耶利米书生命读经 · 第39篇

耶利米书中新约，生命之约的根基

The Foundation of the New Covenant, the Covenant of Life, in the Book of Jeremiah

1读经：耶利米书31:31-34。在本篇信息中，我有负担进一步说到耶利米立下新约，就是生命之约的根基。

1Scripture Reading: Jer. 31:31-34 In this message I am burdened to give an additional word concerning Jeremiah'slaying the foundation of the new covenant, the covenant of life

神只在意一个约-

GOD CARING FOR ONLY ONE COVENANT

生命的新约

THE NEW COVENANT OF LIFE

2圣经给我们看见，神的心愿是要进到人里面作生命，而与人成为一。神总是喜欢接触人，在这接触中，祂与人立了好几个约。神与人立的第一个约，是与受造之人立的，（创二8～，15～17，）第二个约是祂与堕落之人立的。（三8～21。）虽然神与亚伯有亲近、亲密的接触，但没有与他立约。挪亚经过洪水以后，神进来与他和他的儿子立约。（九8～。）神呼召亚伯拉罕以后，与他立约，（十二2～3，7～8，十五4～18，十七1～2，二二17～18，）又对以撒（二六3～5）和雅各（二八13～15）重申这约。后来，神将以色列从埃及带到西乃山，与以色列立了很长的约。（出二十～二三，二四3～。）这约，律法的约，称为第一约，（来八7，13，九1，）旧约。以色列在旷野行走四十年以后，来到摩押地，在那里神与他们立了另一个约。（申二九～三十。）照著撒下七章，神也与大卫立约。最终，在新约里，主耶稣立了新约。（路二二20。）在圣经里，神曾与人立了八个约，但祂只计算两个约：藉著摩西与以色列立的约，以及被视为第二约的新约，生命之约。（来八7。）所有其他的约-与受造之人立的约，与堕落之人立的约，与挪亚、与亚伯拉罕、在摩押地与以色列、并与大卫立的约-被神视为旁约。然而，神与亚伯拉罕立的约符合新约，并且是新约的基础。（加三。）我们若彻底研读这些约，就会看见神只在意一个约，就是生命的新约。

2The Bible shows us that the desire of God'she art is to come into man as life and to be one with man. God has always liked to contact man, and in this contact He has made several covenants with man. The first covenant God made with man was the covenant with the created man (Gen. 2:8-9, 15-17), and the second 9 was His covenant with fallen man (3:8-21). Although God had close and intimate contact with Abel, no covenant was made with him. After Noah passed through the flood, God came in to make a covenant with him and his sons (9:8-17). Then after calling 17 Abraham, God made a covenant with him (12:2-3, 7-8; 15:4-18; 17:1-2; 22:17-18), and this covenant was repeated with Isaac (26:3-5) and with Jacob (28:13-15). Later, when God brought Israel out of Egypt to Mount Sinai, He made a long covenant with Israel (Exo. 20— 23; 24:3-8). This covenant, the covenant of the law, is called the first covenant (Heb. 8:7, 13; 9:1), the old 8 covenant. After traveling in the wilderness for forty years, Israel came to the land of Moab, and there God made another covenant with them (Deut. 29 — 30). According to 2 Samuel 7, God also made a covenant with David. Finally, in the New Testament the Lord Jesus established the new covenant (Luke 22:20). In the Bible God made eight covenants with man, but He counts only two covenants: the covenant made with Israel through Moses and the new covenant, the covenant of life, which is considered the second covenant (Heb. 8:7). All the other covenants — the covenants with the created man, with the fallen man, with Noah, with Abraham, with Israel in the land of Moab, and with David — are considered by God as side covenants. Still, the covenant God made with Abraham corresponds to the new covenant and is the basis for the new covenant (Gal. 3). If we study all these covenants thoroughly, we will see that God cares for only one covenant, the new covenant of life.

新约的内容-经过过程

The content of the new covenant

3并终极完成的三一神

3THE PROCESSED AND CONSUMMATED TRIUNE GOD

4新约的内容是三一神；祂已经经过了过程并得著终极完成，成为神选民的一切。这新约在耶利米三十一章三十一至三十四节应许给以色列，（参来八8～13，）且在主耶稣设立祂的桌子时，完全、彻底、并完整的得著应验。（太二六26～29，可十四22～25，路二二19～，林前十一23～26。）主耶稣在设立桌子时，与新约的信徒立了约。耶利米书的重要

4The content of the new covenant is the Triune God, who has been processed and consummated to become everything to God's chosen people. This new covenant was promised to Israel in Jeremiah 31:31-34 (cf. Heb. 8:8-13), and it was absolutely, thoroughly, and completely fulfilled by the Lord Jesus when He established His table (Matt. 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26). In instituting the table, the Lord Jesus made a covenant with the New 20 Testament believers. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH

5耶利米书最重要的部分，就是关于新约的这段。既然耶利米说到新约，所以就一面说，这卷书比一点没有说到新约的摩西著作更重要。虽然摩西豫言了许多关于基督的事，但神藉著他与以色列所立的约，与耶稣基督却毫无关系。因著耶利米书豫言到新约，基于这事实，这卷旧约的书也可视为新约的书。

5The most important part of the book of Jeremiah is the portion on the new covenant. Since Jeremiah spoke regarding the new covenant, this book, in a sense, is more important than the writings of Moses, which do not say anything about the new covenant. Although Moses prophesied very much concerning Christ, the covenant God made with Israel through him had nothing to do with Jesus Christ. Based on the fact that the book of Jeremiah prophesies concerning the new covenant, the book of Jeremiah may be considered an Old Testament book that is also a New Testament book

律法之旧约的地位和功用

THE POSITION AND FUNCTION OF THE OLD COVENANT OF THE LAW

6在这点上，我们需要说到律法之旧约的地位和功用。

6At this point, we need to say a word regarding the position and function of the old covenant of the law

地位

Its Position

7律法之约的地位是妾的地位。在加拉太四章保罗告诉我们，亚伯拉罕有两个妻子，代表两约。正室撒拉代表新约，妾夏甲代表律法的旧约。因为妾夏甲表征律法的旧约，所以这约的地位就是妾的地位。正如亚伯拉罕赶出夏甲，当基督来时，祂也要将旧约搁在一旁，使其失效，而以新约来顶替。不仅如此，在罗马五章二十节保罗告诉我们：『律法插进来。』这就是说，律法是后来添上的，并不是神原初的心意所要有的。相反的，律法是后来在那比律法先有的东西之外插进来的。这指明神经纶的主线已经在那里。

7The position of the covenant of the law was that of a concubine. In Galatians 4 Paul tells us that Abraham had two wives, representing two covenants. Sarah, the proper wife, represents the new covenant, and Hagar, the concubine, represents the old covenant of law. Because Hagar, the concubine, symbolizes the old covenant of the law, the position of this covenant is the position of a concubine. As Abraham cast out Hagar, when Christ came He put aside the old covenant and made it of no effect, replacing it with the new covenant. Furthermore, in Romans 5:20 Paul tells us that "the law entered in alongside." This means that the law was added later, that it was not God's original intention to have the law. Rather, the law later came in alongside of something that was present before the law came. This indicates that the main line of God ' secon o my was there already.

功用

Its Function

8基督的职事是称义的职事，而摩西的职事是定罪的职事。（林后三9上。）所以，在神的经纶里，摩西的职事不是中心线。然而，若没有藉著摩西所立律法的旧约，耶利米就无法暴露以色列人到极点。耶利米为了暴露以色列人，常常说到律法的约。这里我们看见律法的功用，就是在消极一面，暴露我们堕落的光景和情况。这帮助我们转向源头，转向活水的泉源，这源头在新约里就是作神具体化身的基督。

8Whereas Christ's ministry is a ministry of justification, Moses' ministry was a ministry of condemnation (2 Cor. 3:9a). Therefore, in God'secon o my Moses' ministry is not the central line. However, without the old covenant of the law made through Moses, Jeremiah could not have exposed Israel to the uttermost. In order to expose Israel, Jeremiah often referred to the covenant of the law. Here we see that the function of the law, which is something on the negative side, is to expose our fallen condition and situation. This helps us turn to the source, to the fountain of living waters, which in the New Testament is Christ as the embodiment of God

耶利米立下新约的根基

Jeremiah'slaying the foundation of the new covenant

9在三十一章，耶利米立下新约的根基，豫言神要将祂的律法放在我们里面；祂要将祂的律法写在我们心上，使我们认识神；神要作我们的神，我们要作祂的子民；我们不需要任何人教导我们，因为我们里面有教导的生命；神要赦免我们的罪孽，不再记念我们的罪恶。在新约里，我们享受内里生命的律。这生命的律带给我们神的人位，也带给我们神圣生命的神圣性能，这能为神成就一切，以完成祂的经纶。藉著内里生命的律，我们有认识神、活神的性能，甚至在神的生命和性情上由祂构成，使我们成为祂团体的彰显。我们需要新约全部二十七卷书，来说明耶利米三十一章这简短的一段。我们若在整本新约的光中领会这段，就会看见在这新约里有召会、神的国、神的家人、神的家（就是神在我们灵里的居所）、新人、和基督的身体作经过过程并终极完成之三一神的丰满。至终，这新约要带进千年国，最后终极完成于新天新地里的新耶路撒冷，直到永远。

9In chapter thirty-one Jeremiah laid the foundation of the new covenant, prophesying that God will put His law within us; that He will write His law into our mind that we may know God; that God will be our God and we will be His people; that we will not need anyone to teach us, because we will all have a teaching life within us; and that God will forgive our iniquity and remember our sins no longer. In the new covenant we enjoy the inner law of life. This law of life brings us God's person and also the divine capacity of the divine life, which can accomplish everything for God to fulfill His economy. By the inner law of life we have the capacity to know God, to live God, and even to be constituted with God in His life and nature so that we may be His corporate expression. We need all the twenty-seven books of the New Testament to define this one short portion of Jeremiah 31. If we understand this portion in light of the entire New Testament, we will see that in this new covenant we have the church, the kingdom of God, God'sho use hold, the house of God as God's dwelling place in our spirit, the new man, and the Body of Christ as the fullness of the processed and consummated Triune God. Eventually, this new covenant will bring in the millennium. Ultimately and consummately, it will bring in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth for eternity

10今天有许多已经相信基督的人，他们得著了新约的福，却不知道新约的内容，以及这约所成就并产生的。所以，我们有负担一再强调新约。愿我们都看见新约，并完全被牠占有。

10Today there are many who have believed in Christ, who have received the blessing of the new covenant, and yet are not aware of the content of the new covenant and what it accomplishes and produces. Therefore, we have the burden to emphasize the new covenant again and again. May we all see the new covenant and be fully occupied with it.