come to chapter twenty, we shall see that the law is a revelation and description of God Himself. The law shows what kind of God He is. Before the children of Israel were brought into the presence of God, they did not have this knowledge of God, even though they had experienced His salvation, had enjoyed His provision, had defeated Amalek, and had been brought into the kingdom
（一） 认识神的恩典
A. To Know the Grace of God
17在与神的交通中，我们首先认识神的恩典。在十九章四节主说：『我向埃及人所行的事，你们都看见了，且看见我，如鹰将你们背在翅膀上，带来归我。』这就是恩典。以赛亚四十章三十一节说：『那等候耶和华的，必从新得力；他们必如鹰展翅上腾。』那些信靠主的人要被背在鹰的翅膀上。在经历上，这就是保罗在哥林多前书十五章十节所说：『然而我今日成了何等人，是蒙神的恩才成的。并且祂所赐我的恩，不是徒然的；我比众使徒格外劳苦；这原不是我，乃是神的恩与我同在。』我们所经历的一切主的救恩和供给，乃是经历大鹰的翅膀。也许你得救了多年，但并不晓得神将你背在鹰的翅膀上。你一直被神的恩典背负著，这恩典为你作每一件事。首先，基督是我们逾越节的羊羔，然后祂是鹰。
17In the fellowship of God we first come to know the grace of God. In 19:4 the Lord said, “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.” This is grace. Isaiah 40:31 says, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles.” Those who trust in the Lord will be carried on eagles’ wings. Experientially, this is what Paul refers to in 1 Corinthians 15:10: “But by the grace of God I am what I am; and His grace unto me was not in vain, but I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.” All that we experience of the Lord’ss alvation and provision is an experience of the wings of the great eagle. Perhaps you have been saved for many years without realizing that God has borne you on eagles’ wings. You have been carried by the grace of God, and this grace has been doing everything for you. First, Christ is our Passover lamb; then He is an eagle.
18每当我回想与主同在的年日，我就满了感谢。五十多年来，我是祂怜悯和恩典的对象。这些年来，我一直被一只大鹰的翅膀背负著。许多事情发生，一点不照著我的期望。我感谢主，发生了那么多的事情，不是照著我的方式，而是照著祂的方式。祂永远知道我所需要的是甚么。我从来没有盼望到美国来，但主带领我到这里来。你曾梦想过你会在你今天所在的地方么？查理卫斯理所写的一首诗歌说：
18Whenever I recall my years with the Lord, I am filled with gratitude. For more than fifty years, I have been the object of His mercy and grace. Throughout the course of these years, I have been carried by the wings of a great eagle. Many things which have taken place have been not at all according to my expectation. I thank the Lord that so many things did not work out according to my way, but according to His way. He always knows what I need. I never expected to come to this country, but the Lord has brought me here. Have you ever dreamed that you would be where you are today? In the words of a hymn written by Charles Wesley
『全是怜悯，无量、白给，竟然临及我这罪魁！』
Tis mercy all, immense and free; For, O my God, it found out me
19背在大鹰的翅膀上是何等的怜悯！在神的山那里，以色列人能说：『主，我们在这里不是由于自己。你刚强的翅膀把我们从埃及领出来，并且背负我们经过旷野，来到这个地方，我们与你一同在这里。』当我们听见主的声音，并领受主的启示，我们就认识祂的恩典。我们留在主的交通中愈久，我们就愈认识祂的恩典，并知道一切都是由于恩典。一年又一年，神的恩典背负著我们。每天早晨我祷告说：『主，感谢你，又有新的一天来活出你。主，我求你使这一天满了你自己。赐给我今天的这一分恩典，赐我恩典，使我今天能活出你，并操练与你成为一灵。』
19What a mercy to be carried on the wings of a great eagle! At the mountain of God, the children of Israel could say, “Lord, we are not here of ourselves. Your strong wings have brought us out of Egypt and carried us through the wilderness to this place, where we are here with You.” As we hear the Lord’s voice and receive His revelation, we know His grace. The longer we remain in His fellowship, the more we know His grace and realize that we owe everything to it. Year after year, we have been carried on by the grace of God. Every morning I pray, “Lord, thank You for another new day to live You. Lord, I ask You to make this day full of Yourself. Please give me this day’sport i on of grace. Grant me grace today that I may live You and practice being one spirit with You
（二） 认识神的圣洁
B. To Know the Holiness of God
20在与主的交通中，我们也开始认识神的圣洁。（十九10～24。）出埃及记十九章指明尊重神圣洁的严肃。我们必须使自己成圣，因为神自己是圣洁的，而且祂居住的地方是圣地。在出埃及记十九章，西乃山是一座圣山，因神降临在山上。因为山是圣的，以色列人不得越过所定的界限。在二十一节耶和华对摩西说：『你下去嘱咐百姓，不可闯过来到我面前观看，恐怕他们有多人死亡。』摩西回答说：『百姓不能上西乃山，因为你已经嘱咐我们说，要在山的四围定界限，叫山成圣。』（23。）主回答这话说：『下去罢，你要和亚伦一同上来。』（24。）只有摩西和亚伦才有权越过界限。当然他们认识神是圣洁的。在别处主吩咐百姓说：『你们要圣洁，因为我耶和华你们的神是圣洁的。』（利十九2。）因为神是圣洁的，百姓们必须自别为圣。要事奉一位圣洁的神，他们必须是一班圣洁的子民。
20In the fellowship with the Lord we also begin to know the holiness of God (19:10-24). Exodus 19 shows the seriousness of honoring God’s holiness. We must sanctify ourselves because God Himself is holy, and the place where He dwells is a holy place. In Exodus 19 Mount Sinai was a holy mountain because God had descended upon it. Because the mountain was holy, a boundary was set which the children of Israel were not permitted to cross. In verse 21 the Lord said unto Moses, “Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto Jehovah to gaze, and many of them perish” (Heb.). Moses answered, “The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it” (v. 23). To this, the Lord replied, “Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee” (v. 24). Only Moses and Aaron were privileged to cross the border. To be sure, they knew that their God was a holy God. Elsewhere the Lord charges the people, “Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy” (Lev. 19:2). Because God is holy, the people had to sanctify themselves. To serve a holy God they had to be a holy people.
21我们不该把神圣洁的话仅仅当作道理。倘若你思想你的经历，你会看见在与主的交通中，首先你为著主的怜悯和恩典感谢祂。然后你察觉你需要圣洁。在神面前，我们必须是圣洁的。我们若要留在与神的交通中，我们必须自别为圣，也使一切与我们有关的事物都圣别。我们不可越过神圣洁的界限。这是在出埃及记十九章中非常重要的一课。
21We should not take this word about God’s holiness as a mere doctrine. If you consider your experience, you will see that in fellowship with the Lord you are first grateful to Him for His mercy and grace. Then you come to realize the need of holiness. In God’s presence we must be holy. If we would remain in fellowship with Him, we must sanctify ourselves and everything related to us. We must not cross the border of God’s holiness. This is a very important lesson found in Exodus 19
22因著这一章叙述与神交通的细节，我非常宝贵它。我能作见证，它所记载的符合我的经历。我认识神的恩典以后，就觉得需要圣洁，需要成圣。成圣乃是我们经历中的圣洁。神的圣洁成了我的经历，那就是成圣。我们需要从世界中分别出来归给神。这就是尊重神圣洁的界限。然而，我们都能作见证，每当我们侵犯神圣洁的界限，就失去了与神的交通。只有我们持守圣洁的时侯，与神的交通才能持续。
22Because this chapter presents the details of fellowship with God, I appreciate it very much. I can testify that what it records corresponds to my experience. After I know the Lord’s grace, I sense the need of holiness, of sanctification. Sanctification is the experiential aspect of holiness. When God’s holiness becomes our experience, that is sanctification. We need to be separated from the world unto God. This is to honor the boundary of God’s holiness. However, we all can testify that we lose the fellowship with God whenever we violate the boundary of His holiness. Only when we maintain holiness will our fellowship with God continue
（三） 成为神自己的产业和奇珍
C. To Be God’s Personal Possession and Peculiar Treasure
23在与神的交通中，我们成为神自己的产业和奇珍。（十九5。）第五节在希伯来文的说法有双重的意义；它的意思是个人的产业，也是奇珍。譬如说，一位姊妹有一枚非常珍贵的戒指。那枚戒指是她个人的财产，也是她的奇珍。她不会用任何东西来交换的。照样，当神的赎民被带进神的同在中时，他们就成了神自己的产业和奇珍。哦，我们竟能成为神自己的产业！我们对神是如此亲爱宝贵，竟能成为祂的奇珍。这表明何等亲密的爱存在于我们与神的交通中。我们与主的交通必须达到一个地步，我们与祂，祂与我们，享受如此亲密的爱，神能彀说，我们是祂的奇珍，是祂自己的产业。何等亲密、亲爱又宝贵！当我们进入与神这样的交通中，祂看我们就是这样的珍宝和产业。
23In fellowship with God we become God’s personal possession and peculiar treasure (19:5). The Hebrew expression in verse 5 has a double meaning; it means both personal possession and peculiar treasure. For example, a sister may possess a very precious ring. That ring is her personal possession and also her peculiar treasure. She would not trade it for anything. Likewise, when God’s redeemed people were brought into God’s presence, they became His personal possession and peculiar treasure. Oh, we can become God’s personal possession! We can become so dear and precious to Him that we become His peculiar treasure. This shows what intimate affection exists in our fellowship with God. Our fellowship with the Lord must reach the point that we enjoy such intimate affection with Him and He with us that God would say that we are His peculiar treasure, His personal possession. How intimate, dear, and precious! When we enter into such fellowship with God, He considers us as such a treasure and possession.
（四） 成为祭司的国度归于神
D. To Be a Kingdom of Priests unto God
24根据十九章六节，以色列人要归主作祭司的国度。当我们留在主的同在中，我们就要成为祭司的国度归于祂。旧约所描绘的这件事在新约里应验了。我们这些信徒，乃是归神成为祭司的国度。（启一6。）我们这些作祭司的活在神面前，享受祂作我们的分，正如祂享受我们作祂的珍宝。这是一种彼此的享受。若是旧约时代能有这样的事，在新约时代就更当成为我们的经历了！在旧约里所描述的，仅仅是一幅图画；到了新约，我们才有实际。赞美主，我们乃是主的奇珍和祭司，享受祂作我们的一切！
24According to 19:6, the children of Israel were to be unto the Lord a kingdom of priests. As we stay in the Lord’s presence, we become a kingdom of priests to Him. What is portrayed concerning this in the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New Testament. We, the believers, are a kingdom of priests unto God (Rev. 1:6). As priests, we live in God’s presence, enjoying Him as our portion, even as He enjoys us as His treasure. This is a mutual enjoyment. If such a thing could exist in Old Testament times, how much more should it be our experience in the New Testament age! What is depicted in the Old Testament is merely a picture; in the New Testament we have the reality. Praise the Lord that we are God’s peculiar treasure and priests enjoying Him as everything to us
（五） 成为圣洁的国民
E. To Be a Holy Nation
25最终，我们成为圣洁的国民。（十九。）神与祂的百姓之间彼此的享受，使他们分别出来归给神自己。没有甚么能像这种彼此的享受这样将我们分别出来归给神。当神享受我们作祂的奇珍时，我们也享受祂作一切，我们就从神之外的一切，绝对分别出来归于神自己。结果，
25Eventually, we become a holy nation (19:6). The mutual enjoyment between God and His people6 separates them unto Himself. Nothing so separates us unto God as this mutual enjoyment. When God enjoys us as His peculiar treasure and we enjoy Him as everything to us, we are absolutely separated from everything other than God unto God Himself. As a result, we become a holy nation.
26我们就成为圣洁的国民。
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27出埃及记十九章是很宝贵的一章。不错，它的确说到雷轰、密云、烟气。倘若我们不在意神的圣洁，我们会经历这些事。然而，摩西和亚伦并不惧怕雷轰。他们知道雷轰、密云、烟气不是给他们的。他们的分乃是神的同在以及神的说话和享受。我们无需惧怕神，因祂珍爱我们，如同自己的产业。我们归祂作祭司和圣洁的国民。我们何必惧怕呢？
27Exodus 19 is a precious chapter. Yes, it does speak of thunder, cloud, and smoke. If we do not care for the holiness of God, we shall experience these things. However, Moses and Aaron were not afraid of the thunder. They realized that the thunder, cloud, and smoke were not for them. Their portion was God’s presence with His speaking and enjoyment. We need not be afraid of God, for He treasures us as His personal possession. We are priests unto Him and a holy nation. What need have we to be afraid
28出埃及记第一章和十九章之间真有天壤之别！在第一章，神的百姓在埃及法老的暴政之下。但在十九章，他们到了神的山，成为神的奇珍。在此他们享受神到了极致，并且分别出来归于神。虽然我们为著这幅图画感谢主，今天我们更要感谢祂，我们得以享受这幅图画的实际和应验。
28What a tremendous difference there is between Exodus 1 and Exodus 19! In chapter one God’sp eople were in Egypt under the tyranny of Pharaoh. But in chapter nineteen they are at the mountain of God, having become God’s peculiar treasure. Here they enjoy God to the uttermost and they are separated unto Him. Although we thank the Lord for this picture, we thank Him all the more that we today may enjoy the reality, the fulfillment.