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利未记生命读经 · 第10篇

燔祭－基督作神的满足（八）在基督的经历中经历基督，并献上我们所经历的基督，按照我们对祂的经历，将祂当作我们的燔祭献给神（四）

The Burnt Offering Christ for God’s Satisfaction (8) EXPERIENCING CHRIST IN HIS EXPERIENCES AND OFFERING THE CHRIST WE HAVE EXPERIENCED AND OFFERING HIM TO GOD AS OUR BURNT OFFERING ACCORDING TO OUR EXPERIENCES OF HIM (4
1在前两篇信息中，我们详细的看过在基督的经历中经历祂，以及向神献上我们所经历的基督。在本篇信息中，我要简短的进一步说到我们在基督作燔祭的经历中经历祂。我担心有人可能误会，我所说在基督的经历中经历祂的意思。许多基督徒听到我们需要在基督的经历中经历祂，为要得著祂作我们的燔祭，他们可能以为这是在外面效法基督，以基督作外面的榜样和模型，然后跟随祂并学习祂。这种领会是错误的。
1In the two previous messages we considered in detail the matter of experiencing Christ in His experiences and of offering to God the Christ whom we have experienced. In this message I would like to give a brief further word concerning our experiencing Christ in His experiences as the burnt offering. I am concerned that some may misunderstand what I mean by experiencing Christ in His experiences. When many Christians hear that we need to experience Christ in His experiences in order to have Him as our burnt offering, they may think that this is a matter of imitating Christ in an outward way, of taking Christ as an outward example and pattern and then following Him and learning of Him. This understanding is wrong
关于经历基督的两派思想
TWO SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT CONCERNING THE EXPERIENCE OF CHRIST
2为著帮助你们正确的领会在基督的经历中经历祂，我要指出一点：关于这事，在所谓的神学里主要有两大派思想。
2In order to help you have the right understanding of experiencing Christ in His experiences, I would point out that regarding this matter there are in so-called theology two main schools of thought
仅仅在外面效法基督
Imitating Christ Merely in an Outward Way
3第一派比第二派更为普遍，且为天主教和更正教所持守；他们教导信徒，完全在外面跟随基督并效法祂。写于几百年前的著名天主教书籍『效法基督』（The），说明了这种教训。按照这本书，基督徒该努力效法基督外面的生活。今天许多更正教神学也说到跟随基督，效法基督，以及学基督。新约中有些经节似乎给这派思想一个根据。在福音书中，主耶稣常嘱咐人跟随祂。祂在马太十一章二十九节说，『我心里柔和谦卑，因此你们要负我的轭，且要跟我学。』不仅如此，保罗也劝信徒说，『你们要效法我，像我效法基督一样。』（林前十一１。）这样的经节看来好像支持这个教训，说经历基督是在外面效法祂。
3The first school, which is much more popular than the second and which is held by both Catholics and Protestants, teaches the believers to follow Christ and imitate Him altogether in an outward way. This teaching is illustrated in a famous Catholic book written hundreds of years ago entitled The Imitation Imitation of Christ of Christ. According to this book, a Christian should try to imitate the outward living of Christ. Much of today’s Protestant theology also speaks of following Christ, imitating Him, and learning of Him. Certain verses in the New Testament seem to provide a basis for this school of thought. In the Gospels the Lord Jesus often charges others to follow Him. In Matthew 11:29 He said, “Take My yoke on you and learn from Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart.” Furthermore, Paul exhorted the believers, saying, “Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ” (1 Cor. 11:1). Such verses apparently support the teaching that to experience Christ is to imitate Him outwardly.
活基督
Living Christ
4第二派思想只为少数圣经教师所持守；他们说在基督的经历中经历祂，不是在外面效法基督，乃是活基督。在基督的经历中经历祂，不是在外面以祂为榜样，乃是活基督。保罗论到这事说，『我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。』（加二20。）保罗不是说，『我以基督为榜样并跟随祂；』他乃是说，『我已经与基督同钉十字架，』并且『基督在我里面活著。』在腓立比一章二十一节保罗接著说，『因为在我，活著就是基督。』保罗不是仅仅以基督为他的榜样，而在外面效法祂。保罗乃是活基督。
4The second school of thought, which is held by only a few Bible teachers, says that experiencing Christ in His experiences is not a matter of imitating Christ outwardly but is instead a matter of living Christ. To experience Christ in His experiences is not to take Him as a pattern outwardly—it is to live Christ. Regarding this, Paul says, “I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me” (Gal. 2:20). Paul does not say, “I take Christ as my pattern and follow Him”; he says, “I have been crucified with Christ” and “Christ lives in me.” In Philippians 1:21 Paul goes on to say, “To me to live is Christ.” Paul did not merely take Christ as his pattern and imitate Him outwardly. Paul lived Christ
在我们日常生活中活基督
LIVING CHRIST IN OUR DAILY LIFE
5在我们的婚姻生活中，我们可能想要效法基督，或操练自己来活基督。许多基督徒曾受教导，在婚姻生活中跟随基督的脚踪。例如，牧师也许劝告一对夫妇说，『基督从不与人争吵。现在你们该跟随祂的榜样，不要彼此争吵。你们若受试诱争吵，必须记得要跟随基督，像祂那样的生活。』
5In our married life we may try to imitate Christ, or we may exercise ourselves to live Christ. Many Christians have been taught to follow Christ’s steps in their married life. For example, a pastor may advise a married couple, saying, “Christ never quarreled with others. Now you should follow His example and not quarrel with each other. If you are tempted to quarrel, you must remember to follow Christ and live as He lived
6假定一位弟兄接受这个劝告，定意在他的婚姻生活中跟随基督，绝不与他妻子争吵。然而，有一天他妻子找他麻烦，魔鬼试诱他要与她争吵。他抗拒了一会，至终发了脾气。这当然是在跟随基督上的失败。这种失败在基督徒中间非常普遍。不过，也有少数意志坚强的人，能胜过争吵的试诱。他们不管多么被挑动，也不发脾气。他们定意效法基督，跟随祂不争吵，并且因著他们坚强的意志，他们成功了。但这真的是在基督的经历中经历祂么？当然不是！这仅仅是宗教教训的实行而已。
6Suppose a brother takes this advice and determines to follow Christ in his married life and never quarrel with his wife. However, one day his wife begins to bother him, and the Devil tempts him to argue with her. He resists for a while, but eventually he loses his temper. This, of course, is a failure in following Christ. This kind of failure is very common among Christians. A few strong-willed persons, however, are able to gain the victory over the temptation to quarrel. No matter how much they are provoked, they do not lose their temper. They have determined to imitate Christ, following Him not to quarrel, and by their strong will they succeed. Is this the genuine experience of Christ in His experiences? Certainly not! It is merely the practice of a religious teaching
7我生在基督教里，幼年起就从圣经受教导，要以基督为榜样并跟随祂。后来我学到孔子的传统教训，与我所学到的基督教教训非常相似。我感到困扰，怀疑我们这些中国人，为甚么还需要基督教这外国宗教，教导我们从孔子所学过同样的事。因为我对这感到困扰，所以有一段时间将基督教摆在一边。在十九岁时，我得救了。然而，我对于孔子和基督教的伦理教训二者相似，仍觉为难。孔子给我们一些好的榜样叫我们跟随，基督教也教导我们跟随基督作我们的榜样。差别在那里？我无法回答这问题，直到我从所谓内里生命派的教训得著帮助。那时我看见，跟随伦理教训与活基督之间有很大的分别。我开始看见基督在我里面活著的异象。
7I was born into Christianity, and from my youth I was taught from the Bible to take Christ as my pattern and follow Him. Later I learned the classical teachings of Confucius, which are very similar to the Christian teachings I had learned. I was bothered and began to wonder why we in China needed the foreign religion of Christianity to teach us the same things we had learned from Confucius. Because I was troubled about this, for a period of time I set Christianity aside. At the age of nineteen, I was saved. However, I still had a problem concerning the similarity of the ethical teachings of Confucius and Christianity. Confucius gave us certain good patterns to follow, and Christianity taught us to follow Christ as our pattern. What is the difference? I could not answer this question until I received help through the so-called inner life teachings. Then I saw that there is a great difference between following ethical teachings and living Christ, and I began to see the vision of Christ living in me.
8不错，主耶稣在四福音里的确曾说，『跟从我。』但在行传和书信中找不到这话。书信没有劝勉我们在外面跟随基督，反而说到在基督里。保罗说，『我认得一个在基督里的人，』（林后十二2，）他也表达了给人看出是在基督里的渴望。（腓三9。）在加拉太二章二十节保罗说，他已经与基督同钉十字架，现在活著的不再是他，乃是基督在他里面活著。在腓立比一章二十一节他告诉我们，在他，活著就是基督。努力在外面效法基督，与在基督里、活基督、并让基督活在里面，这二者之间有何等大的分别！我们需要在婚姻生活中活基督。假定一位弟兄受试诱要与他的妻子争吵。倘若在这样的时刻，他想如何跟随基督，他定会被击败。在受试诱要争吵以前，这位弟兄应该已经在活基督了。他该是一个在婚姻生活中活基督的人。倘若他在活基督的时候受试诱要与妻子争吵，他就不会与她争吵。因为他在活基督，他在活一个绝不争吵的生命。这与意志坚强的人定意不发脾气完全不同。我们不该定意不与配偶争吵，乃该活基督，活不是自己的生命，绝不争吵的生命。
8Yes, in the four Gospels the Lord Jesus did say, “Follow Me.” This word, however, cannot be found in the Acts and in the Epistles. Instead of exhorting us to follow Christ in an outward way, the Epistles speak about being in Christ. Paul says, “I know a man in Christ” (2 Cor. 12:2) and expresses the desire to be found in Christ (Phil. 3:9). In Galatians 2:20 Paul says that he has been crucified with Christ and that it is no longer he who lives but now Christ lives in him. In Philippians 1:21 he tells us that for him to live is Christ. What a great difference there is between trying to imitate Christ outwardly and being in Christ, living Christ, and having Christ live in us! In our married life, we need to live Christ. Suppose a brother is tempted to quarrel with his wife. If at such a time he considers how to follow Christ, he will be defeated. Before the temptation to quarrel comes, the brother should already be living Christ. He should be a person living Christ in his married life. If while living Christ he is tempted to quarrel with his wife, he will not quarrel with her. Because he is living Christ, he is living a life that never quarrels. This is altogether different from a strong-willed person making up his mind not to lose his temper. Instead of making up our mind not to quarrel with our spouse, we should live Christ, a life that is not ourselves, a life that never quarrels
9我担心有些圣徒，特别是新人，听到在基督的经历中经历祂，就想要仅仅在外面跟随基督。我们想要效法基督，这就像猴子想要效法人。我们不该想要跟随基督。反之，我们需要蒙光照，看见在自己里面是无望的。我们是『猴子，』怎能效法人呢？我们该忘记关于效法基督的事，并且该看见我们里面有一位是我们的生命。这一位是我们的救主，那三一神，活在我们里面。他不仅是我们的生命，祂甚至是我们的人位。
9I am concerned that when some saints, especially the new ones, hear about experiencing Christ in His experiences, they may try to follow Christ merely in an outward way. If we try to imitate Christ, we shall be like monkeys trying to imitate human beings. We should not try to follow Christ. Rather, we need to be enlightened to see that in ourselves we are a hopeless case. We are “monkeys.” How can we imitate a man? We should forget about imitating Christ and see that we have One within us who is our life. This One is our Savior, the very Triune God, living in us. He is not only our life—He is even our person.
10我们的见证该是：我们不知道怎样作好作歹，只知道活基督。我们爱祂，与祂交通。我们清早所作的头一件事，就是亲切的、满了爱的呼求祂，说，『主耶稣，我爱你。』然后我们与祂谈话，与祂交通，将祂接受进来。将基督接受进来就是吃祂。然后我们就享受祂，活祂，成为祂所是的。我们若是这样的人，就无论受了多大的试诱，也不会失败，而与丈夫或妻子争吵。我们现今在活另一个生命，一个能击败魔鬼和鬼魔的生命。这生命就是基督自己。过这种生活，就是活基督的生活，与宗教无分无关，与孔子的教训更完全不同。我在这些信息里的负担不是教导道理。我的负担是向你们供应基督，与你们分享我的享受，就是那独一的人位，耶稣基督，三一神的具体化身。我们有这样的一个人位活在里面，我们能活祂，以祂作人位，这是奇妙的事实！
10Our testimony should be that we do not know what it is to do good or evil; we only know to live Christ. We love Him and we fellowship with Him. Early in the morning, the first thing we do is call on Him dearly and lovingly, saying, “Lord Jesus, I love You.” Then we begin to talk to Him, to fellowship with Him, and to take Him in. To take Christ in is to eat Him. Then we shall enjoy Him, live Him, and be what He is. If we are such persons, we will not yield to the temptation to quarrel with our husband or wife no matter how much we are tempted. We are now living another life, a life that can defeat the Devil and all the demons. This life is simply Christ Himself. Living this kind of life, a life that lives Christ, has nothing to do with religion, and it is absolutely different from the teachings of Confucius. My burden in these messages is not to teach doctrines. On the contrary, my burden is to minister Christ to you, to share with you my enjoyment, which is one unique person, Jesus Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God. It is a wonderful fact that we have such a person living within us, and we can live Him and take Him as our person
11我想分享我年轻信主时的经历，来帮助新人和年轻人。我得救后不久，我那在神学院读书的姊姊，想要帮助我生活像基督徒。一天，她对我说到一位圣经教师﹕他非常有耐性，手里常常拿著圣经，走路是慢慢的，偶尔停下来望一望天，或者低头看一看圣经。我听了很感羡慕，就拿他作榜样，下决心也要有耐性，也要慢慢的走路。但是要晓得，我那时就是一只想要作人的『猴子。』我是快的人，我在自己里面无法僈、无法有耐性。后来，我得了一些内里生命派的教导，就蒙光照看见我已经与基督同钉死、同埋葬。我看见现在活著的不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。
11As a help to the new ones and the young ones, I would like to share an experience I had when I was a young Christian. Shortly after I was saved, my sister, who was a student at a theological school, tried to help me in my living as a Christian. One day she told me about a certain Bible teacher who was very patient and who always walked slowly with Bible in hand, stopping on occasion to gaze into the heavens or to look at the Bible. When I heard about him, I decided that I too would be patient and walk slowly. However, I was a “monkey” trying to be a man. I am a quick person and in myself I cannot live a slow, patient life. Eventually, I learned some of the inner life teachings, and I was enlightened to see that I had been crucified and buried with Christ. I saw that it is no longer I who live but Christ lives in me.
12我们不该效法基督，乃该活祂。我们要活基督，就需要呼求祂，享受祂。这是过得胜生活之路，这生活实际上就是得胜的基督作了我们的生命。
12Instead of imitating Christ, we should live Him. In order to live Christ, we need to call on Him and enjoy Him. This is the way to live a victorious life, which is actually the overcoming Christ as our life.