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利未记生命读经 · 第4篇

燔祭－基督作神的满足（二）

The Burnt Offering Christ for God’s Satisfaction (2)
1读经：利未记一章二至六节。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 1:2-6
2燔祭乃是绝对为著神满足的基督。在本篇信息中，我们要从利未记一章来看，如何献上基督作燔祭。
2The burnt offering is the Christ who is absolutely for God’s satisfaction. In this message we shall see from the text of Leviticus 1 how to offer Christ as the burnt offering
3利未记一至七章虽然告诉我们基督是燔祭、素祭、平安祭、赎罪祭和赎愆祭，但实际上并没有告诉我们基督如何作这些供物，只是告诉我们如何献上基督作这些供物。例如，利未记一章不是说到作燔祭的基督整个的所是，只是说到献上基督作燔祭的路。这些经文若只告诉我们基督作祭物总体的所是，那么这些就仅仅是道理客观的教导。然而，这几章不是仅仅客观的教导，而是向我们启示对基督所可能有的主观经历。一章没有教导我们，作为燔祭，基督的所是有多少，却教导我们如何经历基督，然后如何将对基督的经历带给神。这完全不是道理，乃是经历。我们若没有领悟这点，就会受到利未记一章里某些事情的困扰；例如，燔祭牲要用水洗这件事。作燔祭的基督要用水洗，这是甚么意思？当我们领悟这一章并不是告诉我们基督作燔祭的整个所是，乃是给我们看见献上基督的路，那么这问题就清楚了。我们所献的不是祂整个所是的本身，乃是我们所经历的基督。在利未记一章，基督作燔祭首先见于一只大公牛，（利一５，）其次是绵羊或山羊，（利一10，）最后是斑鸠或鸽子。（利一14。）我年轻时对这点感到困扰，因为我想我们怎能有不同大小的基督？当然，基督本身和其总体只有一样大小。基督是宇宙般大，祂的量度是那阔、长、高、深。（弗三18。）甚至一只公牛也不能代表基督宇宙的大，基督的量度。
3Chapters one through seven of Leviticus do not give us the details concerning what Christ is as the offerings; instead, these chapters show us the way to offer Christ. Although Leviticus 1—7 tells us that Christ is the burnt offering, the meal offering, the peace offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering, actually these chapters do not tell us how Christ is these offerings but tell us how to offer Christ as these offerings. Leviticus 1—7 does not speak of what Christ Himself is totally as the offerings. For example, Leviticus 1 speaks not of what Christ is totally as the burnt offering but rather speaks of the way to offer Christ as the burnt offering. If these chapters only told us what Christ is totally as the offerings, then these chapters would be merely objective teachings of doctrines. However, these chapters are not merely objective teachings, but they reveal to us the subjective experiences we may have of Christ. Chapter one does not teach us how much Christ is as the burnt offering but teaches us how to experience Christ and then how to bring our experience of Christ to God. It is altogether a matter not of doctrine but of experience. If we do not realize this point, we shall be bothered by certain things in Leviticus 1, for instance, the washing of the burnt offering. What does it mean for Christ as the burnt offering to be washed? A matter such as this becomes clear when we realize that this chapter does not tell us about Christ in His entirety as the burnt offering but shows us the way to offer Christ. What we offer is not Christ Himself in His entirety but the Christ we have experienced. In Leviticus 1 Christ as the burnt offering is seen first as a bull (v. 5), second, as a sheep or a goat (v. 10), and finally, as a turtledove or a pigeon (v. 14). This bothered me when I was young, for I wondered how we could have a Christ in different sizes. Of course, in Himself and in His totality Christ is of one size. Christ’ss i ze is universal; His dimensions are the breadth, the length, the height, and the depth (Eph. 3:18). Not even a bull can represent Christ in His universal greatness, in His dimensions
4虽然基督本身是一样的大小，但在我们的经历中，基督却有不同的大小。例如，一位初信者得了帮助，多少认识一点基督，他在主的桌子前向神献上基督。在神眼中，他所献的基督可能是一只小鸽子。但假设使徒保罗在聚会中也向神献上基督作燔祭，在神眼中，保罗的供物可能是一只大公牛。在同一个聚会中，另一位信徒在主里已经十五年了，对主有了相当的经历，他也献上基督作他的燔祭，在神眼中他的供物可能是一只羊羔。在这聚会中，基督作燔祭有三种大小。这不是说，基督本身有不同的大小。基督本身是一个大小，不同的不在于祂的所是，乃在于我们的经历。
4Although in Himself Christ is of one size, in our experiences Christ is of different sizes. For example, a new believer who has been helped to know Christ to a certain degree may offer Christ to God at the Lord’stable. In God’se yes what he offers of Christ might be a small pigeon. But suppose the Apostle Paul could be present in the meeting and also offer Christ to God as the burnt offering. In God’se yes Paul’s offering might be a large bull. In the same meeting another believer, who has been in the Lord fifteen years and who has had considerable experience of the Lord, may also offer Christ as his burnt offering. In the eyes of God his offering might be a lamb. In this meeting Christ as the burnt offering is of three sizes. This does not mean, however, that Christ is actually of more than one size. In Himself Christ is of one size. The difference, then, is not in what He is but in what we experience.
5我们读利未记一章时，需要我们记住：这章没有教导我们基督整体上实际的大小，而是教导我们关于所经历的基督。基督永远是大的，但在我的经历中，祂可能像鸽子一般大。几年以后，我也许能献上基督作羊羔。我若继续长大，至终我所献作燔祭的基督，也许会与保罗所献的一样，是一只大公牛。这是经历上的事，不是道理上的。利未记一章里燔祭有不同大小，这事实指明这章所教导的不是道理上的，乃是经历上的。我们现在就著利未记一章的经文，来看一些与经历有关的重要的事。
5As we read Leviticus 1, we need to keep in mind that this chapter does not teach us concerning the actual size of Christ in His totality. On the contrary, this chapter teaches us concerning the Christ whom we experience. Christ is eternally great, but in my experience He may be like a pigeon in size. After some years, I may be able to offer Christ as a lamb. If I continue to grow, eventually the Christ I offer as a burnt offering will be the same as that offered by Paul, a large bull. This is a matter of experience, not of doctrine. The fact that in Leviticus 1 the burnt offering is of different sizes indicates that what is taught in this chapter is not doctrinal but experiential. Let us now turn to the text of Leviticus 1 and consider a number of important matters related to experience
6在基督身上劳苦，使我们能有
6LABORING ON CHRIST THAT WE MAY HAVE SOMETHING OF CHRIST TO BRING TO GOD
出于基督的东西带给神
7我们到会幕来不该空手，乃该带著出于基督的东西。利未记一章二节说，『你们若有人献供物给耶和华，就要从牛群或羊群中，带牲口来作供物。』请注意『带』这字。这里的『带』字，原文意带近，带近到某人面前；因而含示呈献，供献。
7In coming to the tent of meeting, we should not come empty-handed, but we should come with something of Christ. Leviticus 1:2 says, “When anyone of you brings an offering to Jehovah, you shall bring your offering from the cattle, of the herd or of the flock.” Notice the words “brings” and “shall bring.” The Hebrew word for bring here means to bring near, to bring something to someone’s presence. Further, the word implies presenting, offering
8假定有一个以色列人承受了一分美地，却松散懒惰，既不耕地也不撒种、浇灌。到了收成的时候，这样的人没有东西可以收割，结果他就没有东西带来过节；他就会空手而来。就如在马太二十五章，愚拙的童女要向精明的童女借油﹔懒惰的以色列人也得设法从别人借来或买来东西献给神。
8Suppose an Israelite who had inherited a portion of the good land was a loose and lazy person, not tilling the ground or sowing seed and watering. At the time of harvest, such a person would not have anything to reap. As a result, he would not have anything to bring to the feast; he would come empty-handed. Like the foolish virgins in Matthew 25, who wanted to borrow oil from the wise virgins, a lazy Israelite might have tried to borrow or to buy from others something to offer to God.
9今天许多圣徒就像这样。他们松散懒惰，没有在基督身上、在基督里同著基督并为著基督劳苦。然而，保罗不是这样。他说，他为基督竭力奋斗、（西一28～29、）劳苦、（林前十五、）甚至争战。（林前九26。）保罗很忙碌，他比众使徒格外劳苦，但这不是他，乃是神的恩与他同在。我们需要像保罗那样，在基督身上劳苦，使我们有出于基督的东西呈献给神。当然，我们在自己里面、凭著自己是一无所有，也不能作甚么。我们的确必须倚靠雨水从诸天而来。但假设诸天降了雨，我们却不劳苦，那会发生甚么事？我们对基督会没有收成，因而没有出于基督的东西带给神。我们需要在基督身上劳苦，使我们能将出于基督的东西带给神。这不是论到基督作燔祭的道理，乃是与献上基督给神有关的经历。利未记一章二节里『供物』一辞，原文是『各耳板，』意礼物或赠品。我们带到神面前的成了礼物，赠品。我们若要有赠品给神，就需要在基督身上劳苦，并要为著基督竭力奋斗并争战。在作美地的基督身上劳苦，就是耕地、撒种、浇灌、并照顾作物。这就像农夫一样殷勤作工、辛劳。提后二章六节指明我们是农夫，是最殷勤、勤劳的人。我们这些农夫需要在基督身上劳苦。我若在基督身上劳苦，就会有出于作燔祭之基督的东西，当作礼物给神。
9Today many of the saints are like this. They are loose and lazy and do not labor on Christ, in Christ, with Christ, and for Christ. Paul, however, was different. He said that he strived, struggled (Col. 1:28-29), labored (1 Cor. 15:10), and even fought for Christ. Paul was a busy person; he labored more than all 10 the other apostles, yet it was not he but the grace of God that was with him. Like Paul, we need to labor on Christ that we may have something of Christ to present to God. Of course, in ourselves and by ourselves we are nothing and we can do nothing. We surely must depend on the rain from the heavens. Suppose the heavens send rain, yet we do not labor. What would happen then? We would reap nothing of Christ, and thus we would have nothing of Christ to bring to God. We need to labor on Christ that we may be able to bring something of Christ to God. This is not a matter of doctrine concerning Christ as the burnt offering but a matter of experience related to offering Christ to God. The Hebrew word that is translated as “offering” in Leviticus 1:2, the word corban, means a gift or a present. What we bring to the presence of God becomes a gift, a present. If we would have a present for God, we need to labor on Christ and struggle, strive, and fight for Christ. To labor on Christ as the good land is to till the ground, to sow the seed, to water the seed, and to take care of the crop. This is to work, to toil, diligently as a farmer. Second Timothy 2:6 indicates that we are farmers, the most diligent and industrious of people. As farmers, we need to labor on Christ. If we labor on Christ, we shall have something of Christ as the burnt offering to be a present for God.
宰燔祭牲
SLAUGHTERING THE BURNT OFFERING
10献燔祭的方法乃是我们经历基督的说明，给我们看见我们应如何经历基督的经历。『他要在耶和华面前宰公牛犊。』（利一５上。）这指明基督作燔祭被宰杀。被宰杀是基督在地上个人的经历。我们既是爱基督的人，愿意以基督作我们的燔祭，就需要经历祂的被宰杀。你曾否被宰杀？你曾否经历基督的被宰杀？我们需要使基督被宰杀的经历成为我们的经历。我们在婚姻生活中该有这种经历。假定一位弟兄的妻子很强，对弟兄很坚持。他该怎么作？他不该与她争吵，乃该经历基督被宰杀的经历。想想看福音书里所陈明的图画：主耶稣站在彼拉多面前，那时彼拉多作了最后的判决，要钉祂十字架。主耶稣被交给恶人，然后被带到宰杀之地。在这种情形下，主耶稣没有反抗。我们若对基督被宰杀有真正的经历，那么当丈夫或妻子将我们领到宰杀之地时，我们就不会有所抵抗。我们不会抵抗，反而会让丈夫或妻子将我们摆在十字架上。我们若经历基督的被宰杀，就会来到主的桌子前赞美主；我们可能带著泪说，『主，谢谢你给我机会，经历你的被宰杀。与你是一被领去宰杀，这是何等甜美！』这就是将基督当作我们的燔祭献给神。这也说明了我们如何在基督被宰杀的经历里经历基督。我们在召会中若有这经历，就不会有吵架、争执，只有被带去宰杀。我们在主的桌子前就会有许多赞美向主献上，可能是带著眼泪，感谢祂给我们机会经历基督的被宰杀。我们有时与弟兄们或与配偶争论。甚么时候我们这样作，就是转离十字架。争论不是别的，乃是从被宰杀中转离。若这是我们的光景，那么我们在主的桌子前就没有赞美归给主。我们在祷告和赞美中无论说甚么，都是空洞的，因为没有基督受苦的真实经历，因此也就没有燔祭。在这种情形中，我们就不是绝对为著神，也没有接受基督作燔祭，经历祂在被宰时所经历的。这就是何以我们在主的桌子前，一再重复平常而习惯的诗歌、祷告和赞美，却没有真实鉴赏并献上我们所经历的基督。
10The way of offering the burnt offering is a demonstration of our experience of Christ; it is a demonstration of how we have experienced Christ’s experience. The way of offering is thus both a demonstration of our experience of Christ’s experience and of how we have experienced Christ’s experience. “He shall slaughter the young bull before Jehovah” (Lev. 1:5a). This indicates that as the burnt offering Christ was slaughtered. Being slaughtered was Christ’s personal experience when He was on earth. As lovers of Christ who would take Christ as our burnt offering, we need to experience His being slaughtered. Have you ever been slaughtered? Have you ever experienced Christ’s being slaughtered? Have you ever made Christ’s experience of being slaughtered your experience? We need to make Christ’s experience of being slaughtered our experience. We should have this experience in our married life. Suppose a brother’s wife is very strong and insistent with him. What should he do? Instead of arguing with her, he should experience Christ’s experience of being slaughtered. Consider the picture presented in the Gospels of the Lord Jesus standing before Pilate, who was about to make the final judgment concerning His crucifixion. The Lord was handed over to evil men who then brought Him to the place of slaughter. In this situation the Lord Jesus did not resist. If we have the real experience of Christ’s being slaughtered, we shall not resist being led to the slaughter by our husband or wife. Instead of resisting, we shall allow our husband or wife to put us on the cross. If we experience Christ’s being slaughtered, we shall come to the Lord’s table and praise the Lord, perhaps with tears, saying, “Lord, thank You for giving me the opportunity to experience Your being slaughtered. How sweet it was to be one with You in being led to the slaughter!” This is to offer Christ to God as our burnt offering. This is also a demonstration of how we have experienced Christ in His experience of being slaughtered. If we in the churches have this experience, there will be no quarreling or fighting but only the experience of being brought to the slaughter. At the Lord’stable there will be many praises, perhaps offered with tears, to the Lord for giving us opportunities to experience Christ’s being slaughtered. Sometimes we reason with the brothers or with our spouse. Whenever we do this we turn away from the cross. Reasoning is nothing but a turning away from being slaughtered. If this is our situation, then at the Lord’stable there will be no praises to the Lord. Whatever we say in our prayer or praise will mean nothing because we have not had the real experience of Christ in His sufferings and, hence, we have no burnt offering. In such a case we are not absolutely for God; neither do we take Christ as our burnt offering, experiencing what He experienced in His being slaughtered. This is the reason that at the Lord’stable we have repeated, common, and customary songs, prayers, and praises, without the real experience of appreciation and presentation of the Christ whom we have experienced.
11我们若经历基督在被宰杀时所经历的，在主的桌子前就会有许多赞美献给主，并且在召会生活或婚姻生活中就没有争吵。有些人可能反对或批评我们，但我们不跟他们争辩。我们不说甚么，只让别人领我们到十字架，宰杀我们。倘若这是我们的经历，我们就会有大的燔祭带给神，并在会幕中有许多赞美。我们向神所呈献的，乃是我们如何经历基督被宰杀之经历的说明。
11If we experience what Christ experienced in being slaughtered, there will be much praise offered to the Lord at the Lord’s table, but there will not be any quarreling in the church life or in our married life. Certain ones may oppose us or criticize us, but we shall not fight with them. Without saying anything, we shall simply allow others to lead us to the cross and slaughter us. If this is our experience, we shall have a large burnt offering to bring to God, and we shall have much praise in the tent of meeting. What we present to God will be a demonstration of how we have experienced Christ’s experience of being slaughtered.
燔祭牲被剥皮
THE SKINNING OF THE BURNT OFFERING
12一章六节上半说，『他要剥去燔祭牲的皮。』燔祭牲被剥皮，表征基督甘愿被剥去祂美德的外在彰显。在四福音里，我们看见主耶稣被人毁谤，祂美德的美丽被剥夺。例如，有人说，『我们说你是撒玛利亚人，又有鬼附著，岂不正对么？』（约八48。）另有些人说，『祂是被鬼附著，而且疯了，为甚么听祂？』（约十20。）这指明作燔祭的主耶稣被『剥皮。』保罗也经历了这种剥皮。他被哥林多人剥皮，他们控告他打发提多到他们那里，目的是收取他们的钱。保罗在林后十二章十六至十八节题到这控告：『罢了！我没有加给你们担子，你们却有人说，我是狡猾诡诈，用诡计牢笼你们。我所差到你们那里去的人，我藉著其中一个占过你们的便宜么？我劝了提多，又差了那位弟兄同去。提多占过你们的便宜么？我们行事，不是在同一的灵里么？不是在同一的脚踪里么？』有些哥林多人诬责保罗用诡计得利，打发提多收取供给贫困圣徒的损项，藉此掩饰自己。保罗在十五节表明他真正的态度：『我极其喜欢为你们花费，并完全花上自己。难道我越发爱你们，就越发少得你们的爱么？』他愿意为他们的缘故完全花上自己。然而他却被控告，说他牢笼他们，利用提多偷取他们的钱。这岂不是剥皮么？
12The first part of 1:6 says, “He shall skin the burnt offering.” The skinning of the burnt offering signifies Christ’s willingness to let the outward expression of His virtues be stripped. In the four Gospels we see that Christ was defamed, stripped of the beauty of His virtues. For example, some said, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” (John 8:48). Others said of Him, “He has a demon and is insane; why do you listen to him?” (John 10:20). This indicates that as the burnt offering the Lord Jesus was “skinned.” Paul also experienced this skinning. He was skinned by the Corinthians who accused him of sending Titus to them for the purpose of taking money from them. Paul addressed this accusation in 2 Corinthians 12:16- 18. “But let it be so, I did not burden you, but being crafty I took you with guile. Did I take advantage of you through anyone whom I have sent to you? I entreated Titus and sent with him the brother. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Not in the same steps?” Some of the Corinthians had charged Paul of being crafty in making gain, indemnifying himself by sending Titus to receive the collection for the poor saints. Paul’s real attitude is expressed in verse 15. “I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent on behalf of your souls, even if loving you more abundantly, I am loved less.” He was willing to be wholly exhausted for their sake. Nevertheless, he was accused of beguiling them and of using Titus to steal money from them. Was this not a matter of skinning
13在林后六章三至十三节，保罗列出许多明证，证明他是神的仆人，神的执事。八节说，『藉著荣耀和羞辱，藉著恶名和美名…。』我们也许觉得难以相信，恶名的传播是保罗为使徒的明证。这些恶名是保罗为神仆人的明证。恶名就是剥皮，剥夺我们外在的美丽。
13In 2 Corinthians 6:3-13 Paul lists many of the evidences that he is a servant, a minister, of God. Verse 8 says, “Through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report.” We may find it hard to believe that the spreading of evil reports concerning Paul was an evidence that he was an apostle. These evil reports were an evidence that Paul was God’s servant. An evil report is a matter of skinning, of having our outward beauty stripped away
14没有人喜欢被剥皮。在我过召会生活的年日中，许多人到我这里来，要我将剥下的皮再放回去。你若被你的丈夫或妻子剥皮，你岂不尽一切所能的把皮重新贴上么？你岂不设法挽回你的美名，恢复你美德的外在彰显么？假定你是一个设法重新贴上被撕去之皮的人，当你来到主的桌前，你能为著主帮助你将皮放回去赞美祂么？我想没有人能向主献上这样的赞美。然而，假定你在家庭生活与召会生活中经历多次被剥皮，那你就能说，『主，我经历了你所经历的剥皮。我跟随你，接受剥皮、剥夺、毁谤、恶名，就像你一样。主，我所经历的，实际上就是你被剥皮的经历。』你若是有这种经历，你在主的桌子前所献上的赞美，即使很短，也会深深的摸著聚会。这是真实、真诚、并诚实的献上基督作燔祭。
14No one likes to be skinned. During my years in the church life, many have come to me asking me to put back the skin that had been peeled off. If you are skinned by your husband or wife, will you not do everything possible to reattach the skin? Will you not try to restore the good report concerning you, to recover the outward expression of your virtues? Suppose you are one trying to reattach the peeled- off skin. When you come to the Lord’stable, will you be able to praise the Lord for helping to put the skin back on? I do not think that anyone could offer such a praise to the Lord. However, suppose in the family life and in the church life you experience a lot of skinning. Then you will be able to say, “Lord, I have experienced the very skinning You experienced. I follow You and accept the skinning, the stripping, the defaming, the evil reports, just as You did. Lord, what I have experienced is actually Your experience of being skinned.” If you are a person with this kind of experience, the praise you offer, even if it is short, at the Lord’stable will deeply touch the meeting. This is the real, sincere, and honest offering of Christ as the burnt offering
15这不是献上整个的基督作燔祭。没有人能（连保罗也不能）献上基督整个的所是。我们只能献上我们所经历的那一部分基督。燔祭牲被切成块子利未记一章六节也告诉我们，献燔祭的人要『把燔祭牲切成块子。』没有人喜欢被切成块子；我们都喜欢保持完全、完整和完美。我们坚持自己对而别人错，就使自己避开切割。被人指摘作错事就是被切成块子。丈夫妻子之间的争吵，大多数都是这一方说那一方错，而那一方却争论是这一方错。召会生活中的情形也是一样。一位姊妹也许抱怨召会中有些人不公平。当她来到聚会中，看到某位圣徒，就想起这位圣徒曾对她不公平。这位圣徒可能对这位姊妹也有同样的想法。结果彼此就在里头斗起来了。这样，究竟谁公平，谁不公平？只有一位是公平的，就是甘愿被摆在十字架上钉死的那一位。
15This is not an offering of the total Christ as the burnt offering. No one, not even Paul, can offer Christ totally as He is. Rather, we can offer only that part of Christ which we have experienced. CUTTING THE BURNT OFFERING INTO PIECES Leviticus 1:6 also tells us that the one who presented the burnt offering was to “cut it into its pieces.” No one likes to be cut into pieces; we all like to remain whole, complete, perfect. We keep ourselves from being cut by insisting that we are right and that others are wrong. To be accused of doing something wrong is to be cut into pieces. Most of the quarrels between husband and wife involve the first party saying that the second party is wrong and the second party arguing that the first party is wrong. The situation is the same in the church life. A sister may complain that others in the church life are not fair. When she comes to the meeting, she may look at a certain saint, thinking that this saint has not been fair with her. This saint may have the same thought toward this sister. The result is an inner fighting. Who, then, is fair, and who is not fair? The only fair one is the one who is willing to be put on the cross and crucified.
16丈夫与妻子之间的难处，以及圣徒之间的难处，只能藉著赦免才得以解决。你知道赦免是甚么意思？赦免就是忘记。你若在召会生活中冒犯了一些圣徒，他们可能一生也不赦免你。这种不甘心赦免人，影响在主桌子前的赞美。圣徒若彼此有埋怨，就很难有一种活的，拔高的擘饼聚会。我们不愿意被切块，反而喜欢保謢自己。基督在地上的生活中，一直不断的被切成块子，我们也需要经历祂的被切割。在我们的婚姻生活与召会生活中，我们需要凭著祂在我们里面的生命，跟从祂的脚步。祂的生命不是争吵的生命，乃是甘愿忍受切割的生命。我们若经历这个，就能将所经历的这位基督带给神。
16Problems between husband and wife and between the saints can be solved only through forgiveness. Do you know what it means to forgive? To forgive is to forget. If you touch some saints in the church life wrongly, they may not forgive you during their lifetime. This unwillingness to forgive affects the praises at the Lord’stable. If the saints have complaints against one another, it will be difficult to have a living, uplifted Lord’stable meeting. Instead of being willing to be cut into pieces, we like to protect ourselves. During His life on earth, Christ was cut into pieces continually, and we need to experience His being cut. In our married life and in our church life, we need to follow the Lord’s steps by His life within us. His life is not a quarreling life. His life is a life that is willing to suffer the cutting. If we experience this, we shall be able to bring to God the Christ whom we have experienced
17我们常常说到在基督身上劳苦，为要有出于基督的东西在聚会中展览出来。在基督身上劳苦，包括我们甘愿被切成块子，像祂一样。我们若这样在基督身上劳苦，就会有被切块的这位基督，作为出产献上给神。
17We have often spoken about laboring on Christ in order to have something of Christ to exhibit in the meetings. Laboring on Christ includes our being willing to be cut into pieces as He was. If we labor on Christ in this way, then as the produce to be offered to God we shall have the Christ who was cut into pieces
洗燔祭牲
WASHING THE BURNT OFFERING
18燔祭牲要由献祭者用水洗。『燔祭牲的内脏和腿，要用水洗。』（利一９上，参利一13上。）这当然不是说，我们的燔祭基督是污秽的。当主耶稣在地上生活行动时，在祂里面的那灵一直保守祂，保謢祂，使祂不至污秽。我们在日常生活中需要有同样的经历。我们需要经历基督被圣灵洁净、洗净。我们能经历这事，因为祂那洁净的灵在我们里面，天天洁净我们，使我们不为属地的污秽所摸著。
18The burnt offering was to be washed with water by the offerer. “Its inwards and its legs shall be washed with water” (v. 9; cf. 13a). This surely does not mean that Christ, our burnt offering, was dirty. When the Lord Jesus was living and walking on earth, the Spirit within Him continually kept Him, preserved Him, protected Him, from becoming dirty. In our daily walk we need to have the same kind of experience. We need to experience Christ’s being cleansed, His being washed by the Holy Spirit. We are able to experience this because His cleansing Spirit is within us to cleanse us day by day, to keep us from being touched by the earthly dirt
给耶和华怡爽的香气
A SATISFYING FRAGRANCE TO JEHOVAH
19燔祭牲经过宰杀、剥皮、切块并洗净以后，就放在祭坛上焚烧。『祭司要把这一切在祭坛上全都熏著献上，当作燔祭，就是献给耶和华为怡爽之香气的火祭。』（利一９下。』『怡爽的香气，』直译是安息或满足的香味；亦即一种献给神，使神怡爽的香味，藉此得神喜悦。这辞是专门术语，用以指烧祭牲时上升的馨香之气。（S.R.Driver,窦威尔。）这节里『熏著』一辞，指明燔祭牲不是很快的烧，乃是慢慢的烧。这样慢慢的烧，结果就有怡爽的香气，就是一种带来满足、平安与安息的香气。这样一种怡爽的香气对神乃是享受。
19After the burnt offering was slaughtered, skinned, cut into pieces, and washed, it was burned on the altar. “The priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a satisfying fragrance to Jehovah” (v. 9). The Hebrew words translated “satisfying fragrance” literally mean savor of rest or satisfaction, that is, a savor giving satisfaction to the Deity, to whom it is offered, and, therefore, received with favor by Him. The phrase is a technical term for the fragrant steam arising from a burning sacrifice (S. R. Driver). The word “smoke” in this verse indicates that the offering was not burned quickly but slowly. As a result of this slow burning there was a satisfying fragrance, a savor that brought satisfaction, peace, and rest. Such a satisfying fragrance is an enjoyment to God.
20当我们将燔祭牲熏著献上给神时，一种使神悦纳的香气就上升到神那里，使祂满足、安息。神既得著满足，就将祂甜美的悦纳赐给我们，这就是燔祭的意义。燔祭乃指基督是绝对为著神的满足。要以甜美、平安与安息满足神的路，就是过一种绝对为著神的生活。我们既无法过这样的生活，就必须接受基督作我们的燔祭。我们需要按手在祂身上，指明我们渴望与祂联合，与祂是一，过祂在地上所过的生活。这样的生活包括被宰杀、被剥皮、被切割和洗涤。藉著经过这一切过程，我们就会有一些东西献给神作燔祭，就是我们所经历的这位基督。
20When we offer a burnt offering in smoke to God, a fragrance well-pleasing to God will ascend to Him for His satisfaction and rest. Since God is satisfied, He will render His sweet acceptance to us. This is the significance of the burnt offering. The burnt offering denotes Christ’s being absolute for God’s satisfaction. The way to satisfy God with sweetness, peace, and rest is to live a life that is absolutely for God. Since we cannot live such a life, we must take Christ as our burnt offering. We need to lay our hands on Him to indicate that we desire to be identified with Him, one with Him, and to live the kind of life He lived on earth. Such a life includes being slaughtered, skinned, cut into pieces, and washed. By passing through all these processes, we shall have something to offer to God as our burnt offering—the very Christ whom we have experienced