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利未记生命读经 · 第24篇

素祭的条例

The Law of the Meal Offering
1读经：利未记六章十四至二十三节。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 6:14-23
2素祭不是给平常人吃的平常食物，乃是单单为著祭司的。所有新约的信徒都是祭司。因此，素祭乃是给今天在召会生活中真正、实际作祭司的。
2The meal offering is not common food for common people. The meal offering is food only for the priests. All New Testament believers are priests. Thus, the meal offering is for those in the church life who are God’s actual and practical priests today
I. THE MEAL OFFERING TO BE OFFERED
壹 素祭要在祭坛前，献在耶和华面前
BEFORE JEHOVAH IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR
3利未记六章十四节说，『素祭的条例乃是这样：亚伦的子孙要在祭坛前，把这祭献在耶和华面前。』素祭要献在耶和华面前，表征素祭是在神的面光中献给神的。素祭是在祭坛前献的，表征献素祭与基督在十字架上的救赎有关。祭坛是十字架的豫表。旧约有祭坛，新约有十字架。『在祭坛前』意思就是与基督在十字架上的救赎有关。素祭是在神的面光中献给神的，但必须献得与基督在十字架上的救赎有关。
3Leviticus 6:14 says, “This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Jehovah in front of the altar.” The meal offering being offered before Jehovah signifies that the meal offering is offered to God in His presence. The meal offering being offered in front of the altar signifies that the meal offering is offered in relation to the redemption of Christ on the cross. The altar is a type of the cross. In the Old Testament there is the altar, but in the New Testament there is the cross. “In front of the altar” therefore means in relation to the redemption of Christ on the cross. The meal offering is offered to God in His presence, but it must be offered in relation to the redemption of Christ on the cross
II. THE PORTION OF THE MEAL OFFERING
贰 素祭归给
TO AARON AND HIS SONS
亚伦和他子孙的部分，
TO BE EATEN IN A HOLY PLACE
要在会幕院子里的圣处吃
IN THE COURT OF THE TENT OF MEETING
4利未记六章十六节说，『剩下的，亚伦和他的子孙要吃；要在圣处不带著酵吃；他们要在会幕的院子里吃。』这节说到素祭归给亚伦和他子孙的部分，就是归给在祭司事奉中之祭司的部分。
4Leviticus 6:16 says, “The remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; it shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they shall eat it in the court of the tent of meeting.” This verse speaks of the portion of the meal offering which was for Aaron and his sons, that is, the portion which is for the priests in their priestly service
一 表征我们享受基督作我们无罪的素祭（我们事奉的生命供应）
A. Signifying That We Enjoy Christ as Our Meal Offering (Life Supply for Our Service) without Sin
5在圣处吃素祭中祭司的部分，表征我们享受基督作我们无罪的素祭（我们事奉的生命供应）。『圣』字在这里指明，对素祭的享受必须是无罪的。
5Eating the priests’ portion of the meal offering in a holy place signifies that we enjoy Christ as our meal offering (life supply for our service) without sin. The word holy here indicates that the enjoyment of the meal offering must be without sin
二 表征我们是在分别、圣别的境界里享受基督
B. Signifying That We Enjoy Christ in a Separated, Sanctified Realm
6在圣处吃素祭，也表征我们是在分别、圣别的境界里享受基督。我们只能在圣处取用基督作我们的素祭，作我们每日生命的供应。圣处就是圣别的境界。
6Eating the meal offering in a holy place also signifies that we enjoy Christ in a separated, sanctified realm. We can take Christ as our meal offering, as our daily life supply, only in a holy place. A holy place is a sanctified realm.
三 表征我们是在召会的范围中享受基督
C. Signifying That We Enjoy Christ in the Sphere of the Church
7素祭中祭司的部分，是在会幕的院子里吃的。会幕豫表召会。所以，在会幕旳院子里吃素祭，表征在召会的范围里享受基督。在召会这范围以外，我们没有素祭。只有在召会生活的范围里，才能取用素祭。只有在召会生活的范围之内，才能享受基督作我们的素祭，使我们尽祭司的事奉。我们对基督作素祭的享受，必须是圣别的；这享受必须是在圣别旳境界里，也必须是在召会生活的境界里。基督是我们的素祭，使我们可以作祭司事奉神。然而，今天许多真信徒名义上是祭司，实际上不是祭司。在他们的日常生活中，他们不是神的祭司。作祭司的，不需要是个全时间的人。我们藉著重生，就成了祭司。我们既已重生，现在就该过一种作神的祭司，事奉神的生活。即使你有全职的工作，也可以作祭司事奉神。我们可能从事各种不同的正当职业，仍可以在工作中作神的祭司。譬如一位当医生的弟兄，可以把他的医师业务当作祭司事奉来作，把福音传给不信的人，带他们归向基督，并把生命供应给信徒。如果我们都这样作祭司行事为人，在神的福音、怜悯、恩典、和神圣生命上事奉神，这就是传福音最好的路。
7The priests’ portion of the meal offering was eaten in the court of the tent of meeting. The tent of meeting typifies the church. Therefore, eating the meal offering in the court of the tent of meeting signifies enjoying Christ in the sphere of the church. Outside the sphere of the church, there is no meal offering for us. The meal offering can be applied only in the sphere of the church life. We can enjoy Christ as our meal offering for our priestly service only within the circle of the church life. Our enjoyment of Christ as the meal offering must be holy, it must be in a sanctified realm, and it must be in the sphere of the church life. Christ is our meal offering that we may serve God as priests. However, many real believers today are priests of God in name but not in actuality. In their daily life, they are not priests of God. To be a priest one does not need to be a full-timer. We became priests by our regeneration. Having been regenerated, we should now live a life as God’s priests, serving God. You may serve God as a priest even though you have a full-time job. We may be engaged in different kinds of proper employment, but we can still do our work in the sense of being priests to God. For example, a brother who is a physician may carry out his medical practice as a priestly service, preaching the gospel to unbelievers to bring them to Christ and ministering life to believers. If we all behaved as priests in this way, serving God in His gospel, in His mercy, in His grace, and in His life, this would be the best way to preach the gospel
8然而，信徒中间实际的情形刚好相反。在美国，超过半数以上的人是基督徒，但很少听到人在工作的地方传福音。许多信徒的生活很世俗，像一般人一样，不像祭司，这是何等的羞耻！我们既是祭司，就要问问自己有没有传福音。按照我对新约的研究，我们这些神的祭司首先该作的就是传福音，把罪人带给神作供物。这就是保罗所行的；他的传福音就是祭司的事奉。（罗十五16。）在他祭司的事奉里，他把外邦人献给神。我们有没有得救的罪人可以献给神？
8However, the actual situation among believers is the opposite. More than half of the people in the United States may be Christians, but it is rare to hear of anyone preaching the gospel in their place of employment. Many believers live like worldlings, like common people, not like priests. What a shame! Since we are priests, we need to ask ourselves about our gospel preaching. According to my study of the New Testament, the first thing we should do as God’s priests is to preach the gospel and bring the sinners to God as offerings. This is what Paul did; his preaching of the gospel was a priestly service (Rom. 15:16). In his priestly service he offered the Gentiles to God. Do we have some saved sinners whom we can offer to God?
9利未记这本书完全是论到祭司。几乎每一章都论到祭司的生命、生活、需要、和供应，以及别的有关他们的事。我们若不是真实的祭司，就没有资格进入这卷书。所以，我有很深的负担，恳求你们回到作神祭司的属天呼召。祭司事奉的第一个责任必须是把罪人带来，呈献给神作供物。保罗说，他得救是要作所有信徒的榜样。（提前一16。）他是信徒的榜样，他头一个责任是拯救罪人，并把他们献给神作供物。他传扬的工作是真实新约祭司的事奉。保罗确实知道，以基督作他祭司事奉的素祭是甚么意思。但素祭对我们可能不像对保罗那样的真实，因为我们的生活实际上只有很少的程度是祭司的生活。如果我们只说到祭司的事奉，却没有实际的在其中，那是何等可悲！这些日子当我思想这卷书的时候，我的心在哭泣。我越研读这卷书，我的心就越哭泣。在我们中间没有甚么可以叫我们喜乐的。我们一直在说祭司的食物，但谁是祭司？祭司在那里？在本篇信息中，我有负担强调这一点－利未记是为著祭司的书。
9The book of Leviticus is altogether concerned with the priests. Nearly every chapter concerns the life, living, need, and supply of the priests and all the other things related to them. If we are not priests in actuality, we are not qualified to enter into this book. Therefore, I am deeply burdened to beg you to come back to your heavenly calling as priests of God. The first duty of our priestly service must be to bring sinners to present to God as offerings. Paul said that he was saved to be an example to all the believers (1 Tim. 1:16). He was the believers’ pattern, and his first duty was to gain sinners and offer them to God as offerings. His work of preaching was the real New Testament priestly service. Surely Paul knew what it meant to have Christ as his meal offering for his priestly service. But the meal offering may not be as real to us as it was to Paul, because only to a small degree is our life actually the life of a priest. How sad it would be if we only talked about the priestly service but were not actually in it! In these days while I am considering the book of Leviticus, my heart is weeping. The more I read and study this book, the more my heart is weeping. Among us there is little that would cause us to be joyful. We are talking about the priestly food, but who are the priests, and where are they? In this message I am burdened to stress this one point—the book of Leviticus is for the priests
10说到祭司的事奉，我们需要省察我们的光景，问问自己，我们在那里。申言者哈该嘱咐以色列人要省察自己的行为。（该一5～11。）我们众人都需要重新省察自己的行为。我们是甚么样的信徒？我们是祭司般的信徒，还是凡俗的信徒？参素祭不可带著酵烤说到素祭，利未记六章十七节上半说，『不可带著酵烤。』素祭不可带著酵烤，表征在以基督为我们的生命供应上，不可有罪。
10Regarding the priestly service, we need to consider our situation and ask ourselves where we are. The prophet Haggai charged the people of Israel to consider their ways (Hag. 1:5-11). We all need to reconsider our way. What kind of believers are we? Are we priestly believers or common believers? III. NOT BAKING THE MEAL OFFERING WITH LEAVEN Speaking of the meal offering, Leviticus 6:17a says, “It shall not be baked with leaven.” Not baking the meal offering with leaven signifies that our working on Christ as our life supply must be without sin
肆 素祭是至圣的，
IV. CONSIDERING THE MEAL OFFERING MOST HOLY.
11像赎罪祭和赎愆祭一样素祭乃是『至圣的，像赎罪祭和赎愆祭一样。』（利六17下。）这里所题的素祭与赎罪祭的和赎愆祭有关。我们该认为这一切供物都是至圣的。一表征享受基督作我们的生命供应，
11LIKE THE SIN OFFERING AND THE TRESPASS OFFERING The meal offering “is most holy, like the sin offering and like the trespass offering” (v. 17b). Here the meal offering is mentioned in relation to the sin offering and the trespass offering. We should consider all these offerings most holy. A. Signifying That to Enjoy Christ as the Life Supply
需要对付堕落天性中的罪
We Need to Deal with Sin in Our Fallen Nature
12赎罪祭对付我们堕落天性中的罪。我们若要享受基督作生命的供应，就需要对付在我们里面的罪。二表征享受基督作我们生命的供应，
12The sin offering deals with sin in our fallen nature. If we would enjoy Christ as our life supply, we need to deal with the sin in us. B. Signifying That to Enjoy Christ as the Life Supply
也需要对付行为上的罪
We Also Need to Deal with the Sins in Our Conduct
13赎愆祭对付我们行为上的罪。我们若要享受基督作我们生命的供应，就不仅需要对付罪性，也需要对付罪行。
13The trespass offering deals with the sins in our conduct. If we would enjoy Christ as our life supply, we need to deal not only with sin but also with our sins
14当我们享受基督作我们祭司事奉的每日供应时，需要晓得这享受包括对付我们堕落天性中的罪，以及我们行为上的罪。我们若没有这样的对付而想要享受素祭，那就犯罪了。我们若没有对付里面的罪性和外面的罪行，就不能取用基督作素祭。这就是素祭把我们指向赎罪祭和赎愆祭的原因。伍亚伦子孙中的男丁，
14When we enjoy Christ as our daily supply for our priestly service, we need to realize that this enjoyment involves dealing with the sin in our fallen nature and also dealing with the sins in our conduct. If we try to enjoy the meal offering without such a dealing, we commit sin. We cannot take Christ as the meal offering unless we deal with our inward sin and our outward sins. This is the reason the meal offering refers us to the sin offering and to the trespass offering. V. EVERY MALE AMONG THE SONS OF AARON
都可以吃素祭
EATING OF THE MEAL OFFERING
一 表征有分于基督作生命供应的人，都应该在生命上是刚强的
A. Signifying That the Partakers of Christ as the Life Supply Should Be Strong in Life
15『亚伦子孙中的男丁都可以吃这一分，这是你世世代代从献给耶和华的火祭中作他们应得的分。』（利六18上。）这里我们看见，亚伦子孙中的男丁都可以吃素祭。这表征有分于基督作生命供应的人，都应该在生命上是刚强的。当我们听到需要在生命上刚强，才能有分于素祭，也许会感到失望，觉得自己不彀资格。这就是为甚么我几乎每天都很强的向主祈求：『主阿，怜悯我们众人。』我们的情况也许只适合主的怜悯。按照素祭条例中这特殊的律例，我们都不彀格有分于素祭。我们不是亚伦子孙中的男丁；也就是说，我们不是圣徒中在生命上较刚强的人。只有在生命上较刚强的人，才有资格享受基督作素祭。
15“Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat of it; it is their perpetual due throughout your generations from the offerings of Jehovah by fire” (v. 18a). Here we see that every male among the sons of Aaron could eat of the meal offering. This signifies that the partakers of Christ as the life supply should be strong in life. When we hear that we need to be strong in life to partake of the meal offering, we may be disappointed, feeling that we are disqualified. This is the reason that nearly every day I make a strong petition to the Lord: “Lord, have mercy on us all.” Our situation is probably suitable only for the Lord’s mercy. Actually, according to this particular statute in the law of the meal offering, we are not qualified to partake of the meal offering. We are not the males among the sons of Aaron; that is, we are not the stronger ones in life among the saints. It is the stronger ones in life who are qualified to enjoy Christ as the meal offering.
16不论我们自以为在日常生活中多么享受基督，实际上我们并没有那么享受祂。我们的享受仍有短缺，因为我们在生命上出了问题。我们在生命上仍然太幼弱。我们不是正确的男丁。神知道我们的所是，我们也知道。我们不能说我们在神圣的生命上已经彀刚强。为这缘故，我们需要求主怜悯我们众人。我们需要主的怜悯。
16No matter how much we may think we have the daily enjoyment of Christ, we actually have not enjoyed Him that much. Our enjoyment is short because we have a problem in life. We are still so young and feeble in life. We are not the proper males. What we are, God knows, and we also know. We cannot say that we are adequately strong in the divine life. For this reason we need to ask the Lord to have mercy on us all. We need the Lord’s mercy
二 表征有分于基督的人，都应该是事奉的人－祭司
B. Signifying That the Partakers of Christ Should Be God’s Serving Ones—Priests
17亚伦子孙中的男丁吃素祭，也表征有分于基督的人都该是事奉神的人－祭司。我们日常行事若没有作祭司事奉神，就不能有分于对基督真正的享受。在这种情形下，我们即使自认有这享受，但实际的情况却与我们的想法不符。
17The males among the sons of Aaron eating of the meal offering also signifies that the partakers of Christ should be God’s serving ones—priests. If we do our daily work without serving God as a priest, we cannot share in the real enjoyment of Christ. In such a case, we may think that we have this enjoyment, but our thought does not correspond to the actual situation
18陆亚伦受膏的日子，他和他子孙所献的素祭
18VI. THE MEAL OFFERING OF AARON AND HIS SONS ON THE DAY WHEN AARON IS ANOINTED
19『当亚伦受膏的日子，他和他的子孙要献给耶和华的供物乃是：』（利六20上。）这表征享受基督作生命的供应与祭司事奉之间的关系。我要一再的强调一个事实，就是享受基督作素祭，与我们的祭司事奉有关。
19This is the offering of Aaron and his sons which they shall offer to Jehovah on the day when he is anointed” (v. 20a). This signifies that the enjoyment of Christ as the life supply is related to the priestly service. Again and again I would emphasize the fact that the enjoyment of Christ as the meal offering is related to our priestly service
一 细面伊法的十分之一，为常献的素祭
A. The Tenth of an Ephah of Fine Flour as a Continual Meal Offering
20二十节下半说到『细面伊法的十分之一，为常献的素祭。』这表征对基督之享受的上好部分，就是十分之一的那一分，应当归给神。这也表征在我们的祭司事奉中，应当一直有这种对基督的享受。
20Verse 20b speaks of “the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a continual meal offering.” This signifies that the top portion, the tenth part, of the enjoyment of Christ should be for God. This also signifies that this kind of enjoyment of Christ should continue in our priestly service
二 献素祭要早晨一半，晚上一半，
B. Half of the Meal Offering in the Morning and
21使其为常献之祭献素祭要早晨一半，晚上一半，使其为常献之祭。（利六20下。）这表征在祭司事奉中，我们对基督不断的享受。
21Half in the Evening to Keep It a Continual Offering Half of the meal offering was offered in the morning and half in the evening to keep it a continual offering v. 20c). This signifies the continual enjoyment of Christ in the priestly service
22素祭只给祭司，也只在祭司事奉中才有效。我们可能是祭司，但我们的祭司事奉却可能没有功效。我们的情形若是这样，祭司的食物也照样无效。这属灵的食物只在有效的祭司事奉中才能有效。我们必须实际作事奉的祭司。这样，祭司的食物才会实际作我们的分。
22The meal offering is only for the priests, and it is prevailing only in the priestly service. We may be priests, but our priestly service may not be prevailing. If this is our situation, then the priestly food will likewise not be prevailing. This spiritual food can be prevailing only in a prevailing priestly service. We must be serving priests in actuality. Then the priestly food will actually be our portion
三 这素祭完全烧了，祭司不可吃
C. The Meal Offering Being Entirely Burned and Not Eaten by the Priest
23『这是永远的律例；这祭要完全熏著献给耶和华。凡祭司的素祭都要完全烧了，不可以吃。』（利六22下～23。）这表征享受基督，使神满足，必须是绝对的。
23“It is a perpetual statute; it shall be entirely offered up in smoke to Jehovah. Every meal offering of a priest shall be entirely burned; it must not be eaten” (vv. 22b-23). This signifies that the enjoyment of Christ for God’s satisfaction should be absolute.
24我们对基督的享受是由我们实际作祭司事奉神的程度来量度的。我们的感觉不是量度的方法。我们是祭司，但我们的祭司事奉若出了问题，我们对基督作素祭的享受也就有了问题。我们作任何事，都需要在对的地位上；若不在对的地位上，就无法有分于那特殊的事。虽然我们是祭司，实际上我们却可能在错的地位上，因此不能真正享受基督作素祭。
24Our enjoyment of Christ is measured by the extent to which we are actually priests serving God. Our feeling is not the measurement. We are priests, but if there is a problem with our priestly service, there will also be a problem with the enjoyment of Christ as the meal offering. In doing anything, we need to be in the right position. If we are not in the right position, then we cannot have anything to do with that particular matter. Although we are priests, in a practical way we may be in the wrong position and therefore cannot have the real enjoyment of Christ as the meal offering
25我说这些话，是要在爱里鼓励你们省察自己的行为。不要以为你们是对的。我能向你们见证，我每天都要省察自己的行为和光景。这是严肃的事，因为没有人知道主甚么时候会把他取去。我们随时都可能被取去。一旦主把我们取去，我们就来不及对自己的光景作甚么。主的话清楚的告诉我们，主回来时要设立审判台。（罗十四10，林后五10。）我们都要站在那里，向祂交帐。我们特别要把在地上时所说的每句话都供出来。（太十二36～37。）因此我们需要谨慎所说的。我无意作解经家。我的负担乃是把主的话活的、带著亮光的供应出来。我愿意所有亲爱的圣徒都蒙光照，对自己、召会、神新约的经纶，都看见一些光。我们要被带进光中，让光照耀在我们身上、我们周围、我们里面，这是很要紧的。
25My loving intention in speaking this word is to encourage you to reconsider your way. Do not think that you are all right. I can testify to you that daily I need to reconsider my way and my situation. This is a serious matter because none of us knows when the Lord might take him. We may be taken at any time. Once the Lord takes us away, it will be too late for us to do anything about our situation. We have been clearly told that at His coming the Lord will set up a judgment seat (Rom. 14:10; 2 Cor. 5:10). We all will stand there and give an account to Him. In particular, we will have to confess all the words that came out of our mouth while we were on earth (Matt. 12:36-37). Therefore, we need to be careful in what we speak. My desire is not to be an expositor of the Bible. My burden is to minister the Lord’sword in a living and enlightening way. I would like all the dear saints to be enlightened and to see some light concerning themselves, concerning the church, and concerning God’s New Testament economy. It is crucial that we be brought into the light and that the light shine upon us, around us, and within us.
26我们要记得，头三个祭（燔祭、素祭、平安祭）是为把我们带进光中。在光中，我们就蒙光照看见自己的罪性和罪行。这是我们所需要的。我们无论老幼，无论得救多年或得救几个月，都需要蒙光照。我们都需要被带进神圣的光中。感谢主，我们是光的儿女。（弗五8。）既是光的儿女，就必须在光中，先对自己，然后对神的经纶，有清楚的认识。这是我期待要看到的。
26We need to remember that the first three offerings—the burnt offering, the meal offering, and the peace offering— bring us into the light. In the light we are enlightened to see our sin and our sins. This is what we need. Whether we are old or young, whether we have been saved for many years or for a few months, we need to be enlightened. We all need to be brought into the divine light. We thank the Lord that we are children of light (Eph. 5:8). Since we are children of light, we must be in the light to be clear first concerning ourselves and then concerning God’secon o my. This is what I am expecting to see