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出埃及记生命读经 · 第8篇

三个神迹

The Three Signs
1我们已经看见，呼召摩西的记载是圣经中关乎神呼召最完全的记载。摩西来到旷野的背面，在那里遇见了神，他看见荆棘被火烧著却没有烧毁的神迹。虽然这神迹很神奇，但有些客观。在本篇信息中，我们要看第四章里的三个非常主观的神迹。看见为甚么有这三个主观的神迹，对我们来说是很重要的。在第三章末了，神对摩西的呼召似乎完成了。摩西已经看见火烧荆棘的客观神迹，他也听见了神对他说话。神将祂自己完全启示给摩西。因此，在神这边对摩西的呼召是完成了；但在摩西这边还未完成。出埃及记四章一节说：『摩西回答说，他们必不信我，也不听我的话，必说，耶和华并没有向你显现。』这话表明摩西虽然看见了最奇妙的神迹，并且听见了神的声音，但他还没有受到激励和感动。为此，有第四章中的三个神迹，这些神迹是摩西真蒙神呼召的确实证据。今天对于神所呼召的人原则是一样的。无论谁宣称蒙了神的呼召，就该有这三个主观神迹的记号。
1We have seen that the record of the call of Moses is the most complete record in the Bible pertaining to God’scall ing. When Moses came to the back side of the desert and met God there, he beheld the sign of a thorn-bush that burned without being consumed. Although this sign was marvelous, it was somewhat objective. In this message we shall consider the three signs in chapter four, signs which are very subjective. It is important for us to see why these three subjective signs were given. At the end of chapter three, God’scall ing of Moses seemed to be complete. Moses had seen the objective sign of the burning thorn-bush, and he had heard God speaking to him. God gave to Moses a full revelation of Himself. Thus, on God’ss i de, the calling of Moses was complete. However, on Moses’ side, it was not complete. Exodus 4:1 says, “And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.” This word indicates that although Moses had seen a most marvelous sign and had heard the voice of God, he had not been inspired or moved. For this reason, the three signs found in chapter four were given. These signs were to be conclusive evidence that Moses had truly been called by God. The principle is the same with God’scall ed ones today. Whoever claims to be called by God should have the mark of these three subjective signs
2主给摩西看见三个神迹，不是两个、四个，或其它的数目，这是很有意义的。在圣经中，『三』这个数字很有意义。因为神是三而一的，『三』这个数字便与神的经营、神的分赐有关。在路加十五章里有三个比喻，与子、灵、父有关。但在出埃及记第四章有三个神迹，是论到蛇、大痲疯和血。每一个读圣经的人都知道，蛇是代表撒但。在创世记第三章里我们看见撒但，就是那狡猾的蛇。出埃及记第四章的蛇就是创世记第三章的蛇，在启示录里称为『古蛇』。（十二9，二十2。）蒙召者只认识神是不彀的，每一个蒙召者还必须认识蛇。我们不仅应当晓得如何对待神、接触神，与神交通，并信靠神；我们也必须能对付蛇。
2It is significant that the Lord showed Moses three signs, not two, not four, nor any other number. In the Bible the number three is a meaningful number. Because God is triune, the number three is related to God’s economy, to God’s dispensation. In Luke 15 there are three parables, related to the Son, the Spirit, and the Father. But in Exodus 4 there are three signs, dealing with the serpent, leprosy, and blood. As every reader of the Bible knows, the serpent represents Satan. In Genesis 3 we see Satan, the subtle serpent. The serpent in Exodus 4 is the very serpent in Genesis 3, the one who is called “the ancient serpent” in the book of Revelation (12:9; 20:2). It is not adequate for the called one just to know God; every called one must also know the serpent. Not only should we know how to deal with God, how to contact God, how to have fellowship with God, and how to trust in God; we must also be able to deal with the serpent.
3第二个神迹里的大痲疯是罪之肉体的腐朽、败坏和污秽。按照旧约，每个长大痲疯的人必须公开宣告他是不洁净的。大痲疯所代表的罪不是外面的罪，而是主观的罪，在我们肉体里的罪。从这罪里出来的有腐朽、败坏和污秽。第三个神迹是水变成血。这里的血表征由世界及其享受所带来的死亡。所以，第三个神迹里的血与世界有关。
3The leprosy in the second sign is a matter of the rottenness, corruption, and uncleanness of the flesh of sin. According to the Old Testament, every leprous person had to openly declare that he was unclean. The sin signified by leprosy is not the outward sin, but the subjective sin, the sin in our flesh. It is out from this sin that there is rottenness, corruption, and uncleanness. The third sign is that of water which turns into blood. Blood here signifies the death brought in by the world with its enjoyment. Therefore, blood in the third sign is related to the world
4蛇、大痲疯和血分别与撒但、肉体中的罪，以及由世界所带来的死亡有关。蒙神呼召的人不仅需要有火烧荆棘的客观神迹，还必须有蛇、大痲疯和血的主观神迹。作为蒙召的人，我们需要一些主观的经历、主观的证据，向别人证实神的确呼召并差遣了我们。这些证据就是对付那恶者的能力，对付罪恶肉体的能力，以及对付世界所带来之死亡的能力。假定某人到你这里来宣称他是神所差遣的。倘若他不知道如何对付撒但、肉体和世界，你就不该相信他是一个奉差遣的人。火烧荆棘的神迹不足以证明一个人已蒙神呼召。奉差遣的人必须能对付蛇、大痲疯和血。我们已经指出出埃及记是一本图画的书。第四章里是何等美妙的图昼！在这些图画中，我们看见撒但、罪恶的肉体，以及死亡的世界。我们若知道如何对付这些事物，我们就真是神所差遣的人。我们都明白本章中三个主观神迹的意义，并且有这样主观的经历，是极其要紧的。
4The serpent, leprosy, and blood are related respectively to Satan, to sin in the flesh, and to the death brought in by the world. Those who have been called by God must have not only the objective sign of the burning thorn-bush, but the subjective signs of the serpent, leprosy, and the blood. As called ones, we need some subjective experiences, some subjective evidences, to substantiate to others that we have truly been called by God and sent by Him. These evidences are the ability to deal with the Devil, the ability to deal with the sinful flesh, and the ability to deal with the death brought in by the world. Suppose a certain person comes to you claiming that he has been sent by God. If he does not know how to deal with Satan, the flesh, and the world, you should not believe that he is a sent one. The sign of a burning thorn-bush is not adequate proof that one has been called by God. A sent one must be able to deal with the serpent, with leprosy, and with blood. We have pointed out that Exodus is a book of pictures. What marvelous pictures are in chapter four! In these pictures we see Satan, the sinful flesh, and the world of death. If we know how to deal with these things, then we are truly God’ss ent ones. It is crucial that we all know the significance of the three subjective signs in this chapter and have such subjective experiences
一 杖变蛇
I. A ROD BECOMING A SERPENT
（一） 杖表征我们所倚靠的
A. The Rod Signifying What We Rely Upon
5当神呼召摩西时，摩西有一根他所倚靠的杖。也许摩西对神说话时，这位年老的人就靠著那根杖。他的杖是他的支持。因此，杖表征我们所倚靠的。
5When God called Moses, Moses had a rod that he relied upon. Perhaps when he was talking to God, Moses, an elderly man, was leaning upon that rod. His rod was his support. Hence, the rod signifies what we rely upon
（二） 杖丢在地上暴露出它就是蛇
B. The Rod Being Cast on the Ground and Being Exposed That It Was the Serpent
6摩西不愿接受神的呼召，他抗议说，以色列人必拒绝他，说主没有向他显现。所以，神对摩西说到杖：『丢在地上，他一丢下去，就变作蛇，摩西便跑开。』（3。）杖一丢在地上，隐藏在那里的蛇就被暴露出来了。即使在丢下杖以前，蛇已经在那里了，但是十分隐秘。圣经启示蛇总是企图隐藏在某些事物的里面、后面或下面。摩西所倚靠的杖实际上是蛇，撒但。在摩西眼中，杖仅仅是他所能倚赖的；但在神眼中，杖乃是蛇，其目的在霸占人。我们所倚靠的任何事物都是一根杖。例如，一位弟兄若是倚靠他的工作，那个工作对他而言就是一根杖。但对神来说，蛇就藏在那个工作里面；因为撒但，就是蛇，从那个牠所隐藏在其中的工作里，设法霸占这位弟兄。我们也许倚靠许多人或事：我们的妻子、丈夫、父母、儿女，或才干、教育、财产、银行存款。圣经给我们看见，凡我们所倚靠的，都成了霸占人的蛇。今天撒但把自己隐藏在人所倚靠的杖里面，藉以霸占全人类。
6Moses was reluctant to accept God’scall ing; he protested that the children of Israel would reject him and say that the Lord had not appeared to him. Therefore, God said to Moses concerning the rod, “Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it” (v. 3). When the rod was cast to the ground, the serpent hiding there was exposed. Even before the rod was cast down, the serpent was already there, but in a very hidden way. The Bible reveals that the serpent always tries to hide himself in something, behind something, or under something. The rod Moses relied on was actually the serpent, Satan. In the eyes of Moses, the rod was simply a rod that he could lean upon, but in the eyes of God, it was the serpent, whose aim is to usurp man. Anything we rely upon is a rod. For example, if a brother relies upon his job, that job becomes a rod to him. But to God the serpent is hidden in that job, because from his hiding place within the job, Satan, the serpent, seeks to usurp the brother. We may rely upon many persons or things: our wife or husband, our parents, our children, our ability, our education, our property, our bank account. The Bible shows us that whatever we rely upon becomes the usurping serpent. Today Satan is usurping all of mankind by concealing himself within the rods that people rely upon.
7凡蒙神所呼召的人，都必须认清我们所倚靠的任何事物都是蛇的藏身之处。神那霸占人的仇敌，可能隐藏在我们所倚靠的任何人、事、物的里面。多年来我一直学习信靠主，而不倚靠任何杖。请注意，神并没有叫摩西扔掉他的杖。反之，祂乃是吩附摩西把它丢在地上，为要暴露它的真相。这里的重点是说，无论我们的杖是甚么我们的丈夫或妻子、我们所受的教育、我们的工作、才干或银行存款─都必须暂时离开我们的手。如果杖仍是头朝上地留在我们手中，蛇就不会被暴露。但我们若把它丢在地上，就要亲眼看见我们的杖实际上是一条蛇。出埃及记四章三节说，摩西的杖变作蛇，『摩西便跑开』。那根杖多年为摩西所有，对他来说可能一直是很宝爱的。但是当它被丢在地上时，对摩西就不再是可爱的，因为一直隐藏在里面的蛇被暴露了出来。
7Anyone who has been called by God must realize that anything we rely upon is a hiding place for the serpent. The usurping enemy of God may be concealed in any matter, any thing, or any person we rely upon. Throughout the years I have been learning to trust in the Lord and not to rely upon any kind of rod. Please note that God did not tell Moses to throw away his rod. Rather, He commanded Moses to cast it down in order that its true nature might be exposed. The point here is that whatever our rod may be — our husband or wife, our education, our ─ job, our ability, our bank account—it needs to leave our hand temporarily. If the rod stays in our hand with the head on the top, the serpent will not be exposed. But if we cast it down, then we shall see with our own eyes that our rod is actually a serpent. Exodus 4:3 says that when Moses’ rod became a serpent, “Moses fled from before it.” That rod may have been in Moses’ possession for many years, and it may have been precious to him. But when it was cast down, it was no longer lovable to him because the serpent who had been concealed within it all the while was exposed.
（三） 拿住蛇的尾巴，就变作权柄的杖
C. The Serpent Being Taken by the Tail and Thereby Becoming a Rod of Authority
8第四节说：『耶和华对摩西说，伸出手来拿住它的尾巴，它必在你手中仍变为杖。』主要我们把杖丢在地上，而不是丢弃它们。不要丢弃你所受的教育或储蓄，要把它们扔在地上。那隐藏的蛇被暴露之后，我们就必须拿住牠的『尾巴』。这是对付蛇最好的方法。你若拿住蛇的头，牠也许会咬你；但如果你拿住牠的尾巴，牠将失去牠的权势，无力地悬挂著。摩西拿住蛇尾巴的图画，显示我们处理事情的方式该与世人相反。世人所作所为都是为著他们自己。但我们所作所为的一切都该是为著主。比方说，世人结婚，他们的婚姻生活乃是为著自己。但我们的婚姻生活该是为著主。同样的原则，世人读大学是为著自己的兴趣；但在主恢复里的青年人应该上大学勤奋读书，不是为自己，而是为著主。这原则能应用到我们与一切人、事、物的关系上。一切都该为著主。如果我们照世俗的方式得著甚么或作些甚么，就是为著我们自己来得甚么或作甚么，那么我们的杖便是蛇头在上，蛇尾在下。但我们若拿住蛇的尾巴，我们就是用与世俗相反的方式来掌握牠。我们需要有正当的婚姻生活，并受良好的教育；然而，我们不该按凡俗的方式、世界的样子来拥有这些东西，乃是按主的方式。主的方式总是使蛇变得没有权势，软弱无力。在一九三○年代，我访问了中国一所著名的大学，该校以优秀的医学院而闻名。许多主内弟兄都是那里的医科学生。然而，这些弟兄们结婚以后，几乎所有的人都远离主了，主要是因著他们的妻子。这些弟兄不晓得如何拿住他们婚姻生活的『尾巴』。
8Verse 4 says, “And the Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand.” The Lord wants us to cast our rods down, not to throw them away. Do not throw away your education or your savings— cast them down. After the hidden serpent has been exposed, we need to pick it up by the “tail.” This is the best way to deal with the serpent. If you take a serpent by the head, it may bite you. But if you pick it up by the tail, it will lose its power and hang limp. The picture of Moses taking the serpent by the tail shows that we should deal with things in a way opposite to the practice of the people of the world. What the people of the world do and have is for themselves. But everything we do and everything we have should be for the Lord. For example, when the worldly people get married, their married life is for themselves. But our married life should be for the Lord. In the same principle, when the worldly people attend college, they do so for their own interests. But the young people in the Lord’s recovery should attend college and study diligently, not for themselves, but for the Lord. This principle can be applied to our relationship with everyone and everything. All should be for the Lord. If we have a certain thing or do a particular thing in the common way, that is, by doing it or having it for ourselves, then our rod has the head of the serpent at the top and the tail of the serpent at the bottom. But if we take the serpent by the tail, we handle it in a way opposite to the way of this world. We need to have a proper married life and a good education; however, we should not have these things in the common way, in the way of the world, but in the Lord’sway. The Lord’sway always causes the serpent to become powerless and limp. In the 1 9 3 0 sI visited one of the outstanding universities in China, a university noted for its fine medical school. Many brothers in the Lord were medical students there. However, after these brothers were married, almost all of them were distracted from the Lord, mainly by their wives. These brothers did not know how to take their marriage by the “tail.”
9圣经决不要求我们丢弃为人的生活；反之，我们需要有正常的生活。例如，圣经不禁止青年人受良好的教育，但是青年人必须学习拿住他们所受教育的『尾巴』。青年人也需要结婚；然而他们不该拿住蛇头，反而他们该拿住蛇的尾巴。这意思是说，他们不该照著世俗的方式结婚，而该以非世俗的方式，就是为著神的方式来结婚。这种方式与世人庸俗的作法相反。所有结过婚的弟兄都当爱他们的妻子，但他们不该以世俗的方式，就是拿住蛇头的方式，来爱他们的妻子；而该以非世俗的方式，就是拿住蛇尾巴的方式，来爱妻子。在我们为人生活的每一方面，从购物到理发，我们都需要拿住事情的『尾巴』。任何事物都能成为蛇的藏身之处。甚至在我们日常生活的每一细节中，也埋伏著霸占人的蛇，准备咬那拿住蛇头而不拿住蛇尾的人。一个宣称是奉主差遣的人，必须认识蛇隐藏在一切人事物的里面。此外，他必须知道如何把那藏匿之处丢在地上，然后他还必须知道如何拿住『尾巴』来处理那种情况。最终，被拿住尾巴的蛇变作权柄的杖。（四4，17，路十19。）当摩西拿住蛇的尾巴，那蛇变为杖，摩西能用来行神迹。（四17。）这表示变化过的杖在摩西手中成为权柄的杖。如果我们拿住每一种情况的『尾巴』，我们就有能力和权柄。那么，我们所有的杖就不是天然的杖，而是变化过的杖了。如今这根杖的位置倒过来了。这样的杖才是我们的权柄。
9The Bible by no means requires us to forsake our human living. On the contrary, we need to have a proper living. For example, the Bible does not forbid that young people get a good education. But the young people must learn to pick up their education by the “tail.” The young people also need to get married. However, in doing so they should not take the serpent by the head; instead, they should pick it up by the tail. This means that they should not get married according to the common way, but should get married in a way that is not common, in the way that is for God. This way is opposite to the common practice of the people of the world. All married brothers must love their wives, but they should not love their wives in a common way—that is, by taking the serpent by the head—but by the uncommon way—by picking up the serpent by the tail. In every aspect of our human living, from shopping to getting a haircut, we need to take things by the “tail.” Anything can be a hiding place for the serpent. Even in every detail of our practical daily living, the usurping serpent is lurking, ready to bite the one who takes it by the head instead of by the tail. One who claims to be sent by the Lord must know that the serpent is hiding in every person, in every matter, and in every thing. Furthermore, he must know how to cast that hiding place to the ground and then he must know how to deal with that situation by the “tail.” Eventually, the serpent that is picked up by the tail will become a rod of authority (4:4, 17; Luke 10:19). When Moses took the serpent by the tail, the serpent became the rod by which Moses was able to perform signs (4:17). This indicates that in the hand of Moses the transformed rod became a rod of authority. If we are those who handle every situation by the “tail,” we shall have power, authority. The rod we have then is not a natural rod, but a transformed one. Such a rod is now in an upside-down position. It is this kind of rod that is our authority.
10今天许多基督徒谈论能力。但是他们愈谈论能力，愈没有能力。他们没有能力对付隐藏的蛇。我们这些基督的执事，惟有藉著拿住各种情况的『尾巴』才有权柄。譬如，一位弟兄若是知道如何拿住与他妻子相处的『尾巴』，他自然而然就有权柄。然而，我认识许多有恩赐、彀资格的好弟兄，可是他们有一个严重的弱点：他们给妻子太多的地位并让她们作头。结果，这些弟兄变得既无能又无用。
10Many Christians today are talking about power. But the more they talk about power, the less power they have. They do not have the power to deal with the hidden serpent. We who are ministers of Christ have authority only by handling situations by the “tail.” For example, if a brother knows how to handle the situation with his wife by the “tail,” he spontaneously will have authority. However, I have known a number of good brothers who were gifted and qualified, but they had a serious weak point: they gave too much place to their wives and allowed them to become the head. As a result, these brothers became powerless and useless
11要蒙神呼召并受祂差遣，我们就必须学习如何掌握我们的丈夫、妻子、儿女和所有的光景，不是以平常、普通、天然的方式，而是以一种迥然不同的方式─拿住『尾巴』。若是我们以天然的方式掌握一个人或一件事，那个人或那件事将成为蛇的藏身之处。摩西没有以世俗的方式使用他的杖。如果他以平常的方式来使用，蛇会仍然藏在里面。但是他把杖丢下以后，隐藏的蛇就被暴露出来了。这指明我们常常需要使我们的手离开一种情形，看看结果如何。因著我们的手离开我们所倚靠的那些东西，它们的真相就会暴露出来。然后我们将说：『这并不可爱─它是一条可怕的蛇。』在那个时候，神将吩咐我们拿住蛇的尾巴。倘若变为蛇的杖是我们的妻子，我们就该再拿起她来，以全新的方式爱她。我们应当拿住整个情形的『尾巴』。
11To be called by God and sent by Him we must learn how to handle our husbands or wives, our children, and all situations, not in the ordinary way, the common way, the natural way, but in an altogether different way—by the “tail.” If we handle a person or a thing in a natural way, that person or thing will become a hiding place of the serpent. Moses did not use his rod in a common way. If he had used it in an ordinary way, the serpent would still have been hiding within it. But after he cast down the rod, the hidden serpent was exposed. This indicates that often we need to keep our hands off a situation and see what comes out. By keeping our hands off those things we rely upon, their true nature will be exposed. Then we shall say, “This is not dear or lovable—it is a terrible serpent.” At that very time God will tell us to take the serpent by the tail. If the rod-become-serpent is our wife, we should take her up again and love her in an entirely new way; we should take the whole situation by the “tail
12你一旦结了婚，你就不能放弃婚姻生活。放弃婚姻生活的人在主的事上一无用处。你必须维持婚姻生活，但不是以世俗的方式。以世俗的方式结婚或离婚相当容易。这就是在这个国家有许多离婚的原因。不要随波逐流，我们应该拿住我们婚姻生活的『尾巴』，为主掌握它。杖变蛇的神迹是一幅十分主观经历的图画。我们所倚靠的那些人、事、物，最终必须被丢下，然后照著主的话再取回来。当年轻的圣徒对某种光景失望时，他们的处理方式也许是把它抛弃。我们应当强烈地鼓励他们不要这样作。他们不该抛弃，反该守住，不是凭著自己或为著自己，乃是凭著主并为著主。不要凭你天然的才干掌握情况，而要凭著恩典掌握它们。凭著恩典掌握它们就是拿住它们的『尾巴』。愿我们都学习为著主并靠著祂的恩典来处理事情。我们若学会了这个功课，这就是强有力的神迹、证据，我们是蒙神呼召并奉祂差遣的人。我们是祂所差遣的人，知道如何处理每一种情况，它若是蛇的藏身之处，我们也知道如何藉著拿住蛇的『尾巴』来对付蛇。这样我们就有权柄。
12Once you get married, you cannot give up married life. Those who do so become useless as far as the Lord is concerned. You must stay married, but not in the common way. Either to be married in the common way or to give up married life is easy. This is the reason that there are so many divorces in this country. Instead of taking either of these courses, we should take our marriage by the “tail” and handle it for the Lord. The sign of a rod becoming a serpent is a picture of a very subjective experience. Those persons or things we rely upon must eventually be cast down and then taken back again at the word of the Lord. When young saints are disappointed with a particular situation, they may want to deal with it by throwing it away. We should strongly encourage them not to do this. Instead of throwing it away, they should keep it, not by themselves or for themselves, but by the Lord and for the Lord. Do not handle situations by your natural ability; handle them by grace. To deal with them by grace is to take them by the “tail.” May we all learn to deal with things for the Lord and by His grace. If we have learned this lesson, this is a strong sign, strong evidence, that we have been called by God and sent by Him. As His sent ones, we know how to handle every situation as if it were a hiding place for the serpent, and we know how to deal with the serpent by taking it by the “tail.” In this way we have authority.
二 手长了大痲疯
II. THE HAND BECOMING LEPROUS
（一） 把手放在怀里
A. By Being Put into the Bosom
13在第六节中，主吩咐摩西把手放在怀里。摩西也许以为把手放在怀里，他会发现珍珠、钻石或某些宝物。相反的，摩西的手竟长了大痲疯。胸怀代表我们里面的所是，而大痲疯则代表罪（罗马七章十七至十八节）。这说出除了认识撒但之外，我们还必须认识肉体。我们所倚靠的杖是蛇，但肉体却是大痲疯的化身。我们需要认识在我们的肉体里，我们是长大痲疯的。在我们的肉体里面没有良善，只有大痲疯。如果我们摸肉体，我们将成为长大痲疯的。
13In verse 6 the Lord told Moses to put his hand into his bosom. Moses may have thought that by putting his hand into his bosom, he would find a pearl, a diamond, or some precious treasure. On the contrary, Moses’ hand became leprous. The bosom signifies what is within us, and leprosy signifies sin (Rom. 7:17-18). This indicates that in addition to knowing Satan, we must also know the flesh. The rod upon which we rely is a serpent, but the flesh is the embodiment of leprosy. We need to know that in our flesh we are lepers. In our flesh there is nothing good, only leprosy. If we touch the flesh, we shall become leprous
14在二至六节中，主似乎说：『摩西，你向我求我差遣你的证据。第一个证据是你知道如何对付蛇。另一个证据是你认识你的肉体只不过是大痲疯。摩西，把你的手放在怀里，看看从你所出来的究竟是甚么。』有句谚语说，人若自以为善，就当在夜深时扪心自问，自己究竟如何。倘若你这样作，你将发现你是何等邪恶。也许你和别人在一起时，夸耀你自己的良善。但是在夜阑人静时，你察验你的内心深处，你将看见在你里面没有别的，只有大痲疯，只有罪。一个人若夸耀他的良善，就不是神所呼召的人。每个蒙召的人都认识在他里面有大痲疯。摩西看见手长大痲疯的神迹之后，他认识他的肉体就是大痲疯的化身。摩西可能说：『在主给我看见那个神迹之前，我以为我相当不错。但是当神吩附我把手放在怀里再抽出来之后，我的手竟长了大痲疯。这给我看见在我肉体中没有别的，只有大痲疯。』
14In verses 2 through 6 the Lord seems to be saying, “Moses, you asked Me for proof that I have sent you. One proof is that you know how to deal with the serpent. Another proof is that you realize that your flesh is nothing but a composition of leprosy. Moses, put your hand into your bosom and see what will come forth from you.” There is a saying that if a person regards himself as good. during the quiet of the night he should place his hand upon his heart and consider what he really is. If you do this, you will discover how evil you are. Perhaps when you are in the company of others, you may boast of your own goodness. But when you consider what is in your heart during a time of quiet late at night, you will see that within you there is nothing but leprosy, nothing but sin. One who boasts of his goodness is not one who has been called by God. Every called one realizes that within him there is leprosy. After Moses was shown the sign of the hand that became leprous, he knew that his flesh was the embodiment of leprosy. Moses could have said, “Before the Lord showed me that sign, I thought I was quite good. But when God told me to put my hand into my bosom and to take it out again, my hand was leprous. This showed me that in my flesh there is nothing but leprosy
15今天在教会中每一个被主使用的人，对于他的肉体必须要有这样的认识。这样主观地认识肉体，就是主呼召并差遣我们的凭据。作为被呼召并奉差遣的人，我们必须带著这记号，表明在我们肉体之中没有良善。我们都是由大痲疯所组成的，就是由罪的化身，腐朽、败坏和不洁所组成的。如果你不信你的肉体是这样，我建议你在夜阑人静时，摸摸自己的良心，听它说你到底是如何。你的良心将显明你的肉体也只不过是大痲疯。
15Everyone used by the Lord in the church today must have such a consciousness concerning his flesh. To know the flesh in such a subjective way is an evidence that the Lord has called us and sent us. As the called ones and sent ones, we must bear the sign which indicates that nothing good dwells in our flesh. We are all a composition of leprosy, the embodiment of sin, rottenness, corruption, and uncleanness. If you do not believe this about your flesh, I suggest that in the silence of the night, when you are all alone, you touch your conscience and listen to what it says about you. It will reveal that your flesh also is nothing but leprosy.
16神所差遣的人必须认识肉体到这样的地步。以赛亚被主呼召时，他喊著说：『祸哉，我灭亡了；因为我是嘴唇不洁的人，又住在嘴唇不洁的民中；又因我眼见大君王万军之耶和华。』（赛六5。）若是我们被主遇见了，那个遇见会使我们暴露出我们的肉体。我们就认识在我们的肉体中除了大痲疯以外，没有别的。在这些日子里，我们听见众圣徒都能成为今日的使徒和先知。但如果我们要成为身体中这样的恩赐，就必须认识我们的肉体是腐朽、败坏、不洁，和罪恶的化身。我们的肉体就是罪的化身。我们外面的成就和天然的才干，没有一样能使我们彀资格成为奉差遣的人。我们若要有资格。就必须看见在我们的肉体中没有良善。
16God’ss ent ones must know the flesh to this extent. When Isaiah was called by the Lord, he exclaimed, “Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts” (Isa. 6:5). If we have been met by the Lord, that meeting will expose our flesh to ourselves. We shall know that within our flesh there is nothing but leprosy. In these days we have heard that all the saints can be today’s apostles and prophets. But if we would be such gifts to the Body, we must know that our flesh is the incarnation of rottenness, corruption, uncleanness, and sin. It is the very embodiment of sin. None of our outward accomplishments and none of our natural abilities can qualify us to be a sent one. To be qualified we must see that in our flesh there is nothing good
（二） 因著遵守主的话而得洁净
B. Cleansed by Keeping the Word of the Lord
17在第七节，主对摩西说：『再把手放在怀里。』摩西就『再把手放在怀里；及至从怀里抽出来，不料，手已经复原，与周身的肉一样。』这表示摩西长大痲疯的手因著他遵行主的话而得洁净。遵行主话就是顺服主。不顺服主是罪的基本因素。当我们因著遵行主话而顺服主时，祂洁净的能力将与我们同在，我们也就得了洁净。
17In verse 7 the Lord said to Moses, “Put thine hand into thy bosom again.” Then Moses “put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.” This indicates that Moses’ leprous hand was cleansed by his keeping the word of the Lord. To keep the word of the Lord is to obey the Lord. Disobedience to the Lord is the basic element of sin. When we obey the Lord by keeping His word, His cleansing power will be with us, and we shall be cleansed
三 水变血
III. THE WATER BECOMING BLOOD
18为著第三个神迹，主对摩西说：『从河里取些水，倒在旱地上，你从河里取的水必在旱地上变作血。』（9。）这里的河是灌溉埃及地的尼罗河。尼罗河的水表征属地的供应和享受。根据圣经，埃及因著尼罗河出产富饶，享受丰盛。表面看来，尼罗河的水带来供应和享受。但在神的眼中，它却是死亡。世界所有的供应、享受和娱乐都是死亡。但要明白这事，我们需要将尼罗河的水，倒在旱地上。根据创世记第一章，旱地是产生生命的源头。属世的享乐和属地的供应，一倒在产生生命的旱地上，血所表征的死亡就立刻暴露了出来。你若将尼罗河的水存在水井、器皿或水罐里，你就仍会认为这水是供应和享乐的源头。但如果你把它倒在地上，死亡将立刻被暴露。因此，第三个神迹启示出一切属地的供应和属世的享受都不过是死亡。今天人们沉迷于各种的运动和娱乐，都是沉迷于各种类型的死亡。世界所给我们的供应也是死亡。
18For the third sign, the Lord said to Moses, “Take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land” (v. 9). The river here is the Nile, which irrigated the land of Egypt. The water of the Nile signifies earthly supply and enjoyment. According to the Bible, Egypt is rich in the food and enjoyment produced by the Nile. What is produced by the water of the Nile is apparently supply and enjoyment. But in the eyes of God, it is nothing but death. All the supply, enjoyment, and entertainment of the world are death. But in order to realize this, we need to pour the water of the Nile upon the dry land. According to Genesis 1, the dry land is the source from which life is produced. When the worldly enjoyment and the earthly supply are poured out upon that which produces life, immediately the death, signified by the blood, will be exposed. If you keep the water of the Nile in a well, a vessel, or a pitcher, you will still regard this water as the source of supply and enjoyment. But if you pour it out upon the land, the death will immediately be exposed. Thus, the third sign reveals that all the earthly supply and worldly enjoyment are nothing but death. All the sports and entertainments people indulge in today are various forms of death. The very supply that the world affords us is also death.
19世界的水实际上根本不是水，它乃是血。世人不是喝水，而是喝血，喝死亡。他们所享受的世界就是死亡。蒙召的人必须认识世界是甚么。对世人来说，尼罗河的水是美妙的；但对我们而言，它却是血。神所呼召的人必须能告诉祂的百姓，不要留在埃及喝尼罗河的水，而要离开埃及，到旷野去喝从裂开的磐石所流出的水。除了认识撒但和肉体以外，我们还需要认识世界。在新约里，撒但、肉体和世界一再地受到对付。凡蒙神呼召并奉祂差遣的人，都要认识蛇、大痲疯和血；那就是说，他们认识撒但、肉体和世界。根据新约，撒但与基督相对；（约壹三8；）肉体与圣灵相对；（加五17；）世界与父相对。（约壹二15。）因此，撒但、肉体和世界与三一神的分赐相对抗。因著撒但、肉体和世界，神的分赐尚未实现。就如路加十五章三个此喻中所见到的神的经营─子来寻找堕落的人，灵光照他们，为要带他们归向父。但那恶者作工抵挡子，肉体挣扎抵挡圣灵，世界拦阻人归向父。主所差遣的人必须知道如何拿住蛇的尾巴，如何对付大痲疯，以及如何对付世界及其供应和享乐。如果我们缺乏这些资格，我们就还末蒙神呼召，因而不能成为祂所差遣的人。在神所呼召的人里面，撒但、肉体和世界已失去了他们的地位。
19The water of the world is not actually water at all; it is blood. The worldly people do not drink water; they drink blood, that is, death. Whatever they enjoy of the world is death. A called one must know what the world is. To the people of the world, the water of the Nile is wonderful, but to us it is blood. God’scall ed ones must be able to tell His people not to stay in Egypt to drink the water of the Nile, but to go out of Egypt into the wilderness to drink the water from the cleft rock. In addition to knowing Satan and the flesh, we need to know the world. In the New Testament, Satan, the flesh, and the world are dealt with again and again. Those who have been called by God and sent by Him know the serpent, leprosy, and blood; that is, they know Satan, the flesh, and the world. According to the New Testament, Satan is against Christ (1 John 3:8); the flesh is against the Holy Spirit (Gal. 5:17); and the world is against the Father (1 John 2:15). Hence, Satan, the flesh, and the world are opposed to the Triune God in His dispensation. Because of Satan, the flesh, and the world, God’s dispensation has not yet been carried out. In God’secon o my as seen in the three parables of Luke 15, the Son comes to seek the fallen ones, and the Spirit enlightens them in order to bring them back to the Father. But the Devil works against the Son, the flesh strives against the Spirit, and the world frustrates people from coming back to the Father. Anyone who is sent by the Lord must know how to take the serpent by the tail, how to deal with leprosy, and how to deal with the world with its supply and enjoyment. If we lack these three qualifications, then we have not been called by God and therefore cannot be His sent ones. In one whom God has called, Satan, the flesh, and the world have lost their ground.
20出埃及记第四章记载这三个神迹的事实，证明圣经是神圣的呼出。人类作家写不出这样的事来。在出埃及记第三章，神给摩西看见荆棘被火烧著，却不被烧毁。接著在第四章，主给摩西看见三个主观的神迹，使他对撒但、肉体和世界有所认识。这指出一个蒙召的人，首先必须有火烧荆棘的异象。然后他需要一些主观的经历，好认识撒但、肉体和世界。
20The fact that Exodus 4 records these three signs is a proof that the Bible is divinely inspired. No human author would write of such things. In chapter three of Exodus God showed Moses a thorn-bush that burned without being consumed. Following this, in chapter four the Lord showed Moses three subjective signs to give him a realization concerning Satan, the flesh, and the world. This indicates that a called one must firstly have the vision of the burning thorn-bush. Then he needs some subjective experience to know Satan, the flesh, and the world
21为著蒙神呼召并奉神差遣之人的神迹赞美主！为著出埃及记第四章这些神迹的清楚图画，我们感谢祂。在这些日子里，许多圣徒巴望在主手中有用。但是，就如我们在本篇信息中所指出的，如果我们要在主手中有用，我们我必须认识蛇、大痲疯和血；那就是说，我们需要知
21Praise the Lord for the signs of one who is called and sent by God! We thank Him for the clear picture of these signs in Exodus 4. In these days so many saints are aspiring to be useful in the hand of the Lord. But, as we have pointed out in this message, if we would be useful to the Lord, we must know the serpent, leprosy, and blood; that is, we need to know how to deal with Satan, the flesh, and the world
22道如何对付撒但、肉体和世界。
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