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利未记生命读经 · 第44篇

房屋里的痲疯

The Leprosy in a House
1读经：利未记14:33-53。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 14:33-53
2在论到利未记十三章的信息里，我们看见痲疯可能在人的身上，也可能在人的衣服上。在本篇信息中，
2In the messages on Leviticus 13 we saw that leprosy may be in a person and also in one’s garments. In this message we shall consider the leprosy in a house
3我们要来看房屋里的痲疯。
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壹 房屋里的痲疯
I. THE LEPROSY IN A HOUSE
表征召会中的罪恶
SIGNIFYING SINS AND EVILS IN A CHURCH
4利未记这卷书中的每一样事物都是豫表。这包括十四章的房屋。根据利未记是用豫表写的这原则，我们可以将十四章三十三至五十三节的房屋，解释为召会的豫表。我们新约的信徒，承认我们真正的房屋不是物质的房子，而是召会。我们若没有正确的召会生活，就是无家可归的。只有当我们在召会中，过正确的召会生活，我们才真正有家。许多人都见证说，他们进入召会生活，现今是在家里。所以，利未记十四章的房屋豫表召会作我们的房屋，我们的家；房屋里的痲疯表征召会中的罪恶。（利十四33～48。）一神使以色列产业之地的房屋中
4Everything in the book of Leviticus is a type. This includes the house in chapter fourteen. Based upon the principle that Leviticus is written in the form of types, we may interpret the house in 14:33-53 as a type of the church. As New Testament believers, we recognize that our real house is not our physical house but the church. Without the proper church life, we are homeless. Only when we are in the church and live the proper church life are we truly at home. Many have testified upon entering into the church life that they are now at home. The house in Leviticus 14, therefore, typifies the church as our house, our home, and the leprosy in a house signifies sins and evils in the church (vv. 33-48). A. God Putting a Leprous Disease in a House of
有痲疯的病
the Land of Israel’s Possession
5利未记十四章三十四节说到神使以色列产业之地的房屋中有痲疯的病。这表征当召会的光景不正常时，神就叫召会中显出痲疯的罪来，题醒警告信徒们，他们不再有可住之屋，也不再能享受神在祂救恩中所应许的一切福分。
5Leviticus 14:34 speaks of God’s putting a leprous disease in a house of the land of Israel’s possession. This signifies that when the condition of a church becomes abnormal, God causes the leprous sin to appear in the church, reminding and warning the believers that they no longer have a house to live in and are no longer able to enjoy all the blessings God promised in His salvation
6我在主恢复中的五十多年间，经过了许多风波。有时风波达到一个地步，房屋里有了痲疯。当召会患了痲疯，因著罪恶而生病的时候，我们真觉得失去了家，变成了无家可归的。不仅如此，当召会患了痲疯病时，我们也失去了对基督的享受。因著没有正确的召会，我们就不能享受神在祂救恩里所应许的一切福分。
6During the more than fifty years I have been in the Lord’s recovery, I have passed through many turmoils. Sometimes the turmoil reached the point that there was leprosy in the house. When the church becomes leprous, sick because of sins and evils, we have the sense that we have lost our home, that we have become homeless. Furthermore, when the church is sick of leprosy, we lose the enjoyment of Christ. Since there is no longer a proper church, we are no longer able to enjoy all the blessings God has promised in His salvation
二 房主要去告诉祭司，有像痲疯病的东西，显在他的房子上
B. The Owner of the House Coming and Telling the Priest That Something Like a Leprous Disease Has Appeared in His House
7『你们进了我所赐给你们为产业的迦南地，我若使你们产业之地的房屋中，有了痲疯的病，那房主就要去告诉祭司，说，有像痲疯病的东西，显在我房子上。』（利十四34～35。）房主去将这事告诉祭司，表征带领的弟兄们或关心召会的人到主或代表主的使徒跟前，告诉主或祂的代表。当召会生病时，这是我们所要作的。三把房子腾空，使一切在房子里
7When you enter into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put a leprous disease in a house of the land of your possession, then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, Something like a leprous disease has appeared in my house” (vv. 34-35). The owner’s coming and telling this to the priest signifies that the leading brothers or those who are concerned for the church approach the Lord or the apostle, the Lord’s deputy, and tell the Lord or His deputy. This is what we need to do when the church is sick. C. To Empty the House So That All That Is in the
的不至于成为不洁净
House Should Not Become Unclean
8『祭司还没有进去察看那病以前，要吩咐人把房子腾空，使一切在房子里的不至于成了不洁净。』（利十四36上。）这表征尽力防止并消除传染。
8The priest shall then order that they empty the house before he goes in to examine the disease, so that all that is in the house shall not become unclean” (v. 36a). This signifies to do one’s best to prevent and eliminate the contagion
9为著停止传染，我们该谨慎我们的谈论，因为闲谈会传播疾病。我们从经历知道，召会中的闲谈会将传染病扩散。我们若听闲谈，就会受污染。我们谨慎的防范闲谈，就有助于停止传染病的扩散。
9In order to stop the contagion, we should be careful about our talking, for gossiping will spread the disease. From experience we know that gossip spreads the contagious disease in the church. If we listen to gossip, we shall be contaminated. By being careful about gossip, we shall help to stop the spread of the contagious disease
四 祭司要进去察看那房子
D. The Priest Going In to Examine the House
10『然后祭司要进去察看那房子。』（利十四36下。）这表征主或使徒来察看。这种察看不是定罪，乃是为给医治的恩典。五那病在墙上若有发绿或发红的凹陷处，其现象是在墙面底下，祭司就要把房子关闭七天
10After that the priest shall go in to examine the house” (v. 36b). This signifies that the Lord or the apostle comes to examine. This kind of examination is not a matter of condemnation; rather, it is a kind of grace for healing. E. If the Disease Is in the Walls of the House with Greenish or Reddish Depressions and Appears to Be beneath the Surface of the Wall, the Priest
Shall Shut Up the House for Seven Days
11『他要察看那病，那病在墙上若有发绿或发红的凹陷处，其现象是在墙面底下，祭司就要从房子出来，到房门口，把房子关闭七天。』（利十四37～38。）这表征召会的问题不仅是浮面的，也是深在表面之下的，召会的交通要在一个完整的时期里受观察。当召会生活中有了这种病，长老们，负责的人，该在一个完整的时期里，尽所能的监管留意圣徒之间的交往，以及他们中间的交通。这种观察越多越好。六在七天察看之后，那病若在房子的墙上散开，染病的石头就要挖出来，扔在城外不洁净的地方『第七天祭司要回去察看，那病若在房子的墙上散开，祭司就要吩咐人把染了病的石头挖出来，扔在城外不洁净的地方。』（利十四39～40。）这表征经过一个完整时期的观察后，召会的问题若还在散开，就要把出事的信徒从召会的交通中除去，看为不洁，像外人一样。（参林前五。）这就是说，当召会患了某种疾病，长老们该先观察那光景。倘若问题越趋恶化，问题的源头－一个或几个牵涉到那疾病的信徒－就该从召会的交通中除去，以停止疾病的传播，并要消除那病。实际上，问题可能需要从许多方面来对付。我们如何处理这光景，在于我们的观察，以及我们从神所领受的智慧。七要刮房子里的四围，把所刮的灰泥倒在城外不洁净的地方
11“He shall examine the disease, and if the disease is in the walls of the house with greenish or reddish depressions, and it appears to be beneath the surface of the wall, then the priest shall come out of the house, to the entrance of the house, and shut up the house for seven days” (vv. 37-38). This signifies that the problem of the church is not only on the surface, but it is deeper, beneath the surface. The communication and fellowship of the church should be kept under observation for a complete course of time. When there is such a sickness in the church life, the elders, the responsible ones, should do their best to watch over the communication between the saints and the fellowship among them for a complete course of time. The more of this kind of observation there is, the better. F. After the Examination of Seven Days, if the Disease Has Spread in the Walls of the House, the Stones in Which the Disease Is Shall Be Removed and Thrown into an Unclean Place outside the City “And the priest shall return on the seventh day and examine it; and if the disease has spread in the walls of the house, the priest shall order that they remove the stones in which the disease is, and throw them into an unclean place outside the city” (vv. 39-40). This signifies that after the observation of a complete period of time, if the problem of the church is still spreading, the believer or believers involved in the problem should be removed from the fellowship of the church and be considered unclean, like the outsiders (cf. 1 Cor. 5). This means that when the church is sick of a certain disease, the elders should first observe the situation. If the problem is becoming worse, the source of the problem—the believer or believers who have become involved in the disease — should be removed from the fellowship, the communication, of the church in order to stop the spread of the disease and to eliminate the disease. Actually, the problem may need to be dealt with from many directions. How we handle the situation depends on our observation and on the wisdom we receive from God. G. Scraping the House All Around Inside and Pouring Out the Mortar Which Was Scraped Off
into an Unclean Place outside the City
12『并要叫人刮房子里的四围，把所刮的灰泥倒在城外不洁净的地方。』（利十四41。）这表征因著少数信徒出事，全召会都要受对付，并且无论所对付的是甚么，都要置于召会之外，看为不洁。八拿别的石头放在那些挖出来的
12And he shall have the house scraped all around inside, and they shall pour out the mortar which they scraped off into an unclean place outside the city” (v. 41). This signifies that because of a few believers, the whole church should be dealt with, and whatever is dealt with should be put out of the church as unclean. H. Taking Other Stones and Putting Them in the
石头处
Place of the Removed Stones
13『又要拿别的石头放在那些挖出来的石头处。』（利十四42上。）拿别的石头放在那些挖出来的石头处，表征用别的信徒填补空隙。当召会有痲疯病的时候，往往需要把出事的圣徒从召会的交通中除去。这会产生空隙，我们该寻求用别的信徒填补这空隙。
13Then they shall take other stones and put them in the place of those stones” (v. 42a). Putting other stones in the place of the removed stones signifies the using of other believers to fill up the gap. When the church becomes sick with leprosy, it often becomes necessary to remove from the fellowship of the church the saints who are involved in the problem. This will create a gap, and we should seek to fill this gap with other believers
九 拿别的灰泥墁房子
I. Taking Other Mortar and Plastering the House
14『拿别的灰泥墁房子。』（利十四42下。）这是重要的，因为这表征用对主恩典的工作新的经历来更新召会。对付房屋里的痲疯，若是只把某些信徒除去，然后用别的信徒填补空隙，这是不彀的。我们需要在召会生活中有新的起头，就是用对主恩典的工作新的经历来更新召会。这是拿别的灰泥墁房子所豫表的。这不是单单对付问题而已，乃是以新的方式带进基督的丰富。倘若我们无法这样作，只是按律法把一些人除去并以别的来顶替，就会使召会变成空的，因而使召会受害更多。所以，带领的人需要祷告，或者带著禁食，使召会在对主恩典工作的经历里，有新的得著。这样，召会生活就会得著更新，就是用新的灰泥重新墁过，使众肢体因更新的召会生活而快乐。十在挖出石头，刮了房子，重新墁了以后，那病若在房子里又发作，那就是房子里恶性的痲疯，是不洁
14“And he shall take other mortar and plaster the house” (v. 42b). This is important, for it signifies the renewing of the church with new experiences of the Lord’s gracious works. In dealing with the leprosy in a house, it is not adequate to remove certain believers and then fill the gap with other believers. We need to have a new start in the church life, that is, to renew the church with new experiences of the Lord’s gracious works. This is typified by taking other mortar and plastering the house. This is not a matter of simply dealing with a problem but of bringing in the riches of Christ in a new way. If we are unable to do this but simply do something in a legal way to remove certain persons and replace them with others, this will make the church empty, and in this emptiness the church will suffer even more. Therefore, the leading ones need to pray, perhaps with fasting, that the church will receive something new in the experiences of Christ’s gracious works. Then the church life will be renewed, replastered with new mortar, and all the members will be happy about the renewed church life. J. If the Disease Breaks Out Again in the House after the Removal of the Stones, the Scraping of the House, and the New Plastering, It Is a Malignant Leprosy in the House
净的，要把房子拆毁
and It Is Unclean; the House Should Be Broken Down
15『在他挖出石头，刮了房子，墁了以后，那病若在房子里又发作，祭司就要去察看，那病若在房子里散开了，那就是房子里恶性的痲疯，是不洁净的。他就要拆毁房子，把石头、木头、灰泥，搬到城外不洁净的地方。』（利十四43～45。）这表征召会在经过对付后，若再有厉害的罪发生，整个召会就要拆毁。这是最可怜的。倘若召会的光景到了一个地步，无法得著医治，就需要将那个召会了结。十一房子关闭的日子，凡进去的
15If the disease breaks out again in the house after he has removed the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been plastered, then the priest shall come and examine it, and if the disease has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean. He shall break down the house, its stones, its timber, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them outside the city into an unclean place” (vv. 43-45). This signifies that after the dealing, if additional serious sins break out, the whole church should be torn down. This is most pitiful. If the situation of a church reaches the point where it cannot be cured, healed, then it will be necessary for that church to be terminated. K. During the Shutting Up of the House, He Who Goes
人必不洁净到晚上
into the House Shall Be Unclean until the Evening
16『在房子关闭是日子，凡进去的人必不洁净到晚上。』（利十四46。）这表征凡接触玷污事物的人，旧的日子该有结束，另有新的起头。每当召会生活中有了难处，带领的人该竭力在对基督的经历上有新的得著，好使召会有新的起头。这样新的起头能拯救患病的召会脱离难处。然而，我们若完全注意难处，就会有更多难处，或者会使难处加强。因此，需要藉著祷告和禁食，多方寻求对主有新的经历，这些经历要成为患病之召会生活的拯救。这就是说，我们该尽力结束患病之召会生活的旧日子，并帮助召会有新的起头。十二在染病房子里躺著的、吃东
16“Moreover, he who goes into the house all the days that it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening” (v. 46). This signifies that with him who touches the defiled things, the old day should be ended and there should be a new beginning. Whenever there is a problem in the church life, the leading ones should endeavor to have something new in the experience of Christ that the church may have a new start. Such a new start is able to rescue the diseased church from its problems. However, if we pay attention fully to the problems, there will either be more problems or the problems will be intensified. Thus, there is the need of much seeking, through prayer and fasting, of new experiences of the Lord, experiences that will be a rescue of the diseased church life. This means that we should try our best to end the old day of the diseased church life and to help the church to have a new beginning. L. He Who Lies Down in the Diseased House and
西的，都要洗净衣服
He Who Eats in It Shall Wash Their Clothes
17『在房子里躺著的，要洗净衣服；在房子里吃东西的，也要洗净衣服。』（利十四47。）这表征在出问题的召会中，即使没有积极事奉的人，以及只享受供应的人，也必须在生活为人上有所对付。
17And he who lies down in the house shall wash his clothes; and he who eats in the house shall wash his clothes” (v. 47). This signifies that those who do not have a positive service in the church in which there is a problem and those who only enjoy the supply in that church should also be dealt with in their living and behavior
18利未记十四章四十七节说到那些在染病房子里躺著的和吃东西的。在染病房子里躺著的，表征没有积极参与召会的事奉。我们若认真参与召会生活，就不会有时间躺下来。躺著指明对召会生活漠不关心，或在召会事奉里不积极。在染病房子里吃东西，表征只顾在召会生活中得著供应与享受。这样的人只喜欢在召会中享受。他来聚会，不是要事奉，乃是要吃，要享受。他不打算在召会的事奉中作甚么。在四十七节这里，我们看见在召会生活中有两类圣徒：来召会躺著、休息的人；以及来召会吃东西，得著供应和享受的人。这些圣徒虽然不积极参与召会的事奉，也无心事奉，却善于批评别人。他们在聚会中不说话，却批评那些说话的。他们一边在召会中休息并享受供应，一边却找别人的毛病。这些圣徒需要洗净衣服。这就是说，他们需要藉著洗涤来洁净他们旳的行事为人。我们要求主怜悯我们，叫我们中间没有人是躺著或只顾吃的人。我们都该是在召会中事奉的人。
18Leviticus 14:47 speaks of those who lie down and eat in a diseased house. Lying down in a diseased house signifies that one is not positively involved in the church service. If we are involved seriously in the church life, we shall not have time to lie down. Lying down is an indication that one is indifferent to the church life or that one is not positively in the church service. Eating in a diseased house signifies that one cares only for the supply and enjoyment in the church life. Such a person likes to have a good time in the church. He comes to the meetings not to serve but to eat, to enjoy. He has no intention of doing anything in the church service. Here in verse 47 we can see two of the categories of saints in the church life: those who come to the church to lie down, to rest, and those who come to the church to eat, to receive the supply and to have enjoyment. Although these saints are not positively engaged in the church service, having no heart for this, they are good at criticizing others. They do not speak in the meetings, but they criticize those who do. As they rest in the church and enjoy the supply, they find fault with others. These saints need to wash their clothes. This means that by washing they need to cleanse their conduct and behavior. We need to ask the Lord to be merciful to us that none of us will be those lying down or caring only for our eating. We all should be those who serve in the church
19十三那病在房子重新墁了以后，并没有在房子里散开，房子就是洁
19M. If the Disease Has Not Spread in the House after the New Plastering, the House Is Clean, and
净的，病已经好了
the Disease Has Been Healed
20『但是祭司若进去察看，那病在房子墁了以后，并没有在房子里散开，祭司就要定那房子为洁净，因为病已经好了。』（利未十四48。）这表征召会对主恩典的工作有新的经历，因而得著更新之后，若没有罪扩散，召会就洁净了，没有问题了。已过我曾多次看见这事。在每个事例中，主要都是藉著对基督新的经历，而得著医治、拯救。
20But if the priest comes in and examines it, and the disease has not spread in the house after the house was plastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, for the disease has been healed” (v. 48). This signifies that if no sin is spreading after the renewing of the church with the new experiences of the Lord’s gracious works, the church is clean and has no problem. I have seen this a number of times in the past. In each case there was a healing, a rescue, mainly by the new experiences of Christ
21贰染痲疯的房子得洁净
21II. THE CLEANSING OF THE LEPROSY IN A HOUSE
22十四章四十九至五十三节说到染痲疯的房子得著洁净，就是召会得著洁净。一与个人患痲疯得洁净的方式一样利未记十四章四十九至五十一节启示，染痲疯的房子得洁净，与个人患痲疯得洁净的方式一样。这表征全召会再次经历与基督一同受苦、受死、复活、升天并进入荣耀。召会要得洁净，就需要再次经历主耶稣所经过的过程。二用鸟血和活水洁净房子
22In 14:49-53 we have the cleansing of the leprosy in a house, that is, the cleansing in a church. A. In the Same Way as the Cleansing of Leprosy in a Man Leviticus 14:49-51 reveals the leprosy in a house is cleansed in the same way as the cleansing of leprosy in a man. This signifies that the whole church experiences once again the suffering, death, resurrection, ascension, and entering into glory with Christ. In order for a church to be cleansed, the church needs to experience again the processes through which the Lord Jesus has passed. B. The Purging of the House with the Blood of the
Bird and the Living Water
23『这样，他就用鸟血和淡水，并用活鸟、香柏木、牛膝草和朱红色线洁净了房子。』（利十四52。）这表征全召会需要用基督永远有功效的宝血和祂永活的灵洁净。因此，我们常常需要血和那灵；二者都可在豫表里看到。在豫表里，我们有被宰的鸟血、水和油。鸟血表征基督的血，水表征洁净的灵，油表征施膏的灵。召会患病的时候，需要基督的血与那灵这两个元素，来得著恢复。三把活鸟放在田野里『然后他要把那只活鸟放在城外田野里。』（利十四53上。）这表征召会与基督一同进入祂复活、升天的范围和经历里。当患病的召会得著医治的时候，这召会必定不会留在属地的水平，乃是升到诸天之上，在诸天之上翱翔。没有甚么能阻挠、限制、抑制、或捆绑这样的召会。只要召会落在属地的水平上，就会被属地的束䌸所捆绑。然而，召会一旦享受到基督的复活与升天，召会就超越地，在诸天里享受自由。
23“Thus he shall purge the house with the blood of the bird and the fresh water, and with the live bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet” (v. 52). This signifies that the whole church needs to be cleansed with the eternally efficacious blood of Christ and His eternal and living Spirit. Hence, we always depend on the blood and the Spirit, both of which are seen in the type. In the type we have the blood of the slain bird, the water, and the oil. The blood of the bird signifies the blood of Christ, the water signifies the cleansing Spirit, and the oil signifies the anointing Spirit. When a church becomes sick, it needs these two elements—the blood of Christ and the Spirit—to recover it. C. Letting the Live Bird Go Free over the Open Field “Then he shall let the live bird go free outside the city over the open field” (v. 53a). This signifies that the church enters with Christ into the realm and experience of His resurrection and ascension. When a diseased church is healed, surely this church will not remain on an earthly level but will rise up to the heavens and soar in the heavens. Nothing will be able to hinder, restrict, restrain, or bind such a church. As long as a church is on the earthly level, it will be bound by the earthly ties. But when the church enjoys Christ’s resurrection and ascension, the church is above the earth, enjoying freedom in the heavens.
四 房子洁净了
D. The House Being Clean
24利未记十四章五十三节下半说，『他这样为房子遮罪，房子就洁净了。』房子洁净了，表征召会完全得了洁净，成了神人互居的所在。
24Leviticus 14:53b says, “Thus he shall make propitiation for the house, and it shall be clean.” The house being clean signifies that the church is fully clean to be the mutual dwelling of God and man
25召会中常常有难处。在召会生活中，难处似乎是无可避免的。新的召会难处不多（若是有的话），但老旧的召会难处就比较多了。就如年老的人容易生病，照样老旧的召会也容易有难处。或许当你才进到召会生活的时候，你享受到召会的蜜月。然而，像婚姻生活的蜜月一样，召会生活的蜜月也持续得不久。我们在召会生活的蜜月期间，会想召会是美妙的，这是真正的乐园。然而，蜜月过了，我们的眼睛被打开，就看见召会中一切的难处、缺失和短处。正如亚当和夏娃吃了善恶知识树的果子，眼睛被打开，就知道自己是赤身露体的；照样我们的眼睛也被打开，看见那些反面或令人不愉快的事物。我们若一直注意这些事，就会想跟召会生活分居，至终想离婚。
25Often there are problems in the church. It seems that in the church life problems are unavoidable. With a new church there are few problems, if any, but with an older church there are more problems. Just as it is easy for an older person to become ill, so it is easy for an older church to have problems. Perhaps when you came into the church life, you enjoyed a church honeymoon. However, a church life honeymoon, like a honeymoon in married life, does not last very long. During our church life honeymoon, we may think that the church is marvelous, that it is a real paradise. However, when the honeymoon is over, our eyes will be opened to see all the problems, defects, and shortcomings in the church. Just as the eyes of Adam and Eve were opened after they ate of the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and they knew that they were naked, so our eyes will be opened to see things that are not positive or pleasant. If we dwell on these things, we shall want a separation from the church life and eventually a divorce
26我们需要看见，召会是地上最好的地方。那么，对于召会中的难处，我们要怎么作？我们该祷告，在对基督的经历里得著更新。我们不必太多为别人或整个局面祷告，却该多为自己祷告，叫我们能把一些出于基督的新事物带进召会生活中。这是患病召会得医治的路。有时候召会藉著新人新鲜的经历，也会得著医治。我们对基督越有新鲜的经历，召会就越得著医治。患病的召会无法藉者讨论、争论或辩论得著医治。我们越参与这些事，麻烦会越多。我们需要为自己祷告，也为召会祷告，使我们这些肢体，以及整个召会，都藉著对基督新的经历，能有新的起头，并进入新的时期。这是患病召会得医治的路。
26We need to realize that the church is the best place on earth. What, then, shall we do about the problems in the church? We should pray to be renewed in the experiences of Christ. We should not pray too much for others or about the situation. Instead, we should pray for ourselves that we might be able to bring something new of Christ into the church life. This is the way for a diseased church to be healed. Sometimes a church will be healed through the new experiences of the new ones. The more we experience Christ in a new way, the more the church will be healed. A diseased church cannot be healed by discussion, argument, and debate. The more we engage in these things, the more trouble there will be. We need to pray for ourselves and for the church that through the new experiences of Christ we as members and the church as a whole may have a new start and enter into a new age. This is the only way for a diseased church to be healed.