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出埃及记生命读经 · 第72篇

律法条例的暗示、明示和意义（三）

The Implications, Indications, and Significances of the Ordinances of the Law (3)
1读经：22:29-31;23:10-12,14-19。在前一篇信息里，我们已经看过了几个与如何在基督里生活有关的要点。我们看见，我们必须把我们收成之基督的丰盛，以及我们十字架经历的洋溢献上；我们这些藉著我们的代替─基督得蒙救赎的人，应当分别出来归给神；我们应当被作为我们圣洁的基督所浸透，在神面前成为圣洁的人；凡死亡的东西我们都不该吃，我们只当接受基督作我们生命的供应。我们又看见，我们必须关心别人，并接受基督作我们的安息来供应别人食物。末了我们看见，每年三次向神守节表征在基督里丰满地享受三一神。现在我们必须进一步来交通守这三个节期的补充事项。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 22:29-31; 23:10-12, 14-19 In the foregoing message we considered a number of points related to how to live in Christ. We saw that we need to offer the fullness of our harvest of Christ and the outflow of our experience of the cross; that as those redeemed through Christ as our Substitute, we should be separated unto God; that we should be saturated with Christ as our holiness to become holy men unto God; and that we should not eat anything of death, but take only Christ as our life supply. Furthermore, we saw that we need to care for others and supply them with food by taking Christ as our rest. Finally, we saw that keeping feasts unto God three times a year typifies the full enjoyment of the Triune God in Christ. Now we must go on to cover some supplementary matters related to the keeping of the three feasts
2十九不可将神祭牲（基督）的血，和有酵的饼，一同献上，这表示基督的救赎应当和我们犯罪的生活分开
2XIX. THE BLOOD OF GOD’S SACRIFICE (CHRIST) NOT BEING OFFERED WITH LEAVENED BREAD SIGNIFYING THAT CHRIST’S REDEMPTION SHOULD BE SEPARATED FROM OUR SINFUL LIFE
3出埃及记二十三章十八至十九节给我们守节期的四个补充条例。第一，十八节说：『不可将我祭牲的血，和有酵的饼，一同献上。』这是一项警告：不可将基督的救赎和我们犯罪的生活混在一起。以色列人来守节的时候，不可将祭牲的血和有酵的饼混在一起。这指出，我们不该将基督的救赎与我们犯罪的生活混杂在一起。祭牲的血表征基督的救赎，有酵的饼表征我们犯罪的生活。这两样绝不能摆在一起。我们若要享受基督的救赎，我们就必须从犯罪的生活里分别出来。
3Exodus 23:18 and 19 give us four supplementary ordinances for the keeping of the feasts. First, verse 18 says, “Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread.” This is a warning not to mix Christ’s redemption with our sinful life. When the people came to the feast, they were not allowed to mix the blood of the sacrifice with leavened bread. This indicates that we should not mix Christ’s redemption with our sinful life. The blood of the sacrifice signifies the redemption of Christ, and leavened bread signifies our sinful life. These two things must never be put together. In order to enjoy Christ’s redemption, we must be separated from our sinful life
4二十不可将神节期（基督）的脂油留到早晨，这表示我们今天就应当与神同享基督的丰富，不可等到明天
4XX. THE FAT OF GOD’S FEAST (CHRIST) NOT REMAINING UNTIL THE MORNING SIGNIFYING THAT THE RICHES OF CHRIST SHOULD BE FOR OUR ENJOYMENT WITH GOD TODAY, NOT TOMORROW
5出埃及记二十三章十八节还说：『也不可将我节上祭牲的脂油留到早晨』。照这节圣经所说，神节期（基督）的脂油不应当留到早晨。这表示我们今天就应当与神同享基督的丰富，不要等到明天。我们这些基督徒今天就应当享受基督，不要把这种享受拖延到明天。
5Exodus 23:1 8 also says, “Neither shall the fat of my feast remain until the morning” (lit.). According to this verse, the fat of God’s feast (Christ) should not remain until morning. This signifies that the riches of Christ should be for our enjoyment with God today, not tomorrow. As Christians we should enjoy Christ today and not put off this enjoyment until tomorrow.
6二十一首先初熟之物要送到神的殿，这表征作为初熟之物的基督送到神的居所，使神满足
6XXI. THE FIRST OF THE FIRSTFRUITS BROUGHT INTO THE HOUSE OF GOD TYPIFYING CHRIST AS THE FIRSTFRUIT BEING BROUGHT TO GOD’S DWELLING PLACE FOR HIS SATISFACTION
7出埃及记二十三章十九节说：『地里首先初熟之物，要送到耶和华你神的殿』。照这节圣经所说，首先初熟之物要送到神的殿；这表征作为初熟果子（林前十五20，）的基督被带到神的居所，使神得著满足。这节圣经不光说到初熟之物，更是说到『首先初熟之物』。比方说，初熟之物可能有桃子，也有杏子。然而，杏子可能先成熟，杏子就成了首先初熟之物。首先初熟之物应当带到殿里，就是神的居所，使神得著满足。这指出，在我们对基督的经历与享受中，我们不只该有高的经历，也应当有最高的经历。我们对基督这方面的经历应当直接带到神面前，没有一个人该享受它。有时候我们与人分享一些对基督的经历之前，没有先献给神，这就叫我们的经历变得很平凡。又有些时候，我们以为自己对基督的经历是高得不能再高的了，而它实际上非常平凡、普通。对基督真正最高的经历应当隐密地保留起来，然后带到神的殿中，直接献给神，让神满足。二十二不可用山羔母的奶煮山羊羔，这表征不可用滋养初信者的神的话语（基
7Exodus 23:19 says, “The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of Jehovah thy God” (lit.). According to this verse, the first of the firstfruits were to be brought into the house of God. This typifies Christ as the firstfruit (1 Cor. 15:20, 23) being brought to God’s dwelling place for His satisfaction. 23 This verse does not speak merely of the firstfruits; it speaks of “the first of the firstfruits.” For example, there may be firstfruits of both peaches and almonds. The almonds, however, may ripen first. This would make the almonds the first of the firstfruits, which should be brought to the temple, God’sho use, for His satisfaction. This indicates that in our experience and enjoyment of Christ we should have not only the top experience, but even the topmost of the top experiences of Christ. This aspect of our experience of Christ should be brought directly to God. No one else should be allowed to enjoy it. Sometimes if we share certain experiences of Christ with others before presenting these experiences to God, we cause our experiences to become common. At other times, we may think that a certain experience of Christ is a topmost experience when it is actually quite ordinary and common. Any experience of Christ that is truly a topmost experience should be kept in secret and then brought to God’s temple and offered directly to God for His satisfaction. XXII. NOT SEETHING A KID IN HIS MOTHER’S MILK TYPIFYING THAT THE WORD OF GOD (THE LIFE SUPPLY OF CHRIST) WHICH NOURISHES THE NEW
督生命的供应）杀死他们
BELIEVERS SHOULD NOT BE USED TO KILL THEM
8出埃及记二十三章十九节又说：『不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。』这里的奶表征神的话奶（基督生命的供应），是用来滋养初信者的。（彼前二2，来五12～13，林前三2。）不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔，表征不可用神的话奶杀死在基督里的初信者。要用话奶，就是作为生命供应的基督，滋养新生的基督徒；却不要用话奶杀死他们。许多基督教教师用一些基督的肤浅教训『烹煮』初信者。他们用神的话『煮』人，而不是𫗪养人。能彀产生奶的基督的话，总该用来滋养在基督里的婴孩，绝不可用来杀死他们。
8Exodus 23:19 also says, “Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.” The milk here typifies the milk of the word of God (the life supply of Christ) used to nourish new believers (1 Pet. 2:2; Heb. 5:12-13; 1 Cor. 3:2). Not seething a kid in his mother’s milk typifies that the milk of the word of God should not be used to kill new believers in Christ. Use the milk of the word, Christ as life supply, to nourish newborn Christians; do not use it to kill them. Many Christian teachers have “boiled” new believers with superficial teachings concerning Christ. They have used the word of God for “seething” others instead of for feeding them. The word of Christ which produces milk should be used always to nourish the babes in Christ, never to kill them.
9当我们在节期所豫表的基督里享受三一神时，我们必须遵守这四个补充的典章。我们不该将基督的救赎搀杂在犯罪的生活里；我们不该将对基督丰富的享受延迟到明天；我们应当将对基督最高的经历献给神，使神满足；我们不应当用基督的话杀死初信者，而要用基督的话滋养他们。从出埃及记二十一章至二十三章，我们看见典章所描绘的一幅画，说明我们这些堕落的罪人如何蒙了基督的救赎，如何逃进基督里面，享受祂作我们的安息与自由。这幅画也给我们看见如何在基督里生活，如何供应别人安息与食物。此外，每年三个节期表征在基督里对三一神完满的享受；有一个节，收藏节，也就是住棚节，指出我们在新天新地对神永远的享受。这岂不全都是神经营的启示么？为著这一切典章里所描绘的图画，我们要赞美祂！我们不应当只就著白纸黑字的字句来读这些典章，我们还必须祷读并交通这些经节、使我们能领会它们所呈现出来的奇妙图画。我信我们总括来看出埃及记二十一至二十三章这些典章的暗示、明示，以及21其意义所呈现出来的图画，对我们会有帮助。这些典章启示出我们已经逃进基督里面，接受祂作我们的避难所，现今在祂里面享受安息与自由。我们这班在基督里，并且接受祂作我们安息和自由的人，必须学习如何在基督里生活。因著我们在作为我们避难所的基督里，我们不再为奴，不再在堕落里。在基督里，我们已经得著了释放。这叫我们想起保罗在罗马书八章一节的话：『如今那些在基督耶稣里的，就不定罪了。』在基督里，我们是自由的，并且享受安息。在基督里，就不定罪了。
9As we are enjoying the Triune God in Christ as typified by the feasts, we need to observe these four supplementary ordinances. We should not mix Christ’s redemption with our sinful life. We should not postpone the enjoyment of the riches of Christ until tomorrow. We should offer the topmost experiences of Christ directly to God for His satisfaction. And we should not use the word of Christ to kill new believers, but use it to nourish them. In Exodus 21 through 23 we see a picture portrayed by the ordinances of how we, fallen sinners, have been redeemed by Christ and how we have fled into Him to enjoy Him as our rest and freedom. This picture also shows us how to live in Christ and how to supply others with rest and food. Moreover, the three yearly feasts signify the full enjoyment of the Triune God in Christ, with the feast of ingathering, the feast of tabernacles, pointing to the eternal enjoyment of God in the new heaven and the new earth. Is not all this a revelation of God’s economy? Praise Him for the picture painted in all these ordinances! We should not simply read the ordinances in black and white letters; we also need to pray-read these verses and fellowship over them that we may apprehend the marvelous picture they present. I believe it is helpful to consider as a whole the picture presented by the implications, indications, and significances of the ordinances in Exodus through 23. These ordinances reveal that we have fled into Christ, have taken Him as our refuge, and now enjoy rest and freedom in Him. As those who are in Christ and who take Him as their rest and freedom, we need to learn how to live in Christ. Because we are in Christ as our refuge, we are no longer in slavery, no longer in the fall. In Christ we have been set free. This reminds us of Paul’sword in Romans 8:1: “There is now then no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” In Christ we are free and we enjoy rest. In Him there is no condemnation.
10关乎在基督里生活有四件重要的事。第一，我们必须将收获中的丰盛，以及醡中下滴、满溢的酒和油，带来献给神。丰盛就是我们在作为美地的基督身上劳苦经营所得出产的丰盛。因此，丰盛的收获乃是丰富经历基督的成果。我们这些在基督里生活的人，应当经历祂。经历基督就是在祂身上劳苦，栽种基督，并且收割基督。如果我们这样在基督身上劳苦，我们就能将收成的丰盛献给神。
10Four important matters are related to living in Christ. First, we must have the fullness of the harvest and also the tears of the presses, the outflow of wine and oil, to offer to God. The fullness is the fullness of the produce gained from laboring on Christ as the good land. Hence, the fullness of the harvest is the reaping of the rich experiences of Christ. As those who live in Christ, we should experience Him. To experience Christ is to labor on Him, to grow Him, and to harvest Him. If we labor on Christ in this way, we shall have the fullness of the harvest to offer to God.
11除了收成的丰盛以外，我们还必须有醡中下滴的酒和油。下滴的酒表征藉著十字架的苦难对基督的经历，酒和油乃是从十字架这个醡流出来的。我们在基督里生活，应当将收获的丰盛，和醡中下滴的酒和油都献给神。换句话说，我们应当经历基督，也要经历十字架的苦难。经历基督带给我们丰盛，而十字架受苦的经历带来下滴的酒，也就是满溢的酒，使神和人喜乐；也是流淌的油，使神喜悦。我们每天都应当向神献上所有我们对基督和十字架的经历。我们将丰盛和下滴的酒献给神，不可迟延。第二，我们总要守住地位：我们已经藉著我们的代替─基督蒙了救赎，我们也已经分别出来归给神了。我们应当向别人宣告，特别是向家里的人说：我们在亚当里原是头生的，我们的命运就是在神的公义中被神击杀。然而，我们藉著作为逾越节羔羊的基督，已经得蒙救赎，现今我们不再是自己的人了。我们是以耶稣宝血的重价买来的，现在我们属于买我们的那位。我们自己必须牢记，并且也要向别人宣告。特别是作父母的，应当向儿女们作见证说，我们不属世界，而是属乎神的。倘若有孩子问父亲，为甚么他不像世界上其他的人那么热衷去赚钱；他应当说：『孩子，我已经被神买来、蒙了救赎，现在我必须分别出来归给神。我本来是该被杀的，但是基督救赎了我。因著我不是自己的人，我没有选择的余地，我只有分别出来归给神。』凡是在基督里生活的人，都应该有这样的地位，这样的记念，和这样的宣告。
11Along with the fullness of the harvest, we need to have the tears of the presses of wine and oil. These tears signify the experiences of Christ through the suffering of the cross. The cross is a press out of which flows wine and oil. As we live in Christ, we should offer to God both the fullness of the harvest and also the tears of the presses. In other words, we should have both the experiences of Christ and the suffering experiences of the cross. The experiences of Christ give us the fullness, and the suffering experiences of the cross give us the tears, the flow of wine to cheer God and man and the flow of oil to please God. Day by day we should offer to God what we experience of Christ and the cross. We should make no delay in presenting to Him the fullness and the tears. Second, we should always take the standing as those who have been redeemed through Christ as our Substitute and who have been separated unto God. We should declare to others, especially to those in our family, that as the firstborn in Adam our destiny was to be smitten by God in His righteousness. However, we have been redeemed through Christ as the Passover lamb, and now we are no longer our own. We have been bought with a price, the blood of Jesus, and now we belong to the One who purchased us. We need to remember this ourselves and then declare it to others. In particular, the parents should testify to their children that we do not belong to the world, but we belong to God. Should a child ask his father why he does not desire to make money like others in the world, he should say, “Child, I have been purchased and redeemed. Now I must be separated unto God. I deserved to be slain, but instead I have been redeemed by Christ. Because I am not my own, I have no choice but to be separated unto God.” Everyone who lives in Christ should have such a standing, remembrance, and declaration
12第三，为要在基督里生活，我们必须是圣洁的子民。我们既站在这样的立场上：得蒙基督的救赎，并且分别出来归给神；现在我们就应当被基督浸透，成为圣洁的子民。被基督浸透就成为基督人，成为真正圣洁的人。
12Third, in order to live in Christ, we must be a holy people. Standing on the ground of having been redeemed by Christ and separated unto God, we now should be saturated with Christ to become a holy people. To be saturated with Christ is to become a Christ-man, a truly holy person.
13第四，凡有死亡性质的东西，我们都不该吃。这是不可吃田间野兽撕裂之牲畜的肉这条典章所豫表的。我们若不吃撕裂的肉，我们吃甚么？我们应当分享神在祭坛上所杀的祭物，不可吃魔鬼、鬼魔或恶人在田间撕裂的肉。基督应当是我们独一的食物。我们应当照著神的方式来吃祂。我们是圣洁的人，分别出来归给神，并且被基督浸透。因此，惟有基督才是我们的食物和生命的供应。我们若照著这些典章在基督里生活，我们定规会周周守安息日，每隔七年都守安息年。这就是支取基督作我们的安息，叫别人也得著益处，得著安息与食物。每周的安息日能叫别人得著安息和复苏的益处，而安息年则使穷人得著丰富食物的供应。原则上，安息日、安息年都指出我们应当支取基督作我们的安息，为要叫别人得供应、得益处。
13Fourth, we should not eat anything which has the nature of death. This is typified by the ordinance related to not eating the flesh of animals torn by beasts in the field. If we do not eat the torn flesh, then what are we to eat? We should partake of the sacrifices slain by God on the altar, not the flesh torn by the Devil, demons, or evil men in the field. Christ should be our unique food. We should eat of Him according to God’sway. We are holy men separated unto God and saturated with Christ. Thus, Christ alone should be our food and life supply. If we live in Christ according to these ordinances, we shall no doubt keep the Sabbath weekly and also the sabbatical year every seven years. This is to take Christ as our rest in order to benefit others with both rest and food. The weekly Sabbath issues in rest and refreshment for others’ benefit, and the sabbatical year results in an abundant supply of food for the poor. In principle, both indicate that we should take Christ as our rest for others’ supply and benefit
14我们若在基督里生活，并且支取基督作安息，叫别人得著益处，我们就得以进入三一神完满的享受里，这是节期所表征的。我们就能享受基督作我们的除酵节，赐生命的灵作我们的收割节，父的丰富作我们的收藏节、住棚节。这就是在基督里完满地享受三一神。
14If we live in Christ and take Christ as rest for the benefit of others, we shall be ushered into the full enjoyment of the Triune God as typified by the feasts. We shall have Christ as our feast of unleavened bread, the life-giving Spirit as our feast of harvest, and the fullness of the Father as our feast of ingathering, our feast of tabernacles. This is the full enjoyment of the Triune God in Christ
15我们在基督里享受三一神的时候，必须注意四件补充的事。虽然这四件事是附加的，它们仍是重要的。第一，我们绝不该把救赎的血与有酵饼混在一起。这意思是，每当我们在基督里享受三一神时，我们不该把基督的救赎和我们犯罪的生活放在一起。我们若要支取并应用基督的救赎，就必须弃绝犯罪的生活。凡是流连在罪恶生活里的人，不能取用基督的宝血，也不能分享节期。离了基督救赎的宝血，我们无法享受节期。因此，每当我们取用宝血时，我们必须弃绝罪恶的生活。
15As we are enjoying the Triune God in Christ, we need to take care of four supplementary matters. Although they are supplementary, they are nonetheless crucial. First, we should never mix the blood of redemption with unleavened bread. This means that whenever we enjoy the Triune God in Christ, we should not put Christ’s redemption together with our sinful life. If we would apply the redemption of Christ, we must give up our sinful life. Anyone who remains in the sinful life is not able to apply the blood of Christ and not able to partake of the feasts. It is impossible to enjoy the feasts apart from the redeeming blood of Christ. Therefore, whenever we apply the blood, we must give up our sinful life
16第二，我们应当享受脂油，基督最甘美的部分，天天享受，不可迟延到明天。我们不该把基督的丰富保留到明天才享受。这是神所不许可的。祂要求我们今天就享受基督最肥甘的部分。在我们的经历中，明天不仅是第二天，甚至就是下一个小时或下一分钟。现在就享受基督─不要等到将来。不论你在那里，现在就要享受基督。
16Second, we should enjoy the fat, the sweetest part of Christ, day by day and not wait until tomorrow. We should not try to keep the riches of Christ for tomorrow’s enjoyment. This is forbidden by God. He requires that we enjoy the sweetest part of Christ today. In our experience, tomorrow may be not only the next day, but even the next hour or the next minute. Enjoy Christ now—do not wait until a future time. Wherever you are, enjoy Christ now
17第三，我们应当保留我们对基督最高的经历，让神来得满足。我们应当将这些经历，首先初熟之物，带到神的家里。每当我们在基督里享受三一神，我们必须保留最高的经历，为著使神得著满足。最后，我们必须遵守不用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔的典章。这意思是说，我们不应当用我们的圣经知识或我们对主话的经历，杀死在基督里年幼的信徒。这样杀死别人，就是用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。我们不应当『煮』初信的或年幼的，我们应当用我们对基督的经历和我们的圣经知识𫗪养他们。
17Third, we should always keep the topmost of our experiences of Christ for God’s satisfaction. We should bring these experiences, the first of the firstfruits, to the house of God. Whenever we enjoy the Triune God in Christ, we must keep the topmost experiences for God’s satisfaction. Finally, we must observe the ordinance of not seething, boiling, a kid in its mother’s milk. This means that we should not kill young believers in Christ by our knowledge of the Word or by our experience of the Word. To kill others in this way is to seethe a kid in its mother’s milk. Instead of boiling” the new ones or the young ones, we should use our experience of Christ and our knowledge of the Word to feed them
18奶来自母亲消化过的滋养食物。就属灵上来说，在享受基督这件事上，我们都应当是母亲。我们所消化进来基督的丰富应当产生奶来𫗪养年幼的。然而，危险的是：我们没有用这奶𫗪养别人，反倒定罪他们或责备他们而『烹煮』他们。不要用你享受三一神产生的奶去定罪年幼的或初信的。在基督里老练的圣徒能产生许多奶。然而，这样的圣徒多半有这个难处：用这奶去『煮』年幼的信徒。虽然这些老练的圣徒是『母亲』，他们并没有用他们的奶𫗪养年幼的。因著比较老练的弟兄姊妹有『煮』别人的习性，年幼的对他们常常敬而远之，认为这些圣徒太『圣洁』了。年幼的不能忍受年长的『烹煮』他们，所以他们宁可自己聚在一起。我们都应当注意这项警告：不要用我们的奶，就是基督的供应，去烹煮别人，而要用奶𫗪养他们。神的律法是神颁赐的，所以律法指引我们归向神自己。因此，神的律法并所有的典章都是论到属灵事物的。有些典章题到我们堕落的生活、罪行、罪性、撒但和鬼魔。另有一些典章题到基督、基督的救赎，以及我们对基督的享受。在这几章圣经里，我们看见21神的经营。我们甚至可以说，出埃及记二十一章至二十三章是整本圣经的浓缩。在消极方面，我们看见人的堕落、撒但、鬼魔、罪性，和罪行。在积极方面，我们看见神、基督、十字架、救赎、享受基督，甚至完满享受三一神，直到永永远远。这就是神的经营。
18Milk comes from nourishing food digested by a mother. Spiritually speaking, we all should be mothers in the enjoyment of Christ. The riches of Christ we digest should produce milk for the feeding of the young ones. However, there is a danger that we would use this milk not to feed others, but to “boil” them by condemning them or rebuking them. Do not use the milk produced in your enjoyment of the Triune God to condemn the young ones or the new ones. The saints who are experienced in Christ produce a good deal of milk. However, most of these saints have the weakness of using this milk to “seethe” the younger ones. Although these experienced saints are “mothers,” they do not feed the young ones with their milk. Because the more experienced brothers and sisters have the tendency to “boil” others, the young ones often stay away from them, regarding these saints as too “holy.” Unable to bear the “seething” of the older ones, the young ones may prefer to stay together. We all should heed the warning not to use our milk, the supply of Christ, to boil others, but always use it to feed them. Because the law of God was given by Him, it points us back to Him. Thus, God’s law with all the ordinances refers to spiritual things. Certain ordinances refer to our fallen life and to sins, sin, Satan, and demons. Other ordinances refer to Christ, the redemption of Christ, and our enjoyment of Christ. In these chapters we see God’secon o my. We may even say that Exodus through 23 is a condensation of the entire Bible. On the negative side, we see the fall of man, Satan, demons, sin, and sins. On the positive side, we see God, Christ, the cross, redemption, the enjoyment of Christ, and even the full enjoyment of the Triune God for eternity. This is God’secon o my.