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出埃及记生命读经 · 第79篇

立约的血（二）

The Blood of the Covenant (2)
1读经：出埃及记24:3-7；希伯来书9:18-20,22,12-15;8:8-12；利未记16:11-16；以西结书36:26-27；马太福音26:27-28；希伯来书13:20-21;10:19-20；彼得前书1:18-19；启示录22:14;7:14-17。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 24:3-7; Heb. 9:18-20, 22, 12- 15; 8:8-12; Lev. 16:11-16; Ezek. 36:26-27; Matt. 26:27- 28; Heb. 13:20-21; 10:19-20; 1 Pet. 1:18-19; Rev. 22:14; 7:14-17
2本篇信息里，我们要交通与立约之血有关的几个重点。
2In this message we shall cover a number of crucial points related to the blood of the covenant
一血指出一方是有罪的，而另一方愿意赦免
I. THE BLOOD INDICATING THAT ONE PARTY IS SINFUL AND THAT THE OTHER PARTY IS WILLING TO FORGIVE
3出埃及记二十四章六节说，摩西将血『一半洒在坛上』。按希伯来书九章十九节所说，摩西把血和水『洒在书上，又洒在众百姓身上。』摩西为甚么一定要把血洒在书上？律法书本来是洁净的，但是律法书到了百姓那里时，就变得不洁净了。我们很难知道我们有多败坏、多污秽，我们里面的邪恶又多有传染性。不论甚么东西我们一接触，就立刻变成不洁的。这就是律法书也需要洒血的原因。
3Exodus 24:6 says of Moses that “half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.” According to Hebrews 9:19, Moses “sprinkled both the book itself and all the people.” Why was it necessary for Moses to sprinkle the book? The book of the law was clean, but when it was brought down to the people, it became unclean. We have very little realization of how contaminated and defiled we are, and how contagious is the evil within us. Anything we touch immediately becomes unclean. This was the reason that even the book of the law needed the sprinkling of the blood
4百姓愚昧地应允，凡耶和华所要求他们的，他们都必遵行。然而，摩西并不愚昧。他不注意以色列子民所作的承诺，他反将血洒在所有愚拙的人身上。他知道他们都需要这血的洗净，就将血洒在他们身上。洒血指出立约的一方犯了罪，需要得赦免，它也指出8:12神愿意赦免。希伯来书八章十二节：『我要宽恕他们的不义，不再记念他们的罪愆。』启示出神乐意赦免祂的百姓。
4The people were foolish in promising to do whatever the Lord required of them. Moses, however, was not foolish. He did not take heed to the promise made by the children of Israel. Instead, he sprinkled the blood on all those foolish ones. He realized that they needed the cleansing of the blood, and he sprinkled them with the blood. This sprinkling of the blood indicates that one party of the covenanters was sinful and needed forgiveness. It also indicates that God was willing to forgive. Hebrews reveals God’s willingness to forgive His people: “For I will be propitious to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins I will by no means remember anymore.”
二 若不流血，
II. NO FORGIVENESS
罪就不得赦免
WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD
5希伯来书九章二十二节说：『若不流血，罪就不得赦免了。』在出埃及记二十四章里，流血是因著百姓的罪需要得著赦免。题到血的这件事实，指出以色列子民需要得赦免，而神已豫备好要赦免他们。倘若神不愿意赦免百姓，祂可以拒收祭物，而把所有的百姓都治死。但是，罪得赦免所必须的血已经流出来了。
5Hebrews 9:22 says, “Without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.” Blood was shed in Exodus 24 because of the need for the forgiveness of the people’ss ins. The very fact that blood is mentioned indicates that the children of Israel needed forgiveness and that God was ready to forgive them. If God had not been willing to forgive the people, He could have set the sacrifices aside and put the people all to death. But blood was shed as the necessary requirement for the forgiveness of sins.
三 血使罪得赦免，引导立约中有罪的一方
III. THE BLOOD FOR FORGIVENESS OF SIN
进入更美的事里
USHERING THE SINFUL PARTY
OF THE COVENANT INTO BETTER THINGS
6使罪得赦免的血引导立约中有罪的一方－以色列子民，进入更美的事里。我们知道，神的子民既然不能遵守律法，神就与他们另立一个约。
6The blood for forgiveness of sins ushered the sinful party of the covenant, the children of Israel, into better things. We know this by the fact that after God’sp eople failed to observe the law, He came in to make another covenant with them
（一） 新心
A. A New Heart
7在神与祂的百姓起誓所立的新约中，神应许赐给他们一个新心。以西结书三十六章二十六节说：『我也要赐给你们一个新心，将新灵放在你们里面；又从你们的肉体中除掉石心，赐给你们肉心。』神赐给百姓一个新心，意思是祂要更换他们的性情。在西乃山下，以色列子民愚昧地对摩西说，他们保证要遵行耶和华所吩咐的一切话。神不要祂的百姓这样说，祂的心意是要他们的心。
7In the new covenant God pledged to make with His people, He promised to give them a new heart. Ezekiel 36:26 says, “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.” For God to give the people a new heart means that He would change their nature. At the foot of Mount Sinai the children of Israel spoke foolishly to Moses when they promised to do whatever the Lord commanded. God does not want His people to speak in such a way. His intention is to change their heart
（二） 新灵
B. A New Spirit
8在以西结书三十六章二十六节，神也应许赐给百姓新灵。这就是重生他们，并重组他们。
8In Ezekiel 36:26 God also promises to give the people a new spirit. This is to regenerate them and reconstitute them
（三） 神的灵
C. The Spirit of God
9在以西结书三十六章二十七节主说：『我必将我的灵放在你们里面。』神将祂的灵放在祂百姓里面，就是
9In Ezekiel 36:27 the Lord says, “And I will put my Spirit within you.” For God to put His Spirit within His people is for Him to put Himself into them
10将祂自己放在他们里面。
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11许多基督徒不明白新心、新灵，与神的灵之间有甚么区别。好些年前，我到一个城市去访问，释放了一篇信息交通到以西结书三十六章二十六和二十七节。我强调新心、新灵和神的灵这方面。有一位姊妹对我分别心与灵感到困扰，她不了解有甚么不同。根据她的观念，心和灵是一样的。我尽力说明我们有个心，可用来爱主；又有个灵可以用来接触主并接受主。我手上拿著一本圣经告诉她说，虽然她用她的心爱圣经，但是她必须用手来接受圣经。最后她明白了，我们虽然可以用我们的心来爱主，但我们还需要另外一个器官，就是灵，来接触祂并接受祂。新心、新灵、神的灵都能成为我们的，因为血已经流出来了，好赦免我们的罪。
11Many Christians do not understand the difference between a new heart, a new spirit, and God’s Spirit. Many years ago I visited a particular city and gave a message on Ezekiel 36:26 and 27. I emphasized the matters of a new heart, a new spirit, and the Spirit of God. A certain sister was bothered by the fact that I made a distinction between the heart and the spirit. She could not understand the difference. According to her concept, the heart and the spirit were the same. I endeavored to explain that we have a heart with which to love the Lord and a spirit with which to contact Him and receive Him. Taking a Bible in my hand, I told her that although she may love the Bible with her heart, she would have to use her hand to receive it. Eventually she understood that although we may love God with our hearts, we need another organ, the spirit, to contact Him and receive Him. A new heart, a new spirit, and the Spirit of God can all be ours because the blood has been shed for the forgiveness of sins.
（四） 里面生命的律
D. The Inward Law of Life
12耶利米书三十一章三十三节说：『耶和华说，那些日子以后，我与以色列家所立的约，乃是这样：我要将我的律法放在他们里面，写在他们心上；我要作他们的神，他们要作我的子民。』在此神应许要将祂的律法放在我们里面的各部分里，写在我们的心上。希伯来书八章十节引用了这段话。写在我们里面人里的律法不是外面的
12Jeremiah 31:33 says, “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Here God promises to put His law into our inward parts and to write it upon our hearts. This word is quoted in Hebrews 8:10. The law inscribed into our inner being is not the outward law, but the inward law of life
13律法，而是里面生命的律。
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14神应许赐给百姓新心、新灵、祂的灵，以及里面生命的律。这指明神的性情、神的生命，以及神自己。我们这些信徒有新心、新灵，并有神自己作为那灵。我们也有里面生命的律。
14God promised to give the people a new heart, a new spirit, His Spirit, and the inward law of life. These denote God’s nature, God’s life, and God Himself. As believers, we have a new heart, a new spirit, and God Himself as the Spirit. We also have the inward law of life
（五） 认识神的生命本能
E. The Ability of Life to Know God
15因为我们有了新心、新灵、神的灵，以及里面生命的律，所以我们有认识神的生命本能。耶利米书三十一章三十四节说：『他们各人不再教导自己的邻舍，和自己的弟兄，说，你该认识耶和华；因为他们从最小的，到至大的，都必认识我。』希伯来书八章十一节引用这节圣经。我们既有里面生命的能力来认识神，就不需要人来教导我们。
15Because we have a new heart, a new spirit, the Spirit of God, and the inward law of life, we have the ability of life to know God. Jeremiah 31:34 says, “And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord.” This verse is quoted in Hebrews 8:11. Because we have the inward ability of life to know God, we do not need anyone to teach us
16神自己已经进到我们里面来成为那灵，将祂的生命和性情分赐给我们。神的生命和性情已经成了里面生命的律，这是一种生机的成分，能自然而然地调整我们。新心、新灵、神的灵、里面生命的律、认识神的生命能力─这些就是更美的事，赦罪的血已经引导我们进入其中。以西结书三十六章二十六和二十七节以及耶利米书三十一章三十三和三十四节的应许，在以色列子民身上还没有成就。主耶稣再来之后，这些事才会实现在他们身上。以色列人民还在犹太教中无法自拔，他们还没有领受新心、新灵、神的灵，以及里面生命的律；他们没有认识神的生命能力。但是有一天，在撒迦利亚书十二章所豫言的时候，他们要悔改。那时候，这个应许就要成就，因为神要重生他们，将新心和新灵放在他们里面，将祂的灵放在他们里面，也把生命的律分赐给他们。阿利路亚！我们这些新约的信徒，已经领受这一切更美的事！
16God Himself has come into us as the Spirit to impart His life and nature to us. God’s life and nature have become the inward law of life, an organic element which spontaneously regulates us. A new heart, a new spirit, the Spirit of God, the inward law of life, the ability of life to know God— these are the better things into which the blood for forgiveness of sin has ushered us. The promises in Ezekiel 36:26 and 27 and Jeremiah 31:33 and 34 have not yet been fulfilled with the children of Israel. They will be fulfilled in them only after the coming back of the Lord Jesus. The children of Israel are still involved in Judaism, and they have not yet received a new heart, a new spirit, the Spirit of God, and the inward law of life. They do not possess the ability of life to know God. But one day, at the time prophesied in Zechariah 12, they will repent. Then the promise will be fulfilled, for God will regenerate them, put a new heart and spirit into them, place His Spirit within them, and also impart to them the law of life. Hallelujah, as New Testament believers, we have received all these better things already!
四 赎罪的血引导
IV. THE BLOOD OF ATONEMENT LEADING
蒙救赎的人进入至圣所
THE REDEEMED INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES
17甚至在旧约时代，大祭司藉著流在坛上救赎的血才能进入至圣所。亚伦是第一位这样进入至圣所，看见神基路伯的荣耀，并接受神注入的人。
17Even in Old Testament times, the high priests could enter the Holy of Holies through the redeeming blood shed on the altar. Aaron was the first to enter the Holy of Holies in this way and to behold the shekinah glory of God and to be under God’sin fusion
18利未记十六章十一至十六节是一段重要的经节，指出流在坛上的血使大祭司能彀进入至圣所。十四节说：『也要取些公牛的血，用指头弹在施恩座的东面，又在施恩座的前面，弹血七次。』首先，祭物要被杀在坛那里。然后大祭司带著血进入至圣所里。十五节接著说：『随后他要宰那为百姓作赎罪祭的公山羊，把羊的血带入幔子内，弹在施恩座的上面，和前面，好像弹公牛的血一样。』这样大祭司才能停留在神面前，并且接受神基路伯荣耀的注入。这就是以流在坛上并带进至圣所的血为根基来享受神。血不仅救赎神的百姓，也将他们带进对神的享受中。大卫在诗篇二十七篇第四节说到这样的享受：『有一件事我曾求耶和华，我仍要寻求，就是一生一世住在耶和华的殿中，瞻仰祂的荣美，在祂的殿里求问。』我们怎能进入神的殿中，瞻仰主面容的美丽呢？惟有藉著救赎并洗净的血，才能进入。惟独在血的根基上，我们才能在主的殿中瞻仰祂的荣美。救赎的血实际地把犯罪、败坏的人带进对神的享受中。
18Leviticus 16:11-16 is an important passage showing that the blood shed on the altar enabled the high priest to enter into the Holy of Holies. Verse 14 says, “And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.” First the sacrifice was slain at the altar. Then the blood was brought into the Holy of Holies by the high priest. Verse 15 continues, “Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat.” This made it possible for the high priest to stay in God’s presence and receive the infusion of His shekinah glory. This is to have the enjoyment of God on the basis of the blood shed at the altar and brought into the Holy of Holies. The blood not only redeemed God’s people; it also brought them into the enjoyment of God. David speaks of this enjoyment in Psalm 27:4: “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.” How is it possible to enter into the house of God and behold the beauty of the Lord’s countenance? This is possible only because of the redeeming and cleansing blood. Only on the basis of the blood can we behold the beauty of the Lord in His temple. The redeeming blood actually brings sinful, corrupted people into the enjoyment of God.
19五新约基督的血
19V. THE BLOOD OF CHRIST OF THE NEW COVENANT
20旧约里祭物的血表征基督的血，基督的血是新约的血。（太二六28。）这血为我们作成许多奇妙的事。
20The blood of the sacrifices in the Old Testament typifies the blood of Christ. The blood of Christ is the blood of the new covenant (Matt. 26:28). This blood has done many wonderful things for us
（一） 救赎信徒
A. Redeeming the Believers
21基督的血已经救赎了我们。彼得前书一章十八、十九节说，我们凭著基督的宝血已经蒙了救赎。
21The blood of Christ has redeemed us. First Peter 1:18 and 19 say that we have been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ
（二） 将信徒带到生命树那里
B. Bringing the Believers to the Tree of Life
22人堕落之后，通往生命树的道路被封锁了。创世记三章二十四节说，神『在伊甸园的东边安设基路伯，和四面转动发火燄的剑，要把守生命树的道路。』阿利路亚！基督的血把我们带回到生命树那里！启示录二十二章十四节说：『那些洗净自己衣服的有福了！可得权柄能到生命树那里，也能从门进城。』这是指在永世里享受基督。然而，今天我们就能有分这样的享受。我们藉著基督的血，就能彀享受生命树，就是神自己作我们的生命。
22After man fell, the way to the tree of life was closed. Genesis 3:24 says that God placed “at the east of the garden of Eden cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” Hallelujah, the blood of Christ brings us back to the tree of life! Revelation 22:14 says, “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.” This refers to the enjoyment of Christ in eternity. But we can share in this enjoyment even today. Through the blood of Christ, we may enjoy the tree of life, which is God Himself as life to us
（三） 领信徒到生命水那里
C. Leading the Believers to the Waters of Life
23基督的血也带领信徒到生命水那里。约翰福音七章三十七节主耶稣说，凡渴了的人可以到祂这里来喝。至终，从我们的腹中要流出活水的江河来。我们都经历过藉著基督的血饮于生命的水。我们因著祂的血，天天吃生命树并喝生命水。照启示录七章十四节所说，那些『曾用羔羊的血，把衣裳洗白净了』的人，要被羔羊领到『生命水的泉源』。（17。）这指出我们要藉著基督的血享受活水直到永远。
23The blood of Christ also leads the believers to the waters of life. In John 7:37 the Lord Jesus said that all those who thirst may come to Him and drink. Eventually, out of our innermost being will flow rivers of living water. We all have experienced drinking the water of life through the blood of Christ. Day by day, because of His blood, we may eat of the tree of life and drink of the water of life. According to Revelation 7:14, those who have “washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” will be guided by the Lamb to “springs of waters of life”(v. 17). This indicates that for eternity we shall enjoy the living water through the blood of Christ
（四） 将信徒领进至圣所希伯来书十章十九和二十节说：『弟
D. Ushering the Believers into the Holy of Holies Hebrews 10:19 and 20 say, “Having therefore
24兄们！我们既因耶稣的血，得以坦然进入至圣所，是藉著祂给我们开了一条又新又活的路从幔子经过，这幔子就是祂的身体。』这段话乃是利未记十六章十一至十六节的应验。利未记十六章给我们看见豫表，而希伯来书十章给我们看见实际，就是豫表的应验。希伯来书十章十九和二十节给我们看见，耶稣的血给我们开了一条进入至圣所的路。因著主已经开了路并且带我们进入，我们就可以在至圣所里享受神，并天天接受祂的注入。
24brothers, boldness for entering the Holy of Holies by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which He dedicated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh.” This word is a fulfillment of Leviticus 16:11-16. In Leviticus 16 we have the type, but in Hebrews 10 we have the reality, the fulfillment of the type. From Hebrews 10:19 and 20 we see that the blood of Jesus opens the way for us to come into the Holy of Holies. Because the Lord has opened the way and brings us in, we may enjoy God in the Holy of Holies and daily be infused with Him.
（五） 使信徒能彀事奉活神
E. Enabling the Believers to Serve the Living God
25希伯来九章十四节说：『何况基督藉著永远的灵，将自己无瑕无疵献给神，祂的血岂不更能洗净你们的良心，除去你们的死行，使你们事奉那活神么？』（直译。）基督的血使我们能彀事奉活神。倘若我们还是死的，怎能事奉神？没有生命的人无法事奉活的神。赞美神！我们藉著救赎的血，而有了生命，并且已经进入祂的面光中来事奉祂！
25Hebrews 9:14 says, “How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.” The blood of Christ makes it possible for us to serve the living God. How could we serve God if we were still dead? There is no way for lifeless people to serve the living God. Praise Him that through the redeeming blood we have life and have been brought into His presence to serve Him
（六） 带信徒进入神的殿中，永远享受神
F. Bringing the Believers into the Temple of God to Enjoy God for Eternity
26最后，基督的血带我们进到神的殿中，我们要在那里永远享受祂。在启示录七章十五节、十六节描16:述了那些藉著基督宝血的洗净而进入神殿中的人：『所以他们在神宝座前，昼夜在祂殿中事奉祂；坐宝座的要用帐幕覆庇他们。他们不再饥，不再渴；日头和炎热，也必不伤害他们。』因著基督的血，新约的血，我们就能彀在神的殿中永远享受祂。这宝血带我们永远亭受神自己作我们的生命和生命的供应。
26Finally, the blood of Christ brings us into the temple of God, where we shall enjoy Him for eternity. Those who are brought into God’s temple through the cleansing of the blood of Christ are pictured in Revelation 7:15 and “Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits upon the throne shall spread His tabernacle over them. They shall not hunger anymore, neither shall they thirst anymore, neither shall the sun beat upon them, nor any heat.” This is the eternal enjoyment of God in His temple made possible because of the blood of Christ, the blood of the new covenant. This precious blood brings us into the enjoyment of God Himself as our life and life supply for eternity.
27我能作见证说，我宝贝立约的血。因著这血我们得著了何等的福分！我们得著了神自己、神圣的生命、神圣的性情、里面生命的律，以及认识神的生命本能。立约的血带我们进入神的面光中，接受神的注入，并得以永远地享受神。我们今天所经历的乃是将来完满全享的豫尝。
27I can testify that I treasure the blood of the covenant. What blessings we have by this blood! We have God Himself, the divine life, the divine nature, the inward law of life, and the ability of life to know God. The blood of the covenant brings us into the presence of God, into the infusion of God, and into the eternal enjoyment of God. What we experience today is a foretaste of the full enjoyment to come
28有太多的基督徒忽略或根本不注意立约的血，这真是可悲！原则上，基督徒和西乃山脚下的以色列子民没有两样：他们答应神要顺服祂，并且想要守祂的律法。他们对神的经营和立约的血是何等的无知！基督的血不仅是洗净的血，洗去我们罪孽的血；它也是立约的血，将我们带进神里面，带进神圣的生命和性情里，进入里面生命的律和认识神的生命能力里，进入神的注入、传输和对神的享受里，从今时直到永远。这是立约之血的功能。
28How sad that so many Christians pay little or no attention to the blood of the covenant! In principle, Christians are the same as the children of Israel at the foot of Mount Sinai: they promise God that they will obey Him and they try to keep His law. What ignorance of God’s economy and of the blood of the covenant! The blood of Christ is not only the cleansing blood, the blood which washes us from our sins. It is the blood of the covenant which brings us into God, into the divine life and nature, into the inward law of life and the ability of life to know God, and into the infusion, transfusion, and enjoyment of God both now and in eternity. This is the function of the blood of the covenant.
29希伯来书十三章二十节说：『但愿赐平安的神，就是那凭永约之血使群羊的大牧人我主耶稣，从死里复活的神。』这节圣经指出，神是凭著永约之血使基督从死人中复活。一切神所命定的都已经立了约成为我们的分，这分实际上就是神的自己带著祂的性情、生命、属性，和美德。天然的心思太难领会神藉著立约的血要成为我们的分。人的心思不难领会主为我们的罪流了祂的宝血。我们里面多多少少有这种领会。我们知道我们是有罪的，需要有个东西来洗去我们的罪。但要能想到血为我们开了一条进入神里面的路，就不是我们所能领会的了。
29Hebrews 13:20 says, “Now the God of peace who brought up from among the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of an eternal covenant.” This verse indicates that it was by the blood of the eternal covenant that God raised Christ from among the dead. All that God has ordained has been covenanted to be our portion. This portion is actually God Himself with His nature, life, attributes, and virtues. It is extremely difficult for the natural mind to grasp the idea that through the blood of the covenant God becomes our portion. To say that the Lord shed His blood for our sins is not too difficult for the human mind to comprehend. To some extent, we have such an understanding within us. We realize that we are sinful and need something to wash away our sins. But to think that the blood has opened the way for us to come into God is far beyond our understanding
30当我还是个年轻的基督徒时，我读了许多论到基督宝血的文章。这些文章指出，血救赎我们、洗净我们，并且胜过仇敌。有些文章甚至叙述新约是藉著血立的，不过讲法却很肤浅。但是，我从来没有读到一篇文章或听到一篇信息说到基督的血带我们进入神里面，享受祂作我们的分。许多到中国的宣教士作了一件非常好的事，他们帮助中国人从作好事的道德观念转出来，使他们晓得必须藉著基督的血洗去他们的罪。在儒家古典的著作里有几次题到神，并不是用圣经上的名词，而是说天。这与路加福音十五章浪子得罪了天的说法相似。孔子说我们获罪于天，则无所祷矣。照他的观念来看，我们不是去求赦免，而该尽力改变自己，改良自己。这是儒家基本的哲学和伦理观念：忘记过去，并且尽所能的来改良。传教士们也赞同忘记过去，努力改良是件好事，但他们进一步叫许多中国人明白以往所犯的过错还必须解决，还必须得著赦免。他们指出即使我们能改良，我们还必须澄清我们的过去。而且，这件事只有主耶稣才能办得到。孔子可以教导我们改良自己，但是他不能解决我们过去的问题。为此，耶稣宝血的洗净是不可少的。
30When I was a young Christian, I read a number of articles on the precious blood of Christ. These articles pointed out that the blood redeems us, cleanses us, and overcomes the enemy. Certain articles even stated, although in a superficial way, that the new testament was enacted through the blood. But I did not read one article or hear one message which said that the blood of Christ brings us into God to enjoy Him as our portion. Many missionaries to China did an excellent job in helping the Chinese turn from the ethical concept of doing good to realize their need to have their sins washed away by the blood of Christ. In his classical writings Confucius refers a few times to God, speaking of Him not in biblical terms, but with the title of heavenly king or the heavens. This is similar to the word in Luke 15 about the prodigal son sinning against heaven. Confucius said that if we offend the heavenly emperor, or the heavens, there is no way for us to be forgiven. According to his concept, instead of asking for forgiveness, we should try to change ourselves and improve. This was a basic philosophical and ethical thought among students of Confucius: forget the past and try your best to improve. Agreeing that it was a good thing to forget the past and try to improve, the missionaries proceeded to convince many Chinese that it was still necessary to settle the wrongs committed in the past and to be forgiven. They pointed out that even if we can improve, we still need to clear our past. Furthermore, only the Lord Jesus can take care of this. Confucius may teach us to improve ourselves, but he cannot solve the problems of our past. For this, the cleansing of the blood of Jesus is necessary.
31在哥林多前书二章九节保罗说，神为那些爱祂的人所豫备的，是眼睛未曾看见，耳朵未曾听见，人心也未曾想到的。谁曾想像过罪人能彀进入神里面并且承受祂？这种享受乃是照著神的智慧。在出埃及记二十四章立约的时候，血用来洒在百姓身上。这表明百姓要忘掉他们努力遵守律法的观念，并知道神的心意是要把他们带进祂自己里面，并把祂自己放在他们里面，而使他们成为柱子。照耶利米书三十一章所说，神甚至将表征祂生命和性情的律法分赐到祂百姓的里面。
31In 1 Corinthians 2:9 Paul says that God had prepared for those who love Him things which eye has not seen, ear has not heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man. Who would ever imagine that a sinner could enter into God and inherit Him? This enjoyment is according to the wisdom of God. When the covenant was enacted in Exodus 24, the blood was used to sprinkle the people. This indicates that the people were to forget their concept of trying to observe the law and realize that God’sin tent i on was to make them pillars by bringing them into Himself and by placing Himself into them. According to Jeremiah 31, God would even impart His law, signifying His life and nature, into His people
32每一种生命都是照著牠本性的律来尽牠的功能。比方说，苹果树是结苹果，牠绝不会结出香蕉来。人若向苹果树颁布律法说：『你必须记得，你是苹果树，你绝不该结出香蕉来，你一定要结出苹果来。』这样作没有用，也毫无意义。苹果树有一种生命并带著一种本性。树只要正常生长，就会结出苹果来；因为牠从里面受到符合牠生命与性质的律来规律。当神应许与祂的百姓立新约，并将祂的律法写在他们心上时，祂似乎是说：『我赐给你们外面的律法，是要叫你们看见我是谁，是怎样的一位神。然而你们不明白我的心意。你们以为我赐给你们律法是要你们遵守。但是，除非我进到你们里面，成为你们的生命和性情，你们就一定无法遵守我的律法。这样，你们自然而然会过一种符合我律法的生活。』苹果树怎样照著苹果树生命和性情的律不知不觉地结苹果，照样，因著祂的生命和性情分赐到我们里面，我们也就不知不觉地履行了神律法的要求。所以保罗在罗马书八章四节说，，律法义的要求不是成就在那些尽力遵守律法的人身上，而是成就在那些照著灵行动生活的人身上。我们所照著行动生活的那灵并不在天上，而是调和的灵，就是神圣的灵与我们重生的人灵的调和。如今这灵乃是我们里面的生命。
32Every kind of life functions according to the law of its nature. For example, an apple tree brings forth apples; it never produces bananas. It would be useless and utterly nonsensical to decree a law to an apple tree and say, “You must remember that, as an apple tree, you should never produce bananas. You must always bring forth apples.” An apple tree has a life with a nature. As long as the tree grows normally, it will bring forth apples, for it is regulated inwardly by the law which corresponds to its life and nature. In promising to make a new covenant with His people and to write His law on their hearts, God seemed to be saying, “I gave you an outward law to show you who I am and what I am. However, you did not understand My intention. You thought that I gave you the law that you might observe it. But you cannot observe My law unless I come into you and become your life and nature. Then spontaneously you will have a living that corresponds to My law.” Just as an apple tree automatically produces apples according to the law of an apple-tree life and nature, so we automatically fulfill the requirements of God’s law by having His life with His nature imparted to us. This is the reason Paul says in Romans 8:4 that the righteous requirements of the law are fulfilled not by those who try to keep the law, but in those who walk according to spirit. The spirit according to which we walk is not in the heavens; it is the mingled spirit, the divine Spirit mingled with our regenerated human spirit. This spirit is now our inner life.
33根据耶利米书三十一章和以西结书三十六章所说，神应许要将祂的律法分赐到我们里面，祂要更换我们的心，重生我们的灵，并且将祂的灵放在我们里面。结果，我们得著了里面的律法，实际上就是神自己，在我们里面不仅产生神所要求的，也产生出神的性情。所以主耶稣对祂的门徒说：『所以你们要完全，像你们的天父完全一样。』（太五48。）当我们里面神圣的生命长大达到完全时，我们就要完全，像我们的天父完全一样。请注意，这里主并没有嘱咐我们要遵行所有的要求，祂乃是吩咐我们要完全，像父完全一样。立约的血主要不是为著赦免，它主要乃是为著神要成为我们的分。神已经命定并且豫定我们享受祂。神已经与我们立约要赐给我们这种享受。用甚么立了这约呢？这约是藉著耶稣基督的血所立的，这血就是带我们进入所有神圣福分的宝血。根据马太福音二十六章二十八节，主耶稣拿起杯来说：『这是我立约的血，为多人流出来，使罪得赦。』根据路加福音二十二章二十节，主耶稣说：『这杯是在我血中的新约。』（直译。）在哥林多前书十章十六节保罗说这杯是『祝福的杯』。这祝福的杯就是藉血所立的约。新约的血就是立祝福之约的血。这约就是这杯，也是作我们福分的祝福。这福分就是神自己作我们的享受。这种血的观念远超过我们天然的领会。不错，血洗净了我们的罪，但更重要的是，血带我们进入成为我们的分给我们享受的神里面。出埃及记十二章、出埃及记二十四章，以及利未记十六章都说到血。在这几章圣经里面，有逾越节羊羔的血为著救赎；祭物的血为著制定律法；以及赎罪的血，藉此人能彀进入至圣所，接触神，并与他合一。在新约圣经里，我们看见主耶稣在十字架上流出血来，这是出埃及记十二章逾越节羊羔的血所豫表的；主用十字架上所流的血立了新约，这是出埃及记二十四章的血所豫表的；末了，基督的血带我们进入作为我们永远享受之神的丰盛里，这一面的血，就是永约之血，乃是由利未记十六章的血所豫表的。
33According to Jeremiah 31 and Ezekiel 36, God promised to impart His law into us, to change our heart, to regenerate our spirit, and to put His Spirit within us. As a result, we have the inward law, which is actually God Himself, to produce in us not only what God requires, but also what God is. This was the reason the Lord Jesus said to His disciples, “You, therefore, shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect” (Matt. 5:48). When the divine life within us grows to perfection, we shall be perfect even as our Father is perfect. Notice that here the Lord does not charge us to observe all the requirements; He tells us to be perfect as the Father is perfect. The blood of the covenant is not mainly for forgiveness; it is primarily for God to be our portion. God has ordained and predestinated us to enjoy Him. This enjoyment has also been covenanted to us. What enacted this covenant? It was enacted by the blood of Jesus Christ, the blood which brings us into all the divine blessings. According to Matthew 26:28, the Lord Jesus took the cup and said, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.” According to Luke 22:20, the Lord Jesus said, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood.” In 1 Corinthians 10:16 Paul refers to the cup as the “cup of blessing.” This cup of blessing is the covenant enacted by the blood. The blood of the new covenant is the blood which enacted the covenant of blessing. The covenant is the cup and also the blessing as our portion. This portion is God Himself for our enjoyment. This concept of the blood far surpasses our natural understanding. Yes, the blood cleanses us from our sins. But even more important than this, the blood brings us into the very God who is our portion for us to enjoy. The blood is spoken of in Exodus 12, Exodus 24, and Leviticus 16. In these chapters we have the blood of the Passover lamb for redemption, the blood of the sacrifices for the enactment of the law, and the blood of the atonement by which man could enter into the Holy of Holies, contact God, and be one with Him. In the New Testament we see that the Lord Jesus shed His blood on the cross. This is typified by the blood of the Passover lamb in Exodus 12. With the blood shed on the cross the Lord enacted the new testament. This is typified by the blood in Exodus 24. Ultimately, the blood of Christ brings us into the fullness of God as our eternal enjoyment. This aspect of the blood, the blood of the eternal covenant, is typified by the blood in Leviticus 16.
34这血带我们进入至圣所，也就是说，它带我们进到神里面。当大祭司进入至圣所时，他的目的不是要遵守律法。反之，因著弹在至圣所里的血，他能彀享受神，瞻仰祂的荣美，并且接受祂的注入。这样地享受神就产生了属神的人。在启示录第七章里，那些『曾用羔羊的血，把衣裳洗白净了』的人乃是在神的宝座前，在神的殿中，并被带到生命水的泉源那里。此外，启示录二十二章十四节说：『那些洗净自己衣服的有福了！可得权柄能到生命树那里，也能从门进城。』在此我们看见，藉著血的洗净，我们得著权柄来到生命树那里，并进入那城─新耶路撒冷。生命树和那城乃是作我们福分之神终极的两方面。我们若以整体的眼光来看圣经，就会看见立约的血带我们完满享受神作我们的福分，从今时直到永远。
34The blood brings us into the Holy of Holies; that is, it brings us into God. When the high priest entered into the Holy of Holies, it was not his purpose to observe the law. On the contrary, because of the blood sprinkled in the Holy of Holies, he could enjoy God, behold His beauty, and receive His infusion. Enjoying God in this way is what produces a man of God. In Revelation 7 those who have “washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” are before the throne of God, in the temple of God, and are brought to springs of waters of life. Furthermore, Revelation 22:14 says, “Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city.” Here we see that through the washing of the blood, we have the right to come to the tree of life and enter into the city, New Jerusalem. The tree of life and the city are the ultimate aspects of God as our portion. If we view the Bible as a whole, we shall see that the blood of the covenant brings us into the full enjoyment of God as our portion both now and forever