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出埃及记生命读经 · 第59篇

神所爱的寻求者藉著作为神活话的律法所领受的祝福（一）

The Blessing Received by the Loving Seekers of God through His Law as His Living Word (1)
1读经：119:130,105;19:8下；119:25,1:1上，2-3;19:7上；119:41,110,。作为神活话的律法有许多功用。对于神所爱的寻求者，这些功用是藉著作为神活话的律法所领受的祝福。在本篇和下篇信息中，我们要来看从神活的话可以领受到的祝福。
1Scripture Reading: Psa. 119:130, 105; 19:8b; 119:25, 50; 1:1a, 2-3; 19:7a; 119:41, 110, 170, 28, 50; 76, 103, 116-117 170, 28, 76, 103, 116-117 The law as the living word of God has many functions. To the loving seekers of God these functions are the blessing received through God’s law as His living word. In this message and in the message following we shall consider the blessing we may receive from the living Word of God.
2虽然神所爱的寻求者从神的话领受祝福，但也可能来到神的话面前，却得不著甚么。我知道有许多人读圣经，甚至查考圣经，而没有从圣经得著甚么。这是今天许多基督徒中间的光景。许多基督徒读圣经的时候，得不著甚么祝福。他们惟一得著的，就是虚空的知识。他们利用读经所得的知识，从事于圣经问题的辩论。他们没有因读经得著真实的帮助，反而因神的话而争辩。结果，他们那样的圣经知识先杀死了自己，然后他们用这知识去杀死别人。对他们来说，圣经不是赐人生命的书，乃是杀死人的书。历代以来，许多人因著只把圣经当作一本知识的书而被杀死。那些被圣经知识杀死的人，最显著的例子，大概是十九世纪所谓的高等圣经批判家。这些高等圣经批判家查考圣经的时侯，极端运用他们的头脑。结果，他们没有从查考神的话中，得到一点祝福。
2Although the loving seekers of God receive blessing from His Word, it is possible to come to the Word of God and not receive anything. I know of many who have read the Bible and even studied it without receiving anything from it. This is the situation among many Christians today. When they read the Scriptures, many Christians do not receive any blessing. The only thing they get is vain knowledge. Using the knowledge they gain from reading the Bible, they engage in controversies over matters in the Bible. Instead of being truly helped by reading the Bible, they argue about the Word of God. As a result, first they themselves are killed by their kind of Bible knowledge, and then they use this knowledge to kill others. To them, the Bible is not a book that gives life; it is a book that kills. Throughout the centuries, many have been killed by taking the Bible as nothing more than a book of knowledge. Perhaps the most striking example of those killed through Bible knowledge is the so-called higher critics of the Scriptures in the nineteenth century. In their study of the Bible, these higher critics exercised their mind to an extreme. Consequently, they did not receive any blessing from their study of the Word of God
3如果我们的光景正常，每逢来到神的话面前，都该得著帮助，并且大大地蒙福。若是我们得不著甚么祝福，我们定规出了毛病。圣经都是神的呼吸；（提后三16，直译；）因此，圣经的话就是神的气。再者，主耶稣是神的化身，（西二9，）祂自己就称为话。（约一1，14，启十九13。）因而，来到话面前就该等于来到神面前。因为话是神的化身，它包含神的丰富。神的话包含神的一切所是。这就是神的话这样丰富、实际、活泼、发光的原因。神对我们是甚么，话对我们也是甚么。倘若我们里头没有造成拦阻的难处，每当我们来到神的话面前，就该得著祝福。
3If our condition is normal, we should be helped and very much blessed whenever we come to the Word of God. If we do not receive any blessing, there must be something wrong with us. All Scripture is God - breathed (2 Tim. 3:16); therefore, the words of the Bible are God’s breath. Furthermore, as the embodiment of God (Col. 2:9), the Lord Jesus is Himself called the Word (John 1:1, 14; Rev. 19:13). Thus, coming to the Word should be the equivalent of coming to God. Because the Word is the embodiment of God, it contains the riches of God. The Word of God contains all that God is. This is the reason the Word of God is so rich, substantial, living, and enlightening. All that God can be to us, the Word can be also. Provided we have no problems within us which cause a hindrance, we should receive blessing whenever we come to the Word of God.
一心的难处
PROBLEMS OF THE HEART
（一） 没有用心
No Exercise of Heart
4倘若你来到神的话面前，不能得著帮助，也许你的心有难处。你的心不正确。可能你没有真正用心来到神的话面前。你读圣经，但你对神的话没有心。在人的生活当中，很可能因著需要作许多事情，而对那些事情没有心。譬如，一位青年人可能被迫上学，但他无心受教育。他上学只因为他被迫这么作。同样地，我们也许由于责任感而读神的话，但我们对神的话却没有心。
4If you fail to receive help when you come to the Word, there is probably a problem of some kind in your heart. Your heart is not right. It may be that you have no genuine exercise of heart in coming to the Word. You read the Bible, but you have no heart for the Word. In human life it is possible to do many things out of necessity without having a heart for those things. For example, a young person may be forced to attend school, but he may have no heart for education. He goes to school only because he is compelled to do so. Likewise, although we may read the Word of God, perhaps out of a sense of duty, we may not have a heart for the Word
（二） 分心
A Divided Heart
5你的心可能有另一个难处，就是分心。很可能你的心分成两部分或三部分，甚至更多。尤其对青年人更是如此。青年人会喜爱许多不同的事物。这就造成分心。一件事占有心的一部分，别的事占有另一部分。假定一位青年人有心为著学业，但也有心为著某一种属世的娱乐，这就会使他的心分了。
5Another problem you may have in your heart is the problem of a divided heart. It is possible that your heart is divided into two or three parts, perhaps even more. This may especially be true of young people. A young person may love many different things. This causes the heart to be divided. One thing occupies one part of the heart, and something else occupies another part. Suppose a young man has a heart for his studies, but also has a heart for a particular form of worldly entertainment. This will cause his heart to be divided
6倘若一个人的心分为两部分，一部分为著善事，而另一部分为著恶事，那恶的倾向总会得势。这似乎是自然的定律或法则。一个人的心里可能有两种相反的意向；他想撒谎，又想要说实话。那撒谎的邪恶意念，会胜过说实话的良善意念。当我们分心的时候，读神的话就不会帮助我们。倘若我们来到圣经跟前，不认真或是分心的话，我们就不会从神的话得著祝福。每当我们来到圣经面前，必须存著完全的心和单一的心而来。不认真地读神的话是无益的。
6If a person’she art is divided into two parts, one part for something good and another part for something evil, the evil tendency will always prevail. This seems to be a natural law or principle. In his heart a person may have two opposite intentions; he may intend both to lie and to tell the truth. The evil intention, that of telling a lie, will prevail over the good intention, that of telling the truth. Whenever our heart is divided, reading the Word of God will not help us. If we come to the Bible halfheartedly or with a divided heart, we shall not receive blessing from the Word. Whenever we come to the Bible, we must come with a whole heart and with a single heart. It is not profitable to read the Word of God in a halfhearted way
（三） 无心
A Lack of Heart
7心的另一个难处，就是对神的话根本无心。我们已指出，读神的话不用心或分心的难处。然而，这和对神的话无心不一样。有些人似乎一点心也没有。他们里面好像死木头。这样的人无论怎么读圣经，都不会从读经得著甚么祝福，因他缺少那一种功能，藉以明白甚么是圣经所说的。他来读神的话时，心就是不起作用。这是很严肃的问题。很多基督徒来到圣经面前，就像无心的死木头一样。
7Another problem of the heart in relation to the Word is that of not having any heart at all for the Word. We have pointed out the problem of not using or exercising our heart in reading the Word. However, there is a difference between this and not having a heart for the Word. There are some people who seem to have no heart at all. Inwardly, they are like dead wood. No matter how much such a person may read the Bible, he will not receive any blessing from his reading, for he lacks the function through which to comprehend what the Bible is saying. He simply has no function of heart in reading the Word. This is a very serious problem. When many Christians come to the Bible, they are like dead wood, without a heart.
（四） 遮蔽，拦阻，阻挠
Coverings, Hindrances, and Frustrations
8心的另一个难处与遮蔽你，使你与主分开，或拦阻你接触主的事物有关。你读神的话时，也许呼求主，切望从主得著一些东西。然而，在你里面也许有拦阻、有阻挠。可能有一种罪缠累你、掳掠你、霸占你。一方面，你爱神的话。另一方面，某种罪潜伏在你心里，而你不肯为著主去对付它。这隐藏的罪会使你不能从神的话领受祝福。比方说，假定某人触犯了你，而你不肯饶恕这触犯的罪。你或许不认为不肯饶恕是罪，但事实上它就是罪。你将这罪或别的罪向人隐藏，甚至想要向主隐藏。倘若你里头带著这样隐藏的罪，来到圣经面前，即使你有心为著神的话，也不能从这话得著甚么。你若倾向于不讨主喜悦的事物，同时又渴望来到话面前，你就不会因著读神的话而蒙福。
8Another problem with the heart is related to things that cover you, separate you from the Lord, or frustrate your contact with the Lord. In reading the Word of God, you may cry out to the Lord and be desperate to receive something from the Lord. However, there may be hindrances or frustrations within you. There may be a certain sin that besets, captures, and possesses you. On the one hand, you love the Word of God. On the other hand, a certain sin may lie hidden in your heart, and you may not be willing for the Lord to deal with it. Such a hidden sin will prevent you from receiving blessing from the Word. Suppose, for example, someone has offended you, and you are not willing to forgive this offense. You may not consider that your unwillingness to forgive is a sin, but it is in fact a sin. You may hide this sin, or other kinds of sins, from man, and you may even attempt to conceal it from the Lord. If you come to the Bible with such a sin hidden within you, you will not be able to receive anything from the Word, even though you have a heart for the Word. If you have a tendency toward something which does not please the Lord and at the same time desire to come to the Word, you will not be blessed by reading the Word of God
9我们从经历中晓得，有时候我们向主挣扎，也许是在奉献的事上向主挣扎。我们不愿献上自己，被主征服、或被祂折服。我们也许对某一件事坚持己见，即使主一再地对我们说话，我们仍然不愿被折服，因祂所说的和我们的意见相反。我们固守我们的观念，而且坚持它。这样的坚持是遮蔽我们心的帕子。若是你的心这样被遮蔽了，你以为你能从神的话得著帮助么？当然，你在这样的光景中读神的话，对你不是一个帮助。
9We know from our experience that at times we struggle with the Lord, perhaps over the issue of consecration. We may not be willing to consecrate ourselves, to be subdued by the Lord, or to be convinced by Him. We may insist on holding to our opinion regarding a particular matter. Even though the Lord speaks to us again and again, we still are not willing to be convinced, because His speaking is contrary to our opinion. We cling to our concept and insist on it. Such an insistence is a veil that covers our heart. Do you think that you can receive help from the Word if your heart is covered in this way? To be sure, reading the Word when you are in such a condition will not be a help to you.
10如果我们要从神的话得著祝福，首先必须对付我们的心，绝对且全心地归向主。我们也需要对付心里任何消极的事物，或是使我们和主分开的任何东西。我们若对付我们的心，并对付我们和主之间消极的事物，我们的光景才可能是正常的。然后我们很可能就要从神的话得著帮助。即使我们对付了心，也对付了心里消极的事物，我们仍可能是复杂的。不论我们是年轻的、是年长的，同样都是复杂的。在我们里头有许多造成复杂的因素。这些复杂也使我们难以从神的话中领受祝福。
10If we want to receive blessing from the Word of God, we must first deal with our heart and turn to the Lord absolutely and with our whole heart. We also need to deal with anything in our heart that is negative or that causes separation between us and the Lord. If we deal with our heart and with the negative things between us and the Lord, our condition is likely to be normal. Then it is very possible that we shall receive help from the Word. Even if we deal with our heart and with the negative things in our heart, we may still have some complications. All of us, young and old alike, are complicated. Within us there are a number of factors which cause complications. These complications also make it difficult for us to receive blessing from the Word.
11当我们读诗篇一百一十九篇时，我们看见作诗的人对主是正确的。他和主没有间隔。我很宝爱诗歌中说：『没有间隔，主，没有间隔。』然而，唱这首诗是一回事，但操练我们和主没有间隔是另一回事。倘若主和我们没有间隔，我们要从活的话领受何等多的祝福！如果一个人勤奋求学多年，他会得到某一学科的博士学位，也许是核子物理学的博士。我认识许多得到博士学位的青年人。但我所知道在属灵的事上，有相当程度领会的人却不多。有些人手中拥有圣经几十年了，但他们对这本属天、神圣、属灵的书籍，仍然只有初步的了解。这指明他们虽然得到相当的知识，但没有藉著读神的话而蒙福。得博士学位需要多方努力，但不需要对付你的心。譬如，不肯饶恕人，会妨碍你得博士学位么？当然不会！但这样会使你无法从神的话中得著祝福。和受恩姊妹过去常说，一小片树叶就能遮掩明亮的星。同样地，即使是一件小事就能使我们无法从圣经得著祝福。
11As we read Psalm 119, we see that the psalmist was right with the Lord. There was nothing between him and the Lord. I appreciate the line in the hymn, “Nothing between, Lord, nothing between.” However, it is one thing to sing this hymn, but it is another thing to practice having nothing between us and the Lord. How much we shall receive from the living Word if there is nothing between the Lord and us! If a person studies diligently for a number of years, he may receive a Ph.D. in a certain field, perhaps in nuclear physics. Although I have known a number of young people who have earned a Ph.D., I do not know many who have attained a comparable measure of understanding in spiritual matters. Some have had the Bible, a book of heavenly, divine, and spiritual science, in their hands for decades, but still they have only an elementary understanding of it. This indicates that although they have acquired a certain amount of knowledge, they have not been blessed through their reading of the Word. Earning a Ph.D. degree requires much study, but it does not require that you deal with your heart. For example, does refusing to forgive someone hinder you from earning a doctoral degree? Of course not! But such a thing can keep you from receiving blessing from the Word of God. A sister, Margaret E. Barber, used to say that even a small leaf can hide a bright star. Likewise, even a small matter can keep us from receiving blessing from the Bible
二需要谦卑自己
THE NEED TO HUMBLE OURSELVES
12圣经比其它的书要求我们更多。圣经要求我们谦卑自己，并且将我们的自信、自满撇在一旁。我们来到神的话面前，需要求主怜悯我们。我们若没有得著主的怜悯，不知不觉我们里头的东西仍旧会遮蔽我们，并使我们离开主的话。让我们学习祷告说：『主，怜悯我。我不要被任何事物遮蔽，我不要在你我之间有任何事物。主，求你使我们没有间隔。』这不仅该是我们的祷告，也该是我们向著主的态度。
12The Bible requires more of us than any other book. The Bible demands that we humble ourselves and put aside our self-confidence and self-assurance. In coming to the Word, we need to pray that the Lord will have mercy on us. If we do not receive the Lord’s mercy, something within us unconsciously may continue to cover us and keep us from the Lord’s Word. Let us learn to pray, “Lord, have mercy on me. I don’t want to be covered by anything, and I don’t want to have anything between You and me. Lord, grant that there will be nothing between us.” This should be not only our prayer, but also our attitude toward the Lord.
13我们来到主话面前，不该有一点自信。我们不该以为我们与主之间定规没有问题了。我们的确没有这种自信的理由。虽然我们不觉得，但我们和主之间仍有许多问题。所以，我们需要在主面前谦卑自己。圣经说：『神阻挡骄傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。』（雅四6。）如果我们来到主的话面前，不谦卑自己，我们从主的话得帮助就要大受拦阻。
13In coming to the Word we should not have any self- confidence. We should not presume to have the assurance that there are no problems between us and the Lord. We simply do not have the ground for this kind of assurance. Although we may not realize it, there may be still a number of problems between us and Him. Therefore, we need to humble ourselves before the Lord. The Bible says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). If we do not humble ourselves in coming to the Word, we shall be greatly hindered in receiving help from the Word
14有些人以为只要我们爱主，一切都好了。然而，爱主有些笼统。我们也许爱主，而从不在主面前谦卑自己。既知道我们里头仍易有消极的东西，就需要谦卑自己。要彻底洁净物质的环境尚且很难，更何况要洁净我们的内心呢！你能说你彻底洁净了你的家么？谁也很难这么说。几年前，我们最小的女儿需要动个小手术，医生告诉我们，他不能在他的诊疗室里进行这项手术。在我们看来，诊疗室非常清洁。但医生知道，诊疗室的天花板无法彻底清扫，就不是进行手术的合式地点。他这样说的时候，我想到我们里面之人的『天花板』也是如此。我们里面的天花板不完全是清洁的，手术很难在我们里头进行。所以，我们不该自信，而要谦卑地仰望主的怜悯。最近，有些青年人受完了一项特别的训练。尽管他们经过了很好的训练，但不该以为他们和主之间一切都好了。他们不该认为甚么都调整了，甚么都成圣了。他们心里还是有许多难处。我们若对自己有这样的认识，就不会自信，以为我们在凡事上和主的关系都是正确的。反之，我们会在主面前谦卑自己，并求祂怜悯。
14Some may think that as long as we love the Lord, everything will be all right. However, loving the Lord is somewhat general. We may love Him without ever having humbled ourselves before Him. Realizing that there are still apt to be negative things within us, we need to humble ourselves. If it is difficult to clean our physical surroundings in an absolute way, how much more difficult it is to clean our heart! Can you say that in cleaning your house you clean thoroughly? It is very difficult for anyone to say this. Years ago, when our youngest daughter needed minor surgery, the physician told us that he could not perform the surgery in his office. To us, the office seemed very clean. But the doctor realized that because the ceiling of his office could not be thoroughly cleansed, his office was not a proper place for surgery to be performed. When he said this, I thought that this is also true of the “ceiling” of our inward being. Because our inward ceiling is not absolutely clean, it is difficult for surgery to be performed within us. Therefore, we should have no confidence in ourselves, but humbly look to the Lord for mercy. Recently, some of the young people have completed a special training. Although they have passed through a very good training, they should not think that everything is right between them and the Lord. They should not assume that everything has been rectified or sanctified. They still may have many problems in their heart. If we realize this about ourselves, we shall not be so confident as to think that in everything we are right with the Lord. Instead, we shall humble ourselves before the Lord and ask Him for mercy
三得著话的光照
ENLIGHTENED BY THE WORD
15我们来到神的话面前，若有一个谦卑的态度，不信靠自己，我们就要蒙光照。不信靠自己，意思就是没有保留，没有留下甚么成为我们和主之间的难处。然而，我们若没有一个谦卑的态度，仍旧信靠自己，我们从神的话领受祝福，就会有严重的难处。也许你在怀疑，为甚么长久规律地读圣经，却没有从神的话里得著祝福。原因可能是你太信靠自己了。我再说，我们必须放弃我们的自信，在主面前谦卑自己，并求祂怜悯我们。我们应当说：『主，我对自己没有一点信心，我不坚持甚么。主，我向你敞开，并求你怜悯我。』倘若你来到圣经跟前的态度是这样，无论你读那一段神的话，必从这话得著祝福。即使是马太福音前十七节，也会给你一些帮助。要紧的事是你在主面前谦卑自己。
15If we have a humble attitude when we come to the Word, not having any trust in ourselves, we shall be enlightened. To have no trust in ourselves means that we have no reservations. Nothing remains as a problem between us and the Lord. However, if instead of having a humble attitude we still have confidence in ourselves, we shall have serious problems in receiving blessing from the Word. Perhaps you are wondering why you do not receive light from the Word, even though you have been reading the Bible regularly for a long time. The reason may be that you have too much confidence in yourself. Again I say, we must let go of our confidence, humble ourselves before the Lord, and pray that He will have mercy on us. We should say, “Lord, I do not have any confidence in myself, and I do not insist on anything. Lord, I open to You, and I ask You to have mercy on me.” If this is your attitude in coming to the Bible, you will receive blessing from the Word, no matter what portion of the Word you read. Even the first seventeen verses of the Gospel of Matthew will have something as a help for you. The crucial matter is that you humble yourself before the Lord
四光的领域
A REALM OF LIGHT
16圣徒们时常作见证，他们读神的话看见了光。这是真的，我们的确藉著神的话得著光。但在经历中，我发现每当我谦卑自己，不坚持任何意见，并祈求主的怜悯，这样来到神的话面前，就觉得进到光的领域中。即使我没有得著任何特别的光，我也有在光中的感觉。
16Often saints testify that they see light in reading the Word. This is true. Through the Word we do receive light. But in my experience I have found that whenever I humble myself, do not insist on any opinion, and ask the Lord for His mercy, I have the sense that I come into a realm of light whenever I come to the Word. Even if I do not receive any particular light, I have the consciousness that I am in the light
17我们一来到话面前，就来到光面前，因为话是神的化身，而神就是光。（约壹一5。）当你站在阳光下，你不需要接受光，因你已经在光中。照样，当我们带著正确的态度来到话面前，我们觉得在光中，并在光之下，不仅仅是接受光而已。然后在我们的经历中，全本圣经都成了一本发光的书。无论我们读到那里，我们都觉得圣经是照耀的光。神的话是神的化身，这独一的光，乃是照耀的光。这光实际上就是在话中神的自己。因为话是神圣之光的凝聚，我们一来到话面前，就进入光的气氛中。这就像进到一个光亮的房间里。当我们在光亮的房间里，我们不仅是接受光，乃是在光的领域里。
17Whenever we come to the Word, we come to the light, because the Word is the embodiment of God, and God is light (1 John 1:5). When you stand under the light of the sun, you do not need to receive light, for you are already in the light. Likewise, when we come to the Word with a proper attitude, we have the sense that we are in the light and under the light and are not merely receiving light. Then, the whole Bible in our experience becomes a book of light. No matter where we may be in our reading, we sense that the Bible is a shining light. As the embodiment of God, the unique light, the Word of God is a shining light. This light is actually God Himself in the Word. Because the Word is the condensation of the divine light, we enter into an atmosphere of light whenever we come to the Word. This is like entering into a lighted room. When we are in a lighted room, we do not simply receive light, but we are in a realm of light.
18圣经在我们的经历中是否发光，乃是在乎我们的态度和光景。我们若是谦卑的，并求主怜悯，圣经对我们就是一本发光的书。你读了一段神的话以后，也许没有懂得多少，但你觉得你是在光中。这证明圣经是神圣的话。你阅读报章杂志的时候，并不觉得在光中。但如果你以真诚的心和谦卑的态度，来读神的话，或祷读圣经的一些经节，你会觉得被带到光中。每当我们以正确的方式来到神的话面前，我们确信已进入光中，并在光的领域里。然后我们自然而然地接受光，并成为绝对在光中的人。
18Whether or not the Bible is shining in our experience depends on our attitude and condition. If we are humble and ask the Lord for mercy, the Bible will be to us a book of light. After reading a portion of the Word, you may not have much understanding, but you have the sense that you are in light. This proves that the Bible is the divine Word. You do not have the sense that you are in light when you read a newspaper or magazine. But if you read the Word or pray-read some verses of the Scriptures with a sincere heart and in an attitude of humility, you will be conscious of having been brought into light. Whenever we come to the Word in a proper way, we have the conviction that we have come into the light and are in a sphere of light. Then spontaneously we receive light, and we become people who are absolutely in light
（一） 神的话一解开就发出亮光
The Entrance of the Word Giving Light
19在一百一十九篇一百三十节，作诗的人说：『你的言语一解开，就发出亮光。』神的话有一个入口。这意思是说，圣经有一个开口，有一个门。照著我的经历，这门的闩不是在里面，而是在外面，它在我们这一边。这意思是说，如果门关上了，是我们把它关上的。神的话是否向我们开启，在于我们如何对待它。有时候我们求主将话向我们开启。然而，我们这样祷告时，主会告诉我们，在祂那一边，祂已经将祂的话打开了。现今在我们这一边，我们需要打开这话的门。我们的经历证实，我们来到神的话面前，如果和主没有问题，神的话定规是向我们开启的。但如果我们和主出了问题，来到神的话面前，门定规是关著的。这表明门闩是在我们这边。当我们来到神的话面前，将神的话打开，在我们属灵的经历中，这话就有一个入口、开口。
19In 119:130 the psalmist says, “The entrance of thy words giveth light.” The Word has an entrance. This means that the Bible has an opening, a gate. According to my experience, the bar to this gate is not on the inside, but on the outside. It is on our side of the gate. This means that if the gate is closed, we are the ones who have closed it. Whether the Word is open to us or not depends on how we deal with it. Sometimes we pray that the Lord would open the Word to us. However, when we pray in this way, the Lord may tell us that, on His side, He has already opened His Word. Now we, on our side, need to open the gate of the Word. Our experience testifies that if we have no problems with the Lord when we come to the Word, the Word will be open to us. But if we come to the Word when we have problems with the Lord, the door will be shut. This indicates that the bar to the gate is on our side. When we come to the Word and open it, then in our spiritual experience, the Word will have an entrance, an opening
20我盼望强调这个事实：话的门是敞开或关闭在于我们。我们必须感谢主，神的话有一个入口，有一个门，而门闩是在我们这边。我们应当说：『主，为著通往你话的入口、开口，感谢你。』我们在经历中时常觉得，因著我们以正确的方式来到主话面前，这话就有一个开口。这开口似乎在于主，从主而来，但实际上是在于我们，由正确地接触神的话而来。
20I wish to emphasize the fact that whether the gate of the Word is open or closed depends on us. We need to thank the Lord that the Word has an entrance, a gate, and that the bar of the gate is on our side. We should say, “Lord, thank You for the entrance, the opening, to Your Word.” Often in our experience we sense that, because we come to the Word in the right way, the Word has an opening. This opening seems to depend on the Lord and come from Him. However, it actually depends on us and comes from approaching the Word in a proper way.
（二） 脚前的灯
A Lamp unto Our Feet
21在一百零五节，作诗的人对光说了一句很实际的话：『你的话是我脚前的灯，是我路上的光。』这不是一件道理或教训的事，而是作诗之人在日常生活中的经历。在他日常生活中的每一步，神的话是他的光。
21In verse 105 the psalmist says a practical word about light: “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” This is not a matter of doctrine or teaching, but of experience in the daily life of the psalmist. Step after step in his daily life, the Word was his light
22当然，古时候没有路灯，在夜间行路的人需要灯、灯笼，或火把，来照亮他们的路。这就是作诗的人说到，主的话是他脚前的灯，是他路上的光时，心里所想到的。神的话是一盏灯，照亮他的脚步。对作诗的人来说，神的话就是这样一盏灯，非常实际地把光照射在他的路上。
22In ancient times, there were, of course, no street lights. Those who traveled at night needed a lamp, lantern, or torch to light their way. This is what the psalmist has in mind when he refers to the Word as a lamp unto his feet and a light unto his path. The Word was a lamp that enlightened his footsteps. In a very practical way, to the psalmist the Word of God was such a lamp casting light on his pathway
（三） 明亮人的眼目
Enlightening the Eyes
23诗篇十九篇八节下说：『耶和华的命令清洁，能明亮人的眼目。』这一节说出，神活的话明亮我们的眼目。当我们来到神的话面前，若是不觉得在光中，这就是我们的光景不正确的记号。单单求主给我们光是不彀的。我们需要谦卑自己，和主办一个彻底的交涉，并求主怜悯我们。许多基督徒读圣经所得的知识，实际上成了帕子或遮蔽，使他们在黑暗里。凡对圣经有这等知识的人，需要在主面前谦卑自己，好叫那些遮蔽能彀除去。如果我们谦卑自己，并得著主的怜悯，圣经对我们就不再仅仅是知识，而是我们眼睛的光。区别知识和光是很重要的。我们可能仅在知识的方式里拥有圣经，也可能在我们的经历中，神的话成了神圣之光的照耀。
23Psalm 19:8b says, “The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.” This verse indicates that God’s living Word enlightens our eyes. If we do not sense that we are in light when we come to the Word, this is a sign that our condition is not right. It is not adequate simply to pray that the Lord will give us light. We need to humble ourselves, have a thorough dealing with the Lord, and ask Him to have mercy on us. The knowledge many Christians gain from reading the Bible actually becomes a veil or covering that keeps them in darkness. Those who have such a knowledge of the Scriptures need to humble themselves before the Lord so that the coverings may be removed. If we humble ourselves and receive the Lord’s mercy, the Bible will no longer be mere knowledge to us—it will be light to our eyes. It is important to differentiate between knowledge and light. We may have the Bible just in the way of knowledge, or in our experience the Word may be the shining of the divine light
五藉著话得著
RECEIVING THE SUPPLY OF LIFE
生命的供应
Through the Word
（一） 光成为生命
Light Becoming Life
24神所爱的寻求者也藉著神活的话得著生命的供应、加强、点活。（一一九，50。）在属灵的经历中，我们首先有光。但以后光必须成为生命。生命比光还要深。光一来到，生命也就该来到。事实上，生命是光的容器。约翰一章四节说：『生命在祂里头，这生命就是人的光。』很难断定生命和光，那一个先来到。通常光是在生命以先。根据创世记第一章，先有光，然后才有生命的各方面。
24The loving seekers of God also receive the life supply, the enlivening, the quickening, through His living Word (119:25, 50). In our spiritual experience we 25 first have light. But then the light must become life. Life is deeper than light. Whenever light comes, life should come also. In fact, life is the container of light. John 1:4 says, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” It is difficult to determine which comes first, life or light. As a rule, light comes before life. According to Genesis 1, we first have light, then the various aspects of life.
25在我们的经历中，很可能有光而没有生命。光主要是在魂的领域里，尤其是在理解力的范畴中。生命定规是在我们的灵里。虽然有光是好的，但光必须渗透得更深，直到它成为生命。我们已指出，我们来到神的话面前，如果光景是正确的，是正常的，我们就会觉得在光中。这样我们无论在圣经中读到甚么，都会成为我们的光。然后我们操练自己去祷告时，自然而然会运用我们的灵，更深进入神的话中。藉著这样在祷告中运用灵，光就要进人我们灵里成为生命。在我们属魂领域的理解力中，话是光，但是当话更深进入我们的灵里，它就成了生命。我们的经历指明，生命的供应不在光以先。光先来到。但藉著我们的祷告，这光更深入达到我们的灵里，它就成了生命，而我们便得著生命的供应。这给我们看见，读神的话需要祷告。到底先读后祷，或先祷后读，并没有两样。要点是我们需要祷告，也需要读神的话。
25In our experience it is possible to have light without life. Light is mainly in the realm of the soul, especially in the sphere of the understanding. Life, to be sure, is in our spirit. Although it is good to have light, the light must penetrate deeper until it becomes life. We have pointed out that if our condition is proper or normal when we come to the Word, we have the sense that we are in the light. Whatever we read in the Bible thus becomes light to us. Then as we exercise ourselves to pray, we shall spontaneously exercise our spirit and go deeper into the Word. Through this exercise of spirit in prayer, the light will enter into our spirit and become life. In our understanding in the realm of the soul, the Word is light, but when the Word goes deeper, into our spirit, it becomes life. Our experience indicates that the life supply does not come before the light. Light comes first. But whenever through our prayer this light goes deeper, reaching into our spirit, it becomes life, and we receive the life supply. This shows us the necessity of praying when we read the Word. It makes no difference whether we read first and then pray, or pray and then read. The point is that we need to pray as well as read
（二） 运用我们的全人
Exercising Our Whole Being
26当我们来到神的话面前，需要敞开我们的全人。我们需要运用全人，就是运用我们的体、我们的魂，和我们的灵。我们用眼睛辨认字句，用口读出声来。我们也运用心思，就是魂的主要部分，来领会我们所读的。我们可能需要用到辞典、经文汇编、各种版本和译本的圣经。神造我们有一个心思，而我们需要运用它来领会神的话。研读圣经还需要运用我们的情感，爱慕神的话，并运用我们的意志，接受神在祂话中的法则。运用心思、情感、意志，就是运用魂。但我们也需要运用灵。这主要就是祷告，叫我们里面的人刚强起来。如果我们运用全人来接触神的话，就要得著光和生命的供应。
26When we come to the Word of God, we need to open our entire being. We need to use our whole being, our body, soul, and spirit. We use our eyes to read the words and our mouth to sound out the words. We also use our mind, the main part of the soul, to understand what we read. We may need to use lexicons, concordances, and different versions and translations. God created us with a mind, and we need to use it in understanding the Word of God. The study of the Bible also requires the exercise of our emotion to love the Word and the exercise of our will to take God’sway in His Word. This exercise of the mind, emotion, and will is the exercise of the soul. But we also need to exercise our spirit. Primarily this is to pray so that our inner man may be strengthened. If we use our whole being in contacting the Word, we shall receive light and life supply.
六得著话的浇灌
WATERED BY THE WORD
27我们从经历中知道，我们所得著的生命供应，使我们得著浇灌。首先我们有光照；其次有生命的供应；第三有浇灌。作诗的人也经历了这一个。
27From our experience we know that the life supply we receive causes us to be watered. First we have enlightenment; second, life supply; and third, watering. The psalmist also experienced this
28根据诗篇第一篇，那些思想神话语的人，好像树栽在溪水旁。一棵树要生长，必须有根，在这些根上，必须有细小的根毛，好吸收水分。许多基督徒读圣经，好像树栽在溪水旁。但有些人没有正确的根，而其余的人有根，却没有根毛。也许你不知道我所说的根毛，在经历上是甚么意思。要有根毛，需要我们非常细致地深入神的话中。我们常常得不著生命的供应，因为我们太粗心了。我们不细致，就没有微小、纤细的根毛。因为我们只在意主根，不在意根毛，就无法得著生命的供应。生命的供应总是藉著根毛和水细致的接触而来的。倘若我们要藉著话得著浇灌，就不可以粗略的方式，而要以非常细致的方式来接触神的话。以粗略的方式来接触神的话是甚么意思呢？就是你光用眼看，用口念，不在意对神的话正确的了解。粗心的人是肤浅的。尽管他们是栽在溪水旁的树，却没有正确的根。我恐怕有些在主恢复里的人也像这样。不错，他们是栽在溪水旁的树，但他们太粗心了。对他们而言，每一件事都是外面的，就是他们用肉眼所看见，用口所讲论的事。他们的圣经知识不比他们所看见、所讲论的更深。因著这些人粗略地来到神的话面前，没有正确的根，就没有在生命中的长大。
28According to Psalm 1, those who muse upon the Word of God are like trees planted by a river of water. In order for a tree to grow, it must have roots, and on these roots there must be tiny root hairs to absorb the water. In reading the Bible, many Christians are like trees planted by the river. Some, however, do not have proper roots, whereas others have roots, but no root hairs. Perhaps you are wondering what, experientially, I mean by root hairs. To have root hairs requires that we go deeper into the Word in a very fine way. Often we fail to receive the life supply because we are too rough. Lacking fineness, we are short of the tiny, delicate root hairs. Because we care only for the big roots, not for the root hairs, we are not able to receive the life supply, which always comes through the fine contact of the root hairs with the water. If we would be watered through the Word, we need to contact the Word not in a rough way, but in a very fine way. What does it mean to contact the Word in a rough way? It means that you simply read it with your eyes and utter something with your mouth, not even caring for a proper understanding of the Word. Rough people are shallow. Although they may be trees planted by the river, they do not have proper roots. I am afraid that some of the saints in the Lord’s recovery are like this. Yes, they are trees planted by the river, but they are too rough. With them everything is outward, a matter of what they see with their physical eyes and utter with their mouths. Their knowledge of the Bible goes no deeper than what they see and speak. Because those who are rough in coming to the Word do not have proper roots, they do not grow in life
29正如我们已指出，有些基督徒有根，但没有纤细的根毛。我们需要让神的话以细致的方式，更深进入我们里面；还需要让我们全人也以细致的方式，更深浸沉在神的话中。当我们与神的话同行，而神的话也进到我们灵里，我们在经历中就有了根毛。然后这些根毛要吸收生命的供应。我们的经历证实，当我们更深进入神的话里，神的话也更深进到我们里面，就是进入我们灵里，我们与神的话就有更细致的接触，并要得著生命。
29As we have pointed out, some Christians have roots, but they do not have any fine root hairs. We need to let the Word go deeper in us in a fine way, and we must also allow our being to sink deeper into the Word, also in a fine way. When we go along with the Word and the Word comes into our spirit, in our experience we shall have the root hairs. These root hairs will then absorb the life supply. Our experience testifies that when we go deeper into the Word and the Word enters deeper into us, into our spirit, we have a finer contact with the Word and receive life.
30我们在灵里的时候，非常细致，一点也不粗野、不草率。又粗野又在灵里是不可能的。每一个人进到灵里，就成为非常细致的人。如果有人很粗鲁，他定规是在肉体里。如果他有几分细致，就是在魂里。但如果他非常细致，就是已经进入灵中了。惟有在灵里，才能寻见吸收生命供应的根毛。我们藉著根毛吸收生命的供应，就是水状的食物。连我们吃肉身的食物也需要水。没有水，我们无法咀嚼食物，吞咽食物。在属灵的经历中，食物的供应是在水中。树栽在溪水旁，从水得著养分。所有的养分都包含在水中。微小的根毛吸收水分，因而吸入水中的养分。
30When we are in the spirit, we are very fine, not at all coarse or rough. It is not possible to be rough and still be in spirit. Everyone who enters into the spirit becomes a very fine person. If someone is rough, he is surely in the flesh. If he is somewhat fine, he is in the soul. But if he is very fine, he has entered into the spirit. The root hairs which absorb the life supply are found only in our spirit. Through the root hairs we absorb the life supply, which is food in the form of water. Even in eating our physical food we need water. We cannot masticate our food and swallow it without water. In spiritual experience, the food supply is in the water. The trees planted by the river receive nourishment from the water. All the nourishment is contained in the water. The tiny root hairs absorb the water and thereby absorb the nourishment that is in the water
31圣经的话必须进入我们灵中，成为含有各种养分的水。这水不在我们口中，也不在我们的心思中，只在我们的灵里。生命供应的水总是流到我们的灵里。我们只用眼和口来读圣经是粗略的。当我们想要藉著操练心思、爱慕主话、运用意志接受主话，来明白神的话，我们就是运用魂。这有几分细致。但是当我们运用灵来祷告，我们的全人就被带到灵里，而神的话也进到我们灵里。事实上，我们将神的话和我们自己都带到灵里面，在灵里就寻见了水。
31The word of the Bible must enter into our spirit and become the water containing all the elements of nourishing food. This water is not in our mouth, nor in our mind, but only in our spirit. The water of the life supply always goes down to our spirit. When we read the Bible only with our eyes and mouth, we are rough. When we try to understand the Word by exercising our mind, by loving it, and taking it with our will, we exercise our soul. This is somewhat fine. But when we exercise our spirit to pray, our whole being is brought into the spirit, and the Word enters into our spirit also. Actually, we bring the Word with ourselves into the spirit, and there we find the water
32神的灵不住在我们的心思里；祂住在我们的灵里。在圣经里，把话比作食物，而把那灵比作水。作食物的话可以停留在我们的心思里，但要叫话成为如水的那灵，它就必须进入我们的灵里。当话在我们的灵中成为水，我们就得著它滋养的成分。然后我们就有光照、生命的供应和浇灌。
32The Spirit of God does not inhabit our mind; He dwells in our spirit. In the Bible the Word is likened to food, whereas the Spirit is likened to water. The Word as food may remain in our mind, but in order for it to become the Spirit as water, it must enter into our spirit. When the Word becomes water in our spirit, we receive its nourishing elements. Then we have the enlightenment, the life supply, and the watering
七从神的话而来的其它祝福
OTHER BLESSINGS THAT COME THROUGH THE WORD
33当我们经历了光照、生命的供应和浇灌，我们会有从神的话而来的其它祝福：苏醒，（十九7上），搭救，（一一九，170，）坚立，（一一九28，）安慰，（一一九76，）滋养，（一一九103，）扶持，（一一九117，）和保护。一百一十九篇二十八节的坚立，不是指著道理的东西，而是指著在里头充满我们、加力量给我们的东西。这定规是指生机的成分，因为只有生机的东西才能进到我们里面，来加强我们。神的话加强我们，这件事实指明，它将一种生机的成分分赐到我们里头。
33When we experience the enlightenment, the life supply, and the watering, we shall have other blessings through the Word: restoration (19:7a), deliverance (1 1 9:4 1, 1 7 0), strength (1 1 9:2 8), 41 comfort (1 1 9:7 6), nourishment (1 1 9:1 0 3), upholding (119:117), and safeguard. The reference to strength in 119:28 refers not to something doctrinal, but to something that fills us inwardly and energizes us. This must denote an organic element, for only something organic can enter our being to strengthen us. The fact that the Word of God strengthens us indicates that it imparts an organic element into us.
34当神的话加强我们，它就安慰我们，滋养我们，并扶持我们。我们在自己里面很容易摇动：我们很容易跌倒。我们要站立得住，就需要活的扶持。活的扶持叫我们站立得住，这就是神的话不断地支持我们。此外，神的话还是我们的防卫和保护。
34As we are strengthened by the Word, we are comforted, nourished, and upheld by it. In ourselves we can easily be shaken: it is very easy for us to fall. In order to stand, we need a living support. The living support by which we stand is the Word of God which upholds us continually. Furthermore, the Word of God is our safeguard and protection
八注意在话中
CARING FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF GOD
对神的享受
IN THE WORD
35活的话不是系统的神学，乃是神的自己。我从经历中学习注意在神的活话中，对这位活神真实的享受。我不在意神学─我看重藉著神的话，对神真实的经历。
35The living Word is not a systematic theology; it is God Himself. From experience I have learned to care for the real enjoyment of the living God in His living Word. I do not care for theology—I value the genuine experience of God through the Word
36倘若我们在经历的光中，来看本篇信息所包含的一切事，就能证实我们从神的话得著光照、点活，和浇灌。神活的话叫我们得著复苏、坚立、拯救、安慰、滋养、扶持和保护。愿我们都得到鼓励，每逢来接触神的话，都要在正确的光景中，使神的话能进到我们的心思里，然后通过我们的心思，进到我们的灵里，在灵里话就成为生命的供应。倘若话在我们灵里成了生命，那么我们就必享受神所爱的寻求者藉著神活的话所领受的其它一切祝福。
36If we consider all the matters we have covered in this message in the light of our experience, we shall be able to testify that through the Word we receive enlightenment, quickening, and watering. By the living Word of God we are restored, strengthened, delivered, comforted, nourished, upheld, and safeguarded. May we all be encouraged to be in a proper condition whenever we contact the Word, so that the Word may come into our mind and then pass through our mind into our spirit, where it becomes the life supply. If the Word becomes life in our spirit, then we shall enjoy all the other blessings afforded to God’s loving seekers through His living Word