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出埃及记生命读经 · 第58篇

作为神活话的律法对于祂所爱之寻求者的功用

The Function of God’s Law as His Living Word to His Loving Seekers
1读经：诗篇119:11,25,28,41,49-50,57-58,65-66,76,98-101,103,105,114,116-117,133,135,165,175下；诗篇19:7-8；以弗所书6:17-18上；5:18-20；歌罗西书3:16-17。
1Scripture Reading: Psa. 119:11, 25, 28, 41, 49-50, 58, 65-66, 76, 98-101, 103, 105, 114, 116-117, 133, 135, 58, 65-66, 76, 98-101, 103, 105, 114, 116-117, 165, 175b; Psa. 19:7-8; Eph. 6:17-18a; 5:18-20; Col. 133, 135, 165, 3:16-17
2本篇信息再次论到律法『白昼』的一面，我们要来看作为神活话的律法，对于他所爱之寻求者的功用。我们若要认识神的律法在这方面的功用，我们必须认为律法不光是神所颁赐的规条和诫命，更是神口中所出的话。诗篇一百一十九篇十三节说到『你口中…的典章』，七十二节说到『你口中的训言』，而八十八节说到『你口中的法度』。这些经节指明律法出自神的口。作为神活的话，律法乃是圣气，就是神的呼出。
2In this message, another message on the “day” aspect of the law, we shall consider the function of God’s law as His living word to His loving seekers. If we would know how God’s law functions in this way, we must consider the law not only as regulations and commandments given by God, but even more as the word out of God’s mouth. Psalm 119:13 speaks of “the judgments of thy mouth,” verse 72 of “the law of thy mouth,” and verse 88 of “the testimony of thy mouth.” These verses indicate that the law came out of the mouth of God. As God’s living word, the law is the divine breath, the very breath of God
3再者，我们若要享受神的律法作为神活话的功用，我们必须是神所爱的寻求者，就是那些因爱而寻求祂的人。我们若是不认为神的律法就是神的呼出，而且不爱慕寻求祂，我们就不会经历律法积极的功用。我们可以读律法上的话，但我们不会因律法而得著神之所是的供应，而且律法不会以积极的方式在我们里头作工。换言之，我们不会经历神的律法作为神活话的功用。假定你要使用某种电动机器。如果要机器操作，必须把插头插进电插座里。若是不插上插头，而指望机器转动，那是愚蠢的。电流入机器里，机器就会运转。此外，你必须留心，注意机器。你不该把机器打开，然后去睡觉，指望它自己转动。同样地，我们若要神的话在我们的经历中正确地运行，每当我们来读神的话时，就需要接上神圣的电流。我们这样作，是藉著把这话当作神的呼出，接受到我们里头。我们也不该打盹，不该漠不关心。我们必须是真正寻求神的人。然后我们在经历中就会有神话语的功用。
3Furthermore, if we would enjoy the function of God’s law as His living word, we need to be God’s loving seekers, those who seek Him out of love. If we do not regard God’s law as His breath and if we do not lovingly seek Him, we shall not experience the positive function of the law. We may read the words of the law, but we shall not be supplied with what God is by the law, and the law will not operate in us in a positive way. In other words, we shall not experience the function of God’s law as His living word. Suppose you want to use a certain electrically powered machine. If the machine is to function, it must be plugged into an electrical outlet. It would be foolish to expect a machine to run if it has not been plugged in. When electricity flows into the machine, the machine will operate. Moreover, you need to be alert and pay attention to the machine. You should not turn it on and then go to sleep, expecting it to run on its own. In like manner, if we want the Word of God to function properly in our experience, we need to be “plugged in” to the divine current whenever we read it. We do this by taking the Word into us as the very breath of God. Also, we should not be sleepy or indifferent. We must be God’s genuine seekers. Then in our experience we shall have the functions of the Word of God
4当我们说到律法作为神活话的功用，实际上就是说到神自己的功用或运行。神话语的功用就是神的运行。因为神的话就是神的呼出，它与神是合一的。把一个活人的气息和他本人分开如何是不可能的，照样，我们不该把神的话和神自己分开。这就是许多犹太人读旧约，和许多基督徒读整本圣经时所犯的错误。他们读圣经，查考圣经，但他们这样作，没有直接接触神。结果圣经在他们手中成了一本死的字句。
4When we speak of the function of the law as the living word of God, we are actually speaking of the function or operation of God Himself. The function of the Word of God is the operation of God. Because the Word of God is the breath of God, it is one with God. Just as it is not possible to separate the breath of a living person from the person himself, so we should not separate the Word of God from God Himself. This is the error made by many Jews in reading the Old Testament and by many Christians in reading the Bible as a whole. They read the Scriptures and study them, but in so doing they do not have direct contact with God. The result is that in their hands the Bible becomes a book of dead letters.
5在约翰五章三十九和四十节，主耶稣对法利赛人说：『你们查考圣经，因你们以为内中有永生，给我作见证的就是这经；然而你们不肯到我这里来得生命。』虽然古时的宗教家研究圣经，但他们把圣经和主自己分开，不肯到主这里来得永远的生命。永远的生命在基督里。倘若我们读圣经而不接触祂，就得不著生命。然后在我们的经历中，圣经就要成为一本死的字句。生命是一个活的人位，就是基督自己。我们不该把圣经和这活的人位分开。作为神活话之律法的功用，实际上也就是神自己的运行和工作。律法是神活的话，它能赐给人亮光。（诗一一九105。）只有神是光。（约壹一5。）圣经印出来的字句本身不是光，也不能给我们光。字句的圣经至多能给我们知识。光惟有从神自己而来。因此，我们若要从神的话得著光，我们读神话语的时候，就必须接触神。这指明神话语的功用就是神自己的功用，神自己的工作。因这缘故，我们不要用圣经来形成系统神学。我们的目的是要享受神的话和它活的功用。
5In John 5:39 and 40 the Lord Jesus said to the Pharisees, “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is these that testify concerning Me; and you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” Although the ancient religionists researched the Scriptures, they separated them from the Lord Himself and would not come to Him to receive eternal life. Eternal life is in Christ. If we read the Bible without contacting Him, we shall not receive life. Then in our experience the Bible will be a book of dead letters. Life is a living Person, Christ Himself. We should not separate the Scriptures from this living Person. The functions of the law as God’s living word are actually the moving and working of God Himself. As God’s living word, the law gives man light (Psa. 119:105). Only God is light (1 John 1:5). In themselves the printed letters of the Bible are not light and cannot give us light. At most, the Bible in letters can give us knowledge. Light comes only from God Himself. Thus, if we would receive light from the Word of God, we must contact God as we read it. This indicates that the function of the Word of God is the function of God Himself, God’sown working. For this reason, we do not want to use the Bible to form a systematic theology. Our aim is to enjoy the Word with its living functions
6无疑地，我们读圣经的时候，需要运用头脑来明白经上的话语和辞句。我们使用参考书和经文汇编，可能花上数小时来查考一个词。我能从经历中作见证，这样的查考使魂疲惫，有时候甚至使灵受压。然而，我们的目标若是要经历并享受神话语活的功用，这样的查读就是有益的。一方面，我们需要操练查考圣经。另一方面，需要有一段时间，忘掉查考，操练我们的灵，用神的话来祷告，且祷告神的话，寻求在话里并藉著话来接触主。我们若藉著用神的话祷告来接触主，我们就要从话得著生命。然后这话就不是死的字句，因我们藉著操练灵，要摸著话中那活的一位。
6There is no doubt that in reading the Bible we need to exercise our mind to understand the words and terms of Scripture. Using reference books and concordances, we may spend hours to study a single word. From experience I can testify that such study is exhausting to the soul. Sometimes it even suppresses the spirit. However, this kind of study of the Word of God is useful if our aim is to experience and enjoy the living functions of the Word. On the one hand, we need to be exercised to study the Scriptures. On the other hand, there is a time to forget studying and exercise our spirit to pray with the Word and over the Word, seeking to contact the Lord in and through the Word. If we contact the Lord by praying with the Word, we shall receive life from the Word. Then the Word will not be dead letters, for through the exercise of our spirit we shall touch the living One in the Word.
7在我供应话语给圣徒以前，我需要花很长的时间这样来接触主。否则，我就没有甚么生命的东西可以分享。我豫备一篇信息，不光藉著查考神的话，更是藉著祷告、赞美并感谢主，而将主吸进来。在我向主的祷告中，我不在意言语、文法或结构。我惟一的愿望就是向主说一些话，使我能活活地接触祂。我们若关心祷告的结构，就会削弱我们的灵。但我们若忘掉结构，并在祷告中操练灵，我们就必接触那活的一位。我们需要一再地来到神的话跟前，目的在得著滋养和复苏。这样的接触圣经，在一首论到从主话得𫗪养的诗歌中说得很好：
7Before I come to minister the Word to the saints, I need to spend a good period of time contacting the Lord in this way. Otherwise, I shall not have anything of life to share. I get ready for a message not only by studying the Word, but especially by breathing in the Lord and by praying, praising, and thanking the Lord. In my prayer to the Lord, I do not care about language, grammar, or composition. My only desire is to utter something to the Lord that I may contact Him in a living way. If we are concerned about composing our prayer, our spirit will be weakened. But if we forget composition and exercise our spirit in prayer, we shall contact the living One. Again and again we need to come to the Word for the purpose of receiving nourishment and refreshment. This approach to the Bible is well expressed in a hymn on feeding on the Word
8主阿，我心我灵又渴又饥，今来就你，求你给我供给：我所需要乃是你的自己，作我生命供应，作我能力。𫗪我饮我，主，𫗪我饮我！充我饥饿，主，解我干渴！使我快乐，并且有力生活，𫗪我饮我，主，𫗪我饮我！（诗歌第五百八十六首）
8My heart is hungry, my spirit doth thirst; I come to Thee, Lord, to seek Thy supply; All that I need is none other but Thee, Thou canst my hunger and thirst satisfy. Feed me, Lord Jesus, give me to drink, Fill all my hunger, quench all my thirst; Flood me with joy, be the strength of my life, Fill all my hunger, quench all my thirst. Hymns, #811
9如果我们在这首诗歌所描述的灵里来到圣经面前，我们就要得著滋养和复苏。然而，许多时候我们没有这样来到主话的面前。我们不祷告，也不渴慕接触主。我们只是用眼睛读圣经的话，并且想要用头脑来明白。我们无心也无灵要接触主。在这样的情形下，我们愈读这话，就愈疲倦。我们需要操练灵来读神的话，并且渴望接触主。诗篇一百一十九篇满了这样的渴望。这就是对作诗的人来说，律法乃是神活话的原因。他接触神的话和神自己的方式，乃是操练他的全人，来发表他亲密的情操，和深处的渴望。当他读这话的时候，他呼求神，认真地寻求祂。
9If we come to the Bible in the spirit expressed in this hymn, we shall be nourished and refreshed. However, many times we do not come to the Word in this way. We neither pray nor aspire to contact the Lord. Instead, we just read the words of the Bible with our eyes and try to understand them with our mind. We have no heart or spirit to contact the Lord. In such a case, the more we read the Word, the more exhausted we become. We need to exercise our spirit in reading the Word, and we need to aspire to contact the Lord. Psalm 119 is filled with such an aspiration. This was the reason that to the psalmist the law was God’s living word. His way to contact the Word of God and God Himself was to exercise his whole being as an expression of his intimate sentiment and deep aspiration. As he read the Word, he cried out to God, earnestly seeking Him.
10我们来读神话语的时候；不只应当祷告，也当向主歌唱。这就是藉著唱诗来读神的话。（在古时，诗篇是给人唱的，而不光是给人念诵或讲论的。）祷告比说话更需要操练灵，唱诗又比祷告更需要操练灵。我们需要更多在聚会中，在日常生活中唱诗。那首著名的诗歌『有福的确据』，在副歌中说：
10As we read the Word of God, we should not only pray, but also sing to the Lord. This is to read the Word by psalming. (In ancient times the Psalms were sung and not merely read or spoken.) Praying requires more exercise of the spirit than speaking, and singing requires even more exercise than praying. By singing we can truly get into our spirit. We need more singing both in the meetings and in our daily life. The chorus of the well-known hymn “Blessed Assurance” says
11这是我见证，是我诗歌，赞美我救主，口唱心和！这是我见证，是我诗歌，赞美我救主，终日欢乐！
11This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long. This is my story, this is my song, Praising my Savior all the day long
12许多基督徒唱过这首诗，但很少人终日赞美主。倘若我们终日赞美主，你想甚么事会发生？无疑地，我们要全然浸透在主里。
12Many Christians have sung this hymn, but not many praise their Savior all the day long. What do you think would happen if we praised the Lord all day long? No doubt, we would be utterly immersed in the Lord
13以弗所六章十七和十八节说：『还要接受拯救的头盔，并藉著各样的祷告和祈求，取用那灵的剑，就是神的话；时时在灵里祷告。』（新译。）在这里保罗不是吩咐我们要作两件事─取用神的话和祷告。他的吩咐就如文法结构清楚所指明的，要我们藉著各样的祷告和祈求，取用那灵的剑，就是神的话。这些经文是指祷读说的，就是操练藉著祷告来取用神的话。如果我们不用神的话来祷告，并祷告神的话，我们怎能藉著祷告来取用这话呢？要藉著祷告来取用神的话，显然需要我们来祷告这话。虽然我们时常说到祷读，我们却不彀强调时时在灵里祷告这件事。帖撒罗尼迦前书五章十七节说：『不住的祷告。』我们需要时时祷告，即使是在我们受试探要对妻子、对丈夫生气，或要和圣徒闲聊的时候，也要祷告。倘若我们在这样的时候祷告，我们的祷告就要杀死这些消极的事物。祷告是制止多嘴最好的方法。
13Ephesians 6:17 and 18 say, “And receive the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit.” Here Paul is not telling us to do two things—to receive the word of God and also to pray. Rather, as the grammatical construction clearly indicates, he is charging us to receive the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, by means of all prayer and petition. These verses refer to pray - reading, to the practice of taking the Word of God by means of prayer. How could we receive the Word by means of prayer if we did not pray with the Word and over it? To receive the Word by prayer obviously requires that we pray the Word. Although we have often spoken about pray-reading, we have not emphasized adequately the matter of praying at every time in spirit. First Thessalonians 5:17 says, “Unceasingly pray.” We need to pray at every time, even when we are tempted to become angry with our wife or husband or to gossip about the saints. If we pray at such times, our prayer will kill these negative things. Praying is the best way to stop our gossiping tongue.
14在以弗所六章十八节，保罗说到祷告和祈求。祷告是普通的，而祈求是特别的。我们不仅该有定时祷告，也该时时祷告。你受试探要与妻子、与丈夫争吵么？祷告！你有发脾气的危险么？祷告！你想要批评某人么？祷告！要时时祷告。无论你在那里，无论你作甚么，都要祷告。时时在灵里祷告，会杀死所有的『疾病』和『害虫』，并带来神圣滋养的丰富供应。我们藉著各样的祷告和祈求，取用神的话，时时在灵里祷告，这是顶重要的。在以弗所五章十八和十九节，保罗嘱咐我们要『在灵里被充满，以诗章、颂词、灵歌，彼此对说，用心歌唱赞美主。』（新译。）我们不仅该祷告，也该歌唱赞美。保罗时代的基督徒，也许用某些犹太人的曲调，唱旧约的诗篇。我们今天应当祷读、唱读，甚至颂读。我们应当颂赞圣经的经文。唱神的话比光读神的话更激励人。颂赞是歌唱的一种型式，它包含默想。歌唱本身不包含多少默想，但在颂赞中，我们默想神的话。这时候我们会敬拜主，与祂交通，甚至在主面前对自己说话。这就是从神的话得滋养的路。我们这样取用圣经，就藉著这话领受神的丰富。然后写出来的话，就要成了神的丰富藉以传输给我们的管道。但我们若要得著这些丰富，每当我们接触神的话，我们必须与神有一种活泼、生机、动态的接触。我们若是在灵里被充满，我们就会感谢主，并且凡事都在祂的名里。多年来，我无法了解凡事都在主的名里是甚么意思。当然，我受教导说，这是指不论作甚么事都与祂合一的意思。然而，这还是道理，不是实际的实行。现在我看见，当我们以活的方式接触神的话，祷告、歌唱、赞美、感谢，我们就要被主浸透，并与主合一。然后在日常生活中，我们无论作甚么，都会在主的名里。
14In Ephesians 6:18 Paul speaks of both prayer and petition. Prayer is general, whereas petition is particular. Not only should we have set times of prayer, but we should pray at every time. Are you tempted to quarrel with your wife or husband? Pray! Are you in danger of losing your temper? Pray! Are you about to criticize someone? Pray! Pray at every time. Pray no matter where you are or what you are doing. Praying at every time in spirit will kill all the “germs” and “pests” and bring in the rich supply of divine nourishment. It is crucial that we receive the Word by means of all prayer and petition, praying at every time in spirit. In Ephesians 5:18 and 19 Paul charges us to “be filled in spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and psalming with your heart to the Lord.” We should not only pray, but also sing and psalm. The Christians at the time of Paul probably sang the Old Testament psalms, perhaps using certain Jewish melodies. We today should pray- read, sing - read, and even psalm - read. We should psalm the verses of the Bible. Singing the Word is more inspiring than merely reading it. Psalming is a type of singing that includes musing. Singing itself does not include much musing, but in psalming we muse upon the Word. At such times we may worship the Lord, have fellowship with Him, or even converse with ourselves in the Lord’s presence. This is the way to receive nourishment from the Word. By taking the Bible in this way we receive the riches of God through the Word. The written Word then becomes the channel through which God’s riches are conveyed to us. But if we would receive these riches, we must have a living, organic, dynamic contact with God whenever we touch the Word of God. If we are filled in spirit, we shall give thanks to the Lord and do everything in His name. For years, I could not understand what it meant to do everything in the name of the Lord. Of course, I was taught that this meant to do all things in oneness with Him. This, however, was mainly a doctrine, not an actual practice. Now I see that when we contact the Word in a living way, praying, singing, psalming, and thanking, we shall be saturated with the Lord and become one with Him. Then whatever we do in our daily living will be in the Lord’s name.
15根据以弗所五章，妻子对丈夫的顺服，以及丈夫对妻子的爱，都是在灵里被充满的洋溢。妻子不需要努力顺服丈夫，丈夫也不需要努力爱妻子。我们在自己里面，不能履行这些要求。倘若妻子要顺服丈夫，丈夫要爱妻子，他们就必须在灵里被充满、歌唱、赞美、感谢主。如果一位弟兄这样作，他就会被主浸透，无论妻子怎样待他，他都会自动地爱她。
15According to Ephesians 5, a wife’s submission to her husband and a husband’s love for his wife are the overflow of being filled in spirit. There is no need for a wife to strive to submit to her husband or for a husband to exert himself to love his wife. In ourselves we are not able to fulfill these requirements. If the wives are to submit to their husbands and if the husbands are to love their wives, they must be filled in spirit, singing, psalming and giving thanks to the Lord. If a brother does this, he will be saturated with the Lord and will automatically love his wife, no matter how she may treat him
16一九六九年至一九七一年，在洛杉矶艾登会所的许多圣徒，操练在日常生活中歌唱赞美主。当那些日子，许多家庭住在会所附近，常常可以听见歌唱、祷读、赞美的声音，从圣徒的住所发出来。这样的歌唱和赞美就带到聚会中来。早在豫定的时间以前，聚会就开始了。许多时候，当圣徒走向会所，在街上歌唱赞美，聚会就开始了。事实上，早在白天，圣徒藉著歌唱、祷读、赞美，接触主的时侯，聚会就已开始。近年来我们已经趋向回到传统宗教的习惯里。我们会在固定的时间读神的话，在固定的时间祷告，然后在豫定的时间来到聚会中，但我们缺少一种在灵里自然而然的日常生活。而那些年在艾登会所，圣徒们却有这样的日常生活。以弗所五章二十节说到常常感谢，而六章十八节说到时时祷告。我们不仅该有定时祷告，也该时时祷告。此外，我们该常常凡事感谢神。这就是取用神话的路。
16In the years 1969 to 1971 many of the saints in Elden Hall in Los Angeles practiced singing and praising the Lord in their daily life. In those days many families lived near the meeting hall, and often the sounds of singing, pray - reading, and praising could be heard coming from the dwellings of the saints. This singing and praising carried over into the meetings. Long before the scheduled time, the meetings would begin. Many times a meeting began on the street with the singing and praising of the saints as they walked to the meeting hall. Actually, the meetings began early in the day, as the saints contacted the Lord by singing, pray - reading, and praising. In recent years our tendency has been to drift back toward the habits of traditional religion. We may read the Word and pray at certain times and then come to the meeting at the scheduled time, but we lack a spontaneous daily life in spirit. But in those years in Elden Hall the saints had such a daily life. Ephesians 5:20 speaks of giving thanks at all times, and 6:18, of praying at every time. We should pray not only at certain set times, but at every time. Furthermore, we should give thanks to God at all times and for all things. This is the way to receive the Word of God.
17神的话不光是白纸黑字；它乃是神的气，甚至是神的呼吸。我们惟有终日与主有不断的、个人的、活泼的、亲密的接触，才能真正凭著吸入祂而活。我们肉身的生命倚靠呼吸，人一停止呼吸就死亡。同样地，我们活基督是凭著吸入祂。但基督在那里，使我们能吸入祂呢？祂就是那灵，而那灵化身在神的话里。每当我们以活的方式来到这话面前，就是以吸入主的方式，而不光是查考字句的圣经，我们就和祂有生机的联结。然后祂的一切所是，祂的生命，祂的丰富，都要输送到我们里头。结果，我们在日常生活中就要被祂浸透，而祂与我们成为一。因我们这样与祂合一，凡我们所作的，都是在祂里面作的。
17The Word of God is not merely letters in black and white; it is the very breath of God, even God’s breathing. Only when we have continual, personal, living, and intimate contact with the Lord all day long do we truly live by breathing Him. Our physical life depends on breathing. When a person stops breathing, he dies. Likewise, we live Christ by breathing Him. But where is Christ that we may breathe Him in? He is in the Spirit, and the Spirit is embodied in the Word. Whenever we come to the Word in a living way, in the way of breathing the Lord and not just of studying the Bible in letters, we become organically connected to Him. Then all that He is. His life and His riches, will be channeled into us. As a result, in our daily living we are saturated with Him, and He and we become one. Because we are one with Him in such a way, whatever we do, we shall do in Him.
18我在本篇信息的负担是论到这件重要的事：作诗的人在对待神律法的事上，他们自己先向主敞开，认为律法是神活的话，然后来接触神自己。诗篇满了祷告的灵，满了对神的渴望和呼求。作诗的人在祷告和颂赞里，默想神的话。神的成分自动灌输到他们里面，而他们就被神的成分所饱和并浸透。对他们来说，律法不光是许多的要求、诫命和规条，律法乃是他们能得著神圣生命供应的凭藉。因为作诗的人是神所爱的寻求者，他们就被神圣的人位所饱和。然后一切他们所作的，都是在神的名里作的。由于他们接触神的话，便与神合一，并经历神话语的功用。这话各式各样的功用，就是一位活人位的行动。譬如，这话安慰我们，坚立我们，并扶持我们。这些就是神扶持我们，安慰我们，坚立我们，并充满我们的时候，祂自己的行动。诗篇一百一十九篇所启示作为神活话之律法的全部功用，乃是一位活人位的作为和行动。但我们读这话的时侯，如果没有接触主，这话在我们的经历中，就不会起这样的作用。事实上，不是这话有这些功能；乃是神自己以某些方式运行。我们藉著这话接触这活的人位，并且被祂注入，被祂饱和，使祂成为我们的生命，和我们的全人。祂在我们的经历中起作用，赐给我们生命与亮光，并扶持我们，坚立我们，安慰我们。教会的聚会该是我们日常生活的延续。我们应当在日常生活中歌唱赞美，然后在聚会中继续我们的歌唱赞美。但我们若只在聚会中赞美主，在日常生活中不赞美祂，我们的聚会就是一种表演，我们就成了演员。我们不该来到聚会中表演，乃要彰显我们在日常生活中的所是。
18My burden in this message is related to the crucial matter that in handling the law of God the psalmists opened themselves to the Lord, considered the law as the living word of God, and contacted God Himself. The psalms are full of the spirit of prayer, full of aspiration and cries to God. In their praying and psalming, the psalmists mused upon the Word of God. Automatically God’s element was transfused into them, and they were saturated and permeated with it. To them, the law was not just a number of requirements, commandments, and regulations, but a means by which they could receive the divine life supply. Because the psalmists were loving seekers of the Lord, they were saturated with the divine Person. Then everything they did was done in the name of God. Through their dealing with the Word of God, they became one with God and experienced the functions of His Word. All the various functions of the Word are the actions of a living Person. For example, the Word comforts us, strengthens us, and upholds us. These are the actions of God Himself as He upholds, comforts, strengthens, and fills us. All the functions of the law as God’s living word as revealed in Psalm 119 are the acts and activities of a living Person. But if we fail to contact the Lord as we read the Word, the Word will not function this way in our experience. Actually, it is not the Word that has these functions; it is God Himself who operates in certain ways. We contact this living One through the Word and are infused with Him and saturated with Him so that He becomes our life and our very being. In our experience He functions to give us life and light and to uphold us, strengthen us, and comfort us. The church meetings should be a continuation of our daily life. We should sing and praise in our daily life and then continue our singing and praising in the meetings. But if we praise the Lord in the meetings without praising Him in our daily life, our meetings will be a performance, and we shall be actors. We should come to the meetings not to perform, but to express what we are in our daily life
19最近我们指出，要天天活基督，就必须在我们所作的一切事上祷告。不住的祷告，意思就是不断地吸入主。在我们所作的每件事上─饮食、衣著、与人谈话，和日常生活的一切细节上我们都需要祷告。根据以弗所书，我们需要常常感谢，时时祷告，然后我们才会在主的名里作一切的事。这就是活基督。歌罗西三章十七节说：『无论作甚么，或说话，或行事，都要在主耶稣的名里，藉著祂感谢父神。』（直译。）我们要在主的名里作一切的事，就必须是不断歌唱、颂赞、赞美、感谢的人。
19Recently we pointed out that to live Christ day by day we need to pray in all that we do. To pray without ceasing means to breathe in the Lord continually. In everything we do—in eating, clothing ourselves, talking to others, and all the details of our daily living — we need to pray. According to Ephesians, we need to give ─ thanks at all times and to pray at every time. Then we shall do everything in the name of the Lord. This is to live Christ. Colossians 3:17 says, “And in everything, whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” In order to do everything in the name of the Lord we need to be those who are continually singing, psalming, praising, and thanking.
20我们也必须是那些藉著主话，使自己联于三一神的人。这话是我们能彀接触主并得著祂供应的凭藉。不使用主的话，你会发觉很难祷告或赞美。但我们一使用圣经，就很容易祷告并赞美。要用经上的话作为你祷告、赞美、歌唱、颂赞的材料。藉著这样运用神的话，你就会被三而一的神所浸透。然后你会在主的名里作一切的事。当我们歌唱并颂赞主话的时候，三而一的神就要进入我们里面，我们也要进入祂里面。这就是让神的话在我们的经历中产生功用的路。歌罗西三章十六节说：『让基督的话，丰丰富富的住在你们里面。』（直译。）繙作住的希腊字，意思是定居。要让基督的话定居在我们里面，这话必须是一个人位。不是活的东西就不可能定居在我们里面。只有活的生机体才能住在我们里面。基督的话丰丰富富的定居在我们里面，意思就是它充满我们，
20We also need to be those who join ourselves to the Triune God through the Word. The Word is a means through which we can contact the Lord and receive His supply. Without using the Word, you may find it difficult to compose a prayer or praise. But it is easy to pray and praise when we use the Bible. Use the verses of Scripture as material for your praying, praising, singing, and psalming. By means of such an exercise with the Word, you will be saturated with the Triune God. Then you will do everything in the Lord’s name. As we sing and psalm the Word, the Triune God is brought into us, and we are ushered into Him. This is the way to allow the Word to function in our experience. Colossians 3:16 says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly.” The Greek word rendered dwell means to inhabit. In order for the word of Christ to inhabit us, the word must be a Person. It is not possible for something that is not living to inhabit us. Only a living organism can dwell in us. For the word of Christ to inhabit us richly means that it permeates us and is assimilated into our inner being
21并被吸收到我们里面的人里。
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22在歌罗西三章十六节，丰丰富富这个词形容住或定居。当基督的话丰丰富富的定居在我们里面，它就充满、浸透并扶持我们里面之人的各部分。基督是追测不尽的丰富，而祂的丰富化身在祂的话里。因此，当祂的话在我们里面定居，在我们里面居住，并在我们里面运行，
22In Colossians 3:16 the word richly modifies dwell, or inhabit. When the word of Christ inhabits us richly, it permeates, saturates, and sustains every part of our inner being. Christ is unsearchably rich, and His riches are embodied in His Word. Thus, when His Word inhabits us, lives in us, and moves in us, it causes us to be saturated with His riches
23我们就要被祂的丰富所浸透。
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24让基督的话丰丰富富的定居在我们里面，那条路就是『用各样的智慧，…用诗章，颂词，灵歌，彼此教导，互相劝戒，心被恩感，歌颂神。』（西三16。）我们不仅该是读圣经的人，也该是祷告、歌唱、颂赞圣经，甚至用圣经的话来感谢神的人。当我们这样取用神的话，神就要藉著这话来作工。
24The way to let the word of Christ inhabit us richly is “in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace” in our hearts to God (Col. 3:16). We should be those who not only read the Bible, but who also pray, sing, and psalm the Bible and even give thanks to God with the words of the Bible. As we take the Word of God in this way, God will operate through the Word.
一赐人亮光和生命
GIVING LIGHT AND LIFE
25在诗篇一百一十九篇和十九篇，我们至少看见作为神活话的律法，对于那些爱慕寻求祂之人的二十六项功用。我们已经指明，神的话赐给我们光。它也赐给人生命。（一一九25，50，107，154。）你若仔细读诗篇一百一十九篇，你会注意到救活这个词用了许多次。繙成救活的希伯来字，和希腊字一样，意思是赐人生命。神的话赐给我们光；然后它将我们救活，使我们活过来，赐给我们生命。故此，我们凭这活的话而活；那就是说，我们凭著神自己而活。
25In Psalms 119 and 19 we see at least twenty- six functions of God’s law as His living word to those who lovingly seek Him. We have already indicated that the Word of God gives us light. It also gives life (119:25, 50, 107, 154). If you read Psalm 119 carefully, you will notice that the word quicken is used a number of times. The Hebrew word rendered quicken, like the Greek word, means to give life. The Word of God gives us light; then it quickens us, enlivens us, gives us life. Therefore, we live by the living Word; that is, we live by God Himself
26二苏醒人的魂，快活人的心
26RESTORING THE SOUL AND REJOICING THE HEART
27神的话另一个功用是苏醒人的魂，快活人的心。（诗十九7～8。）我们不仅需要因神的话活过来，也需要因它而苏醒，尤其是在我们下沉，受压或郁闷的时候更当这样。你一天工作下来，也许就落在撒但的压制之下，需要复苏。你下班回家的途中，要抽出时间来读主的话，祷告主的话，并歌唱主的话。你会发现这话会苏醒你的魂，并使你的心快活。
27Another function of the Word of God is to restore man’ss ou land rejoice man’she art (Psa. 19:7-8). We need to be not only quickened by the Word, but also restored by it, especially when we are depressed, suppressed, or oppressed. After working all day at your job, you may be under the oppression of Satan and may be in need of restoration. On your way home from work, take time to read, pray, and sing the Word. You will find that the Word will restore your soul and cause your heart to rejoice
三带来救恩
BRINGING SALVATION
28神的话也带给我们救恩。（诗一一九41，170。）我们每一天，甚至每一刻都需要救恩。神活的话带给我们神即时和常时的救恩。
28The Word of God also brings us salvation (Psa. 119:41, 170). We need salvation every day, even every moment. The living Word of God brings us God’sin st ant and constant salvation
四坚立，安慰，滋养
STRENGTHENING, COMFORTING, NOURISHING
29神的话使我们坚立，（28，）安慰我们，（76，）并滋养我们。（103。）作诗的人说，神的话在他上膛何等甘美。在他口中比蜜更甜。这指明他得著了这话的滋养。
29The Word of God strengthens us (v. 28), comforts us (v. 76), and nourishes us (v. 103). The psalmist said that God’sword was sweet to his taste, sweeter than honey to his mouth. This indicates that he was nourished by the Word
30五扶持，保守，使人有盼望当神的话滋养我们，它就扶持我们。这话使我们得到支持。它也保守我们，并使我们有盼望。（116～117，。）当我们经历这活话的功用，我们就不会没有盼望。反之，我们在凡事上都有盼望。在腓立比一章二十节，保罗能说出他的切慕和盼望。
30UPHOLDING, KEEPING SAFE, CAUSING HOPE As the Word of God nourishes us, it upholds us. The Word holds us up. It also keeps us safe and causes us to hope (vv. 116-117, 49). When we experience the function of the living Word, we shall not be without 49 hope. Rather, we shall be hopeful in all things. In Philippians 1:20 Paul could speak of his earnest expectation and hope.
31六使我们享受神作我们的分
31CAUSING US TO ENJOY GOD AS OUR PORTION
32神的话也使我们享受神作我们的分。（57。）我们若要在神的话中，享受基督作我们的分，我们不仅该研读这话，也该藉著祷告、歌唱、颂赞、感谢，以活的方式来取用这话。
32The Word of God also causes us to enjoy God as our portion (v. 57). If we would enjoy Christ as our portion in the Word, we should not only study the Word, but receive the Word in a living way by praying, singing, psalming, and thanking
33七使我们享受神的面藉著神的话，我们享受神的面，（58，）以及祂脸上的光照。（135。）以色列人在西乃山下恐惧战兢的时候，摩西却在山顶上享受主的面光。我们的光景该是摩西在山顶上的光景，而不是以色列人在山下的光景。我们该在山顶上，在神脸面的光照之下。
33CAUSING US TO ENJOY GOD’S COUNTENANCE Through the Word we enjoy God’s countenance (v. 58) and the shining of His face (v. 135). While the children of Israel were in fear and trembling at the foot of Mount Sinai, Moses was on the mountaintop enjoying the shining of the Lord’s countenance. Our situation should be that of Moses on the mountaintop, not that of the children of Israel at the foot of the mountain. We should be on the mountaintop under the shining of the face of God
八使我们享受神
CAUSING US TO ENJOY GOD
作我们的藏身之处和盾牌，
AS OUR HIDING PLACE AND SHIELD
并享受神的帮助和善待
AND TO ENJOY GOD’S HELP AND WELL-DEALING
34藉著神的话，我们可以享受神作我们的藏身之处和盾牌，（114，）也享受神的帮助和善待。（175，65。）神在每一方面都善待我们。祂的眷顾是可领略的；祂应付我们一切的需要。即使祂的责备也是祂善待的一方面。如果我们以活的方式进入祂的话里，
34Through the Word we may enjoy God as our hiding place and shield (v. 114) and also enjoy God’s help and well-dealing (vv. 175, 65). In every way God deals well with us. His care is comprehensive; He meets our every need. Even His rebuke is an aspect of His well- dealing. If we get into His Word in a living way, we shall enjoy His well-dealing
35我们就要享受祂的善待。
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36九使人有智慧并且通达诗篇一百一十九篇九十八节说：『你的命令常存在我心里，使我比仇敌有智慧。』九十九节说：『我比我的师傅更通达，因我思想你的法度。』这些经文说出神的话使我们有智慧。我们愈进入这话中，我们就愈有智慧。
36MAKING WISE AND GIVING UNDERSTANDING Psalm 1 1 9 : 9 8 says , “ Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies,” and verse 99 says, “I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my musing” (Heb.). These verses indicate that the Word of God makes us wise. The more we get into the Word, the wiser we become
十赐人精明和知识
GIVING DISCERNMENT AND KNOWLEDGE
37神的话也赐给我们精明和知识。（66。）今天许多基督徒缺乏鉴别力。他们就像那些分不清拇指和食指的人一般。我们必须有非常的鉴别力。神的话赐给我们所需要的精明和知识。
37The Word of God also gives us good discernment and knowledge (v. 66, Heb.). Many Christians today are short of discernment. They are like those who cannot discern between their thumb and their fingers. We need to be very discerning. The Word of God gives us the needed discernment and knowledge
十一保守我们不犯罪，
KEEPING US FROM SINNING
不走一切的邪路
AND FROM EVERY EVIL WAY
38十一节说：『我将你的话藏在心里，免得我得罪你。』根据这一节，神的话保守我们不犯罪。这话也禁止我们的脚走一切的邪路。（101。）
38Verse 11 says, “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” According to this verse, the Word of God keeps us from sinning. The Word also keeps our feet from every evil way (v. 101).
KEEPING US FROM STUMBLING
ESTABLISHING OUR FOOTSTEPS
十二保守我们不绊脚，使我们的脚步稳当，并使我们胜过罪孽
AND CAUSING US TO OVERCOME INIQUITY
39神的话也保守我们不绊脚，（165，）使我们的脚步稳当，并使我们胜过罪孽。（133。）没有甚么罪会辖制我们。反之，我们要征服一切的恶事，因神的话使我们成为征服者，得胜者。
39The Word of God also keeps us from stumbling (v. 165), establishes our footsteps, and causes us to overcome iniquity (v. 133). No iniquity will have dominion over us. Instead, we shall conquer all evil things, for the Word of God will make us conquerors, overcomers